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The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

parks and large, airy squares. A city
with such avenues as the Ringstrasse
must perforce react upon it's people,
accustomed to daily associations with
its chaste beauty, to inspire in them
the elegance which is it's own.
Among the war capitals of Europe,
Vienna, Franz Josefs Kaiserstadt, the
home of pleasure. and of the most sor-
rowing Of emperors; product OF the
East and the West, with the one lis
some and dreamy, with the other hope
ful and sentimental; gray-wise, gra-
cious, light-hearted, brilliant Vienna
according to the wondering reports of
the correspondents--is the least in
olined to break with gayety, to sink
into the heavy lethargy and depression
of the stern business of war. The vi
ennese have spent centuries in prac.
ticing under all conditions the arts Of
happiness. They have learned to mock
at overearnestness, at fearfulness, at
the serious counting of dreariness in
the guise of duty. #
Friendliness, sentiment, beauty,
grace and music on every hand con-
spire to make Vienna the ''Lotus.hoW
er City" Of the earth. "There is only
one imperial CITY, the viennese say,
and that city Is Vienna"
[ Like Washington, more an accom-.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
BlRD'S-EHENEw OF BERLIN

can. The same lavish use Of bright
paints and brighter lights are found in
it that characterize our original Luna
parks, but the shoot-the-chutes, the
scenic railways and so on have been
modified by the police until not even
thrill remains, much less an element
of danger:
Inter den Linden CUnder the Lin
dens) Is the heart of Berlin. It is
one of the most impressive avenues in
the world; and, only about fve-eighths
of a mile in length, it is one of the
very widest streets to be found in any
city Q98 feet), and on it's sides are
massed two double lines Of massive
architecture. 1t is thoroughly cos
mopolitan street, upon which every
tongue is spoken and where each hui
man variation may be seen..
Berlin lies upon the languid little
Spec, dull stream in the midst of u
fiat, melancholy sand waste. Though
very new in both it's imperial and
metropolitan dignities, the city is yet
a place of wonderful libraries,
museums, art collections and statuary.
Its streets, squares, granite buildings
and parks are filed with some cf the
sculptor's and modeler's noblest work.
For the most part, these plastic works
breathe martial spirit.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
q1'Most Difficult Of All
Studies
BY Henry Sherman Knox. Evanston, ID.

least two college reputable college study Of me
cine itself four months each
now require additional year inferno hospital This makes
seven of study for who already has
After graduation from medical school, every graduate take
state board examination
The study itself difficult and the hours of study medical
school usually from the morning evening
days week. great deal of home study required The
and books is usually about 5000 year.
The student must have tendency philosophy psychology
and the study Of human nature order able
modern medicine Especially if he has to work his through
must determination and perseverance, He strictly
his studies and must sacrifice great many pleasures
He should realize that the medical profession noble and that
there higher things in life than the pursuit money
financial standpoint the medical profession poor considering
and time that must be invested in the study The average pys
can contrary to the prevailing da does not make than
living and great weeducaed physicians have hard time
make that The prospective medical
that he must scholar and student through his whole e and
that when he graduates he has only limited less theoretical
knowledge of the practice of medicine
If anyone thinks he fulfill these requirements, it
take the study of medicine otherwise would not advise him
statistics show that only about twohds of all the students who
take the study medicine graduate and practice
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
\ F all the problems of territorial
distribution that will follow
the war, perhaps none is of
4 greater importance than the fu.

future of marvelo1s development be-
fore it when they shall adopt western
methods and progress. Indeed, it is
fascinating employment as Hermith
Freeman says, to watch the immemo-
rial culture Of the East, slow moving
with the weight Of years, dreamy with
centuries of deep meditation, accept
and assimilate as in a moment of time,
the science, the machinery, the rest
less energy and practical activity of
the West. .-:...-.... ..-..
Geographically there is no doubt but
that within the last five thousand
years the great delta caused by the
confluence of the three great rivers,
the Euphrates, Tigris and Karoon, has
gradually pushed its way into the Per
sian gulf. until over two hundred miles
Of the s>a has been replaced by land
Frazer, in H. recent buck, "The Short
Cut to India," says that these rivers
at the present time advance the land
frem the silt they deposit to rot less
than eighty feet per annum. Sir Will
liam Willcocks says that undoubtedly
many Of the ancient cities of Babylon
were very close to if not directly on
the Persian gulf, while the ruins of
these cities are at the present time
from two to three hundred tliles back
from the coast
Busrah Once Seaport.
Busrah, the city where oar Arabian
mission Is established, must have been
at one time g port on the sea, but is
now 60 miles from the mouth OF the
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

an equally fine effect on the entire
system. If one is inclined to acidity
of the stomach, the juice of an orange
is counter-irStant If the stomach
is weak the juice of an orange before
breakfast is an excellent tonic for
the entire day. If one is dieting to
reduce, one or two oranges eaten
at noon will nourish, fill the aching
void in the stomach and reduce rather
than add to the weight. -@z "-
Al orange always quenches tho
thirst, and in travelling it is much
safer to eat an orange than to drink
stale water. A hot orangeade before
going to bed on cold night warns
the entire body and soothes the nerv-
Gus system.
The peel of an orange thrown into
a hot tub softens the water to the ex-
tent that the whole body benefits by it.
For cleansing the face soak a bit OF
orange peel in basin of wurm water.
then go carefully over the face with
the peel; afterward rinse in the water
in which the peel was soaked. 1t is
far more cleansing than cold cream
and never promotes the growth of
hair
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
Manly Qualities
| Admiredby Women
By ANNIE RUSH, Baltimore, Md

That's the foreigners make such heaway with American
They forget be deeen and little things
and to do the little things that the cookies feminine
This be all Perhaps she ought appreciate the character
than the But she doesn't The
tca She's romantic She likes and bonbons Many
her cabbage and beefteak Cabbage and befeak right but
steady diet they resomc She'll cabbage
thereby she may have and bonbons.
woman likes to look healthy and to be we'll groomed She
likes vigorous body healthy skin and look that betokens daily
with the bath tub merely because she likes beauty
though she does but because these things bekn good habits
woman, If she wife sweetheart likes Of love-
She gets tired OF taking mans love granted grows faint and
and life cold and commonplace when he does tell her
actual words he loves her. and show her by actual how much To
this all foolhness They think that bills is the
best thef love- But practical
bills uninterestng things not half enjoyable and vital
kiss
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

plishment of careful planning than the
outcome of unconscious growth, Ber.
lin, third greatest among the war
capitals and sixth among the cities
of the world, is solid city of splendid
spacing, where everything is of plas.
ter, asphalt, steel and cement, and
where everything is new. Prior to the
war it was the first city In Europe for
revelry. Life never ceased upon it's
central streets. When the hurrying
crowds of workers sought their places
OF employment in the morning, they
regularly met throng, heavy-lidded
and leisurely, going home. There is
saying that the genuine Berliner never
sleeps. However this may be, there
are always places for him to go in this
city where theaters, concert halls,
caDarets, dance halls, cafes and SINH
lar places are of luxurious growth.
Seat of the imperial court and par
lament, focal point Of German sci
ence, art and general culture, home of
German military art, financial center
of the empire, rich In manufactures,
and one of Europe's greatest marts for
international exchange, Berlin is
: place of international significance
ranking with London.
Enjoyment Under Protection.
In this city there is pleasure on
| every hand, and all i'll chance is elimi.
mated by the government. A man may
| not be robbed by cab drivers, hotels
shopkeepers. or by his servants. He
may not walk over railway tracks, and
it is illegal for him to block the path
of street traffic to his and it's detri-
ment; in other words, he is without
the law when successfully exposing
himself to the dangers of vehicular
collision. A jealous system of laws
and of police regulations are met at
every turn for his protection.
Berlin has Luna park, brought to
the capital on the Spree by an Ameri.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

- all the problems of territorial
distribution that will follow
the war, perhaps none is of
~ greater Importance than the fu.
ture of Mesopotamia, for it
seems certain that most fertile tract of
the earth's surface is destined to re.
gain Its ancient position as the gran
ary OF the world.
This legendary cradle of the race
it contains the supposed site of the
Garden of Eden-bears a name strict
y descriptive of the country, set as
It Is "in the midst of rivers" the four
streams of Eden-Pison (now a flood
ed swamp west Of Babylon), Gihon
(now the Hindia branch of the Eu-
phrates), Euphrates proper and Tigris.
For thousands of years one majes-
tic civilization after another lowered
In this region, but for many Gen.
turies past the beauty of life has
been fading, until now not oily Eden
but almost the whole of Mesopotamia
has become an arid waste crying aloud
for the renewal of youth.
| IL mSoOpOtC1uid CUul0S uuU0E bCltlSu
control it Is probable that it's regen-
GRAFTON will be brought about by some
such scheme as the magnificent plan
of irrigation and food control proposed
by Sir William Willcocks, who de-
clared he could re-create the Garden
of Eden and make the hanging gar
dens of Babylon blossom again like
the rose.
| Hopes for Its Future.
Writing in the Missionary Review of
the World, Dr. Arthur K. Bennett of
Busrah, Arabia, says:
Mesopotamia is a country north of
I Arabia proper, which though peopled
by Arabs today dates back to the civil
Hzation which was in it's glory three
thousand years before Christ. Here
is the seat of ancient Babylon, the
Queen City OF the Earth, the metropo-
lis of literature and art for all the
nations of the then known world. To-
| day excavations have revealed a sys-
tenn of canals which told of it's won
derful fertility and researches in it's
ruins during the last half-century have
! brought forth the prose and poetry of
that marvellous civilization. Inhabited
by such glorious peoples, it stands to-
| day desolate place in comparison,
surrounded by wide wilderness and
| waste, and oily peopled along the
river by few struggling Arab cities
| here and there.
There are many reasons which lead
me to hope that Mesopotamia has a
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

river and is the terminal port for all
lines of steamers plying in the Per-
sian gulf, and commerce with it is
bound to increase. have counted
over twenty large ocean steamships
in the Busrah river at one time, walt
ing for the shipment of dates. Here
the English and Turkish river steam
ers ply to and from Bagdad on the Ii
girls, and to and from Mohammerah
and Ahwaz in Persia on the Karoon
river. If you will look up Busrah on
the map you will see that it is in a
direct line with Kurachee and Bonn
bay from Constantinople and is on the
track of the shortest possible mail
route to India, and the railroad which
the future is bound to bring. Seventy
flve miles OF date gardens extend from
above Busrah down to the sea on
either side of this wonderfully beauti-
full river, and twice daily the gardens
are Watered by the tidal wave. Sail
boats coming down the river for hun
| dreds of miles are laden with grain,
licorice and provisions for sale or ex-
| change at Busrah.
In order that the situation may be
more real, consider the political as
| poets which confront us on every hand.
Busrah is at present in the maelstrom
of political strife; many statesmen be-
| l1eve that the future battle of diplo-
macy will not take place in the far
East but in the Persian gulf. Natu-
| rally the favored valley of the Euphra-
tes will be the chief bone of conten-
ton.
Prominent engineers say that there
are here sixteen million acres of the
finest land in the world, capable of
yielding cotton and wheat, or the luxu-
rlous date palm. This land only needs
proper care, and does not suffer from
a dearth of water, but from the abun-
dance of it. Floods are of yearly oc-
currence, running crops and discourag-
ing canals inland. Sir William Will
cocks would bride this immense power
in the mountains of Mosul, and by
great dams high upon the two rivers.
He would then irrigate the country
from the Euphrates to the Tigris, and
as this former river is about eighteen
feet higher than the latter, the situa-
ton is ideal to use all the Euphrates
water for irrigation and the Tigris fos
| navigation.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
Old Newspapers are
Made Useful
By J. O. Darlington. Poplar Bluff. Mo.

dislike It's the ink used printing the type that the stay
away That why the absence Of motof bags and cedar chests
housewives pack their and woons wrapped
at the end of the winter and find that satisfactory
them against the moths There nothing better than
old for under the carpets for the
Old have other we'll Wet in water they
clean out the stove penddy Crushed newspapers excellent
clean lamp cmney They be used for holder
emergency
Newspapers dipped lamp oil useful for cleaning windows
much soed be
for Dipped lamp OIL they splendid rub the outside of the
dishpan They keep bright and shining Tom sheds slightly damp
cncd and scattered the carpet they dust when sweeping
They clean the sediments nothing
greasy paper can be at once burned after
Many times folded newspapers will mat to stand hot and
blackened pots kettles song the kitchen table The
kitchen bright after the cooking of each meal with old
papers. and this many polishings.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
p HEN Petrograd was a swamp
and Berlin was a struggling
procession of huts in the
midst of a hopelessly mel.

and Berlin was a struggling
procession of huts in the
midst of a hopelessly mel
ancholy sand waste, Vienna
was an age-old defensive outwork of
western civilization. Vienna was viii
.age before the Christian era, an out
post Of Roman civilization, and within
lts walls one of the noblest of the Ro-
man emperors died-Marcus Aurelius,
In the year 1S0, and the password
which he gave from his deathbed was
Aequanimitas." When Europe, re-
adjusted to renewed efforts of civiliza.
ton after an infusion of Germanic
blood, started again with freshened
strength upon it's destiny, Vienna be-
came the guaranty of it's security to-
ward the East, says the National &C.
ographic Society.
Vienna has it's charms of age, of
beautiful situation and of delightful
folk-character. It lies some two miles
distant from the "Blue Danube" upon
the river Wien, which gives the city
its name. 1t is builded in two con-
centric circles; within, the old town,
with its public buildings and private
residences, still the aristocratic heart
OF the empire; and without, the resi-
dental and manufacturing suburbs.
Where the old Notifications once stood
now runs one Of the most impressive
boulevards to be found the world
around-the Ringstrasse.
SpIendor of the Ringstrasse.
In massive lengths, there stretches
around this street such an array of
structures as have probably never
been equaled upon single thorough
fare before. There are yistas of un.
surpassed architectural plendor along
this demarcation of old and new vi
emma, and the solid stone and masonry
piles are brought into friendly re-
lief by the broad avenue, handsome
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
Reading Of F Poetry Is
very Desirable
By F. B. Endicott, Portland. Or.

from bbarim such culture afforded letters that the readng
of poetry much needed
NTH first place. we apt today place too much stress
merely material things Of life; need something
tendency Poetry does this to greater degree than other
reading; poetry strives to express the IDEAL
Again. because Of the OF the telephone typewriter ponograph
and other mechanical Devices this age falling
therefore syen methods Of Poetry because its mita
tonsas to rule and FORM necessarily cuvaes the
gammatc AS mental habits largely
reading, evidently need poetry than
Besides poetry makes for better rhythmic scn perception
Of beauty and higher culture generally
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
In the Abstract.

IN the Abstract. II
They contemplate a trip TO the
Frisco exposition"
That's cheap enough"
What? Why the fare
Il was speaking Of the conternp!a>
tion. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

TT he mere fact that moths
cannot read is no reason
why they should detest
newspapers, b ut they de-
nevertheless. It isn't ex.
actly the newspaper or it.
editorial policy that moths
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

I wonder how many
people read poetry! I fear
not nearly so great a num-
Der, proportionately, as for
merly, and yet there is no
age in the history of the
world, since men emerged
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03

A woman likes pleasing
manners in a man. Sh0
likes Difference and courtesy
and attentiveness in small
things. Manners Of t e n
make more Of an appeal to
her than sterling worth.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
Unquestionably the most

Unquesti the most
difficult Of all studies is
that of medicine. The re-.
quirements for admission TO
the first-class m e dica |.
schools is a complete high
school education and at.
The Tomahawk., 1915-06-03
Apple, the Beautif7er.

"An apple a day keeps the doctor
away" is an old adage, and the same
may be said of the orange as it has
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-03
RAISES BIG TURNIP.

P. T. Havellen came in from the
north the first of the week and left
monster turnip at the Optimist Of
flee to show what this country will
produce in the way of roots. Mr..
Havellen tried several varieties of
beets and turnips this year and finds
that the cowhorn variety of turnips
makes the most COW feed. He also
experimental with three varieties of
clover, all of which did very we'll. His
experiments with alfalfa convince
him that the Turkestan variety will
stand our hard winters better thar
the Grimm, and he believes that sow.
ing it in drills wide enough apart tc
cultivate is the most successful meth
3D. Farmers like Havellen, who are
willing to try different crops, arr
doing big service for the nortl
country in finding the crops bes
suited to this particular climate ane
soil.-Opheim Optimist.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-03
HOW THE RED CROSS
SEAL ORIGINATED.
Anti tube. >cuiosis Workers After $780,
600 Fund.

Nearly S2.5OO,OOO has been raised by
Red Cross Christmas Seals in the last
seven years. and yet many people who
will buy these holiday stickers ut this
eighth annual sale do not know how
,he charity stamp idea originated.
1t was war that brought forth the
charity stamp-our Civil war of 81 tu
90. Some of your granlmothers first
played post Office" with stickers SIM
liar to Red Cross Seals way back in
1869. when they conceived the idea OF
selling stamps ut fairs for the benefit
Of the relief funds for the soldiers
hospitals in Brooklyn. Boston and
elsewhere. Nearly $1,OO0OOO was rails
ed in this way before 1865 After the
war this method of raising money was
discontinued in this country for gem
Grafton. although it found vogue in
Portugal. Switzerland Austria.
France, Spain. Denmark, Norway.
Russia, Sweden and other European
countries There are now severa,
thousands of different types Of charity
stamps used in all parts Of the world,
as many as forty being used in Aus
tria for children's hospitals alone.
Stamps or seals were first used to
get money for the anti-tuberculOsia
crusade in Norway ana Sweden in
1904. TO Jacob Riis, the well known
social worker of New York. and to
Miss Emily r. Bissell. the cnergeti.
secretary of the Delaware Red Cross
jointly belong the honor of originating
our American Red cross christmas
seal In 1907 Mr.. RiiS'S interest was
aroused by the receipt of Il christina,
tuberculosis stamp on Il letter from
Norway. lie published an article about
this queer looking stamp IN the Out
look and suggested some possible uses
for ii in this country. Miss Ei>Sell 1T
once saw IN opportunity here and pre-
pared a stamp. from the sale of which
her society realized $4,000 for tubert'u
lOsiS work. SO impressed was she with
this success that she induced The Amer
lean Red Cross to take mp the sale in
1908 on Il national basis. With very
little organization and with hardly any
attempt at careful advertising the sale
that year brought in over $1:3.O0O for
anti-tllberculosis work In various parts
of the United States. In 1909. with
more thorough organization, the sale
was increased to $23O,OOO. In 1910 to
nearly $4,000. in 1911 to over $500
600 and in 1912 to over $4OO,OOO. In
1913 the sale was increased to nearly
$3.50. 600, and last year. In spite of war
and hard times. % per cent more, or
55, 900 900 seals were sold. tOtaling
$3.50 900 for the anti-tuberculosis war.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-03
Many New Cars.

The registration at the beginning
Of the present year showed less than
10000 machines in the state, all new
cars bought in 1914 being required
to secure number. This means an
increase of over 5000 cars in the
state in single year, which indi-
Gates something of the prosperity of
Montana and the business which au-
tomobile dealers have done.
The state highway commission next
year will have nearly $4,000 to ex-
pend upon road betterment. Nearly
$50 900 has been taken in by Secre-
tary Of State Anderson, but out of
this must come the expenses of ad-
ministering the registration law.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-03
HABITATION TAX.

Victor Morawetz, a New York cor
poration lawyer, proposes hablta-
ton tax as means to force each
citizen to contribute to the govern
ment in proportion to the luxury in
which he lives, and to prevent tax
dodging. He would have every resi-
dent assessed on the basis of the
value of the house and land occupied
as a dwelling, and would also assess
the resident on the number of serv-
ants employed. If the resident dwells
in an apartment or hotel, he would
be required to pay tax upon his pro-
portionate share of the valuation of
the entire building and the ground on
which it stands. Provision is made
for having landlords and hotel keep
ers make returns for their tenants.
Mr.. Morawetz suggests that provision
should be made in New York for a
$4,000 exemption. No one occupying
a dwelling costing less than that sum
would be required to pay anything.
Mr.. Morawetz takes the burden of
taxation off the middle-class city
dweller, and dumps it onto the should
ers of the rich and the farmer. Every
farmer would be required to pay ac-
cording to the valuation of his house
and lot, while the festive city dwellers
x,,ould FIND coroo oocv rooopc of ro%
ting within the exemption.