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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-05

of Anne by Miss Grim, Here Comes
the Bride by Miss Howell and
"Daisys Music Practice Hour by
Miss Dyer. Each OF the young ladies'
acted her part very we'll and the sue
cess Of the program in every way re-
fleets much credit on the teacher or
expression. Miss C. E. Johnston, whose
splendid training of her pupils al
ways ELECTS favorable comment.
At different times during the even
ing Miss Curtis Corren played de-
lightful music on the piano.
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PNEUMONIA CAUSES DEATH

Funeral services over the body OF
Josephine Giordon. aged fourteen
months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.
Giordon.. of Pinn1ckinnick .M1Des,
who died at / o'clock Friday after
noon after an illness Of pneumonia.
were held at the Church Of the I'm
nlaculate Conception at o'clock
Saturday morning The burial was
In the Holy Cross cemetery
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hitia1 DANCE.

The initial dance of the season at
the Traction Park at Monongah Will
be held on Monday evening. It viii
be the first of a series OF weekly
dance to be given by the Cadenza or
chestra- It viii be one OF the very
delightful affairs of the early sum
:1er and is being awaited With pleas
ure by the dancing set OF Clarks-
burg, Monongah and Fairmont-
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Chantef to Nee.

There viii be a meeting of the Dan
iel DAWSON Chapter. Daughters o.
the American Revolution at the nome
Of Nfrs W. Brent Maxwell on west
pike street at 3 O'Clock Monday after
noon. All members are asked to be
present
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Camp Fire Council

The Allegheny Camp Fire Girls
held council meeting Friday even
ing at the home Of Miss Romie Mus
grave at Northview. who very pleas
antly entertained them. Saturday
morning the girls camped out on the
hill and ate breakfast there.
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Social and Personal

items for this department They be sent
or teIephoned telephones
y. limitations and press
FOUND on page
continuation this department.
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There ara few. n any. eonger esls n
American waters; they ara 10 some
people most unpleasant looking nsh.
Cornwall, England. esteems them high-
y and makes them into pie with much
cream and parsley. Cornwall. Mrs.
Florence Coaig Albrecht explains In a
National Geographic society bulletin,
makes any number Of things into pie
and calls the product invariably SQUAD
PIE" though all things but squads are
among the materials. SQUAD pie gave
rise TO the following Cornish story re-
peated by the writer:
The devil came one day TO the
banks Of the lamar. the Ripping river
that divides Devon and Cornwall, and
looked over at the rocky land beyond
BIS majesty considered the swift cur
rent ana shook his head. Nor be said
finally. No. that's no place for me,
Every one who goes there Is turned
into a saint and everything else into
squad pie I'm at for neither one nor
the otherF And he stayed In Devon"
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DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Ma T. Z Holman 4 one Of the most
prominent architects In PhTadelphia.
Mrs. c. +. seabury, seventy, OF New
York. wealthy, has adopted A. 81. No
land. aged forty-three. as her son.
Miss Nina II. West supreme com
mander OF the Ladies Of the Macca-
bees Of the World. has signed away
more than $12.000O00 In death and
disability benefits since she founded
the organization IN 1902
One Of the conspicuous figures met
on the Joy zone at the exposition In
San Francisco Is Mss Blanche Pay
son, special policewoman. Miss Pay
son Is six feet four inches In height
and weighs more than 200 pounds.
Miss Helen Scott Hay, formerly SUI
perintendent OF the big Cook County
hospital in Chicago and for nine or
ten months the supervising nurse In
the American Red Cross contingent
stationed at Kiev, Russia, has arrived
In the Bulgarian capital TO assist
Queen Eleanore In establishing q mod
Ell training school for nurses.
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The Duke OF Wellington, Of course,
never said up, guards. and at 'emF' at
Waterloo, but Is 1t generally known
how near he came to saying fit Sir
Herbert Maxwell IN his biography OF
the duke points out what Is the prob
able origin OF the pleasing legend.
Late on the afternoon Of that memo
rable 18th OF June the First and Sec
ond battahons OF the Third chas-
seurs were foremost In the attack on
Mount St Jean. They had reached
q crossroad unaware that British
troops were lying behind the wayside
banks according to orders to remain
prone when under fire, but not actual
" engaged Then at the proper mo-
ment Wellington's voice was heard,
"elear above the storm" Stand ND,
guardsP 1t was Maillands brigade
OF guards that thus stood up" and
with q victorious rush swept the chas-
seurs out Of the eombat-London
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HAN q century ago there va. M. .
watch IN existence capable OF ness,.. :
tne requirements OF the Aner,can NJ.
wy ume service today. Railway t,r.
Inspection has set the limit OF vs-,.
uon nom true time for its emolovee-,
watches at so seconds a vees ~.
means that the balance wheel shan No.
vary IN its motion to the extent Of o oOs
vibration out Of every 10000. Tatsns
INTO consideration the various canses
o. disturbance to which a railway en-
slneers watch is subjected, the ,olts
ana Jars the changes Of temperatnro
ana me magnetic influence incidentsI
% the proximity OF large masses If
iron ana steel, this Performance q
uuly remarkable That II Is poss,hIa
20 secure such accuracy in such = tinv
piece OF mechanism subjected 10 tho
adverse influences is little short ~
marvellous. and Justiies the claim that
me watch OF today is the most won
oerful piece Of mechanism that the An
genuity Of man has ever produced
Scientific American.
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Prisoners and sp;sa

A prisoner OF war. according 10 Tn.
hague regulations, In attempting 20 %.
cape does not commit a crime, If Is
MS DUTY to escape II a favorable on.
portunfty presents itself.
1t Is equally the duty Of his cantor
70 prevent his escape. and he IA iustj.
ned In resorting to any means not
punitive In character best to secure
mat end A prisoner OF war NAV be
Killed In attempting to escape. II re-
captured his confinement may be made
more rigorous than before.
For being spy the punishment Is
death To be proved a spy, however.
person must be caught seeking clan
desttnely, in disguise or on false pre-
lenses to obtain information I'm the
zone OF operations of the belligerent
with the intention OF communicating II
to the hostile party.
No distinction Is drawn technically
on account OF sex. and women spies
caught In the act have been put to
death-New York Times.
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Criticism.

Many an unpleasant thing needs TO
be done In a pleasant way. Teachers
and parents and people in business
life who are responsible for the work
Of others must from time TO time speak
In criticism or point out how an i'm
prOvement can be made in the way of
doing things. Such a word Of criticism
or correction or Of suggested improve
ment can have the effect Of being ei-
Their a shove down or a lift up. The
word can be spoken with a dlsarming
smile Of reinsurance or a hard and dis
couraging look Of condemnation. And
the heartening, lifting. smiling word
OF admonition or suggestion brings a
hundred per cent better response than
the other sort II gets the very results
that we are after. while the word that
antagonizes Is liable 10 defeat the
whole thing-Exchange
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

There are several kinds Of high ex-
pioStve shells, which have been design
ed for various purposes. For instance,
there are the shells the case Of which
Is very thin, so that their capacity for
containing explosive may be increased.
These explode instantly at the slightest
contact and are used as mines, OF, In
other words. they cause damage not
by the impactrof their mass but by the
fierceness Of the explosion. Another
kind Of explosive shell Is made by In
creasing the thickness OF the steel case
and reducing the charge OF explosive.
The explosion OF this missile Is calcu-
lated to take place a little after con-
tact This type Is used for the destruc-
ton Of solid defenses. Ike walls, earth
en- works. etc, as the thickness Of the
case and the slowness Of explosion per
NIT them to penetrate the fabric before
explodisg.-London Standard.
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Ths Man In tha Iron Man..

The BastilIe, whose fall July IA. 1889,
marked the birth Of French liberty,
was built In 1869 to defend Paris
against the English. Il Is as a state
prison. however, that the grim fortress
Is remembered and chiefly on account
Of the mystery OF one romantic prison
er, the Man In the Iron Mask" who
was -interned' there In 1879 and died
In nos. AS to who the prisoner actually
was scarcely two authorities agree, but
among the almost innumerable claim
ants" have figured the Due de Verman-
dos, son OF Louis XIV; the Due de
Beaufort, a supposed son OF Anne Of
Austria by the Duke OF Buckingham; a
twin brother Of Louis XIV. and Count
Matthioli, secretary Of state to Charles
III The last two may be termed the
faYorites.
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SVstem In Saving.

The only good plan for saving is TO
make Il an invariable rule to deposit
something each week or each month"
says a bank president Having thus
put the money aside, it should be con-
sidered out Of reach and on no account
TO be drawn upon except in case OF
sickness, loss Of employment or death
II Is surprising how money viii pile up
when such a system as this is followed
II every one who possesses any income
at all would adopt the practice and
sick TO II, no matter how small the
deposits might be, poverty would De
wen nigh abolished"
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Pert Personals.

Senior Carranza will do well to IA
member that a goat also wears whisk.
ers.-Detroit Free Press.
Sarah Bernhardt's leg may be wood
en-, but her art! That, at least, is pal
plating with Hfe.-AIbany Knicker-
booker Press.
Hall Game writes plays and Deruex
Hall Game acts them. It isn't every
family that has this happy father and
son, 1fty-ffty arrangement.-Bosto
Globe.
Villa wants a determined man 10
govern Mexico and is ready to help
find him. his modesty is as phenome-
nal as it is unexpected. -Baltimore
American.
President Yuan Shih Kai Of China
ought to take a look at Europe's outfit
Of worried monarchs before setting
himself up In the emperor business
Chicago News.
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THE SANTA MARIA
IS MATERLOGGED
Replica Of Columbus Flag
ship Unable to Make FaIr.

The good ship Santa Maria, a repro.
ducton Of the craft that carried Chris
TOPPER Columbus safely over the trou.
oled Atlantic In 1892. Is now anchored
In the Hudson river or New York
city, her bottom 50 rotten from neg
iect that she WIN be unable to make
the trip through the Panama canal to
the Panama-Pacifc exposition, as was
planned.
The Santa Maria, together with the
Nina and Pinta, proudly crossed the
ocean under her own sail In 1891. the
gift Of the Spanish government to the
ChieagO's worlds fair, in commemora-
don Of the 400th anniversary OF the
discovery Of the new world. After the
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fair they were left at Chicago and no
one paid any attention to them, 50 that
their timbers gradually decayed.
After being ignored for more than a
score Of years a moving picture con-
Germ resurrected the caravels for a Dor
trayal OF the discovery OF America
Two years ago Captain Charles z.
Stephenson, an ex-Harvard rowing
coach, submitted a plan for taking the
boats on an exhibition cruise through
the great lakes. down the St Law
renee, along the coast, across the gulf
and through the Panama canal to the
fair. The plan was accepted. The
boats soon showed their unseaworthi-
ness, and two OF them had to be left
behind The Santa Maria was too wa
terlogged TO travel under her own sail.
Besides the interest attached TO the
ship itself. Il Is stored with valuable
relics Of four centuries ago. Chief Of
these is great anchor from the origi-
nal Santa Maria, which was grappied
for on the coast OF Cuba in 1880 by or
der Of the Spanish government Al
though much decreased In size from
rust and age. It Is still in good condi-
don. Guns and cannon. crossbows.
cutlasses and other military equipment
of the early days are In evidence
aboard the ship, while in the hold a
Of the hospital and prison
wards Of the ship shows the hardships
which the valiant mariner endured.
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FIippant filings.

At the first hint Of the buckwheat
season the same old cry Is heard Of
Batter upr'-Washington Post
To get the real news we suppose it
would be necessary to become ac-
quainted with the censors wife--To-
ledo Blade.
Haiti's newest president Is reported
to be enthusiastic about his Job. BE
may even go so far as TO lose his head
over it-Boston Record.
A new calendar to divide the year
into thirteen months Is advocated by
British and American bishops. First
Of all let rs sing together the ditty
"what 20 goin' to do when de rent
comes 'roun'Y'-DetrOit Journal E.
The broad ax., 1915-09-18
Virus and Venom.

The difference between venom and a
virus is very marked Both are poisons
and both Of organic origin, but a
venom is produced in secreting or
gans, commonly called poison glands,
and Is introduced into the system by
means especially adapted for the pur-
pose, such as stings or fangs. On the
other hand, a virus is the result Of
disease or putrefaction and generally
possesses the property Of exciting In
the system into which II Is introduced
the disease which produced the virus.
A virus commonly produces little II
any local disturbance A venom gen.
orally causes great pain, often severe
Inflammation and swelling. Venom has
marked local effect Virus causes a
general disturbance Of the system
The broad ax., 1915-09-18
The Royal Box.

Queen Mary Of England is keen for
Chinese art and has fitted up one OF
her private rooms entirely In the Chi
nese style.
The Duchess Of Connaught. wife OF
the governor general Of Canada, IS q
HohenEoIlern princess and a cousin
Of the kaiser.
Francis Joseph. emperor Of Austria
and king Of Hungary. eighty-hve years
old, has reigned for almost sixty-seven
wears. Not for thirty centuries. since
the great Rameses reigned In the land
Of the Pharaohs. also for sixty-seEen
years, has there been sovereign VINO
has been 50 long in actual possession
Of O throne.
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PRNCKSsRs OLGA AND TATIANA As hid
GROSS EURSEa
the august president Of the Russian
Red Cross, explained Nine. Bakhme-
tef, and with her are the Empress
Alexandra Feodorovna, wife Of the
car, and her four young daughters,
two Of whom, the Princesses Olga and
Tatiana, with the empress. have pass
ed their examinations as trained
nurses, with scores Of titled women,
from grand ducheSSes whose names are
famous throughout the world to daugh-
tiers Of mobiles just emerging from the
schoOlroom. These ladies are working
shoulder to shoulder with the daugh-
tiers Of the humblest citizens and on
absolutely the same footing.
There are scores Of young girls Of
the first families Of Russia fully train
ed for hospital nursing" continued
Nine. Bakhmetief. Hence hospital
work is not experimental with Us. II
tied and untitled ladies In the wards
Of well known institutions In Petro-
grad or In Moscow are fully prepared
as are your trained and graduated
young women Of Washington, New
York or Boston hospital schools"
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Short Stories.

Costa Rica has had no revolution b
forty years
The Sahara desert has an area OF
about 100000 square miles.
The value OF all property In the
United States and fits possessions Il
placed at $1s7. T39.O00O00.
The English language has approx
mately 100000 words, half OF which
are Of a technical nature and rarely
used.
A movement Is on foot 70 make the
"a" fire signal, now used In the
schools Of Massachusetts,, the universal
FIRE signal.
Hafz, besides being the name OF a
famous Persian poet. is a title confer
red on any Mohammedan who has
committed the whole Of the Koran to
memory.
The broad ax., 1915-09-18
Tales Of Cities.

Boston now claims q population q
725ys23- -.
Fifty years ago Florence vas INC
capital Of Italy. -.
St Louis may annex az - >, s1 !. :
ana the entire county ~ un,sh :,
situated -.
~ 10 end franc congestion n in
central district -.
strasburs. the capital q 49,. - =
-,e-sd ~ germany n so. TAXA ~
s 800 4 ies1 and rscaDtured ~ GO
many IN 1870
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

Many beetles are bugs Of prey. Pre-
dacious insects generally have wonder
ful appetites- The 50 called green
n.y." otherwise popularity known as
golden eyes" q, az a larva, a tremen-
dous gobbler Of plant lice. II thinks
nothing Of devourine 100 Of them, one
after another. At meal Thus insects
themselves do much TO keep the num-
bers Of other insects down But not
even with their aid nor with al our
ingenuity In devising methods Of de-
structton could we maintain q sue
cessful fight against injurious bugs
were II not for the help given By birds.
The broad ax., 1915-09-18
NOBLEWOMEN IN
RUSSIAN RED CROSS
LTistOerats Work with WOnsn
Of Humble Birth

Nine. Bakhmetien. wife Of the Rus
sian ambassador to the United States,
had recently this question put 70 her
bv an interviewer, 'How are the Rus
sian women helping in the war;
Nine Bakhmetien replied; BY work
ing in the Red Cross. Every one Is
working, giving manual service and In
teIligenee, not merely patronage and
money. for the relief Of the soldiers
and their families"
Her majesty, dowager Empress Marie
Feodorovna, the mother Of the car. Is
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

One OF the most eaustie replies ever
made during an election campaign was
that Of Fox when he called at a shop
during one OF bis candidatures. The
shopman happened to be a rabid oppo-
nent Taking hold o. a piety OF rope.
be said savagely: ~vote for you I'd
sooner hang you with this roper
Very interesting" remarked Fox
blandly. examining the cord "A fam
~ relic. I presume. "-London Mail
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scIence sHRinps.

Rapid cooling Of a liquid produces
fine crystals The slower Il changes
form the larger the crystals.
A scale In the bureau Of standards at
Westinghouse OF i've similar ones
In the worid-will weigh with absolute
accuracy anything from ay's wing to
q nfty pound piece Of steel.
According 70 experts. the force OF the
rotation OF the earth on the gyroscopie
compass which has been adopted By
the United States navy Is 291 times a.
great as the force Of magnetism on the
magnetic needle.
The broad ax., 1915-09-18
PITn AND POINT.


Don't argue with a bee. II always
carries its point
The perfect person must have a ter
ribly monotonous time.
How the dust must gather along
those Transatlantic lanesl
II some Of the Haitians were to dis
arm they would feel only partially
dressed.
King Corn ought to send a letter Of
sympathetic regrets to his brother.
King Cotton.
Physicians assert that people ought
10 90 barefoot. but they refuse 70 set
the example.
The first thing a man does In trying
to cut down household expenses Is 10
fuss with his wife.
A Chicago doctor has discovered the
automobile eye" Every pedestrian
should get at least one.
One scientist ventures the assertion
that man Is growing smaller. BE errs.
Man Is merely feeling smaller.
The latest discovery OF science Is
that ants dance before their formal
mating ceremonies. It's stiIl spread
ing. then
European rulers looking for some
thing or some one to blame the war
upon might remember that the Chinese
invented gunpOwder.
Perhaps the doctor who h credited
with saying that nobody but a fool
would eat fried chicken really said
that nobody but a fool woald miss
chance to eat fried chicken.
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

RaIfimors Is 80 proud q its Ere DE-
psrtmcnf hat # never fears aiarma.-
Balfnore American
ne recent storm Iefk no doubt 81
onIrsston'1 great a6vhnf1es from 6
IIbersI l1resfne1t - the safety 1Est
i1ss.-U ashlngion str.
1Iore laws ere made "a Washington
Etsn ID any olncr neiionrI capital. end
11H t5ne one Discovers Washington
also Is.ia t1e cspl'1h D crime Be
Lon Jorrnat
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Train and Traek.

Six miles an hour was the rate ~
which the first locomotive. constructed
by George Stephenson. travelled
The newest third rain patent Is alive
only at the point Of contact with tne
shoe Accidents are thereby prevented
. The register in the street car may be
sbelyed An electrical device has just
hem patented by which the passengers
entering a car are recorded automat-
icaIly. a.
EneIand,s smallest railway station =
s,tnated ON the branch line between
TIskeard and Looe. In Cornwall ana
consist Of a tiny shanty ok feet
square.
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Plainly Unjust.

'-Great rackets this here art bizness
fer" exclaimed the maid In an angry
voice. "Missus bez got a Venus In
Their parior with both arms broke on
above tn ELDERS, an then she comes
out an docks me a dollar fer chippAn'
les one han1e often this slazy little
old teacup"-Puck-
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FOR WoMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

Miss Alice Paul Has Been Touring
West For Woman Votsrs' Convention.
Miss Alice Paul. a prominent worker
OF the Congressional Union For Wom-
ans Suffrage, has been touring the
west and arousing interest in the wom-
an voters convention at San Francis
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R~i..dv.r.ion.

Handsome - that handsome Is
made I'D.
Those who live IN glass houses should
always have the largest siege guns
Nothing fails IKE soecess.
Necessity = the mother Of preten-
sion.-Lffe
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TaIkina Shop.

II don't IKE to wait on grOuchy Gus
toners"
~Nor L"
Il hate to have a customer gro"i
atme."
mine don't growL" said the dentist
'sbut they an show their teetn--Nan-
sas City Journal
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WORKERS AT GALLIPoLI.

The Allied Forces Have Many Artisans
Who Are Kept Busy on Peninsula
The Illustration shows q number OF
civilians. carpenters and mechanics,
hard at work on the GallipOh PENN
sula, for numbers OF civilians as work
ers accompany the allied armies, as
there Is much to be done besides sol
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Uncle Josh-Thers's lots Of money
dropped IN wan street amt therel
EepheW-L0ts Of r. Uncle Josh-And
rs az dropped b. fDIks that's tryin' %
pick Il up.-Pnek
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

Here's the whole world rushing 10
tne door when the American dollar
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Editor-T am obliged to decline your
mem win thanks. I am very sorry'
mt Poet-But whatf EdftOr-Tne
MANAGEMENT insists upon my deenn-
Ing an poems that way.
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

"nen a man can borrow money with
OUT collateral he's the collateral.
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zohnuy-Papa. what Is phfosephsri
PA nan With q good hyer. .neett
stospnch ana bank account : oness0
NsHk
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some men who insist on standing On
tneI record ought to be tired enough
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Funny 20 Her.

els be really a humoristr
s.He certainly is.- replied the sWeet
vouur thine. -He actually asked me
8 msrrz HIM
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

Kindly watch your small change.
counterfeit tens. fves and twos are IA
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

halt the battle is In doing things NJ
tne right time. The other half Is in
knowing when to quit.
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

Inc principal work Of this con
. ,e Is to arrange for q delegatinn
= ~Oinan voters to 60 70 washington
-. 80 congress Is convened The dele
HuOn WIN personally treat with the
"a OF congress and solicit their
- LOT the Susan B. Anthony eonst-
49, O-al amendment which would gre
r,- ~ % women throughout the land
sr 1,.s raul was at one time a militant
o n.a IN London. though she Il q
, s.aKer origin and hans from Moorss-
The broad ax., 1915-09-18

ITS surprising how little 1t takes 10
encourage a hopeful person.