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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
Countess of Warwick AssaIs Motives
of Society Women In War.

The London Chronicle publishes an
article by the Countess of Warwick
protesting against the butterfly" sis
terhOOd. After paying tribute TO many
prominent women who have labored
conScientiously with splendid results
since the war began the countess pro-
ceedS:
Unfortunately there is in London
today a very large company of young
women to whom war is little more
than a new sensation. They are not
old enough to understand or young
enough to be restrained. Scores have
found their way to great London hos,
pitfalls TO face what they are pleased to
regard as training. l have known
some who danced till 3 a. m. and pre-
sented themselves at the hospital at S
o'clock. The social butterflies have
acquired Il trifling superficial knowl-
edge of nurses work and then set their
social influence to work in order ia
reach some one of the base hospitals
where they may sample fresh expert
ences. They subvert discipline, they
are law to themselves, they are toe
highly placed or protected to be called
to order promptly, they have neither in
clination nor capacity for sustained
usefulness.
'TO sit at the end of a bed and smoke
cigarettes with wounded officer does
not develop the efficiency of a hospital.
The interlOpers want the limelight and
plenty of it. Their pictures flood the
illustrated papers, and to read what is
written of them the inexperienced per-
son might imagine they were bearing
the heat and burden of the day. the
solitude and anxiety of the night, while
In very truth they do no more than
search for fresh sensation in an are1
that should be sacred
TO do a very minimum of work. to
attach themselves to the most attrac
tive cases, to carry small talk, gabble
and gossip into places where so many
come to die-these are the main efforts
Of the young society nurses, and all
these Outrages are being carried en-
from day to day"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
HaindronS.

Drops of rain vary in their size per
hapS from Il twenty-ffth to a quarter
Of an inch in diameter. In parting
from the clouds they precipitate their
descent till the increasing resistance
opposed by the air becomes equal TO
their weight, when they continue TO
fall with uniform velocity. This We
locity is therefore in Il certain ratio
TO the diameter of the drops; hence
thunder and other showers in which
the drops are large pour down faster
than a drilling rain. A drop of the
twenty-fifth part of an inch in falling
through the air would. when it had ar
rived at its uniform velocity, acquire q
celebrity OF only eleven and a half feet
per second. while one of a quarter Of
an inch would have velocity of thiz.
ty-three end a half feet.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
WAR BABE FOR ADOPTION.
German Mother Unable to Get Word
of Her Soldier husband.

German Mother Unable to Get Word
of Her Soldier Husband.
Mrs. Carl Muller of Yaphank has in,
serted an advertisement in several
Long Island papers offering for adOp
ton a newborn war babe, whose moth
er, a German woman, is stopping at
Mrs. Muller's home.
1.-The baby's mother, who doesn't
want her name known save TO the cou-
pie who she hopes. w:ll adopt her lit
tie daughter. does not know whether
she is a widow or not said Mrs. Mul-
Ter to q reporter The mother is a
friend Of mine who came 20 the United
States after her husband mad been
forced to fight for Germany She has
tried repeatedly to obtain word from
or of her husband without result and
she has no knowledge whether he has
been killed or is still fighting She
feels that she cannot care for her little
daughter. who was born on Feb. 27.
and is a little dear. and she is willing
to give full surrender to q couple who
can convince her that the baby will
have good home and kind treatment"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
WANTS WRIGHT IN ENGLAND
Daily Mail Urges That He Direct Great
Aeropiane Work

The London Daily Mail, commenting
editorially on the report that the Ger
mans recently became posSessors of a
new and faster type OF aeroplane
urges the British government to seek
the assistance of Oryille Wright. the
American inventor
The government is being urged to
embark on 4 gigantic scheme for aero
plane construction. with Mr.. Churchill
in charge" says the Mail. 1t would
certainly be Unwise to put such a mat
ter in the hands of politician or any
body except an expert. In so vital
matter we should employ the best
brains in the world. The aerOplane was
invented by the brothers Wright Or
vile Wright is intimately acquainted
with all types We do not know wheth-
er he would be willing to come TO Eng
land. but we know that re is the
worlds best authority or aeroplanes
and n singUlarly disinterested and un-
commercial inventor"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
CHASING TIE RAINBOW.
Curious Legends That Are Told In
Different Countries.

We have all of us heard stories OF
the treasure at the end of the rain
bow. There is Il pot Of gold there. you
know And if we could only walk far
enough. run fast enough. we might
find it and be ever thereafter happy.
That is what our nurses tell US when
we are children. isn't it?
And sometimes we learn that the
rainbow is Il bridge. and the thunder
is the roar of the heavy wheels going
over it.
These are the stories that we hear
in childhood about the rainbow. Chill
dren of other lands hear many other
stories
In Greece nurses tell the children
that if any one by chance stumbles
over the end Of the rainbow his or her
sex is changed. A fine story that to
tell a child. The little Greeks must
run away from the ends of the rain
bow instead of seeking them to find
our pot of gold.
The little Turk hears from his nurse
that if he can but touch the band of
orange that spans the heavens in the
rainbow his head will turn to silver.
with rubies for eyes and teeth Of gold
In many parts Of Russia the rain
bow is called Il pump. and in Hungary
it is called Gods pump" and ''Noahs
pump"
In Russia. in some provinces. the
wells are covered with strong plat
forms, SO that the water cannot be
drawn from them by the rainbow, and
in other provinces it is said that three
angels have charge OF the rainbow
one to draw water through it from thL
earth. another TO give water from it tC
the clouds and another to return the
water to the earth in the form of rain
Boston Herald.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
MIGHTY MAUNA LOA.
This Gigantic Volcano Is Worthy Ri
val TO Vesuvius.

val TO VeSuVIuS.
The lofty volcanoes of the Hawaiian
Islands, rising above the ocean from
5000 to nearly $4,000 feet, are only the
SUBMITS of gigantic mountain masses
that rise abruptly from the bottom of
the Pacific. Mauna Loa, on the island
of Hawaii, stands 1868 feet above
sea level, but its slopes descend be
meath the sea, as shown by deep sea
soundings, with a grade fully equal TO
if not greater than that of the visible
slopes. The same is generally true of
the submarine. slopes of other islands,
and the depths attained by these con
tinuous slopes. within thirty to fifty
miles of the shores, vary from $4,000
to 10000 feet. Mauna LOa and Mauna
Kea, if their true bases are considered
to be at the bottom of the Pacific, are
therefore mountains Of as great an alti-
tude as Mount Everest, or approXi-
mately 10000 feet. In general the
Hawaiian Island group consists OF
SUBMITS of gigantic submarine
mountain chain which projects only
its lOftier peaks and domes above the
water. On the island of Hawaii the
volcanic forces are still in operation.
The one continuously active volcanic
vent of the island IS Kilauea. far down
On the eastern flank of Mauna Loa-
''the great mountain" No other vol
cano in the world approaches Mauna
Loa in the vaStness of its mass or in
the magnitude of its eruptive activity.
There are many volcanic peaks higher
in the air. but most of them are plant
ed upon elevated platforms, where they
appear as mere cones of greater or less
size. 1t is not yet known at what level
the base Of Mauna LOa is situated, but
1t is below the sea, probably far below.
Mauna Kea-"the white mountain
is also a colossus among volcanoes.
Its summit, 1926 feet. is a trite high
er than that of Mauna Lon. but its
slopes are sleeper, and it's base Is there
fore much smaller. The magnitude of
Mauna LOa is due chiefly to the great
area of its base, which is nearly clip
teal in shape, with a major diameter
Of seventy-fOur miles and a minor di-
ameter of fifty-three miles, measured
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
Nanes uaurned l,Y Women.

Mary Is not by any means the on}y
name that has been borne by men and
women alike, writes i correspondent
Of the London Chronicle, who has dip
ped into old parish and other registers.
Sir Patience Ward was lord mayor OF
London in 1850, Eve Sliffhton is men
toned III will Of the sixteenth cen
tury. and Grace HardWin was an old
landowner III America.
As 10 male names usurped by the la,
dies. instances occur OF feminine Phil
ips and Georges. and in one case n
daughter was duly baptized Noah 4
gOddaughter Of the Duke of Yelling
ton was named Arthur in his honor
and in Emngham church there is a
monument TO Timothy. wife of Richard
Mabanke.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
Penvs on 4 Coal Famine.

There was a coal famine in England
in 1866 England was at the time at
war with Holland and, owing to the
presence of the Dutch fleet in English
waters, the Newcastle golfers found it
impossible to get through to London.
A period of great privatiOn ensued.
Writing in his diary in June, 1861,
Pepys observes that the great misery
the city and kingdom is like to suffer
for want Of Goals is very visible and, it
is feared, will breed a mutiny." Later
in the month comes the following en-
try: "Such is the want already of Goals,
and the despair of having any supply,
that they are come this day to f5 los. q
chaldron."
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
INSTRUMENT DETECTS LYING.
Claim Ananias Is Outwittod Ly Mum
sterberg, Harvard Psychologist.

Claim Ananias Is outwiteed by Mum
sterberg, Harvard Psychologist.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg. the
Harvard psychologist, has just COM
pleted with the aid Of students Il series
of more than hundred experiments
which prove concluSWely that any per
son who tells L lie can be un@ailm%iy
detected in th> ralSeboOd The inStru-
ment used is called Il sphygmometer.
Professor AEunstCrberG has thus made
successful lying uaGer all conditions,
either where the liar is excited or per,
fectly cool and collected an absolute
impossibility
IN many OF the tests where student
jury believed witness to be telling
the truth the little sphygnometer dial
showed the opposite. The confession
of the witness later proved that the
witness had been lying ard the dial
was correct.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
A Canine Feat.

A blind man, guided by a large and
athletic dog, went down the street the
other day. Just as they turned cor
ner the blind mans dog saw a dog it
knew and daTted forward in a way
that threw the sightless mendicant 10
the ground. He WIS speedily assisted
to his feet. however, by waggish
Pas>crby. WIN remarked TIN; 1e hal
hrerl -n.-.r rcaiar.,:,l.Ir stories or the
teas i.~..rr-.-el - -..'-E%. - 4. 'ris '=l-
a.. :. IS, :.a.,. - Ian ,Tc. EiiD"u oH
- -. Cow. ...' i..,.l.- i.-i.l-.t-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
Spoke. as They Passed.

Il hope you don't associate with that
man saw Won speak 10 in the street
just now"
Associate with him: What do you
take me for: That man. sir. is one OF
the most rascaIly. corrupt. sneaking
underhand. low down. yiilainous and
Gepraved ScoundrelS that ever man
aged To keep ont Of Jail"
i know L. But why are you OI
speaking terms with MIN at all?"
why. I'm-er-his lawyer."-Lon,
ion Mail.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
LIES PURPOSES.

Lies purposes are the attainment
Of personal perfection and to help
in the whole life of the world. Men
are gwen their lives and the posi-
biEty of dying natural deaths only
on condition that they serve the lfe
Of the whole world, whereas the
suicide exploits life as long as 1t IS
agreeable and refuses to serve the
life Of the world as soon as It be-
comes unpleasant, ignoring the
likely fact that his service began
only at that moment when his life
became burdensome. Every work
is at first unpleasant. I Tolstoy.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17

Photos by American Press Association
Three RiVers.
NansemOnd, the name Of a river in
Virginia, is from the Indian word
Nawnschimund, the place from which
we We're driven away" The Flint, in
Michigan, was called by the Indians
Perwonigo, the river of the flint, :"
from the abundance Of this stone on
its banks. Humboldt river, in Nevada,
was named by Fremont in honor of
Baron Humboldt.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
The Extreme.

"This fee business is a nuisance
You have to give one everywhere to
get the least service"
II know it. Even if you want to
speak politely to a lady you have got
to tip your Baltimore American.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17

NictOriano Huerta con left, former
president of Mexico, and PaScUal Oroz-
co ION right are now under $4,000
bond on Il charge of planning another
revolt in Mexico. from Ell paso. Tex
The plans were to cross the interna-
tional bridge (ShoWn here) into .Iuarez
in OroZco'@ motor car when they We're
both arrested hv United States officials.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
Japarese Gardens.

The Japanese lay out their gardens
so as to suggest famous scenes in their
history. Miniature landscapes are laid
out to recall we'll known spots and
suggest the events that have taken
place there
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
DO 1T NOW.

Decision never becomes easier by
postponement, while habit grows
stronger every day. Common sense
as well as conscience says, Choose
this day"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
An Easy One.
A lawsuit.

What is that which nobody wants
and nobody likes to lose?
A lawsuit
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17

Getting the Right Number.
She had tried in vain to get her tele
phone number. Hello. Central" she
inquired sweetly, can you suggest the
wrong number to ask for in order to
get $3.50 T'-Ladies' Home
JOUrnal
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
chesaneake Is Guarded.

Norfolk, Va, July 13.-Big guns at
Fortress Monroe demonstrated how
difficult it would be for an enemy's
ship to enter the Chesapeake bay.
Targets placed at distance of eight
TO ten miles at sea were smashed with
apparent ease. The shooting was wit
messed by General Frederick S
Strong. department commander of the
South Atlantic artillery district.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17
Geneva, o., Votes Dry

Columbus, O., July 13.-Geneva.
Ashtabula county, voted dry. 434
TO PIT.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-17

Considering Measure to Be Adopted Ir
Case of Further Attacks by Ger.
many on American Lives-Americ7
Desires NO War, But VIII Maintain
Stand For Neutrals-Conferenc to
Be Held Last Of Week.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-04
$4,000 WILL BUY
YOU RAILROAD

NEW YORK. oct. Amy one
with $4,000 or Whereabouts can buy
a railroad If they appear In the sher-
ms office at Morristown. n. j. The
sale OF the New Jersey and Pennsyl.
vania railroad, which runs from
Watnong TO White House station. in
Hunterdon county, Is to be sold un-
der foreclosure by Frederick V. Pit.
ney, receiver.
To meet state taxes and receiv-
er's certificates $4,000 is needed and
other incidental expenses are ex-
pected to make the total 100000.
The road has been in the hands OF
receiver since Dec 81. 1912.
II has been idle since Oct. 1913.
when II was shut down as a result
OF a demand for improvements by
the State Board OF Public Utility
Commissioners The road consists
Of % miles of track, but there Is
no rolling stock left
The Detroit times., 1915-10-04

the present day, plumbing must
have its standards. II can no longer
be- the his or miss, unstandardized
AFFAIR IL was in the day when a be
grimed, unframed jackknife me
chanic and a boy was a full-hedged
plumbing establishment
In the plumbing business, rs in
other important lines of modern
business, cooperation is the watch.
word II results 10 the benefit OF
the plumbing business itself and in
the standards Il sets up and makes
possible Of maintenance. the public
IL greatly benefited as we'll Hero
in Detroit the Master Plumber as
ISOLATION maintains Offices In the
New Telegraph building, al the cor
ncr OF Congress and Larned-sts
Regular meetings are held and the
discussion and general cooperation
axes II possible for al the clients
OF the members of the association
to have a. epod plumbing as is &c
be had anywhere IN the country
but the association staudardizcs
plumbing for Che whole city az well
Jas II. Bolton, of the Vlnlon com.
pany, is president and Charles A.
simon is ,ecrctary
GXact,ons required of master
plumbers in tho present high state
OF the art are very severe How
severe Is seldom Little. realized IN.
less one paree 70 coreidcr \ car
penter or mason. for instance may
slight thcis work i'm q hundred diff
fcreut particular and yet so far
as the a. oTs OF the house or build
ing they construct may know. all
VIII be IS II should But let a con
tracing plumber make an e,aloya'o
and careful installation In a given.
building and let him be ctr %
careful ana patnsiakins IN all his
work. IL ho but leave the occasion
OF even a very small leak in soJe
obscure part % the work the whole
undertaking Is Judged hy it. How
infinitely painstaking must be the
effort on every part Of the worh;
how absolutely beyond question
must he every part of the material.
Plumbing work. like a chain. is not
judged by the great preponderance
OF its unquestioned worth. but by
It's weakest link. Plumbers are al!
too frequently saddled with the as
persion that they are unduly slow
but when one pauses 20 reflect that
tie completed job will be Judged by
It's absolute soundness, down 10 ever
the seemingly most inconsequential
joint or connection. then one real
ICES that the plumbers undertaking
must consist in reality rather than
in seeming.
Other than extreme care at every
The Detroit times., 1915-10-04

step. the plumber is also beset with
other difficult limitations. It seems
faIr TO put the situa ion this way:
The plumber has always 10 tit his
work TO the contriyiHgs and inven-
tons and designs OF oth,~s and is
never left TO HE own choice in the
matter. To illustrate. The carpen-
ter builds house and then The
plumber accommodates his Plumb
ing TO IL as best ne may. How diff
ferent might be the situation were
the plumber allowed 20 first set up
his IDEAL of a well plumhod estab-
lishment and then the builder be
asked 20 fit his structure TO IT,
1t will perhaps occur To some that
The master plumbers at the present
lay are not given cue recog aition
for their work and design in the
decorative sense. Plumbing has
Lcen heretofore thought OF as
doWn.cclldr affair, and OF far-ramify-
ing pipes between joisi $, and yet how
indebted TO the modern plumbing art
We are for much OF he beauty OF
cur kcmcs Modern bathrooms in
many instances are yeritablc WORKS
OF ART, and even in the great ma. or
ity Of instances the modern bath
room if il could have been imagin-
The Detroit times., 1915-10-04

oil, century ago would have been
the envy Of kings.
The matter OF heating our homes,
even In the near past, was consid-
cred mere approximation OF the
desired end, fyaught with unsightli-
uess, uncleanliness and disor er.
but how different today Heat is
not alone equitably ard agreeably
applied, but the very paraphernalia
by which 1t is distrit uted about our
homes is slightly and even decora-
tive.
And, too. what refinement there Ia
today in plumbing appliances. This
point may, perhaps. best be made
clear by reference TO the writings
OF Mrs. Emily Post, a widely-known
American novelist Recently she
undertook trip across the United
in behalf OF Golfers Weekly, de-
| scribng her impressions by the way.
Writing OF her experience at the
Statler hotel in Cleveland (she did
not pass via DetroiD she tells OF
| some Of the advantages Of hotels.
ALREADY" she writes, Il could
make up treatise on plumbing. !
have found an 'anti-scald' device. |
read about It In the service booklet
later The curious looking handles
and levers occupying most of a
whitc-tiled wall at the head Of the
bath-tub so fascinated me that had
To try and SEE how they worked. |
pulled knobs and pushed buttons
that were seemingly for ornament
only. until suddenly harmless
looking handle let loose a roaring
spray OF water that came from
every part Of the amateur Niagara
at once. My bath was over before
| had meant it 20 begin, and ! got
undressed afterward instead Of be
fore. | liked the bath rooms With
| running ice water faucets"
SO it goes; the recital miglt be
considerable extended. But any one
who pauses 10 reflect, as has been
number Of times suggested IN this
article. Will realize how substantial
" indebted 20 the plumbing art for
health. for comfort and beauty,
withal, in our homes, We are.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-04
MANUFACTURES
FINEST KNIFE

ALTOONA, Pa. Oct. What Is
perhaps the smallest penknife in the
world has Just been completed by
NJ. A. Kaufman, employed in
iewelry store here II measures
5-S2s OF an inch in length. with
blade less than PICS Of an inch long.
The handle IS solid gold, while the
blade and spring are OF tempered
steel.
The knife is kept in a bottle 10
prevent losing n The workmanship
must be seen through magnifying
glass.