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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
"LeftHanded" Parrots.

Parrots seize objects with the left
claw by preference or exclusively,
and they have been found to make a
reader use of the left claw for climb
ing than the right.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Lucky Individual.

"a man is mighty lucky" said I'm
Gle Eben, eff he's born wifi a good
bass voice dat makes what he says
sound solemn an serious even if it
don't amount to much"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
When He is Settled.

Wigwag-'Now that Newlywed is
married he seems to be quite set
tied. Henpeckke-"Weu it's nat
ural for fellow to be settled after
he is married. His wife attends to
shat."-Exchang
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Atonement.

'I hate the smell Of mothballs and
there's a woman next door hanging up
the clothes she has had put away with
them why object to that? She's
doing you neighborly kindness, in
airing your grievances
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Agreed With Him.

Your husband is looking so much
better nowadays, Mrs. Nurich. Eyes,
it's the new treatment. He's been
trying some immunity baths. But
faIo Express.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Minneapolis. June II, 1915.

Minneapolis, June II, 1915.
Wheat-No. 1 hard, 1877; No. nor
thern, 1924 @1.36A; No. northern
1.26@1.33h.
Corn-No. yellow, 66@661ac.
Oats-No. 3 white, 451a@46c.
Rye-No. 2, 113@1.17.
Flax-1.S01a @1S21b.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
They Who Have Learning.

Great takers, without knowledge,
are as the winds that whistle; but
they who have learning should speak
eloud.-Maliere
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Chicago. June Ii. 1915.

Chicago, June IL, 1915.
Hogs-Light, 7.45@755; heavy, ITO
@765; rough, 7.10@725; pigs, $3.50
TAO.
Cattle-Native steers, 6.7509.30;
western steers, 6.S0@S05; COWS and
heifers, 3.20@S.75; calves, 7.50@10.25-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15

No carnivorous bird or quadruped
| In EIa3lSnd will eat the flesh of a
| cat.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
THE FOOD SHOW

Washington people ought to
patronize literally the food show
that will open tomorrow at Conven-
ton Hall. 1t is n part of the wide
spread effort to interest the public
in the real essentials of the food
problem; ir questions Of food values,
qualities, q, d conditions. To get the
public interested in these questions
is q necessary incident to getting
governmental and administrative
control Of those phases with which
1t must deal If ever the cost of liv-
ing problem is to be solved.
Just about in proportion as the
masses of people shall indicate in
telligent appreciation of the whole
food issue, SO will administration be
able to deal with the economic side
Of it. States and nations are trying
to determine and to deal with the
factors that cause food constantly
to cost more. No matter whether
the worlds yearly output of food
stuffs is nominally excessive or de-
hcient, the consumer finds himself
burdened with charges that tend
psrsistently to increase.
In graphing with these anomalies
OF the economic situation regarding
food, Government and business alike
will make just about the progress
that pubic interest compels. Busi-
ness, thus far, has on the whole done
more than Government toward solu-
tion of the difficulties. The food
show is practical testimony to the
earnest wish of business to help it.
self and also its clientele, the public.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
GIRLS BEATING WAY
ON FREIGHT TRAINS
Crews Reyond the Mississippi Soy
$Thnt This Year "HobOcts"
Are Common,

Beyond the Mississippi many girls.
overall clad, are beating their way"
on freight and passenger trains. says
an Exchange. Crews say that while
heretofore there have been occasional
instances of the sort, this year 1t has
been common thiing to find bumpers.
brake beams or blind baggage (an
unavoidable alliteration. bearing
ticketiess. feminine freight with west
ward ho." for a motto. 4 passenger
fireman on the Rocky Mountain division
of the Milwaukee road rounded up four
of these "hoboets" on a recent run,
and put them to the test by an order
to loosen coal in the tender while he
shoveled. The girls did their best but
Missoula. the next stop. was ardently
claimed as their station Small Won
der! Even so. the four expressed n de-
termination to reach Seattle without
paying.
The influence of war news. with pic
ture of modern Jeannes dare, women
ayiators, motorists, war nurses and po-
lice, may seem to offer an explanation.
But to accept 1t would be misintcrpret-
ing cause and effect. Riding blind bag
gage and plotting aeroplanes are due to
innoculation with the same germ; Psr-
chance he is the excitement microbe,
The meaning OF II all iss, then, that
given a chance. women will do what
ever men do. up to a point where phy-
steal impossibility blocks them off. And
there IL small reason to believe beam
riders fundamentally different from the
reckless drivers of red devils" That
is a question of pockctbook. not psy-
chology.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

Calls have been issued for meet
ings of both the Republican and
Democratic national committees in
Washington, to take up formally
the preliminary arrangements for
the national conventions of 1916.
These gatherings are always looked
upon as marking the opening Of the
national campaign. There. is more
or less jockeying among prospective
candidates for nominations, where
contests are ahead, and a measure
of political significance, commonly
a good deal exaggerated, is attached
to the proceedings of the commit
tees and the expressions of individ-
ual members.
The activities of rival aspirants
for nomination are commonly re-
doubled after the committees have
met and set the prcliminaries Of
ficially going. In the present case,
with a contest in only ono party for
the nomination, greatest interest
will center in the Republican COM
mittce's sessions. But events yet to
develop will, to a greater extent
than usual, shape the course of the
pre-convention campaign. History
is making all over the world at the
pace of seven-league boots, and
wherever it is made it affects do
mestic affairs in America to an ex-
tent altogether unprecedented. Our
foreign relations are exerting an in
, fluence on the processes Of the do
mestic political mind. to an extent
not yet accurately to be gauged,
but certain to be very important.
Beyond this, the revolution in eco
nomic conditions of the whole world
is affecting mems opinions as to
the policies that should be adopted
here, and this revolution is SO rapid
and so striking in it's effects that
here again is a factor whose force
cannot be estimated.
The thing may happen tomorrow
that will determine the result of the
next Presidential election in the
. United States. 1t may happen in
Nish, in Tokyo, in London, Berlin
or Mexico City. But one thing is
assured already. The Presidential
campaign from this time forward
will be a Kaleidoscope affair, and it
is really inaugurated with the calling
Of the meetings for the two great
national committees.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31

be trained not only In the methods
Of working submarines but with
their own craft could be trained in
methods Of defense against them.
Great Britain is today depending
on its motor boat owners for part
of the defense of the British isles.
Practically every power boatman in
England and Scotland is enlisted in
the so-called mosquito" fleet, made
up of fast small craft that do ex-
cellent patrol service and effectively
guard the coast. A start in this di-
rection was made by the formation
of the power boat squadron in this
country Efforts should be made to
increase the interest in this service.
The submarine experts declare that
this plan would be entirely prsc-
ticable and that it would probably
be possible to- induce the State gov
ernments to purchase submarines
for their reservists If the Federal
authorities would take the initial
steps.
Most of the romance of the Euro
pean war centers about the subma-
rine and aeroplane and both services
would be rather attractive to the in
telligent young men Of this country
who like to emulate the deeds Of
daring Of the old days Of war.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
Wednesday.

Meeting. Washington Society of Engineers.
Cosmos Club. p. IN. DR.. charles f. Mon
roe will lecture on Explosives as an Aid
to Engineering"
Goldman. Pyth!sn Temple. s p. m.
Food SHOW. Convention Hall. 1880 to $40 and
1880 to 1880.
Chysanthemum show, greenhouses. Four
teenth and b streets northwest. . a. m. to
p. m.
Twenty-second annual Convention. sunday
School Association OF the District OF Co
Church. 1890. $50 and 7:So p m.
Mission for Non-Catholics. st. Patrtcks
Church.
Lecture on Macbeth the Rev. Earl Will
fey. Home Club, evening.
National Cnion-General Deputies Associa-
tion. at headquarters.
Rally Service. Epworth League of WASH
Masonic--Osiris. No 2S. r. C: King 5oo-
mon No. 81. p: m. grand visitation and
NJ NJ. Royal Aid Chapters: Columbia,
No. ]. brief business session, all capitular
bodies 2:30 to $50. Reception to General
Grand High Priest: Royal Arch dinner.
Eastern star-Arame. No. 10, social
Odd Fcllows-Eastern, No I, initiation; Har-
mony. No. Q: Friendship, No. l., and Fed
eral city, No. 20. business.
knights OF Pythi8s-Mt Vernon. No s, and
Equal. No. II. business.
Pythian Sisters-Friendship Temple. No. g.
Knights OF Coiumbus-vaudevilIe by the
Dramatic Club Gonzaga Hall, S p. m.
RoyRi Arcanum-M Municipal Council In New
Masonic Temple sth and F streets north
east, and Francis Scott Key Council, To-
tomac Savings Bank hall.
Woodmen OF the World-Oak Camp. No l.
Twelfth and streets northeast.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
REAL PATRIOTISM

SO true to the standards of an
earlier America that it seems posi-
lively novel is the conception of
patriotism expressed by President
Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale.
Patriotism means not only enjoy
ment but sacrifice" he says in his
annual report. at teaches us that
the community can claim not only a
part of the property or a part of the
time of its citizens but their very
life itself. This lesson is important
in every age; it is particularly i'm
portant today, when combinations of
various classes in the community
stand in organized antagonism to
each other and do not hesitate to
ignore national interests in their
conflict"
For the reason that it teaches this
high ideal of patriotism, President
Hadley favors the summer military
instruction camps for college stu
dents. There is no danger, he re.
marks, that the young man who has
gone through the routine of camp
life will be so much attracted by
military glamour as to become a
lingo. On the contrary. he believes
proper training in military science
creates peace advocates, while pre-.
paredness undoubtedly makes for
peace. Therefore he recommends
that work done in these military in.
struction camps, such as the one at
Plattsburg, should be credited to.
ward the students A. B. degree
'ng with his Greek and maths.
matics.
Most sane Americans will be quick
to agree with President Hadley's
conclusion that such instruction has
an educational value which much
more than justifies its practice.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
JOFFRE IN ENGLAND

Recently Theophile Delcasse visited
England, and it is reported that he
urged upon the British government
the necessity for conscription in or
der to strengthen the allied fronts
with some of the two million able
bodied men of military age who
have not responded to the call Of
patriotism. Upon his return to
France, or soon thereafter, he re-
signed as foreign minister. Now
General Joffre, the French generals
simo, has gone to London to confer
with General Kitchener.
Only matters of the utmost mill
tary Importance would take General
Joffre to London. His business there
can only be conjectured, but it is
certain that it was of such a nature
that it either could not be transacted
through correspondence, or that its
character was such it was desired
that no record be made of it. There
have not been lacking signs that
France is dissatisfied with the
apathy toward the war of no small
part of the English population, and
correspondents in Paris say France
believes that England is not bearing
her just share of the military bur-
den in France. The strain on France
is far greater than on England, and
she has called her last man to the
colors. With the mills of the world
turning out munitions for the allies,
faster now than they are being used,
1t is clear that their greatest need
is for soldiers.
1t is not unnatural to expect in the
near future some important develop
ment from the Joffre- Kitchener con-
ference. The range of possibilities
is wide, running all the way from a
central military control of the al
lied forces, to the announcement
that Japanese army will be dis
patched to one of the various battle
lines. Japan is ready to send half
a million seasoned veterans to the
front. She waits for her price.
But whatever else was considered, it
may be safely assumed that one
subject was not discussed by the war
chiefs, and that subject is peace.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
EYESIGHT AIDED BY
TRAINING IN ARMY
II Is One of the Many "surpriseaH
Which European War Has
Revealed.

Among the many 'surprises which
the war has revealed. none has been
more striking than the one showing tho
enormous number of young men COM
PEELED to wear glasses on account Of
weak eyesight," says the Boston Post.
The interesting sequel is that. after
undergoing a few months training
many young men find they can DIS
pense altogether with any artificial aid,
to vision. Six months ago many who
could not read. cross a road in safety.
or recognize friend at the other side
of 1t without the aid of glasses. can
now. at their training gr,unds, go to
the butts and see and hit the target at
300 wards or more. Not only so, but
their vision for all general purposes Ia
markedly improved.
This happy state of affairs Is attrib-
uted largely to the open-air conditions
of their new life. and In particular -
the more expansive prospect continually
presented 10 the eye. Freedom froro
close pursuits. carried on under art!a.
c'al light. is doubtless an importane
factor.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
LONDON ALTERS LIFE
AS ITS LIGHTS FADE
CustOnis md Ideas Change When the
City Tries to Hidc From
ZenncIlua

(From the London Daily ChronicIe.)
Customs. ideas, beliefs. and conven-
tions have been altered by the new pre-
cautionary measures taken against air
raids. and for Londoners this new ex-
perience has brought home many truths.
SO changed has the city become by
night that. stumbling along through
thoroughfares. guided only by the faint
glow OF subdued lamps one can almost
realize what the nights of the regency
were like. Nothing Is wanting but the
Sedan chairs. the fambeaux held aloft.
and the bell of the night watchman.
The pleasure providers have been hit
the hardest. Instead OF going to tho
bar or the supper room. the city man
who used to idle his time goes back to
his suburb; the cafe habitue has given
up his late meals out. and the West
End managers in general now recognize
that the really late diners at their
tables have become merely figures in
social history. Those little recherche
parties with which one associated the
explosive note of the champagne cork
are dead, and many people In consc-
duence are healthier, wealthier. and
wiser.
q Instead. there is the new form OF
sociability-the midday luncheon. It Is
neither So expensive nor so enervating.
and the Londoners have found It quite
as enjoyable. Then there Is the in.
creased use OF the omnibus and the
tube, the revived pleasures Of nome
life. and the greater realization of its
diversity and interest, as against the
weary monotony OF unending calls" in
the pleasure quarters OF the metropolis.
To go to the theater in these days Ia
to essay something In the nature of an
adventure. And with so many revivals
Of the old favorite pieces. and the re-
versal OF feminine dress to the full,
wide skirt as exemplifed in the fash :
ionable revue. the social perspective
years. and we md ourselves living
ever again the plosSures OF the past
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
SCHOOLS IN HOLLAND
NOT NEAR STREETS
That Would Re Too Noisy, So They
Are Placed in Center
Of HIOck.

An American writer and an Ameri-
can school teacher travelling In Hol-
lend went one day to visit school.
and the writer sent n description OF
the trip to one of the American maHa-
zines. says the Kansas city Star.
The description is too long to give
of what he SAYS:
I'm this block is the school," said
our guide.
tI see no schoolhouse." said the spec
tators friends. although I was certain
| should know one in any language or
any land"
DO you think that 1t would be near
the street?' inquired Herr Van Dam,
reprovinsly. mo. no, that would be
too noisy
We went from the quiet street into
the heart of the block. and there. with
a graveled playground on one side and
pleasant flower beds on the other.
stood brick schoolhouse which might
have wandered In from any American
town. so familiar was Its form. In
long. exact lines hanking each wall
were rows OF wooden shoes: wee. cum
ming ones told that the primary was
near by, while the big. bigger, biggest
ones were outward signs of grades evi-
IDENTIFY near at hand.
After noting the sparkling cleanliness
OF floors. windows. walls and children
the spectator adds a curious fact that
surely could not have been observed In
any other country but Holland. Upon
each desk the spectator noticed an
eightcen-inch square Of stiff paper, a
delicate gray In color.
What Is the use of the paper on the
desk?" his curiosity prompted him to
ask.
"Ah. that is to keep the desk clean
I'm sorry to say that by the middle OF
the year 1t gets a little soiled: ther
we turn 1t over for the rest OF the
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
POPULARIZIN0 The SERVICES

The romance and pomp and
panoply of war have been carefully
extracted by science, and the soldier
and sailor, officer and enlisted man,
are sweating workmen instead of
gayly caparisoned warriors. It be-
hooves those who are working out
defense plans to do something to
make the business of the defenders
popular. They have a big task be-
fore them, and it might be we'll to
inject into that task something more
attractive to the men than the hard,
grinding work that must be done.
In this connection the suggestion
has been made that the more intel
ligent men of the naval reserve or
CARNATIONS in the big harbor cities
be instructed in the use of subma-
rines. This would seem an excellent
plan to popularize enlistments in
naval reserve organizations and de-
velop a skillful class of defenders.
In every harbor city there are
hundreds of men owning motor
craft, large and small, who could be
induced to go in for study of inten-
sive warfare as applied to subma-
rine maneuvers. Submarines are
motor craft of a most advanced
type. Warrant officers Of the navy
who operate the delicate machine of
these boats-no more delicate by the
way than some of the racing motor
craft-could be detailed to take up
the training of the militiamen. One
submarine in the New York, Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Michigan, California, and Washing
ton naval reserve organizations,
could be the nucleus Of an organiza-
ten af.motor boat experts who could
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
PRINCE MAKES CLAIM
TO POLAND'S THRONE
UicdcIski Claims To Re Direct De-
sccndcnt of King BoIeslaw
The BOld.

A claim which raises the whole in
tcrcstinE question OF Poland and its
prospects of rc-establishmem as al In
dependent state is made by Polish
noblcman. Prince Paul Riedelski now
living in Bath, says the London
Chronicle.
Prince Riedclski. who describes him.
self rs the direct descendant of King
Boleslaw the Bold, claims to be the
only real heir to the throne OF Poland.
His reputed ancestor was excom-
municated by the Pope and forced to
flee to Hungary, where he died an OBJ
scure death. His offense bears an al.
most Identical resemblance to that OF
our own Henry II. for like the latter
king. Boeslaw either murdered dirc:t-
" or was responsible for the murder
of Stanislaus. Bishop of Cracow. at al
most the same tim" that Thomas 0
Beckett was killed in England. In each
case, too. the murder was committed
as the victim was reading mass in thu
cathedral.
The Washington times., 1915-10-31
Thursday.

Oyster roast. Washington Lodge Of Elks,
Elks' Club. 3 y. m.
Lecture. Sex the Great Element Of Crea.
tive Art" Emma Goldman. Pythian Tenn
pie, y. m.
Rehearsal. Home Club Chorus. Home club.
7:t5 to 9:l5.
Food Show. Convention Hall. 1850 to $50
and 1880 to 1880.
Chrysanthemum Show, green houses, Four
teenth and Il streets northwest. . a. m. to
D. m.
Mission. for Non-cathoiics. st. Patrick
Church.
National Union-w. II. Collins Council, Per.
pelual Building Association hall.
Masonic-Naval, No. !, grand visitation and
F. c.; Hiram. No. 10. r. A.
Eastern Star-Esther. No. 5.
Odd Fellows.Columbia No. 10. social; Cove,
knights. OF Pythias- Franklin. No. }, bust.
ness; Uniform Rank, J. T. Caldwell Com.
pany, No. 7. monthly assembly and ousi.
ness.
Daughters OF Acknowledgements Council
No. 3. cuchre party at its hall.
Knights OF Columbus-Naudeville by :he
Dramatic Club for the benefit OF the St
Vincent de Paul Society. Gonzaga hall
p. m: Spalding Council