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The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
How Old Are You?

Some of US know how old we are
but are not willing to tell. Some of
us don't know and wouldn't tell If
we did know and some of US would
just as soon tell but we really don't
know.
Yet what daughter of Eve would be
believed if she said that she didn't
know her age? The inference would
be that that same daughter of Eve
didn't want to tell
But it is a fact that a great many
peopIe-chiIdren and adults-really do
not give much thought to their ages.
They couldn't tell you if they wanted
20. Recently one of the officers en-
ployed in the United States Public
Health Service got together the rec
ords of about five thousand school
children and from these records came
to the conclusion that even among
children there is the greatest careless
ness when it comes to questions Of
age. A certain lack of truthfulness
one might expect to find among child
rem whose parents wanted them to go
TO work before the age allowed by
the law, but children who have not
the slightest object in hiding their
aEes-children of the better-to-do
families even-very often cannot tell
within two or three years of how old
they are One child of ten who said
that he was eight" going on twelve"
was an example of the sort Of hail
ness that some children feel on this
subject.
The same condition, so the health
officer says, prevails among high
school children. They don't know
the year and very often don't know
the day on which they were born
although one would suppose that there
was incentive enough in most families
for young folk to remember their
birthdays.
The same condition prevails among
grown-ups. University graduates and
men, even, says the authority, even
under oath sometimes give their ages
years younger than the truth. So that
one is led to infer that losing track
of ones age is not a fault in which
the woman who wants to lool- younger
than she is-and most women are
accused of that ambition-has a mo-
nopoly.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
So Says Miss Constance Drexel. Who
Has Nursed at the Front and Now
Comes to Seek Remedy by Work
ing for Women's Vote.

When I saw those fine young men
men OF twenty or wenty-five-wounded,
mutilated. crippled killed-being carried
from the hospital trains at Deauville, and
thought of our own chaps-the country S
youngest and best-I just made up my
mind that something was wrong at
the bottom of things; that working there
as a nurse. patching them up, washing
and dressing their wounds, nursing them
back from death even, wasn't enough.
Something more had to be done"
Thus spoke Miss Drexel at the Congress
sional Union headquarters to a repre-
sentative OF The Woman's Herald yes
terday. Miss Drexel has returned from
the war zone of Europe, where she actu-
ally gave her services as a nurse for
two months after the war broke out and
she can speak from experience of the
horrors of the war. Now she is back
in this country because she feels that
she has discovered what this some
thing that she felt must be done real
ly is.
THE women over there know that
something is wrong Their hearts are
bleeding and they are terribly oppressed
by it all They realize blindly what
a frightful thing it is for them-this
killing of their men. What will life be
worth? Nothing. For to one of those
European women. marriage. children, the
things that men do for women are all
that is worth while in life. In this coun-
try 1t would not be so bad, for women
have other ways of expressing them
selves. Talk about the glory of protect
ing the women. 1t would be a hundred
times more welcome to them to be killed
with their men, if they felt that in so
doing they might avert the calamity Of
this dsproportionate decrease in
number of men in the community. 1t is
the future that they have to face in an
abnormal predominance of women that
is the firightful thing.
These women blindly feel that some
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
ACORNER IN ANCESTORS
THE WEST FAMILY
By FRANCES CowIEs

American West COat-of-arms - New
Amsterdam Family of Van der Hay
den-POPe One of the Most Ancient
Names In BritaIn-WInslOw, Of PurI-
tan FaR~Lanes Famed for Patriot
ism.
Americans of the name West bear the
coat-of-arms OF the family of County
Bucks. England. which is described in
the language OF heraldy. as follows: Ar
gent (sIlver) fesse dancette, in base a
maunche sable CbIack) in chief two esto-
lies gules (red).
To Inquirer who wants information
about the Van der Hayden family:
The forefather OF the Van der Haydens
in this country was Jacob Tyssen Van
der Hayden, a tailor of Amsterdam. who
came to New Amsterdam about 1858 with
the intent, no doubt, OF making a pleas
ant home for himself In the new world.
However rosy his dreams may have been.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
N. F. Lyons to Play at Church.

Maurice F. Lyons, the former secre-
tary OF William F. McCombs, well known
to music lovers of Washington by his
renditions on the violincello, will play
for the Concordian Church on February
10. His program will consist OF the
"Berceuse," by GODDARD; the always ac-
ceptable Spring Song" by Mendelssohn.
and THE Dream" by Hauser. Mr..
Lyons will be assisted by Miss Flor
ence Reynolds. Of the Washington Col
lege of Music
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
Changes in Personnel.

The Department of Commerce yester'
day announced the following changes iu
personnel:
Miss Maidee E Slifer, temporarily ap-
pointed expert (clerk) at $40 in Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
In Bureau of Standards, Homer D. Hol-
Ter PROBATIONARY appointed assistant
chemist at $l,GOO.
Dr. Elmer r. Edison, assistant surgeon
at Sl1O a month in Coast and Geodetic
Survey, has resigned. In the Lighthouse
Service, John NJ Hamilton, assistant
engineer of Light Vessel N. 81, has re-
signed.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
MRS. LAMAsURE LECTURES.
'T'Amore Medico" Theme at Com
stock Studio Recital.

Mrs. Mignon Ulke Lamasure gave the
third of the second series Of her lecture
recitals on modern grand opera yesterday
afternoon at the Comstock Studio, 1870
New York avenue. The wolf-Ferrari
comedy. "EAmore Medico.'' was the
opera given, and its many bright and
lovely themes and the ravelment of deli
ciously humorous situations held the au-
dience in charmed attention throughout.
Mrs. Lamasure's ability to give the incl
dental music, the dances and scherzos,
the mirth, the lightness. grace and senti-
ment with easy facility, as well as to in
terpret the motives, gave the highest
value to the performance.
The recital was prefaced by a short
critical lecture. Tschaikowsky's "Eugen
Onegin" will be given February Is.
G. s. w.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02

I'ouEhnuts-MiXt three beaten eggs. q
cupful of sugar. a pint of milk. half a
tcaspOOnfuI OF salt, a teaspoonful OF
vanilla extract. and two heaping tea.
spOOnfuls OF baking powder sifted with
two cupfuls of -four and enough more
-four needed to make a batter stiff
enough to hold a spoon upright. DroT
by spOonfuls into deep, hot fat and
brown.
Baked Round Steak-Pound a thick
round steak on a board with a wooden
mallet or potato masher until the
flbcrs are broken. This makes the
meat tender. Rub into it some melted
butter and then spread over it half g
Cupful of flour. seasoned with salt and
pepper, and add a few drops of onion
juice. Roll and tie and put in a COW
cred roasting pan. Add a quarter of a
teacupful of water, in which a little
butter is melted. and cover and bake
for an hour.
Rice and Tomatoes-Mix together
half cupful of cooked rice and two
cupfuls of stewed tomatoes and sim
mer for ten minutes. Add a teaspoon
full of butter and pepper and salt to
taste, and serve very hot.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
His Carelessness Caused Death.

After a cOroner's inquest yesterday into
the death of Louis E. Woods, forty-one
years old, 1901 A street southeast, who
was killed by a train at University Sta
tion Friday night. the jury returned a
verdict declaring the accident was due to
Woods carelessness
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02

a Massachusetts, man has perfected
apparatus that permits wireless mes
sages to be received without the use
of head telephones and records them
on wax phonograph cylinders.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02

New South Wales irrigation
dam. which will cost S3,6SO.000, will
impound 33.3SO,OOO,OOO cubic feet of
water, backed up in a lake forty
miles long.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
Oomorrow' 5 J11eru

And. upon my word. the very thing
my soul was longing fora cup OF
coffee" Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
BREAKFAST.
GRAPEFRUIT.
CEREAL AND CREAM.
LIVER.
o0U6ERUTS. COFFEE.
LUNCHEON.
COLD LAMB.
RICE AND TOMATOES
BAKING POWDER BISCUITS.
COOKIES. HOT CHOCOLATE.
DINNER.
CREAM TOMATO SOUP.
BAKED BOUND STEAK.
SWEET POTATOES. LIMA BEANS.
PIMEETo SALAD.
BROWN BETTY PUDDING.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
Press Club Calls Meetinp

A special meeting OF the National
Press Club viii be held February u for
the purpose OF considering several
changes In the constitution OF the club.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02

London, February 1.-The weekend
trips to the firing line planned bl the
wives and relatives of scores of wealthy
British officers were abruptly halted Sat
urady when word was received from the
headquarters of General Joffre that the
French commander had given perempt-
ory orders to prevent all visitors from
nearing the battle zones.
Mrs. Asquith. wife of the Premier,
and several friends, left Calais about
midday a few days ago in two motor
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02

cars. At a farm they were held up by a
French cavalry troop. which declined to
let them either proceed or return. Mrs
Asquith was informed that strict Or
ders had been given to stop all civil
ians until a number of ammunition and
food wagons had passed by.
In the next half hour a number OF
other motor cars containing week-enders
arrived. and were all held up. Among
those who arrived were the Duchess Of
Sutherland and Lady Cowdray.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02

A great Australian union fedora.
tion with membership of 10000
was recently formed after a confer
ence OF numerous unions held IN
Sydney
The Washington herald., 1915-02-02
New York Hotel Arrivals.

Special TO The Washington Herald
New York. Feb. 1.-The followinJ
washingtonians registered at New York
hotels:
York Park Avenue
ID. ]. Aumfelder. ]. II. Clark.
]. L. Orem. Strand
Aberdeen Miss y. Farnum.
II. Bocersekke. Hoffman House
Latham II. II. Ham.
NJ F. Bresnahan. Woodward
Longacre- II. II. Ham.
Lieut.. c. A. Buckley yFlanders-
L. S. Williams
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28

In discussing the commercial
achievements of this great age, we
shall approach the subject as the
historian chronicling events. This Sc
ries will endeavor to record in writ
ing the supremacy Of American men
and industries In the worlds affairs
and perptuate an appreciation Of our
marvellous industrial achievements by
presenting simple facts, figures and
comparisons that are overpowering in
their convictions.
America holds her proud place
among the nations of the earth today
on account of her supremacy in trans
portation facilities. The mighty minds
of the age are engaged in the prob
lens of transportation, and the great
est men in the history of the worlds
commerce are at the head Of the
transportation systems of the United
States.
In the discussion Of transportation,
let us consider separately our Rail-
ways, Telegraph and Telephones, Elk
press, Public Highways, Steamships,
Street Railways, Interurban and other
forms of transportation, and this ar
ticle will deal with railways.
! The United States has the largest
mileage, the best service, the cheap
est rates, pays labor the highest
wages, and we have the most efficient
ly managed Of the railways Of the
world. They stand as monument to
the native genius of our marvellous
builders, and most Of the railroads in
foreign countries have been built
under American orders.
The railroads represent larger in
vestment of capital than any other
branch OF human activity. The mile
age in the United States exceeds
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28
KNOW THY COUNTRY
III--Teleerdph and Telephone

Our transportation facilities are the
most perfect product of this great com
mercial age and the telegraph and tel
ephone systems Of this nation crown
the industrial achievements Of the
whole world. These twin messengers
Of modern civilization. born in the
skies, stand today the most faithful and
efficient public servants that ever
toiled for the human race.
They are of American nativity and
while warm from the mind of the in
ventive genius have, under American
supervision, spun a network of wires
across the earth and under the seas
Telegraphy, in its early youth, mas
tered the known world and the tele-
phone has already conquered the
earth's surface, and now stands at the
seashore ready to leap across the
ocean.
No industry In the history Of the
world has ever made such rapid strides
in development and usefulness, and
none has ever exerted more powerful
influence upon the civilization of its
day than the Telegraph and Telephone.
Their achievement demonstrates the
supremacy of two distinct types Of
American genius invention and organ
ization.
q The industry was peculiarly forum
ate in having powerful inventive intel
lect at its source and tremendous
minds to direct its organization and
growth. It 10 the most perfect fruit
Of the tree Of American industry and
wh4n compared with its European con-
temporaries, 1t thrills every patriotic
American with pride. s &
Ambitions youth can find no more in
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28
FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION
BY Peter Radford.

The recent investigation of the
United States Commission of Indus
trial Relations brought together the
extremes of society and has given the
public an opportunity to view the rep.
resentatives of distinct classes, side
by side, and to study their views in
parallel columns.
Capital and labor have always been
glaring at each other over CULTS of
misunderstanding and if the Federal
Industrial Commission attempts to
bridge the chasm, it will render the
public distinct service.
The farmer has been sitting on the
fence watching capital ana labor fight
for many years and incidentally furn.
ishing the sinews of war and it is
quite gratifying to find them talking
with, instead of about, each other.
When honest men smile and look into
each others souls, it always makes
the world better and far more salts
factory to the farmer, who in, the end,
bears, the burden Of conflict, than
resolutions, speeches or pamphlets
containing charges and counter
charges.
The love for justice makes the
whole world kin. Understanding is an
arbiter far more powerful than the
mandates of government, for there is
no authority quite so commanding as
an honest conscience; there is no de-
cree quite SO binding as that of the
Supreme Court of Common Sense and
no sheriff can keep the peace quite SO
perfect as Understanding.
We suppose the time will never
come when capital and labor will not
be occasionally blinded by the light
ming flashes of avarice or frightened
by the thunder peals Of discomfort.
But Understanding is Prince of
Peace that ever holds out the olive
branch to men who want to do right.
A mans income 10 always q sacred
thing for in 1t are the hope, ambition
and opportunity Of himself, and fam
lily, but there is nothing In a human
heart quite so divine as Justice and
Understanding is itg handmaiden. ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28

The son and daughter OF one
Peterson, who was killed by Brado-
witch at the asylum on the night OF
the twenty-first of May, 1913, have
asked the state board to allow them
$1,000 damages for the death of their
father. Six men, who were sleeping
in the same room on the night OF
the tragedy, and one named Brado-
witch, evidently was seized with the
desire to kill, and pulled the leg on
of center table and killed the other
five with it, Peterson among the
number. He was being cared for
at state expense, the son and
daughter were thus relived of his
care, and now they ask for damages,
The state board of examiners re-
jected the claim. The daughter, 1t
seems, is married to a man named
Fereday. Bradovitch has been de-
ported.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28
THE NATIONS DINNER TABLE

When the dinner bell Of this nation
rings there have been slaughtered for
the repast $4,000 beeves, 21,0O0 hogs,
1900 sheep, 1000 hundredweight Of
poultry and other meats, and there
have been 100000 bushels Of cereals
and $40, 100000 pounds Of vegetables
prepared for the feast. Multiply these
quantities by one thousand, repre-
senting approximately the number Of
meals per annum, and we have the
annual contents of the nations larder.
But with all our immense quantity,
superb quality and wide range Of pro-
ducts, the American housewife, like
the wife of King Nebuchadnezzar.
longs for variety and she goes market
ing in foreign lands. She buys abroad
5000, 900, 900 per annum Of farm pro-
ducts that can and should be produced
In the United. States.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28
KNOW THY COUNTRY
I-Introductory

''Know America" il q slogan that
should ring out from every school
room, Office, farm and shop in this ma
ton. No man can aspire to higher
honor than to become capable citi-
zen, and no one can merit so dis
tinguished a title until he is well in
formed of the resources, possibilities
and achievements of our country.
This Is a commercial age and CIV
ilization is bearing its most golden
fruit in America. We are noted for
our industrial achievements as Egypt
was noted for her pyramids; Jerusa-
lem for her religion; Greece for her
art; Phoenicia for her fleets; Chaldea
for her astronomy and Rome for her
laws. Likewise we have men who will
go down in the worlds history as pow
erful products Of their age. For, stand
ing at the source of every gigantic
movement that sways civilization is
great man. The greatest minds travel
in the greatest direction and the COM
mercial geniuses Of this age would
have been the sculptors, poets, phil
osophers, architects, and artists of
earlier civilizations.
AS Michael Angelo took rock and
with a chisel hewed it into the image
of an angel that ever beckons man
kind upward and onward, Hill took
the desert of the Northwest and with
bands of steel made 1t blossom like a
rose, dotted the valleys with happy
homes and built cities in waste places.
AS Gutenberg took blocks OF wood
and whitfield them into an alphabet
and made printing press that
flashed education across the con-
tinent like a ray of light upon
new born world, Mccormick took
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28
KNOW THY COUNTRY
II-Railroads

the accepted distance from the earth
to the moon. We had in 1911, the
last year in which figures for all
countries are available, on the
earth's surface 639,981 miles of rail
way divided as follows: United States
241,199. Europe 207,432 and other
countries 1880. The United States
has 38 per cent of the worlds mileage,
seven per cent of the estimated pop
ulation and about five per cent of the
area The total capital invested in the
railways Of the world is $4,000, 000,-
900, divided as follows: United States
$13 900 100000 Europe $25,65O, 600, 900
and other countries $11 ,350,000, 900.
Reduced to mileage basis the cap
italization is as follows: The world
$4,000, United States $4,000, Europe
$124,00O, and other countries $4,000.
A comparison of rates is equally as
interesting and the United States
takes the lead in economy and serv-
ice. The average rate per ton per
hundred mile haul is as follows:
United States 76c, Great Britain $2.53,
France $1.44, Germany $1.44, Russia
92c, Austria-H Hungary $1.30, Italy $3.50
and Switzerland $3.50.
The average yearly pay of all rail.
road employees in the principal coun-
tries is as follows: United States
$757. Germany 1892, Italy $345. Aus
tria 1922, Great Britain $279, France
$3.50 and Russia 1904.
About 80 per cent, or $4,000 miles,
of the railways of the world are
government owned. About half the
railway mileage of Europe is govern
ment owned.
A comparison Of the economy, in
time and money and the convenience
in travel, will be made in a later
article.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28

bar Of iron and bent It into
reaper and with one sweep Of
his magic mind broke the shackles
that enslaved labor Of generations yet
unborn, and gave mankind freedom
from drudgery, and lifted the human
race into higher zone of life.
As Nelson organized the English navy
and made England mistress Of the sea,
enabling the British Isles to plant her
flag upon every continent washed by
the oceans waves, and to make foot
stools of the Islands of every water.
Morgan organized banking system
that has made America master of the
worlds finances, brought Kings to our
cashiers windows, the nations Of the
earth to our discount desks and placed
under the industries of this nation q
financial system as solid as the Rock
of Gibraltar.
There is no study quite SO interest
ing as progress; no sound SO magic
as the roar of industry and no sight
so inspiring as civilization in action.
A full realization of Americas part in
the great events Of the world past.
present and future will thrill every
human heart with pride, patriotism
and faith in Republican institutions.
Through the courtesy Of the Agri-
cultural and Commercial Press Ser
vice, the readers of this paper will be
permitted to study America; her ag-
ricultural, manufacturing and min
eral development, mercantile, bank
ing and transportation systems which
are the wonder eof the world. The
first article of the series will deal
with transportation and will appear
at an early date.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-05-28
SCALP BOUNTY COLI
LECTORS APPOINTED

Administration of the predatory
animal law is making many troubles
for the state veterinarians office. 1t
is apparent that hunters in the state,
who have claim for bounties do not
know that there is at least one man
in each county who is authorized to
take charge of the pelts and make
the necessary certification to the
state livestock sanitary board. At
its last meeting, the board appointed
these men and the sheep inspectors.
Must Preserve Hide
The. predatory animal inspectors,
or defooters, as they are more COM
monty called must be presented with
the entire skin of the animal killed,
with all paws, the skin of the head
with both ears and the upper and
lower lips. The skin must be accom-
panied by an affidavit showing that
the animal was killed in the state
of Idaho. The inspector cuts off the
four feet and forwards them to the
state veterinarian with the affidavit.
The cost of sending the trophies to
the capital must be met by the claim
ant of the bounty who must also pay
10 cents head to the inspector.
Inspectors Appointed
The inspectors so far appointed
are as follows
Canyon. d. Irwin, Caldwell;
John Cooper, Payette.
Lincoln-C. w. Sims, Rupert; w.
A. Heiss, Jerome; A. L. Keefer, Sho-
shone.
Custer-P. H. Rasche, Stanley.
Elmore-A. F. Downs, Mountain
Homie.
Idaho-Charles Albin, Pollock;
James G. Graves, Grangeville.
Madison. Waldrin, Rexburg.
Bonneville Fl. c. Bowman, Idaho
Falls.
Owyhee-J. L. Goehry, Murphy;
Charles Simmons, Enterprise; Lynn
Bachman, Triangle; George P. Jones,
Bruneau.
Goodnight. B. Without, Bliss; C,
E. Miller, Gooding.
Boise-Harry Sweet, Sweet.
Latah-Dr. e. T. Baker, Moscow.
Kootenai-A. j. Powell, Occur
Id'Alene.
Twin Falls-H. M. Sims, Hollis
ter; DR.. F. T. Keneley, Twin Falls.
Bannock-H. ]. Nelson, Arimo.
Adams-C. w. Holmes, Council.
Ada. F. Johnson, Boise.
FREMONT. w. Hardy. Spencer.
Bonner-A. L. Fry, Bonner's Fer
ry.
Blaine = Ray Ivie, Ketchum;
Charles F. Koeppner, Blaine.
| Washington-H. A. Parker. Weis-
er.-Statesman.