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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22
GEO. F. EDMUNDS TURNS HIS
PEACE BUTTON TO THE WALL

A Pasadena, Ca, special to the
New York ines says:
Advocating the withdrawal of
the American ambassador from Ber-
lin, and the handling of his pass
! ports to the German ambassador at
Washington, former Senator George
Franklin Edmunds today sent to
President Wilson letter of COM
ment on the latest German note.
Ex-senator Edmunds, who is
eighty-seven years old, has been one
OF the most prominent figures in the
republican party. He was a men,
Der of the senate from Vermont
from 1856 to 1891, and was twice
candidate for the nomination of
the presidency, receiving "a votes in
! the convention of 1880 and SO in
the convention of 1884. He is the
! author of many important laws, in
Guiding the 'Bdmunds act for the
suppression of polygamy in Utah and
| IhC ulSll VI LHooc WIN
practice it. He was also part au-
thor of the antitrust law of 1890,
His communication to President
Wilson is as follows:
| THE German reply to your Sec
Ond protest and remonstrance
against the inhuman and barbaric
destruction by submarines of the
lives of many peaceful citizens of
our country, as well as those of the
civilian citizens and subjects of
countries against which Germany is
carrying on aggressive war, having
been at last received, l beg to say
as one of of the 95 lper cent, as
think, of the grown-up and intel.
ligent people of our country who
have gladly supported your efforts
to mitigate the intrinsic evils ant
horrors of so-called civilized war.
fare and to defend our citizens in
the exercise of the long-establishet
rights of neutrals, that the reply is
in my opinion, in substance, an at
tempt to justify, or else to evade
responsibility for all the slaughte
} of our civilian citizens which it hal
knowingly committed Thus, tn,
most grave situation plainly state,
in your communication remains jus
what it was.
Were. not the German govern
, ment so full of 'Kultur,' and there
fore, as it thinks, SO logical,
| should suppose that it was tryin!
| on your Fabian or Chinese tactics
which | fell most strongly this ma
: tion should resent.
! Let us, then, cease futile cores
: pondence and withdraw our am
bassador and send to the German
ambassador his passport.
t Il am an old man, and have TO
: long before this war publicly wori
) the badge of the Massachusett
J Peace Society," but l can no longe
I endure the awful spectacle withou
/ an expression of my opposition t
I further discussion under present cir
: cumstances.
Very respectfully yours,
GEORGE EDMUNDS."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

We will have to hand it to Or
lando as having more automobiles,
according to the assessors books
than Lakeland In matters of min
or importance like that we are quite
willing that our neighbor city
should get all the happiness she can,
but automobiles are varying guam
tity, and a few more or less proves
nothing in appraising the perma-
nent resources Of a community.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

The Mendenhall case is now sew
eral weeks old, with the defendant
safely locked up in Jail, the courts
in commission and all the lawyers
on the job And yet there hasn't
even been a preliminary examina-
ton and nobody seems to have any
idea as to when there will be. Oh.
Justice, what sucker you are; and
how easy it is to make a monkey OF
YOU when the conditions are right!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

The last note of our government
to Germany is more decided in tone
than either of the two that preceded
it and is evidently intended to shut
off further quibbling and diplomatic
hair-splitting and bring the question
at issue definitely to head. Ger
many must stop numbering our non
resisting citizens on the high seas,
is what the note says in substance,
or unfriendly relations will result.
Our guess is that Germany will not
recede from her position and that Q
further murder of American citizens
on the seas by German submarines
will bring to an end friendly rela-
lions between the two nations. At
ter that-what?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22
Artistic Cuff Protector.

Take paper napkins and fold each
one diagonally Fold one OF tnese
napkins about either cum and fasten
them with cuff pins They are soIt
and pliable and will stay IN place
beautifully
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

Your true humorist is generally a
shrewd observer, thinker and philos-
opher along practical lines, as well
as a fun maker. Mark Twain, for
instance, was one of the wisest as
we'll as funniest men of his time,
and George Fitch, the well-knOwn
humorist of our own day can get to
the heart of a practical question
with a shrewd observation, like
Twain himself. In one of his re-
cent letters George devotes himself
to automobile touring and after
some of his characteristic satire,
irony and wit he closes with these
few remarks packed with horse
sense, and by substituting the word
winter for summer, they fit with
beautiful precision into the Florida
situation:
There are now many thousands
of miles of very good roads in the
United States. There are also hun
dreds of thousands of miles of road
which is no better in wet weather
than river bottom. Those cities
which are reached by god roads will
notice vast swarms of tourists on
their streets this summer, dropping
$40 bills with the careless abandon
of the automobile owner; while
those towns which have fortified
themselves against the world by
maintaining such highways in wet
weather will continue to kick about
hard times and to deplore the grow
ing loneliness of the country"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22
Wasted Energy.

Some day the people who are oon-
esrned in conserving energy are 60
ing to turn their attention to the
man who site up all night working
out chess aud checa.r rrcb,ems.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

of being received formally at the
Panama exposition as Nebraska's
most disting uished citizen is the
best proof of the states entire san
ity.-New York World.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22
Another Old Saw Broken.

Grubs-"Every man 10 the master
Of his own destiny. He can be what
he desires to be-" Stubbs-"Not in
every case Take. for example. the
inmate of the penitentiary who desires
to be an aercaaut.'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

Warsaw is apparently doomed,
but if the Russian army makes good
its escape the victory from the point
of the layman without expert
knowledge of military values seems
rather a barren one. The huge en-
voire of Russia lies unconquered. and
hardly touched; it's army is still in
the field, with enormous numbers
yet to draw on, and Germany might
fight indefinitely in that quarter
without accomplishing more than
occupying that much additional ter
ritory in hostile land that much
farther from her base. The war
must be decided on French soil and
not until the armies of Great Britain
and France are hopelessly beaten
will Germany conquer and peace be
restored. The war seems likely to
last for years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22
F. HETHEIuNGToN, EDITOR
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

A weekly newspaper giving q resume
uf local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

New York is likely to give us an
other illustration of governor with
a back bone Becker, the convicted
police lieutenant, has exhausted all
his legal RIGHTS in the courts and is
condemned to die on July % for
the murder of the gambler, Rosen-
thall. Governor Whitman has
turned a heart of stone to all the
appeals for clemency and Becker is
pretty sure to die on schedule time
in the electric chair. The New York
police force has been rotten with
graft for years and it has been made
clear that Lieutenant Becker was
an habitual CRATER and giving i'm
.munity to gamblers for a regular
rake eff. He ordered and COM
passed the murder of Rosenthall be-
cause the latter threatened to give
the whole rotten business away to
the public. and he is Just as guilty,
morally and legally, as though he
had fired the fatal shot. Some such
drastic medicine as his execution is
necessary to cleanse the New York
,police force of the corruption In
which it has been stepped for years
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22

The Georgia press Is waking up
to the fact that Georgia needs
compulsory education law as a cure
in time for the widespread ignorance
in that STATE directly responsible for
a crime record that has become ap-
palling. Georgia lynchers pay nc
more attention to Georgia law these
DAYS than noxious Georgia insects
do to the learned letters in the press
by the health officer in the State
suggesting remedies to abate them
and of course it is only question
of time when such conditions VIII
build a barbarism that will over
whelm the civilization of the State
And what is true in Georgia is more
or less true of other States arouno
her where the lynchers and pisto
toters hold the whip hard. But II
is worth mentioning that all the
compulsory education the schools
can give will be largely inenectiVe
without that higher education OF
the heart which must be had al
home from the lips and examples OF
the parents. Public schools at theii
best are but an aid to home training
and can never be an adequate sub
stitute for it. The father VINO
doesn't teach his boy that murder
and lynching and pistol toting and
booze-fighting and loafing and in
decent conversation are wrong. is
not fit to be; father.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
PREPARES FOR HER GUESTS
Hostess Success In Entertaining Is a
Matter Of Careful and Clever
Planning.

One little woman whose delightful
cottage is filled every Sunday with a
jolly party seems to entertain without
the least effort. Everything goes like
clockwork; meals are delicious and
perfectly served and the hostess her
self appears to have plenty OF time to
spepd with her guests.
But the clockwork has been very
carefully wound up and oiled before.
hand. This same hostess spent hours
preparing for her guests, but all her
preparing is done on the couch in
her breezy sitting room, a pad and
pencil in her lap. After the last batch
Of Sunday guests have departed the
house is thoroughly cleaned and put
in order so that nothing but dusting
and remaking of beds will be neces.
sary on Friday. A complete list of
menus for Friday. Saturday, Sunday
and Monday morning is made out and
duplicate lists are typewriter and
tackled up in the kitchen. Thursday
the hostess and her cook go over the
list and everything that will be need.
ed is ordered by telephone.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
WHERE CHINTz is USEFUL
Material Makes the Best Kind Of
Work Aprons. and Can Be Made
Up Prettlly.

The vogue for chintz in dress has
led a young matron who does her own
housework-and likes to look we'll
while doing it-into making a set of
work aprons and caps out Of this deco
rative material.
The firm weave of chintz makes Il
an admirable dustproof protection for
gown and hair and keeps a fresh look.
Chintz does not wrinkle easily and IL
q gay allover design be chosen it will
not look spotted for a long while.
Dressed in her chintz apron and cap
to match the young matron looks
pretty to a degree-more as though
arrayed for some fancy dress affair
than for mere work; a fact that
makes work go gayly.
Her aprons cover her gowns en-.
tirely. They are trigly belted in at
the waist and furnished with a com.
modiOus pocket. An apron and a can
striped in inch bars Of dark blue al.
ternating with a pattern of green
leaves and yellow flowers on white
background make her favorite chintz
armor against dust and soil.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
CARE AND FEEDING OF FOWLS
Birds Which Have Been Developer by
Careful Attention Degenerate
Quickly When Neglected.

Poultry raising shows us that prog
ress is made in two ways-by inher-
itance and by care in the development
of the offspring. Or, in other words,
a character which has developed in
an animal, even though 1t was not ap-
parent in its parent, is likely to be
transmitted to its offspring. 1t is
for this reason that close attention and
great care should be given to the
subject Of care and feeding of fowls,
for fowls which have been developed
by careful attention will quickly de-
generate when neglected.
Our knowledge of these things leads
to the formulation of some general
rules which should be studied and
observed.
l. The land fowl should be made
to scratch" or pick" or tear" its
feed.
Q. It should be kept dry.
3. It's feed must consist of animal,
vegetable and mineral matter, with
sufficient water to moisten it.
4. It's reasoning powers being small.
man must assist it by placing feeds
before it.
The waterfowl should have access
to running water. l know this is an
opposite opinion to that Of a famous
duck raiser, but waterfowls for
breeding purposes will thrive best
when they have free access to running
water.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
HOMEMADE CANDLE SHADES
Really a Simple Matter and "some-
thing Different" From Those
One Can Buy.

4 want some silk candle shades,
Marie. Can | make them at home my.
self? can't seem to find any in the
shops that are just what l want and
within my price,"
Surely you can make them," an
swered Marie reassuringly, "and the
beauty about making ones own can
die shades Is that it is then possible
to get the exact color wanted 1t does
seem difficult nowadays, when so
many things are on display in the
stores. to find something that some
one else hasn't thought about"
But how shall get the frames for
the shades?" asked Marjorie.
oh, would buy the frames." as
sured Marie. you can get those cas-.
lily In any department store.
Then shirr or plait about the
frames a piece of thin silk; that is.
thin enough for the light to shine
through and make a little glowing
halo of color about the candlestick.
Edge and top the edges Of this shade
with narrow tarnished gilt braid or
gaIoon, and at the bottom of the shade
put an edging Of slightly fulled tar
nished gilt lace or fringe or gilt.
"A little curving line Of unbroken
festooning, composed of tiny silk roses
and green foliage. about the shades
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27

cut the slices in cubes half an inch in
size. Pour boiling water over the
plant and cook for about twenty min.
utes or until tender. Melt two table.
spoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, add
two onions chopped fine, a half a
green pepper chopped, stir and cook
until the onions are softened and
slightly yellow. add the eggplant
drained, cupful and half of bread.
crumbs, salt. paprika and cupful' and a
half of tomato; stir until. hot, turn in.
to buttered baking dish, cover with
well-buttered crumbs and cook in the
oven until the crumbs are brown.
scaIloped Chicken With corn.-For
each cupful Of chicken meat, freed
from bones, use cupful of corn either
fresh or canned, a cupful Of white
sauce and seasonings. Mix the chick
en- with the sauce put into a baking
dish, cover with layer of corn and
when all is used cover with well-but.
tered crumbs. Bake until the crumbs
are brown.
Pork Pot.-Trim NJ pounds of loin
of pork into neat pieces, fry them in
a saucepan until brown. Line an
earthenware dish with sliced potatoes
and onions, using one onion to two po.
tatoes, lay on the pork; then another
layer of vegetables, salt, pepper and
pinch of herbs. Moisten with a
pint Of stock, cover with buttered pa
per and place in hot oven two hours.
Cook slowly and serve from the dish
in which it was cooked. Sprinkle pars.
ley over the top before sending to the
table. A tablespoonful or two OF
cooked peas may be sprinkled over
the top before adding the parsley.
Baked 5eans.-Parboil beans after
soaking them overnight, and when
they are partly softened, prepare for
baking. Add tablespoonful of mo-
lasses, a little salt, little dry mus
tard and a small onion for each pint
of parbolled beans. Bake all day with
a generous square of scored pork on
top Of the pot
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27

at regular intervals round so that rib
bon can be threaded through; the Sits
should be about an inch and a half
long, though, of course, this will de-
pend upon the width of the ribbon
used, and are buttonholed round with
linen thread.
In the center embroider an initial
letter. which may be put on by means
of transfer and embroidered in silk
or thread. The initial to look really
effective should be padded before 1t
is embroidered. To make up the case.
sew three sides of two handkerchiefs
together, then to the top of the back
handkerchief sew on the flap. Now run
the ribbon chosen through the slots
and tie in the bow at the left hand cor
ner.
An everyday case can be made in
exactly the same way, using light col
ored haqdkerchiefs instead of the pure
white; they do not soil SO quickly as
the white.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
IMPORTANCE OF PURE WATER
Hens Soon Learn to Enjoy Fresh, Cool
Drink, Just as Human Beings Do
Improves the Egg.

Eggs are made up of what hens eat
and drink and their taste as we'll as
general appearance can be changed in
a few days by such foods as onions,
garlic, fish, stagnant. muddy water,
etc. AS the average egg is about 80
per cent water, the importance of
plenty of pure, fresh water is very
evident. The mudhole beside the tank
where the other stock are watered or
the wallow in the hog-lot are not "ell
right" for the hens, though they may
drink it and live for a long time
when forced to by the absence OF
drinking place Of their own. But hens
will soon learn to enjoy fresh. cool
drink just as human beings do. The
square five-gallon tin can, in which
much kerosene is sold, split in halves
the long way will make a pair of
nice drinking places, that if set in
the shade and cleaned daily, are very
good and in some places very cheap.
The main essentials of these water
fronts should be tightEeEs, lightness,
easy cleaning, and not over five in hes
depth when full.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27

should produce a large number of
eggs"
The house, points out this expert,
need not be an expensive one. 1t
should furnish the fowls protection
from the winds and storms and should
be so constructed that it will have
proper ventilation. A chicken breathes
three or four times as much air in
proportion to its weight as a human
being. Ventilation makes a house
somewhat colder, but dryer, and dry,
cold air Is much better for the fowls
than moist warm air
The house should be built with the
west, north and east sides tight during
the winter months, while the south
side should furnish the ventilation.
There may be few glass windows on
the south side, but more space should
be left open, except that curtains may
be dropped>dow for. the nights, and
on a few very stormy days. On some
occasions these openings may be left
uncovered during the night. Some
times curtains do not allow enough
openings may be made just under the
roof to allow the air to circulate more
freely Whatever the system of venti-
lation may be, it is essential that the
house should be dry and free from bad
Odors.
The house should be so constructed
that it can be easily cleaned. The
floor should be smooth. Concrete is
good for this reason. 1t is true, how
ever, that concrete floors built on
damp ground are damp. To avoid this
trouble concrete floor may be built
on a layer of eight or ten inches of
rock or other material which will not
carry the moisture from the ground.
Some poultrymen use floors made of
hollow building tile, and find them
very satisfactory. Where these arc
used the tile are laid on a smooth sur
face and the crevices filled with ce-
ment.
The perches should be built so that
there will be as few places for mites
to breed as possible. If perches are
removable, so much the better A
board platform should be placed about
eight inches below the perches to
catch the droppings. This makes a
cleaner floor, and thus adds to the ca
pacity of the henhouse, 1t makes it
easier to clean the house, and aids in
keeping the mites in check.
The nests also should be built so
that the mites can easily be combated
They could be covered or protected
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
NO NEED FOR sCALLoPING
Many other Ways by Which Center.
pieces May Be Finished, With
the Best Of Results.

a never know how to finish of a
centerpiece unless | scallop It," says
one woman, "and hate scalloping!"
Just stop and think a minute how
many ways you can finish off one cen
terpiece and you can relegate scallop-
ing to those who like the monotonous
work. There is always lace. By the
way, remember when applying lace to
q centerpiece that you can often pull
a thread at the top of the lace and
thus allow for your fullness when
measuring the circumference of your
piece. II you intend to add lace to
q scsilnped edge. you will find the
larger seallops will take" the lace
easier. Then you can huttonhole the
straight edge Of the centerpiece. max
ing a small picot stitch once In a
while, or crochet a similar edge to It.
Binding with white or colored tape
will suit centerpieces Of quaint old
fashioned kind Fringe is another
possibility. as are the many novelty
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27

water and added to each pail of white.
wash, the wash will stick almost as
good as paint for inside work.
All accumulation of dirt, dust, spider
webs and filth must be removed If
best results are to be secured from the
fowls.
The floor, whether it be of board,
stone or dirt. must be thoroughly
cleaned and provided with good litter.
Perches should be made removable
and at the same distance from the
ground. about 21s feet. for too high
perches cause bumblefoot among the
fowls. The perches should be painted
thoroughly with liquid lice killer and
then sprayed with whiteWash.
A sufficient number of clean, roomy
nests should be provided. -Four nests
for every 12 hens is best. Feeding
troughs. hoppers. drinking fountains,
grit boxes and dust baths should all
be provided clean and as sanitary as
possible.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27
HAVE YOUTHFUL LOOK
PARTICULAR CHARM OF susPEN-
BER-sLousE FRocKs.
Worn With Dainty Waists, Of Which
4 There May Be Any Quantity Of Va
Fietles, They Have Every Quality
That Can Be Desired.

Have you ever noticed how-youthful-
looking and fetching are the frocks
with suspender overblouses which are
so. much In vogue this season? They
are SO easy to pop on in the morning.
and have an ever-fresh appearance by
reason OF the dainty waists worn un
der them and which present a vari-
ETY. Of coloring or of design in lingerie,
net or simple lawn or chiffon. Grape,
too. is much used for blouses this sea-
son. TOR the usefulness of crepe de
chine waists has been proved. and
women will not soon discard them.
They wear well. wash well and look
well.
The rock illustrated Is built of low-
cred taffeta, but for house dress Gre
tonne or any attractive cotton or linen
textile would look we'll. Wool. too,
can be made up in this pattern. which
can be varied charmingly for the
young girl. An older woman should
nave the dress made up very simply.
If built Of silk folds or frills of silk
of plain color would make a pretty
trimming. and cords run through the
skirt are fashionable. to hold it out
around the bottom after the manner
OF hoop. This pattern can be used
for an evening dress. by trimming the
edges Of the blouse and its straps.
using a sash instead of a belt, and
trimming the skirt quite elaborately
with hounces, groups of ruffles or an
overskirt of diaphanous material
With an evening dress the under.
blouse would be low of neck and
with short sleeves. Quaint, old.fash
toned puffs are now worn as sleeves
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-27

A good poultry house is what you
need, Mr.. Farmer, if you are going to
have plenty Of eggs to sell this winter.
Some farmers feel that winter eggs
are too hard to get to make it worth
while to try to produce them. This is
a mistake, according to R. M. Sher-
wood, poultry specialist in the extern
sion division of the Kansas State Agrl-
cultural college.
IF one has good poultry house."
commented Mr.. Sherwood, "he should
have little trouble. Early matured
pullets properly housed and fed