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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

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4 noble pine /, Wa, indeed
II touched Tia" cmpyrcsn.
l. lowered past the realm ~ Gre.d
Into the cerulean.
Each Tiny spill from top - base
Wa n.led with aspiration
To prov" Of service to the ace
And elevate he nation.
l. dreamed ~ dying, that II might
Perform ONT noble action
Tina should he npted with delight
And perfect satisfaction.
Perhaps a mast OF beauty on
some Transatlantic liner:
p-rchauCc q poets roof, anon.
or something cyen finer.
It little cared just wha' rs fate
50 long a. IT'S ambition
To -eTic In some'hinE I'm. n great
I;",u.'ed in frultion
n might o." used pnle winters eve
T. warm = h~"tr'hs,une frozen.
And from the virc- uf He relieve
Some richi hv Worry chosen
II dreamed ~ useful days 10 b-
All 'nf'' hruurs waiting
For pG,es ina stand a', ~'"Hlfa.iiy
r. sin Their uudi rating
And non. ald-' tn" pa y men came
into tntt pine tree '"rua,
Aul INFO paper mad" III" ~Jme
To pr.n' a yellow Journdl'
jonN kr\Drlrk RANGs.
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The Lost Art.

Nhrn was quite surprising smsl
bod hardly showed al an
Among the thoughts wouldn't speak
Wa nue tnat burglar. had q hoax
,ui made q sound but rarely heard,
Tin. Guar. c'uck Of q human bird
Wn.u tucked up warm tni Kissed good
nigh.
/ Il hide beneath III" sheet IN fright.
after . whil. could not refrain
peekiug a. The window pane.
ENpeciiug even time % see
4 man bird brckouins at m.
fears Of youth so v.Ird,y wrought.
And peace Of aG. % dearly bought.
comes M .hudd.-inE might witch
brings
Ny ,hilJhood'' s'ark inssininss'
/ ID nos ouPt" with tear and hdik
To urcakins lootst-ps N IN" dark,
Nor Ieleu N!'h q .tlrcl PRAYER
ru'u-th.nE 'uniIs up tho stair,
NoT u.Ehtit wait, TOO scared 70 Spcak
The gla.tiy burglar 80 a he.k,
Rui would glsd'r trade wise years
For breathless South, wide eyed with fears,
y. 8. 1AsxHs.
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.Ioy Of Work.

Fran Nr Pi''SHrg PoJ
The man who has - cork
" artisan 60 Jerk
Has duties grim
To whiic the tim" avar
WIN uIip or rNInic'uN
u not 10Y him.
TIL" festive rich mans son
May have q ioi OF fun
Each dsv Oh tan
Vet ~ Who have 20 bear
Lie heavy loads may fsr"
A. ~eil. m,yhap
For cven play galore
Na} of' become = bore
That l. Intense.
While those who toll for PEI
Find labor IN itself
\ recompense.
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NieNico.

Fran n. Bo,fop TroH,c,U,
nut Of .h. bev -, uoxt.o NJ 49,
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ithaca |ts.. ~. - r
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Women ,,-,urrJ ,,l - -
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Home M, r,...cs ~, -
ON, or III. hcr ~ No
Too "N
1rt ,, ia, bnr ,
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"S,.- ,~,w,ol won,- -, ,r.-.
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A. home #. AZ brngry 49,
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Out Of The heI o. McxIco-M.xlco-Mex
Neutral.


F,Om Pie Washington star.
when Nou md yourself a-pinln'
fur - SLOW. suuShiuy DAY.
An 4 chance 80 throw \ line In
where the shadows are a. play.
You furg't ambitious drcamiu'
An the hard au' selfish wish:
Al The p,anniu' an the sChrmin'
Mike ~ difference to tn" nsh
They dou'' ask vou how tou voted
When tlcy give your 'ne = look.
Though you're humble and unnuted.
Tha' Won't keep 'cm from 'ho hook
An 'he dead J. square You're satrin'
Whort 'h" waters ccnt'' swish.
Al tho argument an frc'tln'
Msne No difference 20 the ii~h
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To . Shasi.

Fish deliciou.
Most nutritious.
Your articulation
IL a puzzle
To my muZz'..
Causing hesitation
l.s.s there follow
Ers swallow
careful ma .'iesttou.
Rome 10 'h'o'te
Ike as not 20
stop srtitIia'iou'
CyobGr n Mlssw y
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CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Future Of Metropolitan League
Seems Assured by Success
Of Two Journeys.
MASTERS PLAY IN APRIL

TIE Me r'politan Chess League is
making good. After successfully con-
cludiug the second annual championship
tournament Tor the clubs affiliated with
the league. the frs annual champion
siip tournament for individual houors
hogan 81 'he Manhattan Chess Clu on
Wednesday evening. The management
succeeded in getting = splendid field.
comprising as g. does the strongest play
"rs uf tho metropolis and New Jersef,
and iuaS,nuc1 aS tho players were eager
for the fray. there is reason TO suppose
that the conteN; will prove a success.
\ problem competition also has been
arranged. and every number Of the pro-
ranm - carefully mapped out by the
of'icort and delegates of the league. has
ec".vcl due attention and is sure to
bring success.
t. the Metropolitan League will take
ta, fist .tep il may he possible to es-
ttbl.sh an Eastern league in time t.
arrange y midsummer meeting. when
In. championship Of The East may be
,ompe'cd for and o,hcr tournaments
could be arranged To attract q great num-
her OF chess players to the meet ng in
fact. TO have just such = congress as
the western Chess Association has been
hOidiu. for many years
Mcsj whit. most favorable progress j.
being made .u the preparation for he
masters tournament. 1, bc begun at ESQ
10 a., tho Manhattan chess Ctui,.
Noa.l, an the funds needed for the ar
SER have been n -.r.h"d, and al Of the
,igh players originally selected with
pr.hlbi, .Nccp.ior arc sure 20 come
9, thc line o. April IL. II additional
funds ave solicited i. vi, he done fof
IL" purpose Of raising the amount of
tho prizes and consultation moneys and
90 provide the PLAYERS with refreshments
during the progress of the Quincy. \
chess master. when well taken care o.
hy tn. arrangements. when light refresh.
mcuts. such rs coffee. TO-. together with
cigars and ciea elites. are served during
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

II ~" FIRST Of u series ot three loo
lures hcfo. the members Of the Queens
County chess club AZ Richmond I'm.
/" |, Hermann Helms dealt with tho
Giuoco piano ana kindred openings of
tie kings pawn development. such Us
the l:uy l.opc2, fur knights game and
Scotch gdmbit. The programme was
"oUoluded with simultaneous pay
against tire" teams OF consulting allies.
Alr'pk ~. Mann. in consultations with Ut.
\ u s. John AID ". T. simmons,
Won the hldck side Of q Giuoco piano.
The other teams. captaincd by G. :.
Tthcr and lr H. Stevenson. were
defeated in = four knights game and
iIuy Lopez respectively.
Playing against twentv-or- opponents
a. IN" brooklyn Institute Chess club.
Harry IIin made u score OF IL wins. .
losses and 2 drawn games. Tic WIN
uers v"r" g ! crowell and !. Nccar-
roll. Tire drawn games We're scored hv
W. \ 'owar. i. n Pack II T.. :.
I.itrtie'd.
ono % the most rcuEt,h'e games
contested IN 'h' recent r-ebitsyh tourna
Wcrt ct Vienna WtS tho Si.!l,an gam.
played letW""n "" \ Kaufman and
L. Spieimauu. As vii ~ seen from the
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white ~ p.'' '0I ..l'" n. r' 80 40 -
PROBLEM so SO HYD.C >nGuuUrp
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The championships of tho Progressive
Chess Club now lies between \. Rem
stein and -. ChHies. each of whom has
Two more games to play and neither ~
whom can I've overtaken by ary Of tho
other competitors hfter ten rounds.
bernstein colds the lead with a score
-. to -. Chajes following with -.
10 2ig. The standing of the contestants
follow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

The proprietor Of q private hospital
ligcu'r IN placing u feeble and .uiirm
patient IN an upper room. Wlcnoc lu case
of tive h" could not escape v aided, and
in allowing the ilrentp and Waterman
20 depart, with uohody to guard against
FIRE. which acts resulted IVA the .n,iuert-
non Of the pHtI"ut-'ilcr " Blggs.
y. g. 81 :. T.. IJ3
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VIII YOU please print tho definition OF
= "gimmick" understand that il IL
in Common use at street fairs and carui.
walls, WALTER j kINGsIrr.
We are Informed hat a gimmick H. a
shlllaber, = bally hoo in other words. :.
barker.
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r. !. a $ 4 had hid ;hro. rova's and
We doubled. making five odd II in.
~isj~ that tho doubled ls'uo does not
apply beyond tho contract, as that was
all she doubled, and tho extra tricks go
a. . each.
Doubling increases IL. value OF every
trick won. just 40 il would every trick
lost. \ failed FOR three. II would score
100 for each. \ gets 90 below. and 80
bonus. for - fulfilled contract after
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Auction Pinochle. II e. s. says "
\ can catch the queen OF hearts in the
widow he can bid 300. and II he makes
II will 20 game. We are playing with
the IS card pack and 10 cards in each
hand, 2 in the widow. What are the
chances"
There are 80 unknown cards and A
has 3 chances. There are two queens
OF hearts in these 80 so either will MI
his hand, at least that is assumed, II
holding neither queen now. II is there
fore about 3 10 | against him
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

At u spelling at BrooksVille. F,a.. re.
Gently hctween ten members OF tho high
school class and ten citizens, one OF tho
latter wac retired because he spe lei
tho word that means the lower part Of
q cone or pyramid "frus;rum" instead
% "frustum.' Wcbstrr's Standard Die.
tionary has the word spelled with an
"r' in the last syllable. while tho an.
abridged edition OF 1912 does not. Which
is correct? &. II. fRrAs.
Without the second r."
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BLACK Spioimann - ~ piece,
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tribbsge. A. 7. says: 4 bets that in
playing O hand II any player says
go the others can make runs with the
cards in sight. n bets that this is SO
only IL the one that says go" turns his
cards face down.
The so has nothing to do-g..,h il. Runs
are made by tho order in which the
cards fan, lcGardlesS OF who played
them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

Can YOU give me any reason why the
time on watches that some jewellers use
for signs 10 almost invariably eighteen
minutes past eight" i. q T.
II is an old trade custom. the origin Of
which IL no, definitely SHOWN. The
explanation usually given !s that the
arrangement was adopted because pleas
ins 10 tho eye, ss the two hand. and an
imaginary line running down from the
agure MI. trisect the dial.
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Please tell me how 10 figure the rising
or setting Of the sun, knowing the lati-
tudc 81 the place and the suns dcclin.-
ton for that day.
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! have seen in Titr L several times
= reference 10 l.ongscre square. nut !
have ncVer seen its location stated. VII
YOU kindly let me know whore l.onsacre
square ls'
Al tn. Junction Of Broadway and Sew
enth avenue. In the early EOS it Wa
the centre % the carriage trade and re-
ceivcd It's name from London. Lonsscre
street. in which the carriage trade was
centred. Nowadays it is usually known
as Times square.
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=. " 81. l.. says: During the play
" the hand. u finds dummy. on his
right. has a card more than II. Each
Of tho others has the same number as
T.. so he demands a new deal. Is this
the rule
Not unless the pack IL proved 10 he
imperfect. II there 10 a card too many.
the deal is void. Rut II there Is q trick
with only three cards in il. dummy Is
not responsible for not having played
to II, and his last card is supposed 70
belong to that trick when tho play ends.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-20
THE GREAT SUBMARINE

effective way OF nine-tenths of
your sex, my dear"
She always exasperates me,
Dick, by saying and doing the
wrong thing. In summer II is too
hot, in winter it is too cold for her
to be comfortable. The day you
invite her to tea, she wants to
come to dinner. She is the en-
bodiment of selfishness. and when
she tells me like dear Aunt Mary
best, | am ready to shout yes.
But | am also very sorry for
her, Dick. She has none of the
compensations of age. She is al
ways thinking of herself or of the
rest of the world in its relation
to herself. Dick, am beginning
to think it is the hardest thing in
the world to grow old graceful
ly."
Just then the phone rang, and
Mollie said to me, "Margie, | must
see you. l tried to get a little
time to see you, but you and
Mother and Dick were so busy
quarreling / could not get your
attention. / am down in the Of
flee of the hotel as did not want
Mother to know | telephoned, but
I've got some things on my mind
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oh why did you leave me Richard
to be treated like this!"
Mollie meekly rose and follow
ed her mother out and Dick open
ed the door for them. was so
angry that | hardly said goodbye.
Mother must be a little put
out" said Dick with one of his pc
culiar smiles as he came back
from putting her and Mollie in
the taxi.
But you should not hurt your
Mothers feelings, Dick" said.
well, I like that" he said, Il
was only taking your part and you
hurt her feelings first, you know,
Margie. | expect 1t is rather fool
ish for us to think that Mother
will change in her manners and
ways after over fifty years, so /
guess we both are great big stiles
to let her make us unhappy. We
should let her go along in her own
sweet way, which is the usual in
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Pause TO Laugh With the Times

, WILMA BUY /
-~>~~-~~S~~-~>~~>~~~~~~ .>->>~s>~~eo~~>~s
SUGGESTIONS FOR FITTING
OUT LADY'S LEATHER
PURSE.
6 transfers.
SO trading stamps
L needle.
spools thread.
4 buttons.
L recipe for buns.
l recipe for salad.
1 pattern.
newspaper clipping describ-
ing wedding gown.
sTELLA'S BARGAIN COUNTER
~A~S Many danes
2SN@ profess ignor-
~HUW ance of base
/E.AL$ ball, football
Ar and track run
~ III ming, yet keep
~ :: T.: !; T. : :; 6: e: E:
WE LIKE EN- WE'LL DONE
(From Sycamore, Ill.,, ribune.)
Half friend spring chicken"
SEND EN- HOME
(Query sent to the editor of the
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin Gazette)
How can | get rid of aunts-
the large black kind?
O. @ q
THE WORST
l deem the most obnoxious guy I
ever met,
The one who wants to tell you
how you lost your bet.
Kansas City Journal.
But how about the guy who
strikes this blow.
when you have played the fool
and lose your dough-,
He saunters in a-grinning-and
aglow,
And hands out these words, 81
told you 500"
UN IN IOWA
(From the Centerville, Iowa,
Iowegian.)
A merry bunch partook of fried
chicken and other good things at
the George Anderson home Sun
day. The men hunted rats while
the women prepared the dinner.
Speaking of sport shirts, Broth
err Elks who weer them will be
expelled for obtaining member
ship under false pretenses.
Harold Migimp, of Olequa,
Wash, sang for the members of
his mothers sewing circle Thurs
day. He wore a lovely voil s.
shirt, shirred at the collar and
having a three tier skirt, which
he wore outside his trousers in
a shockingly sweet manner, de-
spite the fact that this Is con-
poor taste by our best
wrist watchers of the N. end.
SELAH.
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Confessions ofaWife

of paying proper respect to Mary
after the end came, which We all
know must come soon"
For heavens sake, mother"
said Dick, "cut out this over
flow"
II never thought l would live
to see the day when my son would
ridicule his poor old mother
tears" shifted his mother as she
carefully held her handkerchief
so that none of those same tears
would fall on her new gray gown.
well, you have" he affirmed,
land we'll let it go at that. Mar
gle is right. You don't have to
wear the outward garments of
woe any more than you have to
think yourself insulted every time
anyone voices an opinion a little
different from yours. Aunt Mary
has always been Margie's pal ever
since they first met and it's hard
lines that she is called upon just
now to lose her. You've got no
kick coming. You are having the
time of your life putting on
dog" at that hotel where you are
boarding and you know you are
much happier living there than
you would be with u.s."
"Me live with you and your
Wife" interrupted his mother. 81
would rather go to the poorhouse,
Call a taxi, I'm going home. Come
on, Mollie."
But Mother" demonstrated
Mollie, 81 have not seen Dick and
Margie for long time and | want
to hear about dear Aunt Mary
Stay as long as you Ike. / am
going back to my lonely rooms
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toopyright. 1914, By Newspapes
Eutcrpriss Asaooiatioal


Euterpriss Associate
mo, | know you have never
loved me as well as you do Aunt
Mary, although l am the mother
of your husband" walled Mother
Waverly after l had spoken my
mind to her about going into
mourning to do so. You never
even asked me to live with you
when Dicks father died and Mar
gle never lets a time go past when
sh don't say something unkind
to me.
Il am a poor, lonely old wom-
an; one of my sons is debarred
from coming home by the stub
born hate and uncharitableness of
the woman he married. My other
son sits by and let's me be insult
ed by his wife, and my only
daughter only smiles mysteriously
when | ask her anything about
her affairs. Dick, l can't Sc why
it is that l am treated this way
just because l happened to speak
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-20
sTELLA's BARGAIN COUNTER

Many danes
profess ignor-
ance of base
ball, football
and track run
ming, yet keep
on training FOR
the engag ement
rinPi
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that l want to talk to you about.
Wait for me, and I'll go over with
you to see Aunt Mary in the MORN
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-20
FOR IDEAL OF RECREATION
Subject That ls Worthy Of Much More
Study Than ls Generally
Given to It.

What women throughout the country
still need is a freer association with
other women whose standards, social.
intellectual and moral, are higher than
their own, writes Anne Morgan In the
Woman's Home Companion. AS peo-
pie we are too inclined to seek lower
standard for our recreation. to level
down. We seek q companionship
where no intellectual effort Is neces-
sary; we choose a theater where the
entertainment furnished is popular
musical comedy, rather than a play
with literary merit, interpreted by tai
ented actors. Certain popular maya
zines with large circulation contain
stories and articles utterly valueless
In quality; other publications contain
Ing literary and historical contribu-
tons by serious authors reach but few
homes. In our recreation, as IN our
work. we want immediate results with
minimum of effort; to be entertained
generally means to be relaxed. The
splendid rest and refreshment that
comes with a great. but different. intel
lectual or physical effort is known only
to the few. The ideal life would be
for the daily existence to be SO ordered
that no definite holiday time would be
necessary-each twenty-four hours
would bring its own period OF work.
play and rest In our complicated civ
ilization. however. this is well nigh i'm
possible It has been humorously said
that the only person who really needs
a vacation is the man who has just re-
turned from one.
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is WORLDS GREATEST CHOIR
Cathedral of Alexander NevoskI, In
Petrograd, Said to Have Finest
Body of Singers.

In many departments Russia has
proved herself the greatest of all coun-
tries. Her dancers are the worlds
finest, her novelists are certainly
among the worlds greatest noyelists.
her Cossacks-ask the Austriansi-
are the worlds fiercest fighters
She also possesses the worlds fin
est choir. This is In the cathedral Of
Alexander Nevoski, in Petrograd, and
is attached to a convent erected in
honor OF the patron saint of Russia
It consists Of about thirty members,
all monks, chosen from the best sing
ers in all the Russian monasteries.
Their voices are amazingly sweet
and strong, and every member of the
choir can, it is said, shatter an ordi-
nary glass into fragments merely by
singing into 1t, so powerful are the
vibrations of each voice.
These monks are trained as rigor-
ously as any opera singer, and their
whole duty at the monastery is to as
sist at the music at mass in the morn
ing and vespers in the afternoon.
When too old for service they are re-
tired on pensions.
Unlike most monks, they are ex-
ceedingly fastidious about their APP
pearance and every night put up
their hair and whiskers In paper
Montreal Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-20
Your Own Home.

William L. Price in The House of
the Democrat gave us description
of his ideal dwelling in words so ge-
NAL and simple. and full of such pic
turesque feeling, that they seem a fit
ting preface to an article on the plan
ming of a home. 1.-THE rooms" he
said, shall be ample and low; wide
windowed, deep-seated, spacious, cool
by reason of shadows in summer,
warmed by the rudy glow Of fire.
sides In winter; open to wistful sum-
mer airs, tight closed against the win
try blasts; house, home, shrine"
One cannot but wish that every
homebuilder and architect would
learn these words by heart, and hold
them as constant reminder-for in
that one prophetic sentence seems to
be condensed the very spirit of
home.
The atmosphere of comfort and rest
fulness cannot be attained, however,
withaalt much wise and thoughtful
planning. It's roots are in the prac-
tical, the seemingly commonplace
which, rightly treated, results in last
ing homelike charm.-The Craftsman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-20
SLIGHT CHANGE IN WORDING
Wherein Wife's Letters to Husband
Differed From Those That She
Received From Him. :

This little story was told by Con-
gresham William H. Murray of Okla
homa the other evening, when the
conversation turned to the letters that
the old man writes to absent wiley
in the good old summer time.
Recently two women were busily
knitting scarfs and things for the sol
diers, when one of them casually re-
ferred to summer visit she had made
to the mountains.
That makes me think" was the
smiling response of the other. What
kind of letters does your husband
write you when you are away ON your
summer trips?"
He always writes very affectionate-
ly," answered the first, pausing to see
If she had dropped any stitches. He
invariably begilc with My precious
treasure and ends by sending me his
love-"
Very beautiful" was the smiling
comment of the first. 81 suppose you
answer in the same loving vein?"
with slight variation" refiec-
lively replied the first. Il start nv
letter with My precious treasurer
and end by asking him to send me
$l0."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-20
Potato Flour.

Experiments carried out by a Dam
ish medical man seem to show that DO
tato -four, which is now largely used
for breadmaking in Germany, has
strong nutritious properties. In or
der to prove that albumen is not es-
sential to the maintenance of the. hu-
man system, Doctor Hindhede has
since 1895 lived for months at a
stretch on potatoes for his staple diet,
Favored only occasionally with butter
and milk. He further induced his
gardener, Frederick Madsen, to live
on potatoes for 900 days at stretch,
his average consumption being nine
pounds day. During the expert
mental period Madsen was so close
~ watched that his master can vouch
that he tasted no other food, yet the
diet left him stronger than he had
ever been. But what life!