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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02
THE THINNING RANKS

In 1892 100000 civil veterans paraded at the annual
reunion. This week. in Washington bare $4,000 were in
line The old heroes fast disappearing and in few more
years not one will remain to answer the roll call.
Notwithstanding the pension roll grows larger year by
year True has been added to by the Spanish American
war but that does not account for all of it. 1t has been so
years since the civil war.
There be but comparatively few widows Of veterans
still left; practically minor children at ALL No others,
apart from the old soldiers themselves should be entitled to
pension by any right in the decalogue.
Over four and nehalf billion dollars has been paid to
civil war pensioners Heaven forbid that single deserving
pensioner be deprived of his her, pance but is mat
ter of knowledge that the pension laws the SUBJ
Ject OF wholesale abuse 1t would time for thorough
and genuine overhauling of the pension rolls
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02
BY REV. A. d. SHAW, Ph.D.
Pastor East Congregational Church.

Whoever else is or is not, l am l. This is not
egotism This is having a right conception Of
my own origin and of my destiny. This is re-
garding myself in the real light of my individu-
atty Thus cease to be a machine. would
rather be paper covered edition of myself
than second hand edition of the greatest phil
os0pher that ever lived bound on morocco
leather.
We worship crowds. If anything is to be
done we organize an organization, call mass
meeting. Verify we worship crowd
This was not the method of the great teacher
of the ages An audience of one was sufficient
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

Cynthia Grey: IN for
ing them putting time
wish right here believe Cynthia Grey's
hs her n hS 50
girls write and ask questions stating their they
and the result that girls either from home
Now well that some girls not treated at
nom as they should BE- but aer are FEW those snd nns
men ets should not be Parents in general are
mother of three girls and am in position know whereof
A-When accusations false with clear
Ns e sns DG bell :at s
she with her little tale Of VICE. Asquains me with
point her, her
she win realize it. Seeing believing Produce the evil
Now Monld few Questions % MHY DO GIRLS CONE
MOTHERS DEM n THEIR DAUGHTERS THE PRIVILEGE OF As,
WHY THEY TaKE T.E
y SENSIBLE STEiIasEST MANNER SysTGEIEs q
aS
~ .r sn
rebels and mother do not deny that parents
able help he sTss s rsS SHas s1
cioasiy CO.. eondescend to be relieved he task.
o-Now my come to for sdvis:
ordinary about ths and
has similar Lately he has been a ' an
he 5 and doa like . t. ask "a at :
his atheist books
II 70 read them? A CHRISTIAN q
Al am of ease II the
in the clergy
beyond
sufficient friend thaf
back Of living creature Pray
whs might convince him?
the pedestal which supports your lettering that
might satte it, IL doesn't amount 70
much.
some might keep white
chfonier Clean without taking OIL the
gloss they when new?
III person citizenship taken out
eight will he have 70
lived in the same place
l. M.
harmed cleaning with soft cloth wune
kind Of good white soap
the MARKET In
Iauire at a frs- hardware
second the 70 take out another
lset Of
oKindy Catholics Methodists Pres
byerans Baptists United States. lie. w. =.
A-Kenedy's Directory 16-
7f25069 Metbodists, 2O17
snd ef2sa0z Baoist according 70 the isio
Worlds Almanac
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02
Copyright, 1915, by Newspaper
Enterprise Ass0ciatlon.J

certainly think Mollie is the
queerest girl. This morning l re-
ceived a perfectly wonderful let
ter from her telling me her beau
tiful love story and have read II
through twice and for the life of
me l cannot tell which one of the
three she 10 going to marry.
Here is the letter, little book,
I wonder II you can tell from 1t
which one It Is.
II am here in my little room,
Margie dear, and Its four walls are
just bursting with my happiness,
Margie-dear. dear Margie, l am
In love - in love again. You
know when / was at your house
the other day l was not at all sure
whether would marry Chad, Jim
or Pat. Tonight l sit here and
wonder how l could have been. SO
blind. There is only one man in
this teeming world this moment
only one man to whom my
soul goes out in almost sitting
love. AS l write, dear, my breath
comes quick and my heart is beat
ing SO fast that / can see my
night-dress fluttering above It.
II have come into my room,
dear, and am ready for bed, but l
cannot sleep for the whole earth
is fairly rocking on it's old worm
out axis and dancing to the song
of love.
isn't 1t queer how sane we are
when We talk about loving until
we love then the universe re-
solves itself into the clasp of
clinging hands, the touch of
caressing lips. the sound of sweet
words.
"Margie, 1 have never thought
that any man could paint life In
such wonderful colors as did the
dear man who left me. but an
hour ago.
Life with him is going to mean
more than just living for two
selfish selves.
The world is going to be q bet
ter world because we two people
love each other. He said that
should have plenty of time and all
the help wanted to carry out my
individual ideas.
II don't want you to be part
OF me, dear heart" he said;
want you to be yourself-ths you
that | love-the you that to me Is
the sweetest woman in all the
world-ths woman that is IRE
sistible--the woman who il the
one woman on earth"
| You won't want to make me
all over into something else after
We are married. asked; most
men do. you know
Certainly not, why child,
you strike me as being the only
perfect thing I have seen in all my
long life.'"
Right here, little book,
thought she was talking about
Jim Eide, for he was the Oldest
one of the men who were In love
with her and 1t really sounded
like his unselfish way of regard
ing a woman, but the next SEN
tence made me think she was talk
ing of Pat, for 1 knew how Pat
admired her work on the paper.
do you know, dear Margie
he said that he could not con-
eeive that girl as young and IN
experienced as could look into
the shining sorrowful soul OF man
and write Of II as alphabetically
as l had. He wants me to write
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

avowedly seeks to protect. 1t
asks.
Label league to hold important
meeting Monday.
Iron workers vote SO cents a
month to Label league.
Plenty of work for longshore-
men since closed shop. Using ex-
ira men.
Brewers vote SO cents q month
to Label league.
Printers roast Paulhamus for
having fair printing done in Mas
sachusetts.
Cigarmakers offer public free
guide.
New blacksmiths' officers.
President, Eugene Heathcote: vice
president, Ray Waugh; recording
secretary, e. C. Britt; financial
secretary, G. Parks; treasurer, j.
A. Kline; delegates to Tacoma
Central Labor council. t. B. Nor
gan. Il G. Britt, Clarence Kline;
delegate to Women's Card and
Label league. Clarence Kline;
delegates to System council, e. G.
Britt and Howard May; delegates
to Shop Federation committee, r.
b. Morgan and II w. May. cor
respondent to Tacoma Labor 40
yocate, +. G. Britt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02
CHIcAGo's LATEST TROUBLE

Chicago is confronted with strike Of 10000 garment
workers. The union presented utimatum to the four
hundred odd which ignored thereby causing
the strike to be called by the labor leaders The garment
workers asking higher wages better working conditions
and union recognition
With the exception of few isolated cases. the garment
making houses of Chicago verabe sweat shops, and
working conditions uncomfortable.
AS to the question of pay it is admitted that orders
have largely stimulated business in this line and if extraor
binary profits being made they should be divided in part
with the workers.
At any rate the refusal of manufacturers to to
peace parey and effort at arbitration but brings
to Chicago still suffering from the Eastland horror
Twenty-Five thousand pairs of hands idle for day
many empty stomach.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02
Two Girls Views

Editor The Times:
l think Mollie will marry Pat,
but think Chadwick Is the incest
for her. OF course II / was to
choose for myself I'd choose Jim
Edie. hope something happens
to Dick (for he Is like his broth
err Jack), so Margie could have
Jim. I don't like Irish people,
SO, of course, don't like Pat.
The Irish are all right to
strangers but after you have lived
with them awhile they quarrel
continually. Chadwick is gener-
GUS, kind-hearted and loves Mol
lie devotedly. He left town,
which was a self sacrifice, In not
seeing the one he loved and being
tied to one he didn't. He is a
nice man.
Yours truly,
LOIS RUTH PERSONS.
Lakeview, WASH, Sept. 20, 1915.
Editor The Times:
I am 13 years old. l think
Mollie shouldn't marry Jim Edie
because Margie loves him and
tries to make believe she loves
Dick. and besides / have saved
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

ALEXANDER wEPT WHEN HE HEARD FROM ANAXAR
CHUs THAT THERE WAS AN INFINITE NUMBER OF
WORLDS; AND HIS FRIENDS ASKING HIM IF ANY ACCT
DENT HAD BEFALLEN HIM. HE RETURNED THIS ANSWER:
"Do YOU NOT THINK IT Is MATTER WORTHY OF LAM
ENTATIoN THAT WHEN THERE IS SUCH A VAST MULTI
tube OF THEM WE HAVE NOT YET CONQUERED oNE?"
-PLUTARCH.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02
What Tacoma Labor
Unions Are Doing

A special meeting of all the
waterfront union men of Tacoma
will be held Monday night at 100
Pacific av., to discuss the amalga-
nation Of longshoremen, lumber
handlers and warehousemen into
one big organization.
The Central Labor council and
the Women's Card and Label
league are planning to hold in
Tacoma q union card and label
display.
All the merchants willing to
with the unions will be
asked to give window space.
The Labor Advocate this week
makes II plain that II considers
1t the duty of every Union worker
to buy goods with the union
label. even IL this means the buy
ing of non-Tacoma goods as
against home products.
"Under no circumstances can
We favor the purchase of nom
union goods" 1t says. 1t points
out that labor would be making
a mistake to help build up Taco
ma concerns inimical to labor.
Typos vote 81 to Label league.
Will demand label every time.
The Labor council would like
to know why only employers are
invited to.the Joint Safety First
council. Why not membership
from men whom the association
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

Jim Edie until Dick gets run over
or something happens to him.
l think Mollie should marry
Chadwick Hatton. / don't want
her to marry Pat because he is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

The WOmen's Guild of All
Saints Mission will meet Wednes-
day at the home of Mrs. P. G.
Hubbel.
The Ladies' Aid society of Our
Savior's Mission will meet Thurs
day at p. m. in the chapel East
Wright and | streets. Mrs. Ben
mes is to be hostess. -
The Mems club of Our SaviOr's
church is to meet Wednesday
evening in the church parlors,
South ] and 18th streets. Good
program and refreshments served.
Miss Hulda G. Greendstrom
and Matthias Noel, both of this
city, were married in the parson-
age of Our Savior's church,
Thursday Sept. 80, at 8 p. m.
They were attended by Miss Jes-
sic e. Christilaw and Mrs. O. J.
Ordal. Rev. o. J. Ordal officiat-
ed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

, Irish and they say Irish people
are hard to get along with.
Yours truly,
CYNTHY PERSONS.
Lakeview, WASH, Sept. %, 1918.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

Whlen man reach top Of his
DrofnsiOn. MIDST tines getting
foady 10 coast down.
I've bundled pound sponges---
nat men who borrow and don't
~ back
elzu OUGHT TO BE HAPPY
frrom the Lane. w. Va,
Recorder.)
Miss Mabel Worthy has return.
- to her house after two months
= Blins-
A REPORTER -.
Gnat Ito mosquito) - What's
Freddy Fly doing nowadaysf
Mosquito - Oh. he's beco ne
conaected with q paper lily
paner)-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02
On card Of osakis. Mimi. deal
err
o o o q . o q y o Q . & o o .
@ I AM FOR YOU FIRST Q
@ AND LAST. FURNITURE .
o AND UNDERTAKING. q
q d

Winston Churchill, the famous
author. once met an old Missouri
friend on Broadway, New York.
Seth had left Missouri a raw
country boy but was now niftily
dressed and had acquired all the
polish a big city can give a rustic.
Doing well. en- Seth?" asked
Churchill.
"Yep-doing fine. Suppose
you saw bout me in the papers
yesterday"
NO." replied Churchill, "i
didn't. What was itf"
why they said that figures
showed there are over 100000
people in New York"
well ---?"
I'm one Of them, amt II"
Old Lazy Bones sat In the sun,
smoking, fully tired.
Where ere there's smoke there's
fire." said the boss, so
Lazy. you are fired"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

Board members and friends of
the Women's Vocational home
tthe girls rescue home) are
planning a card party for Oct. &c
at Rhodes Bros. They ask that
Tacoma women save the date.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

The NeedlewOrk Guild will ho,l
its annual distribution of gar
ments Oct. 13, IA and Is. Mrs.
G. v. Hammond, the president, is
urging that all members be
prompt in sending in their con-
tributions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

o-Kindy state the number Of Catholics Mehodlsts Pres
byterians and Baptists United States j. e. w. -.
A.-Kenedys Official Catholic Drectory there are 10
Catholics There 7i25069 Mehodists 2oS1
Baps according 70 the 1911
World
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-02

Miss Mary Fitzpatrick an,
Leonard Hagen. young musicians
will give a musical Tuesday even
ing in the First Christian church
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
SMOKING AND WAR ALLIED
Interesting to Note The Innovations
Which Have Been Brought
About by Bloodshed.

1t is interesting to ncte in refer
ence to Sir Ian Hamilton S appeal for
cigarettes for my brave fellows in
Gallipoli," that the last war in which
Britain was engaged in that TART or
Europe resulted in new fashion In
smoking. nef- re tie Crimean war sack
ing was regarded as a rather surrepti-
tious habit t. be INDUCED in in
out.Of-the-way places, and it is recorc-
ed that 10th Gladstone and Palnerston
were strCngly against the tobacco ha5-
it. and did nct like to have people
near them who had been smoking.
There was much smoking Of cigars in
the trenches at Sebastopol. Soldiers
returned from the war set the example
not only of wearing lcng whiskers, but
of smoking with much mere freedom
than in the past, and cigars appeared
in tie streets. In these days some or
the old school smoked cigars in china
holders deliberately painted, an eXer-
else calculated from its peculiar incon-
veniences tC keep smoking within
bounds.-Dundee Advertiser.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
Neichhorhood Parks Needed

All of our cities need more small
neighborhood parks. The masses
must have breathing places and small
parks or squares best meet these re-
quirements. The development of cit
les should be controlled by the mu.
inequalities, and no tract put on the
market except a small area for a park
is first donated to the city This is
a justifiable hold-up. There should be
a neighborhood park within ten min.
utes brisk walk of every home. All
should have an educational value for
the district school and general public,
therefore each tree or shrub should be
labeled with proper and scientific
name and country of nativity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
How About Your Roof

A city may have the reputation OF
being a clean town." and its citizens
may be prone to boast of this fact
but nearly any clean town would
lose self-respect If seen as the work
ers in the upper ozone view it, II
your office happens to be located on
one of the upper floors of a tall build
ing, take look at your town and see
what you think of it. Look down and
see the dirty alleys, roofs Uttered with
everything from old lumber to paper
tin cans and cheap signs. Awful, isn't
it? Now go up and examine your roof.
There must be man higher up. and
too, aviatCrs are a discriminating
class. Building Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
LAST OF BULGARIAN ExARCHS
Third and the Final Man to Ho'd oH'co
Has Recently Passed Away
In Sofia.

Joseph I, by birth Lazar Yovtcheff,
whose death is announced from Sofia,
was the third and in reality the last OF
the Bulgarian exarchs.
The eXarchate is older than the Bull
garian state, and played great part
in calling it into being and extending
it's boundaries. The firman establish
ing the exarchate is dated March ii,
1870.
The first exarch was not chosen till
two years later, and held office for only
five days. His successor ruled 1or
five years, and was compelled to re-
sign when Russia declared war
twelve DAYS later Joseph was elected.
His promotion was extraordinary
rapid. Born in 1910, he was journal
list. The second exarch made him Sec
rotary general to the eXarchate IN ls'z.
He took orders that year on the very
day when the patriarch excoinmuhi'
Gated the bulgarian church.
A month later he was an ercEiTan-
drite. In 1S74-75 he was sent TO the
bishopric of Widdin, and he thereafter
returned to Constantinople as the
right hand Of the exarch. In 1876 he
became metropolitan of Lcftcha and
year later exarch.
He was man Of great courage, cool
Indictment, skilled diplomacy, untiring
patience and high organizing talent
He carried the exarcbate through the
critical time Of the war.
He resisted all efforts or turks
Greeks, and even sh1rtsighted Bulga-
rians to cCniine his authority tc the
territories of the new Bulgarian state,
and he slowly AMI steadily EXTENDED
the sway OF the Bulgarian church IN
Thrace and Macedonia ard laid the
foundation IF the Greater bulgaria.
The story of his establishing new
bssoprics and emancipating the Bull
garian schools from Greek centred is
such chapter in diplomacy as only
Balkan chronicles can show.
The second Balkan war Writ Tally
confined the authority CT the eXarchate
TO the limits Of the Bulgarian state,
and it's Importance as Political instl'
tuition for the making of the big Bull
gara apparently disGppeared.-Ma
chester Guardian.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
Case Of Bible Reading.

The Rev. w. Y. Fullerton of the
Baptist Missionary society told a good
story at the anniversary meeting OF
the International Bible Reading asso.
citation. AS showing that some peo-
pie needed guidance in the selection
Of their Bible reading, Mr.. Fullerton,
says the Westminster Gazette, re.
called an incident reminiscent of his
mission days, when man came to his
meeting and told OF his efforts to
comfort his wife as she lay upon the
sick bed 81 read the Bible to her
every night" he said. What did you
read?' inquired the missioner. well"
said the man, 81 began at the first
chapter of the Book Of Proverbs, and
when / had finished the book she
died!"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14

wedding out the drones.
1t has been observed that the high
layers invariably have much lighter
colored shanks than the others. This
Is explained by the fact that the hen
ases up the coloring matter from her
body and puts it into the eggs. or
course, if the flock has been fed on
highly colored feed, like yellow corn,
green grass, etc, the shanks will not
be so light colored. The heavy layer,
however, will have much paler shanks
than the others.
1t has also been noted that almost
Invariably the heavy laying hen is the
last to moult in the fall and her feath-
ers nearly all drop out at one time.
Such a hen has been tending strictly
10 business and almost forgot to get
her new clothes. More recently it has
been observed that the ear lobes of
white ear lobed breeds are much less
yellow in a heavy laying bird.
1t is also pretty definitely known
that hen which lays well into the
fall is apt to have been rather heavy
layer all during the year.
Taking all these things together, we
can get a pretty good line on the in
dividuals of the flock by making obser-
yations in October and November
Hens that have pale shanks, are moult-
Ing late and have little yellow in the
ear lobes as compared with the rest
of the birds in the pen, are pretty sure
10 have been the heavy layers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
FIGHT APPLE TREE INSECTS
Something of Its Habits and vuIner.
able Points Must Be Learned Be-
fore Combating Insect Pest.
(By e. M. PATCII)


Before it is possible to combat an
insect pest intelligently we must learn
something of its habits and of it's vul.
nerabe points When these are known
proper remedial measures may then be
taken for it's repression or eytermina.
ton. In the United States one
more than four hundred species of in.
sects are known to affect in greater or
less degree the apple tree or it's fruit.
For convenience in dealing with the
species of insects which damage apple
trees, they have been classified, in &C.
cordance with the character of the in.
jury they cause, into three primary
groups.
A. lnjuring root, trunk or branch;
borers and sap feeders
IA. lniuring the foliage; biting or
sucking insects.
AAA. lnjuring the fruit; maggots,
caterpillars, bugs and beetles.
In the class of those injuring root,
trunk or branch, are the borers-
roundheaded ilatheaded and shot
borer-which are destructive to the
wood; the scale insects and plant lice,
which include the oyster shell and San
Jose scale and the woolly aphis.
In the second class-those injuring
foliage-are the plant lice. small,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
Home blull|
| Y Helps Y |
GOOD TREE FLOWER BASKET
Latest Idea in Outdoor Ornament viii
Help Enhance Attractiveness
of Any Place.

A feature which has been termed
"The Tree Flower Basket Is one of
the latest things presented in the
western part of this country for the
identifying of the home property. The
owner of the home place knows that
almost any kind of flower holders, if
they are put to work, serve to add to
the appearance of the property. Fur
thermore, where novelty, in the way
of a flower basket, such as is seen in
the accompanying illustration, Is
erected, it does more than merely
serve to enhance the attractiveness Of
the place-it adds individuality to the
dwelling.
Surely this feature adds the 'indi
vidual' touch to the home it adorns.
Altogether there are eight trees that
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-14
DIFFERENT COW-FEED RULES
No Two Cows With Big Records Ever
Received Same Rations-Proper
Balance Is Most Desired.
Bv WALTER p LEUT2) }


To a great extent each COW is law
unto herself so far as the most de-
sirable grain for her to receive is con-
cerned, and it is as difficult to give
instructions for feeding COW for high
production as it Is to give exact In
structions for driving two-minute
race horse.
So far as we know no two cows that
have made large records and have
been developed by different men ever
received the same ration, and we
doubt if any two developed by the
same man have ever received exactly
the same feed The success of feed
er depends upon his ability to main
tain a proper balance between the
feeds that are rich in carbohydrates
and those that are rich in protein.
Other conditions also have to have
very careful attention, so 1t is abso-
lutely impossible to lay down any fixed
rules for feeding.
The secret Of success is to large
extent the ability to see trouble be.
fore you are into it, and thus be able
to avoid bad results. Good horse
sense and love for the work count for
more than anything else.