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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
SHOWING HOW LIFE IS SAVED
Arrangements for Exhibit to Be Sent
Through the Country on Spe-
claI Train.

What the federal government is do
ing in the saving of life and property
recently was shown in Washington
and is now to be demonstrated to
the country at large.
Secretary OF the Interior Lane con-
ceived the idea that the exposition
recently held in Washington should be
shown to the rest of the country, the
Post of that city states. A special
train is to be equipped as quickly as
possible and sent throughout the coun-
try so that the people may have a
more intimate idea of what their gov
eminent is doing.
Here in washington the exposition
attracted more than $4,000 persons
during one week. The work of the
public health service in guarding the
gateways of the republic against cpl
denies OF diseases sent from foreign
shores and the stamping out of these
diseases on the threshold of the coun-
try was demonstrated at the exposi-
ton. Through this travelling exposi-
tAOn tuC pCOplS Will S6L SOL1o 1uGA Oh
the work of the coast guard service
in saving life at sea, the forest serv-
ice plan of fighting forest fires and
preserving millions of dollars of nat
ural resources to the nation, the meth
DDS used by the bureau of mines in
rescuing entombed miners from ter
rible death and the safety methods
of the interstate commerce commits
sion, which have signally reduced the
deaths among trainmen.
The exposition also demonstrates
the safety work of the army and navy
departments in sanitation and the
stamping out of typhoid fever and 9th
er diseases in the army and navy. A
rare opportunity is being presented
for the people who know more about
the humane activities of their own
government. The trip should stimu.
late patriotism and national pride.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
10 Manufacture optlcaI Glass.

The manufacture of American OPP
teal glass is about to be begun on a
commercial basis, a large factory hav-
ing been erected by an optical firm of
Rochester, n. Y, which, it is said, will
be equipped to make all kinds of
lenses, from the tiny glass used in the
microscope to that of the searchlight
measuring several feet in diameter.
The first effort in this direction was
made about twenty-five years ago, and
1t was a failure. The latest effort in
the manufacture of this glass was be-
gun experimentally by the Rochester
firm a few years ago. and when the
war broke out they had just demon
stated its success, so that its expen-
sion would have come along in the
regular order of things. The neces
sity for a plant Of this kind in this
country has been forcibly demonstrate
ed by the war, which has completely
cut off the supply of optical glass,
which came heretofore from one or
the other of the belligerent countries.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Princeton's New Dining Halls.

The new dining halls which are be-
ing constructed at Princeton will have
grill and clubrooms along the lines
of university club. Large smoking
rooms equipped with billiard tables
will be provided for the freshman and
sophomore classes, while there will be
reading room for all classes.
Plans for the use of the grillroom
are not completed, but it is likely that
its main use will be for the entertain
ment of visitors. 1t is thought that
a unionized dining hall, where the
great majority of the student body.
especially the lower classes, gravitate
three times day, may prove an excel
lent substitute for a common club
house where a students social in
stinct may call him only at odd inter-
walls.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Showing Her Spirit.

James ]. Hill, the railroad king,
whom King Albert has asked to re.
organize Belgium. said in Y. M. C.
A. address in Chicago:
Success is a matter of spirit, the
right spirit If we have the right
spirit, we can't help showing it, and If
we have the wrong spirit. we can't
help showing it, either-like the maid,
you know.
"A lady engaged a maid. This lady
had few current scandals in the fam
lily, and she wanted them kept dark
So, examining the maid, she said:
And, of course, can expect you
to be reticent%
:" oh. yes, ma'am.' said the maid
Yes, indeed, ma'am and she added
eagerly. What is there to be- reticent
about?'"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05

lib and would get so weak at times that
fell over. began to take Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
ten days later I could eat and it did not
hurt my stomach. / have taken The
medicine ever since and / feel like q
new woman. now weigh l27 pounds
SO you can see what it has done for ma
already. My husband says he knows
your medicine has saved my life. -
Mrs. ]. S. BARLOW, 1924 South 4th St. /
Columbus, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound contains just the virtues of roota
and herbs needed TO restore health snd
strength to the weakened organs Of this
body, That is why Mrs. Barlow, @.
chronic invalid, recovered so completely
1t pays for women suffering from any
female ailments to insist upon having
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
BAD COMPLEXION MADE GOOD
-
When All Else Fails, by cutieura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

If you are troubled with pimples,
blackheads. redness, roughness, itching
and burning, which disfigure your com.
plexion and skin, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment will do much to help you.
The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Expensive Treatment.

did the doctor give you any encour.
agement? ?"
"Oh. yes. He said he would have
me feeling like a prize fighter in a
few weeks"
Il wouldn't be at all surprised if he
did So"
"No?"
Most of the prize fighters nowadays
seem to be desperately hard up"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Tie Wonderful
Magic Washing Stick

The Magic Washing Stick. the great
est helper woman ever had with her
washing, and l have been singing it's
praises to my neighbors, writes Mrs.
Mollie Martin, Route 3, Apache, Okla.
II is truly a wonderful article, saving
all the washboard labor on washday.
10 washings Csc. Sold by all grocers
everywhere. ROundy, Peckham 4 Dcx-
ter CO., Milwaukee, Wis.,, Distributors.
Adv
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Business.

Il took out an insurance policy on
my house last week, and today the
agent who insured me tried to sell me
an extinguisher that will positively
put out any kind Of a fire."
We'll, what of it,"
What ! want to know is, why
didn't he tell me about the extinguish-
er first. Then I could have saved tho
prem1um on my policy"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
The Retreat.

ANY news from the front?" asked
the war correspondent
None, whatever" said the general
as he hurried by, except that the
front is now the rear"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05

female troubles and
nervousness. had
a pain in my right
side and could not
eat anything with
out h hurting my
stomach. / could
not drink cold water
at all nor eat any
kind of raw fruit,
nor fresh meat nor
chicken. From It's
pounds I went tn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05

XIII the Files Now and Prevent
disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER win do 1t.
Kills thousands. Lasts all season All dealers
or six sent express paid for 81. Fl. S0AfERS,
LOO De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. Adv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05

ter on the soldier life PROVIDED ,,vy
can pass the required examination
Army officers who have been through
West Point might issue a book of in.
structions to the thousands of young
American applicants for cadetships.
A perusal of the book would be seTv-
iceable to the youngsters who sue
cted in passing the entIa nce examina.
lions and in joining the enlarged bat
talon of cadets.
The cadet who enters West Point
preceded by press notices Of his ex.
traordinary accomplishments has the
deuce of time of it. Someone is
sure to send the press announcements
to the yearling class in the academy.
and the members at once prepare
proper reception for the youngster
whose home papers prophesy that he
will graduate at the head of his class
and be a lieutenant general before he
is twenty-five years old.
Many and many a hapless "plebe''
at the academy has been obliged to
stand in company street of the camp
and there to an assembled multitude
of admiring yearlings read with prop
er emphasis and infection the print
ed accounts of his own accomplish
ments and the prophesy of his future
soldier greatness.
Hint to Aspiring Boys.
There may be a hint in the follow
ing incident which will be of value to
boys who are going to enter the com.
petitive lists for appointments as ca
diets at Uncle Sans school. When
several boys, sometimes there are a
great many of them, appear be-
fore an examining board in COM
petition for cadetship appointments,
each one is asked separately why
he wants to go to West Point.
youngsters answer that they want to
go to the academy for the chance to
get an education. Now Uncle Sam
educates cadets, but he does not want
them to desert by the resignation route
as soon as the academy course is com.
pleted.
In one competitive examination held
in the congressional district once rep
resented by Serene e. Payne of tariff
fame, there were nine candidates. Eight
of them in answering the regulation
question said they wanted the educa-
ton the academy afforded The ninth
boy said that he wanted to become a
soldier and to stay soldier. He is in
the army today, and is getting little
gray-haired after score of years of
hard and efficient service.
West Point cadets will meet in the
army good many men appointed to
the service from civil life and also
men who have been promoted from the
ranks There is a deep-rooted belief
in the minds of civilians that the army
officer who has risen from the ranks
or who has been appointed from civil
life is systematically snubbed by his
West Point colleagues That the be-
lief has nothing in fact upon which to
base itself seems to be no bar whatso-
ever to its growth.
AnrnntanAIa NatIi4ar&k Natum
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Political Wisdom.

THE people have a long memory
"Then take care how you tax it,
Exchange.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05

Selfishness is the one thing that
stands between some people and hap
piness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
after SIX YEARS
OF SUFFERING
Woman Made Well by Lydis,
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Columbus, Ohio. --'I had almost given
up. / had been sick for six wears with
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Defined.

Defined.
Aren't the fashions this season less
extreme?"
"oh. extremely less. Judge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Wisconsin Directory
AUTO AGENTS and DEALERS

Exclusive county rights on
ADcO SHOCK ABSORBER and other
auto accessories which have been adopted as
standard equipment by worlds largest auto
mobile manufacturer. Big proposition for
man who is financially able to work terri
tory. AutO Device Sales Co.. lbs Oneida St.. Mlwaukes
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
Hard to Hit an AeropIane.

When | was in Europe recently and
at the front with the French armies |
saw several engagements between bat,
teries of antiaircraft guns and aero
planes which were flying over at
tempting to locate the positions Of the
French batteries.
At one time | saw Twenty-Five shells
break in succession about a German
Taube. There were twenty-nine
wreaths of smoke in the air all at
once, for the firing was so quick that
the first wreath had not disappeared
when the last wreath was formed. The
aviator was untouched. He was driven
back with his machine, but he received
absolutely no injury.
1t is one of the marvels of the SOL
der today that it is so difficult to hit
an aeroplane and it is another marvel
that 1t is so difficult for an operator in
an aeroplane to hit any specific OBJ
ject with a dropping bomb. These
problems of craftsmanship. both Of
batteries firing at aeroplanes and aero
planes dropping bombs, are the sub
jects of deep study by army officers
the world over They hope to find
means to improve the Workmanship.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
About Time.

Don't count your poultry before they
get big enough to get away from the
cat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05
AeropIane's Military Value.

American army officers say that al
through the operations have been
conducted ON a comparatively small
scale in Mexico, the military value
of the aeroplane has been proved
beyond all question. A few years
ago the flying machine as an i'm
plement of warfare was a dubious
quantity; today it has demonstrated
its worth beyond all question.
American army officers who serve
as operators in flying machines re-
ceive larger pay than those who serve
on foot or on horseback. Cavalrymen,
infantrymen and field artillerymen In
battle run terrible risks, but it is only
while they are in battle that the great
dangers are encountered. The aero
plane man takes his life in his hands
every time he sails above the earth
and it matters not whether it be the
most peaceful of Sabbath days or the
time of the raging of conflict Con.
gress has just voted an emergency ap-
preparation to improve the aeroplane
service of the country. Within
short time additional officers will be
detailed as operators of these ma.
chimes. and the wonder is whether
they win look upon their new duties
altogether with pleasure.
The army officer never asks a ques-
ton. of course. where duty is con
cerned. If he must fly he must fly
and if he must fight he must fight, but
It seems that in human nature most
men naturally would prefer the less
dangerous duty. However, the rec
ords show that the aviators go to their
work just as calmly as the infantry
officer goes to the parade ground to
line up his command and to listen to
the strains OF the Star Spangled Ban
ner when the flag is lowered at sun.
set.
Hard to Hit an Aeroplane.
When | was in EuroDe RECENTLY and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-05

Following legislation this winter,
the number Of cadets at the Mil
itary academy at West Point VIII
be doubled Many Young Ameri-
.ans will have an opportunity to en-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
TO DESTROY LONDON OR DIE

PARIS, Sept. %. - An American
business man now in Switzerland, who
recently talked with Count Zeppelin in
Stuttgart, says the count has sworn to
destroy London by airship lombard
ment or die. Zeppelin, whose illness
has been a~ccentuated by the opponents
claim that the derigible raids accomp-
lish little or nothing and cost dearly,
is determined to send a fleet of sew
enty or eighty monster craft over
London in the near future. He has be-
come a fanatic on the subject and in
sists he will never abandon his re-
solve to obliterate Buckingham Pal
ace, the houses Of Pertinent and every
important edifice and monument in the
English capital. He will not commit
himself, however, as TO whether the
destruction Of London will force the
British to demand peace, as his most
fervent partisans continually argue
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
The Blaekmail Syndicate.
THE Pittsburg Press

-~N ASNSoN4S iAtGSsl
The same ability and pains expend-
ed on any honest and lawful enter
prise would have established an al
most complete certainty Of its sue
cess. To the criminal mind, howev-
er, honesty is the dullest policy.
Hence such sensational, but depress-
ing undertakings as this which the
Government agents have just uncov-
ered-a blackmailing concern with
some sixty active members, eight of
whom are now under arrest. Note
the confident cynicism of the pro-
motors Of the conspiracy. They ap-
parently had no more doubt Of their
ability to lure rich men and women
of course mainly rich men into
their traps than there is Of the suns
shining tomorrow morning. They as
sumo, it seems, that almost any rich
man may safely be tempted with a
handsome woman-safely, that is. in
the n that he is sure to respond
to her advances and place himself in
a position where her confederates will
have him at their mercy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
DIME NOVEL DOOMED

It's going to be a long hard winter
for the writer of popular fiction-the
kind that comes in paper backs and
gives more thrills for a dime than a
Scent movie.
Picture the author of "Perils of
Broadway; or, Florette, the Beautiful
Cabaret Singer" toasting his feet be-
fore the radiator in his flat and scrib-
bling them altogether until more nor
NAL conditions prevail.
And this is not all of the bad news.
Devotes of blooded 10 and Lucent fic-
ton aren't going to be the only suf-
ferers. Books of the better class are
going to cost more than they did be-
fore. "Best sellers" that can usually
be obtained for s1.1O are going to cost
S1.25 this winter, and SIPS volumes
will be boosted to S1.35.
Book Paper Up 100 Per Cent
The price of the cheaper bound
books will be increased in proportion.
According to one authority, the cost
of book paper has in some instances
increased as much as 100 per cent in
the last few weeks. Newspaper
print paper has gone up so per cent.
1--WE have made increases of from 5
to 25 per cent in the list prices Of
books published by us this year." said
George II. Doran, head of the pub
fishing firm of that name. eve have.
however, made no increase in the
price of books published prior to the
recent rise in the cost of paper.
while the cost Of materials is the
principal cause of higher book
prices, | believe it would have been
necessary in any event to readiust
prices because Of the general econom-
ic situation. The increased cost of
doing business, the necessity of liberal
discounts to booksellers, and the gen
era movement resulting from the de-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05

creased purchasing power of the dol
lar are contributory causes"
At the Offices of the Houghton Milf
lin Company it was said the retail
price of books had been raised gen.
orally from ten to fifteen cents a copy.
Lose on School Books.
The only class of bound books on
which publishers will lose money is
school books. The Houghton MifIin
Compony produces a large quantity Of
these. In most instances the margin
of profit is small. Many contracts are
still to be filed. On these, it was said,
the increased cost of production will
easily wipe out a margin of half or a
cent profit a volume.
From Street and Smith, who have
given to young America millions of
pages of printed thrills, came the fl
nal word on the paper back novel sit
uation. 1t is evidently time for Old
Sleuth and Nick Carter and other
worthless Of that ilk to begin to worry
about their future.
An official of the company said there
had been nc curtailment of the output
of publishers of popular priced fiction
because practically all of them had un-
expired contracts for paper supplies
which had been made at reasonable
prices. When they are forced to make
new contracts, however, the cost of
production will be so excessive as to
preclude the publication Of any but
bound volumes.
Magazines will not be SO seriously
affected, it was announced, because
their advertising will make up the diff
ference. But the James Boys, Old
King Brady and the other heroes who
caused youthful eyes to pop and juve-
nile hearts to thump in the good old
days have no advertisers to help them
out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
A Long Forward Step.
New York World.)

The swearing-in Of twenty-four
leading American scientists who are
members of the navy's civilian con-
sulting board as officers Of the United
States Government was in no way a
spectacular affair, but it marks one Of
the longest steps forward that have
been made in the real business of pre-
p%aredness. By enlisting in the Gov
ernment's service the best scientific
skill and learning the nation is assur-
ed a kind of defense that cannot be ex-
%temporized in a hurry to meet sudden
emergency. In time the average Amer
lean may realize that the mobilization
OF American science ad American in
dLstry means far more for the coun-
try's security than any number Of
boistrous defense leagues can accom-
plish.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
Keeping Chickens in n Pen

The movement of a hen Is nrimar.
lily for the purpose of securing food
and secondarily, for the protection Of
herself and her nest.
When a hens appetite is satisfied
she settles down in some quiet place
and is content. II her appetite is no,
satisfied, she is restless and has a ten.
dency TO wander. Hens v wander
aimlessly or for exercise as people
DO, but wander in search Of some ele-
ment not supplied in her feed ration.
The hen which is making eggs
needs more feed than the hen that is
not making eggs. This explains why
the hen which persists in getting out
OF a pen is usually a good hen. She
a a good appetite and a determine
ton to satisfy it.
Experiments show that the first and
most important factor in keeuine
mems in a yard is to furnish all the ele-
ments of food necessary to supply
the hens needs. After the hens
wants are supplied, the next point to
De considered is the fence. A wire
fence with no object on top for the
mems to light on is the most satisfac-
tory.
Inc average poultry fences are
rom four to five fee, high. This is
nigh enough for some hens while
others could go over fences there or
TOUR times that height. In order 70
prevent this, it is necessary to eth
er clip the feathers of one WING ~
.'e them SO the bird cannot fly. w.
ing Is better for show birds, as elm.
pea wings disqualify in a show.
In the contests and Experimental
pens we find at least ten hens 90
the fence or through per gates
10 one that goes over the fence. The
most important factor is furnishing
the proper conditions inside the ward
70 supply the hens needs.-Missouri
state Poultry Experiment Station
Mountain Grove, Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
Policy in Publicity.
Seattle Post-Intellirencer

$1,000
The determination Of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company to continue it's
advertisements in the public press
as a permanent feature Of its
evidences the new policy Of pub
Heity that has been adopted by many
Of the large American corporations.
Some Of the greatest concerns II
the country are now taking the pub
lie fully into their confidence. Ad-
v~ertisements discussing matters Of
mutual interest are published in the
newspapers, and in many cases peri.
odlcals are issued for public distri-
button The effect has been to in
duce better understanding and il
has changed the public attitude Of
suspicion to a feeling Of cooperation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
REAL ESTATE TT,

IN NkITNs
LIS Isaac MeoOwn to CFs and "
oNeil. Warranty c a., y
s1.e5O. Lot 3, Block - -
Add to Mexico. 0u
VIM H Van Deyeute, to r,.-,.
Deyenter. Warranty. Con,i1N'
800. Lot 6, Block l, Nos, h
Laddonia. ' Az
Mary l. Willsey ct al to Jos
: FOUNTAIN, Warranty. CoDs5..,
$1,000. S 10 of Lot / Of wv !,
52-10. ~
Mary L. Willsey ct al IA Il.
Fountain. Quit = Claim, c,'sl.
ton sl.OO. Strip 10 feet u 4,
N l-2 of NV of 8O-52,lo.
Nettie NJ Clark to william m.
warranty Consideration ,llHI.
81 Barnes Add to Mexico.
|. W Sehroers to I " aasy0,
Warranty. Consideratiorpwr.
d. Block 2, Orig Vandalia
Ell Tincher to T Bybs Vrn
~. Consideration 1920. Imlv
4, Block 3, South JeFer,r Al
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
History Repeats Itself.
Rochester Jews Press }

The popular leaders Of ancient
Greece who did most for their various
States were seldom the officers Of
those States; when they became Off
GERS their careers were short-liyed.
Venizelos is stronger today than when
he held the premiership and stronger
by far than the man who holds il. He
can consistently urge joining the Al.
lies and i no national gain comes Of
It he can point 70 the fact that his ad.
vice was followed to late. And II
that advice is not Needed now, the
monarchy seems to be threatened
with perilous uncertainties.