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The Detroit times., 1916-08-02

ranks. There was nothing that de-
manded action by Robertson. 1t
was simply that the man showed
by his maner that because OF birth
he felt himself infinitely Robertson's
superior. In later years Robertson
made use OF this man In an import
ant mission for which a specialized
study had peculiarly adapted him.
He was promoted as reward. He
came to thank Robertson and TO
apologize for his "mistakeI atti-
tude OF previous years. He indicat-
ed that Robertson had been gener-
Gus.
IL used you because you could do
what ! wanted done" was Robert
sons reply, Il recommended you
for promotion because you had
earned II. Promotion Is open to
any other officer under my com
mand upon the same terms"
Robertson is a specialist In every
thing pertaining to the art OF war.
studied languages and dialects un.
tiringly. He rose from the ranks
because he would not be denied. As
commissic ned officer he was as
signed to the intelligence depart
ment and made good. He was
wounded at Chitral, and mentioned
in dispatches tor his gallantry. The
success OF that action was due
largely to the perfect information
furnished by the men under Robert.
sons direction. He has never
served In Egypt. which school has
not unnaturally proven under Kitch.
ener as a source Of fortune. When
the South African war broke out
he was not called for at first.
Never mind" he said on one oc-
casion to some officers who regret.
ted their absence from that field
before the war Is over we shall
all be needed"
He was right. He went to Africa
with the rank OF captain, and the
information he gathered enabled
Gen. French to defeat Cronje. Be
fore the war ended he had proven
so valuable that he was called tc
London to serve In the war Office
The important part he played dur
ing the remainder OF the war has
been little known, because Robert
son = seen little In society. He
lacked the advertising that Others
gained by such means. But In the
war office he was known.
He is a big man physically, with
that cold and stern exterior that
! marked Kitchener. In times OF
peace he played golf and rode daily
TO keep himself in condition. He
has been forced to give up golf dur
ing the war. He rarely "week-ends.
His sangfroid is remarkable. In the
field he has the quality of determin
ing upon new line OF action on the
instant, but he never permits him
self to be forced into action which
he does not approve. Pressure can.
not be exerted on Robertson, II is
said He does not recognize It, In
this, too. he is like Kitchener.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-02
You Can Learn to Swim on DRY Land
Is Annette Kellermann'S Assurance
World $ Big
Series n

places where no provision has been
made for would-be swimmers. IL
seems a great pity that the health
lest OF all sports should suffer so
through such glazing laxness OF the
various city authorities. But the
time will come when they will have
to awake, for the movement TO pro
vide swimming pools is on the way,
and when II once starts nothing viii
stop It.
will request all OF my pupils to
pledge me their word TO aid me in
a campaign to bring about the sue
cess OF my plan. and that will be 10
force every city In the United States
to provide pools for bathers. My
methods in the campaign for bath
ing houses or pools will be drastic
and will not accept mo" for an
answer. AS | expect to shortly en-
roll about three-quarter of n million
or more pupils, | feel assured OF
success, for with the support of this
vast number OF enthusiastic sup
porters, | will not be afraid Of
failure.
Another thing too, a proper bath.
ing suit will have to be introduced
The average bathing suit OF today,
with It's super abundance of frills
and whatnots Is hopelessly made.
quate. A more convenient form OF
suit will have TO be introduced. The
hideb bound members OF the com
planners league will have TO be
overcome by the most sensible OF all
arguments. safety and comfort.
Now as to what | am about TO
do. feel that there is no time like
the present 10 form national swim.
ming classes through the medium
OF the American newspapers. have
outlined a course that will be found
suitable for men, women, boys and
girls.
All ask Of you IL to follow the
lessons carefully and faithfully. In
presenting these lessons. | am In
PRODUCING what has come 10 be-
known as dry.land swimming. to
which myself have become an
ardent convert. After carefully
making a study of this latest method
have prepared series OF articles
which II followed out faithfully will
make you proficient in the art of
swimming.
Through The Times | will teach
you TO swim just "a easily as though
I were by your side and directing
you personally.
Always bear In mind this fact
That you are TO learn how TO swim
without entering tho water. This
assertion seems little out OF the
ordinary now. but II you decide TO
join my class ! will easily prove TO
you that this can be done. And not
only that, but, after you have taken
my course. will guarantee you that
you will be able TO swim better and
with more grace than 30 per cent
OF those people who have learned |
how to swim In . pool or on q bath
Ing beach.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-02
Old Woman Makes Hay.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn, Aug. q
Mrs. Nellie France, aged 81, who
lives near Beaver Hill. moved hay
last week Aunt Nellie" enjoys
remarkably good health. She has
splendid garden which she has
made herself, doing all the hoeing.
While her hay was being moved
she went TO the hay field and asked
permission TO drive the mower,
which was being pulled by two large
mules. Her request being granted,
she made several rounds In the large
lay field She did the work with
steady nerve and insisted upon driv-
ing longer. but the overseer fearing
that she would overeXert herself,
prevailed uron her not 10 do so.
The day following. however she
do1ned her sunbonnet and went
back 10 the hay field and raked all
day
She frequently rides horseback
from her home 10 Monterey, a dis
lance of eight miles
The Detroit times., 1916-08-02

A call has been issued for a nar.
tional convention OF representatives
of the negro race to be held in
Denver today to consider. among
other things. a plan to colonies
American negroes in Liberia.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-02

Health officers and physicians
of Wisconsin are to begin two
day conference today at Madison.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-02

Suitor--I cannot live without your
daughter, sir. I've tried and tried
for most five years. and feel just
the same about 1t now as then, sir.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11

East Las Vegas, n. NJ, May 10
Arrangements have been made for a
conference of good roads enthusiasts
ut Santa Rosa on Thursday afternoon
Delegations will be present from AM
arillo, Tucumcari FL Cuervo, Anton
chico. Las Vegas and other towns In
this section. The object of the meet
ing is to arrange for the maintaining
OF an excellent chain of highways
from Amarillo to Las Vegas, in or
der that the Gulf to Colorado High
way association may recognize a route
through Amarillo, Tucumcari and Las
Vegas as branch of its road from
Texas to the mountains. .. l.. Will
liams, of Bowie, Tex, who Is here,
favors the move. He will accompany
the Las Vegas delegation. which Will
travel in from ten to fifteen cars.
Long distance telephone calls have
brought the assurance that all the
towns along the line Of the proposed
new highway will be represented at
the meeting Thursday
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11

standards of democratic personality,
they wther TO ashes
And then he eXclams: 'Do YOU call
these genteel little creatures American
poets2 DO you call that perpetual,
pistareen, pastepot work American
art, American drama, taste, verse?
think | hear. echoed from some noun
tain top afar In the west the scornful
laugh of the Genius of These States"
lie is speaking here in his capacity
of prophet, rather than in his oapac-
lty of poet, of American democracy,
even if his prophecy does sound so
much like poetry. 1t Is a long essay,
more or less abstruse, and probably as
little liked as it is little read in 1t
Whitman sounds, as he was wont to
say. his barbaric yawp over the house
tops; much of it, like much of all
prophecy ana poetry, If not over the
housetops, is at least over the head.
Whitman was writing in 1871. at
the beginning of that decade in which
taste In America was so poor that
years afterward, when Mr.. .Howells
wished to show how bad some bit of
architecture and decoration was, he
had only TO say: The seventies had
done their worst"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11

cultured Spanish americans from
different parts of the state that speak
10th English and Spanish fluently be
assigned the DUTY Of explaining the
situation that has arisen to the ignor-
ant refugees that are very much
frightened because they feel that they
may become the objects of reprisals.
The Spanish americans are to go
among them and tell them to continue
as they have ana not to be afraid
that they will be harmed in person
or property as long as they conduct
themselves with propriety
The local militia will for the first
time take up their uarters in the
neming armory that is fast approach
ing completion.
Assistant Postmaster II. d. Green
viii conduct q civil service examina-
ton here May eth, for fourth-class
postmaster at Messe. William Cas-
Ter 5 the present incumbent
peming was SO willing and anxious
to have a chatauqua next year that
over 100 of her representative men
and women signed a contract for a
return of the Ellison White system
which has made such a great hit this
year,
Former Mayor and Mrs. Thomas
Marshall entertained company of
friends last evening, complimentary
to Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Rogers of Por-
tage, Wis.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
BUSINESS AFTER THE WAR.

(tay Morris, IN the Atlanticl
What is our situation going to be In
competing with Germany, England,
France-any of the warning nations
grasping their problems with new fer
yor ana confronted with the immense
need of restoring their respective ex-
changes to better basis? German
exchange, at time Of writing, gives the
mark a value of Just over 70 cents, as
compared with a normal value o
nearly 20 cents; and yet Germany's
purchases from the rest of the world
have been at a minimum. as COM
pared with England, France or Rus
STA Even If we assume that this re-
duction in the value of the mark runs
no further-and that would be a very
rash assumption, indeed-the ex-
change is going to make it intolerably
expensive for Germany to buy her
after-war needs here, unless she can
be selling at the same time that she Is
buying. Conversely, anything she can
sell here will produce home value. in
marks, fully rs per cent greater than
usual since $1,000 will buy upwards
Of 5000 marks, instead OF the usual
i,000-odd
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
A NATTER OF TASTE.

The Santa Fe New Mexican com
plains that the journal doesn't like
the Idea Of "A man with the smell OF
the livery stable on him becoming
president Of the United states. What
the journal objects TO more specifi-
cally is a primary system under which
about 10000 voters would declare
their choice for president TO be Il
man who, while running livery sta
BILE. never had the ambition TO learn
to read intelligently or write intelli-
gihly. The Santa Fe New Mexican
may vote for that sort OF man IL II
likes II and the Journal seldom
agree. Rather the New Mexican us
ually makes ii point to be displeas-
ed with whatever the journal Is
pleased with and to be pleased with
whatever displcases the JournalAlI Of
which ia satisfactory to the journal
and doubtless is satisfactory to the
New Mexican, since 1t Is II matter of
It's initiative
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
THE ERA or RAD TASTE.


In Walt Whitmans essay on Dem
ocratic Vistas' there is passage that
has long had for me a curious fas-
cinatien The poet in his ardent way
had been studying the achievements
and tendencies of our republic. and
he tells us that in passing to and fro,
heholdng the crowds in the great cit
les. a singular awe falls upon him. lie
feels with detection and amazemcnt
that among our geniuses few or none
have yet really spoken TO this people.
created single image making work
for them what has filled and fills
today our intellect, our fancy, furnish
ing the standards therein. is yet for
eign. The models of our 1T
eratura as We get Il from other lands,
ultra-marine. have had their birth In
courts and basked and grown in cas-
tie sunshine; all smells of princes ia
vors OF writer's of certain sort. We
have indeed plenty. contributing after
their kind, many elegant. many
learned, all complacent. But touched
by the national test or tried by the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
GERMANY's ADMISSION.

Germany has handed note to Ann
bassador Gerard In which response
bility for the sinking Of the Sussex II
admitted. II IL also stated that the
commander of the submarine has been
punished.
or course. the United States VIII
not inquire too closely into how and
by whom the punishment was inflict-
ed. II may be, and probably is, that
the punishment consisted In the added
weight OF an iron cross to his uni
form. That, and several other hon
Org, Il Is Eaid, were conferred on the
commander of the submarine that
sunk the Lusitanla.
The main point il whether the Ger
man government has determined TO
conform to the promises made to the
United states regarding the conduct
of submarine warfare, IL so, there
will he no further trouble between
the nations. II not, there is sure to
be trouble of formidable proportions.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11

had her taken TO a hospital, paid for
her care until the child was born. Now
she has adopted the illegItimate child
OF her husband. righted wrong so
far az she was able given a name to
the innocent victim Of the wrong
saved a young girl from public shame,
preserved her own marriage, and Kept
her husband out OF jail.
She loves her husband still, and
loving him, prefers to save him, and
to help the victim Of his wrong. She
is giving the child chance in the
world With perfect propriety, she
might have turned her back upon tho
whole sorry business and allowed the
law TO take its course. Exercising her
undoubted legal right she might have
repudiated the infidel TO the matrl-
monial obligation, have named the
girl as the correspondent, have brand
ed the child for its lifetime. And
she might now be nursing her injury
complaining OF her wrong, sitting
down in woe and enjoying her own
martyrdom. or, indeed, she might
have been of such rectilinear virtue
as 10 be shocked beyond power TO
forgive, stabbed to the heart, and
henceforth walked in stately manner
through her remaining days. as many
wronged good women have done be-
fore now.
But she preferred constructive vir-
tue. She was not only good, but AL
so generous. She had sympathy
compassion, imaginative power. II
she suffered, there were Others II
she faced r future, there were others
with futures--among them the inno-
cent child Of her husband. She de-
cl6ed TO tdke hold with firm, strong
hand, to be kind, to be just. The
breach could be repaired, the ruins
rebuilt, the home continued, the man
rescued, and also the child.
And who shall say that the child
will not bring soy into the homer
There Is no curse upon the baby. In
heritance is no longer hobgobblln.
Any healthy, normal child can be al
most made to ita environment. The
woman who was able to see all Of this
probably can make that environment
right.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11

record of Mr.. James answer TO this
question: for such q record would
read too like a parody OF this great
writer's later style. a witty lady once
remarked that Mr.. James conversed
as If he were reading proofs. The fact
Is that the puzzling and fascinating
style of his lntest literary period Is
merely literal recording of the man
ner of his conversation. have never
listened with such rapt attention to SO
enhancing q talker A sentence. with
Mr.. James Is never the expression Of
Il completed thought; il Is always an
adventure into the illlmitnble domain
OF thinking interrupted by number
less parentheses Incorporating unex-
pected particularlzatons-~a yet
wonderfully winning its way at last to
n rounded and completed close.
| cannot record the manner of MIR.
James uttterance; nor would | initiate
II IL | could What he told me, in ef-
feet. was this He had demonstrated
with Stevenson because, writing an
historical novel dated in the middle of
the 18th century, Louis had devoted
more than 100 pages to adventures set
in Holland, without affording the
reader any adequate picture OF that
very interesting country In that very
interesting time. Mr. James had con-
sidered that the business OF the histor-
icul novelist was TO grant the reader
opportunities to live in other times
ana other lands; here was an oppor-
tunity and Stevenson had passed It ~,
The figures in the foreground were
thoroughly imagined: but the back
ground had no real existence, Tho
same adventures of the spirit might
have taken place In Rye or in Albany
at the present day.
This recollection Of MIR. James I'M
published letter to Stevenson enabled
me at last TO understand Stevenson's
reply to It. In saying, Death TO the
optic nerve" Louis meant merely.
Death to setting when | find myself
concerned primarily with character in
action What was the use Of recall
ing descriptively the aspect of the
18th century when what concerned
( the novelist primarily was merely the
, emotions of n virgin man and the
emotions of a virgin woman thrust by
chance into an exquisite and perilous
| propinquity?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11

East Las Vegas, n NJ, May 10
Wendell Clutter the young man who
caused a deputy sheriff to go t.
Cleveland, Ohio, and bring him back
under extradition papers and who es-
capped from the county Jail guard sew
eral weeks and caused the sheriffs
office considerable trouble in rum
ming him down., has been sentenced
TO not less than three nor more than
four months in the San Miguel county
Jail Judge David j. Leahy, after
hearing Cutters plea of guilty to
stealing S65 from the money drawer
Of the Bismarlt restaurant, showed
lenlency toward the young man, who
has been in Jail for several months.
District Attorney Ward also recon-
mendod clemency,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
HENRY JAMES AND STEVENSON

An interesting glimpse OF Henry
James ia given by Clayton Hamilton
In his latest book. ION the Tran Of
Stevenson
From Vailima, In December. 1898
a year before his death Stevenson
wrote TO MIR. James as follows. Your
Jubilation over Catriona' did me good.
and still more the suhtlcty and truth
OF your remark on starving the visual
sense in that book. hear
people talking. and | feel them act
ing. and that seems to me TO be fic-
ton. My two aims may be described
as % war to the adjective. ca death
60 the optic nerve" This passage has
always little mystified me
All his life. II seemed. Louis had been
twanglng at the optic nerve. What
was meant. then. by the phrasIng Of
this great refusal"2 Thereupon re-
membering that. in his letters. steven
on--chameleon-l ike-took color from
the person he was writing to. ! de-
termined to ask Mr.. James to eluci-
date this statement.
! cannot attempt TO print a verbal
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
Most Eminent Medical
Authorities Endorse L.

DR.. Eberle and DR.. Braith waite "a
well as DR.. Simon = all distinguished
authors-agree that whatever may be
the disease, the urine seldom fails in
furnishing us with clue to the princi-
pies upon which it is to be treated,
and accurate knowledge concerning the
nature of disease can thus be obtained.
Ii backache, scalding urine or frequent
urlnation bother or distress you, or Il
uric acid in the blood has caused rheu-
matsm, govt or sciatica or you suspect
kidney or bladder trouble just write DR..
Pierce at the Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
NY; send sample of urine and de.
scribe symptoms. You will receive free
medical advice after DR.. Pierce s chemist
has examined the urine - this will be
carefully done without charge, and YOU
Will be under no obligation. DR.. Pierce
during many years OF experimentation
has discovered new remedy which be
finds is thirty-seven times more power
iul than lithia in removing uric acid
from the system. If you are suffering
from backache or the pains of rheuma.
tism, go to your best druggist and ask
for 5O-cent box of "Anurie', mt mn
by DR.. Pierce. DR.. Pierce's Favorits
Prescription for weak women and DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
the blood have been favorably known
Tor the past forty years and more. They
are standard remedies to-day--as well
as Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for
the liver and bowels. You can get n
sample of any one of these remedies
BY writing DR.. Pierce.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
WHEN RUN DOWN
Hoods Sarsaparilia, the Reliable ro,,.
Medicine, Builds Up.

The reason why you feel so tlrAs
all the time at this season is that vn, vu
blood is impure and Impoverished "
lacks vitality. 1t is not the rich raS
blood that gives life to the whole body
perfects digestion and enables ali ~
organs to perform their functions a as
they should.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla from on,,
druggist. 1t will make you feel hattass
look better, eat and sleep better :,
is the old reliable tried and true an
they ear-round blood purifier ana on
richer. tonic and appetizer. 1t rev,tai.
ICES the blood, and is especially useful
in building up the debilitated and RIM
down.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is helnin,
thousands at this time of year. Lei 4
help you. Get a bottle today and ha.
gin taking it at once. Be sure ia est
Hoods, Nothing else acts like it ~
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-11
SAYS HOT WATER
WASHES P0IS0NS
FROM THE LIVER
Everyone should drink hot water
with phosphate in it,
before breakfast.

TO feel as fine as the proverbiai
fiddle, we must keep the liver washed
clean, almost every morning, to pre-
vent its sponge-like pores from clog
ging with indigestible material. sour
bile and poisonous toxins, says not
ed physician.
If YOU get headaches. it's your liver
If you catch cold easily, it's your liver.
II you wake up with q bad taste. furr-
ed tongue, nasty breath or stomach
becomes rancid. it's your liver. Sal
low skin, muddy complexion. watery
eyes all denote liver uncleanliness.
Your liver Is the most important, also
the most abused and neglected organ
of the body. Few know it's function.
or how 10 release the damned UP body
waste, bile and toxins. Most folks
resort to violent calomel, which is a
dangerous, salivating chemical which
can only be used occasionally because
it accumulates in the tissues also
attacks the bones
Every man and woman, sick or
well, should drink each morning be-
fore breakfast, glass of hot water
with a teaspoonful of limestone ph0s-
phate in it, to wash from the liver and
bowels the previous days indigestible
material. the poisons, sour bile and
toxins; thus cleansing, sweetenlng
and freshening the entire alimentary
canal before putting more food into
the stomach.
Limestone phosphate does not re-
strict the diet like calomel, because it
can not salivate. for ii is harmless and
you can eat anything afterwards. 1t
is inexpensive and almost tasteless,
and any pharmacist will sell you
quarter pound, which is sufficient
for a demonstration of how hot water
and limestone phosphate cleans slim
ulates and freshens the liver, keeping
you feeling fit day in and day out.