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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15
FLORIDASCHOOLTEACHER
ANAEMIc, RUN DOWN, NERVOUS
HOW SHE RECOVERED.

HOW SHE RECOVERED.
There are so many cases like this
right here in Pensacola that we are
publishing this interesting letter with
the hope that some of our customers
will try Vinol and get the same happy
results that Miss Baez did
Key West. Fiat am a teacher
and became anaemic. nervous, run
down. no energy or desire to do any
thing. I could not sleep and had that
languid, nervous feeling that made me
burden to myself. l had taken va
rious tonics without benefit l heard
of Vinol and tried it. Soon had a
good appetite, could sleep all night and
it built me up so I have the ambition
to do any kind of work" Mary l..
Baez, Key West, Fla.
The reason vinol was SO successful
in this case is because it is a consti-
tutional remedy that goes to the seat
OF trouble. The cod liver and beef
peptones contained in vinoI enrich and
revitalize the blood, while the strength
ening, ussue-building properties of the
iron and manganese peptonates and
glycerophosphates aid in building up
the tired, overworked, rundown sys-
tenn.
Whites Pharmacy. Balkcom Drug
Co, Pensacola; also at the leading
drug stores in all Florida towns.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15
FAMOUS MUSEUM
Celebrates 10Th
YEAR OF ACTIVITY
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Washington, Dec. 14.-Seventy years
Of activities Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition were marked today by the an
hual meeting Of the board of regents
headed by Chief Justice White.
Since James Smithson. an English
man, in 1895, willed his fortune of a
half million dollars for the foundation
of an institution for the diffusing Of
knowledge among men, the trust fund
has grown to more than million.
The board OF regents consists of
Chief Justice Edward d. White. chan
cellor; Vice President Thomas R.
Marshall. Senators Henry Cabot Lodge
Of Massachusetts,, William j. Stone, OF
Missouri, and Henry F. Hollis of New
Hampshire; Representatives Scott
Ferris. Of Oklahoma, Ernest w Rob-
erts. of Massachusetts,, and James T.
Lloyd. of Missouri; Messrs Andrew
D. White, of New York, Alexander
Graham Bell. Of Washington, d. c.;
George Gray, Of Delaware, Charles f.
Choate, Jr., of Massachusetts, John B.
Henderson. Jr., of Washington, d. c..
and Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana
To-day after seventy years, the op-
erations of the institution are contin-
ued along these same general lines as
its founder intended, although other
features have been incorporated. 1t is
International i'm its scope, and govern
rental in its affiliations. now admin
istering several supported
bureaus. including the United States
National Museum, with its National
Geological Park; the International Elk
eaange Service. the official medium
for the exchange Of publications with
foreign governments. and a bureau
which prepares and publishes an an
nual classified index of all the scien.
tifie publications of the world.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15
BLIND TIGER IS
GIVEN USUAL FINE

Joe Usher, negro. charged with sell
ing liquor without license, was fined
500 in the recorders court yesterday
when it was proven that he had sold
LIQUOR without license. The negro
gave notice of asking for new trial,
and was given three days in which to
present reasons why he thought such
order should be granted by the court.
This is the third fine Of this nature
and size imposed this week, and two
more cases Of like nature are on the
docket for trial today.
Jim Potter and Frank Stallworth,
who were fined 500 each in the re-
corder's court the first of the week,
have started serving out their respec-
tive sentences.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

were very pale, Sallow and bloodless. The
general condition was very discouraginc.
as was In q state of nervous COLLAPSE
with exhaustion, and after trying various
physicians and not improving made up
my mind to try Dr. Pierce's Fasorite Pre-
scription. After taking the fifth bottle
! was SO fully restored to health that /
discontinued taking it.n-MRs. p. ].
BYERLY, TIA Mabbette st.
The use of DR.. Pierce,s Favorite pra.
scrlption makes women happy BY making
them healthy. There are no more cry
ing spells. 1t cures Inflammation and
female weakness. 1t makes weak women
strong, sick women well.
Like an open book, our faces tell the
tale of health or disease. Hollow cheeks
and sunken eyes, hstless steps, sleepless
nlghts-ten OF wasting facilitating dis
ease some place in the body. 1t may be
one place or another, the cause is generally
traceable to common source.
Get the Prescription" to-day-either
in liquid or tablet form-if you want to
better your physical condition speedily.
Questions of Sexf-Are fully and
properly answered In The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser. All the
knowledge young woman, wife or dough
ter should have is contained in this big
Home Doctor Book containing zoos
pages with engravings and color plates,
and bound in cloth. BY mail, prepaid
on receipt of dimes. Address Dr.. Pierce,
0o3 Main St., Buffalo. N. X.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15
LONDON WORRIED
. BY COST OF FOOD
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, Dec. 14.-Welfare workers
in the great East End report that fam
lilies in that district have suffered
much less than might have been ex-
pected from the high cost of food.
The "six penny meal" which was
used to include three pence worth of
meat, penny's worth Of green vege-
tation, a penny's worth of potatoes
and a penny's worth of bread. is, how
ever, thing of the past. Fish and
eggs are row unattainable luxuries.
But the housekeepers buy more beans
and cereals than they used to do, and
as always they buy great quantities Of
bread
Most of these families would feel
the pinch severely were it not for the
fact that the women are all at work
And welfare workers insist that the
work which the East End women are
doing has in many cases been a great
boon to them physically as well as fl
nancially. One fragile woman, for in
stance. is lifting heavy sacks in a flour
mill. others are screening coal and
handling eight tons to every five tons
formerly handled by the men they
have replaced. In addition. these wo-
men are doing their own Homework
and caring for their children at hours
when a man would be done for the
day. The reasons given for their fit
ness are significant. AS one report
phrases it, they are now earning
enough to feed themselves properly,
and they are freed for the first time
from the weekly worry of providing
food for Friday and Saturday from an
empty purse"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

my testimonial that
some other woman
may be induced, as
/ feel sure she will.
to use your Favor
lite Prescription. ,
From my expert
ence In receiving
very decided heln
from its use, l feel
equally as certain
that she also will
get the desired re-
lief. NV ehael-s
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15
NERVOUS COLLAPSE.

Kissimmee, Fiat have been think
ing for long time that would send YOU
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa Claus-I am a little boy
4 years old, and right good boy.
want you to bring me wagon, little
automobile, pistol, ball, an A B c
book, oranges, apples, nuts and candy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa Claus-I am little boy
5 years old. I want you TO bring me
a bicycle, some apples, oranges, rails
ins, a drum and. an Indian suit, and
that is all want this Christmas. Your
little friend, oJseph Mathis p. S.
You know / want plenty of flrecrack-
ers. torpedoes, Roman candles and
sparkers. j. NJ. Bombay, Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa Claus-Please brin'
me an automobile that 1 can ride il
and a pistol and a tie and that vii
be all / can have. Your friend, FL
bert Gentry.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Old Santar-I am little girl 6
years of age. go to school and like
my teacher very much. Santa, II you
please / would like to have a doll ma
chine a tea set, a little table and
chairs, a baby doll and some school
crayons: also some fruit. nuts and
candy. With much love Wishing you
and Mrs. Santa a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year From your
dear little friend, Bill Pryor, Camp
Walton. Fla
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa am only 4 years old:
please send me a goat, pistol, red
wagon, train and toy auto. ! am go
ing to school and learning to read
and spell. / want a man that dances
and a false face. Clarence BoylSin,
Belts, Fla
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa Claus--I am little DO
5 years old. Please bring me an aut
racer, tool chest, drum and over
coat a cap pistol with plenty OF caps
some fruit and nuts. And don't for
get my dad, he Is at the Panam
canal Your little friend, John Her
bert Terrence, Jr., 309 East Gregory
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Old Santa--I go to schoo
every day an dixie my teacher yer,
much, her name is Miss Ida Pryor
Santa. if you please, / would like t
have you bring me some pretty rib
bon, a sewing box, a pencil box, ;
box of paints, some story books AM
set put in my ring; also some fruit
nuts and candy. From your littl
friend, Angela Pryor, Camp Walton
Fla p. S. Don't forget my teacher
mama, papa and sister. Wishing vol
merry Christmas and a happy New
Year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa Claus-I am little girl
age g. 1 would like you to come and
see me and bring me a new dress and
a pair of shoes and some fruit and
don't forget to bring me a doll.
love at $40 East Salamanca. From
your little girl. Marian Louise Carde-
mas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring m
a train and a gun and some stock
ings, and If you can bring me a sui
of clothes and pair of shoes I will
be thankful to you for them. / liy'
at $50 East Salanca street From Jo'
Cardenas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa Claus-I am a little boy
s years old. Please send a ball, &
train, automobile, a trick, some fruit;
don't forget my papa and my little
baby brother He Is years old: brins
him g. wagon and a. horse a ball, anC
some fruit, so that is all for this time
Jr. Scott, Belts, Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa-I want to see you
mighty bad am a little girl in the
third grade and 1 am 10. years old,
and l want you to bring me a doll
that can open and shut her eyes, and
a rocking chair and a little machine.
please don't forget my teacher, Miss
Annie Mae Hall. and bring her some
thing real nice, from your friend, We
ronica HaynOr.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-15

Dear Santa C1aus-Pfease send me
a % rifle, pairs of gloves; my little
brother wants some gloves too, new
book, a third reader, little pony
and some fruit and nuts and an auto
and a train. I hope you will live al
ways. Howard Earl Boykin. Belts,
Fla.
The sun., 1916-12-17

500 bills. In the same mail, addressed
TO the Secretary OF the Treasury. with
"A New York postmark on II. came the
following letter, dated Philadelphia:
I'm n separate package I am send
Ing 100000 to be added to the con-
science fund.
This amount makes a sum aggre-
eating $4,000 which ] have sent to
the United States, or four times the
amount | stole years ago.
II have hesitated about sending all
this money because l think It does not
really belong to the Government, but
conscience has given me no rest until
have consummated tho fourfold re-
turn, like the publican Of old.
May every thief understand the
awfulncss of the sin OF stealing is the
sincere wish Of penitent. Let no one
claim any OF this amount on any pre-
text"
Probably Just through tho pure GUS
sedness Of human nature people have
tried at various times to get back
from Uncle Sam sums OF money which
they have learned through the ncws-
papers have been sent to the con-
science fund. The last sentence In the
letter Of the man who sent the largest
Amount = the aonsoienoe tuna ~
The sun., 1916-12-17

that stands here in the nigh, as silent
and lifcless almost as the solitary cl.ffs
down along the coast beyond
In this part OF the country the peas
ants wear distinctive little round caps.
They flt down over the head like tho
caps OF the brownie folk OF story books
that resemble tho inverted cups of
acorns with stems seemingly stuck into
the tops.
Like the brownie folk. the majority
of the men are little. withered folk.
sun Drowned and with faces weather
beaten In great furrows.
They arc the Basque people and to
them belongs the country OF the lower
Pyrences, They live in little huts
alone or grouped together In small VIII
lagos back from the coast. where the
hills begin some distance beyond the
town.
With their young men at the front
or gone for all time, the stories Of
these strange people are sealed from
the world without, often even from
towns OF this sort along the coast
With n dialect OF their own SO difficult
that few who have not been born
among them can master II. they are
often n mystery oven TO their neigh
bors and compatriots.
Few leave the scclusion Of their VII
lagos to visit the larger towns places
like the town on the coast, and when
they do 1t Is to sell something they
have grown or made, They live so
simply they buy hardly anything.
Those who visit the towns down on the
coast spenk a littlp ITrppcl and in that
way their stories are known to an cx-
tent. often now they are stories Of
back breaking toll mingled with
misery. There are some who have
spent all their lives in their hamlcts
without ever having been more than n
few miles away.
As they live among themselves SO
now they keep their tragedy TO them
selves. They hide themselves among
the vast reaches of the mountains.
The sun., 1916-12-17
THIS is THE CONSCIENCE FUNDS BANNER YEAR$

science fund, To recover money an
act of Congress is necessary.
What becomes of the money is
asked? The money goes into the gen
cral fund of the Treasury Department,
listed rs miscellaneous receipts and
used as appropriations call for public
moneys.
Naturally the newspaper publicity
brings money to the fund. Not long
ago the Government received eight
$1,000 bills cut in half. The writer
said that when hc saw an announce
mcnt in tho newspapers that they
were received he would send the other
half, llo kept his promise,
Sometimes money Is addressed to
the President, sometimes to the Secrc-
tary OF tho Treasury and sometimes
merely "U. =. Government" Some-
times II comes through custom houses,
sometimes through American consuls
Tho Rev, Prcbendary Barff. vicar OF
st. Gilcs's Church. Crippiegate, Lon
don, once sent to the Government sli,-
.2'.l" that had been entrusted to him
hy Il man who had dcfraudcd the Gov
crnmcut. The clergyman did not re-
veal tho identity Of the sender OF tho
money
There havo been suggestions at vari-
GUS times that the conscience fund
might he used for some national benev-
olcnco, hut as the money becomes II
part nf the nations finances the fund
Is not kept intact, except 50 Ter a.
beokkssptnE entries Syo SsooWaoA
The sun., 1916-12-17

and they are bringing the body down
for the last rites. Il is quite different
from anything in the north.
The procession moves slowly across
tho square. Al tho other side IL the
church. The iigures glide slowly up
the steps and are lost inside. M they
proceed the bell tolls. II seems Il dun.
lifclcss sound. 1t Is n sound from iron
bells. bells that have tollcd happiness
and misery for hundreds of years. The
spectacle has suddenly typihcd the
spirit OF the town, explained the some
thing that was felt before.
At night the lights go out almost
before it Is dark Here the forced
type of city gayety loses itself in pro-
fundity and there IL no evidence OF n
don't care spirit Mourning is in every
phase of the life.
out on the beach the town Is re-
vealed by the light OF the stars, for
there Is only meagre scattering OF
lights among the houses below At
The sun., 1916-12-17
May Be Prosperity Perhaps Billy Sunday but Anyway Unc
Is Richer by Half Million Dollars

quite unnecessary. for Uncle Sam Is
not easily fooled Ivy swinders.
1t happens often that when the
newspapers give publicity to dona-
tlon to the conscience fund some one
tries In various ways, under odd pre-
texts, to get the money back. Such
case was that OF woman who de-
clared that "A $4,000 contribution was
sent by her insane husband to the
Treasury Department. She explained
that her husband was suffering from
"A dclusion that he owed that sum to
the Government and It would leave her
penniless. She gave her address as
Rochester.
The secret service looked into tho
matter and found that at Rochester
she had left forwarding address to "A
small Indiana town. Investigation in
the Indiana town resulted in the find
ing OF another forwarding address to
town In Illinois. There the trail led
to railroad brakeman. to whom the
money was 10 he turned over, and
finally the brakeman revealed tho
woman. She had absolutely no claim
to the money,
No one has ever succeeded since the
drst Is was received IN getting back
. cent 1yoR The 0ovesnmsnt.s con.
The sun., 1916-12-17

The money comes TO the Govern
ment in queer ways, Last month the
Treasury Department in Washington
and Dudley Field Malone, Collector OF
the Port OF New York. each received
In an envelope postmarked Boston
three halves OF three 500 bills and
four halves OF $50 bills, That con-
science stricken man who contributed
to the fund intended that no dishonest
man, II such there ba in the Govern
ment service, could possibly make q
getaway with his money.
With the bills cut In half was tho
following note to Mr. Malone. undated.
unsigned. write in pencil; For un-
paid dues, Other parts sent to WASH
ington. ID, c."
Not so long ago a woman sent one
cent postage stamp to the Secretary
OF the Treasury, explaining that she
had defrauded the Government OF that
amount OF postage.
Tho largest amount ever received by
the Government at one time was s30.-
900. received carly In the year in a
brown paper envelope. There was no
notc accompanying II. The envelope
was postmarked New York, The brown
envelope contained eleven $1,000 bills.
,tWonka.onA lkQQ W. "a Aighty.ava
The sun., 1916-12-17

public square with It's four sided line
OF cafes and little stores and the
silence. With tho autumn sunlight
sitting down through the trees as
though in summer. n Quictness rcirns
all through the day. II makes an in
stant impression with something that
grasps the senses.
II is like the stiffness OF the early
morning before the villagers are awake.
But II is not that. for the life. what
there Is OF 1t here IS at its height.
Something lacks that seems uncanny
to a visitor. There is nothing like II
in Paris. II is q hush, IA subducd ten
sion. the people seem to be under
From a narrow street AT the more
busy end OF the square that leads
down over an abrupt slope and Is lost
to view suddenly appears figure in
black. 1t Is that OF woman clothed
In deep mourning. even to n dense
hood of black that covers her head and
conceals her features.
The sun., 1916-12-17
She pose of the Fates this old spinning
bv the we'll
by the we'll

to Jog along. but have not gone far
when they arc stopped. They must
show their papers.
Before long they md Il IL as diff
cult almost TO travel here as at the
front and they grumble much. Tho
country is overrun by escaping Ger
man prisoners. they are told. hiding by
day and travelling by night. making
their way southwark toward the Span
ish border. From here 1t is not far
distant. Some OF the escaped pris-
oners have been making their way
even from distant points in the north.
! They have been starving a long time
and 1t is a question whether they will
be able to hold out. They are dcs-
perate.
! Late in the afternoon the soldiers
come upon their town. 1t Is on a
fairly travelled road by the coast, far
south and near tho border. As they
enter they walk along a little way.
/ then separate for their houses. 1t Is
dusk already. lights are IN the windows
and few of the inhabitants see them as
they pass. hut the heavy swish of
soldiers boots in tho street is strange
hero and as they pass faces appear oc-
casionally at some OF the windows or
doors and curiously follow the forms.
To the soldiers everything seems quiet
and strange.
Later stands one in the doorway OF
house far down the street. Mother.
here ! am. Don't you know me?" he
Is saying to a startled woman who for
an instant has been looking askance
at the rough clad soldier before her.
/ 4 -
The sun., 1916-12-17
Pauete and her kind the burden carriers the path

like roads.

gions. now never. The few persons
met In days journey are usually SOL
diers. They are on the lookout for
escaping prisoners. rhey demand
papers and even when strangers show
papers will hardly be convinced.
Half "A days stiff walk from the coas
on such a road the path suddenly de-
scends over hill. II Is AS steep as
"A stairway. but there are still the
ruts of the oxen teams in II. For
hours there has been no sign Of human
life except once.
II was near lone hut far hack.
whore there were two girls. They
fled from their play in fear at the
sight of strangers and quickly dis
appeared Since the war they had
seen few strangers.
NJ the foot OF the hill the road runs
along a valley for some distance and
leads to an open space. II * sort
OF farm and in the centre Is a house
OF logs, Against one side Is AN en-
closure ana within II are two COWS.
The sun shines down and hlisters with
its heat. Two Young girls We're stand
ing by tho front door an instant ago.
but they have taken flight. ut'cring
strange calculations. \ dog runs up,
tail between legs. and growls.
\ couple OF hundred feet from the
house n woman digs away In "A rocky
field She either secs no ono or Is
indifferent. for she keeps working
away slowly and dnggeVy Then
from around the house comes a man.
He Is coatlcSs. but 10y his trousers
Ia.
derstands French and he speaks IN
the accent OF the Midi. He IL n per-
misSionaire, homo again.
The village. he says. is In that di-
rcction up over the hill Take that
y IN, keep turning to the right, and
you will he there in an hour and a
half, Then he turns to his work
again. something he has been fixing
at the house, doing what he can 10
help willie he is home.
The sun., 1916-12-17

there had been no letters for many
weeks. when suddenly she received
word he had been wounded and sent
to a hospital in the south. She comes
from Paris and is on her way there
now. She is sending the messages 20
tell him she is coming.
Late at night the train arrives at
its destination. The remaining passen-
gers get OF, leave the station. spread
ont through the darkness and are
gone. Soon all Is quiet. The only
sound is n far away rumble OF "a noun
tain torrent. The town is in the noun
tains, but the climate Is mild the year
around and there are palm trees grow
ing.
The two permissionaires from the
same town spend the night at n little
cafe. The next day they will take an
other train, one that goes still further
south and runs near their town. The
next morning comes and the two SOL
diers walk through the place while
waiting for their train.
IT is different here and In Paris--so
quiet Is the life that a person walking
along the pavements can be heard a
long distance. Before the war the town
was a resort for tourists. but few have
been here since. Civilian life goes on.
hut the large hotels OF the tourists are
closed or turned into hospitals. And
on the high bOulevards where once
thousands walked daily straggier
here and there or a convalescing SOL
dier looks out over the stretch or
mountains in the distance.