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The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
Investigated Reported Shortage
in StOrk Crop.
DEATH RATE IS DECREASING
No Premium on Babies Is
Found Necessary.
Try Double "MOthers' Allow.
ance," and "Sub'' for Milk.
BY CARL t. ACKERMAN.

Berlin, (via Amsterdam,) April g.
Germany's infant death rate has not
increased, was supposed in Ger
manyS neighbOr countries On the
contrary, it has fallen off materially.
Also, Germanys general health is bet
ter. S. S. Mcclure, the American
newspaper and magazine man, has
been investigating the matter and
these are his conclusions:
Every belligerent country wants all
the babies it can get, to make up for
losses in battle. There was talk in
Germany recently of offering a pre-
MUM for babies. This has been found
unnecessary. Mr.. Mcclure says; Ger
many has solved the problem other
wise.
This has been accomplished. he ex-
plans, by doubling the mothers ma
ternity wages" and by discovery that
by the addition of vegetables, apple
sauce and oatmeal to the babies diet
and the reduction of their allowances
of milk, at the age of five months, the
infants health benefits so greatly that
far fewer of them die than heretofore.
The Americans inquiry has covered
both Germany and Belgium.
To Save the Babies.
1T is astonishing" he says, what
has been done toward saving the ba-
bies' lives. There seems to have been
no difficulty in getting them born.
1lO PIODltlII ildo DtcIl IlOW " hSSP
them alive afterward.
Formerly many people were too
poor to buy milk. Now, both in Ger
many and Belgium, it is obligatory to
make an allowance of one litre daily
to each mother.
Soldiers wives each receive a 20
cent daily cash allowance. Eight
weeks before the birth of a child this
allowance is increased so per cent, and
after the child has been born there is
| an additional SO per cent increase if
the infant is nursed
"Berlins normal milk supply is
100000 litres daily. Today two
| thirds as much as this is available.
| In Berlin alone there are 10000 cows.
Their milk goes to the babies
No Meat or Luxuries.
| ''The doctors take such excellent
care of mothers that the infant death
rate has slumped from 19 per 100
the pre-war rate-to IL per 100, at
| present.
illness among children has shown
| a heavy decrease. Insurance com
panies report less Illness among the
people generally that before the war
| The meatless days and the absence
of luxurious foods are simply making
a healthier people. IT. is marvellous
II have been to Brussels, I have seer
| Brand Whitlock, General Won Bissine
and others and 1 learn that infectious
| disease is almost unknown in Belgium
| There has been a tremendous decrease
| in the number of tuberculosis cases.
''Ninety-seven per cent of the Bel
gian communes show a lower death
rate than ever before. The explana-
| ton that the people eat less meat
| and furthermore the supervision OF
the milk supply makes it possible for
everyone who needs it to obtain it In
adequate quantities.
Therefore, why a premium on
babies ~
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
The State Journal is like letter from home
send it to a friend or relative.
CUT THIS OUT
OLD ENGLISH RECIPE FOR CATAh-
RIAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD
NOISES.

If YOU know of some one who is troubled
with Catarrhal Deafness, head noises or
ordinary catarrh cut out this formula ana
hand it to them and you will have been
the means of saving some poor sufferer
perhaps from total deafness. In England
scientists for a long time past have recog-
nized that catarrb is a constitutional dis
ease and necessarily requires a constitu-
tional treatment.
liable to irritate the delicate air passages
and force the disease into the middle ear
which frequently means total deafness, or
else the disease is driven down the air
passages towards the lungs which is equally
as dangerous. The following formula
which is used extensively in the damp
English climate is a constitutional treat
ment and should prove especially efficac-
ious to sufferers here who live under more
favorable climate conditions.
Secure from your Druggist 1 ounce of
Parmint double strength)- Take this
and ounces of granulated sugar; stir
until dissolved. Take one tablespoonful
four times a day This will often bring
quick relief from distressing head noises
Clogged nostrils should open, breathing
become easy and hearing improve as the
inflammation in the eustachian tubes is
reduced. Parmint is used in this way as
surfaces of the system and has a slight
tonic action that facilitates the recovery
of the patient The preparation is easy
to make. costs little and Is pleasant to
take Every person who has catarrh should
give this treatment trfal-Advertiseuan4
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
KITES BIG And LITTLE.
List of the Prize Winners in Satur-
days Contest.

For nearly four hours Saturday aft
ernoon 24S kites tugged at the hands
of an equal number of enthusiastic
school children. All sizes were repre-
sented from a diminutive mosquito
shaped flyer constructed of tooth
picks entered by Oscar Perdun of
Lowman Hill school up to a majestic
''puller' eleven feet in height entered
by Warren Parr of Polk school
A choppy breeze played havoc with
the entries. Several arguments were
caused by tangled kites. Some of the
kites showed a strong tendency to get
entangled with nearby trees but by
five O'Clock the pull and construc-
ton of every kite had been judged by
w. P. Mclean, director of physical
education in Topeka schools, and his
brother, H. A. Mclean, a senior in
high school.
The prizes were awarded as fol-
lows:
BOYS LARGEST KITE-First Warren
Parr, Polk school; second, Leroy Dick
erman, Monroe: third, Mark Low, Clay.
BOYS SMALLEST KITE-First, Law
renee Eddy, State school; second, Ted Jur-
dan, Garfield; third, Charles Rice, Van
Buren, and Dale Perrine, Central Park,
tied
MOST INGENIOUS-First, Oscar Per-
dun, Lowman; second, Ted Jordan, Gar
field third. Roland Fisher, Washington.
MOST GROTESQUE-First, Lewis Ew-
ing, Washington; second, Louis Weber,
Quinton; third, George Parker. Wash
ington.
PRETTIEST-First George Weaver, Van
Buren,; second, j. H. Martin, Mckinley
third, Ray Zarker, Van Buren,; John White,
Central Park; and Martin Eby Central
Park, tied
BOYS HIGHEST FLIER-First Emery
Kitterel, Van Buren,; second, John Cum
ningham, Central Park; third, Forrest
Pitt, Quincy: John Bingham, Van Buren,
and Russell Mcmillan, Lincoln, tied.
STRONGEST PULLER-First. Lee
Bruce, Lowman Hill: second, Artemus
ShipIing, Mckinley: third, Sonny Voiland !;
Quincy; Malcolm Mccormack, Lowman !;
and Albert Wehe. Lowman, tied.
The Girls.
Winners among the girls were as fol-
LARGEST KITE-First, Myrtle Dish
man, Washington, + feet; second. Norma
McGraw, Van Buren; third, Eleanor Nc
EVan. Van Buren,
SMALLEST KITE-First, Bessie Willet.
Van Buren,: second, Ruth Parker, Van
Buren, third. Frances Lutes, Van Buren.
PRETTIEST-First, Dorothy Spencer.
Van Buren,: second. Edna Ritter. Van
Buren: third Virginia Schoole and Pauline
Franklin. both of Van BureD. tied.
MOST INGENIOUS-First, Mildred Man
ming Van Buren, second Caroline Hughes,
Central Park; third, Norma Weaver, Van
Buren,
HIGHEST FLIER-First, Mildred Man
ming. Van Buren,: second, Alice Steele.
Washington: third, Myrtle Dishman, Wash
ington, and Pauline Franklin, Van Buren,.
tied
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
BUYS TWO new PLANES
Capt. Billiard Will Give instruction to
Aerial Corps.

Kansas national guardsmen are to
have the services of three aeroplanes.
Capt Phil Billiard of the state guard,
has ordered two new planes and they
will be available for state military SER
vice if needed.
Next summer Billiard is to be placed
in charge of the aeroplane corps of
the national guardsmen in this state.
He will direct aerial maneuvers and
will probably give instruction to some
of the twenty applicants for places in
the aerial corps.
The new machines to be received
here are fifty per cent stronger than
machines used a few years ago. The
new high power machines are much
safer than old model planes, Billiard
declares
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
An Inside Bath
Makes You Look
and Feel Fresh
Says q glaze Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
kssps Illness away.
This excellent, eommon-sense
health measure being
adopted by millions.

Physicians the world over recon-
mend the inside bath. claiming this is
of vastly more Importance than out
side cleanliness. because the skin
pores do not absorb impurities into the
blood. causing i'll health, while the
pores in the ten yards of bowels do.
Men and women are urged to drink
each morning, before breakfast a
glass of hot water with a teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate in it. a
harmless means of helping to wash
from the stomach. liver. kidneys and
bowels the previous days indigestible
material poisons, sour bile and toxins 4;
thus cleansing. sweetening and purify
ing the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
Just as soap and hot water cleanse
and freshen the skin, so hot water and
limestone phosphate act on the elm
NATIVE organs.
Those who wake up with bad breath.
coated tongue. nasty taste or have a
dun. aching head. sallow complexion.
acid stomach; others who are subject
to bilious attacks or constipation.
should obtain quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate at the drug store.
This Will cost very little but is suffi-
clent to demonstrate the value of in
side bathing. Those who continue it
each morning are assured of pro-
nounced results. both in regard to
health and ppearance.-Advertis
ment
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03

Washington, April 3.-President
and Mrs Wilson returned today from
their weekend trip down the Poto-
mac and Chesapeake bay aboard the
Mayflower.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
SUNDAY ORGAN RECITAL
More Than 1.CoO Persons Turned Out
to Hear Dean Whitehouse Play.

over thousand persons turned out
for the fourth municipal organ recital
Sunday afternoon. The audience testi-
fled to appreciation by their applause
a well varied program by Dean Horace
Whitehouse, city organist. The two
'Intermezzi'' by Brahms were per-
haps the best received. The program
follows:
Rheinberger .Pastorale Sonata
l. PaStorale.
II. Intermezzo.
Ill F'ugue
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
in NORTH Topeka
Mexicans Send Money to Rela-
tives in Old Country.
They Have Quit Going Back to
Spend Winter.

Many of the Mexicans who reside in
or near North Topeka are sending by
foreign draft or money order what
money they can spare to friends and
relatives in Mexico. Some of them
even are going so far as to pawn their
clothes to assist relatives in need. For
the last three years the Mexicans who
are employed on the railroads in the
city have been staying in Topeka dur
ing the winter months when they are
out of work, contrary to their former
habit of going home by way of Ell
Paso. Their passage was furnished
by the roads on which they work, but
since the trouble among the people in
their own country, they could not be
induced to return.
Pop-Pop Accident.
Saturday evening, John McCollum
and friend were riding on a motor
cycle and when they reached the
junction of Kansas avenue and Cen
throwing them to the pavement, in
juring both of them.
McCollum was taken at once to the
Santa Fe hospital. Both of the men
were able to be up Sunday, but are
pretty badly bruised.
High School Party.
The normal training class of To-
peka high school had a party at the
home of Miss Elizabeth Schenck. 1103
North Harrison street, Saturday after
noon Those present were: Tillie
Snyder, Elizabeth Schenck, Gertrude
Teats, Zelma Tracey, Elsie Carter,
Ruth Gasche, Lillian Fitsche, Ger
aldine Green, Edith Curtis, Willard
Couture, Alfarata Anderson, Natalie
Romans and Louise Arthur.
Notes and Personals.
The Willing Workers class will hold
the regular monthly business meet
ing this evening at the home of Miss
Daisy Rodgers, 920 Monroe street.
The Rev. l. H. Beckholt. pastor of
the Central Avenue Christian church,
is suffering at his home with a
sprained back, which he received Sat
urday when attending a hike with the
Boy Scouts of North Topeka, of which
Mr.. Beckholt is master.
A meeting will be held on Wednes-
day afternoon by the Ladies' Mission
tist church. at the home of Mrs. Ira
Williams, 400 Topeka avenue.
Mrs. w. E. Cowdry will entertain
the members of the Loyal Daughters
class with a supper at her home, 1925
Jackons street, this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. c. Anderson of
Oskaloosa, Kan, are the guests of DR..
and Mrs. c. II. Thompson, 1919 Jack
son.
Mrs. Lille Mcclure and sister. Mrs.
c. o. Henderson, returned to the city
today after a short visit to Lawrence.
r. J. Isham was in the city Satur-
day and Sunday visiting friends. Mr.
Isham returned to his home in Burr
ton. Kan, today.
r. r. Rodgers and Will Hayes of
Kiro were in the city today.
The ladies of the Eastern Star are
going to give a playlet, Uncle Hi
rams Sewing Circle in the lodge hall
| Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Elmore of 727
Underwood avenue are the parents of
| a boy, born Sunday afternoon. Mr..
Elmore is a teller in the Shawee State
bank
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
FINE FOR RHEUMATISM!
MusterOle LOosens Up Those Stiff
JOints-Drives Out Pain.

You'll know why thousands use
MUSTEROLE once YOU experience the
glad relief it gives.
Get jar at once from the nearest
drug store. 1t is a clean, white oint-
ment made with, the oil of mustard.
Better than a mustard plaster and
does not blister. Brings ease and COM
fort while it is being rubbed on.
MUSTEROLE is recommended by
doctors and nurses. Millions of jars
are used annually for Bronchitis,
Group, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia.
Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism.
Lumbago. Pains and Aches of the Back
or Joints. Sprains, Sore Muscles,
Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Colds
of the Chest cit often prevents Pneu-
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At your druggists. in 25c and soc
jars. and a special large hospital size
for s2.50.
Be sure you get the genuine MUS
.TEROLE. Refuse imitations-get
what you ask for The Musterole
Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
WORKED HALF CENTURY
FOR R. R.-GETS PENSION

Rock Island, ILL.,, April 3.-En-
gineer James H. Sheehanfi, retired
on a pension today by the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad
after a half century of continuous
service for that road. has the un-
usual record o having not injured
a passenger or employee. and never
himself received a scratch in an ac-
cident. Sheehan became a fireman
when 16
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
QUIT RAILROAD BOARD
Thorne Resigns Iowa State Job Be-
cause of Lack of Funds.

Des Moines, April 3.-Clifford
Thorne, chairman of the Iowa state
railroad commission, announced today
he had resigned as chairman of the
committee on state and federal legis-
lation of the National Association of
Railroad commissioners
The reason given was that the state
has no funds to defray the expense of
sending a representative to the meet
ing of the congressional committee ap-
pointed to investigate the regulation
of railroads
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03

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give a minutes peace They are simply
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And because they nearly always let
their victims get worse all the time. they
are yearly forcing thousands of people
into risking their lives by undergoing
operation.
These unscentific makeshifts cause so
much misery and such a shameful waste of
m ney that the laws should put stop to
their safe.
Don't Buy Anything For Rupture
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There's only one reason in the world
died up with sood-for-nothing make
shifts
rs imply because you trust to a mere
try-on or hasty examination instead of
first making a thorough test.
truss or so-called appliance" may
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The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
A Labor Forward Movement"

Des Moines, April 3.-What has
been styled a labor forward move
ment,' will open tonight with mass
meeting here at which practically
every union man in the city is ex-
pected to be present. 1t is hoped
both to strengthen unions here and to
promote more cordial relations be-
tween employer and employee.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03

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The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-03
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13
Leap Year PrOnosals

1--WE are three jolly young girls, wish
ing to have little fun among acquaint-
ances After trying but in vain, to find
something written on n Leap Year Pro-
posal'' we have had no satisfaction in our
estimation. Now we would be grateful it
you could secure any phrase or COMPOST
tion leading to the same. by a written
note. TIJE rTRTOn
do not recall now any bona fide lean
year proposals. But as every woman is
secretly of the opinion that she could say
Just the right thing" to the right girl,
II she were a man, why does not each of
you Jolly girls compose what man ought
to say If he only knew how? Write It out
carefully and commit to memory-and
then! Perhaps the composition may make
you trile more charitable to some poor
tellow whose declaration sticks in his
throat when he would be most eloquent
Ana when all is said and done, do we
Know of any more direct road to the de-
sired goal than Prlscillas question to John
Alden who was trying to urge the suit of
MS especial friend upon her-"Why don't
you speak for yourself John?" That
may have been leap year. Who knows?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13
Biography of St. Valentine

"CAN any one tell me of the biography
~ of st. Valentine? 1 should like to
know, also, how the United States came
to be called Uncle Sam do know that
two brothers had to sign some paper and
they called Samuel last and said: Let
Uncle Sam sign now When and what
was it2 MRS. l. H."
St Valentine was a Christian martyr
who suffered death for his faith about the
year go A. D., during the reign OF the
Emperor Claudius. Until the Gregorian
calendar was put into universal use the
anniversary of st. Valentines death fell
upon February Il. This date had long
been observed by the Greeks and Romans
as a festival in honor of Juno. At this
celebration the pagan custom was to send
love letters. Somehow the two festivals
got mixed up. Later the original observ-
ance of the day was lost sight OF by all,
Cupid having his own way with pagan
and Christian. The anecdote concerning
the introduction of Uncle Sam into Amer
lean history is new to me. l should like
to hear more of it. LeXicons define II as
"a jocular extension of the initials of U.
s." In like spirit we have contracted the
name of a great political party into
"g. o. D." Fifty years hence your grand
son, In coming upon these letters in his
history class. will ask for what they
stand and why.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13
GOOD FORM

Good form queries should be dd-
dressed to Deborah Rush, tUT-itten on
Gfe side of the paper and signed tOith
full name and address, though initials
ONLY ioiH be published upon request.
The colnmn toill appear this t0eek IN
Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays
Evening Ledger.
In my correspondence Is a letter re-
questing a few directions as to the proper
way 10 conduct a tea or garden party.
The person who writes wishes to introduce
her young daughter into society next year
and thinks 1t might be well to give an OUT
of-doors AFFAIR first.
The invitations. which should be en-
graved on a large size visiting card,
should have the name of Mr.. and Mrs
Blank on one line and the daughters s
name on the second line. The addEess
should be placed in the lower right-hand
corner and the date of the tea or garden
party engraved in the left-hand corner.
with the hours of the affairs duration.
as from 4 until $40 o'clock
1t is well to have a number Of the
daughters contemporaries receive with
her. also some older women. who may pre-
side at the tea table. II the weather Is
warm enough to warrant IT, 1t would be
very delightful to serve the refreshments
out OF doors, though the mother and
daughter receive the guests in the drawing
room. It would be permissible to hold the
entire afkair out OF doors, however, The
receiving party could stand under shady
tree Or nave some such background. For
refreahments. 1t Is well 10 have ices, choco-
late, sandwiches. cakes, bonbons. A gar
den party may, however, take the form OF
an at home, and II is usual then to serve
" more elaborate collation., including
hicken croquetteS. chicken salad. etc, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13

What is the proper thing to do when
attending n church service of any kind
of which you are not a regular attendant
whether Roman Catholic, Protestant,
Jewish or any other? Should you rise
when others rise, kneel, ETC.? Kindly an
swer as soon as possible. f. H."
Beyond question, courtesy and rever-
ence for the place consecrated TO dlVihe
service require you to follow the practice
of the worshipers about you. If you are
not willing to rise and kneel as the sery-
ices dictate, stay away. You are not
Obliged to attend that particular place Of
Worship The circumstance that you
have entered 1t voluntarily makes II
matter of civIlity, If nothing more that
vou should comply outwardly at least
with the form prescribed by that com
munion. To act otherwise would render
you conspicuous and excite displeasure or
ridicule.