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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Flowers for NEGLECT.

Someone asked what flowers viii
grow without any care whatsoever.
What a question for resident of Cal
formal What is the matter with our
state flower, eschscholtzia, the Cali
fornia poppy? Surely it needs no care,
and the result is never in doubt We
have many, very many more A bed
of petunias is recalled that bloomed
every day throughout the summer
without drop of water being applied
The finest neglected floral display in
midsummer known to the writer was
n fence covered with climbing nastur-
dums thanking a wide bed filed with
dwarf Sorts And such variety Of
colors as may now be had Is almost
wonderful--Los Angeles Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Ordinary Nuxated Iron Will Make Del.
icste, Nervous, Rundown People
200 Per Cent. Stronger in Two
Weeks Time in Many Cases

NEW YORK, N Y.Most people
foolishly seem to think they are going
to get renewed health and strength
from some stimulating medicine, Sc
cret nostrum or narcotic drug, said
Dr-Sauer, a well-known Specialist who
has studied widely both in this coun-
try and Europe, when, as a matter
of fact, real and true strength can only
come from the food you eat. But peo-
pie often fail to get the strength out
of their food because they haven't
enough iron in their blood to enable
1t to change food into living matter.
From their weakened, nervous condf-
ton they know something is wrong
but they can't tell what, so they gener-
ally commence doctorfng for stomach,
liver or kidney trouble or symptoms
of some other ailment caused by the
lack of iron in the blood This thing
may go on for years, while the patient
suffers untold agony. If you are not
strong or well. you owe it to yourself
to make the following test. See how
long you can work or how far you can
walk without becoming tired Next
take two fve-grafn tablets of ordinary
nuxated iron three times per day after
meals for two weeks Then test your
strength again and see for yourself
how much you have gained / have
seen dozens OF nervous. rundown peo-
pie who We're 4f1fnR all the while.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18

What service has the rose rendered
to our ancestors that we should admire
it beyond all rational measure? Did it
feed them, clothe them, warm them, or
serve-to deck some otherwise unatrac-
tive maid and win for her a wooer /?
Did our ancestors, whether beasts or
human progenitors of retreating skull
and tusklike teeth, breathe in its
beauty and take fresh courage for the
battle of life? Can it be by chance that
man has come to find. in a flower the
great symbol of beauty? Why is not
the fruit more beautiful to him than
the flower? Why not the vegetable
than the fruit. Why not the fish than
the vegetable, or a lamb chop most
beautiful of a1?Henry Dwight Sedg-
wick, In the Atlantic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
ABsENTMINDED Mr.. JONES
Although He Hadn't Forgotten theta
vors, He Might Almost as Well
Have Done So.

Mr.. Jones' wife says that he is the
most absentminded man in the world
She finds it necessary to look him over
every morning before he leaves for his
office, lest he should appear there in
his pajamas some day.
On the day that she entertained the
members of her club, Mrs. Jones took
great pains to purchase the bridge IA
vors, according to the New York
Times.
"Now," she said in the morning, as
he was about to leave for the day, do
please try and remember to go to the
store next door to your Office and get
20 of the handsomest favors in the
store and send them up to the house
with boy this afternoon"
Jones promised faithfully to remem-
Der and promptly forgot all about the
matter until he reached the office. Then
his eyes lighted ON the string his wife
had tied about his finger.
"Great Scotti'' he cried, 'those IA
vors!'' Half an hour later, as he was
opening his mail, he came across let
ter from his wife.
Don't forget those favors," it read,
"and be sure to pay for them"
Him, that's right" muttered Jones
abstractedly. 81 did nearly forget
them.''
Shortly after receiving the letter, his
wife called him up on the telephone.
.'Have you bought those favors?" she
inquired.
by Jovei'' answered the husband, ST
did almost forget them -
AT noon he left the Office, to be gone
the remainder of the day. At six o'clock
he walked up the stoop of his house,
tired but happy in the consciousness
that his days work was over.
AT the door of the house his wife met
him, in plainly wrathful mood.
"Wretched mani'' she cried.
Jones surveyed her in amazement for
a moment. Then an awful thought
pierced his mind.
: ''Why," he stammered, 81 didn't for
get those favors after all, did I?''
NO. she cried But three times
this afternoon you sent a boy here
with % of them each time"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
TRAINING TODAY'S
BOYS AND GIRLS
Preparedness for Parents Lies in
Their Own Memory
CHILDISH MOODS ARE QUEER
Recall Your Own Youthful Misdeeds
and Peculiar Desires. When Called
On to Judge the Little Person
in Your Family.
By sIDoNIE N. cRUENRERc


ssW HEN was your age,' said moth
w er, or father, or uncle. or even
an older brother or sister, Il ate eyery-
thing placed before me without a
word"
Or,
Il obeyed first and asked why after
ward"
Or, at best,
Il wouldn't have thought of doing
anything like that"
These things are not said for the
sake of completing the historical rec
ord You will have guessed that they
are said for the purpose of impressing
the young person with the abnormal
ity of his wishes or conduct and thus
with the unreasonableness or even
wickedness Of his ways. But there are
two serious defects in the method.
Statements made in this form are like
ly to be untrue. And they generally
TAIL to produce the desired effect.
When father was sons age he really
did want latchkey for weeks or
months before he had the courage to
ask for it; and If he now thinks it
preposterous for Jack to ask for a
latchkey it may be that his Judgment
has mellowed. But to say to Jack,
when I was your age is hardly to
the point. If the truth were known or
remembered the parent would not say
that. But when he does say it Jack is
likely to think to himself that father
must have been rather dull in those
days Has mother forgotten the time
when she preferred considerations of
dress and parties to the humdrum of
the household? Or was she really the
kind of girl that never cared?
When we are inclined to lose pa
thence because the child objects to
wearing the clothes we have selected
for him, let US search the dusty cram
mics of our memory attics for the days
when we thought that everybody must
be watching our absurd blouse or out
iandish hat When we are tempted to
lose our temper because the child in
Inmates that we are unjust in our treat
ment of him, let us recall the days of
futile rage when we resolved never
had never been born.
Every child passes through these ex-
periences, and most of these same chill
dren grow up to be unseeing and I'M
feeling parents, because they forget
OF course, we are not to be blamed for
forgetting; that seems to be the nature
of the species. But we might at least
make an effort to find out just what
we have a right to expect and to de-
mand of the children of those forgot
ten ages
1t is not alone the parents who for
get All who get safely past childhood
are liable to detach themselves from
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Nellie's
Legacy
&A&A
By Cad Ardmore Bennett
tcopyright. lsls. by ". G. chapman5

And this is for you, Nellie" an
nounced old Peter Briefly. Better
get 1T away at once, for I'm going to
pack UP the rest of the things today
Thank you, Uncle Peter" respond
ed sweet-voiced, gentle-faced Nellie
Wfflett- Il certainly prize this me-
mento OF dear Aunt JANET
.'She left nothing of her own, you
know. NellieT" pursued grasping, close
listed old Peter, '.and I'm not overbur-
dened with this worlds goods. / gave
her brooch to your cousin, Mary. She's
a liking for gimcracks and it pleased
her. You're more practical, so the
work basket will suit you best, see?''
Yes, Nellie did "see." She made no
complaint, nor did she harbor any re-
sentiment against this niggardly do
nor. 1t was the contrast of this sordid
relative with the angel-spirited wife he
had lost that saddened her. She Won
dered, now that Uncle Peter was I'M
trammeled by the careful, economical
regime Of his sensible better-half, how
soon he would make ducks and brakes
of the savings of years, for all he had
was Cue to the hard work and practi-
cal sense of Aunt Janet
What he had given Nellie was his
wifeas old work basket Nellie be-
dewed it with her tears as she re-
cefved it How often had she sat by
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Vineyards of Aroentina.

Mendoza is the southern California
CT Argentina Irrigation has long been
successfully applied tc its vineyards,
which produce more wine than the
combined vineyards of the entire Unit
ed States of North America, according
TO the National Geographic Magazine.
The whole of the province lies at an
altitude of more than two thousand
feet Italians are, for the most part,
employed in the cultivation OF the
grapes, the whole family accompany
ing husband and father to the Geld
and assisting in tending the vines. me
babies are put to sleep ii Improvfoed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18

the side of it's former owner and
watched her sew, mend and knit, tired
out everworked. but always sunny
hearted and smilingi The brooch for
volatile, sparkling Mary, old Peter ex-
hibited with pride 1t was about the
only present in the way of an orna-
ment he had ever given his loyal help
mate
"Stingy! oh. no name for it =" burst
forth Mary, as the two girls left the
home about to be denuded of its fur
niShingS, its ambitious owner headed
for the city, where a man of parts
might make something of himself 20
To think of all that money and this
misery way of getting rid of his clos
est relativesl Oh, we'll! the brooch is
rather pretty 1t will set off that blue
party dress of mine finely
So Mary went on her way, her empty
head full of vanity which brings vex-
alton Of spirit. and Nellie hers, the irk-
some duties of her lonely life lightened
by the thought that the old familiar
companion of the being she had loved
5 best I'm the world, Aunt Janet, would
always be at her side.
Nellie found an unexpected use for
the contents of the work basket Some
new people had moved into the great
rambling place next to them, which
had stood idle for several years. There
was a studious appearing man of about
thirty, an old lady, apparently his
mother. and four small children. Nell
lie had learned that the name of the
gentleman was Chester DorSett, that
he was single, in business in the city
and that the children belonged to 2
brother who, with his wife, was away
on vacation tour. Mr.. Dorset had
come TO the little country town to give
the children au outing until fall, his
aged mother undertaking their care.
Such careis more than once Nellie
had exclaimed to herself as she saw
the little ones running wild They had
a famous time amid glorious brook,
bramble and bush; but they rompcd.
they tore. they played in water and
dirt until nightfall, they wandered
home veritable little tramps in instinct
and attire One day Nellie was seated
in the garden doing some mending. the
cherished work basket by her side.
when bushy head adorned with tam
gled auburn ringlets full of burrs OBJ
truded through break in the hedge.
did my ball roll here p inquired the
tiny midget of girl.
81 haven't seen it, dear" answered
Nellie, glad of company She looked
for the missing sphere, found it and
handed Il TO her visitor The latter
was in dire disorder. Her tousled hair
was secured by ribbon tied in a
hard knot. one pocket OF her apron
hung by a thread. There was great
tear in her dress The little one was
shrewd and prompt to observe the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18

the interests and the outlook of chill
dren. In a normal school the young
women who are the next year to be
intrusted with the care of young chill
dren win be found very often to show
the same attitude of indifference and
antagonism toward their instructors as
younger children do SO commonly.
Yet these same young women when
they are placed in front of a class will
resent fnattention as If 1t were wan
ton and malicious affront to their au-
thority. The normal school student
Will very often shirk work. and avoid
responsibility but in short while,
when confronted with similar conduct
on the part OF her pupils, she finds it
difficult, if not impossible, to under
stand .hows children can do such
things The college student viii
.-bluff' through his Rotations in the
manner characteristic of the particu-
lar institution, and the following year
he viii be outraged because some
sharp boys try to play the same trick
upon him.
If we did somehow manage to re-
member our own moods and our va
rious misdeeds and our youthful esca-
padesr it is still quite likely that we
should not approve of the parallel man
ifestations in cur children But how
ever much we disapprove of them, we
could gain great deal from the bare
realization that the children are not
wicked or malicious Understanding
their moods and their impulses does
not mean indifference to the conse-
quences or to the habits that they are
forming 1t means ability to help them
over their difficulties. to guide them
because of our superior wisdom and
larger experience
* Is for these reasons TINT those o.
~ who have forgotten our own youth
nes1 " 1kr5x Whntt1 known ssc1< -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Iron IS Greatest of All Strength
Builders, Says Doctor
of Endurance and Pouer of Athletes

and entirely get rid of all symptoms
of dyspepsia, liver and other troubles
in from ten to fourteen days time
simply by taking iron in the proper
FORM And this after they had in
some cases been doctoring for months
without obtaining any benefit. But
don't take the old forms of reduced
iron, iron acetate or tincture of iron
simply to save few cents. You must
take iron in a form that can be east
" absorbed and assimilated like nux-
ated iron If you want it to do you any
good, otherwise it may prove worse
than useless Many an athlete or
prize-fghter has won the day simply
because he knew the secret of great
strength and endurance and filed his
blood with iron before he went into
the affray, while many another has
gone down to inglorious defeat simply
for the lack of iron.
NOTE-Nuxated Iron recommended
above by DR. Sauer is not patent med1-
wen known to druggists and Nv whose iron n
constituents Is widely prescribed by emil
older Inorganic iron products 1t is easily
aSSfmiiated. does not injure the teeth
M sse tnem 5lack; nor upset the stomach;
dy. IN nearly all forms of Indigestion. as
vel as for nervous. rundown conditions
hdence in Nuxated Iron that they .ofrer
fulton II they cannot take any man or
woman under 50 who lacks iron and In
oTsr In t9 fenr SsssRh r aee Per nt b or
have no serious organic trouble. They
also ofrer 70 refund your money II il does
psnsed BY most druE<dsts. n your drug
16k them - set II for 5ou.--xdv-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18

ing and couldn't fix rs up. She says
we're awful children"
ssYou do need some attention.. said
Nellie I'D be glad to tidy you up a
bit. Suppose we try
Nellie found a willing subject. She
combed out that gnarled head of hair,
she piled her needle nimbly. She was
quite proud of the transformation she
mad effected, when the little one went
away all smiles and dimples with the
announcement that she would bring
this dear Aunty" some presents.
They arrived about noon. little Betty
heading the procession of four, her
older brothers and the youngest sister
in the group. Betty rendered a bou-
Quet of daisies, the boys presented
each a formidable mud eurtle and the
smallest of the qGarfette held a
squeezed fistful of half-ripe blackber-
ries.
Danny lost two buttons explained
little Betty, practieal-minded ard
profiting from her memory of her ear
Her mending up.
Danny's garments were indeed in a
forlorn condition, and needed immedi-
ate attention. The other two children
also had various rips and tears in their
attire. 1t was an hour of grand mend
ing up.
You dear, good creaturei'' spoke a
grateful voice at the hedge the next
morning "Your kindly services have
quite respectfully transformed my
grandchildren. How shall thank you?
My old hands and poor sight count for
little with the needIe.'
Old Mrs. Dorset became friendly
and chatty in that first conversation.
They grew well acquainted during the
ensuing few days An unending theme
with Mrs. Dorsett was the goodness
and loyalty of her son, Chester.
HE tored the hole in his waist just
so as to have an excuse to come over
and see you," proclaimed little Marty
one day, as his brother came to Nellie
to be 'nended up"
1t became labor of love to Nellie
to attend to the manifold needs of the
little coterie. She blessed the gift that
enabled so many needful stitches in
their behalf.
$50 you are the fairy godmother who
came to our rescue in behalf of our lit
tie horde of trouble Makers" observed
Mr.. Dorsett, after his mother had in
troduced him to her newly found neigh
Dor a week later.
And Nellie, plying her needle to mend
a sad rent in little Danny's stocking,
blushed and laughed and looked so
charming in the eyes of the city
wearied man of business, that it in
fluenced him to take a whole weeks va
cation.
There were little excursions down
the river in which Nellie took part.
There were pleasant chats in the gar
den when the romping quartette were
off on a quest for berries and flowers,
and suddenly one day it occurred to
the well-to-do Mr.. Dossett that he was
in love.
He told Nellie so frankly. As sim
cerely Nellie answered his appeal for
her consideration.
at all came of Aunt Janet's work
basket said Nellie.
r "a fortunate legacy for mei' de-
clared her loyal fiance handsomely,
and the humble old-fashioned basket
fills an honored corner of their pretty
home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Hid the New.

DO understand you to say" said
the lawyer, looking hard at the prin-
cipal witness, that upon hearing a
noise in the hall you rose. quickly. lit
a candle, and went to the head OF
the stairs, that n burglar was at the
foot of the stairs, and you did not see
him? Are you blind?"
.sMust / tell the TRUTH" stammered
the witness, blushing to the roots of
his hair.
1.-The whole TRUTH" was the stern
reply.
'sThen," replied the witness. brushing
aside his damp, clinging locks and
wiping the perspiration from his clam
my brow, "my wife was in front OF
me-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18

Glenn H. Curtiss, the airman, was
talking in New York about the LOCO
horsepower tripiane and what may be
expected of it
The day OF skeptics In flying and
most other things he ended. ARE past.
Today is no day for the skeptic.
Things move 50 rapidly today. In
fact that the skeptic who says. Tt
can't be DONE is continually being in
terrupted by some chap doing it"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18

characteristics of each important stage
and to accept them without losing our
poiSe.
The individual forgets, but the race
remembers. If we have forgotten the
peculiarities of our own seventh year,
let us study the present-day children
who are still in the seventh year, and
we shall know what is proper for our
own child in his seventh year. If we
have forgotten how we crossed the
bridge of the "teens," let us watch the
adolescents of today, and we shall be
prepared in spite of our short memo
rieS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Credit.

A rich nabob, ambitious to be known
as a good fellow gave a feast which
cost a thousand sequins plate.
what wicked, wanton waste,' ex-
claimed the world.
Another nabob. thirsting for glory.
went to war.
''The brutal. bloody butcher" the
world protested.
A third nabob, desiring only to do
what was right, bestowed his riches in
aims.
He makes paupers ~ shifted the
world
The recording angel hesitated, but
after some thought he dipped his pen
and wrote, to the credit of each of the
nabobs:
HE kept his money in circulation"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is a serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
the high priced meat dishes and serve
your family more SINNERS Macaroni
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
Ifcious and most nutritious of all foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling
how to prepare it in a hundred different
ways It's free to ery~woman.-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Trough on ATSBBP'ssss Esss Mise ,ss sss
Easy to Understand.

Easy 10 UnderStand.
Daughter-Mamma, what is a step
mother?
Mother-Suppose died and your IA
ther married another woman that wom-
an would. be your stepmother.
The child paused for moment and
then exclaimed:
"Oh, I see, mamma You step out
and she steps in "
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Cause for Confidence.

What establishes more confidence In
the average Institute lecturers address
to farmers is to see him milking five
cows at home night and morning.
Milwaukee News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Sure. He Had,

Sure, He Had.
Have you ever longed to gy?"
Certainly. I'm married, the same as
you."-New Haven Journal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, Jan. 15.--Great Britain
will soon announce the establishment
of a blockade Of Germany and her
allies, thereby supersedinv the condi-
ton which had been established by
the orders In council, Americans who
have been in close contact with the
machinery of the British orders in
council stated today.
A person who has acted as a rep
resentative Of American interests in
connection with British prize court
proceedings reviewed today for the
Associated Press the evolution Of the
orders in council. He said:
''The British government shows an
unmistakable tendency now to shift
around to the persistently expressed
American contention that the inter
national law which prevailed before
the war mist ultimately govern Great
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
Court Martial of Officer At
tached to Stations Results
In His Dismissal
WAS ACQUITTED IN
COURT OF RECORD
Was Given Trial There Prior
To General Court Martial
At Aero Station

Information from Washington is to
the effect that Lieut.. L. K. Forde, who
recently was given a trial before a
general court martial at the aero sta
ton, has been dismissed from the
navy by order of the secretary Of
the navy who, 1t Is presumed APP
proved the finding of the court hear
ing the testimony.
The charge and trial Of the Heuten-
ant resulted from an automobile &C
cident In this city about two months
ago, when he and several others were
in an automobile accident at the cor
ner of Garden and Baylen streets, one
woman being killed and one injured
when the car, driven by Lieut.. Forde
collided with taMcab.
Lieut.. Forde was given a trial in
the court of record on the charge of
manslaughter and was there ac-
quilted, but the testimony developed
was used by the government and a
general court martial ordered at the
aero station.
Lieut.. Forde came to Pensacola a
few weeks before the accident. 1t il
understood he viii return to his home
in Philadelphia.