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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-04-19

Miss Grey maintains office hours each Wednes.
day from II a. M to p. when she is pleased to
meet any Times reader. On other days she replies
to questions only by mail or through her column.
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Number of Net Manufacturing
Men EMPLOYED. Profit. per Man.

tie book that you were a MAN
Some might say when reading
about you that you could never
have sacrificed love for friendship
and found it worth while, and
having done so at times wished
you had not"
"How do you know that, Mar
gie?" interrupted Pat, his voice
trembling with emotion.
Simply because you are just a
human being the same as | am. u
! answered. you no more than
| can always live up TO your
ideas.
"You see | sometimes feel that
knowing art is selection our
writer's make their selection toe
carefully-their heroes are toe
heroic, their heroines too lovely
and sweet. Their saints are not
only without sin, but also without
human passions-almost without
human emotions; their SINNERS
have no redeeming qualities.
Pat I'm going to tell you
something. something that makes
me very charitable-very humble
and that is that | have found
out that the space between what
we call good and what We call
evil is only the slightest slip OF
the tongue-the flicker of an eye
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Confessions ofaW1fe

think of ourselves and our own
little circle of friends. We say
to ourselves i cannot let the
world know and yet the world
to us Is only few friends in per-
haps one little city. If your lit
tie book is what | think 1t Is, a
sincere and absolutely faithful
transcript of human life, human
endeavor, human mistakes, hui
man errors, human joys and hui
man sorrows, with your analysis
and thought behind it; it should
be one of the greatest helps to
men and women"
But my dear, Pat, don't you
see I'm no saint-sometimes
think | am almost a sinner. ]
have never pretended to my little
book. / have been absolutely
truthful and more sincere than
could ever have been had
thought the story was to be told
elsewhere.
People read into stories things
that the writer's never dreamed of
being there. could not bear to
have someone misunderstood you
for instance. | have told my lit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-04-19
WOULD PAT LIKE TO SEE
HIS OWN STORY IN PRINT

You don't know what you are
asking Pat" | said, as my heart
began to go at trip-hammer
speed.
why, do you know; but of
course you could not, that you are
In the little book, that all my
friends are in II. | have talked
to that book as | could to no liv-
ing person. Pat, cannot unfold
all the lives of my friends in this
way. Everyone would recognize
It and themselves even though |
changed the names. why, Pat,
I've confided to my little book all
I knew and have thought about
your tragic romance and friend
ship with Chad. How would you
like to see that in PRINT"
Pat turned pale. "My story"
he said. seems rather trivial, but
II you thought IT was a part Of
the human document you have
spread on the pages OF your lit
tie book I would not object.
you see, Margie, We are such
conceited wretches. We only
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-04-19

lash at times. HE
Lead us not into Temptation"
should be the plea of us all for
none OF us that Is made in mortal
mold is able always to withstand
temptations, provided il comes in
the right guise at~the right time
and the right place.
I'VE pride ourselves on our
goodness often because the par
ticular bad thing that would ap-
peal to US has never come in juxti-
position with time, place and cir
cumstance, and so we Judge
others whose lines have not fall
len in such pleasant places very
harshly.
THAT is the reason Pat why |
take so much comfort with my
little book. 1t plays no favorites
it does not make me say to it
the time things / ought to say,
but the true things | want to say
it lets me be perfectly sincere,
perfectly human"
And that is just why, my dear
Margie, that it should be pub
lished. IL would certainly make
people think-make them more
charitabble-make them under
stand"
But would it Pat? Would any
one understand the absolutely
simple truth of it all. I'm no
prig, Pat. | could not TELL to
anyone the things | have TOLD
50 freely to my little book. I
know | have clarified life for my
self by writing it. | know that
all the experiences in it are hui
man-experiences that the daily
paper chronicles every day--and
yet | know that many of those ex-
periences would be denied to a
good man or woman by those
critics who do not stop to think
that in all the human worlds OF
which we know only one man has
ever stood the test OF perfection.
Ito BE Oontinued.)
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EDITORIALS
Will You Do Your Part


printing copies report
relations copies testimony the
sion
through the
still held the largely the result of the hostile
of Hoke Smith
o both acting in sympathy with him.
The 250OO Its the first exposition
United accomplished official
body
the
the only be informed that
not n
nothing attention. this be printed
their wishes
their IIok Smith
longer % block it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-04-19
7 he Healthiest Spot
Do you want to live long! Are you ambitious to be free OF
GO TO ALASKA!

Do to live long! Are ambitious be free Of disease?
60 TO alaska
Alaska still remains the heathie which the army station
ed General W. C. Gorgas, who cleaned the Pan
cana and low heads the edicalco
health Of the
in dis
duced 30 cent Gen. Gorgas.
In the whole Gen orgas shows that the admission
that the rate for admitted medical CD %
1000.
For Alaska however, the 40S II
The o a
for Alaska it 30376
The whole
128; while in Alaska s only 1O43S.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-04-19
BACON AND EGGS.

Margaret Is the three-year-old
whose parents are fond of bacon
and eggs and Margaret has her
share. One day in the country
she heard, for the first time, a
hen cackle.
"Oh, mother" she exclaimed,
what does the hen say"
Well" her mother smiled, 81
suppose she says she has laid an
egg
Margaret did not understand
the smile and after a moments
profound thought she came back
again. And what does she say,
mother" she inquired more SER
iously than before, what does
she say when she lays bacon?"-
Judge.
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Thousand Dollar Profit a Man

The Bethlehem Steel Co. made
employed as shown ~ the annual just issued
With 22064 Bethlehem tn
1915 of $26720O0 Its income applicable dividends equal
1125
The net profit of SLOT sets figure American industry
but it worth noting that the Bethlehem
large and has been constantly increasing.
Here the for pastf
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Local Improvement District No. 878.

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1T ISN'T CLEAR EVEN NOW

Through some error last week
events were crowded forward for
Arthur Bruce and Alfred White
side, and this column reported
them as celebrating their wedding
instead of their birth anniversary.
Sunshine Valley Cor. the Lusk
(Wyo.) Herald.
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] Observation-Disclosures |I|NI|

My Miss / have read columns carefully
for the years. that time have
letters from disconnected wives who contemplate
Sometime when there spare, please print this
1t cause some heaaches but it few II the
wives and mothers whether contened their home
life Guild look into the hearts of the majot of divorced
and the lonely breaking hours that
possibly some of them would be kind in their criticisms
and others keen join the ranks widowhood
Is true that separations needed but 1t is just
that frequently is only fanced misun
Outstanding will a
divorce will make right.
The other the other life
attractive when 1t is but inside,
the view will prove the
Divorce established blessing proving
evident from the increasing number of broken lives.
ONE OF THEM
OIL have read that fruit in clusters but a
friend of mine said when she California she
fruit and that the fruit sngly
lemons VIII you please tell which is correct?
PRISCILLA
A.-Grape fruit belongs o family of the
and lemons members The fruit
clusters but sngly.
al would like to learn engraving might
quality for position in a printing Can
me how to do it? JAY.
A-Begin apprentice in engraving department
printing knowledge drawing photography would
assist in advancement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03
Courtesy Is Catching.

Two great railroad corporations
have placed posters about their prem
Uses emphasizing the desire to please
their patrons. One invites the sugges-
lions, cooperation and friendship Of
the public in it's efforts to remove
causes for complaint or criticism.
The other enjoins upon its employees
to be courteous at all times, that
courtesy is catching, is business as
set, gain and never loss.
Such evidences of railroad anxiety
to be on good terms with the public
on frank basis of mutual confidence
and cooperation will undoubtedly
strike responsive chord in popular
sentiment There are many little de-
tails that affect the public irritatingly,
but which may never have occurred
to railroad management One of these
might be removed by referring per-
sons intending to travel. at a later
date to the information windows at
large stations, where they might be
routed and instructed without inter
fering with the ordinary traveller who.
as often as not, reaches the station
just in time to buy his ticket before
the train pulls out
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03

window that will add considerably 10
the appearance of the room. The
easement window is mighty conven-
lent and can be made wider than
other types of windows for given
space, because no room is wasted for
sash weights, etc.
One side of the living room is com.
pletely filled by a fireplace with a
small bookcase on each side of it.
Above each of the bookcases is a
small easement window. This room is
of fair size, and with the large fire.
place is unusually coy and home
like. The dining room and this room
form practically one large room and
are connected by a wide cased open
ing. They can be readily used to-
gether, so a large unobstructed floor
space is provided, which is very i'm
portant in any house. For entertain
ing, such space is most desirable,
and this plan provides for it in good
style.
The side Of the living room open
ing to the front porch is filled almost
entirely by six easement windows.
The outside wall of the dining room is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03

be shut off from the rest by merely
shutting one door.
A small back porch is provided in
this design, as it is not needed for
storage space with all the room in the
pantry and back hall. The pantry is
conveniently placed between the
kitchen and the dining room, where it
will be the most useful and conven-
lent.
On the second floor there are three
bedrooms, a sewing room and toilet.
Plenty of closet space is provided in
this part of the house for all kinds of
storage purposes. These closets are
built under the caves. Light is pro
vided for the two side bedrooms by
windows in the gables, and the two
other rooms are lighted by dormer
windows. A hall through the center
of this floor makes all the rooms very
accessible.
The entire plan shows well-ar,
ranged house that is well suited to the
needs of fairly large family.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03
MANY MEDICINES FOR ROUP
With Strict Quarantine and Disinfect-
ant in Drinking Water, Simplest
Cures Are Best.

There are many medicines for roup,
and with strict quarantine and disin-
fectant in the drinking water the
simplest cures are often the best and
surest. but here is one that is worth
trying. When you use this you omit
the disinfectant from the water al.
lowing ALL sick and we'll to drink it,
but never the sick with the well. re,
member. Give this water to them in
their hospitals.
Get the druggist to mix it in this
way Two drains tincture OF iron, two
drains tincture of aconite, two drains
tincture of belladonna. Add to this four
ounces OF water and. after shaking
we'll. put a full teaspoonful to each
quart OF drinking water This is to
be relied on in severe colds. and also
in roup If you do not let It get the
start Of you in the flock
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03
Rv-Products of Famous Men,

Little Verses and Big Names" re-
Gently published, has some of the
smallest verses, both as to quantity
and quality, in the history of poetry,
and it can boast of some of the big
gest names in our contemporary life.
Only three of the poets shall be men,
toned here. Myron T. Herrick's
lghtness of touch suggests that at
some formative period of his career
his name began with d." and that
Robert of the pastoral Lutte is no an
cestor. John d. Archbold takes up his
Tyre (spelling correct and sings of
trusts. James J. Hill. who bound a
continent with steel, is represented
by limericks that show the effect Of
Northwest SHOWS upon the muse.
But the critic is disarmed. The
poets represented in this remarkable
anthology attempted to mount Pc
gasus only to serve very worthy
charity. In these days of the cult Of
the vocational test, however, Little
Verses and Big Names" serves pur-
pose. We now know why the posses
sors Of the big names have written so
little verse.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03

two parts by the roof construction.
The side of the porch near the front
door is covered with a small gable
that is built out from the house. The
other side has no roof over it and is
covered with a pergola. This is a
pleasing and unusual way of finish
ing the porch. The three porch pillars
are finished in stucco and have triple
posts on them to support the roof.
A small dormer window is built to-
ward the front Of the house, and the
caves are supported by brackets the
same as the other caves. This breaks
up the broad roof expanse that would
otherwise give a fiat, unattractive ap-
pearance.
The front door opens into a recep-
ton hall that has wardrobe in the
back, where coats and wraps can be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03
NOT DEPENDENT ON THE RAIL
Locomotives and Freight Cars That
Can Run on Road Is Recent
Austrian Invention.

Locomotives and freight cars that
run equally well with or without rails
are the latest inventions of Austrians
in their war on Russia. The wheels
are of the broad rim type that will run
we'll on rough roads or through mud.
They are fitted with a centrally locat-
ed flange that fits over the tracks
when the strange train is running on
rails.
When the train arrives at the end of
the railroad line it can still be con-
tinued toward the front, unless the
roads are in absolutely impossible
condition. Over good, solid roads the
train runs almost as fast as over rails
The locomotive is a benzine eater
generating it's propelling power by the
use of benZine. The hybrid-wheeled
freight train has been used effectively
by the Austrians, especially in the
Carso district. 1t is expected that the
type will soon become familiar on all
fronts, as the usefulness of the inven-
ton has been well demonstrated. This
Austrian contrivance is one striking
instance of Teutonic resourcefulness
not attributed to the Germans and is
in marked contrast with the bomb
throwers, iron helmets, spring rockets
and other adaptations Of ancient war
fare which have lately marked the
trench-deadlocked conflict on the west
ern front.-Exchange
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
before breakfast.

Why is man and woman, half the
time, feeling nervous, respondent,
worried; some days headachy, dull and
unstrung; some days really incapaci-
tated by illness.
If we all would practice inside-bath-
ing, what gratifying change would
take place. Instead of thousands of
half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy compilations we should
see crowds Of happy, healthy, rosy
checked people everywhere The rea-
son is that the human system does not
rid itself each day of all the waste
which it accumulates under our pres
ent mode of living. For every ounce
of food and drink taken into the sys-
tenn nearly an ounce of waste material
must be carried out, else it ferments
and forms ptomaine-like poisons which
are absorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as it is to clean
the ashes from the furnace each day,
before the fire will burn bright and
hot, so we must each morning clear
the inside organs of the previous days
accumulation of indigestible waste and
body toxins. Men and women, wheth-
er sick or well, are advised to drink
each morning, before breakfast,
glass Of real hot water with tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in
it, as a harmless means of washing
out of the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels the indigestible material
waste, sour bile and toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before put
ting more food into the stomach.
Millions of people who had their
turn at constipation, bilious attacks,
acid stomach, nervous days and sleep
less nights have become real cranks
about the morning insde-bath. A quar-
ter pound of limestone phosphate will
not cost much from your druggist or.
at the store, but is sufficient to DEM
onstrate to anyone, its cleansing
sweetening and freshening effect uponI
the system.-Adv.
1t is sign of rain when someone
II, t1,,x ILL
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03
FARM
POULTRY
~ -
IMPROVING THE FARM FLOCK
Farmer Should Not Be Afraid to Gull
Closely, Wedding Out All Weakly,
Understood Fowls.

Improve the flock; 1t always pays.
Many Of the farms have good stock,
but the trouble is they have too many
kinds Of it. 1t is poor policy to buy
up purebred stock and turn it loose
among half dozen other kinds, some
so crossed they will stand for nearly
any kind Of treatment; yet this is a
rule on many farms. If you give all
extra care, the purebred will respond
to the good treatment and do good
work as long as they live, but the pure
bred seldom do good work under neg
lect; they are not used to 1t. The
good treatment the purebred get to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03

also largely taken up with four. These
windows insure the bright and cheer
full appearance of these rooms. either
separately or when used together.
One of the best features of bunga-
low is the arrangement that is pos
sible with the rooms. BY means of
halls such as cannot be obtained in
the flats in a city all the rooms are
easily reached and yet privacy is in
sured. The back hall in this design
makes all the rooms accessible and
yet the living part of the house can
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03

hung. The stairs to the second floor
can also be reached through this hall.
A very attractive living room is
connected with the reception hall by a
wide cased opening. The windows in
both this room and the dining room
are of the easement type. This type
of window has been characterized as
having 100 per cent ventilation.
The easement window has several
advantages. 1t is very easily han.
died and can be opened or shut quick
ly with the minimum amount of labor
In nice weather the entire window is
open and is not partially blocked, as
with the sliding sash. Metal sash can
be obtained, and this, combined with
an attractive lock fixture, will make q
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03

The accompanying floor plans and
perspective show an attractive bunga-
low that contains plenty of room. On
the ground floor there are five rooms,
including two bedrooms, and there are
also three other bedrooms on the sec
ond floor. This arrangement makes
this a good house for quite family.
The exterior of the house is fin
ished in true bungalow style All the
structural members are allowed to
show and are not covered as they are
in the ordinary type of house. The
wide, overhanging caves are supported
by brackets which, instead of being
concealed, are painted white so that
they stand out against the finish of
the building. 1t is absolutely neces-
sary with an overhang as wide as this
to have brackets supporting it, to
prevent sagging.
All the exterior wood trim is in
white, and the stucco on the walls is
finished in gray. The combination of
the white trim, stucco, and the brick
chimney makes an attractive appear
ance.
The front porch is handled in a
very different way from ordinarily.
The porch is built across the entire
front of the house and is divided into
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03
Germanv's Oldest Railroad

The oldest railroad in Germany is
one of the shortest railway lines in the
world. The Ludwig railroad, connect
ing the cities of Furth and Nurem-
berg, is just three and three-quarter
miles long, and has never been ex-
tended, 1t was conceived by Johannes
Scharrer, a wealthy hop merchant.
The plan was first published in 1882,
and as King Ludwig favored its con-
struction it was named after him.
There are about ninety employees.
The road carries about 100000 pas
sengers a year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-03

bring them up to the right standard
becomes necessity, and they suffer
and lose out under rough conditions.
If your stock is run down, improve
it. Get rid of all poor stuff. Don't be
afraid to Gull and Gull closely, says
Twentieth Century Farmer. Weed out
weakly, understood hens. Say that
you have mixed flock, with a fair
sprinkling of barred hens or any color
that Is in close resemblance to some
Of the purebreds, and yet you know
they are not purebred, there is nothing
to hinder you from making those
barred hens, or the buff, or white
whatever you may have a majority of
the basis for an improved flock that
will come up to the purebred in size
and looks, with possibly greater laying
power and strength because of the late
crosses in their blood.
1t is true that if you will improve
you must breed from one color. You
must set aside ten or more Of your
best marked hens of the color de-
cided on, which may be barred. If you
have cockerel or two as well marked
as these hens and large as the barred
breed requires, keep these to mate
with the selected hens. If there are
no cockerels of this variety to breed
from, it will be best to put in a couple
of the purebred Barred Rocks.
There must be some arrangement
made for keeping these male birds
and the selected hens in a pen to
themselves during the breeding sea-
son. The expense of such a pen is
very light You cannot expect to i'm
prove your flock without some slight
expense. Ten or fifteen hens will give
you all the eggs you need for breed
ing stock next year. even after close
culling. By another year you should
be able TO discard all your mixed stock
and rely on the improved birds to form
all Of the flock, which will yet demand
culling and good selection each year.