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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Small Check Protee+or

A new check protector has just been
invented by an Oakland (Cal.) man.
1t is so small and compact that it re-
sembled pocket cigar lighter and can
be carried In vest pocket as easily as
a matchsafe. 1t consists of a metal
holder, at one end of which is inserted
q round steel die, containing Matched
lines. This steel die revolves and its
surface comes in contact with an ink
pad placed inside the holder. The
check to be protected is placed upon
a small corrugated aluminium board,
furnished for the purpose, and then
the Matched wheel Of the protector is
brought into position on the surface Of
the check, over the written amount
With a slight pressure the wheel is
slowly revolved across the face Of the
check.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

TEN" in Bucharest; it carries on its
work with fragrant Openness and ap-
parent uncOncern.
TeutOnic espionage in Bucharest has
one point in its favor; it is controlled
by one hand and from one center. In
stead of having much tiresOme over
tapping the Germans assumed control,
and Austrian, Turk and Bulgar were
subOrdinated to the ubiquitous Teu-
ton.
1t has another feature that on the
face of it appears to be cOmmendable.
There is a very intimate connection
between the departments of state, or,
rather, in intelligence" they are but
one. The right hand of diplomacy
knows what the left hand is doing
and approves. 1t is conceivable that
much time and money may be wasted
by having a diplomatic Intelligence"
an admiralty Intelligence" and war
Office Intelligence" for there is al
ways the possibility of friction and
jealousy between the departments
apart from other things. In Bucharest,
at least, the central powers have CEN
tralized Intelligence"
Agents in the Cafe Royal.
The types employed are of the usual
bewildering order. There is the ILL
clad ex-pOlice official, with his heavily
silvered cane and inevitable bowler
hat, the scantily paid journalist, well
trained in the uses of blackmail; the
alert restaurant waiter, the sleek hotel
proprietor and chef de reception; a
horde of impecuniOus government Off
cials, pOstmen and telegraphists, the
owners of the cafe chantants and the
women therein, and a host of debt
laden officers of all ranks, marshaled
and manipulated by the naval and
military officers detailed-in multi
to keep their country well-informed.
At the tea hour the Cafe Royal is
full of agents. This is one of the
busiest cafes in Europe. All Ian
guages are spoken, all countries
catered to. To those with an eye fol
signs and an eur for strange tongues
together with an instinct for the
esOteric, no more fascinating life cen
ter exists. So continuous is the pro.
cessiOn that passes to and from the
entrance that appearance and reap
pearance are virtually unnOticeable
Every conceivable form of recognition
is adopted.
You may find picturesquely garbed
ROumanians from frontier villages in
terested in contraband turning up al
aperitif hour; and diplomatic under
officials with messages from a su.
periOr.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
TRAINING TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
Give Your Child a Place He Can
Call His Own.
IT MAKES HIM RESPONSIBLE
A Most Desirable Enthusiasm for or.
derIiness Usually Accompanies
the Young Persons Sense of
Exclusive Possession.
BY sIDoNIE M. eRUENBERe.

n OMESTIC architecture of the pres
u ent day seems to have developed
from the assumption that people just
grow up without ever being children.
Certainly very few homes have any
place that a child could call his own.
There may be a bed for him to sleep
in at night, and we sometimes see a
high chair in dining room, but there
are comparatively few homes in which
there is room that is especially set
aside for the child, or for the children.
The provision of such a room is, of
course, the ideal condition. But since
most of us are not able to provide
such a room, we feel that there is
nothing more for us to do, and, as a
consequence, most children have no
place at all.
When everything about the house is
in its place, it is usually located with
reference to the convenience Of the
grOwn-ups. "Order" means to us the
arrangement that is most convenient
or least disturbing. 1t is therefore
hard for most of us to realize that our
very order is a serious obstacle to the
child's acquiring orderly habits. The
order that we maintain is quite arbi-
trary, from the child's point of view,
for everything is disposed according to
our adult habits, our size, our uses,
and not the childs. To make the child
acquire the habit of having a place for
everything and of keeping everything
in it's place, we must first of all make
sure that everything with which the
child has to do has a place that is
quite accessible to him.
One of the frequent questions that
mothers in search of counsel brings is
"HOw can 1 teach my child to be or
derlyW The mother who is so much
concerned about Orderliness would
hardly lack orderly habits herself, but
she may lack habits that fit the needs
Of the child in this particular. The
first thing necessary is to realize that
the child is not "by nature" orderly,
In the sense in which trained adult
Is orderly. We forget the long, hard
struggle through which we attained to
our present state, and expect of the
child what is hardly possible for the
child to give. When we are ready to
begin with the child as we find him
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

Before the walls of st. Quentin,
France, in 1867 was fought one of the
great battles in the struggle between
Henry II Of France and Philip II of
Spain. . The latter, having previously
married Mary Tudor, queen of Eng
land, had the support of the English
when the Spaniards. under Emmanuel
Philibert of Savoy, invested the town.
The incompetent Constable de Mont
mOrency led French army to the re-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Mechanics In Medl.Ins

The value of mechanics in medi-
cine has been amply demonstrated and
the science Of healing is coming to re.
gard with increasing favor the aid Of
fered by mechanical devices. The
physician, in private practice. finds II
incumbent to meet the advance made
by institutions and the result is that
the Office of the modern physician Is
coming more and more to resemble q
machine shop, just as the hospitals
and sanatarlums are being gradually
converted into health factories.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Jamea J. HIII,s First Job.

After four weeks work the Scotch
employer, for whom the late James J..
Hill first worked as boy, on Saturday
night, put his hand on his shoulder and
said: James, We hae done right weel.
If ye keep on, ven max your way in
the world" Then he handed him an
envelope. The boy fastened off home
to give the 81 contained in the en-
velope, his pay for his first month of
hard work, to his mother. 81 never
felt SO rich," he said, II never expect
to feel so rich again in my life, as
when ! looked at those 81 and when
handed them over to my mother
Worlds Work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

If you look around the world for the
greatest writer's, you will see that they
were people equal to doing many things
besides putting little black scratches
on paper; they were the people most
alive in their time, and that is one rea-
son why they are most alive now, Yer
non Randall recently said In a paper
read before the London Society Council
School Of Arts and Crafts, according to
the London Saturday Review. They
were so full of life that they had to ex.
press it for others.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
indian Writing Found In North

That the Spokane country once was
peopled by race Of Indians whose sign
writing cannot be interpreted by the
tribes Of the present day is shown in
the disclosure of Indian hieroglyphics
on rocks near the mouth of the Little
Spokane river. The marks are found
on rocky cliffs north Of the Little Spo-
kane on the old Binkley place. PiO-
neers Of Spokane have known Of these
marks for years, but their exact loca-
ton has never been made known to
the public for fear they might be de-
stroyed before steps were taken for
their preservation. With the organi-
zation of Spokane historical society,
whose purpose will be to mark such
historical places, the hieroglyphics will
be preserved and every effort made to
have them deciphered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Four Dollars Weekly.

When Mark Twain first went to
New York, where he was to spend 80
much of his life, he lodged at a me-
chanics' boarding house in Duane
street. Albert BigelOw Paine, his bi-
ographer, says that ''he did not like
the board" He had been accustomed
to the southern mode of cooking, and
wrote home complaining that "New
Yorkers did not have hot bread or
biscuits" His work was in a print
ing establishment in Cliff street, near
the home Of his future publishers, the
Harpers. He was paid 81 |eek In
wildcat money
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

| lief OF Admiral COligny, who was in
command of the garrison. The allies
administered a crushing defeat to
Montmorency, but the besieged forces,
inspired by the intrepid Coligny, held
the town for II days after the rout of
their "deliverers." This was the same
Coligny who 10 years later was one of
the first victims of the massacre of st.
Bartholomew. His body was thrown
from his own window and fell in the
courtyard at the feet of the duke OF
Guise, one of the iustigatOrs of the
great slaughter of the Huguenots.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Some Odd Christian Names.

An appellant rejoicing in the curious
name of Rezia at the last sitting Of the
Somerset tribunal, caused an inquiry
where he got it from. He replied from
the Bible. where it is only mentioned
once-I ChrOn. 80. There lived for
many years in the village Of TwertOn,
Bath, one named Miah. He was born
a twin, and his parents thriftily divid-
ed the predestined name Of Jeremiah
between them, the other babe being
christened Jere.-LondOn Globe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

to the eye. It is seen more in warm
weather than in cold, and near he
horizon more than overhead. The
same thing may be seen by looking
out of a window over a hot radiator
or at a candle held on the other side
of hot stove-one must look through
body of highly heated air at the
candle flame. The flame will be seen
to waver and quiver. The various lay
ers of air are at different densities
and In motion. Rapid twinkling of the
stars is q sign Of a change of weather.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

curtain of checked gingham or other
suitable material. The interior of this
cupboard should be sacred and no
one should enter it without the child's
consent. In this way he may be held
responsible for whatever he puts away.
And in this way he may also learn to
respect the exclusive possessions of
others.
The child should have his own place
not only for the putting away of his
treasures. He should also have place
that may be his when necessary, for
undiSturbed work, or play or study. 1t
is hardly fair to expect a child to dc
his studying, or even his reading, in
the midst Of the conversation and
laughter-or perhaps the Quarrels-Of
others. As a separate room is in most
homes out of the question, we must
use our ingenuity in arranging the pro-
gram of the home In way that will
give the child his own place, at least
for a specified time. 1t is possible
sometimes to arrange a screen that
will give child sense of seclusiOn
and mastery over a portion of the
earth, If only for an hour. This is
worth while, since it is through his
alternate experiences with society and
solitude that the child comes to con-
sciOusness of his own place in the
| world.
His own hook for his hat, his own
shelf for his books, his own corner for
his work are to be looked upon as
legitimate claims of the child upon his
share Of the worlds space. They are
also very effective means for teach
ing the child Orderliness, responsible
ity, care Of property and his relation
to people and things.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

we must first Of all provide a place
that is quite accessible to him for each
Of the various things that he uses con-
Stantly.
That his towel and his toothbrush
are always on their respective hooks
goes without saying. But the same
principle applies to all the things for
which he has frequent use and for the
care of which we wish to hold him re-
spOnsible. There should be q place
for his toys, and the place should be
unoccupied by the belongings of 9TH
ers when it is time for the child to put
his toys away after his play. There
should be place for the coat or the
bonnet, and one that can be reached
without the help Of chair or an adult.
1t is only when these places are pro-
vided that we have the right to de-
mand of the child that he observe the
order prescribed for him.
Most children are easily distracted,
and 1t Is so easy to forget" that the
clothes are to be hung up Immediately
upon coming into the house, and that
the blocks are to be put away before
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
T~IrkIlru stara

The twinklIng of the stars is more
apparent than real, and is an effect
produced in our atmosphere on the
waves of light. It Is due to currents
and strata Of air Of different denslties
intermingling and floating past each
other through which the light passes
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

6HE QUARTERBREED
GD is a dramatic story of an
Indian reservation in the
great Northwest, Centering
around the experiences of
Capt. Floyd Hardy, y. S. A.,
acting agent in command of
the reservation. The heroine
of the story, Marie Dupont, is
a quarterbreed by birth, a
great granddaughter of the
famous chief, Sitting Bull. She
is a beautiful, cultivated girl,
educated and reared in a Ca
madam Convent, and is the one
bit of sunshine in the frontier
life of the army officer who is
soon desperately in love with
her.
But Hardy is cordially hated by two
men-Marie's Father, a trader, and a
young fastener with a political pull
at Washington. They have discovered
a gold mine on the reservation and
are having it worked by the Indians,
paying them in trading goods" for
their labor. Hardy learns of this and
tries to put a stop to the practice but
confronts all sorts of trickery and treach-
cry. His enemies use the ignorant
Indians to remove him, melting their
anger against him, who, as the Govern
ment representative is really their best
friend.
If you know anything of the West. you
can realize the possibilities offered in
the groundwork of the plot, and the
author has made the best use of the
material. There is plenty of action
and many thrills and tense moments.
In fact
"We Quar1erbyred" is one
OfMe best stories it has been
your pleasure TO read in a
long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
A Day Off

At intervals throughout their lanterns they The managed to get of the hundred who march
  They in all Then the settngp Eff teen minutes leg John Jones will hoist the lag" The and his heart o "The morning Down ing into the shallow their bodies the pngboard lodges cliffs hundred either
  The
  the perfect sanitary which surrounded the The boys them selves did the serving cleaning activities miles
  like aid width streams
  flowers birds They told they had varieties varieties 
 o'clock swimming fair, tmd but all avid to be the water Twevthry Another characterized by revent giving of period tent inspection examinations for baseball instruction n swimming.
 The bugle big pretty gath make There reports
  sauted repeated together oath in obeyto help other mentally awake morally straight nighand through the o their first the Boy Scout
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
A LIBEL ON THE AUNT

From the New York World.
 W. L. George, the English essayist and novelist, has been writing in the current Harper's on the decay of the home. He arrives at an abuse of relatives which nobody should mind if it were confined to generalities. It is when he comes to specifications that he provokes wrath and proves himself to be either no nephew at all or most unlucky one
 The well-informed and the experienced know that wicked and hateful aunts exist only in books about ogres In real life. aunts, not to mention allied uncles are second only to grandpas and grandmas in the loving work of spelling the children or their brothers and sisters Yet MT. George tells us that however high you may rise, your aunt will never see it.
 Is there community in which one woman is ever waiting watchfully to be reighbor, friend and helper to those who need neighboring and befriending in the worst way? Whose heart and whose gen. erous larder alike are hospitably open Who can sing anybody's baby to sleep, or charm anybodys older tots with fairy tales? Who is the confidante of every village lover and the comfort of every village prodigal?
 Well, then, she is Aunt Susan, or Aunt Mary, or Aunt Whatever; and if she has own nieces or nephews, and if they have done anything at all, it is something bet ter than any other nieces or nephews ever have done, and her praise of them per vades and prevails like sunshine.
 If MT. George is going to keep on abus- bid him let the aunts alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

:, American soldiers of fortune who l joined the Canadian troops should have ] waited awhile. There may be plenty of excitement right here at home. l According to Virginia judge, Vir- ginia"s blue laws don't forbid tele- 1 phoning on Sunday. However, the lid is on so tight that there isn't much 8 subscriber can telephone for. | Birmingham's coal dealers complain of hard times. and the Coal Barons" are not enjoying any too much pros- perity out at Redwood. It is reported that King George is wearing wrist watch Since George has a lifetime job. rumor of that sort won't hurt him. MT. Hughes is not without sense of humor, his biographers say. But he may not be able to see the humorous side of defeat If war is declared between the United States and Mexico the capture of Juarez by our troops seems reasonable cer- | tainty.
 Professor Taft viii support Hughes with the enthusiasm of 6 man whc knows what it means to be double crossed.
 
 The movie star who hasn't an auto mobile in which to pose for the news paper photographer simply hasn't "ar- rived"
 Maybe those American army officers on the border will learn before long that it is never safe to trust a Mexi- can.
 If Mexico and the United States go to war, there will be precious little neu- tral territory left on this earth.
 Doctors declare that the stomach is . much abused organ. However. 1t has way of making its protests felt.
 If Boss Barnes had lost his life on the Lusitania. he couldn't be any leader politically than he is now
 General Wood should cheer up The National Guard will yet be a source of pride to him.
 American refugees have turned the battleship Nebraska into g floating boarding house.
 Villa may yet recover his health In time to lead an army against the hated gringo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
THE BOY WAS RIGHT

From the New YOrk Sun.
 A Jefferson hotel elevator boy in st.. Louis, following orders which say that only eight persons must ride in his car with him at time stopped his car at the second floor on a downward trip
 today and opened the elevator door. There were seven men in the car at the time, a reporter from the Sun being one of them.
 Room for one only,'' snapped the boy as man in creamy Palm Beach suit and two of his friends tried to wedge theirs way in. Come on, mister the
 boy said impatiently as the man held
 back and hesitated about entering ca,
 from which his friends were being barred Come on-do something. It's up to you. Young man. said passenger to the elevator boy as the youth slammed the started his car downward with his grin ming passengers, the gentleman you slammed the door upon up there was MT. Daniels You shouldn't have spoken so disrespectfully to the Secretary of the 1 Navy"
 "Wall,' drawled a tall man at the rear | of the elevator come tew think lv it.,
 mebby this boy was right. Whut wuz 1t | yew said, sonny? Dew scmethin, it's up tew yew. It seems tew me like this boy here is mighty keen on the issues of
 the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
ALABAMA PRESS

Roanoke Leader: The quickest and 1 cheapest way for the United States to have the strongest navy in the world is to let Great Britain and Germany have one or two more sea fights. West Alabama Breeze: If the party platforms had what the country needs in them diversification would be sure of a place therein. If they contained what the people want the automobile would
 make a prominent plank in them. I Annston Star: The Brooklyn Eagle prints a picture of Mrs. Hughes about | to enter her automobile" Now cannot some other paper match 1t with pie ture of Mrs. Wilson about to sneeze? 1 Troy Herald: Some of the firms in Bir- mingham, Montgomery and Richmond have agreed to pay their employees who enlist for war service, their regular sal aries while away, and hold their jobs 1 for them on their return. Only rich firms could pay the salaries but most any firm would agree to restore a man 1 job on his return, unless the firm had | changed business, or something or that kind.
 | Slocomb Observer: The same newspa- per cuts of Wilson and Marshall that were used four years ago can be used I again this year. The lapse Of these few years has not made much change i, in the appearance of these gentlemen.
 l Monroe Journal: Events recently trans piring in Alabama present no very in spring spectacle to resident citizens and
 offer the poorest possible inducement to the prospective immigrant and investor. l While acts of lawlessness are condemned | by the better class, which happily con- stitutes the great majority of our popu- latiol. the stranger at distance too often bases lis estimate of the state and it's leorle on the outcropping of the i worst incidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

Sydney Porter has entered the field of literature. Her adoption, with slight alter ation, of the nome de plume of her bril- liant father, has caused furore of dis cussion, and some hold that it is effront- cry for novice to claim by inheritance a name that belongs solely to literature and that cannot be transmitted by the line of legal descent. Miss Porter is con- fident that she can write and that she can honor the name. The Richmond Journal takes the position that whether
 she calls herself Miss o. Henry, or Miss Guy de Maupassant or Miss Edgar Allan
 Poe is entirely her own business, because
 If her stories do not measure up to the
 standard the nome de plume will be of no avail. Yet the name will undoubtedly
 do one thing: it will win for her a care
 ful reading by the editors. Before Henry Sydnor Harrison's "Queed" was pub