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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-25

on an era of vastly improved Hv-
 Ing conditions, both physical and
 moral, due almost entirely to the efforts of women workers in the Ma. tional Clean Up and Paint Up" cam palgn, according :o Allen w. Clark, chairman of the national campaign bureau, in St. Louis.
 It is estimated that during 1915 more than million women took part Tn the campaign for civic progress and human uplift which frightened the lives and homes of millions from Ban. gor, Me, to San Diego, Cal The growth and development of the na- tiona Clean Up and Paint Up" cam paign, has been in leaps and bounds since its inauguration" he said
 Individual women, womens clubs and women's organizations of all kinds for civic and moral improvement have Joined forces in this great work which reaches into practically every phase of life. Letters have poured in by the thousand at the bureau headquar- ters from women inquiring how to start the work in their communities. Many of these indicated that the old fashioned "parlor" variety of woman civic worker was dying a sure and natural death, and that serious-minded women were coming to realize more and more every day the big work that is before them.
 Women Led the Way,
 T don't believe we realized the far reaching extent of the work we had undertaken until the women showed us" said MT. Clark. "The permanent features of the Clean Up and Paint Up" idea were what seemed to gain their immediate indorsement. Their old idea of a spring housecleaning, which l believe, originated in New England, seems to have been dropped entirely, and the women's organiza- tions of the New England states are among the very hardest workers for an all-year-round policy"
 It would be an impossible task to name in person even a small percen- tage of the women who have done ac. tive and efficient work since the na tional bureau inaugurated it's system in the spring of 1913. Some few of them, however, are such women as Mrs. Clarence Baxter of Kirksville, Mo, vice chairman of the civics de- partment of the National Federation of Women's clubs; Mrs E. T. Sen seney, chairman of the pure food com mittee of the Consumers league of St. Louis; Mrs. W. R. Chivvis, president of the Missouri Federation of Wom- ems clubs; Mrs. Philip N Moore of St. Louis, past president of the Ma tional Federation of Women's clubs, and Mrs. Thomas Sherwin, chairman of the department of streets and al leys of the Women's Municipal league of Boston.
 Much Work This Year.
 The work of the bureau as planned for this year will be more comprehen- sive in its scope than before. It will Include everything that will beautify, Improve sanitation and tend to the health of the community. Some of the things to be done are the cleaning of streets, alleys, front and back yards, cellars and stables, removal of ashes, carting away of tin cans and all rub bish from vacant lots burning or hauling away all garbage, filling in or
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-25
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP!

MELLOW CITIZENS: Let us get together and make this town of ours the most healthful and
 most inviting in the State. To do this we must organize our forces, map out plans and get to work Other cities and towns throughout the United States finding the efforts along these lines are bringing excellent results.
 If we would have a healthfu town we must clear our atcs cellars stables, sheds yards streets alleys and vacant lots of trash dirt junk filth, garbage rags, cans, bottles and weeds We must empty toilets manure heaps, drain barn lots fill up mudhoes and simy, il-smelling ponds, open gutters, repair streets and burn rubbish.
 Then we must use soap and scrub brushes brooms rakes and shovels We must throw lime freely about toilets and stables. Why? Because disease germs and germ-carrying insects, especially flies and mos- quioes, breed in filth and spread typhoid and con- sumption when they enter living rooms, aight food, or bite while sleep.
 After the dirt Is gone we must repair our buildings and fix fences-and then lay the paint Paint everything that needs it, inside and out for paint is the best known preservatve and its brighten ing influence will make the dules town in the world look spck and span.
 Of course when buy paint and lime we put money into the paint-deaer's and lime-deaer's pockets. But if get sick and die the doctor drug gist, undertaken, sexton and tombstone take coin. Most folks would spend theirs on paint and lime-take your choice
 Come on, now folks Let's call meeting, form Clean Up and Paint Up Club composed of men, women and children, and get on the job! The prize is worth it-health and happiness
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-25
Vacant Lot Gardens,

One of our Clean Up and Paint Up campaign committees should get per mission from owners to plant gardens on vacant lots. Then organize chill dren's garden clubs, which are so sue cessful in many cities, towns and vil- lages throughout the country. Offer prizes for the best vegetables and summer flowers.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-25
Jailed for a LauQh.

New York.-Because he laughed when Magistrate Groehl imposed 2 one-dollar fine. John Oste. charged with disorderly conduct, was sent to jail for three days.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-25
Duck Makes Record.

Verona. N. J.-"Peggy," a duck, has laid 325 eggs in 343 days, and is said to hold the record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
VACARIES OF
 SHELL FIRE

Before I visited Verdun had seen many cities and towns which had been wholly Or partially destroyed either by shell fire or by the German soldiers in their great invasion before the Marne. One she11ed town is much like another, and there is no thrill quite like that you experience when you see the first But these towns had died nearly two years agf; in deed, in most the resurrection had be gun, little red rofs were beginning to shine through the brown trees and stark ruins. Children played again in the squares. It was like the sense you have when you see an old peasant blowing among the cross marked graves of a hard fought battle corner 1.-the sense of a beginning as well as of death and destruction But at Verdun it was utterly differ ent. Of life, or people, of activity be- ginning again or surviving there was nothing. Some time in the recent past all the little people who lived in these houses had put upon wagons what could be quickly moved and had slipped out of their home, that was already under sentence of death They were gone into the distance, and they had left behind them no stragg1ers. The city was empty save for a few soldiers who passed rapidly along the
 streets, as one marches in a heavy i isnowstorrn.
 Yet verdun was not wholly dead.
 Shell fire is the most inexplicable of all things that carry destruction. As lyon passed down the street the mark of destruction varied with each house. Here the blast had come and cut the building square1y; it had had carried with it into ruin behind in the court yard all that the house contained, but lagainst the wall the telephone rested
 undisturbed; possibly even a looking glass hung as perhaps it had
 hung when the last woman had taken
 her ultimate hurried glance at her
 hat before she had deported into the
 outer darkness
 But the next house had lost only
 the front walls; it stood before you as l if it had been opened for your inspec- ton by the removal of the facade. Chairs. sbeds-au the domestic econ- I o1ay of@the house-gagged visfb1y out ward toward the street, or stood still firm, but open to the four wihds--St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
COUNCIL VOTES TO
 CONDEMN WORDINS'
 WATERFRONT LAND

The common council voted last night that City Attorney. William H. Com ley, Jr. bring condemnation proceed ings to procure the land of Helen and Fannie Wordin. fronting on Cedar Creek and bounded by Morris and Bird streets and Bostwick avenue. The land will be used for a sewage disposal plant but the owners and City Attorney Com1ey and Alderman Manritz Olson, chairman of the coun- ci1 sewers committee, have been un- able to agree on the price The all derman and city attorney were a spe- cial committee appointed to get the property Last night they reported to the council that the owners ask $98,- 900 while they think the property worth about S10,o0o. faction to pos sess the property will be started soon by the city attorney
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
MEN OF STATE READY, ASSERTS
 coy. HOLC0MB
Connecticut Guards Can Give Good Account of Them
 selves In War.

Speaking Of the preparedness of Connecticut to do her share in meet ing President Woodrow Wilson's call to mobilize the states troops, Gov Marcus H. Ho1comb said yesterday: : "I want the troops modified and have given orders to that effect and they will. be modified tomorrow. There will be about 3,7oo men in the field, recruited from all branches of the service I understand that the minimum for a company is sixty-five and three officers and that all are up to the full quota except two or three companies. Only those companies recruited to the minimum will be re- ceived by the federal auth critics. I understand also that those companies which are below the minimum will probably be held in their arnor1es un- til they are recruited to at least the
 minimum, which may be in an hour, a few hours, a day or uaorey as the case
 may be-
 When asked if he thought the na-
 t1ona1 guard would be called to leave
 Mantle and move to the front, or tho
 call for troops a matter of pre-
 paredness, Gov! Holcornb said:
 tfThe President has som ething in
 his mind which caused him to ask for nobolization, but what do not
 know. It is a ticklish situation which can easily result in war. There is friction between Carranza. and the fed
 eral governm eI1t. The bandits raid our border, and our troops follow into Mexico h hot on their trail
 '~The country faces a terrible situa- tion," said Gov. Ho1comb- Guerilla warfare! We know what that is, from
 the Civil War"
 If our. troops could meet the enemy in an open fight the trouble would 7Sa 1n n f117e en17f but it was another story to conduct the fight by chasing the Medcans into mountain businesses and resist at l tacks from ambush As to wheth CT 1 the Connecticut troops would, be ac-
 tua11y called to the front Gov Ho1- comb sa5d-
 "One guess Is as good as another. l It may be that the mo bilization is an act of preparedness and for the pur-
 pose of producing a good effect. To the inquiry whether the United 1 States ought to acquire Mexico or es-
 tab1ish a protectorate over it the gov | ernor said that he did not desire to
 say anything that would commit the
 state in any way, but personally, he l did not believe in cleaning up Mexico I at the expense of lives and treasure i<and then giving it back and having to
 do the work all over again every little 1 while.
 'I< do not believe in acquiring Mexi- l co by right of conquest because the country Is not worth the trouble. The people are below. the intelligence of the Cubans,'' he said. If it come to a 1 matter of taking Mexico, Gov. Ho1- | comb said that in all probability the | principal ports would be seied and ! garrisoned and border forts establish l ed, and from these the forces would l spread out. maintaining guerilla war fare until the bandits were subdued and the country conquered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
CHICAGO MANUFACTURERS RESORT
 10 COURTS WHEN UNION LABOR'S FIGHT ASSUMES WINNING ASPECT
Sweeping Injunction Tn History Capitals Battle
 Against Labor InVoked-WorL1nen Forbidden Use of Publishing Their Side of Disagreement

and many other things that are harm less CT that they have not attempted to do,
 In Chicago at this period, in addi- ton to minor industrial struggles, there are the strikes of the Mal1eabIe Iron Company and two International Harvester Company plants. the Mo Cornick and the Deering. involving 2.5o0 to 5000 workers; the strike of the tanneries where 2,300 men are still out, six of the 23 employers hay ing already given in to the workers' demands; the strike. of the two to three thousand employees of plumbing manufacturers and the strike of from 1,500 stp 1,S0O drivers. for the express companies. Tn every case the work CTS have had the support of organiz- ed labor and have proved themselves masters of the situation, able to win their strike. It remains to be seen whether the rush of the employers to the courts with their losing fights can rob the workers of their earned victory and can stamp fraternity and mutual aid among wo4kers as criminal offenses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Tribute to the Mule.

The mule has earned all the decora- lions that are worth while me daille miIitaire, the iron cross, the Vic torfA cross, the medal of honor, etc.
 As a campaigner he has no equal in any climate under the sun He is the philosopher and stoic of animals. Even his stubbornness is sometimes 4 virtue. The mule is permanently associated with the army's bill of fare. Strategy has saved many a beIeaguered force, but the mule with his pack has often routed starvation. the worst enemy that ever threatens troops. The mule does not crave respect, but every soldier loves him. Long may he balk and talkl New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
wHERE DOES YoUIs BOY PnAYa

Where yOpr boy plays makes a tre- mendous difference in your home life, in the happiness of your family. Par ents do not often enough realize how many dangers beset the paths of boys tcday-dangers that once yielded to, will forever blight their young lives if they do net snuff them out alto gether.
 In the larger cities today there are seemingly ample play facilities, prop er1y supervised so that thousands of boys need not come into very close contact with these dangers of normal play life. In the smaller cities and towns. however little, if any, of the play life of the community is in any way supervised, so that here, if mo- where else, the parents responsibility doubles or treb1es-
 The growing, healthy youngster must not be shut off from his play. but rather must he be encouraged in it, for it is through the play instinct that much of the richness of his char acter and the development of his body will come
 The writer recently chanced to see the back yard of a. family in a large city, fitted into an almost ideal spot for play purposes What it lacked in varnish and exterior finish it gained in practicabiIity, for the children wh o summer vacation days were bent on the normal expression of their lives rather than on any close scrutiny of the wood or the paint or the hard ware This family had kept it's own youngsters busy as well at home simply by putting up a merry-go- round, several swings, and other play apparatus that only one of ordinary intelligence might easily have con structed.
 We don't have no trouble keepin' our children at home" said the house | wife. They play all day-an' the nefghbors' kids play with 'enn- They're no trouble to handle now that we got the swings and things in the back | yard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
CnaIoaan TahIata.

The clay tablets of Chaldea, probably the very earliest writing materials used by man, were of different sizes, the largest being flat and measuring 9 by 61a inches, while the smallest were slightly convex and in some cases not more than an inch long. In the same ruins with the tablets have been found the glass lenses which were used by their readers The writing was done while the tablets were still soft by a little iron tracer, not pointed, but tri- angular at the end The tablets, hay ing been inscribed on both sides and accurately numbered, were baked in ovens and stored away in the state n- brarieS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
The rsurlst Lost a Safe.

''Tve just happened to remember that my wife told me to get tin pan that will go under the fcebox- Have you any?"
 ''No, sir, but we have some that can be showed under the icebox. Won't that do just as wen?''
 t'I think not, young man. My wife is a bit particular about my getting the exact thing that she tells me to get. presume can find it at some other store Good day, sir.''-Chicago Tribune
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
RarnaeIea and Rirda.

As rule, the Scottish fishermen be. neve that the common ships barnacle develops into a bird. How has this metamorphosis been so long held to be fact, with no experience in it's ia vor and all experience against it7 It is so held not only in Scotland, but for instance, in Jersey. It is not long since a Jersey parlor maid ran to her employer in much excitement with a barnacle in her hand. Look, ma'am % she said; tits of a ship, and it will soon change to a gOoseT' - London Mail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
A Scandal Spoiled.

"Of course he and his wife seem de voted to each other nOw,'' said the Jealous Miss Gaussip, 'cbut do you think she will always be so true and all that?'
 well" replied Miss Kidder, 'I have reason to know that only last night he had occasion to set a trap for her."
 "Ah! Do you know, I suspected something'-
 'sThey more than suspected; they knew there were mice in the house. ''- Philadelphia Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
PROGRAM FOR c. A. C.
 BAND CONCERT TO BE
 GIVEN AT WOOD PARK

Concert by Coast Artillery Corps band, Wednesday evening, o'clock, June 21, at Wood park:
 March, "Gipsy1and," Lithgow. Idyll "A Summer Dream Hans F1ath.
 Overture, Bohemian Gir1,'' Balfe. Valse, s'Id4e Hours,'' Wood.
 Grand selection, t'Maritana,'' Wal lace.
 Morceau, stIn a Pagoda,'' Bratton.
 Popular medley, "Snyders,' arr. Schultz.
 Star Spangled Banner
 Paul G. Goulding, director.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
TO IMPROVE NICHOLS
 ESTATE ON MAIN STREET

Plans for the improvement of the William J. Nichols property at Con gross and Main streets are under way. The improvement will consist of -four stores of brick, one story in height, so constructed that additional stories may be added when necessary. Each store will be 50 feet in depth and of approximately 25 feet frontage. The new block will extend from the rear of Hartigan's drug store on the southwest corner of Main street to within a few feet of the German Reformed church property.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
KELLOGG WINS PRIMARIES
 FOR SENATE NOMINATION

St. Paul, June Manifestations early today are that F. B. Kellogg has re- ceived the nomination for United States senator at yesterdays pri- maries Although less than one-fifth of the vote has been counted, MT. KeIIogg's lead of 1000 over his clos est rival IS believed to be enough to carry him through.
 Governor John A. Burnquist re- ceived the nomination on the Repub- hcan ticket
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
s. R. GORDON COMPLIES
 STATISTICS OF CHARITY.

Statistics compiled by Superinten- dent Spencer R. Gordon for the past 10 years. were presented to the board of charities at the meeting yesterday in order that the board would have working plans to use in making plans for the clinics and charities building for which a bond issue of $75,00O was authorized. A communication was sent to the park board asking that trees and shrubs be planted in the parks and playgrounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
D1U'EA1SNS'OOeAS
 MANS REAL WORTH.

A man should always be judged by his real worth. The prevailing fault of our time is the estimating of manhood by the accidents of life rather than by it's essentials. Not what a man has or what happens to him; not wealth, nor noble blood, nor crowns, nor titles, but the things that are in him and shining through him; his thoughts, motives, springs of action - these constitute the man.-D. J. BurrelI.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Wondsrfui Wisdom.

"'You seem to be rather busy"
 "Yes. I'm writing love letter. I've been working on it for more than an hour''
 "Why take such pains?"
 q want to feel sure that if this letter is ever read in court it won't make me look like fool Birmingham Age Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Different Ceremony.

ssHe slept we'll and. ate hearty breakfast, apparently, wholly uncon- scious of his fate. He was atttred in the conventional black and
 At what hour did they electrocute him? ?''
 "Electrocute him! They. don't cleo trocute a man for getting married. He was the groom, not criminal. Puck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
ENJOYMENT.

Why not enjoy the beauties of nature while you may7 You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy unless you are too proud to be pleased by them or too erasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere deIight.- Ruskin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Eiahina.

'+oh, I just love animalsr, cried the enthusiastic girl
 Perhaps you have noticed that am a little hoarse," tnsinuated the young man who had a cold. -- New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
stin at It.

.'They kept company for long time before they were married, didn't they ?
 EsYes, and they've kept company most of the time since Her relations seem bound to live on them-"-Boston Tran script
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
PAY AS YOU GO.

To live within one's Income Ie the secret of prosperity. Hap piness is the heritage of the one who adheres To thia rule, and contented mind and growing riches come to him who buVO only what he can pay fer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Human Bodice.

Two-thirds water and one-third soI- ids are practically the composition of the human body.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

Ignatfus T IT. Lincoln, German spy recently eltradited from the United States, was placed on trial for forgery tnn IoHa1d0za-
The Washington times., 1916-12-10
Elks TO ENTERTAIN.

The oyster Club OF Washington
Lodge OF Elks will celebrate It's
fourth anniversary on next Tuesday
evening. This AFFAIR promises to b"
the banner event and most elaborate
hts assistants have been at work for
several weeks planning many novel
stunts, also plenty OF good music, a.
well as local talent, and the .theaterr
will send some OF their best numbers
oysters will be served In every con
ceivsble style.
The Washington times., 1916-12-10

attended whine Lituttnsnt Hoover
will have ms MS best men Lieut.: Jot
seph Vance Ogan, " IS NJ There
% BE- sus a rssssesiSp ri ss w snd
his bride viii reside at the navy yard,
where they. already. have been ast
signed quarters. a., "
= Then what do you think OF the
HIS friends? We had pn come " thlnE
that he was confirmed bachelor and
were, no little astrological TO receive
the announcement OF his marriage. on
daughter OF Mrs Alfred Butterfield
uruRweil.t OF it5l5 Thirtjeth, street
They. are nelghbors. YOU see. 40 pert
haps the affair has been going on
under our. very noses. They are on
tS Sei return. December n9 ~ viii make
their home with Mos. 'Grunwoil. NV
|i.t .n4 44 M.fr&-e $50 =
Ring stone and wife t4 80 q
Hack In Town 10 stay.
Did you know that King Stone and
his wife are back IN town to stay?
Mrs. Stone has been here with the
Sylvanus Stokeses---her parents-r
for some time. as the climate of New
Jersey, where King was employed
did not agree with her. Now he has
a position In Washington with
paper manufacturing concern.
Former Senator Bailey IN part own
or OF tho company and ID. A. Smith mn
officer or large stockhoider. Yes, the
pleasant Mr.. Smith who lives In that
charming gray stone bungalow ut
Drummond. Everyone who motors ZIP
the Rockville pike always inquiries
about tho bungalow and Its owncr
The Smiths are delightful people, ana
the best OF ncighbors. They used TO
live In tho finc old house at the cor
ner OF tThIftyhrst and . strectA
which DIR. Louis Mackall now owns.
Now must be on, for Evelyn has
asked dozen Of us to "hear WIN
Irwin talk" Just back from tho
front, he's bubbIing with anecdotes
and iptormatipn, suspect. however.
that he doesn't knpw whats In stort
with. us. 40, ! mustn'tLbe late. Affsd.
tionateiy yours. - JEAN ELIOT