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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15

P1gtlme League
The Temple had little trouble in
lining an three games from the Sub
rsEr4naE hast night, Cyclone Davis Was
fis5heRTy man having high score and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15

Alter the Consol. team was defeateb
II the F. N. NJ. Co. the Hartley team
Won two ont Of three games from
hsnn. The Hartley team again broke
ne record for the high team score and
sEefthe new mark at $40. The scores:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15

. agF47 [ u.
Numerous Government agencies are
~ work in behalf Of homamaS1ng, &C
cnrdfnE to recent report on nome
ess8Tiraf5cn prepared by Miss Ellen Y.
lombard Of the Bureau OF Education,
$Department Of the Interior. Sss1aes
fhe Rnreau Of EducatIon-which MAN
fS4ns divisions OF homs educapon
fhe Bureau Of Mines, the Reclamation
service. and the Office of Indian Al
fa8ra an Of the Interior DepaT tmenI
az doing direct work IN education tot
the hume The Treasury DepaTtm enL
through ifs Public Health Service, ana
tire Departments Of Agriculture. La
hor. and Commerce are also promoting
homemalxing through one or more
bureaus or Offices.
The Reclamation Service OF the IN
ierinr Department Is reaching the Wo-
men on the projects; 1t Is KoT A1ng
for improved conditions in the homes
ana Il has taken active steps IN 4naus'
uratinE clubs for study purposes. more
than 900 clubs have been formed
among the project women. every one
aSf the as States we're the Govern.
rnent has reclamation projects pelns
REPRESENTED. The Reclamation Rec
ord. the organ OF the Reclamation Ser.
rice, has become an important factor
IN reaching the women on the pro
jerts: one entire section Of this period
3chl is given ove- TO project WON
and their interests.
Homenakiag as problem IN lhe
territories and dependencies OF the
limited States has had the attention
a. the Government for some time, and
much good work has been done. al
slough there are still sections, espec'
tally IN the insular dependencies
where a careful study Of living cond3'
lions and a plan Of work for home ed
ncation are needed. In Alaska. where
the education OF natives is under the
direction OF the Department OF the In
terIor, every teacher is social worker
and strives in every way possible to
pTpnote the physical, moral and In
5dnstIfR welfare Of the natives, adults
aRFweu as children In the native VII
faEes the teachers and nurses OF the
Alaska School Service eudeavor to es'
tabNsh proper sanitary conditions by
inspecting the houses. by insisting up
On the proper disposal Of garbage, and
BY giving instruction IN sanitary
methods Of living. Natives are en-.
couraged to replace their huts By neat,
EeIi.yenti1nted houses. In some sec
lions the natives have been taught to
raise vegetables, as a healthtul add
ton to the usual diet Of hsh and meat
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15

whats that got 10 do With ii: ]
thought the government provided the
alimony, Louisville Conrier-Journa1
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15
hER NAeuE WING.

Il asked for a1imony Of $50 a week.
/ see women are getting that right
along.
lawyer. '.your husband Is earning only
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15

ssWhen the licensed pair LEFT the
brflding the song Vas sttA Feveroa 1
ing from the dome TO the basement
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15
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Tstsis go S6B 1919
- plakgs IL 11tlllEls taniIE &c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
In the Business world

Henry Clews, in his Saturday review,
 says in part:
 "In spite of exceedingly stimulating
 home conditions, the stock market ex-
 hibited a depressed undertone which
 ness The chief reason for renewed sell ing was the unsatisfactory drift of our relations with Germany; the fear of a split between Congress and President Wilson, and the steady pressure of for eign liquidation of American securities in this market.
 'In home trade there is slight abate- ment of the remarkable activity which has been going on for several months. Western business continues active, and
 railroad earnings, although somewhat affected by the congestion of traffic, are making exceedingly satisfactory reports. Bank clearings also reflect gen. eral activity, the total for the third week in February showing an increase of over 50 per cent, compared with a year ago, and the gain being well dis tributed over all sections of the coun-
 try.
 "Our steel industry is phenomenally active. Prices continue to soar and manufacturers and buyers alike appear perplexed over an extraordinary situa- tion. Many plants are sold ahead to the end of the year at highly profitable prices, and indications point to a con- tinued pressure of orders. Railroads are in a position to buy more freely, and are placing liberal orders for equipment of all kinds. In some cases the delay in traffic has been owing to inadequate rolling stock, and this deficiency will soon be rectified. It is quite within the range of probability also that the rail- roads will put into effect long con templated Improvements. What with improved earnings. and a more reason able attitude of the public towards our great transportation companies, the chief restraint upon railroad develop ment has been somewhat dissipated, and the outlook is really better than it has been for several years. The chief cloud now overhanging railroad managers. is the labor problem. The demands of the employees are now being more or less | discussed in the open, and there is fair chance of a satisfactory solution being reached without any such serious con 1 flict as at one time feared"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
Great Britain's Prime Minister

Six months ago there was mighty clamor in England against Mir. As quith as prime minister because of the lack of progress Great Britain was making in recruiting an adequate army and in obtaining munitions for that country and for the allies.
 Lloyd-G George was ambitious to sup plant Asquith and opponents of the government were busily engaged in an effort to foment trouble with a view of forcing the premier to resign. Lord Northcliffe's newspapers, includ- ing the London Times and the London Daily Mail, kept up vigorous fight against MT. Asquith, and at one time it looked as if the Lloyd-George clique would succeed in causing the great liberal leader to retire.
 The coalition cabinet was in con- stant turmoil and only a man of As quith's boise and endurance could have prevented complete demorali- zation of the British public.
 MT. Asquith is still at the head of affairs and will remain there. No prime minister ever occupied posi- tion so trying; none ever had to carry a burden so heavy. Great Britain went into the war unprepared, and among the most disheartening facts that MT. Asquith had to deal with were the lack of the military spirit among the masses and the slow response to his patriotic appeals to the trades people and the wage earners. But he was able to arouse them finally to the gravity of the situation and he has the satisfaction now of seeing a reasonable degree of har- mony among the political leaders of his country.
 He has held his high office for longer years consecutively than any predecessor in century, and today he is perhaps more endeared to the people than any man in England In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
AIabama,s Rich Resources

q hear Alabama alluded to frequently in my part of the country as state of rich and varied resources, but I never realized what wonderful state it was until I met a railroad official recently who gave me some of the facts" said s. l.. Finney of Chicago.
 q have been south several times in the winter season, but only as a tourist in search of semi-tropical breezes. I have been spending a few weeks in New Or leans and have never seen that city so prosperous or so gay as it is now.
 Tn passing through Alabama three years ago I was impressed with the pros perity that seemed to be in evidence, and I am told that conditions in most sec- tions of the state are better now than they have been in several years past.
 T find that southern people in gen eral are much interested in crop diversi- fication, and several Alabamians have told me that this state led in that respect in 1915 The claim is made that Ala bama has more natural resources than any other state in the union. I am pre- pared to believe that it is well to the front when it comes to climate and soils. It only remains for the people to push development work, both in husbandry and in manufacturing enterprises, for it to be known as a state rolling in wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28

preparation. The great Russian forts were not taken by storm but their evacuation was forced by flank move ments.
 Conditions at Verdun are ideal for defense. For eighteen months the French have had time to prepare for just such an assault as is this. There is a field army attached to Verdun numbering over two hundred thousand troops, while the troops that hold the trenches will bring this number up to equal the Germans. Since December the Germans have been openly pre- pairing for an assault and it cannot be the French have had the stupidity to be caught unawares.
 No, if Verdun falls it will be be- cause modern artillery has sur mounted the defensive power of forti- fications and the future forts of Eu- ropean nations will be, as those around Paris are, the protecting arms of Mother Earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
The Supreme Test

The fierce battle which has been raging around the fortress of Verdun for the last six days will prove once and for all the value of modern forti- fications. It had been thought that previous events in this war had shown that they were of little value, but Should the Germans take the great French stronghold the argument will be overwhelmingly closed.
 The Germans have taken other for tifications which were supposed to be impregnable. Namur, Antwerp, Novo- gorod, Warsaw, Ivangorod, Lovcen and others have succumed to the ter ribIe artillery of the Teutons. But conditions at these fortresses were not as they are at Verdun.
 Antwerp was not defended by a field army of sufficient size to be formidable. The guns of the defend CTS were inferior in quality, while there had not been sufficient time for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
THE SENSE OF FAILURE

what we meant to do and what we did. We hoped to say the word that would go to the spot, and we floundered and could not get it. This charity whose claims we wish to further would irresistibly appeal if only we could get the apt, trenchant phrases that we seek. This business deal would go through had we the wit and the skill to set all it's details in true ingra- tiating light Many a man burns with the sense of his right to the attention and the money of the more prosperous; but a purblind generation passes by on the other side ignoring him. Let him be patient and not lower his standards, and in time the corn or wood, or boards or pigs to sell, or world will climb to his level and find him there, if he IS worthy
 "If man can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs than anybody else" writes Emerson in the eighth volume of his Journals ''you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though 1t be in the woods"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
Advance i'm Cost of Materials

While general business continues to improve, a matter of most absorbing in- terest in my line and in many others is the enormous increase in cost of raw material said President R. w. Ewing of Roberts Ss Son, printers, engravers and stationers.
 One paper company advises us that it has been compelled to advance it's price to us 10 to 20 per cent over former quotations. Another concern writes us that on account of existing conditions regarding the supply of all materials en- tering into the making of paper the price of all it's linen lines had been advanced. Still another company-the National Steel and Copper Plate company-a advises that owing to the high price of copper it had to advance the price or copper plates. And so it goes.
 High prices for material it would seem, will be the rule until the end of the war. These increases do not indi- cate that the manufacturers are making large profits; nothing of the sort. It is simply the scarcity of raw material and supplies that has brought about the changed quotations'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28

short, MT. Asquith has been vindi- cated.
 Gladstone was an able prime min ister and he was the idol of the Brit ish democracy. Lord Salisbury was one of the greatest premiers of mod ern times, but Asquith has qualities that peculiarly fit him for supreme leadership in times like these, and he will have a place in history along side of the most illustrious statesmen whose ashes rest in Westminster. Everybody who likes to see honesty of purpose and straightforward meth ods triumph over intrigue and politi- cal self-seeking will be glad to know that Mir. Asquith was able to hold on to the reins of government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
BET.rER DRAMA. PERHAPS

From the St. Lotus Times.
 While we are not at war in this coun- try, we have worked up national emo tions to the very limit of realism. And once realism takes hold. especially in mat ters of heroic nature, the effect is soon felt in the drama. If the European war and it's resultant inspirations can offer anything to take the place of the much overw orxed problem plays that deal with marital unhappiness and social unmen- tionables, we'll understand where to look
 for one of the benefits of the ill wind.
 Very naturally we are not hoping for another Uncle Toms Cabin That's a
 bit too real. too emotional and too true in it's makeup. It was almost fatal be- cause of its realism, despite the fact that it's purpose was patriotic and emotionally sincere But there are themes equally noble and inspiring suggested by the con fict of the day and it's effects in our own land-preparedness, for instance that would look well in drama form, but entirely separated from the slush and buncombe with which they have been sur rounded by catch-jenny-device artists, la- boring under the title of authors and dramatistis. We've had enough of the get-the-dirae or corner-the-dollar variety of war drama. That is not what tne
 public awaits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 W F you did the best you could, you prob
 s ably have built better than you know. A There are few of us who have not looked forward to an occasion which meant much to us. We hoped when the day came we would rise to it. We went in- to mental, physical, spiritual training to- ward that end. The interview was re- hearsed again and again-how we would enter, stand and sit and speak. Then when the awaited hour came at last cour- age fled, the lines took wing, the knees shook and refused to sustain us in the hour of trial All the wit and the graces deserted us at once. We made "fizzle'' where we hoped to shine. It was a mess of things where it might have been vic- tory. We-were failure when we might now be sending up fireworks and congrat- ulating ourselves that we did well.
 This girl let us say, went abroad to study. Sacrifice was made at home for her. Others gave that she might have. She appreciated keenly all her oppor- tunity meant. She was bound that she would justify the great expectations entertained. She went away and worked hard and returned, and the great hour struck at last and she was unequal to it. Something went wrong inside or outside Perhaps it was toothache, or an ill-flt- ting dress or a rainstorm the night of the debut Perhaps there was structural flaw in the nervous system somewhere, and the bravery oozed away and left her e nit she came all these years to deliver.
 This man went to college on the pro- ceeds of his fathers self-denial. Great things were spelled among the stars for him. His shadow glory crowned walked a little way before him. He was going to do things and mash part of the world flat as with the tread of an armed heel in plowed land. When he emerged from the cloister there seemed no place to lay hold. He could not close his fist on any ladders rung. The world voted him failure, when it noticed him at all, and slammed in his face the door to a second chance.
 Try your hardest give all you can, act by the inner light and stand true to what you know, and let the result take care of itself. You will be surprised to find that it was not nearly so bad as you think; perhaps.it was more than passably good; possibly it was excellent. If you are too anxious about the impression you are less likely to succeed than if you are passion ately engrossed in what you do. All is forgiven to sincerity. Here is a man who feels abashed in the presence of his fel- lows because his grammar or his cloth ing is not so good as theirs. But once persuaded that he has a right to his own thought and his own say he talks with a burning eloquence out of the conviction of his soul, and his words count beyond any force of the pallid elegance of the others.
 We are all weighed down now and then by the sense of the discrepancy between
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
THE BAGDAD RAILWAY

yellow. arid plain is dotted today with
 the ruins of their great cities, Ninevah,
 Babylon and 100 others The plain is
 marked with the ruin of their great dams, reservoirs and irrigation canals. The l Nahrwan irrigation ditch was 300 miles
 long and 1SO yards wide. Another huge
 canal, the Kerez Saideh, was 400 miles
 long. A reservoir near Sippara was 140
 miles around and 10 feet deep. These | works made of the desert a land of milk
 and honey, and for ages millions lived there.
 How did it fall into ruin? Wars first.
 They impoverished the people. The sys- tenn of irrigation canals fell into disre-
 pair. Then came a great freshet in the | Tigris that washed out the dams, over 1 flowed the land and filled the ditches
 with sand. The Tigris forsook it's old
 channel, and when the flood subsided the people who remained alive were too poor | to rebuild the great works The fields lay bare the cities were depopulated. Centuries passed, the walls crumbled, the
 dust of the desert sifted over everything,
 it was hidden, abandoned. forgotten, un- 1 til thousands of years later, in our own
  a dream of world empire and the plan
 of the Bagdad railway was born in his | brain.
 Germany intended to build its rail- way, rebuild the prehistoric dams and ir- rigation canals, repeople the vast plain
 with the surplus population of Germany and make 10 blades of grass where none
 grow today That seat of ancient em-
 pires was to be the granary of Germany,
 There it was to grow all the cotton it 1 used and there it was to get all it's sugar.
 It was to mine vast coal fields and tap an oil belt in the Euphrates valley greater
 than those of southern Russia. And that was not all. The new rail- road would open to German trade the 3O0,
 O00O population of British India. Germany began to build the road. It had 72,00o workmen busy there and had spent $50,000,OO0. and the new road was creeping on toward Bagdad, when Britain interferred and the work ceased. This l clash was one of the preliminaries of the European struggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28

\ Foot Warmer for Policemen

A unique foot warming devlce Tor the use of traffic policemen has been tested and found successful in Pitts burg. It is plate eighteen and one half inches square and one and one half inches thick, which resembles a biz flat griddle and is connected With a plug and a switch on pole at one corner of the street intersection. The current is supplied through an arm
 conduit ten or twelve feet long.
 s witch controlling the heat per
 pf four temperatures and at no
 s the heater hot enough to burn
 bles of policeman's shoes, al
 h he may stand on it all day
 weather. If the day is not cold
 h to require the plate, the
 man carries it to the corner
 isconnects it, and at night re-
 it to the police station.
 aething of this sort has been SS i for a long time. The traffic policeman is compelled to stand in the center of a street crossing, and while his arms are kept busy directing chauffeurs, truck drivers and motor men. he does little or no walking, and on bitter cold day in the northern and eastern cities he suffers acutely with his feeet. Numerous inquiries have been made and it is probable that the device, if proved practical in Pittsburg, will be introduced in other cities.
 The hard-worked traffic policeman deserves consideration, for he is not only exposed to the severest weather without even the exercise patrolman gets from pacing his beat, but he has a tremendous amount of responsibili- ty resting on his broad shoulders. There is no estimating how many hu- man lives he saves in the course of a year when his station is at some busy corner where four great tides of traf- fife converge. Two and sometimes more policemen are necessary to keep pedestrians from being run over by cars and vehicles and prevent conges- tion. These comparatively humble em- ployes of a city perform their work with a cheerfulness and proficiency that has earned them unstinted praise.
 The foot warming device is cheap and the cost of operation is but a trifle. Not much can be done to light en the labors of the traffic "cop," but here is an opportunity to make him more comfortable in winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN


 Behold our hero lying stretched out on the soft upholstery of couch at his club. No attitude of more complete re- taxation could be found; if there were one he would find it. On a table at this side stands his whisky and soda, and at just the right distance to give the most grateful warmth craclSles wood fire. Outside the keen air has the frosty twang of midwinter. and the north wind sweeps along, cleansing heaven and earth Inside the clubhouse the air is warm and heavy with tobacco. Our hero yawns and moves one silken ankle the fraction of an inch He lights a cigarette and drops the glowing match on the carpet because it is too much work to reach over to the ash try. Still he does reach almost as far to pick up his whisky and soda. He turns a page of the book he is reading. It is entitled, 'The Art of Skating"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
A PECULIAR NYMpH

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
 Shadow dancing bids fair to become
 a fad in society circles. The above
 charming pose shows Miss Emily H.
 lingworth illustrating the distribution of
 muscular action in the figure of a nymph
 drinking from a shell'-The Philadel-
 phia Evenng Star
 Miss Illingworth stands upon the ball of the left foot. The left heel is ele-
 vated The right knee is faised to a point at which it almost touches the right elbow. The shell is held in both
 hands. The head is poked forward so that 8 plummet dropped from the tip Of the nose would pass between the elbows and in a line with the elevated right knee. The figure is draped with not clad in, couple of yards of trans parent material. The outlines of the nude figure are silhouetted with perfect accuracy.
 Let anyone who would like to know just how comfortable a nymph would be standing in such a position to drink from a shell try the pose, and try to hold it long enough to swig the con- tents of even an oyster shell. The shadowgraph fits the description of a nymph drinking about as well as
 description of sprite taking nap
 would fit the picture of Anna Pavlowa
 dancing the "Bacchanale.'
 Dancing is an art Any real achieve ment upon the part of dancer requires and reflects arduous and ambitious work. But anyone who is "a fine figger of a woman" may draw a crowd by dressing in a manner that proves the fact be +I T ant Qf l .q- bored efforts to make mere revealment pass for artistic expression are charac- teristic of certain phases of dancing by amateurs and by professionals