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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04

seding the old lever type, which gives
the operator greater and easier control
of the machine. It also has the latest
improved attachment for the delivery of
the sheets, after being printed. In
stead Of the sheets being delivered on a
tray, holding but about 500, they are de-
posted upon a movable truck, and a
maximum of 10000 sheets can be al
lowed to accumulate, before it becomes
necessary to wheel them away
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04

We, herewith, present our readers
with a picture of the new Miehle print
ing press, costing $4,000, including the
new push button controller and motor,
which has just been installed in Zion
Printing and Publishing House. This
machine is the largest f1at-bed press that
is built, measuring "a feet from end to
end, and 80 inches in width. 1t is made
particularly to take a double size sheet,
of SO 48 inches, which enables the oper-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04

Mrs. Anna Schmidt, of the Chicago
Branch, has moved with her mother, and
three children, to Zion City, locating at
27O4 Enoch Avenue. Mrs. Schmidt, be-
ing tailoress, has been given employ
ment in ZION Tailoring Department,
ZION Stores.
Deacon Herman c. Peterson, and
wife, returned to Zion City, Friday, Feb
ruary Is, after spending eleven days in
Alabama and Florida, where they had
gone on business. They took consider
able ZION Literature with them, and dis
tributed it in every town where they
stopped
Mrs Clara H. Triplett, and daughter
in-law, of Moline, Illinois, made a flying
trip to Zion City, Thursday and Friday
of last week. Mrs. Triplett, while here,
purchased property at 2601 Gilboa Ave
nue., and intends moving to Zion City
within a few weeks.
Mr.. C. E. Elliot, of 1902 Gideon Ave
nue., arrived home on last Tuesday even
ing, from Argentina, South America.
The boat he came up on, to New York,
was chased by raider, near the Bar
BADGES, but escaped. He reports big
wheat harvest in Argentina.
Miss Marvel Brathrude, of Mount
Horeb, Wisconsin, and her brother, Ed
red, who is attending school in Chicago,
spent last Lords Day with their aunt,
Mrs. A. Bakken, of ZION Home. This
was their first visit to Zion City.
Deacon Robert Stewart, manager of
ZION Tailoring Department, reports a
steadily increasing business. The de-
partment was never before SO busy, at
this time Of the year A number of peo-
pie who formerly wore only ready made
clothing, are now having suits made to
order in this department.
Miss Bernice Brady spent two days,
this week, in Chicago, where she had
gone to meet Mrs. George Forge, an old
girlhood friend, of Havre, Montana.
Evangelsts Dreyer and Fiddes visit
| ed the Infrmary for the poor, at Oak
Forest, Illinois, last Lords Day, and
held meetings with the inmates. Evan
gelist Dreyer had his ACCORDION along
and as he played and sang, the people
crowded around, showing the greatest
appreciation.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04

three and four color process work, for
catalogs and booklets, which requires
skill Of the highest degree. At times all
presses in the house are kept busy on
color work.
ZION Printing and Publishing House
was established primarily for the print
ing Of LEAVES OF HEALING, tracts, mes
sages, and other ZION literature; but, in
order to supply additional employment
for ZION people, clean, commercial print
ing from business houses, was later So
licited The plant is now doing business
with several large firms in Chicago, and
along the North Shore, one firm in Ra-
cine having only recently placed an or
der for 100000 pieces of printed mat
ter. There is about $4,000 worth of
outside printing in the plant, at the pres
ent time.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04

have good deal of faith in it. The bust
ness is there, and the profits. 1t is like
a great gold mine it has to be developed.
1t takes some digging. It is not play,
as many think. 1t will not run itself.
1t takes careful study and work. It is
very easy to fail in it, as so many have
found, even in Zion City. We have yet
to see our really successful poultry plant.
Some have made good on small scale.
There are great possibilities in the
business. This we know from observa-
ton and little experience, and then
from the very nature of things. Many
men have made great success in it.
1t has some advantages over almost
any other kind of business. A man can
start in it on very small capital, and
soon grow his capital to almost any di-
mansions that he wishes. It increases
at a rapid rate. For instance, hen will
lay 100 eggs in year. If, even, half
! of them were converted into chickens.
your flock is increased hundred fold at
once, and more. A man can create his
own capital. The equipments are SIM
pie and inexpensive, as compared to
other kinds of business. A hen will cost
dollar, and in years time will raise
fifty more as good as herself. The
houses are simple and cheap, such as a
man can build himself. He can use an
incubator for Matching, or if he hasn't
the ready money, "old biddy'' will do her
own Matching, and do it right.
(To be continued-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04

The motto Of the Printing and Pub
fishing House is this: eve Never Dis
appoint our Customers" The increas-
ing and steady growth, and the fact that
for years many business houses have
continued to repeat their orders, is an
indication that the institution is living
up to this motto.
The plant was started, by the General
Overseer, in June, 1907, with one Cor
don press, two employees, and an invest
ment of about $780, From this small
beginning, it has grown, in eight and a
half years time, to it's present proper
tions.
The institution comprises five cylin-
der presses, and two Linotype machines,
and part Of this equipment is kept run
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04
POULTRY TALKS
By O. L. Tindall.

This is the time of year when the
chicken fever comes on, not only on the
feathered flock, but upon men and wo-
men: nothing is better appreciated than
some fresh eggs for breakfast 1t is
..ham and eggs,' with the ham left out,
for ZION. Our mouths begin to water
for the delicious young fry.
The poultry industry is called the
billion dollar industry of America. One
can hardly believe that the little, deli
cate. fluffy biped could grow to such enor-
nous proportions. But government
statistics are responsible for the report,
and they say figures do not lie; we sur
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04
Large New Press Purchased by Zon Printing Publishing House
Has Double Capacity of Ordinary Press

ming day and night. There are also two
folding machines, three stitching ma
chimes, and two large cutting machines
all being new and up-to-date; also a well
equipped composing room. There are
now forty-one people employed.
The character of the work has
changed greatly, during the past few
years From the ordinary, plain, black,
one color work, the institution has
changed to producing the highest grade
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04
WIRELESS HEARD AT GREAT
LAKES FROM JAPAN
(To be continued-)

The operator at the Great Lakes radio
station, on the shores of Lake Michigan,
north of Chicago, caught message last
week direct from Funabashi, Japan.
The call letters of the Japanese station,
] j c, were plainly heard, although
heavy atmospheric conditions prevailed
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04

ator to run a 80 page form, instead Of a
16 page form, as is usually done. The
actual size Of sheet which this press will
print, is 81 inches by IA inches. To give
some idea of the unusual size and capac-
ity of this machine, we call attention to
the fact that there are but five printing
houses in Chicago, having presses of
this size.
ZION Printing and Publishing
House, because Of its steady growth, has
been practically compelled to purchase
this machine, in order to meet the de-
mands of it's customers. A months
work is already contracted ahead for the
new press.
One of the features of the machine is
the electric push button control, super
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-04
B I r T III S

In ZION Families, In Zion City
To Mr.. and Mrs. John Wright, of 33rd
and Gabriel Avenue, February Is, Boy.
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Stories of Stories
Plots of Fiction
Masterpieces
-, By ALBERT PAYsoN TERHUNE.
THE MATCH-By Anton Chekop.

I'll was on an October morning that
the Serbian police were notified of
the murder OF Marcus Klausov. a
retired army officer one of klau-
sovs men servants brought the tale OF
the murder. And presently the police
found themselves confronted by the
most bagCling mystery of their expert
encc.
Here. in brief. were the facts that
confronted them:
Marcus Klausov had llred In a big
house on tho town'E outskirts With
him had lived his sister and a houseful
Of servants. lie and his wife Olga had
long been separated. Olga had loved
her husband with an almost insane
grown unhearable, and he had ordered
her out of his home. She now lived in
a village some miles away
4 servant going to summon l[lausov to
breakfast had found his bedroom In "a
fearful state of confusion. Except for
one boo. that lay near tho bed, there
was no sign of klausov himself. A
window was open. The ground outside
was tramnlcd There were splotches OF
| blood on the grasS.
The police examined the room and
garden. They decided that klausov
had been attacked Just rs he began to
llluTtSA 'Nlt NsStdIu'u hoOl EbN' tl'''
,, tho idea) also that two or more men
must have seized him, dragged HIM
| into the gkardcn and there stabbed him
10 death. aftcrward hauling his body
| away
a peasant had seen two men carrying
! a cody between them toward nearby
! river. klauSov's servants were ques-
! toned. ono of them tried to account
! for the blood spots in the garden by
! saying he had killed y chicken there.
/ Another wore rough blue suit which
| matched several shreds OF cloth on n
| thorn bush under the window, Both
| these men were arrested. Both were
! found TO have unsavorv records. Both
| told confused and conflicting stories.
Then IL was that Dukovski took q
! police Sherlock Holmes of that region
| ProNsllnG about the wrecked bed room,
| lie found on the floor n match Of odd
pattern. No matches of that sore were
used In the Klausov home or in that
neighbornood. Dukovski made n round
! of the stores for n tcn-milc radius
| At last hc found a dealer who said ht
had recently sold n hoX Ot sucl
matches. Ilc had sold them to Olga
i the discarded wife Of Elausov.
pukovsK and police Inspector wen
nj orcn to Olga's hou,r. told her all wa'
discovered and demanded to know wha
she had done with her husbands body
Tho scared woman broke down and lee
.hem To locked clubhouse near by
There on shelf lay E.ausov, To m
astonishWent of the police the suppose
murdered man rose on one elbow an'
binked slcepily down on them,
Then came the truth. olga DOWN
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Baby
Of the Family
By LAURA CLAWSON.
. HE room looked AS II n cyclone
had visited IT,

had visited It.
Bureau drawers were half
open, the top of the dressing
table strewn with articles which had no
reason for being there, and garments
flung over chairs-all the disorder which
can prevail when the occupant of tho
room has no feeling for personal order
My guest went buslly about streiehtcn-
ing zip, hanging up the clothing Of her
half-grown daughter, who had departed
like whirlwlnd for an afternoon OF
pleasure.
why do you do III" asked half Inn
patient. for tho chi!d's mother is none
She looked up in surprise. i've al
ways looked after Elsie. She ls my baby
now" she explained.
Elsie was the youngest OF happy
family Of four girls. and the three sis
ters adored her. There was a difference
of ten years In the ages OF Marie. the
eldest. and Elsie, and for some reason
which | could never fathom. the three
waited on her hand and foot.
] suppose II IL always like that In n
family OF girls. and have noticed that
II ls generally the youngest which comes
In for more than her share OF the pet
ting and spelling, from the older chill
dren as well as the parents.
I have been observing lately II this
be so, and | find that even when the
children are small, the baby OF the
family is apt to have concessions made
would never be tolerated in first
child.
/ was talking about this point to a
young girl the other day. and che
gave me the other side. ,
But. Miss Laura" she protested.
while you may be right. and I am
spoiled, still l have the hardest time
convincing the family that I am
really growing up. They insist on
treating me as II l still were too
young to have any opinions OF my
own, about my cloths, my hours. and
my food! I'd rather be considered one
of the family and take my share along
with the rest. than have the attitude
thing has to be decidedw
| Don't you think my young critic
was right? 1t is difficult to remem-
Der that children have outgrown baby
hood at best. and every mother wishes
to preserve the tradition of keeping
her baby" as long as possible. but II
Is unfair to unduly prolong the period
Of helplessness, until II becomes a
burden and often a modification to
when / cut of my babys curls.
said mother to me not long ago, ..
| think 1t hurt me more than anything
so, | knew that it was selfish Of m,
to insist on keeping them.'
| A wise mother will watch rathe
closely for signs of restiveness abou
such matters, and az there has been n,
sage sufficiently gifted to stop the pass
age OF time. mothers must accept tn,
situation as calmly as possible.
After all. the mere accident OF beinI
the youngest of the family has n,
weight whatever on the child's relation
to the life about him, and II we ow
the children OF our families anythinI
we owe them training which viii
stand them in good stead when tn
family as a unit ceases to be their en-
tire world.
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Dollars and Sense
BY H. ]. BARRETT.
~ HE mail order houses make
strong point Of the econo-
mics effected through buying
h,, ,.,aIooytop - rapna rL cd n

bv catalogue" remarked
department store proprietor.
Against this, OF course. the large
houses must charge the cost OF the
production and distribution n 7.OD.Uc
or 100000 big catalogues which must
cost close TO 81 apiece. and perhaps
%. .n00. .000 smaller ones.
''Nevertn, less. II Is evident that there
Is a great deal OF truth In their asser-
tion that catalogue buying reduces the
sales cost per customer or per dollar
gross business.
sit was through rejecting upon this
argument that the value of creating an
extensive telephone business for a big
retail store was borne in upon me-
Telephone orders. like catalogue orders,
meant reduced sales EXPENSE.
After consulting my advertising man
/ concluded to inauRurate my campaign
by holding a telephone sale, After in,
instructlng certain clerks regarding the
proper method OF handling phone or
ders we selected several score items
from our stock to be advertised for sale.
"The phone began to ring early on
the morning Of the event vent nna TSs tats tney
volume OF sales surpassed my fondest
expectations. and the average volume
per clerk was most satisfactory. This
event accustomed so many women 10
| ordering bv phone that thereafter our
volume of telephone business steadily
Increased.
NATURALLY. ! don't want to do phone
business exclusively.
hBut a great MANY telephone orders
mean business which YOU would other-
Wise never have obtained. And aside
| from this. II means. In any case. sales
that save time: In other WORDS safes Al
| low cost"
| (Copyrighti 1870.
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Cooking Guide.

One teaspoonful of salt to one quart
Of LIQUID (for soups or sauces..
One teaspoonful Of salt to one pint
water in cereals,
Lesser quantities Of sugar can be
used IN foods served hot than in
foods served cold. as the warmer
food tastes sweeter.
Two level teaspoonfuls or baking
powder To- one CUP oil flour.
One-half teaspoonful OF soda with
one cupful OF sour milk.
One-half teaspoonful OF soda with
one-half cupful of molasses.
One level teaspoonful OF hour 10
thicken enc cupful Of liquid sufftc-
iently for soups.
Two level teaspoonfuls Of -four to
thicken one cupful of liquid sufnc-
iently for gravies or sauces.
Five level Itablespoonfuls OF Drowned
iour are sufficient to thicken one
cupful OF liquid for gravy.
One-half the quantity OF cornstarch
only is needed II used instead OF
-four.
-Four level tabIespoonfuls of corn
starch are necessary to stinen one
pint OF liquid.
One level tablespoonful of gelatin
Is necessary to stiffen one pint OF
liquid.
The Washington times., 1916-04-18

Despite the extensive comment
on this subject, pro and con-
mostly con, 1t is true that two
can live cheaper than one.
Because with one person there's
waste. Of what he doesn't want. Now
with two, the second one eats the
waste, wears the old clothes. does the
work. supplies a lot OF good ideas and
actually gueceeds in making the bills
at the end of the month smaller than
they were when the bread-winner lived
alone.
Two are living on what one lived
on before. and there is little money
to spare.
The secret of that situation is patent.
one or the other of the persons In
yoIved, Is eliminated. Two are living
on what one lived on before, but one
Of them Is It.
Sometimes It is the wife, and some-
times 1t lis the husband. Either the
wife cooperate to make her husband
successful. thinking for him, dressing
him, feeding him. and boosting his
conoeit. or the husband starts out to
ee the pack horse for his wife.
The census reports state that two
people live In the homo where two
are living cheaper than one. But one
OF them leads an utterly negligible life
as far as society is concerned. Moral;
Two can live cheaper than one, when
one OF them doesn't.
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Mind May
Become Like
Alarm Clock
BY DIR. L. X. HIRsHBERG.

THINE Is not n thing Of mineral,
worldly or lnanlmate nature. but
is motion OF life. A clock, d
swing of Old Sol. are merely
straws TO show which way the tenn
poral wind blows.
You will agree from these facts thar
the clock Indicates the moment a man
should rise. but that the motion Is in
the riser's muscles. II you are one of
those capable OF the statement. I'M rise
tomorrow at a. mr." and IL you do
precisely that, II means in part that your
textiles have been accustomed to, rise a.
that stroke and that they have the men,
ory to do so. ~.
This Is not all. The will controls TO
some extent even the involuntary ac-
tons OF this sort. To many high-strung
some hour for rising is the equivalent OF
winding up an alarm clock. Their mus
cles are so experienced. so pregnant with
memories OF similar occurrences In the
past-nke men half-asleep in the bar
bers chair-that they unconsciously
measure the flight OF time in sleep.
here you see fine example OF tho
supremacy OF the will. even when IL
seems to be In abeyance. The same
thing Is shown-this long distance ac-
ton OF the will-when a wish In child
hood to be a doctor or a financier-Is
alueTWaIu' When the VIII to do so seems
long forgotten, completely fulfilled,
The baby toddles and crawls or bal.
ances itself until Its powers OF irnita-
uon, ratiocination, and logic guide its
eqmloration to the point OF automati-
a man learns to walk a slack wire the
! same way.
Once habit and skill are perfectly ac-
CURED no further use OF concentrated
attention-the intellect-is needed. In
deed, II makes the habit awkward in
stead or precise. II you begin to think
Manifestly this has its ADVANTAGE, II
| sets free the enchained mind for work
| IN other directions. Your reason can
| seek other fields of conquest while your
muscles toe the practice mark. Man IL
| thus able really to do two things NJ
once. And thus he can train himself to
wake up at the precise minute he set
before he went to sleep.
Copyright 1916. Newspaper Feature sery!ce).
Il
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Answers to Health
Questions

NJ. n. Y.-My sister, aged fifteen.
is troubled with a goitre. What will
you suggest as a remedy for, same?
2. have gastroptosis. Do you think
medicine will remedy this condition?
II 80. kindly advise how to take
same.
Nine times out Of ten II Is better
To leave goitres severely alone. The
skin and neighborhood OF the goitre
less with one7haIfs of one per cent
novocaine solution. The steel syringe
is taken from a caldron of boiling
water, filled and inserted into the
Eoitrc or other tumors. All the skin
Ia protected with sterjlized towels
except the selected point for the pin
prick OF the syringe needle. The
flesh must be made aseptic with
iodide. alcohol, and other aids to dis
Infection. ten or twenty drops each
are injected in three or four spots
This is repeated in a week or two
until the goitre disappears. This
should be done by a competent physi-
clan. 2. II you have gastroptosis,
medicines and doctors are useless.
An operation or bandage may
help. Eat good, nourishing, and sub
stantial foods. drink plenty of sweet
milk, buttermilk. cream, and whey.
also distilled water. Obtain more
sunlight and fresh air. keep the bow
els open and regular. and take a
tablespoonful of olive oil about halr
an hour before meals.
s. A. T.-kindiy advise a remedy
for enlarged pores. 2. What will
remove wrinkles from the face?
Make a paste OF kaolin and glycer-
Inc (half and halD and massage a
little into the fact each night. .
Massage the face with a httle of the
following: OIL OF sweet almond.
ounces; white wax, ounces tine
ture OF benZoin. ounces. rose
water. drains; pulverized tannin.
dram
The Washington times., 1916-04-18

her husband too dearly to keep away
from him and unable to make him
consent to take her back again) had
hit on the plan OF kidnapping him, She
had briEeu two OF his servants to help
her. The trio had overpowered Klausoy
ms he started to undress one night and
had carried him to Olga's cottage.
There he had been locked up in the out
house and told ne must stay there until
he should consent to be reconciled to
his too-adorinE spouse.
"I'm IT, solitary confinement" hic-
coushed Klausov as he finished his
story. I'm fed and she gives me
plenty to drink. But I'm getting tired of
il. In n week or so l think I'll try TO
escape
Copyright. 1850
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Amt That Nicel

Women factory workers In New York.
according to the Cannery Law amend
ment. don't have to work more than
twelve hours a day, for any twenty
days from the middle OF June to the
middle of october.
That means from 6 a. m to g. p. m.
OF course. there Is nothing said
about the other months.
oh, well. women have no business
being We men anyhow. =,
II they will work they might as well
take the consequences.
n they did have the vote they
wouldn't know what to do with II.
They arc women, and twelve hours
a day is better than sixteen or twenty
hours dav.
Tf they were allowed an eight-hour
day, they'd still be women. There's no
use fiyinE in the face of nature. ETC.,
etc, etc. etc.
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
DIR. Hirshberg Must Answer. We
Can't,

T. II. r. says that since Or. Hrshberg
has recommended high heels so strongly
as a benefit to women when worn prop
crly that 1t is cruel of him not to let
the men in on II
Also does she want to know why
the good Doctor uses as an argument
against spring" heels, the sentence,
THE human eye unconsciously senses
this disorder in woman's figure"
"You know 1t makes me tired" she
says. This calm male assumption that
womens highest duty is to please
THEIR eyes"
You gave us food for thought, T. IL. r
The Washington times., 1916-04-18
Potato Pie.

Eleven Good-sized potatoes. ten eggs,
two pounds of sugar. one tablespoonful
of brandy, one quart OF milk. half a
pound OF butter. one tablespoonful or
vanilla.
Cook. mash. ana strain the potatoes.
and while warm add the butter. Add to
them the we'll beaten yolks OF the eggs
and beat until light and creamy, then
add milk. sugar vanilla. and brandy or
sherry. adding last the well beaten
whites of the eggs. Cover the pie plate
with pastry, I'LL with the mixture. ana
bake without top crust.