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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12

The. color of colors Just now Is cit.
ron, a yallery.greenery" color becom.
ing 10 pink cheeks-but lack aot all
women who like to wear new colcrs
have pix cheeks. Some new blouses
In pink or white lace have sailor col.
ors of citron colored Georgette crepe.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12
"fooling" the district attorney BY felgn.

"fooling" the district attorney by felgn.
ing insanity.
Mrs. Horton, who has now turned
to the vaudeville stage, gave the let
tiers TO the police.
She is said to have stated she oh.
tanned the poison DR.. Waite swallowed
the day he was arrested.
kiss me-" he said he her that morn.
ing, according to the police, II don't
think ! will eve see you again."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12
Crop Always Worth While.

Grow a crop of pleasure with corn
and wheat and clover; it is one Of the
most important crops on the farm, and
ought to be harvested a little every
day. "All work and no play"-you
know.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12

There are shades of sound that are
not employed in our songs. AZ times
the melody rises to a wall; at others
1t dies away into a mere whisper Of
longing or passion or regret.
Then the lights go up and New York
shakes itself out Of its trance, out ri
its dream Of India and Hindu mystery,
passes out into the noisy, busy streets.
Up. S.-Ratan Dew and her spouse
have two little sons who seem all
Hindu. Their idea OF a bowling good
time is to be allowed to sit some place
quietly and think and think and Think.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12

trimming is noticeably absent. But
there's a heap of style to the simplest
Of them for all their occurrences. This
n l sketched for 0 today. for in
stance, is chiffon, In that charming
spring color "mist-gray," bound with
blue and gray silk. Big polka dots Of
blue are hand.painted on the crown
and brim and an owlish looking bird
in blue perches lightly on the crown.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12
FASHION SPOTLIGHT
eY BETTY BROWN

The spring blouse blooms forth in
a new raglan sleeve, the raglan"
lire being outlined from collar top
to cuff tip with a row Of tiny pearl
buttons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12

Yes, everybody Is wearing checks,
but even IL the checked suit is no
longer a novelty It is good style. When
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12
BY BETTY BROWN

Some straw hats seem to have
Doomed this spring, but the millinery
crop runs largely to textile hats, those
OF gay colored chiffon, or silk or Georg.
cite crepe.
Whether it is striped silk, two.tonei
chiffon or rainbow tinted crepe the
textile hat is invariably large, and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12
MRS MARGARET HORTON.

NEW YORK, May 12.-In Jail await
ing trial or a charge Of poisoning his
father-in.law, DR.. Arthur Warren
Waite is said to write constantly to
Mrs. Margaret Horton, who SHAPED a
studio with him. telling her he Is
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12
USE MARTINS
RHEUMATI AND
BLOOD ELIXIR
FOR

Tho Spring Months are breeders Of
rheumatism-nota dangerous thing
but very painful and II allowed to run
on It becomes steadily worse. Mar.
tins Rheumatic and Blood Elixir Is
one Of the best known remedies for
rheumatism-not a dangerous thing
and the Joints move freely. It Is also
fine for liver, kidney and stomach. Get
1t at Cranes Drug Store. s1.00 liquid
or tablets. Thirty days treatment.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Really Little Known of Poland.

Poland's history, with its fight for
freedom, justice and equality, its
struggle in defense of Christianity and
European civilization and its unself-
ishness in aiding the weak, made il
famous among the worlds nations.
both in success and adversely. The
achievements of the Polish nation in
art, music, literature, science and re-
ligion are known, as are the life deeds
Of its great men.
But the industries, mines, trade and
natural wealth of that unhappy coun-
try have since its partition been to
great extent a sealed book to most
Of the people outside of the nations
attempting to assimilate the Poles.
This was principally due to the in
ability Of people from the outside to
break through the network of foreign
governmental systems in which Po-
land is enmeshed.-Buffalo News.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Peasants Wore Platinum Buttons.

with platinum now costing around
500 an ounce" said a widely known
manufacturing jeweler of this city. lit
may be hard to believe that half CEN
fury or 50 ago peasants in Russia were
wearing buttons Of this metal on theiI
clothing. They were also using 1t for
handles of knives. forks and umbrel-
las, and the workmen In the jewelry
shops were using 1t for making pickle
pans, a contrivance, now made Of cop
per, that plays quite an important part
In the making of jewelry. At that time
platinum cost about So an ounce, and
In Russia 1. was so plentiful because
there was so little use for 1t that the
Russian government decided to make
coins of 1t In lieu Of silver. The Rus
sian people, however, were suspicious
Of the new metal, fearing that it had
no value, and it was not long before
the coins were out Of circulation. 1t
was then that they began to appear as
buttons and to be melted for purposes
more unitarian than decorative."-
New York Times.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
UsnoeTs q a Sock.

There is perhaps no greater wonder
than book. By the help Of little fig
ures upon spins or paper men have
been able to transmit their thoughts
through thousands of years. The
names and shapes of things, the deeds
and sorrows that have occurred as far
back as Adam, have been made known
to us. Even those invisible and abb
stract thoughts which have no shape
or substance, but which inspired the
writer and have since inspired others,
are all put down in the little letters
and made eternal. The songs of David,
the speculations Of Plato, the visions
Of Homer, have by these means been
handed down faithfully for many CEN
turtles and distributed among man
kind. If there were no books our
knowledge would almost be confined
to the limit OF sight and hearing. All
that we could not see or hear would
be to us like the inhabitants of the
planet Saturn-a mere matter Of idle
onjecture.-Barry Cornwall
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Money No Object.

AS an instance of the reckless char.
acter of the old time British tar an
English writer quotes the following
authenticated "reminiscences:
"One morning. as an officer was
standing in Fore street, Davenport, his
attention was drawn to three post
chaises, with four horses to each,
drawn up at the door Of the Kings
Arms hotel. These were presently
driven off. On inquiring what great
person had arrived, the officer was
informed that all this display was the
freak Of a common sailor, who had
just received $500 in prize money, and.
having been granted but a weeks
leave, his ingenuity had devised the
most ostentatious mode Of getting rid
Of this windfall. He had hired one
chaise and four for himself, another
for his hat and n'ird for his cudgel.
1t was his intent Vi to make the trip
to London and back. which would, he
hoped. nearly consume the whole sum-"
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
"Three Sheets In the Wind.D

what was the origin Of the phrase
for drunkenness, three sheets In the
windT" landsman asked a sailor the
other day. WELL" said the sailor,
'T'n explain that matter to you. The
two lower corners Of a ships sail are
held taut by two ropes, one called a
tack and another called a sheet. The
tack is always kept very tight, but
the sheet is loosened according to the
wind, and the looser the sheet Is the
more freely the sail swings. If the
sail Is quite free its sheet is said to
be fn the wind Now, suppose that
all three of ships sails were quite
free. They would then fly about very
crafty, and the ship would wabble.
The course of the ship would be zig
gag one, and the reason for this would
be that she had three sheets In the
wind That, | guess. is why a man
when he zigZags in his course is said
to be three sheets in the wind also"
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Man as a Meat Eater,

That man has eaten beef, pork and
fish since the remOtest ages is deduced
by Professor NJ. w. Lyon, Jr., of the
George Washington university, in an
article i'm Science. from the life his
tory of three species of tapeworm.
These three-Ihe Toenia saginata, or
beef tapewOrm; Toenia solium. or pork
tapeworm. and Dibothriocephalus Ia
tus, or fish tapeworm-are highly diff
ferentiated. Part Of their lives they
spend in human beings, part In the
animals from which they are named,
and both these hosts are necessary to
their development
1--WE have no evidence that species
Of any kind are rapidly produced"
says Professor Lyon. land the para
sites have probably had as slow an
evolution as man. The conclusion
seems clear that man has been eating
cattle and pigs or their immediate an
cestors, and perhaps himself, for as
many ages as needed for these tape
worms to attain their present degree
Of differentiation"
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
How Some Insects Multiply.

The fecundity of certain insect forms
Is astounding. The progeny of one lit
tie insect, the "hop aphis," sees thir-
teen generations born to it In a single
year and would, If unchecked to the
end Of the twelfth generation, multi
ply to the inconceivable number of
ten sextillions of individuals. If this
brood were marshaled in line, ten to
the inch, it would extend to point so
sunk In the profundity of space that
light from the head of the procession.
travelling at the rate of $4,000 miles
second, would take $500 years to
reach the earth. In eight years the
progeny Of a pair of gypsy moths
could destroy all the foliage In the
United States If unchecked.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
fieesest Animals.

Writers Of a century ago were firm
In the conviction that the greyhound
was the fastest living animal; some
maintained that he could run mile In
a minute. Modern observers, however,
have found that the best hound is by
no means able to keep pace with a
trained race horse. Indeed, the late ].
A. Graham, careful student of such
- tiers, used to say that no living
animal could outfoot a modern race
horse.
A first rate horse running his best
and not handicapped by carrying
rider can run a mile in less than 100
seconds. A feet hound, such as those
used In coursing, can run a mile In
about a minute and fifty seconds. A
jack rabbit is nearly as fast, and an
antelope is considerably faster. Mr..
Graham thought an antelope might
run a mile across the level prairie In
a minute and forty-five seconds.
On the other hand, Mr.. Cottar, an
old African hunter, thinks that Thorn
sons gazelle would have no trouble
whatever in running away from the
fastest horse and that Grants gazelle
and the gerenuk are almost equally
feet.-Youth's Companion.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
GIFTS FOR HOLY LAND
GO In CHRISTMAS SHIP
American Collier Will Carry Relief For
War Sufferers.

New York.-America's 1915 Christ
mas ship for the relief of unfortunate
victims of the war will leave New
York Dec. /. The American Red Cross Is
cooperating with the American COM
mittee for Armenian and Syrian relief
In collecting foOdstuffs and clothing to
be sent to Syria on government COL
lier placed at the disposal Of the latter
committee by Secretary Daniels.
The collection of the Christmas ship
cargo is in the hands of Albert W.
Staub of the American Red Cross re-
ceiving and distributing station at
Bush terminal. Brooklyn. Mr.. Staub
has already received countless bundles
Of old clothing. unavailable for the
cargo, as military regulations preclude
the shipment of second hand clothing
In this cargo. He said. 1T must be
emphasized that the only clothing
America can send to the unfortunate
ones in Turkey must be new and must
be sent prepaid to the American Red
Cross, Bush terminal, Brooklyn" Mr..
Staub sent the following letter from
the war relief information and ship
ping office:
ut is more than significant that the
first letter to go out from the newly
organized Red Cross war relief infor-
nation Office has to do with a Christ
mas ship. 1t is doubly significant that
1t is to. take relief to people living so
near the Holy Land"
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Proper BREATHING

To breathe properly take deep, slow
breath, another and another. Put both
the hands on your ribs and see how
they expand and contract as you
breathe In and out. Put one hand on
the low ribs in front and the other op-
posite 1t on the back. Feel how the
back swells as you breathe. There
Is a powerful muscle called the dia-
phragm that divides the chest from the
abdomen. AS the heart and lungs are
In the chest, the diaphragm may be
called the floor of the chest 1t is fas-
tened to the backbone, the ribs and the
sternum, or breastbone. And when
people speak Of diaphragmatic breath
ing they mean just what we are doing
now-illing the lungs with air and
emptying them by the expansion and
contraction.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Mike HICKEY TELLS
OF HIS REFORMATION
Ex-Pickpocket, With Twenty
Years Prison Record, Talks
to 400 Men.

Mike Hickey. once a notorious pick
pocket, with a record OF nineteen and
half years behind prison bars. told
400 men at the Harlem branch Y. NJ.
c. A, New York, how he Strengthened
out and how other inhabitants OF the
underworld could be helped to do the
same.
Mixes career as q thief lasted until
about four years ago. when he wan
dered, fresh from Sing Sing. into the
Cremorne mission, on Thirty second
street 1t ended there. Now he Is night
man at the Bowery Y. NJ. C. A. and
passes his spare time helping his old
pals from Dannemora and Sing Sing
to get their feet on the straight and
narrow"
The trouble with the newly emerged
convict, he said. was the old story-out
into the world with a $40 bill and q
wish to keep straight: a job until q cop
told the boss Of his record. then No
more Job; broke: one more trick to get
money to eat; caught and back 10
prison.
What the convict needs In O bit Of
belief and encouragement when he
starts to reform. said Hickey. adding
that more and more the employers are
beginning to give this. 90 that many
men with long records as criminals are
bow taking their places In honest life
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
A COLD.

Now we are having in increasing
numbers persons who suffer certain
physical disorder called by the aver
age citizen a "eold.' The proper
name for it is in professional language,
Acute Coryza. 1t is dangerous to neg
lect the disease because of its posi-
bilities. The common "cold" often is
pneumonia or that other captain of
death, tuberculosis.
The earliest symptoms of "cold"
are the same as the early symptoms of
more dangerous maladies, for instance
influenza, bronchitis, tonsilitis and
even infantile paralysis in the early
stage. Hence it is the better practice
to be serious with the treatment of
what appears to be an ordinary
"cold." All diseases of the upper air
passages are capable of graduating into
the fatal diseases of the lungs, naso-
pharynx and traehea. Diphtheria and
pneumonia have been mistaken by the
laity for a "cold" and sometimes
"home remedies" are wasted as we'll
patient. The safer way and the way
to ultimate economy is to consult your
physician. He is fitted by training and
experience to diagnose and treat prop
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Not Her Fault.

The express was approaching rail-
way bridge that spanned a deep river
and a stout old lady in one OF the
compartments showed signs Of ner7'
BUSINESS. AS the train went roaring
across the structure she did not SPEAK
a word, but seemed to be holding her
breath.
"There," said a gentleman in neigh
boring seat, I'VE are over it safely
The old lady heaved an explosive
sigh.
WELL" she said. IF we had gone
to the bottom / should have died VIII
clear conscience, for it wOuldn
have been my weight that did II. /
bore up so that l really made tne
train lighter than it would have been
without mer-LOndOn Mail.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
REWARDS HEROES
Middle West Figures Largely In
Carnegie Medal Award.
ONE WOMAN ON THE LIST.

Mrs. Olive M. J. Cooper of Battle Creek
Mich, Saved Adult and Three Chill
dren From Drowning at SpenesrviIls
Ind, by Swimming Out and Rsseuine
One at q Time.
Pittsburgh.-The heroism Of John
Murray, aged twenty-seven, q laborer,
Of Chicago, who risked his life to save
that of Patrick Eustace, has been re-
warded by the Carnegie hero fund
commission, which awarded Murray q
bronze medal.
Reaching out into an elevator shaft
on the nineteenth floor Of an uncom-
pleted building In Chicago on June u,
1911, Murray grasped Eustace, who
had fallen from the twentieth floor.
Murray gripped an iron beam with one
arm and with his free arm caught
Eustace as he started down the eleva-
tor shaft.
Other heroes from the middle west
received honors.
Ind, receives a medal. Wells, forty
years old, was disabled two weeks
from lung congestion, due to fumes
when he assisted In rescuing James
e. Dougherty from suffocation at Hell
delberg. Pa, on March %. 1916.
George c. Oxley. a merchant of
Marion, Ia. rescued ten-year-old E.
Emerson Harte from a runaway at
Marion on Aug. 16, 1915.
Donald H Stops. seventeen years
old. Of Nappanee. Ind. receives a med
al because he saved Pauline E.
Holmes, thirteen, and l. Beatrice Dos
well fifteen. from drowning at Pick
wick Park, Ind, June 16, 1913. Stops.
although he had lost his left arm
eight months before. swan to the
point where the girls were struggling.
pushed one Of them ahead of him with
his shoulder until she was In shallow
water and swan back and rescued
the other girl In tie same way.
Dana S. Miller, farm manager of
Butler, Ind, is awarded a medal for
having saved Elmer Mcdonald, a la
borer, from an enraged bull on Avg.
IL, 1912. Mcdonald had been gored
and four ribs were broken. Miller at
tackled the animal with a pitchfork
and was repeatedly knocked down. He
finally seized ring in the bulls nose
and chung to 1t until the animal was
subdued.
William T. Best, Owosso, Mich, is
listed because he saved three-year-old
Carney p. Lamphere from burning
after q gasoline explosion at OwossO,
Jan. 5, 1915. Best's burns disabled
him for six weeks.
One woman Is on the list She is
Mrs. Olive NJ. ]. Cooper Of Battle
Greek, Mich. who saved an adult and
three children from drowning at Spen-
cerville, Ind, by swimming out on the
St Joseph river and returning with
them one at a time.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Capitals We Have Had.

It Is asserted sometimes that tho
United States has had five capitals,
but the statement Is not correct. Ths
United States has had but three cap
itals-New York, Philadelphia and
Washington. In the period preceding
the adoption Of the constitution 10
place was legally constituted capital
In a loose and unofficial sense 1t Is pos
Hble to describe as a capital any city
which was the seat Of government
Taking the sessions Of the Continental
congress as establishing a seat Of gov.
eminent In the Revolution and the
confederation, the following cities
may loosely rank as capitals: Phfa-
delphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York
Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton and
New York. The articles of confeder-
ton were passed by congress in Phil
adelphia, and the federal convention
charged to prepare a constitution con-
vened at the same place.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
TEACHER NEAR DEATH.
Pupil She Corrected Had NitrosIyeer.
inc Cap.

inc Cap.
Oakbrook, Pa.-Miss May e. Dillon,
a teacher in the primary grade of the
schools, only realized the next day
how narrowly she had escaped death.
She was forced to reprimand one Of
her pupils the other day and used q
ruler. The next day she learned that
the culprit had a nitroglycerin cap in
his pocket at the time.
Lawrence Hine, six years old, one of
the pupils, found can Of the explosive
In stone quarry and distributed some
caps among his friends. The next day
the owner Of the caps called at the
school, and all the caps were recovered
from the pockets and desks Of the pu.
pills, who for twenty-four hours were
In danger of being hurled In midair
together with their schoolhouse and
teachers.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
What Worried Him.

Papa, DEAR" said the anxious
daughter, you must not worry be-
cause Harold is going to marry me
and take me far away from you and
mamma"
"Oh, little thing like that isn't 60
ing to worry me-" replied the fond
parent, but IL he ever does anything
that will cause you to come back to us
again I'll certainly do him bodily in
jury."-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Felt For Him.

Bobbie Smith. aged nine, was the
shining light of the family, and his IA
ther was very proud of him.
81 shall call round and see your
teacher" said his fond parent, land
thank him for the kind interest he is
taking in you"
eff you do. father, want to tell you
that all the boys in our class are not
known by name, but by number only.
My number is %"
In due course the father called at the
school and knocked at the door, which
was after a few moments opened by
the head master
Good morning. SIR" said Mr.. Smith
81 am the father of 25.'
Indeed" replied the schoolmaster
with surprise Come inside, my friend
I can feel for you, for am the father
Of twelve myself" Globe
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
$500 So. State Street
Phone Douglas 3e17

erly the condition before the di.s,..
has gone too far.
An acute catarrhal inflammation =.
the upper air-passages is pouul,,,,
known as a "eold" or as "eatarrb ),
That it is contagious for suseent;hl,
persons is not so well known popul,,
ly. Susceptible persons are those VII,
are below normal or persons who Al,
obey the rules of hygienic living and
they are found everywhere. II.
reason that some people escape tbs
contagion is that they are entitled :,
escape as a reward for careful observa.
tion of the simple rules of an orde,lv
natural, hygienic, normal life.
The same rule applies in other con.
tagious diseases. 1t is a simple apuE.
cation of the natural and immutaEl.
law of the survival of the fttest.
If you have made mistakes in living
that have brought the sure and prupe,
reward of Inflammation of the upuer
air passages, called a "eold," "sOr
throat" tonsillitis, lagrippe, influenza
pneumonia, diphtheria, lumbagO OF
whatever the name the guesser gives
it, let one series of mistakes be
enough. Do not make the serious
blunder of trying to do the work that
you are not qualified to do. The physi.
elan is the proper person to consult at
this stage of the game.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Southern California of Argentina

Mendoza is the southern California
Of Argentina. Irrigation has long been
successfully applied to its vineyards,
combined vineyards Of the entire Unit
ed States Of North America. The
whole of the province lies at an alti-
tude of more than 1000 feet. Italians
are for the most part employed in the
cultivation of the grapes, the whole
family accompanying husband and ia
Their to the field and assisting in tend
ing the vines. The babies are put to
sleep in improvised tents while their
elders work. - National Geographic
Magazine
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
Eggs In the Nest.

All birds have a systematic arrange
ment in depositing their eggs in the
nest. and there are very few species. if
any, in which some popularity is not to
be seen if careful observation is made.
Many birds so plainly and invariably
show a tendency to a set arrangement
that their habit is generally known.
The broad ax., 1916-11-25
MaIabar's Lemon Grass.

The hillsides of the Malabar coastO'
India are the scene of great CONNER
cial activity once a year. when lux
lemon grass harvest is under way. VI
extracted from the grass is employee
In the manufacture of artificial PEI.
fumes. The hillsides are burned over
to destroy the old and useless grass
Six months later the fresh crop y
ready to be cut. and at ono the cOuu,
tryside Is dotted with furnaces aHO
stills.