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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-07-20
the TEACHERS AND
PREPARpnEss

The National Education AS
ISOLATION, meeting in New York
last week gave striking evidence
of the popular awakening to the
need for military preparedness.
A year ago the Associations re-
solution deplored amy attempt to
militarize this Country" and de-
'clared against the establish
''ment of compulsory military train
ling the schools on the ground tina,
it is inconsistent with American
ideals and standards.
This year the pacitists brought
forward their heaviest guns, head
ed by William J. Bryan, and every
effort was made to work OH the
sentimentality of the woman
teachers. All through the week
the tears of sentiment flowed, i'll
effort to convince the Association
that preparedness means militar-
ism and miltiari>m means war.
When the resolution was finally
reported, it was round to be Il
IS''''Pi '''ii"N. III tHul ~ 1lClluci
favored nor opposed military
training in the schools, but re-
cognized that the community or
the state may introduce such ele-
ments of military training into
! the schools as may seem wise and
prudent. and urged "that such
training should be strictly educa-
tional i'll its aim. and organiza-
ton, and that the military ends
should not be- permitted to per-
vert the educational purposes and
practices of the schools"
Even this statement however
did not suit the pacinsts. who in
debate fored the issue sharply a.,
between pacitism and prepared
ness. National defense was thus
the real issue. The final vote,
by which the resolution was
adopted so overwhelmingly that
only two or three of the pacitst
element had the courage to vote
mo- was thus a real test of the
Associations stand. 1t betoken-
ed reversal since last year.
Among the forces that brought
the teachers to better realization
of the real situation was General
Wood, who made a vigorous ad-
dress the evening before the vote
was taken.
| Zone of the things you should
teach and you don't teach," said
he, lis that the individual has al
ALLEGATION to the state, and tina;
it isn't only the state tina has al
Obligaion to him.
! But the greatest burst of ap-
plause came when he paid his re-
spects to Byran in these words:
We have altogether too much of
the Fourth of July style of orat-
DRY, all too much OF the style OF
type Of men who speak Of a mil
lion springing to arms between
sunrise and sunset. We have been
sitting up nights for three weeks
TO see thirty thousand men spring
and tits very heavy spring.
Here are some other shots from
the Wood locker that found their
mark:
You can search the histories
you teach, and you viii ltind no in
stances where the officers of the
Army or Navy got you into war.
our business is to get you out of
the wars you get us into.
All the Presidents have advocat
Ell preparedness. The more they
have seen of war. the more thev
have counseled peace and favored
preparation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-07-20

Overwi1lIn9.
"Dc you think she will ever marry
anybody"
Judge.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-07-20

Summer is the time to place
the monument order by purchas-
ing now the monument will be
erected before the inclement wea-
Their Of autumn sets in.
This establishment is equipped
to fill your most exacting require
ments in quality marble or gran
lite, design, lettering, etc at the
most reasonable prices-it re-
spectfully solicits an opportunity
to submit samples, designs, quote
prices, etc.
Highest grade work in every re-
spect guaranteed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

"That's why I'm here, says |. "Nov,
here's our proposition.
And say, before he can get his breath
or duck under the table, I've spread out
the blue-prints and am shootn' the pro-
spectus stuff into him at the rate of two
hundred words to the minute,
Yes, must admit was feedn' him
classy spiel, and was just THROWN the
gears into high-high for straightaway
squirt when all of sudden | gets the
hunch amt maxim half the hit hoped
l was. It's no false alarm, either. T.
Waldos gaze is gettin' sterner every min
ute, and he seems to be stiffenin' from the
neck down.
81 say he breaks in, @are-are you
trying to sell me something?"
"Me?" says |. SGosh, no! hadn't
quite got to that part, but my idea is to
give you chance to unload something
on us. This Apache Greek land of yours"
"Really," says Waldo, al don't follow
you at all. My land?"
"Sure!' says |. "All this shaded pink.
That's yours, you know And as it lays
now it S about as useful as an observations
car in the subway. But if you'll swap it for
PSteiIeu Stoch Ill ouT power company
No. says he, crisp and snappy. II
owned some mining stock once, and it was
fearful nuisance. Every few months
they wanted me to pay something on it,
until | finally had to burn the stuff up"
"That's one way of gettin' rid of bum
shares says |. "But look; this is no
fim-ham gold mine This is sure-fire
skookum-a sound business proposition
backed by one of the"
pardon me, says T. Waldo, glari,
annoyed through the big panes, "b, !
l don't care to have shares in anything
ooh, very well,' says l. @We'll setti
on cash basis. then. Now, you've &,
no use for that tract We have. Cours
we can get other land just as good. b,
yours is the handiest. If you've ever trie 4
to wish it onto any one, you know you
couldn't get dollar an acre. Wen give
you FIVE
"Please go away" says he.
snake it six, says l. "Now, that tract
measures up about"
"Tidman,' cuts in Mr.. Pettigrew,
"could you manage to make this young
man understand that | don't care to be
bothered with such rot?' o
Tidman didn't have chance. ia
Excuse me" says l., flashin' Old Hickf
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yes, Torchy. say, young man! YOU
Torchy"
Sailing me, SIR" says |, slidin' out of
my chair and into the next room prompt.
Old Hickory mods.
"Find that man Pettigrew,' says he,
tossin' over the letter. "He owns some
land we need. There's map of it, also
memorandum of what we're willing to
pay. Report tomorrow"
eyes, sir" says |. want me to close
the deal by noon?"
Maybe they didn't catch the flicker
under them bushy eyebrows But |
did, and knew he was goin to back my
bluff.
"Any time before five will do, says he.
wait! You'd better take check with
YOU"
If we was lookin' to get any gasps out
comm. They knew Old Hickory's fond
ness for tradin' on his reputation, and
that he didn't always pull it off. The
engineer humps his eyebrows sarcastic,
while Ballinger and the lawyer swaps q
quiet smile.
"Then perhaps we had best stay over
and take the deeds back with us, says
Ballinger.
"Do," snaps Old Hickory. "You can
improve the time hunting for your aver
age New Yorker. Here you are, Torchy"
SAY, he's game old sport, Mr.. Ellins.
He plays hundred-to-one shot like he
was putin money on favorite. And he
waves me on my way with never wink
of them keen eyes.
"Gee!" thinks l. "Billed for masked
marvel act, amt l? Well, that bein' the
case, this is where get next to Pettigrew
or tear something loose"
Didn't need any seventh-son work to
locate him. The phone book shows he
lives on Madison Avenue. Seemed simple
enough. But this was no time to risk
bein' barred out by cold-eyed butler.
You can't breeze into them old brown
stone fronts on your nerve. What l
needed was credentials. The last place
I'd be likely to get 'em would be Mott,
Drew & Motifs, so | goes there first No,
l didn't hypnotic anybody. simply
wrote out an application for a job on the
firms stationery, and as they was gen.
erous with it | dashes off another note
which | tucks in my pocket. Nothing
sleuthy required. Why, say, could
have walked out with the letter file and
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the safe combination if I'd wanted to-
So when | rings the bell up at MIR. Pet
tigrew's | has something besides hot air
to shove at Perkins. He qualities in the
old family servant class right off, for as
soon as he lamps the name printed on the
envelop corner he swings the door wide
open, and inside of two minutes Pm bein
announced impressive in the library at
the back: "From your attorneys, sir. :"
Which, as far as it goes, is shown some
speed, eh?
Yea-uh! That's the way l felt about
it. All asked was to be put next to this
Pettigrew party. Not that | had any
special spell to work off on him; but, as
Old Hickory said, he must be human, and
if he was, why Well, about then
begun to get the full effect of this weird,
double-barreled stare.
NOW, don't mind takin' the once-over
from single pair of shell-rimmed Cog
giles; but to find yourself bein' inspected
through two sets of barn windows
honest, it seemed like the room was full
of spectacles. glanced hasty from one
to the other of these solemn-lookin' par
ties ranged behind the book barricade
and then takes chance that the one with
the sharp nose and the dust-colored hair
is T. Waldo
"Mr. Pettigrew?" says l, smilin' friend
ly and winnin'
"Not at ALL" says he, bit pettish.
ooh, yes. says |, turnin' to the broken
nosed one with the wavy black pompa-
dour effect. "Of course"
He's some younger than the other, in
the late twenties, | should judge, and has
sort of stern, naughty stare.
"Why of course?" he demands.
"Eh?" says /. "Why--er-well you've
got my note, amt you, there in your
hand?"
"Ah!" says he. "Rather clever de-
duction; eh, Tidman?"
al shouldn't say So" croaks the other.
"Quite obvious, in fact. If it wasn't me
it must be you"
ooh. but you're such deucedly keen
chap" protests Waldo. Then he swings
back to me. 4From my attorneys"
"Just came from there" says l.
"Odd," says he. al don't remember
having seen you before"
"That's right" says l. "You see, Mr..
Pettigrew, I'm really representa- the
Corrugated Trust and"
"Don't know it at all, breaks in Waldo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
Torcly
Follows a
Hunch
By
SEWELL FORD

was case OF local UnunQer-SCOrmS
on the seventeenth floor of the Cor
rugated Trust Building. To state it
- simpler, Old Hickory was runnin'
neck temperature of 2l0 or so, and there
was no tellin' what minute he might fuse
a collar button or blow out cylinder
head.
The trouble seemed to be that one of
his pet schemes was in danger of being
ditched. Some kind of an electric power
distributin stunt it is, one that he'd
doped out durin' Western trip last sum-
mer; just little by-play with a few
hundred square miles of real estate in
cludin the buildin' of twenty or thirty
miles of trolley and plantin' few fac
tories here and there.
But now here's Balinger, our Western
manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to ex-
plain why it can't be done He's been at
it for two hours, helped out by big con-
sultin engineer and the chief attorney of
our Chicago branch. They've waved
blueprint maps, submitted reports of ex-
perts, and put in all kinds of evidence
to show that the scheme has either got
to be revised radical or else chucked.
"Very sorry, Mr.. Ellins," says Bal
linger, "but we have done our best
"Bah!' snaps Old Hickory. dts all
waste land, isn't it? OF course he'll SELL
Who is he, anyway"
"His name" says Ballinger, PAWN over
some letters, "is Il. Waldo Pettigrew.
Lives in New York, believe; at least, his
attorneys are here. And this is all we
have been able to get out of them-a fiat
no." And he slides an envelop across the
mahogany table.
But what's his reason?" demands Old
Hickory. "Why? That's what want to
know"
RALLINGER shrugs his shoulders. al
~ don't pretend" says he, "to under
stand the average New Yorker"
"Hah" snorts Mr.. Ellins. "Once more
that old alibi of the limber-spined; that
hoary fiction of the ten-cent magazine
and the two-dollar drama. Average New
Yorker! Listen, Ballinger. There's no
such thing. We're just as different, and
just as much alike, as anybody else. In
other words, we're human. And this Pet
tigrew person you seem to think such
a mysterious and peculiar individual
well, what about him? Who and what
is he?"
According to the Deeds" says Bal
linger, che is the son of Thomas j. and
Mary Ann Pettigrew, both deceased. His
attorneys are Mott, Drew & Mott They
write that their client absolutely refuses
to sell any land anywhere. They have
written that three times. They have de-
clined to discuss any proposition. And
there you are"
"You mean" sneers Old Hickory, "that
there you are"
"lf you can suggest anything further"
begins Ballinger, Eve shall be glad to"
81 know" breaks in Old Hickory,
"you'd be glad to fritter away another six
months and let those International Power
people jump in ahead of us. No, thanks.
| mean to see if | can't get little action
now. Robert, who have we out there in
the office who's not especially busy? Oh,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
overtraInIna Children.

Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon, q
mother as well as well-known writer,
sounds an alarm that perhaps we are
inclined to overdo child training in
these strenuous times.
Not mincing her words, she declares
that there is appearing q lot Of pa.
thetfc rot" with regard to child cul.
ture. and that the little people are
being fused with and fused over en-.
tirely too much. She protests against
the belief held by so many that q
child's mind 10 an empty space to be
filed, remarking that each child has
its individuality, and mind that IL
being filed in perfectly natural way
from birth. She inclines to the the
DRY that children should not be hedged
about by 80 many dos" and "don'ts,"
and should be permitted to 90 some
where and yell.
While there may be grain Of truth
In what Mrs. Bacon says, for the nat
ural tendencies of child should not
be altogether repressed for fear of
checking initiative, nevertheless she
will find it difficult to convince the
public that the able men and women
of wide experience engaged in broad
gagged child welfare work do not
know what they are doing.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
WAS A REAL. COMPLIMENT
Lawyers Knowledge Of Case Inn
pressed Workman Who Was Ca
pable Of Approaching II.

What John g. Johnson, Philadelphia
lawyer. regards as the highest compli'
ment ever paid to his legal skill was
recounted at q lawyers dinner In the
Quaker city.
An engineering case in Pittsburgh,
relative to certain defective boiler
work, reused great interest among the
local boilermakers. who crowded the
court every day.
When Mr.. Johnson, on the last day,
was addressing the court for the
plaintiffs, a foreman boilermaker came
in and sat down beside the principal
of the plaintiff firm. whom he knew
we'll. After Mr.. Johnson had dealt
very acutely and exhaustively with
abstruse technical details and with
all manner Of odd shop customs. the
foreman turned to his neighbor and
whispered;
Who's that Teller talkin' to the
judge?"
That's John G. Johnson, our coun-
sell" was the reply.
"What?' reared the foreman. do
you mean to tell me that feller's only
a lawyer? Get out with you! He
knows too much for that" Here his
voice mounted SO high that the Judge
heard him and looked up. Il tell ye
that feller's q boilermaker!"
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARkEh HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up a Mixture Of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color.
Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
ed. brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded. streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make 1t at home. which is
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for ~Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you
viii get q large bottle Of the famous
old recipe for about so cents.
Don't stay gray! Try It! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair. as 1t does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen sponge or
soft brush with 1t and draw this
through your hair. taking one small
strand at time, by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy
Adv.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
HAD PELLAGRA;
is NOW WELL

Ringgold, La.-Mrs. S. A. Cotter. of
this place, writes "Will say that am
perfectly well and the happiest soul on
earth. Wish every pellagra sufferer could
know of your great remedy. / know how
to appreciate health and sympathize with
those that are not SO best as /. Am grow
ing stronger, gaining in weight and can
do anything ever could Oh, know
am well Of that horrible disease, and my
heart is full Of rejoicing. ! feel that
have come out Of dense cloud into the
blessed sunshine God be praised! He
has spared my life for some good, and
feel that have Just begun to live"
There is no longer any doubt that pei
lagra can be cured. Don't delay until it
is too late. 1t is your duty to consult the
resourceful Baughn.
The symptoms-hands red like sunburn;
skin peeling off, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue flaming red, with
much mucus and choking; Indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pellagra and learn about the
remedy for Pellagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compromising
Co., box 20s6, Jasper, Ala, remembering
money is refunded in any case where the
remedy fails to cure.-Adv.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is wellfound.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action Is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take Il; that It never 'ei'r 90
clean the liver and bowels al et.
en- the stomach and that a tes ml
given today saves a sick chi oo
row.
Ask st the store for a 50-ce p.
Of California Syrup Of Figs, which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

atty that distinguishes him from his ored brothers
positions Of lesser Importance the Legislative enter
activities
The which
from the chamber the corridor
door common ordinary
folk the provided
senatorial hair the trimming
folk do nrude and hair
the Of and them quietly
you
wondering valueless this pacar
the big shaving
pod
They o noray
members the senate qualified use the services Of barber
Hickman of authority 4siad
three BARRIERS under direction They ekcay selected
the om the best apprentice training afforded in city barber
Work rushing during Hickman
attention mainly directing
His hand s keen the
He adept hong his old
half through he flop the blade and feel the edge Just well
when he younger.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

shows that stand Il real well. / took
the Compound when my ten year old
daughter came and it helped me lot
Ihsve also had my Oldest girl take it
and 1t did her lots Of good. keep it in
the house all the time and recommend
Mrs. DEWITT SNcEBAUGH, West
Dandy, N. Y.
Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritable
ity, baekache, headaches, dragging sem
sations, all point to female derange-
ments which may be overcome by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved TO be most valuable tonic
and invigorator of the female organism.
Women everywhere bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

ton BY reducing interference yps
the field fprtabd
carried readily light vehicle obsv
coast guard service to receive distress direction
which they
The bureau of navigation of the department
locate
otherwise interfering with radoansmon he
legitimate business
The
ect for time and has developed
practical ecnt The indicates
ton the
though radatons
than ordinary receiving apparatus
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ingredients well. Sift two teaspoon
fuls Of baking powder, with one cup.
full of flour and stir in the mixture,
adding -four to make the dough stir
enough to handle. Roll out half an
inch thick. cut with a sharp biscuit
cutter and bake delicate brown on
a hot buttered griddle.
Honey cakas.--Beat to a cream q
half cupful of strained honey. Stir In
two cupfuls Of -four, sifted with two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a
half cupful OF chopped fllberts. Let
this mixture stand over night to be-
come thoroughly cold, but do not
freeze. Roll out very thin and cut in
fancy shapes, sprinkle with nuts.
Danish Jelly.--Cut bunch of fresh
rhubarb into inch pieces and put into
a baking dish, sprinkle with a cupful
of granulated sugar and a cupful of
boiling water Cook until the sirup
is thick. Squeeze over the fruit the
JulCe VI HAIL a IOlhOu dllu IeluOft LIOul
the fire. Then add enough bread
crumbs to absorb the strip and turn
into mold to harden. Turn out on
a chop plate or platter and surround
with whipped sweetened cream.
A simple dessert, and one well
liked by everybody. is a pastry shell
baked, then filled with any kind OF
fruit, covered with whipped cream and
served at once before the crest is
soaked If the fruit is juicy.
Nut Bread.-Mix together two cup
fuls of graham -four, one cupful of
white flour, one tablespoonful of brown
sugar, one-half cupful of broken nut
meats, one.half cupful of raisins and
dates, mixed and finely cut. When
well mixed, add two tablespoonfuls of
molasses, one teaspoonful of soda, dis.
solved in a tablespoonful of hot water.
and a cupful and a half Of sour milk.
Bake As minutes in a moderate oven.
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parsley and a cupful of white sauce
made of cream. a dash OF onion juice,
salt and pepper to taste with two
slices Of cooked bacon. minced. and
one beaten egg yolk. Cook this over
hot water until we'll heated. Cool and
fold In the stifiy beaten whites of two
eggs; turn into buttered dish or Gus
tard cups and stand them in hot water
In the oven to cook for half an hour.
Serve at once with brown bread sand.
witches which have been spread with
butter and chopped green peppers.
Combination saiad.--Chop in chop.
ping bowl five fresh green peppers. the
sweet ones. There should be a cupful
OF the pulp. Remove the pulp from
a grapefruit, mix with the pepper, add.
Ing chopped blanched chestnuts which
have been cooked until soft, then
mashed. Make nests of curly lettuce
heap in the grapefruit, sprinkle with
the peppers and stir the chestnuts into
the mayonnaise dressing and heap on
the salad. Serve ice cold.
Emergency Dessert.-Beat yolks Of
two eggs light. add a cupful of milk
one half a cupful Of maple strip and
mix well. Slice bread in thin slices
dip in milk and egg and fry in hot
fat. Spread each piece with preserves
of pear or peaches or section OF pine
apple. Arrange on a dish and serve
with the following sauce; Beat the
whites of two eggs stiff. add a half
cupful of sugar and the Juice of two
lemons. Heat two cupfuls of fruit
juice and when hot stir in the whites
OF the eggs, stir but do not cook.
Eggs and Rlce.-This is another
wholesome dish easy to prepare. Take
a half cupful of rice or less, brown in
butter, add water and cook until ten.
der. then stir in two or three eggs, a
teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce
and half cupful of cheese, Serve on
toast.