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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20
For Contaqions.

1t is important that the mother or
nurse who is attending n child i'll with
contagious disease should take a
walk in the fresh air every day. The
best way 20 arrange this Is for her TO
keep change Of clothing I'm the next
room She should also battle before
leaving the quarantined room. II a
bathroom has hecn set aside for quar-
dn;inc she can use this. If not. a screen
AMI basin in the sickroom will have
to answer Then she can slip into the
next room and put on fresh clothing
She should leave the house by the
back way preferably or. at any rate.
avoid coming in contact with any OF
the occupants of the house Once I'm
the street she should not use the street
cars nor enter any other house and
avoid rs much as possible touching any
one
The fumigatlon OF sickroom after
contagious disease is done by the
board OF health upon request in most
cities. or ii can be done by the family
under directions Of the physician
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20
1915 Is
Baby Year

The facts about American babies. the
needs OF American babies and Ameri-
cas- responsibility 10 her babies will
because the first week in March viii be
baby week throughout the country.
More than 400 communities. repre-
senting every state I'm the Union. are
already laying their plans for baby
week, according 10 the chlldren's bu
reau OF the United States department
OF labor, In order that during those
seven days the needs OF the babies
may be so presented that all the par
ents I'm those communities viii learn
little better how 10 care for their
babies and all the citizens will realize
that they have special obligation 20
safeguard the conditions surrounding
babies. II is confidently believed by
those who are interested I'm this nation
wide baby week that the remainder
of the year VIII be marked by n
strengthening OF An community activi
lies for saving babies lives and giying
them a better chance TO grow to
healthy maturity
The baby week idea originated in
Chicago not quite two years ago. Then
New York had Il baby week and Pitts
burgh and other cities such practical
benefit has In each case resulted chat
The General Federation of Womens
Clubs has undertaken 10 promote this
nation wide observance State health
officials and national organizations IN
terested in public health and child vel.
fare have taken up the plan and in
various ways are giving ii not only
their sanction. but their active co.
operation. The extension divisions OF
the state universities have promised
special assistance in interesting and
helping baby week in rural communi-
ties.
Baby week will give more parents IA
chance to learn the accepted principles
Of infant care and will awaken every
American 10 his responsibility for the
deaths of the 100000 babies who. ac
cording to the census estimates. die
every year before they are twelve
months old.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20
HAVE 1T YET?

Keep your eyes open for the stout,
robust man hanging idly over the
counter of some merchants store or
loafing in a smoke shop expounding
at length the theory of how to keep
well. He never had the grip no
STREE, couldn't get him He took
care of himself. Follow his advice
and you will be Jess Willard in three
days. But don't be surprised if you
don't find this fellow around his fav-
orite haunts the next day. If you have
any business with him better call at
his home and you will find his wife
wearing herself out carrying the hot
water bottle and hunting the old
standard family remedies for him.
ut got him?" never failed yet, so
don't crow. He'll be out again in a
few days but you won't get to see
him for a week. BY that time all the
fellows who heard his sermon a week
before are home in bed themselves
and he has the coast clear to tell how
''hs cured himself" Of the grip.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20
AGED TAX COLLECTOR
Restored To Health By Vinol

Corinth, Miss. 81 am a city tax col
lector and seventy-four years of age.
] was in a weak, rundown condition.
My druggist told me about Vinol.
tried it and in a week noticed consider
able improvement; l continued its use
and now have gained twenty pounds in
weight, and feel much stronger. j con-
slider Vinol fine tonic to create strength
for old people. u. A. PRICE.
We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic, for all rundown,
weak and debiltated conditions.
Look Patterson Drug Co., Alma, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20
FOR THE T0DDLER.

With It's BoIero, This Small Gown 10
Smart as Anything.
Cut OF white broadcloth on boxy
lines. this small gown for the small
girl is modish with hand embroidery
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20

SLATER & GOODIES
January 24th to January 29th

Once year we give the Churches of Alma Profits
for week We have aside the above dates for them
and will give each of the five leading Churches 10 per
cent of all sales made the day allotted them and
Cash Prize of $40 to the church selling the
chandise.
Everyone should and take advantage of the Bargains
we are offering and the time help good The
churches need the money Each church will have saespeope
in the during this time wait upon you.
Bear in mind that prices always lowest good,
liable Clothing and Furnishings for Men and Boys Here
are the Churches that will benefit by patronage and the
days upon which your patronage will help them
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20

done In pale blue worsteds. The belt,
cuffs and bolero are Of pale blue broad.
cloth, and ruches finish the fiat collar
and cuffs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12

mails was destined to spring the earth
" head and master Of them altman.
The milk that is the basis of his life
IS link that connects him. in a man
ner unknown to the earlier animals,
with the Immediately preceding life of
his kind In him particularly the post
natal connection and dependence are
prolonged, and in this evOlutionists
have recognized a capital influence for
the development Of some. of the highest
qualities of humanity.
II men stepped forth, like chickens
almost full-fledged, from eggs, their
race would never have developed that
wonderful organ of intelligence. the
brain. on which alone their superiority
over other animals depends. 1t is milk
that has made mankind what it is
Results Felt in Many Ways.
The results Of this mammalian meth
cd Of nOurishment are felt in many
ways by man. By prolOnging his period
OF youth and development il introduces
the element of progress into the life of
his race, because thereby the expert
ence of each generation is passed on
as an acquired advantage to its sue
cessor.
When nature got ready to introduce
milk upon the earth she made it of very
ordinary materials. No new element
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12

was employed. Water. fat. sugar, pro-
teids of nitrOgenous compounds-thOse
are the essential constituents Of all
milk The secret of its peculiar quail
ties lies probably in the proteids. for
they are very complex and pulling
subs tances.
Still the chemists manage TO anaIyze
them, more or less completely, and no
body can say what chemistry may not
accomplish some day in initiating or
reproducing this masterpiece Of nature
"a fluid on which such vast interests
have depended in the evolution Of ter
restrial life. Man may succeed in max
ing milk. but nature viii never try to
make whisky.
Natures Other MiIks.
Nature herself has produced some
things that have been popularity re-
garded as a kind OF milk There is.
for instance. the cocoanut's milk"
Then, there exists. in Central America,
a milk tree" which produces a liquid
from its cut stems that closely resem-
bles cows milk.
The natives appear to like II. and
BOussin gaults analysis showed that il
contained most Of the principal ingre-
dents Of real milk. sin nobody pre-
tends that the resemblance is so close
that an American farmers boy would
be deceived il he found 1t in his bowl
at supper.
As to the latest German artificial
milk. il is said that one of its most
important constituents comes from the
soy bean. which has long been used in
Japan to make soups. The fact may De
significant that this bean since being
introduced into the western world has
been found to be an excellent food for
cattle, containing large proportion OF
prOteids
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12
The Natural History of Milk
Animal Life Had Existed for Known When
Came New Glass of Animals

the LIST completed worid-era, the Ter
tiary. ending where the Age OF Man
begins.
Invention of Motherhood.
When nature invented milk she in
vented motherhood. A new manner of
entering into life was developed with
the appearance of the mammals Their
young are not Matched into the world
all ready to take up the cudgels for
themselves and needing, when they
step out Of the egg, only a little ex-
perience and practice and a few lessons
in imitation to fit them for the strug-
gle of life.
Instead they are brought forth al
most helpless and must be fed. cared
for and nurtured during a relatively
long period of time before they become
independent and self-suppOrting.
Milk and mammals necessarily made
their appearance together. To the
mother was given the function Of pro-
ducing the milk, and by virtue of that
the reign of the mother over the open
ing period of each generations life
was established.
A Great Revolution
This is as great a revolution as ever
occurred in the history of the inhab-
tied earth. Out of the milk producing
and milk-nourished class of the ami
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12
4 Most Amusing Series
Little Bobbie Pa
He Discusses Writing With An
AuthOress.
BY WILLIAM y. KIRK.
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK.

@HARE was a authorizes visited
us last mite. She has wrote three
books witch is selling every day
She is making lots Of mummy, and
she likes Ma beekaus they went TO
skOOl together
l am so glad to know that you are
Citing along well, Vera, sed Ma.
DOant you remember how you used
to win all the prizes at skool with
yure essays2 1 always sed then
that you wud maik yure mark as
ritter sum day.
Wen. sed Mas friend. it has been
long, hard path, & 1 am glad that at
last ] need no longer worry. My
last novel, MAZDA, or Lured TO Louis
iana,' is now in its third edishun &
selling like wildfire. But | nave yet
10 rite my great novel ieei In9L
sumware in the back of my he'd is
n truly CRATE book, one that VIII go
rising thru the ages.
That is the correct way for geen-
yus to feel, sed Pa. 1 feel thal way
myself sumtimes. ! feel that one day
not sum day. mind you, but one
day. ] am going to write a novel that
will have the whole world talking
about me
Then there will be no place that I
can hide. sed Pa, ware fame VIII hol
come to dig me out and thlnk now
proud my wife will be of me then. X
littel BObbie will be a big Doy tneh,
& ! am going to send him to Har-
ward, the college ! wud nave went
to If ] had went at all
I think it is perfectly luvly of
you to maik such fine plans Tor
yure littel son, sed Mas friend Maybe
he will BEGUN RELY CRATE ritter; l
think thare is moar hoap for him ehan
Oh, / doant know, sed Pa. He
dident like that very well Ihare
is no reason in the wurld why 20 l
To beeefn with. riteing Gums material
to me- & besides. think Of the wurld
Of experience I have had that a woman
ritter like you cud newer have:
have shot big game in in Afriky
sed Pa, I have gambled in Mexico
wen my wife was the stake, l nave
been sober in London & lit up IN
Chippewa Falls. Wis.
That is experience for you, sed ia,
& 1 say & say aggenn that uIIess
Dne has lived in far places, away from
luxury and the sheriff & unless one |
has felt the red blood Of romans flow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12
What Happened To Jane
She Ponders on a New Development.

(ConvriRht 1e15 star Companyl

was rising slowly and calmly above
the treetops, and she watched it fixed
". Was 1t possible that this awful
thing had been said to her since Ned
and she had watched that moon-"our
old moon"-as he had called It? He
had said that il was smiling on him
and her. 1t was not smiling now, but
gazing unperturbably on all the Joy
and suffering in the world.
She clasped her hands together tight
" as she heard a train whistle I'D the
valley. That was Ned's train. She
listened as it slowed up at the station,
and stood. painting. while the passen-
gers boarded it. Then il began to
puff, slowly at first, then more rapid
", until the sound became once more
continuous roar. Another warning
whistle from the locomotive as it ap-
preached a crossing a mile down the
road-then only a confused murmur
in the distance. and all was still as
before.
Father Makes an Excuse to Go.
Ezra Hardy rose stiffly. Ma" he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12
BY GARRETT p. SERyIss.

NERMAN chemists are said to have
= made an artificial milk which is
a very good substitute for the
real thing. It IS safe to assume, how
ever. that cows are In no danger Of
losing their job. Milk is one of the
greatest things that nature ever pro-
duced. She waited until she was
ready to make the last great stride in
the evolution of animal life on this
globe before she manufactured the
first drop Of milk.
For millions upon millions of years
vast numbers of animals, great and
small. of thousands of different spe-
cies. swarmed over the earth without
ever seeing or tasting milk. The terri
bic dinosaurs, whose gigantic skeletons
amaze US. were not raised upon milk.
There was no milk upon the earth until
the animals called mammals appeared,
and they did not assume any great i'm
portance until a very late geological
day-the Eocene period. which opens
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12

the LIST completed worid-era, the Ter
tiary. ending where the Age OF Man
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12

CHAPTER XVII.
ERS. HARDY looked up anxiously
M as Jane came out upon the
veranda-
Il was wondering where you WERE"
she said. u was afraid you might be
feeling sick. Mr. Reeves was Just ask
ing what had become OF you"
The girl tried to smile.
"I-I-was talking to father when
you called me-" she exclaimed.
Sinking into a chair, she sat du1nbly
miserable. Had her father really
spoken those words that still rang in
her ears? She felt as il she must have
been dreaming as she watched Ezra
return to the group he had left so
short a while ago, and, sitting down by
Augustus Reeves. begin to talk about
the borers in his fruit trees.
For some time nobody spoke direct
~ to her. and she listened to the con-
versation as one half-asleep might lis
ten to talk in another room. The moon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12

ing thru his or her veins, one canno
be truly CRATE ritter.
Dickens rote crate things beefoar
ne had done much travelling, sed
Mas friend. & Chatterton. the boy
poet. lived in n attick & newer went
anyware. not even to a moving picter
snow or ball GAIN ] tell you this,
she sed, if one can rite. one will
rite whether he travels or not. Thare
rs many a travelling man that can't
rte she sed. &s I know sumthing Of
NE, its CRATE Joys & SORROWS.
nou can't. sed Pa, you can't know
any or LIES sorrows unless YOU are
married onst, or many of its joys
unless you are married a second time.
what do YOU meen? sed Ma
on l was meerly testing, sed Pa.
II is a way 7 have. fitting from the
sublime to the frisky. You have to
watch me close, sed Pa Ny mind
works like a gattling gun. he sed
II maiNs noise enuff. at any rate
going.
I doant think she liked Pa vary
much, but l doant care what she
likes, 1 like him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12
Leap Year!

earthly honor His misfortune in miss
ing Mcclellan made him one OF the
greatest generals Of modern times and
put his name in a class with AleXan-
der. Hannibal Caesar and Napoleon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12

Although his domain. which consists OF
Two separate portions, lying 80 miles apart
IN northern Germany, and having an area
of Waldeck-Pyrmont rules with ali the
poWp and ceremony which characterizes
the courts OF the great powers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-28
MRS. W|LSONHOMES
PLAN IS OUTLINED
John lhIder Tells Cornell Gradu-
ates of Contemplated Me-
mortal Buildings.

Plans for the Ellen Wilson Homes,
which 1t Is proposed to erect in Wash.
ington and other cities, to be rented al
cheap rates to the poor. were outlined
to members OF the Cornell Club. at a
luncheon today in the Ebbitt Hotel by
John, lhlder, secretary OF the Ellen
Wilson Homes. Inc.
Mr.. Ihlder told of the conditions OF
the city's poor today who live In poorly
lighted and poorly ventilated shacks and
tenements. and said this condition wal
brought about by the improper develop.
ment cf the city.
MIR. Ihlder also scored the row-house
which he says Is being built in thous
ands today by spectators here and In
other cities and which he condemned
because OF the lack of air and light.
Those OF us who are seeking to build
the best possible dwellings for wage
earners are faced" said Mr.. Ihlder
with present conditions. Our desire II
to keep rents down within the reach Of
the unskilled worker. We can econo
mize by undertaking the work on 9
large scale. and so get the saving du,
to wholesale methods. This we are do
hB Win inc Ellen wilson Homes.
The Ellen Wilson Homes will mo-
only have abundant light and air II
every room, which Is more than som,
hi8h-priced dwellings in Washington
now have, but every dwelling will hay,
sunshine. which only a small Fraction
OF the dwellings In tenement Of
apartment house city can have. In al
dltion every family will have its owl
bath room with hot and cold water
We are seeking to provide not only san
l1tatyf dwellings but homes. pleasing
archtteetursly' comfortable and home
"IH connection with them we shall
have not only private yards but a play
ground and a community building FOL
neighborhood life. For again, learn
ing from experience. we know not onl!
that the family Is the basis OF societ!
and so must be safeguarded by havinI
n dwelling that makes family life ant
privacy possible. but also that Their,
must be opportunity for wholesome so
cial life and recreation outside the fam
lily"
The speaker for the Cornell luncheon
next week will be Congressman Park
er OF New York, who graduated from
Cornell in 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-28
WILSON ASKS ACTION
ON SHIPPING BILL
Urges Kitchin TO Press For
Legislation on Transporta-
ton Matters.

President Wilson. carrying out his
policy Of writing personal letters to
members OF Congress on matters OF
legislation where President Roosevelt
wrote formal messages to Congress,
sent today to Majority Leader Claude
Kitchen OF the House request for
early action on the shipping bill. and
the resolution providing for investiga-
tIon OF railway transportation problems.
The Presidents letter to Mr.. Kitchin
follows:
my Dear MIR. kitchin:
Elm considering the program OF the
session there are two matters which
seem to me to stand out more promi-
nently than the rest as matters In which
time presses. even though they should
not be deemed to take precedence In In
trinstiC Importance.
1T would seem as II the whole move.
ment OF our trade and industry waited
on satisfactory solutions OF our prop
lens OF transportation.
That 10 the reason why II seems 70
me that the shipping bill should b
pressed to an early passage, and j write
today to express the hope that the SEN
ate Joint Resolution. No. 50. for the In
portation by railway. may find an early
opening in the business OF the House
for Its consideration.
80 did not put this on the list of legis
lation which l suggested because II die
not in in my mind fall under the head
OF legislation at all. but only OF Incl
dental action for the purpose OF layinf
the groundwork for future Legislation
at another session OF the Congress.
The railways OF the country are he
coming more and more the key TO III
successful industry. and II seems to m'
of canital imDOrtanca that we RhoulC
lay n new groundwork OF actual fac
for the necessary future regulation.
know that we all want to be absolutely
fair to the railroads, and II seems q
me that the proposed investigation Il
the first step toward the fulrllment o
that desire.
II hope that you will agree with m,
that this important matter can be dis
posed of without putting any spoke IL
the wheels that we are now trying Il
make go around In the matter OF leEis
lation. Cordially and sincerely yours.
"wOODROW WILSON"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-28
SCHOLARSHIP PLAN
OF COLLEGE WOMEN

The College Women's Club. OF Wash
inyton, today announced the launching
of a movement to establish n perma-
nent scholarship fund "a a memorial
to the late Miss Elizabeth V. Brown,
Who was director Of primary instruction
OF the Washington schools, and who
was president NJ the College Club when
she died.
Miss Emma Harper Turner. president
Of the club, outlined the plan ut a meet
ing yesterday afternoon. The campaign
Is to be conducted by the Elizabeth V.
Brown schoinrship committee. OF which
MICS Ella Given s chairman, and on
which are Mrs. John Cummings. Mrs.
William II. Heron. Mrs. Thomas b.
Rhodes. and Mrs. John Weyrich.
During the coming week appeals for
contributions are to be made 10 all
clubs OF which Miss Brown was MEM
Der. and 10 teachers In the schools.
Pledges are to be sent to Mrs. Wcy'
rich. at the Thomas apartments. who
is treasurer of the committee.
The proceeds of the fund are to he
devoted each year to providing scholar
ships for Washington teachers who
wish to continue studies at George
Washington, OF which Miss Brown was
a graduate, or at any other university.
In statement sent out today by
OF Education. who is a member OF the
committee, this appeal is made:
1T is believed that the, numerous
friends of Miss Brown will feel that
this sort OF memorial is eminently
appropriate, as a perpetual witness
to the spirit OF helpfulness and good
will which inspired her constant de-
votion to the public schools OF Wash.
ington, and her active interest tr
every movement OF community i'm
rrovement. While some pledges OF con-
siderable sums are assured, II Is eX'
pected that the fund will DE bull
up mainly OF small contributions from
Miss Browns numerous persona
friends"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-28
Scholarship Given
Friendship Club
G. w. u. Summer School Course
Offered by Anonymous
Donor.

A scholarship providing the attend-
ance OF one young woman at the
George Washington University SUM
mer School this year has been pre-
scented to the Friendship Clubs of the
Y. w. c. A.. by an anonymous donor.
The scholarship covers courses
which amount to three regular uni
Nersity credits. Competition for the
scholarship is keen, five members OF
the clubs having already entered.
Maintenance Of a high standard of
scholarship II an important feature
OF the activities of the Friendship
Clubs, each OF which IL COMPOSED OF
students at one of the public high
schools.
Miss Florence NJ. Brown. general
secretary OF the Washington Y. w. g.
a. viii speak ut the vesper services
ut tho association headquarters On
SUNDAY afternoon. The services viii
be conducted by the Gallaudet Chap
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-28
Robbed Son of Man His
Father Once Robbed

FRANKLIN, Ind, March PA GRIM
inal case without precedent in johnson
county, and probably in the State. de-
veloped here. when Charles MatlocK
and Earl Jackson, OF Edinburg, were
ARRESTED for robbing q. B. Runkle at
lin.
The boys are each eighteen years old,
Runkle was robbed OF only watch and
a 81 bill but the remarkable feature
OF the case Ia that exactly thirty-two
father OF Charles Matlock, was arrested
for robbing the same G. b. Runkle at
the same farm.
At the time OF the older Matlock's ar
rest. Fred Staff, father OF George Staff.
the present prosecutor, was prosecutor
against Matlock. who was sentenced to
six years In the state prison.