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T HE Romans. after they had su'iugat"l the
world. began to battle; in the height "f
,nwcr AMI victory they sowcl the seeds
of ultimate defeat. Within u brief iiv"
hundred wears aftcr they took to bathing the re-
public" had become, an empire aud that empire had
fallen. The virilc ,;oths aud Germans. Huns and
vau,iul~. unwH~hcd and hardy aud unsiH,rn,
Swurtncpl over the Alps and descended upon Rome,
stabling their horses IN ill.," marhl" baths where
once senator and imlcra'or had fc"ll> '%li~l"ri"'t
themselves IN cffcmiuatc luxury.
Kingdom after kingdom has thus disappeared,
~ the soil does from tho slopes of maintains
during the spring Hoods. by Il process Of erosion.
The Turks found the baths Of l!NIantium await
ing them whr, they overthrow lis cu"rNa'"l
Christian defenders in the fifteenth century that
was only half n Thousand years ago. AMI to-day
the Turkish Empire shows every cN violence of de-
cline. No nation can lathc consistent, aud per
sistN,,ly for tiv" hundred wears AMI survive.
The practice * unnatural. There i III in
stiurtivr shrinking from II on III" part nf all un-
Spoiled and innocent l""p'". Tn" mai" ,"nn- ~
the human species can give You no REASON for
their settled aversion I" the bath. and yet the
intuition that il j. all wrong i oi" "f th'' most
positive aud poignant feelings of their healthy
natures. The suh-roil>"i"uS mind Of n normal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

" I'm ,,, t.,iu,, f., hnyin ni,il altar hrnat-
'"'
Tuesday; Great id"H TINS, not sln"NlIlc '"f"r"
hrrakfa>t have In duu'it now. looking back
II, if ,h., If, ,nt H.. ma, L.r,, Sm,Li,, il, moj-
80 .. -, .,.. -,
'I"'"" J. ~ '-"' u " -'"' ''''-
Thought II Wa '"il= III" N" slightest harm,
worll uuiI nit".rti"r.
"Wednesday. Yhfukiu., ,f stonpiur nllocerhcr
-, -,
WY NV '''"'lN : " W" Wy " W. " WIN
Which VIII soon pass. IN" a'sol'to ''iNlctl"h
that ! can >t"l, al any time, however, makes a
thing lik. ,li. >cru unuorrssary certainly
. ,.,,i ,,.h .,,h.. n f.. ,h,r,h,
wv "'"" ''"" ''''''' ''I"'''' " '""-"
IL was doing IM' ~" ''!-hl'>, Marin.
n paragraph ir Hr ari',o about tui,",r, IN which
IL" >tal"U"rl s ~ matte that ""giain '''IStl">'
me, w"ul,ip'l om,u, ar! Young man VIII"
smoked rignr,;lc~--aid they couldn't Il" their
hes, work. bon h"licr" u word Of IT,
Friday: eat ont cigarettes yesterday. Yes,
II was n sudden determination. was sitting
10y myself. smoking, when suddenly thought,
''Why no, try il for u week or so;" With that
I threw IN" cigarette away. I was quite sure
that could ,u it. IN spite Of what had heard.
Don't think shall ever take il up again. What's
the use: They must ,p harm, that's logical.
SATURDAY: Woud"rCul. bf course | feel rather
slinky, hut ! realize now what those coffin nails
wrr" doing for mr; ~traug" how hin. "" can he
sunday: IIad - narrow r>"nI" this afternoon.
The Thought "f n ci-al",t" had absolutely ban
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
illustrations by a Fourth
THE INSIDIOUS BATH
BY DON MARQUIS.

the body into contact with an unnatural element,
You fought against il: and you were right.
You had heard Of people who hathcd every
day. and who said they liked II. Eui YOU did not
believe IN them. You did not believe they hl IT.
ioil could not hclicvc they liked II.
You had heard thai IN cities people hHl
~lutliui,> built right into their houses. l'ii YOU
did not think muci, " city people aud their ways.
an, how.
And then. suddenly, when YOU we're nine mr. ten
wears old. some fantastic person moved to the vii
lag" ard o"tHaiy MN u honSC ,rih u bofhfnb IN
il.
In base emulation, Ia s"rNilc and craven iini-
iatinn. older settlers. n they ir.an to accumulate"
money aud fashionable ideas. put bofhi"bs ~
N, IT, honu y. fDo'
People whom ,ou knew, they wcr"' Solid "iti-
Zcn-, People " whom you had always l'"k"d M
To-, People whom You laI Thought "" could
trust.
Til" thin. spread. And !, curious l"'rN"r~i"n "r
the puhli, attitude" began to >i,r"nd aIui" with II
Instead of IN" people who had lnlhtui'> l"'n.
made I" feel that they were unnatural. and Of
Terminate. the people who did Uoi hay" bath.
tubs BEGAN To- get al"locrtic'
Could ,'"a,"n''' =" amy further ~ an \mrri.
can village ~ the eighties:
!, could. II did, You wcr" ton Years old
when Nou heard fnr The frs; tim" the ldi ra - used
quit" casualty, MY morning bath
Gradually Yen hogan +" attach u m"anin. 4"
that phrase. Gradually the ~irk"uii. certainty
l"'-nu !" H. h"ruc IN upon You that right here. in
,unr avn town, were lroI'l" VIII" Used ih">"
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OF STEAM.
c TEAM WAS invented by Hero of Alexandria,
Sir I>nn" Watts. l,rnjamin Fulton nnl John

G TEAM WAS invented by Her" "f .\lr\anlrin.
Sir I>In" Watts. irniamin Fulton AMI John
u. i,m'kctrllrr ia the sixteenth century for
,lC IIrjn-" of n>rrlWul img our lnll~r>, IhrA >G'-
,rp,l",l hU} and illcir Widest dreams,
steam T., ul~n used in locomotives uWl Ia throat
,uI"ri/"r~. Il Nnu haN" m" zip hnN ., wrought
tr'l NdI"riT'r frri tn" nearest slr"l iHrlu'n. and
lm, iug o|ar"iuliN "~~rluhlc,l is parts attach II
70 Your IA, roi,I ulaud with bands "f steel, first
Min. IN" boiler with lur" distilled water. and >rr
thai HE steam gauge ~ working correctly, After
tu'Millding the ire p'olcrl, and putting on II
,llprrSt ru'tlrr of cnrrlnnnnl scrl and oil of ciunn-
mon It'Hrh The nozzle Ia your irSnphlgilS and
say "Nh'' l'rl"n, until the lnd"rrukrr calls.
>lcuin n'iliiS its highest usefulness Wlun
rl,uriiug ~, AVID down the interior ~ your ~lrUm
'pripl"' from = /" Il in III" in"rn,n". Wh"u yen
lnt'" hol, ~, gll MIGHT III" uigll l"rnr". or lr"m
l. f' T. ~ ~" day lime, when You are ~tijn- IN
Iug~ir ~, lnii,~ composing the iiujl ~,,Ir IN Year
'l,,s, urHnl opera. II is also used IN krill =
,Iurin" ~ucl, l"roidS il your ,rok has remembered
l' pul amy water into them,
Steam has M regular lnhiiN. Just when N"l
llink YOU can rel, UPON II most II becomes fright
fully disslpated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

THE news that his wife was Ia '" tnN'n "P
hs Mrs. Abrrcr"mhir I"li"r. IN" "'k""w''
L edged sncinl leader of IlightNill". was IKE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
TALES OF A JEALOUS WIFE
VIII.-Harold Struggles for lis Freedom
Bv THOMAS L. MASON.

forgot all about his statement To- Myrtle that h.
would lW imI,c ui the = orlu"L train. Iol'rr
made arrangements to have him come out "I Nv"
I n'cln"k. Harold. arriving ut HligliNiIl". hurrir'l
Ia HE Potter residence.
Mrs. rclicr WIS waiting for hir'. She h,'l
yi,,u ~, :" ",mmiii eco Injecting. for her husband
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

Tiss said flower in the home improves M mora rating.
Berlin is coyhy limiting at A renaissance in poodle dogs
a reconciliation; Is earnestly predicted.
he has lot lac 50 sane a thought King Albert will not mention peace
Since Belgium vas a nation. Till Wilhelm is eyicted.
ma yet the Allie do lot trust Ts said a flower in the home
The Kai@rs burning glances, Improves ones moral rating.
with cruel art The submarines
They stab his heart Are causing seen
md stop his least advances. And Congress is debating.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
OMAHA WELL PLEASED
WITH THE NEW RULE
Mayor Dahlman Writes the
MiSSourian of Success of
Commission Plan.
GIVES FULL VALUE
Responsibility Is Definitely
Fixed and City's Business
Speeded Up.

In reply to a question as to the COM
mission form Of government in his city,
Mayor James c. Dahlman of Omaha
wries the Missourian as follows:
-Four years ago we changed from
the old council system to the commits
sion form of government. / served
six years as mayor under the old sys-
TEN where we had twelve councilmen,
one for each ward. The mayor, while
he did not meet with the council, had
the right of veto. These councilmen
met once a week to transact what busi-
ness came before them to be acted on;
the rest of the time they could devote
to their own private business.
Under the commission form of
government we have seven depart
ments; that is, we elect seven COM
missioners and the majority of these
select the mayor from among their
number; the other six are heads of the
department assigned to them, and
each man is held responsible for that
department They are required to have
an office in the city hall and devote
all of their time to the city's work.
I'VE meet from two to five times
week, if necessary; many questions
coming up require immediate atten-
ticn: if so, the commission is called
together by a special call and that
business is transacted. This could not
be done under the old system.
"The people here are well pleased
with the commission form of govern
ment, and l feel certain they would
not change back to the old system. 1t
expedites business, places RESPONSE
bility where it belongs, and | believe
the people get more for their money
than they did under the old system. 1t
does not reduce expenses"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
Shakespeare BOOns Received.

Forty-two new Shakespeare books
have just been received by the Univer-
sity Library from the Macmillan Pub
fishing Company for the Shakespeare
exhibit. Thirty-eight of these books
compose the Tudor edition of Shakes
peare. The other four are: Poems
of Shakespeare" by Dyce: "Facts
About Shakespeare" by Nelson and
Thorndike; William Shakespeare
Poet, Scientist and Man." by Mabie:
Development Of Shakespeare as q
Dramatist," by Baker.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
PUPILS STUDY CANDY SCIENCE
Elementary School Class Visits Con-
fectiOner to See Processes.

"Oh, look, it's brown
Nav, it's red
Red nothin! It's gold.'
wish it was gold. | wouldn't want
to eat it then. Id buy an automobile
with it,"
This argument came up today in the
College Inn; the exact scene OF action
was in the kitchen where the days
supply of candy was being made. Miss
Ruth Fitzgerald had brought her third
grade class of the University Element
airy School to explain to them just how
candy is made-what goes into it and
all the other little details. The dis
pute came up when large boiler full
of molasses candy was poured on a
big marble slab.
The children gathered around eager
ly, watching the process of cooling
the candy. When the mass was lifted
up and placed on hook for pulling,
the little ones had a contest to see
which one could hold his hand on the
hot marble slab the longest.
Their joy was supreme when each
was given a small piece of the candy
to pull. They learned that no matter
how hard they tried they could not
make it as white as the machinery
could. They saw the ingredients care
fully weighed, and later they will learn
the exact cost of the different things
All this they learned by their own OBJ
servation.
Last week they went to a dentists
Office and learned the effects of fail
ing to take care of ones teeth. Next
week they will go to the railroad sta
tion. BY the end of the year every 10.
cal industry will have been covered.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS QUIET
Spring and Summer Are the Dull Sea.
sons, Says A. ]. Estes.

Real estate business in and around
Columbia has been quiet the last few
weeks" said A. j. Estes of the real
estate firm of Batterton & Estes to-
day. Mr.. Estes believes that only a
few transactions will be made in the
course of the next eight or ten weeks
This is naturally the dull season
for the real estate man. said Mr.. Es-
tes. Persons making a change in To-
cation generally do so during the win
ter months, so they may get in crop
in the spring. Business was good here
durin gthe last season. Even rent
ers are all settled for the coming sea-
son."
A farm was advertised for rent in
one of the Columbia dailies yesterday.
Mr.. Estes said if this farm had been
advertised few months ago, a renter
would have been found at once.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
JOHN W. COWGILL, '65, WRITES
Oldest Graduate Of His Class Has
Been Away FOrty.nine Years.

Fifty years and nine months a
graduate of the University and forty
nine years and nine months away from
Columbia That is the record of John
W. Cowgirl of Hickman, KY, who
thinks the recent death of DR.. James
S. Preston of Armstrong, Mo-, leaves
him the last of the class Of 1865.
Il feel very much attached to the
University" he writes to H. H. Kin
yon, secretary of the Alumni Asso-
citation, land wish it a long continu-
ance of its present prosperous condi-
ton.
81 find few names in the Alumnus
that l am familiar with and that bring
bac kto me recOllections of the pleas
ant time ] spent there. Fifty years,
you know, is half a century, and next
June it will be fifty years since 1 left
Columbia. having taught there year
after my graduation in 1865.
Il occasionally see the names Of Dr.
Woodson Moss, who was youth there
and with whose mother / boarded
when in Columbia; E. w. Stephens,
who was few years behind me; Doc
tor McAlester, who was a year ahead
of me; and among my women friends
the name of Mrs. Laura Hockaday,
once Miss Iaura Rol1jnsn
Then he adds: Il see in your March
number a notice of the death of Doc
tor Preston. This. 1 believe, leaves
me the only living member of the
class of 1865"
Mr.. Cowgirl is president Of a retail
drug corporation at Hickman
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
FOR REAL PLEAJRE-A GARDEN
DIR. r. II. Jesse Says Every Man
ShOld Have One for AyOcatiOn.


Dr. r. H. Jesse, former president of
the University, thinks that every man
should have a garden if he has any
available space. 1t not only furnishes
vegetables for the table, but it gives
man something to resort to and in
terest him when he is through his
days work. Besides, tending the
garden is good exercise.
Doctor Jesse has maintained a
garden for several years, and the
nurseries in this part of the state,
knowing this. send him shipments of
all kinds of plants every year. He
has just received notice of the ship
ment of special kind of evergreen,
Colorado blue spruce, from the Will
liam P. Stark Nurseries at Stark City.
He also received several asparagus
plants from the same house this
spring.
While president of the University,
Doctor Jesse gave considerable at
tention to furthering the interests of
the College of Agriculture and en-
couraging gardening As a result he
has the esteem of a great many agri-
cultural men and gardeners through
out the state.
Besides the fresh vegetables which
| get from my garden all season." says
Doctor Jesse, 81 derive a great deal of
pleasure and health out of my work
and supervision in the garden"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29

Have you ever tarried a few idle
minutes at the postofflce to watch the
tide of humanity that sweeps past the
general delivery window? Have you
ever paused to speculate upon the
hopes, aspirations and disappoint-
ments of those who call for their let
ters instead of having the carrier
bring them to their door? 1t is an in
teresting and harmless way to waste
time.
To be perfectly frank, however, no
tide or flood is apparent at Columbia
general delivery window. A more &C
curate and truthful description would
contain such words as Tiny
stream" or drip" The clerk, in re-
ply to an offhand query, following an
observation upon the clemency of the
weather, estimated the total number
of daily callers at her window as vary
ing between sixty and seventy-five.
Lots of interesting types come
under your observation during the
course of the day, | imagine" sug-
gested the questioner.
NO, just ordinary people like you
see anywhere else" came in unromant-
ic tones from the young lady.
In Quest OF Romance.
mi, :l1z 40 oon,o in caarcb of
scraps of romance and shreds of adven-
ture, pulsing and throbbing with heart
interest-and all that sort of stuff,
you know. He had read somewhere
that those were common at any gener-
al delivery windows. He expected to
hear tales reeking with tragedy. So
it was naturally disconcerting to have
the cold water of fact dashed thus
roughly in the face of his hopes. Dis
couraged but not dismayed, he con-
tinued doggedly.
"Do you not meet with Lies woes
in their naked, unvarnished form and
steel your soul to look with unseelng
eve into Humanity's disappointed face
as il turns sorrowfully away? DO you
see the palsied hand of old age trem-
BILE with expectation of that which is
not to be? Do you look upon the timid
immigrant, as with halting step he
calls for the letter from beyond the
seas? Do you smile inwardly when
the light fades from the sparkling eyes
of the callow youth and a detected jaw
drops upon a disappointed breast? Are
such heart-rending sights part and
parcel of your daily experience"
1.-THE clerk looked up from the let
ters she had been sorting.
Were you speaking to meg' she
asked sweetly.
The question lost much force in the
repetition, but the clerk followed
every word. She looked sharply at
the questioner. He seemed quite sane
and very much in earnest.
"Not very often" she said, but
whenever | have the blues | some
times-excuse me a moment
Two young women attired in daz-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
HE LOOKED FOR ROMANCE
AT GENERAL DELIVERY

zling rainment and dazing smiles,
sought the window and in a scarcely au-
dible voice inquired for Miss Some
body's mail. The clerk shuffled stack
of letters several times while the two
made a commendable attempt to ap-
pear unconcerned. They held their
breath. The clerk went through the
stack twice and chose rather bulky
epistle.
II was seized by one of the young
women, who gave unmistakable signs
of not having been schooled in the art
of self-suppression. Her eagerness
was irrepressible. And then no"
could she know that a pair of steely
blue eyes were watching her every
movement and dilated ears were
stretching forth to catch the leas.
sound that dropped from her lips? She
tore off the end Of the envelope with
a nervous, anxious movement.
Strangely she looked at the signature
first. Her lips pursed slightly and a
furrow wrinkled her brow.
"Oh, dearie!" she exclaimed sud-
denly as though a great light had
dawned. "It's from that tall blond l
met down at Mexico Saturday. You
remember him I'm sure-the one who
was at the depot"
The descriptive facts refreshed the
others memory and the two left hap
PLY.
Il presume" continued the curious
one, addressing the clerk, that in
Vulnerable secret correspondence are
carried on through the medium of
the general delivery"
No Heart Balm for Him.
Some" admitted the clerk. "but not
as many as you would think-and
they're not all young people either"
The questioner retired in confu-
sion. His place was taken by port
ly smiling salesman, who retired with
a paper and an air of keen disaDpoint-
ment.
"The people that call here" rcsum-
ed the clerk, ''are mostly transients
and persons who have not been here
long enough to be permanently locat-
ed. They are agents and peddlers and
various other sorts of people without
a town. They are students who don't
want their landladies to know who are
writing to them and men who don't
want their wives to know whom they
are writing to- There are some who
are not on the delivery routes. These
are about all, think. Is there any
thing else?"
There was something lacking. The
questioner thanked the clerk and re-
tired to a secluded spot where he could
watch the window unseen. There he
waited some ten minutes for the de-
crepit old man to call for the letter
from his son in the West. The letter
was to contain a money order for a
large sum and the old man was TO
faint from joy. The wait was in vain.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
New Farm Bulletins Out Soon.

Two farm bulletins are now on the
press and will be issued within the
first two weeks of April. They are
Dairy Laws. Rules and Regulations"
and Agricultural Exhibits and Farm
ers' Institutes"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
PREFERENTIAL VOTING FAVORED
Members of Student Council Cite Seven
Reasons for Adoption.

There are at least seven reasons
why the new preferential ballot sys-
TEN, as explained in the Missourian
yesterday, should meet with the ap-
proval of the student body, say mem-
bers of the Student Council. The new
system adopted by the council will be
presented to the students for vote
at a mass meeting soon.
Following are the reasons given by
the council for its adoption:
1. 1t saves time and money by
eliminating the possibility of two cleo
tions.
2. 1t provides that majority shall
elect.
3. II gives true expression to the
opinion of the student body as to the
relative merits of the candidates.
4. 1t does away with the element Of
chance in plurality elections.
5. Each ballot counts once.
6. If the voters choice is lost on
defeated candidate, his second or
third choice will count.
Z. 1t is absolutely fair and i'm
partial.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29

A observation-disclosures track me t
will be held Saturday morning. April
s. All underclassmen are urged by
the athletic department to take part.
The freshman track picture will be
taken at 4:30 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon at the gymnasium.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29
HOW NEWSPAPERS BRING THE CONSUMER CLOSER TO THE
DEALER
BY John Herbert TOal,
General Manager De yinne Safety Razor Co., Inc.

newspaper advertising of the most
mediu thata a advertiser
essential
ability of is to
throw concentrated in
developed what is known
method selling advertiser makes appropriation
business definite unit of erroa city, county,
all dealers that particular locality
advertising local reach the maximum number Of
the advertising medium
which
verng effectively with his
special
dions through the publicity this medium
phonograph permits pist copy
local Advertising allows direct from dealer
Newspapers therefore, closer
and medium that brings
down the selling
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-29

Phone So to have the Missourian
delivered to you. 25c a month.
The Ordway new era., 1916-06-02
The Nations Police

Recently when Arthur Brisbane
was on his way from New York to
Columbia, Mo. where he was to lee
ture to the university students he
stopped off in st. Louis. He was ask
ed what he was to talk about. He
said:
II expect to talk about the country
weekly newspapers which are the
real police force of the United States,
and by far the most important agency
OF good government In the United
States.
~ shall talk about advertising,
which is the science of distribution.
Distribution is the great problem Of
the day.
''Plenty Of water in the ocean. 1t
needs distribution thru irrigation.
"Plenty of knowledge in the IL
braries. 1t needs distribution thru
education.
''Plenty of merchandise on the
shelves. 1t needs distribution thru
intelligent, truthful advertising.
The Ordway new era., 1916-06-02
THE JUNIOR cHAUTAuoUA.

for games and contests, to be directed
by the Junior Superintendent. The
lady having this interesting work in
charge is fully competent to entertain
and direct the activities of the girls
and boys during ChautauQua week.
All children Of all ages are invited to
attend the "children's Chautauqua."
1t is free to all, and all will have equal
attention.
The Oldest boys will be directed by
young man, an athlete capable Of
directing games and sports that the
older boys enjoy. The very small chill
dren will be organized into a group
apart from the older children. 1t is
the purpose of the Junior superintend-
ent to make it glad time for the boys
and girls. By means Of stories and H.
lustrated talks she will endeavOr to
help the children appreciate and un-
derstand the adult program more fully.
Besides the usual number Of myths,
legends and old time favorites, Ha-