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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-03
Women of France are Given
Diplomas For Harvesting

grain was still standing IN 1914;
Madame Beaujouan and her daugh-.
ters have harvested three crops from
that farm since. The third is the best
of the three for they F7acked the
twist of the wrist" as Jeanne Beau
jouan puts it, until they had had the
experience of two crops.
They are proud of the crop for
the crops sake, but they don't seem
to be aware of thu remarkable effort
it required of them to do the fertiliz-
ing, blowing, narrowing, seeding and
harvesting. When one talks to them
about it, they tell him to go and see
the crop that Madenoiselle Marthe
Bon Feve got from a 70-acre farm at
Serrigny EN- Bresse, which promises
to constitute the record for girl farm
during the war when the yield il
Fl ally measured. Like the soldiers
OF France, these heroines Of the rear
take no praise individually; there are
so many, they say, who have done as
we'll.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-03
RT YCW0 La LITTLE STORY OF CENTRAL
IOO0 AND HOW SHE SPENDS HER DAY.
Bv Celia Mvrover Robinson -

without losing her office prestige.
The rules that bind Central to the
public service are no more flexible
than is the metal head-piece which
she wears all during her working
hours, with the receiver that is al
most as much part of her, as her
busy hands.
Watching those restless hands and
arms, never quiet, but always serving,
listening to that continuous: Mum
Der! Number" taking cognizance of
that quick intelligence requisite to
placing the plug always in the right
place at the right time, seeing the
little bright red lights flash, flash,
flash along the switchboard, one no
longer looks upon Central as a pert
and frivolous person, whose main OBJ
ject in life is to keep the public on
the rack of impotence, but instead
she typifies in a wonderful way the
marvellous motive power of electricity
intelligently applied to every day liv-
ing.
For it is intelligence that Central
must bring to bear on her work in
the telephone exchange.
To the minds of many the tele-
phone exchange presents itself as 9
place of noise and confusion, where
bells are always ringing, where Cen
trails voice is raised continually ii
objurgation ESQ do our mental pic
lures partake of our mental attitude)
and where, between whites she flirts
over the wire, and dusts her nose with
poudre de riz.
But what one sees really at the tel
ephone exchange is something very
different from this.
The day that / went to sec Cen
trail was rainy day. / missed cal
and was five minutes late, and l have
a guilty feeling that l overstayed m!
time. But none of this was impressed
upon me by the courteous office force
and l think they knew that | stayed
because / was saturated with a new
| experience and I liked it-and them
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-03

other duties a system of checking,
which is quite as intricate, in it's
way, as a system of bookkeeping.
This has been very carefully worked
out, in order to avoid errors, and it
is remarkable how many calls are
taken care of, and how accurately
these calls are checked, through this
system.
There are twenty-one girls en-
ployed at the telephone exchange, in
addition to the chief operator, Miss
Jernigan, the assistant operator, Miss
Mary Burns, and the supervisor. Miss
Burns has been with the company for
seven years Miss Fodie Massey has
been in the telephone exchange eleven
years. Miss Nellie Everitt's service
has been for the length of seven
years. Others who serve you each
day are Misses Julia Anderson, Sybil
Grubbs, Bessie Bliss, Kate Skinner,
Olga Wilson, Nora Bowling, Mona
Merlin, Regina Geri, Agnes Rafferty,,
Julia Rand, Florence Williams, Err
nestine Merlin, jeanette Wilburn,
Ella May Bobe, Irene Butler, Eta
Gonzalez, Anna Worlund, Hattie Sal
want, Annie Lee Keller.
But it is not all work with Central
Things are made as easy for her as
is compatible with her work. And
one of the ways that have been de-
vised by the Telephone Company to
make life more pleasant for her is
by installing a Rest Room in the
building, where the telephone ex-
change is housed.
On the damp rainy morning spent
with her was introduced to this com.
Portable lounging room, where one
finds a great deal to add to the com
fort and pleasure of the girls. There
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-03

If you have visioned Central as a
pert young person, with frivolous
soul and cranky disposition, whose
favorite word is "busy," and whose
obstinate little head, (marcelled), is
sternly set against accommodating
you, but is given over, instead, to
foolish fancies. and inane converse
ton, when she should be ministering
to your needs-then, some day when
you have nothing better to do, pay a
visit to the telephone exchange, and
see Central as she really is.
You may opine from her pink
cheeks or her wavy hair-for Cen
trail, in the aggregate, is both youth
full and pretty-that somewhere about
her there must be love of frIvolity,
that hidden somewhere in the deeps
of her nature there must be spontan-
eous phrases that bubble over, girl
ishly, and, in spiteo f set rules, made
for your service, that when she leaves
the switchboard, she is normal and
natural. But, if you have watched
her at work, as I have watched her,
you viii thank God for that. You will
even hope, being both normal and
natural, under all the red tape that
has been twisted about her in order
that she may meet the demands of ar
exacting public, that if she should
rise above all rules and answer your
sharp query with equal sharpness
the Chief operator or her supervisor
may be looking the other way, anC
forget to tally it against her.
The psychology of crowds has never
been explained. And why mobs O.
people follow the same mad lines o
unreason is hardly less explicabl'
than why the public vents its i'll hu
NOR on the Girl at the Switchboard
We all do it. None Of Us is immune
If we happen to get up late 70
breakfast, or find the coffee weak, i
we miss a street car, or have BAT
cold, we take it out on Central, all to-
frequently. Which is manifestly un
fair, as Central cannot answer bacl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-03
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Moret Sur LONG, Seine ct Marine,
France, Dec. among the war
recompenses that will be handed
down with greatest pride from gen.
Grafton to generation in French fam
lilies are the diplomas, now framed
and hanging on the walls of many a
farm house, attesting how the peas
ant women and farmers wives, wild
ows and daughters overcome war diff
ficulties. The soil has we'll repaid
the effort and, thanks to them,
France is sure of another year of
ample living.
The actual cash returns W IL
a record year in time Of peace Ill
excepting oats and potatoes,
yield was below the average.
This country of the Brie, which is
generally second only to the Beauce
in wheat production and first of all
for oats, stands at the head for both,
yet this crop was sown almost entire
ly by women, girls and boys too
young or women too old TO shoulder
a rifle. There is a good example of
what was done on a little farm just
outside the shade of the forest of
Fountainebleau at Wiener, where in
a modest farm house hang the framed
diplomas accorded by the Syndicate
Central des Agriculteurs de France
Central Union of French Farmers)
in the names of Madame Beaujouan
and her daughters, Raymonde, aged
IL, and Jeanne, aged ID.
Beaujouan was mobilized while the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-03

are easy chairs and a writing table
and couch, all upholstered in brown
leather, where the girls may rest and
read, write letters, or embroider the
dainty lingerie that all girls love.
Adjoining, tables and chairs are
placed, where the girls may have
lunch If they ike, and there Is a gas
stove and brisk, busy maid, who was
broiling beef or something equally
savory when / stepped into the room,
The girls lockers, too, are here, and
there is a medicine chest, for service
in case of accident.
The telephone ompany furnishes
the rooms, sugar, milk, tea, coffee
and crackers, and the services of the
maid. During the carnival, or such
rush seasons, the company furnishes
lunch free to the operators.
just before I left, as / sat in the
Rest Room and talked to the chief
operator, she showed me a picture
which expressed much that I have
tried to express in this little story OF
Central. It was called Weavers OF
Speech, and Central was typified as
a strong, bright-faced young woman
holding in her capable hands the wei
Of commerce. On one side were the
lines of traffic, the wires which have
encircled the world and enriched it
and on the other, the minarets Of
city rose, wonderful, inspiring il
the suggestion of beauty and plenty
the world that Central is helping
to build with her ceaselessly busy
hands, and her quick young brain, anc
her well modulated young voice
Central, who with her repetition
of Number" has become the pace
maker Of the world and its workers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-27
By LAURA CLAWSoN.

spared. Anne I. smiled. because you
learned to control that excitable tongue
OF yours"
Self discipline is perhaps the hardest
thing OF all to learn. II II has TO be
drummed into one after one Is grown"
she admitted, II am hoping TO pass on
to Anne the same lesson I am CRATE
full to father for.
1T isn't easy to keep ones head In the
midst of sudden danger or even In the
midst OF exciting happenings which are
not disastrous. but II one keeps from
becoming hysterical there Is so much
gained! / mean In a perfectly selfish
way.
II have in mind one OF Anne's little
friends who leaves me worn out after
an afternoon spent here. The child isn't
a cry-baby and she is an attractive little
her obs and abs resound throughout
the apartment. She Is one the move
bodily as we'll as mentally every
moment she is out OF bed"
Allowing for temperament"-I be-
gan.
Nonsense" interrupted my sister. who
IL nothing II not practical. don't speak
that word to me- I'm sick of It! Chill
dren need training more thar Temporal
ment. and don't YOU forget IT,"
And then she went on with her smock.
do think that we need to emphasize
perhaps more than we do this matter
NJ self control in speech and m,nner
Those OF us who had parents who re-
garded II as most necessary that their
children should learn to mr. ster their
own emotions, were indeed wise N their
day and generation. Moderation in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-27

In part as propelling forces. As a mat
ter OF fact, the same vital spark that
makes a live baby differ from a dried
factors which keep the blood in mo.
ton.
The heart does not pump. push or
squeeze the blood forward by means OF
than the force of gravity or the Vacuum
In the heart suctions In IL. The mus
cular rhythm. automatic as II is. helps
to maintain a steady pressure in the
whole closed system, but the extreme
have much to do with II after all. In
deed, were II not for their nexibil.ty-
the power to expand quickly and as
speedily to shrink-the intermittent
eternal unstea diness in the flow.
Other Wave Aids.
The recoii of the rubber-like muscles
OF the orterial and venous walls mas
perhaps more TO do with the progress
the neighborhood Of the heart than has
the latter itself. As a new beat Of the
heart occurs. more blood moves as n
wave into the arteries. again, they
stretch and recoll. aeahi the stream is
moved and tnrped Just gently enough to
give II stead forward movement
The heart beat. indicated by The pulse
or beat of the artery in line with your
,runD-Or any other nrtery-is a wave
~ the flow. independent in It's incep-
ton, ore at least In your perception OF
II, irom'the onward flow of the blood.
The pulse waves wear themselves out
In the cobweb-like spread-eagle surface
OF the cRpillaries. Therefore, II Is nm
felt In the veins, which arc the channels
that return the stale. soiled. deoxidyLed
blood TO the heart and lungs.
Obviously the heart bcat-the pulse -
4 is not the only sources of motion to the
Flood rush. because II IN absent in both
the veins and tue lymph spaces. You
might as we'll say that the motor in an
automobile makes the cnsolene low into
Its cylinders az to cay that the heart
is the sole cause of the flow OF the
! blood
Tho circulation Of the blood really has
Us primary impulse in many things. not
the least OF which. perhaps. g to be
| found H. some Internal combustion an
alogous to that OF gnsolcne ana air in
! a gas engine.
| tcopy't. 1915. by Newspaper Feature service).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-27
Hoo Your Blood Moves,
Bringing Life to E0ery
Cell Throughout Body
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERc

THE blood, like man himself. 10
notf perfect. Man has made
some things and has improved
others. but he cannot create n
red blood corpuscle or see his own
soul.
New tissues and new materials are
made and brought to their proner nos,-
lions In the anatomical whole by the
scarlet Avon's gentle How. Oxygen and
fodder. are transported hither and
thither' ana waste Is carried by the
veins to the seas. called kidneys.
In the simplest, microscopic ANIMAL
cuies the movements In the tiny globuie
OF living stun In not called ''circilation
OF the blood" because there In no dis
tnctly different structures such as
blood and no channels marked on from
the whole mass. Higher animals have
GRATED into networks. through which
white. green, blue, yellow or red blood
nows. The heart In one OF the bullying
places along the netways Of tubes
which convey the blood. II is still
maintained enormously by many doc.
tors that the passage of the blood
through the veins, arteries. and heart Is
controlled by purely mechanical fea.
lures
Vital Spark Exists.
A little experiment with a rattle.
snakes heart-or the heart of some
other animal. such as a chicken thai
has been served at dinner-will disprov,
the alleged mechanical features" II
the heart Of such an animal is sepa
rated from the veins and arteries, ant
III milk or sugar water In allowed Il
wash or battle II. the heart will continu.
to beat as Of yore. Moreover, a bit o.
heart muscle sliced up and kept prop
erly In an incubator will continu,
rhythmically to beat Il the same way
IL will also grow and multiply. Despit.
these facts. some doctors, chemists, ant
physicists persist in calling the hear
chemical, go.
True enough. the heart furnishes som,
OF the motive power OF the ''circula ton
OF blood, but II Is equally correct to sa,
that the blood, the elastic walls Of IN,
veins and arteries-the. milk or suga,
water OF the amputated heart-aIso &C
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-27
Woman With Scrubbing
Brush.

Day after day I pit my puny strength
Against the city's lusty carelessness.
The scraps and leavings OF untidy folk
The refuse thrown upon the public
way
The factory chimneys belchins smoke
All this, when blown by chance within
A public fault becomes a private shame.
And turks in furtive corners to convict
Me as a slattern to my neighbours eyes.
My whole existence narrows to one
The Dirt! The Dirt! 1t haunts me in
my dreams:
] rise betimes. to find II waiting there.
To mock my feeble shifts OF yesterday.
The world to stand aloof. nor soil my
My husband comes, aweary from his
work;
The children run in. laughing, from the
Their only playground; but I do not
Their eyes with loving glances from my
own:
I look no hirher than their dusty shoes
That track in Dirt and make my labor
And then I snap at them, ana they al
And Home is turned into pickering
hell!
Yet cleanliness is all that marks III
From vice vand ignorance on ever,
hand;
And II falter In my daily task
Let nirt and Dust and Squalor have
their will
Farewell 10 pride-fareweil TO self
respect!
10. day by dsv I pit my puny strength
Against the City's lusty carelessness.
.-Florence Van Cleve, In New Yori
Times.
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tree Is important-but I said the world
OF real things, you remember Pie
young man must be ambitious or he
WOULD not care to marry you. He
cation, there Is still a chance to learn
In the big school OF experience.
III he married you, and you feel that
your own education is superior to his,
you could help him in lots OF WAYS.
There are good books to be read 10.
Eet9er. lectures and concerts to at
TEND, and myriad OF other first aids
10 culture waiting for you to use them.
old snS Say me re man rnn is young; yet he is
ana that Is you. II you have led him
70 believe that you care for hinn-so
That he has been building all his hopes
upon this foundation-you must either
make your decision to marry him or
tel MIN that you cannot at once.
III man has ambition there is moth
ing that Will give him such a boost
as me realization that a woman is CIV
ing him her hearty support. ON the
other hand. there is no greater setback
than a trust that proves unfounded.
| Apparently you hold the secret OF the
young mans progress or defeat With
you TO help him, there Is no reason why
tured friends. In other words, nv
marrying him you do not need to change
your particular niche in society. Reach
down and pull him up beside you.
III me task seems hard. remember that
ne loves you and you love him. and
rove can accomplish wonders. You must
pc very tactful. to be sure. Never let
MIN mink for moment that you feel
Eourseif above him In education and
family. He Is probably fully aware OF
your superiority already.
A1ter all the advice I can give YOU
must not be taken az gospel. of course
do not know you nor the young man.
ana can only judge by what you told
me IN your very straightforward letter.
really think. though. that Il will be
worm your while to stand by the man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-27
Mothers Friend

The friend that the expectant
mother needs, brings peace of mind,
freedo., from worry and added COM
fort. Experienced women advise the
use Of Mothers Friend because it is
80 perfectly safe to use and has
helped a host OF expectant mothers to
q happy, normal existence during this
very important period. Mothers Friend.
to be had at any drug store. is an ex-
ternal treatment that relieves the ten
sion upon the cords and liRaments that
come from muscular expansion. II
gently soothes the fine network of
nerves and brings happv relief from
abnormal pains. thus creating comfort
and contontment.-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-27
His Need.

For three successive nights Newpop
had walked the floor with the baby. On
the fourth night he became desperate.
and bought a bottle OF soothing strip.
why. James" exclaimed his wife.
when she saw the bottle. what did YOU
buy that for? Don't You know It Ia
very DANGEROUS to give a child anything
like that?"
Don't worry" was her husbands
reply. Tn going to take II myself
Wisconsin State Journalq.
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day comes to light II Is i'm
possible to refuse to print 1t.
From the depths of an existenc
more sauelched than that of any 81
berian convict super-chaperone
business woman has sent forth a or
for freedom. '.a as
She merely wants to be able to bu
a bag OF gumdrops or an ice cream sod
az q favorite haunt without having I
give a diagram Of her comings and go
ings. together with her expenditures, t
her family. t'-
She says: '..
Don't pass this UP, please. 1t is
such good piece for the column.
1t is full Of that pathetic humor
famous and which, has landed many
a good Irishman in. jail.
I'm "a business woman, twenty
seven years of age. earn my own
living; and actually support others
In addition to myself.
Yet I cannot take a car ride.
walk. or a day off from my family
without accounting for every minute
of my time.
My fourteen-year-old brother goes
and comes as he wishes. / am put
ting him through school. Yet the
same parents who never question his
department inquire as to my every
turn.
My personal life is more sauelched
than that OF any Siberian convict.
My family-mother, father. sisters.
and even my brother-are my guards.
The only hope that / see for my
self lies In getting married. Pish.
you say! VIII l get into the same
mess again. only worse?
Not I. Anyhow. one person is
easier to get away from than Ave.
Besides. now don't laugh-I hope to
have my husband trained to let me
breathe on every fourth Wednes-
day-or earlier. However, / may
change my mind about the husband.
Now when l remain out for dinner,
the conversation tho next time we
get "cozy"-I hate that word-goes'
something like this:
where were you? who went with
you? Did you go by street car or
automobile? Where did you have
your dinner? Did you see anybody
you know? Why didn't you get back
earlierT"
When I get a new hat, II I am fool
ish enough to send 1t home 1t is
- opened before get there. The price
tag is carefully inspected. and the
topic of conversation for dinner Is
whether or not l ought to pay that
:. much for a hat.
Once I staxed out until II o'clock.
without telephonins home after I
had my dinner Il had said that
would be down town to dinner). and
when got home tho. family were
all in the parlor, In their night
clothes, trying to decide whether to
send plainclothes men or mounted
police after me.
That IL the honest truth,
: And I am sane enough 10 make
much more than one hundred dollars
"a month. send my brother through
school. and do not drink, smoke.
chew. or associate with rough peo-
DIE.
Please write about me. Make II
funny or serious. Just as you like.
Whatever you say will help, / am
sure. You can't imagine lust how a
little thing like seeing 1t in print
win give me back bone.
I, I may be tempted to go out at
half past nine, buy two cheese sand
witches and bottle OF ginger ale,
and eat them In my room with the
door locked!
Your pathetic Admirer,
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gratitude TO parents" said
Anne's mother. as she paused
for a moment to hold in front OF her
the smock she was embroidering fol-
her small daughter.
I'm nsing my friends shamelessly. -
I admitted. FOR perhaps It Is only after
We are grown and have the opportunity
to put into practice the maxims OF our
childhood that We discover the i'm
portance of some OF them
well. can tell you what I thank
father for most" remarked my sister
land that Is for teaching US selr-con.
troll. You remember how he never al.
lowed us to give, way to excitement
nor come rushing into the house. shout
ing at the top OF our voices; not sc
much because he minded the noise az
It was that he felt the effect on US
was bad"
We were taught that i was lust as
silly for a girl to cry because she waf
hurt-or tired-as II was for a boy.
Think what your family mas beer