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The sun., 1916-11-26

Here. strange to say. Americans
up better, No ONE can forget
The Pit" by Frank Norris. THE
jungle" by Upton Sinclair, or Sister
Carrie" 10y Dresser.
I am not quite certain whether my
novel "The Bomb" ought to he in this
list. am quite certain that two or
three of my short stories are among
the best, and YOU can find some OF
them in my book "Unpath'd Waters"
The Miracle OF the Stigmata," AN
English Saint" MIR. Jacobs Philoso-
ply"
Name "a few great noveiists dead
prior to 1900 whose attitude. method
and style applied unchanged To the
new material would secure them a
living were they to begin their careers
to-day"
This il the sort Of question that
shows curious ignorance, Balzac died
about 1850. No matter when he lived
he would have been the greatest writer
Of novels. t~ervantes. who died in
1916, no matter when he lived would
nave been one of the greatest writer's
OF novels. The greatest shor, stories
in the world to-day are the Prodieal
Son. and the woman taken in adultery,
the latter the greatest story, long or
short. ever written by man.
The other questions do not in
terest me. The greatest writer's in the
English language are quite well known
Shaw, Wells, Conrad and Hewitt
and among Americans, Dresser, Upton
Sinclair and myself.
In answer to your last question I
should say that the hest work Of q.
Henry is extremely faulty. and that no
great short story writer needs any
model at all, and that no model will
ever make a second rate maj a genius.
The sun., 1916-11-26

cold winter mornings after the night
before.
Miss Dorothy Green. n OF the
vampiest Of our screen vampires. val
asked to tell how long 1t takes her to
wriggle into the %serpentine gowns she
wears 80 effectively. Palpably. there
are no ordinary fasteners on a regula-
ton vampire gown. Either the
are wound around and pinned at the
end with a ruby bearing a deaths heat
In It's crimson depths. or ,ney are
donned with the aid of u shoehorn.
II never timed myself. but I should
The sun., 1916-11-26

Harlem. will no longer sneak into the
office and slide behind her desk In the
hope the boss will not notice she is
hrse-quarters Of n hour late. all be-
cause she laced her high top boots
wrong and had "a lace them all over
again. Title will wear sandals To-
match her Grecian robe. and she Will
lie able 10 sleep an hour later on those
The sun., 1916-11-26

seems a mile stretch OF buttons the
size OF a French pea. only to nnd at
the finish that the buttons and button
holes do not come out even and that
you have started wrong at the top.
For the girl who wakes to the tune
Of the alarm clock. what n blessing,
Miss Tile Typewriter. the pride Of
Park Row and the best foxtrotter in
The sun., 1916-11-26
BY JANE DIXON.

~ TOW fast can a woman dress''
r. Faring forth. I put the
question to the hrst man I
met. And this was his answer:
allow fast can a snail rum"
Then it was that with great slee I
nshed out a deck Of clippings from the
newspapers and passed them on to his
wiseacres. The clippings told how
Mrs, William McAdoo-she who was
Eleanor wilson-had established
twenty minute record from the tub to
the final dab Of powder on the tip OF
the nose.
No sooner had this record been
posted on the bulletin boards down IA
Texas, where the McAdoos were raw.
cling, than Chicago crashed into the
racs.
Mrs. Carter Harrison finishes with
a clear record Of thirteen minutes and
no seconds" came the nash from the
city Of Wind.
OF course this almost put an end to
the race. The pace was so h~eartbreak-
ing that entries lost courage and were
inclined to let Mrs. Harrison's record
stand unchailenged. 1t looked as II
Chicago would keep the cup.
But hold. Chicago. Do not count
your honors before they are Matched.
Wait until the returns from New York
come N. And that Is where you fall.
Listen to this:
Mrs, Ernest Thompson Seton OF our
city has made 1t in six minutes
straight.
Mrs. Seton IL the wife OF the man
who writes about woods and the
woodsy folk. She is prominent In the
work of suffrage. When she IL not
trailing the vote for women h 10 busy
bringing young girls lack to h simple
life by taking them into the great out
doors and spreading before them the
hook OF nature. So you see ate: all
she has not so very much time to give
10 dress.
Well" she unused when asked for
her schedule, II have dressed In six
minutes. II was one time Ia France,
at a little way station inn. / overslep'
and was awakened by the train pullins
irto the station. The train stopped
there exactly six minutes. ! was on
that train when 1t left. Necessity Is
the mother of accomplishment. had
TO do 1t, and | did.
'Of course / would not care to adopt
the six minute schedule regularly. out
1t can be done. Forty minutes 10 Q
fair average OF time. This includes
everything-bath. hairdress, nails an
all the niceties Of the we'll groomed
woman's toilet.
, Clothes are like society. They grow
more complicated every day. II women
gave less time to dress they woulc
have more time to learn life. That II
why the Woodcraft girls. who are
landed together to live the simple life
S.oSe to nature. have adopted MILDLY
blouses and boomers. No n hal
to stop and hook them up the back
They do not dislocate their spinaI
columns craning to locate q snapper
some dressmaker has hidden away IN
the middle Of the back.
And. best Of all. the middies ant
boomers are becoming. much mor'
so than some Of the intricate gown
designed by modistes to impress
patrons with the difficulties OF theil
art 10 that the high cost Of dressing
will not seem like q holdup. An aler
Moderator can dress In hve minutes
easily and look as well 10 or bette
than the artificial woman who uses MT
minutes
No. men. There viii not bs anothe
hloomer epidemic. The clan Of which
Mrs. Seton speaks has skirts for Oft!
wear. 1t 10 only when the member
leave the asphalt acreags aod hle thee
The sun., 1916-11-26
The Answer to the Often Asked Question "How Fast
Can a Woman Dress?" Sought in Many
Quarters With Astonishing Results

will you be compelled to lose n dol
lars worth OF a two dollar show while
Susan wrestles with the problem Of
getting three dozen hooks into the
right eyes.
Nor will you. men. be called upon to
oficiate at one Of the pleasant parties
where you break Your nails over what
The sun., 1916-11-26

truth OF the statement hat no matter
on mush,
The sun., 1916-11-26
Continued from Fourth Page.

luxury they can't afford. We could
not produce an Ibsen. He would not
express American life.'
The sun., 1916-11-26

ut row fast can q woman dress?'
Faring forth. I put the
question to the drst man I
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-04-21
Simplest Corn Cure in the World-No
Pain, No Fuss. New, Sure Way.

When corns make you almost die
with your boots on" when you've
soaked them and picked them and
sliced them, when corn-sweliing
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-04-21
OFF TO THE PEN

Deputy Castleman will probably
leave for McAlister tonight with Err
nest, alias fluffy" Bass. Bass was
sentenced to a year and day in the
penitentiary one day this week and
stated this morning that he wanted to
start in serving his sentence just as
soon as possible.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-06-15
President Accepts Resignation al
Once - Indianian Did Not Seek
Second Place on Ticket
Floods of Messages Re-
ceiVed and Exchanged.

Washington, d. C.-Charles Evans
Hughes stepped down from the SUI
preme bench and. again a private
citizen, accepted the Republican nom
lnation for President
81 have not desired the nomina.
tion.' stated this telegram. 81 have
wished to remain on the bench. But
In this critical period of our ma
tional history l recognize that it is
your right to summon and that it is
my paramount duty to respond"
Within an hour after Chairman
Harding had notified him OF his
nomination. Mr.. Hughes had accepted
the call. His resignation. a scant
two-line letter without a superfiuous
word, was on its way to the White
House from the Hughes home before
the nominee had dispatched the mes.
sage of acceptance.
Chicago. - Charles Evens Hughes.
former governor of New York. and
associate justice Of the supreme court
of the United States. was nominated
for the presidency by the Republican
national convention.
Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indi-
ana, elected vice president with Theo-
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NEXT INSTITUTE
AT HUNTINGTON
SESSIONS AT BLUEFlELO LARGE.
LY ATTENDED AND MOST
INTERESTING.
FINANCING PLANS DISCUSSED
Delegates Taken by Special Train on
Tour of lnspection-Visit Man,
moth Power House.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Blueheld, w. Va.-The West Vir-
ginia Mining Institute closed it's ses-
sions after deciding to hold the next
meeting at Huntington. The attend
ance on the closing day was better
than on the previous day, and it
proved to be the most interesting ses-
sion. j. X. Cameron, of the Westing-
house Electric Co., presided, and the
first paper on the program was Some
Of the Duties of a Company Mine In
spector," by p. A. Grady, of this city.
Mr.. Grady is inspector for the vari-
Gus mines of the Collins interests. A
discussion at some length followed
Of the best on the program.
Tendencies was the subject of
paper by L. Drennen, of Big Stone
Gap, Va. who said that workmen were
attracted to West Virginia from his
home state by the workmen's compen-
sation law, that safety of mines, com
Portable houses, hospitals, play
grounds, community nurses, Y. NJ. c..
A. and other uplift means were part
of the tendencies in the handling of
labor by the mining interests.
The Mine Labor Situation" was a
we'll prepared paper by Charles W.
Corner, of Marytown. He said there
were several reasons for a scarcity
of labor advanced, among them being
the European war. This paper also
came in for some discussion, but the
various speakers could not agree as
to the cause OF labor shortage Espe-
cially was the manner of wages dis
cussed.
Secretary Zern gave an interesting
account of the methods and progress
Of the mine extension work of the
state university The business meet
ing of the institute was held and con-
cluded the session. At this meeting
plans for financing the institute were
discussed and adopted. The delegates
were taken by special train on a tour
of inspection over the electrifcation
system of the Norfolk and Western
railway and a visit to the Bluestone
power house.
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dore Roosevelt. in 1904, again was
chosen for second place on the Re
publican ticket
Both nominations, made by over
whelming majorities on the third bal
lot of the convention, were by accla
nation made unanimous.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
presented by Colonel Roosevelt as a
compromise candidate. received seven
otes. Colonel Roosevelt himself re
ceived 1872. scattered over - states
The nominating ballot showed this
count:
Hughes. 9491s; Roosevelt. 1917;
Lodge, Z; Du Pont, 3 T.; La Toilette, 3;
Weeks, g. Absent, /. Total, 9S7.
Despite the fact that Frank II
Hitchcock, leader of the Hughes men
wanted Burton for second place Ohio
withdrew Burton's name leaving the
field to Mr. Fairbanks and former
Senator Burkett of Nebraska.
The ballot for vice president
showed this count:
Fairbanks 500. Burkett 1OS. Borat
Is. Burton 1 Johnson T. absent
scattering and not voting G. Tota
987.
Mr. Hughes will be notified OF hi.
nomination officially az date to- be
fixed later by a committee headed by
Senator Warren c. Harding of Ohio
chairman of the convention
Mr. Fairbanks will be notified by
committee headed by Senator
william y. Borah of Idaho
Hughes Successor Not Selected.
President Wilson has not consid
cred a successor TO Justice Hughes
Because of his recent survey OF avail
able lawyers prior to the appointment
of Justice Brandeis 90 was said al
the White House 10 would be cas-,
for the President TO make up hii
mind quickly but as the Suprem,
Court has recessed until October f
was thought likely he would no
hurry
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-06-15
Hughes and Fairbanks
Named by Republicans
Choice of Justice Decided on Third Ballot
When He Polls 9491a Votes
RESIGNS FROM SUPREME BENCH
Did Not Seek Place.

anapolis-Charles Warren Fair
banks accepted the nomination for
Vice President. He said:
was not a candidate for the
Vice Presidential nomination and
requested the chairman of the
Indiana delegation to withdraw
my name IL presented. The nom
ination was made and the con-
Vention adjourned before my dis
patch was received. feel il my
duty, under the circumstances, to
accept the commission, which the
party has so generously and
unanimously placed in my hands.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
made a vigorous effort to avoid ac-
cepting the Vice Presidential nomi-
nation on the Republican ticket.
While the roll call which nominated
him was under way in the Repub-
lican convention he made frantic eff.
forts over the telephone to get in
touch with the managers OF his pres
idential boom and notify them that
he would not accept the second place
on the ticket. He could not get
them, however, and the nomination
went through.
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She Saw A Little Boy Propped and
Plllowed In a Big Chair.

ping n pinch Of white cotton night
gown, something less than a mile too
big for her. but terrifyingly clean. She
knew she must resume her clothes, and
loathed the idea.
The least effort hurt her bitterly but
she hobbled across the room and some
how got into her own things She
worked with extreme caution OF noise:
she did not know just why. When she
was dressed, she stood still and won
dered what to do next The idea Of
facing Sam Thomas appalled, her. She
remembered the kindllness Of Mrs.
Thomas mOtherly face when she had
tucked her into bed last night; yet.
somehow. she wondered if these people
had not changed during the night. n
they would not look scornfully upon
her untldy little person and put her out
with reproachcs.
Mary Alice at last mustered cour-
age to seek the stairs 30 tlptoe down:
and when she found herself in the sit
ting room. she pccred fearfully across
at the open kitchen door Then she adj
fanced. not venturing TO speak
She saw q little boy with amazing
yellow hair sitting propped and padded
end pillowed in q big chair She saw
man and o woman attending upon
ne child with infinite love and ten
derness IN their faces. II was aii right
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-06-15
MAY MOVE CHEMICAL PLANT
From the East to a Location In Wells
burg District.

Wellsburg, w. Va.--It was stated
here that the Stuts farm, Immediately
eastward from the mouth of Cross
creek. had been optioned and that a
mammoth chemical plant will be es-
tablished on that property. 1t is ru-
mored that the United States govern
ment will control the tract which COW
ers about 200 acres.
1t is known that the government, in
its program OF preparedness, seeks to
have plants moved from the coast in
land, and has been considering sites
in the Ohio Valley. The fact that
several eastern men have been in con-
ference with John b. Garden OF the
American Gas and Electric Company
during the past few days, leads resi-
dents to believe that the talk of the
big chemical plant for the Cross Creek
valley is much more than a rumor.
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WEST VIRGINIA BRIEFS

Clarksburg, W. VA verdict of
suicide was returned I'm the case OF
Lewis Overfeld. . Salem painter.
whose head was blown off with shot
gun there recently. No cause is known.
Morgantown. w. va.-Fifty-eight
graduates received diplomas al the
thirty-third commencement exercises
of the Morgantown high school The
Rev. j. G. Broomfeld, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Temple at FAR
mont delivered the address.
Morgantown. w Va-Many here
have heard some awful screams and
yells by some unknown animal near
the county bridge across Rubies run
on the new road from Cheat Haven
up Some seem TO think an animal
has escaped from one of the shows
that recently passed through here.
Fairmont w Va-A 20 per cent
raise has been given 300 men of the
Owens Bottle Machine Co.. the new
schedule going into effect at once
Some weeks ago the men went on
strike for more wages and the trouble
had been partially adjusted A mum.
ber of strikers went to other states.
Wheeling. w Va-Eight HOLIDAYS
and all Sundays arc recognized az
legal holidays for the miners of East
ern Ohio in the contract signed bv the
mine workers and the Plttsburg Vein
Operators Association a few days ago.
Elkins, w William Dowdv.
shell who was being held awaiting
preliminary hearing for an alleged
violation Of the postal laws. escaped
from the Randolph county ian here.
SO trace of him has been found Dow.
dyshen is alleged TO have robbed the
postofnce az Deer Greek.
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Grantsvlle, w. Va. Thursday, June IS, 1916
SANDY VOTES ROAD BONDS
Count Shows 651 for and t55 Against
Ratification OF Highways.

Charleston, w. Va.-The people OF
Big Sandy district, by five to one
vote in a special election held APP
proved the proposed issuance OF $17O.-
600 in bonds for the building OF perma-
nent roads. The total vote was 651 in
favor of the issue and 155 against. The
road that will be constructed will ex-
tend from the Roane county line to
Elk district, the route through Big
Sandy district being along the north
side of Elk river by way OF Clendenin.
The magisterial district in Roane coun-
ty which adjoins Big Sandy district
recently voted TO issue S20S,000 in
bonds for the improvement OF high
ways in that district.
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Little Sir Galahad
A Story With a Soul
Copyright by Small. Maynard & Company
By PHOEBE GRAY

Things like that were ALWAYS bannen.
Ing to Martha, and they never failed
TO startle and frighten her. II her
seVen-year-old boy dreamed things that
came true, there might be some expla.
nation, a reason she dared not con.
template, fragile and holy secret hid.
den under penalty, even to her mother
love.
She continued to bathe and dress the
boy, for he was quite helpless from the
hips downward. In the kitchen she ar
ranged him carefully in a big chair,
homebuilt and practical, padded and
propped to save every possible strain,
where he could choose to watch her
about her household duties or contem-
plate the uneventful activities of the
farmyard.
Sitting there in the window. little
Charlie Thomas reminded you of an
indolent angel. His shiny curls clus-
tered and tangled about the soft oval
of his face and blended with the trans
lucent pallor OF his cheeks. His eyes,
big. blue and questioning. sparkled
with sort of eager and searching In
telligence, that sought everything, alb
sorbed everything, comprehended ev-
erything.
What do you want for breakfast,
boy?" Martha asked.
"a egg" said Charlie promptly.
Didn't my Clucky lay me one?"
We'll ask the Boss" said Martha.
Here he comes"
Sam, carrying the foamy milk pals.
thrust open the door. "Hullo. there -
he cried, 'how's the old man this
morning."
did Clucky lay a egg?" demanded
Charlie.
"Betcher life she laid an egg" an
swered his father. "Two OF 'em."
"Gee!" said Charlie. "Some other
hen got in Clucky's nest"
you better eat 'em both. to be on
the safe side," suggested Martha.
Sam looked at his wife and jerked
his thumb toward the ceiling. "How's
the"
Martha checked him with a gesture
and a sidewise look toward Charlie.
which said as plainly as words, 81
haven't told him yet"
Mary Alice Brown dreamed a dream.
She thought she lay in big, clean bed
In a room with sloping walls. 1t was
difficult for Mary Alice to piece two
and two together In explanation Of her
astonishing position. The pains in her
limbs when she tried to move about in
the bed helped her, and all the details
came gradually back.
She sat up and hung her thin legs
over the side Of the bed. On a chair
near by she saw her clothes. In con-
trast with the clean chamber, their
dirtiness and raggedness were pathetic
and shameful. Mary Alice plucked at
her own person and found herself grip
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FARM AGENTS WILL CONFER.
Conference of Southern Counties viii
Be Held in Lewlsburg.

Charleston, w. Va.-A conference of
the agricultural agents engaged in Ka-
nawha, Cabell, Fayette, Wayne, Raj
eigh, Summers and other counties in
the southern part of the state will be
held in Lewisburg June % and 26, it
was announced at the offices of the
Kanawha County Farm Bureau Plans
for the further development OF scien-
tific methods among the farmers will
be discussed. 1t was announced that
a delegation of agricultural workers
from Virginia would attend the confer
ence for the purpose of making a
study of county agent work as it is
carried on in West Virginia.
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Mr.. Fairbanks sent the following
telegram to Mr.. Hughes:
| most heartily congratulate
you upon your selection as the
leader of the Republican party in
the present national contest.
Mr.. Fairbanks received the follow.
ing telegram from former Justice
Hughes:
Your telegram deeply appreel-
ated. heartily congratulate you
on your nomination. II is most
gratifying.
Hughes Emblem Appears.
Immediately after the nomination
of Justice Hughes Senator Penrose
distributed among the Pennsylvania
delegates the first Hughes emblem to
appear. It represents the head OF
an elephant with the name Hughes"
over it.
Taft Asks 7. r. to Withdraw.
Philadelphia - Ex-President Tats
called upon Col Roosevelt to with
draw as a candidate for President
on the Progressive ticket in the inter.
est of harmony and predicted the
election OF Justice Hughes next fall.
Prof Taft, who arrived here to de-
liver an address to the graduating
class of Temple University, lauded
Justice Hughes.
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NAY ERECT LARGE TIN PLANT

Wollsburg w Va-It is reported
that T II. George. of Wensburg. has
given reasonable figure on "a lots fin
Northern Wellsburg 10 a large sheet
and tim mill plant located in the
wheeling district It IS said that the
plant has outgrown its quarters and
seeks 90 establish "a branch ln this city
for the purpose of enisrging iis bust
ness. ~ was slated that the Patterson
tract of land in North Wousburg is
under option. but tho rum0r could not
ho confirmed.
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USE OF DRUGS NOT STOPPED.

Williamson, w. Va.-The habitual
use for morphine and morphine deriva-
tives has not been completely stopped
In Southern West Virginia, according
to Judge James Damron. of William
son. whose circuit includes Wyoming
county. Judge Damron says the NOR
phine users have some arrangement
whereby they get morphine in bulk
from wholesale houses outside of the
state, Many of them are able to find
physicians who Will supply them.
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COAL OPERATORS CALL MEETING.
Splint and Gas Association VIII Con-
Vene in Huntington June %.

Huntington, w. Va-The annual
meeting Of the Splint and Gas Coal AS
sociation Of West Virginia will be held
in this city, June %. it was announced
in call sent out from the offices of
the association in Charleston. T. L.
Lewis, the secretary of the association,
said that the Huntington meeting
would be one of the most representa-
tive gatherings of the coal operators
n the history of the state Mr.. Lewis
declared that there was bright future
in store for the coal operators Of West
Virginia
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TROLLEY CAR MEN QUIT WORK.

Sistersville. w. Va.-Eighteen Of
the employees OF the Union and Tyler
street car companies quit work after
having made a demand upon the Off
cial for recognition OF their newly.
formed union and more money. or.
ganizer Welch. of the carmen union Of
Pittsburg. has been here for several
days assisting In the organization Of
the union Cars are running ON both
roads ON schedule time i'm charge OF
several of the road officials