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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15
JUDGE IRA q. ROBINSON ;
OF TAYLoR COUNTY -
CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICANS NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA.
OF TAYLoR COUNTY

Many good policies have in recent
years been put into the statutes of our
state by the benefcent mind Of the
Republican party. Permit me to say
that beyond the pertecting of the laws
we now have, I am not of opinion that
we at present need extensive new leg
islation. What we need nowyis &C:
tive and business.like cooperation for
the uplift Of West Virginia; for the
development Of her resources; for the
realization sf her needs. Good faith
among Inen is itself law.
/ have made no promises to retain
anybody now. in, office, nor to appaoint
anybody who is out. My conception
of our state government is greater
than a view that 1T is mere organi-
cation for the distribution of patron
age. In this mere incident to govern
ment; Il shall demand above all else alb:
solute eff ciency. ~ h
AS a candidate for the nomination,
my platform Is. the simple code Of
truth and honor which l learned in a
plain farm house among our hills
years ago; as the nominee of the Re
publican party, my; platform Will be
that mad by the party in convention
assembled; as Governor oflWt,st Wiz:
ginia, my platform will be the consti,
tuition of the State and the laws made
by the people In pursuance thereof.
Requesting the thoughtful consider
alton Of every voter, ! am &
Respectfully, Al
Ss IRASE. ROBINSON:
80 r. = - .Iii s 4
Grafton. West ytrgi ntas
February %. 1916:
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EodIItino Party

InshonoroE the friday anniyergary
OF Mrs. Thomas Sharp OF Barrack-
Vile, an old fash oned quilting party
was held esterday2 at her home when
alarge number OF her guests were en-
fertatned. At noon a splendid din
nerSwasl served. A large birthday. cake
with candles adorning the center OF
the table. The guests spent the after
noon over the quilting frames. The
guests included Mrs. Edgar Ice, Mrs.
Charles 7. Cramer, Mrs. Frank Will
Jams! Mrs. Elmer Russell, Mrs. iona
straight, Mrs. Zana Michael, Mrs. Kat
ieR Conaway, Mrs. M. j. Straight. Mrs.
Charles H: Ridgeway, Mrs. J. w.
Smith, Mrs. B. Ice, Mrs. E. G. VIII
son; Mrs. IA. Vincent, Mrs. ] s. Steel,
Mrs. Vena Ice, Rev. Clarence Mitchell,
Mrs: 4Iyis Cook Mrs. James Glasscock,,
Mrs.David Straight, Miss Lottie Snod-
grass, Mrs. ]. e. Barrackman, Mrs.
Leslie Jamison, Mrs. T. B. Dickerson,
Mrs. Alcinda Jane Vincent, Mrs. Nor
man Steel, Mrs. Dent Brand. Miss Ida
Barner, Miss salIlie Province, Mary
Kramer, Jonna Cook, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Sharp. Hazel Roberts, Blanche
Lawson, John w. Smith, Mr.. French
Miller. Mrs. Blanche Miller.
K,oc. Dance
The knights of Columbus lodge en-.
tertained at Valentine dance last
eyening at their hall on Main street
which was most delightful event.
Music was rendered by SINNERS or;
chestra and dancing continued until
midnight. a large number OF young
people were in attendance: Refresh
ments were served during an inter
mission.
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Rnne lam A Sueeess.

The Rose Leap year UdlI an 0'Sn1
at the Country club last night was
tmost successful event and from an ar
tistic standpoint was pronounced ny
many Of the guests to be the most
successful events In the city's social
history. =
shades Of rose, and rose predominatlng
in the decorative scheme IN genera!
and rosy glow from rose shaded
candalabra blended in scene most
attractive at any time, and during the
present white weather, most appeal
ing.
The Rose ball was a leap year event
from start to finish, the appointments
having been entirely in the hands OF
the Thursday bridge club composed OF
matrons. The young women escorted
+ their men friends to the club, arranged
programs led in the marches, and CO.
lffllions. in fact carried out the priVt-
leges Of the one year in four.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Kingsland led
the grand march which opened the
bali and two cotillions were led by
4 Mr.! and Mrs. Brooks Fleming, Jr., and
( Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D. Stockley. The
cotillion favors were most attractive
and unique. They were in charge or
I Mrs. Everett B. Moore and Mrs. Frank
sR..i,,I.yon. {, About sixty couples TOOK
part in the grand march.
The patrons Of the evening were
sMessrs. A. B. Fleming, J. A. Clark, F.
u. Nichols. c. E. Hutchinson, NJ. u.
Hutchinson, W. s. Raymond, Smltn
Hood! and ]. e. Watson.
The Rose ball was arranged by mem
hers Of the Bridge club for the bene-
ftsof the sun room Of Cook Hospital.
The invitation list was extended to
large number OF their friens.
ASThe members Of the Bridge club are
SMesdames John Rock, Jr., Morgan
Chambers, George Thomas Watson.
;wlED. Stockley, Hugh H. Carr, Brooks
Fleming, Jr., E. F. Holbert, Charles
GsHood, Frank Lyon, Murray Dicker.
son, n. s. Lively, Harry B. Clark.
Roger Kingsland, Howard Showaiter
and Everett B. Moore.
Gave Recital.
The students in expression of Miss
Beatrice Fitzwater, teacher OF dra.
matte expression at the Normal school
gave a recital at the second aduitor,
jun last night which was a most
pleasing event and was attended by
saslarge number Of friends and patrons
osfhte school, Among the pupils TAX
ingFpart were the Misses Goldie Trip
nett, Pauline darlington, Gertrude Nc.
kinney, Esteae Horner, Noamt
straight, each of whom ga;ie excel
lent readings demonstrating much tai
enf and splendid training. A little,
pantomine, "Neighborly Visitor was
acted by several students which was
cleyerly rendered.
Society Leap Year Party.
The Misses Katherine Amama and
Beulah Miller entertained number OF
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Stories of Stories

PlOtS or Fiction
Masterpieces
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE.

had seen as he came homeward through
Sassassa Valley, juts after nightfall.
lie declared that a fiery eye had
g!ared at him through the darkness
from the side OF n rocky cliff
Tom sprang up in sudden excitement
and demanded to know the precise loca-
ton Of the cliff from which the glow
Ing 'eve" had shone. The farmer.
wondering at his curiosity. described the
place. and presently continued his jour-
ney home.
Scarcely were they alone together
when Tom turned to his chum and de-
claied he was going at once to visit the
spot. Turnbull. surprised at the others
strange vehemence. consented to 60
along. On the way thther Tom ex-
planned why he was so anxious to find
the mysterious fiery eye.
Diamonds had often been discovered
In that district. Tom had read that
very large diamonds In the rough often
give forth lumin us glow that can lie
seer On the dark ,ss nights lie had a
vague hope that the glowing eye :
nIsSht prove to be n diamond, ma TINT
their long run Of bad luck was about to
be bI oxen.
In an hour or so they como to the
ciir. And there On the black surface"
they saw fiery CLEAN. They marked n
circle of chalk arouni It md waited Cor
the dawn: BY daylight they saw in the
certer OF the circle a huge lun.E Of
trownish mineral that iutted OF. from
the face OF the cliff. Through the
brown clay shone something that looked
like glass.
a crowbar he had brought Just under
meath the great lump was smaller
knob of black rock. Resting his crow
bar point on this knob Tom pried the
lump of brown mineral loose from the
clin.
He and Jack hurried with It to the
nearest gem expert many miles away.
The expert examined IL. Then he told
them they had discovered n fine chunk
OF sa!tpetre and that 1t was was worth
Tom In his first despair was tempted
to blow out his useless brains. But all
at once he leaped to his feet and set
off at top speed for Sassassa valley,
speak until he reached the cliff. Then
he scanned the chalk circles in the
hope that there might yet be a diamond
there and that he had taken away the
wrong specimen.
Don't you miss thing that was
there before?' asked Jack, as Tom at
last turned away with groan from his
futile inspection, THE little round knob
we used as n fulcrum. We must have
wrenched II of in using the lever. Let's
have look at what it's made Of"
After much search they found II in
the rubble at tho foot of the Cliff Tom
eyed It closely then shouted:
Were made"
lmbedded In the knob of black rock
was one of the largest. purest diamonds
over found I'm Cape Colony-a diamond
that spelt fortune to the two men who
m hour earlier had been hopeless
failures.
Copyright. 1867
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Gardening for Beauty

of the hoe across the back of the
shoulders and breathe deeply until the
fatigue passes away. Learn 10 know the
value OF deep breathing and resting
while at work in your garden.
Always Breathe Deeply.
WELDING the rake will give the arms
just the proper exercise to make them
plump and strong. Do not be afraid of
q rake. 1t will give you strength. poise
and great deal OF pleasure. but you
must not work too hard, OF course, at
first
Weeds grow fast in every garden.
Pull them up. Bending over and
strengthening up will tire you at first
but 1t will not be long before you will
feel the dement's in your health and no.
tice the Improvement in your appear
ance. The muscles of your back, alb
domen. and hips will be strengthened
by this exercise. which will also wear
away any superfluous flesh that may
have collected about the hips.
All of YOU who have gardens spend n
portion of every day among the flowers
and vegetables, encouraging them to
grow At the same time you will woo
the roses to your cheeks and the bright
ness or health to your eyes.
Copyright. 1916. Newspaper Feature service.)
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The Chaperon

To the Chaperon: / have Just
been married, and am soon to be
PRESENTED to my husbands people.
Shall ] greet his relatives by
p psms or Ms giye them or M ths usual al
miss" Shall I kiss my new
mother-in-law. sister-in-law, and
other new relatives? LOUISE.
ms ': a ,n %s'' ns s''' s.s %ss''
for the first time. and / know
you are trying your best to
mako them like you. They will like
you a great deal better II you meet
them cordially and behave as
though you were really glad to see
them.
For that reason, you might start
light In by calling your new mother
Mother Brown" or whatever her
name is. and your new sisters and
others by their first names. They
should be much pleased II you
kissed them when you met-some-
how n formal handshake seems such
n poor welcome to people with whom
you will be brought into close rela-
tionship.
To the Chaperon: WIN you
please print In your column the
names of the wedding anniver-
saries and to which years they
belong? G. l.. X.
F." HE wedding anniversaries are
as follows: First, cotton; sec
ond. paper; third. leather;
fourth. fruit and flowers;
fifth, wooden; sixth, sugar; seventh,
wooden; eighth, india rubber; ninth,
willow; tenth. tin; eleventh, steel;
twelfth, silk and fine linen; thir-
tenth. lace; fourteenth, ivory; hf-
teenth, crystal, twentieth, china;
twenty-fifth, silver: thirtieth, pearl;
fortieth ruby; fiftieth. golden, and
seventy-fifth, diamond.
The Chaperon will welcome letters Of in
quiry on subjects OF interest from readers
of this paper. and will reply to them in
these columns. They should be addressed
70 her. care OF this office.
The Washington times., 1916-05-06

ttDABY WEEK" means
something more than
lectures on dietetics and
sanitation. TO most
mothers 1t will come as persis-
tent reminder that their babies
must be clothed. as we'll as fed
and bathed, in the manner approved
by the authorities on child care.
Clothes for babies lead quite ma
turally to the thought OF clothes
for the remainder OF the fiock-and
it's high time that they were bought
or mace so that mother need not
worry about having to sew during
hot weather.
In spite OF the fact that the cos
tunes OF the younger generation
often reflect the grown-up modes.
the tendency has been more and
more toward the development of
originality both in design and trim
ming.
Every mother who has actually
studied the. problem OF dressing
children knows that in summer
their clothes should be as loose and
hBnt hb pObbiUic' hpi hhS
very youngest are an easy solution
of one portion OF the problem.
Middies and Russian suits and Bus
ter Browns have done yeoman SER
vice, too. for little people who want
to be free to play unhampered.
Originality in Selection.
There are mothers, however. who
want to be a bit more original in
their choice OF miniature outfits.
They are usually the ones who de-
light to add a dainty touch of hand
work to the little suits and dresses
and who make a careful study of
color so that the things are really
becoming.
Materials for juvenile wear need
not be delicate to be attractive.
neither need they be so very sturdy
that they are positively distaste-
full to the child. Manufacturers
have made a speciality of various
sorts of Bingham, galatea, and other
materials suitable for hard wear
and frequent trips to the tub. The
patterns. too, are most attractive:
cks and stripes that Will
bring Joy to small hearts.
Little boys are rather easily dis-
posed of IN the way OF suits. Heav-
en- be praised, their social duties
make no very varied demand upon
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Health Of Ones Child
Rests Wholly Upon
Care Given By Mother
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.

shoulg not be treated by drugs or home
remedies. -
Mothers milk is the medical ambrosia
months of age. Lacking this elixir OF
life and health, most of the Ills of in
fanti!e flesh are expelled by cream.
cereal waters, and vegetable and meat
juices.
Need Of Science
A scientific lesson which some moth
ers and grandmothers refuse to
learn. Is the value Of twenty-four
hours of starvation for babies whose
intestines suddenly become active
three times or more on day in warm
weather.
"The poor darling is hungry" walls
the grandmother.
That doctor is brute" scowls the
Yet, little but boiled water for a day.
and only barley water perhaps for
another day. has saved many bottle
fed children from tho death or disaster
caused by summer ,llarrhoeor. cholera
infantLm or some other April to De-
cember baby ailment
OF the many denominations unto the
new mother. few OF the long list nf
medical fallacies and granny super
situations are more pernicious than
"teething, growing. pains" and
touch or taste Of whatever Is blamed.
Experience says Prof. Abraham
Jacob, Ito many self-made people Is
| n mistake made hundreds of times"
In other words, since few persons
| live long enough, or &C to tho trouble
| 10 learn to distinguish between ap-
parent results, condolences and mere
sequences of events they not only
continue In the Same errors all their
| lives. but they pass them on unto the
| third and fourth generations. 1t Is
| difftcult fer truth to catch up with
tradition. Cemeteries tell no tales.
! Doctors are not the only ones who
| bury their mistakes.
"Teething" could not conGeivably cause
! colds" Coughs" bronchitis. pneumo-
| MIA, dysenterles, measles, mumps,
whooping cough. and other serious all
ments 4 Yet doctors are not the only
ones who refuse to throw away these
: scapegoats and easy roads to comfort
I and self-satisfaction.
AS for growing pains" there are no
such things. Does n twig shoot, blos-
som unfold or tree grow with dis
comfort? why should one child have
! growing pains" land ten hundred other
children you know never have them?
Why is elementary education so neg
| lectful of logic? Full many a tubercu-
lous joint is born TO blush unseen and
undiagnosed until too late, because so
many persons are ready to pronounce
the childs complaint as due to grow
| ing pains" or n touch of rheumatism"
Moreover. and finally, there is no such
thing as "a touch of scarlatina, ty-
| phoid." or what not. Either a child Is in
! fected with malady or II is not in
| fected.
tCopyr't. 1915. by Newspaper Feature servIce)
The Washington times., 1916-05-06
BrunetteS
With Blonde
Dispositions
A Slight Attempt to Dis
tinguish Between the
Person, Who Has a Sunny
DISPOSITION Hidden In
: der Dark Locks. This
Test for Home Consump-
tion Only.

I'm the consideration OF blondes and
brunettes II is necessary to include
aii exceptions to the general rules.
and speak OF brunettes with
blondes dispositions, and vice versa.
It Is true that as yet no general rules
for the two straight types have been
formulated. go that It is difficult to ind
exceptions to the variants from those
rules. However where there's a will
there's a way. Besides. we must take
into consideration that some have not
read the observations previously writ
ten. Therefore. any exceptions can be
made.
The FIRST exception il the brunette with
the blonde disposition. She looks like a
brunette and acts like a blonde. There
are more Of this variety in the world
than the ordinary man suspects As a
matter OF fact, nearly every ten people
blondes and straight brunettes invaria-
bly, are the women one can under
=. The other being more complex, ana in
the majority for the
women.
Manifestly, the FIRST step to solve the
uiHlcuIty IL 10 ma out winch are ING
mixed" ones. and what kind.
A brunette with blonde disposition
often Is discovered through the color
test.
She is subconsciously fond OF. the
color which corresponds TO her real ma
ture. But II locks frightful with her
material complexion, so she foraoes IT.
TO all intepts and purposes. But she
unconsciously yearns for II. 1t may be
found in obscure places In her room. on
her clothing. and occasionally In a
inonstrosity of garment which she
purchases In a thoughtlers moment.
To test her, place in front OF her
three three sets OF flowers that 81 sb the ae
II she picks up tho blue flower with
out hesitation she is a true blonde.
II she picks up the red flower without
hesitation, she 10 a true brunette.
II she picks up the red flower first
gazcs at 1t longingly. and then chooses
the blue flower. she Is a blonde with a
brunette disposition.
II she picks up the blue flower first
chooses the red flower. she is a brunette
with blonde disposition.
Is she picks up the yellow, or gold.
flower look out for her. Get another
girl a. soon as possible. Because she's
spoofing you.
She is too clever to trust. and will
make you trouble all the rest of your
THE CONDUCTOR.
The Washington times., 1916-05-06

"HERE are, perhaps. ten million
mothers OF young children In
the country. How many babies
there are may be easily imag-
ined. The Government is cooperating
with the General Federation of Women's
Clubs to turn over a parental leaf OF it's
own. 1t has booked an engagement for
all parents next week. for It is Baby
Week.
Baby week has been established for
the purpose OF saving little lives-maybe
your babys life-and to protect little
bodies that otherwise might be deformed
by dust. dirt. and dysentery from April
until December, or from respiratory
maladies from December to March.
There Is hardly any excuse or any
maternal justification nowadays, in the
light of the precise knowledge accumu-
lated in the last fifteen years, for
breast-fed babies to fall Ill. Almos,
every infant nurtured on human milk
should reach its second anniversary free
from disease and accidents.
IL a baby Is the victim OF sickness be
fore its second year It means that it,
mother and doctor have chung to an.
Client methods. despite the wonderful
advance of medical science during th'
twentieth century.
Responsibility of Mother.
When baby Is suffocated. strangles
falls from a window. Is scalded. tum
bles down q gateless stairway or from
the chair or porch, 1t is the mother!
fault.
When a youngster has the snuffles
bow-legs. decayed teeth. chafed skin
constipation, or Is unframed in IL
toilet It is the mothers fault.
bowel or stomach infections. and there
after dies. the loving mother canno
shift the responsibility upon the busy
body neighbor, aunt. or grandmothe
who dismissed the early symptoms a
"teethjng'' with a multiple OF 'sure
remedies. The murder will out, and
Is infgnticide. Disinclination to adop
the knowledge that Is now available 20
young mothers is no extenuation for tn
unhappy consequences OF intrenche'
ignorance.
Against opinions of grandmothers an,
noighbors who have raised dozens o
children by wrong methods, stand tn
observations of science. THE one tina
died" could have been saved. and tn
raised one" could have been reared I,
live more efficiently and In better adul
| health with a little more knowledge
wisely applied. A baby should, as
rule, receive no medicines In the frs
two years OF it's life. Even castor OF
Is iniquitous and causes constipation
the very thing grandmothers think
combats. Diphtherla antitoxin ma,
need &c be given II that dread scourg
is manifest. but collie and scurvy
ricketts, and bed-wetting cannot an
The Washington times., 1916-05-06

ToM DoNoHUE and his chum,
Jack Turnbull. were London boys
with no money and no prospects.
They heard wonderful stories OF
the wealth to be picked up for the ask
Ing in South Africa's new settled Cape
Colony. And they emigrated.
Many young Englishman got rich
overnight in Cape Colony at that time.
But Ten and Turnhull missed every bit
Of luck afloat. Men on all sides OF
them grew wealthy and went back to
England as milllonaircs. Yet the two
chums remained as poor as on the day
they landed IN South Africa.
They lived in tumbledown little hut
I'm a desolate region near the head OF a
rocky gorge known as Sassassa Valley.
There they did odd Jobs for the neigh
bors and barely managed to keep body
and soul together.
One evening a farmer stopped at their
cabin ON his way home. He was in a
sweating terror over something he
The Washington times., 1916-05-06

Girls are harder to dress. Even at
an early age they become particular
about such things as ribbons and the
proper amount of lace on their lin
gerie. bright sash Is a reverend
ing JOY. and as for the flowers on
ones new hat! Nothing can quite
equal the sensation of appearing in
this new spring finery.
An Afternoon Dress.
An afternoon dress" for young
ladies do have afternoon dresses, you
Know. Is really a series OF layers of
plain and dotted swiss In aiternates.
The plain swiss is trimmed with mar
row lace. A deep cape collar reflects
grown-up fashions quite delightfully."-.
II is also edged with lace.
stu another mode that big sisters
have made quite their own lust at
present-the basque-iA quite as pref
~ when used as the bodice for a
little girls dress. 1t is OF pink silk,
II you please. and has quite a dress
up air. with its skirt OF Powered
muslin trimmed with black velvet.
inverted runles enliven the hem OF
the skirt and the short cuffs, and
SIM another ruffle stands M about
the throat. Wonder OF wonders, the
Velvet Just above the cum Is fastened
with a tiny rose-just like those ON
dresses Tor persons twenty years
older.
Shocking Popular.
Shocking Is finding it's way into
more and more fields OF activity. OF
course there are straight little
dresses with shocking in colors as
their only trimming. These are
equally appropriate for plain morn
Ing frocks and more elaborate after
noon creations"
Shocked aprons have been brought
straight over from England to add
picturesqueness to the present-day
schoolroom, and little dresses made
like pinafores may be used in hot
weather.
Now shocking has been found ac-
oeptable for trimming wee coats and
Is applied in the most unusual ways.
One such coat has a low shoulder
line. with shocking just below TO
accent 1t. The sleeves are full,
broadening out into a generous pun
Just below the shocking. More
shocking is used to gather the mate
rial into a cum.
The neck has V opening. and the
waist line is defined by a narrow belt
fastened with a square loop.
These are but n few of the many
types OF dresses that confront moth
ers when they are planning their
summer sewing. Suffice to say the
young men and women Of today do
not need to be attired in the same
style, morning. afternoon. and night
the year around. First of all, how
ever, they demand to be comfortable.
After that may be added the trim
mings and ruffles!