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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I will write you
short letter to tell you what I want.
Tease bring me some paper dolls with
dresses for them. little safe about "A
inches hi@h. and tea set to go in 1t, if
vou don't think 7 am sslSing for too much
know tn tines are hard and Won have
aard time Getting no presents for al the
title children INT nleesa don't FORGET me.
We'll gress rad better close for this
time FROM, voie~ lftt1e girl. Madge Red
7tclz, Panama CITY riq
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

raaa~ Sanfs Clo,,s-T wish WOW barry
rhrIetrnas I want 2 stove an dsonne
naner dolls. and A doll and little hook.
Prira mo lots of CANDY nuFe and fruits.
From, your frind. Jeanne Solomon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear SANTA am a little girl
years old and in the first grade. Please
bring me doll, tea set, pair of shoes
and a sweater and cap to match; also
bring me some fruit, nuts and candy.
Don't forget my teacher, Miss John
son. Iris Creighton
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I am a little how
and have heen ve<v good this wear. Would
IKE for Won IN hripo me- little auto11o-
SO. q inrnDing iaolv. dtrlua. nair skates.
7lso cravons. ranoils with lots Of n1lts
~n1 can7v with love from vour little
friend ALVIN Friedman, corner Barcelona
,aad CerYantes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa lClaus-I am little girl 10
years old and am in the fourth grade l
want you to bring me a great big fairy
book and some handkerchiefs and some
paper dolls, a cover for my doll carriage;
and Santa dear, IL you have time will
on please dress my baby doll. VIII
hang my stocking up so you can fill II
with fruit and candy. Your little friend,
Dorothy Hirschman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-Please don't for
get me when you come around.
will soon be s years old and want
a bicycle. / can use one with twenty
inch frame or smaller. Thanks for
what you brought me last year. Love
from Tom Roberts, 1400 East Cervan-
ties.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me a.
pair OF skates and some fruit and some
nre works. / am ten years old. Ernest
Dunn, 257 East Intendencia street
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I hope I will be
good enough for you to bring me all
the things I want / want q set of
paper dolls, a doll, a pair Of kid gloves,
a child's coin purse. A pair of white
shoes. Mary Erma Creary, 1913 Jack
son street.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa Claus--I am a little
girl years old A would like for
you to bring me big doll, violin.
box of candy and tin tea set, a doll
bed and a harp. a. little broom. abox
of crayons, some fruit, nuts and fire
works. Wishing you a merry Christ
mas and a happy New Year, l am,
your little friend. Frances Nix, Mill
view, Fla,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa---I am little boy 9 years
81 Please bring me a bicvcle, skates
SIRE works nuts. candy and oranges.
ON very fond of going To the movies;
would love to have q marie lantern but
gress have asked for eI1g1gh. so to
ar1 Green is my teacher She is very
o~ettv and good. My sister saws please
bring he~ eo~-a skates Your friend. John
nrv Courtney.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-16

Dear Santa CIaus-I am a little boy 6
years old and I go to school, and / want
you to send me a goat and awagon and
train and som candy. NV papa has but
one hand to work for me and so /
thought / would write you and maybe
yod would send me something. Dear
Santa. my name Is Adalp Simmons, MIL
ton, Fla Box 125.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

The automobile to which this
searchlight is fitted is capable OF
travelling at 10 miles an hour, the
electric generator for making the
light being driven by the motor
which propels the vehicle. When the
seafchlight is to be brought into SER
vice. it is only necessary to couple
up the motor to the generator.
The installation is ready for use
within a few seconds, Sufficient cleo
trio cable is provided to enable the
tearchllght to be manipulated about
800 feet distant, The searchlight Is
fitted with 3S.inch reflector, and
throws beam of 1000 candle.power.
One great advantage of this field
searchlight is thatit is not necessary
for 1t to be manipulated by hand, the
instrument being equipped with what
Is known as the distant-control.
That is to say. it works aytomatl-
cally. enabling the operator to stand
some distance away from the light.
The advantage Of this is obvious, for
naturally the enemy would centre its
fire on the searchllght, and were the
operator and officer beside the ap-
paratus. they would certainly be
killed in very short time.
1t is often desirable that the search
light should be operated from an ex-
posed position. and unless worked au-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
How COLD Baths WARM the Body

~ EXPERIMENTS conducted at the
II Harvard Physiological Labora-
IL tory slow that the basenal,
player, tennis player or even the Pc
destrian, is not cooler after the cold
bath, which is expected TO lower his
temperature, but that his body is act
uall: warmed by the process.
The person on whom the data were
collected at Harvard exercised by
running up and down stairs for a
stated period of time. then recllned
upon a couch for six minutes. Then
he arose and stream Of cold water
was thrown over his body fol- five
minutes. At the end of that time he
returned to the couch for three min
utes; then he again enjoyed cold
bath. After that he was permitted
10 rest upon the couch for so minutes.
At all stages, from beginning to
end of the experiment, records were
taken on the pulse rate and tempera-
ture. These showed that, starting
with pulse rate of Sc per minute,
there was an increase to 146 per min
ute after the exercising had ceased.
From this point there was a contln'
ual decrease to normal. the rate be-
ing 50 per minute just before the Sec
ond bath and ~ two minutes afterthe
bath. The temperature, however, be-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

issue. The destiny of kings may rest
upon such b slight and insignificant
thing as a minute egg in afield of grain.
The announcement, therefore, by
the United States department OF az
riculture that the Hessian fly has,
during the last season, inflicted i'm
mense damage to the wheat crop
throughout the central area of the
United States, and that the loss to
the 1915 wheat crop from its ravages
will undoubtedly amount to millions
Of bushels, must prove disconcerting
to the warning nations.
The Hessian fly (cecldomyia de.
structor) is one of the Gall.midges,
and during its adult stage Its powers
for mischief are only indirect, being
confined to laying the eggs out Of
which will come the larvae which
may decide the fate of nations. These
eggs, minute, glossy, and reddish in
color, are laid in the burrows on the
upper surface Of the leaves Of the
rising crops of wheat, barley and rye.
The larvae have the form of minute
maggots, and Immediately on hatch.
Ing migrate to a position between the
leaf.sheath and the stem; as rule,
Just above the first, or second, joint
or knot in the stem.
The infested plant, weakened by
loss Of sap, "elbows" over just above
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

T1HE branch railway from Quinn
per to Douarnenez runs along
= the crest of a promontory, and
when one arrives at this little-known
Brittany coast town one is in the CEN
tire Of the sardine industry. Herbert
Adams Gibbons describes the work
and especially the part done by the
Breton girls:
"OI the quay, for the better part
of a mile, every building is can
ming factory or a fish depot. July is
the height Of the season-at leas; it
seemed so to me, Cor the activity
was feverlsh. / could not get away
from the sight and the smell Of sar.
dimes. An endless stream OF fishing
smacks was coming up to the mole
and discharging cargoes. And an end.
less row of sailors and boys and girls
was bringing the sardines in baskets
from the fishing smacks to the
depots, where they dumped them into
wooden troughs. Tie sardine troughs
are taken into the factory and
dumped into huge tanks Of brine.
After a thorough sailing the heads
are cut off. The fish are cooked in
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
Electric EYE Night MARVEL of WAR

lew incidents, perhaps, have
brought home so wildly to. Lon.
n doners the fact of war as the
searcaaaghts mounted at different
points of the metropolis, which sweep
the heavens throughout the night for
invading aircraft. The electric eye
OF the navy and arm; as the search
light has been called is of incalcila.
BILE value, and we get striking illus
tration Of its effectiveness in the
story of one Of the fortresses Of
Liege.
1t will be recalled that massed
forces of Germans moved against the
fortress on a pltch-black night, hop
ing to surprise auf overwhelm the
garrison. Suddenly, hi yever, they
were blinded by poi ,rful search
light, which dazzled out from the for.
tress and enabled the Belgian gun.
ners to get the range almost 'immedi-
ately, with the result that the Ger.
mans were thrown back.
Perhaps no nation has perfected
the searchlight to such degree as
France, and they have found 1t very
useful too. 1t was the French who
originated travelling searchlights.
mounted upon four.wheeled truck
and capable Of being used either on
the deck of motor.car or planted in
9 desired position.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

haved differently. Just before therun-
ming commenced it was $500 degrees
Fahrenheit, before the first bath 99.4l
degrees, and after this 99.1 degrees.
Then 1t arose during the next three
minutes to 99.7l degrees. This in.
creased temperature was maintained
in spite of the second bath, and the
maximum, slightly exceeding this,
reached 90 minutes after the cessa,
ton Of exercise. From that t!me
there was a gradual decrease, the
minimum Of ISL degrees being
reached about 20 minutes later.
BY means OF an electric fan the
temperature fell from the time the
exercise ended, returning TO the origi-
hal temperature in % minutes. When
neither a current OF air nor cold
water was applied the temperature
began 10 fall in about six minutes
after the exercising had ceased. Pri.
marily these experiments we're I'm
dertaken to determine If the in
creased pulse rate resulting from ex.
ercise is related to the increase in
body temperature, and as a result
some very valuable information is
gained on what not TO do after exer-
cising.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
How SARDlNE Girls WORK

oil and packed In cans Of the fiat rec.
tangular kind familiar to ali the
world. The work in the factories is
done by Breton girls, who sing as
they handle the fish.
But one does not gel away from
sardines when he leaves the depots
and the factories. For between tho
processes of sailing and cooking they
are dried, and this is generally done
out Of doors. In every possible space
on the quay not necessary for pas.
sage there are wire baskets in which
the sardines stand, tails in the air.
Each basket contains a thousand.
Each drying-platform has thousand
baskets. There are thousand dry.
ing platforms. There are four dry.
tngs per day. There are two hundred
days OF good fishing. l advise you
not to multiply these sums and dwell
upon the total; and advise you not
to think Of the sardines in the boats
or in the baskets, or in the troughs,
or In the watts, or dancing in the boil.
ing oil. II / leave a picture of Dear.
nenez sardines may it be rather OF
the pretty Breton peasant girls, with
their immaculate white-lace headgear,
set OF by dark hair and windred.
dened cheeks, singing and laughing
at their work.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
WONDERFUL MEASLIRER of WORK Of HANDS

convinced that by the use Of his ma
chine all unnecessary motions can
be avoided, and that manual work OF
any kind can be standardized bymak-
ing, with the aid of such Photographic
records, a wire device that will re.
produce all the movements that have
been found to be the most efficient.
With such guide unslsilled work
men can easily learn only the impor-
tant motions by following only the
movements indicated by the wire.
The principal features of the cycle.
graph are miniature electric lamp
carried on the hand of the workman
and a circult:breaking mechanism by
which this lamp is lighted and extin-
gulshed at regular intervals. The
lamp Is mounted on a ring which is
slipped over the finger and Is con.
nectsd with the circuit-breaking
mechanism by a flexible, insulated
wire. The apparatus that makes and
breaks the circuit consists Of wood
en- disk equipped with half dozen
dry.cell batteries and revolved at
uniform rate by motor, which is
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
Perfect ILLUSION by ELECTRICAL DEVICES Makes Actual Phays Seem Tame

window and bob DIP ald down Ii Q
never-ending stream. Beneath tho
window, concealed from the specta-
tors, an operator turns o leather band
passing ever two .fy.wheels about e
feet apart. Attached to the top OF
the band are rows OF bayonets. As
the handle is turned the bayoncts
move along with. the realism Of a.
marching regiment, rifles On shout.
ders, fastened, as they are, to the
leather bands, which can be moved at
any speed.
"In closeup pictures OF big explo-
sions, such as bridges, forts. and the
like, it is hardly safe for the movie
men to get too close; a chance pro-
jectile may come their way. To
overcome this difficulty the camera
is set up in some adjacent spot and
focused upon the scene Of the ex-
plosion. From a safe distance the
operator controls his camera by cleo.
trical wires, the result being as sat
lsfactory as if he had been on the
brink OF the scene himself.
$50 excellent are the pictures OF
modern warfare thus obtained by
producers in peaceably rural districts
that motion.picture-theatre patrons
cannot realize that the movie men
we're not actually near the firing-line
in the theatres of war"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
zESSLAN FLY Is a WORLD MENACE

the seat OF injury, so as to give the
crop a weather-beaten appearance.
In about month, or less, according
to climatic conditions. the larya be-
comes fulfilled and enters the pupal
stage. At this time its skin exudes
a liquid which, on exposure to the
air, hardens to form a case bearing
close resemblance to flaxseed, and
hence this is known by the farmers
as the "haxseed" stage.
In spite OF the presence of the
larva, a certain percentage of the
plants come to maturity, becoming
a serious menace to the crops of next
year. And this because the larvae
in the "haxseed" stage are left. at.
tached to the stubble, and in due time
give rise to the adult fly, which then
proceeds to infect the autumn-sown
wheat.
Where this fly occurs in small mum.
bers, It does little harm; to individ.
ual plants, indeed, 1t may even be.
come benefactor. In abundance it is,
indeed, menace; for most Of the
plants will be attacked high UP, and
will produce at best but poor seed.
useless alike for food or sowing.
Hence, then, the need for drastic
measures to stamp out these puny In
yaders.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

started and stopped by an ordinary
switch. Crossing the face of the disk is
a copper strip which, as the disk re-
wolves, serves to make and break the
circuit of the lamp, with the result
that series of flashes are produced
that are recorded as short dashes on
the Photographic plate. Each dash
represents an interval of time, and
the string OF dashes the trail Of the
workman's hand. Usually the result
ing record looks much like a skein
of yarn that has been dropepd from
the hand.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

rTHIS is a war Of artillery. Shells
and shrapnel are being used on
i q scale far in excess of the cal
culations of the most far.seeing mill.
tary experts of Europe. That is why
Kitchener emphasizes The need Of
more shells, and still more shells; for
q great. proportion of the $3.50 min.
ute which this warts costing is being
blown away by English big guns.
To fire a single shot from our big.
gest guns costs $4,000, and some. idea
of the expenditure Of naval firing can
be gathered from the fact that one ia
nous battleshlp could use up roughly
100000 worth Of ammunition per
minute If she worked all her guns at
full blast, as she would do If neces-
sary. And to this hugeoutlay must be
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
When a SINGLE SHOT Costs $4,000

added the cost Of the gun, remember.
ing that the largest weapon has a
very short life, and is soon worn out.
The most expensive gun the English
use is the 15-inch, though other big
guns run up heavy ammunition bills
For instance, ss75 vanishes in smoke
every time 1875 weapon is fired.
The guns that eXpend $4,000 worth
OF ammunition every time they are
fired are really wonderful pieces Of
artillery. They can heave a ton
weight of explosive shell over a dis.
lance of 80 miles with the certainty
of hitting any spot they aim at. The
power and velocity Of the shot is such
that on leaving the gun 1t has force
enough to go straight through 571a
inches of wrought iron.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
How the MOVIES
Make Mimic WAR
Seem to Be REAL

dering some rolling grassland Stop
ing to the sea and you may como
upon horde Of yelling men whose
spiked helmets md wicked-looking
bayonets CLINT in the sunshine as
they charge toward you. II you take
cover nimbly and watch, you will SEQ
they are rushing a trench filed with
khaki-clad soldiers. You shudder in.
voluntarily as you see those glinting
bayonets sinking into human flesh
three or four inches, but you find
later that the points are protected
with little felt buttons and that they
are attached to the barrel end of the
rifle by spring that allows them to
retract several inches upon striking
a solid substance.
AS the soldiers ford stream in
their mad charge, columns OF water
splash high into the air. Aftera while
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
Have You Ever Heard
THUNDER AT SEA?

IN ARoN Won HUMBOLDT waa
II responsible for the statemcn.
that thunder is never on the
high seas-i. e., at any great distance
from land-though violent thunder
storms are often observed at sea and
vessels are frequently struck BY
lightning.
rs the statement true? =
Or, II thunder is somet!nles heard,
is Its sound comparatively faint?
These questions have provoked dis.
cussions from time TO Tins 4, fa6st.
lngs Of The Astronomical Sociats ..
France, and aate recently beeA taken
UP anea by cha. society It Is slg
gested tia. the other noises prcyail.
Ing on shiphoard eartag storm lpay
be tho rassor why tie lal.ajei often
passes unnottos,:, but .psorsca s:;va on
this alS:ect frrri sldiurS viii ts Hsl.
coined By ehs gAeach astronomers.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

tomatlcally in the manner described
this would, of course, expose the
operator to almost instant death.
Some idea of the power. Of search
light may be gathered from the fact
that the beams thrown from the
average warship searchllght are ca
pable Of Illuminating objects, such as
torpedo boats, at distance OF two
miles and more. For distant illumi.
nation a concentrated beam Of light
is essential, but for close work a
more dispersed beam is necessary.
In sweeping the sky a concentrated
beam is essential in order to pick up
aerial craft at height Of 5000 feet,
about TX miles, or more.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

THE Hessian fly, imported into
America by the Hessians dur
i ing the revolution, Is an hum
BILE mite when regarded merely as an
insect; but 1t assumes giant proper
lions In its relation to the national
wheat crop and the bearing Of the
latter on the nations at war. Indeed,
an eminent English authority de-
clares 1t may thus decide the fate
of nations. For If this menacing Hes
sian eats up or spoils most Of the
wheat crop, some one must go with
out bread, some one must starve.
Thus 1t will be seen that the great
struggle does not depend alone upon
guns and ammunition to decide the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

~ EEPING apace with the times
K the movies" have made it
= possible by the use Of me-
chanical and electrical devices, gun
powder, spring bayonets and other
things for the public to revel in vivid
war dramas, cleveriy faxed, yet so
realistic as to bear all the earmarks
Of actual battles.
-Laborers, farmers sons and VII
lage youths, CARRIED in the uniforms
of the various European armies"
said movie expert, ARE drilled in
their new duties and initiated intothe
mysteries Of disappearing bayonets,
exploding fake shells, trench.warfare,
and make-believe 'gasslng.' Stroll
along a quiet, country footpath bor-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
All Aboard! This WAY to MARS

and the attraction rings. Perfect
seeing Is designated 10 in five-inch
rerractor, II in a seven-inch, IL In
u 1C.inch, and 10 in lt-inch. 1t is
of little use to observe Mars when
the seeing is below six or the alti-
tude is below 80 degrees.
The professor uses water colors
for the groundwork Of the disc, the
yellow ochre, orange and reds, but
for the greens, blues and browns he
finds colored pencils, in connection
with lead pencils of various degrees
of hardness, more satisfactory. In
order to apply the correct tints it is
very important that the source OF
light Illuminating the paper should
be Of the same color a the sun seen
from a distant body.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
Explains Why JUPITER
Is Wearing BELTS
T has been suggested by Lau that

1T has been suggested by Lau that
the reason Jupiter has belts in
i stead of zones Of spots is to be
found in its rapid rotation. The ma
terlal forced upward from the lower
strata Of the planet, bringing with it
a smaller linear velocity than that OF
the surface, streams eastward, assum-
ing the look Of elongated streaks.
If the centres Of eruption are sufli-
GENTLY numerous, belts are formed;
and it is suggested that, were the
suns rotation much more rapid than
1t is, the solar surface at spot maxi.
mum would also present dark streaks.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

DRoF. W. H. chickering's latest
- report on Mars, consists entire
i ly of suggestions for the guild
ance of amateur and professional OBJ
servers OF the planet at its next oppo-
sitlon. For studies of color large
aperture is desirable, but the deini-
tion of the surface markings is salts.
factory. under good atmospheric con-
ditions, with an aperture OF five
inches, while many canals were
clearly seen by Prof. Pickering at
the last opposition in his threc-inch
finder with a magnifcation Of 1SV.
For comparison Of the seeing at
different stations or on different
nights a standard scale is recon-
mended, defined by the appearance
of the image or disc Of a bright star
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
How Mrs. HoUsEKEEP
Irons by HEADLIGHT
NOVEL electric tlatlron has

A NOVEL electric flatiron has
N appeared on the market which
4 a is provided with headlight.
The latter consists Of a small lamp
of four candlepower operated at six
volts. The beams of this lamp are pro.
jected down upon the work directly
in front of the point Of the iron, and
enables the operator to see just what
she is doing. The lamp is arranged
to burn only when current is flowing
through the iron, and for this reason
It operates as a signal to show
whether the current is turned on or
off.