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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Today's Poem
THE BROTHERHOOD OF BETTER

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He dreamed Of better city, he longed
for fairer fame
For the home of his daily labors, and
he talked of brighter name
For the scenes of his children's play
time and the place of his chill
dren's birth.
And he talked as a man who loved his
town and was proud of her
splendid worth.
He told her needs as he saw them, to
him were her failings known
And he wanted to build for her great
ness-but he couldn't do it alone.
He was one of the many thousands
who dreamed of the better day
With visions Of greater splendors
when they should have passed
away.
And each in his dream, unselhsh,
could picture a distant goal
When his city should rise in beauty
and throb as a living soul,
But the dreams would have come and
vanished, and the vision from
earth have flown
Had each of the dreamers tried to
work for his city's fame-alone.
You may think great thoughts for the
future, you may fashion and
build and plan,
But you never shall see your dreams
made real, save you work with
your fellowman.
And never a greater city shall spring
into being here
Save that the many have labored to-
gether its fame to rear.
Out of the hearts of our fellows has
all of cur greatness grown,
Together they stood for this purpose
for no one could do it alone.
Stand off yourself with your dreaming
and all Of your dreams are
vain,
No splendor of soul or structure can
man by himself attain;
IT'S willed we shall dwell as brothers,
as brothers then must we toll.
We must share in a common purpose,
as we share in a common soil.
And each who would see accomplished
the dreams he is proud to own,
Must strive for the goal with his fell
lows-for he cannot reach 1t
alone.
Edgar A. Guest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

and One Teacher declareth she think
eth it Horrid thus to be Bawled Out
or whether the Hot Box be in the
Board of Deacons, still is an Hot Box
a very Undesirable Citizen.
And | thought of these Things.
And the Spirit of the Lord said un-
to me, Safed.
And / answered, Here am /.
And the Spirit said; Safed, thou
hast considered the Evil Case of a
Church that hath an Hot Box in the
Choir, or in the Sunday School, or in
the Board of Deacons. See that in
thy Church there be no Hot Box in the
Pulpit.
: And considered all these things.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
No Eve for Color

Apropos Of the amusing comments
on academic costume that so often
reveal popular ignorance Of the sym
bolism of hoods and gowns is the fol-
lowing story, told by a contributor
to the Liverpool Post:
"A friend Of mine," says he, ais a
curate in a local suburban parish.
Some little time back he went up to
Oxford to take his master of arts de-
gree and the following Sunday appear
ed in the pulpit respondent in his
new master Of arts hood. A few
nights later he was dining in the
house of a prominent parishioner and
was amazed to hear his hostess pleas
antly remark:
"'Mr. X, that new hood Of yours
doesn't suit you at all. l can't mag
inc why you, with your complexion,
chose red of all colors in the world.
A myrtle green or an old gold would
have suited you much better and
would have been far more effective.
You men never know how to dress
youreselvesp
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Health Notes

Castor oil becomes tasteless if thor
oughly mixed with the beaten white
of an egg.
Tincture Of myrrh is a good thing
in the water used to rinse after brush
ing your teeth.
Apply glycerin to a scald directly
after the accident occurs and cover it
up with strips of rag soaked in gly-
cerin.
The Juice of lemon in hot water on
awakening in the morning is an ex-
cellent liver corrective, and for stout
women is said to be flesh reducer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
no. Extract Onion Juice

To extract onion juice, instead of
grating the onion in the usual man
the fiat crater and do not allow the
pulp to get into the juice. Take up
all the pulp, place it in little muslin
square and squeeze out all remaining
juice. Many prefer adding extract to
pieces Of onion in salads.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Reform

The man stood before his bureau
the package in his hand, his face
growing winter as he undid it slowly.
Gently he fingered the neck band Of
the shirt; wide-eyed with astonish-
mont. picked up one sleeve after the
other; with trembling fingers shook
suddenly, registering blank astonish-
ment.
"Gone," said he, hollowly, mot a
pin anywhere! The laundry has re-
formed and the price of wooden collar
buttons will drop. Now l will have to
buy a new shirt once week-or else
Friend Wife must purchase paper
Of pins every year!"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

One cup sugar; one-half cup butter;
one cup apple sauce; one teaspoonful
cloves; one teaspoonful salt; one tea
spoonful soda; one-half cup raisins;
one-half cup walnuts.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Date Bars

Take cupful of dates chopped fine,
beat two eggs, separating the yolks
from the whites, add three-fourths Of
a cupful Of sugar to the yolks, then
add six level tablespoonfuls of flour,
teaspoonful of salt, add the chopped
dates then fold in the whites and bake
in slow oven in a sheet. Cut when
cold in pieces the size Of wafer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

TOR years we have had warm bath
robes of quilted silk, which al
ways looked too much like mat
tress covers TO be entirely aesthetic.
Now comes corduroy in all gorgeous
shades-pink. blue. wistaria, rose. delft
and scarlet-lined throughout with
cl' ' md cut with sailor collars,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Making It Look Like Angora

And, by the way, do you Knit? Then
do make for yourself or someone else
a sweater of the fascinating teazle
wool that looks like Angora when the
garment is finished. And how do you
get this result? By brushing the
sweater up the wrong way with a wire
brush after it is all knitted.AHar-
per's Bazaar.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

The credit Of making the first silk
is given to Sizing, wife of Hoang-Ti,
emperor of China, 2600 B. G. Among
the Greeks Aristotle-3S4-322 b. c.
is the first who mentioned it. 1t was
not until "A. ID. $50, however, that it
began to be cultivated in Europe, the
first eggs being then brought from
India by some monks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Tomato Loaf

In one cup strained tomato juice
soak all bread crumbs it will absorb.
Add one cup pulp, cup grated cheese,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Mock Chicken Sandwiches

One cup chopped nuts; one large
stalk celery or one cup chopped cab
bage; six hard-boiled eggs, chopped
Cover with boiled dressing. Put be-
tween thin slices of buttered bread.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

Don't "fry" so much in your cook
ing. 1t means less indigestion and
better health. Try to keep away
from frying, it will be a little diff
cult at first but other habits Of cook
ing will soon grow upon you just as
frying" has.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

If to a bottle of Yacht Club salad
dressing or any portion you are using
at one time is added little sugar and
cream you will have dressing good
as any you can make yourself and
with less trouble.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Chocolate Caramel Cake
Date Torte

Almond Tartlets
Line patty tins with rich paste.
and chop a third Of pound
of almonds. add two tablespoonful of
rolled cracker crumbs, sifted, three
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Buckles Much Used

Buckles of all sorts are used as
trimming. On some Of the severe
shapes in beaver hats a wide buckle
of jet, celluloid or bone is used, with a
band of corded ribbon as the sole
trimming.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

eggs, beaten, third of cupful of
sugar, two cupfuls of milk, salt and
vanilla to taste. Fill the shells and
bake.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

You use just half the amount of
coffee with a perculator that you do
in making it the "boiled" way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
WOMAN AND HOME
interest 'oies

at the sight of too much. Twice bak-
ed bread should be served with the
broths and beef juices.
Sponge cake is the only desirable
kind to serve.
Cocoa is better than chocolate, un-
less the patient needs the fat, and is
able to take care of 1t.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

This is "pork" season. Cook all
pork we'll and don't have it three
times day 1t gets tiresome and is
hard 70 digest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

empire yokes, Portia sleeves and CIR
dies. These robes are as coy as they
are beautlful-another use for this In.
dispensable velvet.
Gold braid is used to trim dark cloth
frocks, and sometimes IL Is also used
on velvet frockS ANNA MAY,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

When in doubt, let the other fellow
talk. He may tell the truth, y knowl
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

No New Years resolution was even
ruined by the waterwagon's overflow.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Gnod Things for the Table

Good Things for the Table
For company cake the following
recipe is especially fine: Take the
whites Of six eggs, the yolks of five,
one cupful each of sugar and flour,
three-fourths Of a teaspoonful Of
cream Of tartar, the juice and rind OF
a large orange. Beat the whites very
stiff and add half of the sugar, beat
the yolks and add the other half, beat
five minutes, add the orange to the
yolEs and when well mixed add to the
whites, then fold in the -four that has
been sifted with the cream of tartar
Bake slowly 40 minutes. If using a
gas oven, light the oven just as the
cake is put in
Chocolate Caramel Cake
Take two ounces Of chocolate, one
cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of
milk. a quarter of a cupful of butter,
two cupfuls Of -four, two eggs, two
teaspoonfuls of vanilla. Mix as usual
and bake in layers. For the filling
cook together a cupful and half of
sugar, half cupful Of sweet milk, a
tablespoonful Of butter; cook until 1t
hairs. Cool add vanilla.
Date TOrte
A cupful each of chopped dates,
nuts and sugar, a tablespoonful Of
-four, teaspoonful Of baking powder
with two well-beaten eggs. Bake and
serve with whipped cream.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-07

count as a true American anyone
who stands courageously with face
fronting forward, who responds to
the humanitarian call, who pits him
self against the exploitation of chill
dren and women and immigrants,
who sets himself to solve intelligent
~ the new social and economic prob
lens. In the Teachers Federation
have found these forward-looking
women with hearts and souls alive to
the needs of their fellow workers,
and l am proud to have labored with
them.
In conclusion, I repeat, I believe
that the flag of the country which
my ancestors helped to found and
for which they fought should stand
for freedom and democracy, and that
when a group of political spoilsmen
attempt to subvert those principles it
is a farcicaI thing to decorate the
scene of their activities with the
colors of our fag.-E. B.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-07
ANOTHER oPINIoN.-F

ANOTHER OPINlON.-From read
ing your remarks on the inside of
the war on public schools, 1 assume
you take the view that big business
is backing the opposition to the
Teachers Federation because of
being compelled by the federation to
pay their just taxes. You give this
as a reason for believing that the
Catholic hierarchy has nothing to do
with it; also the fact that a majority
of the officers of the federation are
Protestant.
The Catholic hierarchy always pre-.
fers that Protestants shall be officers
Of any organization they want osuse
for their own benefit, so long as they
control it, thus avoiding suspicion.
They would also be greatly benefited
by compelling big business to pay
their just taxes, as you will readily
see when you consider that the
Catholic institutions took from the
treasury of Cook county alone about
$1,051, 855 in the last eleven years,
without any legal right, and had
made arrangements to take over
100000 this year, but were fortu-
nately prevented by an injunction.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-07

doubt appear that the money they
have heretofore received has been
paid to them Illegally. 1t is to their
interest to have plenty of money in
the treasury, so the amounts they
seek to take out will not be noticed.
y. Hoffman.
THE LAKE FRONT. - Chicago's
tortoise gait in recovering the use of
the lake beach from 18th st. to 51st
st. ridiCules the boosted slogan I'VE
Will"
Thirty-nine city blocks adjoining
and 1875 adjacent, continues to be
affected adversely.
100000 people nearby and 100000
more entitled to lake use are depriv-
ed of the pleasure and health posi-
bilities of this great stretch of water
front and are forced to long cross
town trips to other lake front dis
tricts or risk life and limb in the pres
ent district.
$7O,OOO,OOO Of property value are
stunted and deprecated.
Business revenues of the city-at-
large are curtailed in great volumes
by failing to attract the further host
of tourists and visitors who would
come with the added resort features
possible in this fine stretch of lake
front so closely located to the heart
of the town.
The Municipal pier and beaches
already provided have proved their
wonderful value and clearly shown
how inadequate to handle the army
of users.
Clean the lake front from 18th st.
to 51st st., shelve the beaches, add
the bathing spots possible, plant
shrHbbery, make the promenades
and fence the l. G,
All this without great cost and re-
quiring little time and in no way in
terfering with the outer park project,
which would TnnIIirn 1OOO time and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24

think the pupfic n rrred or hfs saver
tisementsf Because he does not look
1t his Advertising the way the public
doea The advertiser .alks his adver-
tising over. he sees the copy. the
proofs. He reads each advertisement
over many times in print. His argu-
'msnts get stale to him. hut It would
Be wrong to conclude that the public
IL passing them mp. The samene8 to
which he objects may be a welcome
sign to newspaper readers. They may
look upon II as q trademark by
which they know the advertisements
at a glance. You may write the same
old argument until they seem worn
to q fragile, but to the great majority
OF the public they are new. If they
were impressed with one Of your ear
lier arguments they will recognize the
next by its familiar dress. They read
presentation until finally your point
Is driven home and a purchase of
your goods results. You know what
the little drops of water do to the
stone. They don't have to be widely
different drops. Rather they should
be Of size and style that they may
At into the groove which their prede-
cessors have made.
And yet, notwithstanding the az
guments in favor Of a regular distinc-
tive style of advertising, you can ind
a great many merchants who go to
opposite extremes. Instead Of adopt
ing q good, clean style of set-up ana
sticking to It. they try to make their
Advertisements as different from from
one another A. possible. I knew one
advertising writer for a large Cinc1n-
natl house who had the make-thsm-
different fever an badly A. anybody
ever saw. He got to . point where
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24

ne would nor xTve me rocatfon Of the
store in the regular way. Instead Of
saying Fifth and Race Streets he
made 1t read where Fifth and Race
Streets meet Some people may say
that was . bright thought. consider
It silly and beneath the dignity of q
serious business house.
IT suppose the advertising stunt
artist will always abound and flourish.
The younger aud greener they are
the more they flourish. In the morn
ing It fiourisheth: in the evening IT is
cut away do not mean to be sacri-
legious. There may be fields where
the stunt Ia all right but It has no
place in straight store or manufactur-
er product advertising. ! have heard
defenders of the stunt quote p. T.
Barnum's saying that he didn't care
what people said about him as long
AZ they talked. But Barnum was run
ming a circus. / heard q Richmond
retail advertiser tell Of crazy ad-
vertisement Che himself spoke OF 1t
as 'crazy') that he ran and which
caused people to talk about him and
tell him to his face that he was crazy.
And he said that he considered that
was a good advertisement for HIS bust
ness because It made them talk. He
could have gotten them to gay he was
crazy as easily and at much less ex-
pense by standing on hts head in his
show window. Getting people to say
you are crazy IL not getting them to
buy goods OF you.
And now. in conclusion: What the
advertising business wants 10 men who
will take the trouble to get into tho
heart Of the advertisers business and
get the big facts Of the business so
As 70 rally nav som Athfn1 in thar
advertiser ents. You can't fool the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24
THN RICHMoND v1RGINIAN-sUNDAY. sEPTEMBER a.

ate = feeling Of mistrust in the read
er's mind. II you say an article 10
the best or that 1t 10 worth twice what
you ask for 1t. you will not md many
people to believe you unless you fur
nish your proofs. When 4 reader
questions the correctness of one of
your statements, he Is apt to discount
them all.
Only Truth Pays.
"A great deal IL being said about
truth in Advertising / believe the
best way to secure truth in adver-
Using Is for advertisers to wake up
to the fact that It 10 against their
interests to run the untruthful kind.
Truth for truths sake will never get
the results the Associated Advertising
Clubs are after. As soon as we all
awaken to the fact that 1t pays to
be truthful in our advertising dishon-
esty will disappear from the face OF
the advertising earth.
Il think 1t is important for a Arm
to adopt q good distinctive style Of
advertising and stick to 1t SO that
people recognize the firms advertise
ments at a glance without seeing the
signature. / emphasize this because
there are SO many cases in which the
opposite view 10 held. What adver-
Using man has not been COMPOUNDED
at times by hearing the boss say
Our advertising has too much same
ness: we've been using the same old
layouts, the same old type and the
same old line OF talk 10 long the pub
lie must be sick Of IT. We've got to
do something different In there any
thing that stampedes the ambitious
advertising man worse than the boss
on one Of his periodical. personally
conducted CAM airna IN tina fnterAst
OF his something differentf Speak
Ing out Of my own experience. I know
have been almost blurred out Of my
young advertising career By the pr>d-
Dental or managerial demand for
something difsrsnt-' Nowadays I
don't mind 1t 20 much. treat It like
We settled married men treat the un>a-
sizes and whooping coush-Annoying
incidents but seemingly necessary de-
tails of the general plan
Why does the head Of the busin ess
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24

that the only way to advertise q re-
tail store that uses q price argument
and features credit terms In to adver-
nse special values with illustrations,
descriptions and prices in large type.
think also 1t Is good plan to have
feeders ut close prices in order to get
new faces in the store and open up
new accounts. When a woman calls
for one article. no matter how small,
there IL always the chance to sell her
something else. or at least treat her
In, q way to gain her confidence. and
later on, her patronage.
DO these illustrations indicate to
you what I mean by studying the
business so as to hnd out the best
points to advertise? could cite you
some more cases. but my time Is linn
tied
IT am really through with the
can be called 'meaty). There are
some points want to mention, how
ever. on the subject of advertising
copy in general.
Copy in General.
Many advertising writer's like to
write clever Advertisements. The kind
that attract attention because Of their
smartness and cause the reader to say
the person who wrote the advertise
mont Is clever. Some merchants seem
to think this Is the best kind or ad-
vertising. My experience has been
that this a type OF advertising that
does not produce results. II you write
in way to attract attention to your
literary ability or cleverness, your
readers attention Is taken away from
the thing you write about and that
is no way at all to sell goods. The
only cleverness that - really clever
Is the kind which conceals itself.
The best advertising that can pos
sibly be written Is the kind that gives
Information about the goods in simple
words and short sentences. Brilliancy
ana startling originality will not atone
for lack OF information about the
thing advertised.
II am coming more and more to
think that 1t 10 best to avoid the use
Of superlatives in advertising. The
oYer-uss OF superiatipes Is apt to ere
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24

A. K Agy, Of whitmans. ". Va
10 visiting relatives in this place. ~
Garland B. Kiser. Of Clintwood, WA
at Freezing during the week.
Christopher Columbus Stone. the
"poet-laureate" Of Skeetrock, is q Wis
itor at this place.
Turner Dorton. Of Shelby Gap. KY.
was here during the week
Noah L. Hanover has Just returned
from Myra, KY. where he attended
an time Baptist Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ Mu1lina
have returned from a visit to friends
at Dorton. KY. which place was for
merly their home.
Dr. r. L. Phipps, Of Clintwood, was
here on professional business during
the week.
George c. Hanover was at Fremont
on business during the week
Mrs. Nancy Whitaker is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Austin.
Of Phipps.
Joshua Colley. Of Skeetrock, IL Wis
iing his sister. Mrs. G. c. Hanover.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24
EARcH FOR BIG FACT
AnD PLAY UP STRONGLY
Advertising Man De-
nvers Practical Address to Rich
mond Advertisers Club.
STRIKES THE KEYNOTE.
|ap Pubic Mind With Basic Feature
OF Article or Busaness-To Prepare
Copy that Pulls Writer Must Know
Business to BE Advertised.

lone OF the most interesting and
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24

London, Sept 22-The wireless
Press gave out today = dispatch from
Zurich saying 100 socialists were ar
rested in Berlin on the ground that
they were concerned in agttAAions
against the war. Although over mill
tary age. they are said to have been
sent to the front.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24

pubic. They knew when ne aAve14
Using man knows what he h tal1kino
about"