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seornful aristocrat, masquerading as a
leader of the common people,"
To people capable OF comprehendlng the
context of the quotation given, the con-
clusion locates itself in the twilight
zone" of either ignorance or insincerity-
perhaps both.
Jefferson had no control over his birth.
II of aristocratic birth and training, It y
the duty Of the honest historian to so
state It, as we'll as to give him credit.
notwithstanding his aristocratic birth and
training, that he became "a patron Of
the people, appealed to the rank and file
and believed In them"
Honor to the historian who writes the
truth-both as TO Jefferson's aristocratic
birth and his great good sense in allow
Ing his enlightened judgment for hu-
manlty (and not the environment of his
birth) to espouse the cause of the rank
and file," because he believed in them" !"
It has been said Washington couldn't
tell lie." II that be true, then the man
who could and wouldp't, deserves more
credit than he.
In these strenuous campaign days the
wish too often lis father to the
hought"-verifying the wise old bard s
conclusion, What fools these mortals
be-"
KNIGHT OF THE GRIP,
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trying to grow in soil deficient in iron
II you are not strong or well, you owe
II to yourself to make the following
test: See how long you can work. or
how far you can walk without becom-
ing tired. Next take two fve-grain
tablets Of ordinary nuxated iron three
times per day after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength again
and see for yourself how much you
have gained. I have seen dozens OF
nervous rundown people who were
ailing all the while, double their
strength and endurance and entirely
get rid OF all symptoms OF dyspepsia,
liver and other troubles in from ten
to fourteen days time simply by TAX
ing iron in the proper form. And this
after they had in some cases been doc
toring for months without obtaining
any benefit. But don't take the old
forms of reduced iron, iron acetate or
tincture Of iron simply to save few
cents You must take iron in a form
that can be easily absorbed and as
simulated like nuXated iron II you
want IL to do you any good, otherwise
# may prove worse than useless.
Many an athlete or prize fighter has
The Washington herald., 1916-10-29
SOLDIER APPEALS FOR BLIND.
Don't Let Future Mock Helpless
ness" Writes serEt. NiiddIemisS.
B. NJ. MILLER,
423 X st. N, w.

''Don't Let Future Mock Helpless
ness" Writes sergt. MIddIemiss.
Editor The Washington Herald:
Help the thousands of blinded SOL
dieds of the allied nations to find a
self-respecting. self-supporting use
fulness."
This is the keynote of an unusually
stirring appeal which Sergt. Mai
Robert Middlemiss, the blinded Brit
ish soldier. is sending today to $780,
600 OF the most wealthy and promi-
nent persons in the United States.
.Sergt. Mddlemiss, who was blinded at
.Gallipoli, not merely conceived the
idea of the appeal himself but wrote
them, word for word, on the type
writer, which he learned to use at St
Dunstans, the hostelry for blind SOL
diers in England.
The appeal is as follows:
You are a strong. active person, full
Of life and vitality. Your thoughts
are Centered on your business, your
plans for the future, the different
towns and countries you intend to
visit, and the many strange and won
derful things you will see.
Have you realized wnat your feel
ings would be, what you would do,
what would happen to you. If, while
l in the middle Of a successful business
deal, or when walking up Broadway.
or any other busy street, your sight
suddenly failed, the light on which
you depend so much died out, never
ITO return.
The very suggestion or thought
appals you. It is horrible and hideous
1t paralyzes your mind to even dream
Of such a catastrophe.
There are thousands of strong, ac-
tive men on the other side today who
have been robbed Of their eyes by
the scientific murderOus inventions of
modern warfare. Before the war
they worked at many different trades
and occupations; now they are like a
lot Of ships which, having weathered
storm, are now deprived of their
steering gear and are drifting aim
lessly at the will o. wind and tide.
If friendly assistance does not soon
come to their aid, the waves will
swamp them.
Give these men a chance to keep
afloat. They are big. strong men.
with many long years of life stretch
ing out before them. But, in their
present helpless condition, with moth
| ing to do, nothing to interest them,
these future years only mock them.
I speak from experience. I have
weathered the storm. thanks to gem
erous people. and I now appeal to you
| for my comrades. Do not hesitate
! any longer; the hour has struck
These unfortunate men require your
help, and if you fail in your duty to-
ward them. you may be a few dol
lars the richer, but in Gods sight
| you will have lost more than earthly
riches can ever buy.
ROBERT MIDDLEMIss.
All checks, in answer to Sergt.
Middlemiss' appeal should be made
PAYABLE to Frank A. Vanderlip, Hon.
/ Treasurer. Permanent Blind Relief
| War Fund, and mailed to $50 Fifth ave-
nue., New York, Secretary. the Blind Re
! lief Fund.
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Brooklyn Woman DepIores "Colos-
sal Crime Against Humanity"

sal Crime Against Humanity"
Editor The Washington Herald: Would
1t not be advisable to cast out the beam
in our own eye before we insist on re-
moving the mote from the eye Of Ger
many? Since-it goes without saying
we are not concerned either with the
causes or the objects of the European
war, only intent on prolOnging this
money making massacre, we are guilty OF
n colossal crime against humanity. Be-
ing thus sordidly occupied We obstreper-
ously threaten Germany whenever she
makes a move calculated to interfere
with the transit of our munition to the
allies and to shorten this white mans
Armageddon. Ay, we dictate in season
ana out of season to the self-sacrificing
power who. in the hope to avert 1t. put
of mobilizing her army little too long.
We even reprobate her when having
failed to avert it altogether, she tried to
make the dire struggle as swift and
blOodless as possible. Would Belgium
permit the passage of her troops through
her realm-accepting damages for any in
jury done? OF course not. Belgium, be-
ing hand in glove with her powerful
neighbors preferred to fight to a finish.
Thus proving to all who are not sordidly
blind or have a political ak to grind
that she was anything but neutral in
spirit.
If one judged America and Europe to-
day by their vituperative spokesmen,
their scribes and pharisees. one would
be tempted to believe that the pessimistic
assertions of Mr.. Chamberlain applied
with still greater truth to the opening
decades of the twentieth century. This
is how the learned author of The Foun-
dations Of the Nineteenth Century puts
it: In the nineteenth century we have
baa I'D Toll M
dom of speech. the freedom of science,
etc; in reality, however, we have been
worse enslaved than in the eighteenth
century; for, in addition to the tyrants
who have really never been disarmed
new and worse ones have arisen. The
former tyranny could with all its bitter
injustice strengthen the character; the
new. which is a tyranny proceeding from
and aiming at money, degrades to the
lowest depths OF bondage
MARY IVES TODD.
Brooklyn, n. Y, October q, 1916.
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SPECIAL NOTE.-Dr. =. sauPr q physician
who has studied widely in both this country
and Europe, has been specially employed 10 make
thorough investigation into the real secIet Of the
great strength, power, and endurance Of jess vii
lard, and ths marvellous value Of nuIAted iron a
strength builder.
New York-Upon being interviewed
at his apartment in the Colonial Ho-
tel Mr.. Willard said: Yes, l have a
chemist with me to study the value of
different foods and products as to their
power to produce great strength and
endurance, both of which are so neces-
sary in the prize ring. On his recon-
mendation I have often taken nuxated
iron and / have particularly advocated
the free use Of iron by all those who
wish to obtain great physical and men
tai power Without 1t l am sure that
! should never have been able to whip
Jack Johnson so completely and easily
as l did and while. training for my
| hght with Frank Moran, I regularly
took nuxated iron, and / am certain
that it was most important factor in
my winning the Tight so easily" Con-
ttnuing, DR.. Sauer said: Mr. Willard's
case is only one OF hundreds which 1
could cite from my own personal eX-
perience which proves conclusively the
| restore strength and vitality even in
most complicated chronic conditions"
Not long ago a man came to me
who was nearly half century old.
and asked me to give him prelimi-
nary examination for life insurance. I
was astonished to hnd him with the
blood pressure of a boy of 20 and as
| full of vigor. vim and vitality as a
| young man-in fact, a young man he
really was, Notwithstanding his age.
! The secret he said was taking iron
nuxated iron had filled him with re-
newed life At 80 he was in bad
health; at 46 careworn and nearly all
| in. Now at 80 miracle of vitality
and his face beaming with the buoy
ancy of youth. As ! have said hun /
dred times over iron is the greatest
of all strength builders. II people
would only throw away patent medi-
clnes and nauseous connections and
take simple nuxated iron, I am con-
vinced that the lives of thousands of
persons might be saved who now Gle
! every year from pneumonia, grippe,
| consumption. kidney. liver and heart
trouble etc The real and true cause
which started their diseases was moth
! ing more or less than weakened con-
ditfop brought on by lack of iron in
the blood Iron is absolutely necessary
| to enable your blood to change food
Into living tissue. Without It no mat
| ter how much or what you eat, your
| food merely passes through you with
| out doing you any good You don't
| get the strength out OF It, and as
| Consequence you become weak, pale
and sickly looking, just like a plant
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won the day simply because he knew
the secret Of great strength and en-
dUrsnCe and filled his blood with iron
before he went into the ARRAY, while
many another has gone 70 inFlOrious
defeat simply for the lack OF iron
+. SaUer, NJ. D.
NOTE.-NuKABsd lrOu, recommended tbJTp ~ d..
SsEeT. l. not = Isteni medicine srCTst reTr-dy
but one which = well known 20 dHasEsstE and Who's
ir0n constituents widely pT9Glbsd b. eminsut
physcAns eEergwhsH. Uulike the OldsT tu5rEEniC
iron prOductN IL is esSily SsimnAtsd, dSes not
ntlrt the teeth make them bAck nor upsst the
stomach the oOutrAEy Il IL mos Potsnt
remedy in nearly all forms q indigestion, a. well
a. for nervous rundown condition. he mEHutAe
turers have s1ch grest couhdenoe in NuEttsd Iron
that they Ofer 70 forfeit Soc.W 20 any Charitable
Institution they canb0t tHke any man WcsnEn
under % who HsEs iron and increase Their strength
10 prr crnt or over IN four weeks' time prUridsd
ther hErp DO serious 1rEHnic trUubls. Tbey also
uFsr 70 rrfund Your mpnsy II Il dpes n1t ~ lsss
double your strvuF1h and endurHncS IN ten dayr
time II Is daS5,snssd IN ths CITY hT JSnes O'Don-
nels DrIg stores. Peoples Drug storrs, ard al
oths druggiss.-AdJ.
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HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline. but do not compe
sunday, October. 90. 1916.

suhoasS OctobcFg <bs lS1os
This is fairly good rule, according to
astrology Neptune is strongly benefic in
aspect while Mars is adverse. In the
evening Uranus is friendly.
The planetary government Is encourag-
ing to spiritual development and should
make audiences responsive to good
thoughts. Ministers have an exceedingly
encouraging outlook.
For the Catholic church a winter OF
extraordinary activity is presaged. A
priest will gain fame through a far-reach-
ing campaign OF reform.
Ancient lore found the kindly influence
of Neptune helpful to all who desired in
spiration for life or work
Poetry and music are subject 10 the
best direction during the configuration.
The rule is supposed to render active
latent emotions for romance and mys-
terry and to cause the mind TO be recep-
tive to the best influences in literature
and art.
The death OF an American phIlanthro-
pist is foreshadowed by the stars.
There is a menacing sign for the EN-
peror Of Germany. who may suffer a Sc
we're illness.
1t is not a fortunate time for surgeons
or physicians, who should delay deci-
sions that involve life and death.
Soldiers and all who protect property in
the United States come under a sway
believed to breed discomfort and impa-
tience today
According to the seers the coming cleo
ton will make sweeping changes in Con-
gress. A United States Senator long a
conspicuous figure will be defeated.
1t is predicted that eleven equal suf-
frage States will offer convincing proof
that women have power to ba reckoned
with in national affairs.
Honors for a Western educator are
prophesied and success for campaign
OF radical reform is indicated in the
West.
Persons whose birthdate It is may have
a perplexing year in business. These
subjects Of Scorpio should guard against
personal injury.
Children born on this day may be high
strung and quick-tempered. They have
the augury OF good luck. Their principal
ruling plant is Mars
fCpDvyf-b4
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CONDITIONS AGAINST NEGRO.
Ii. VI. Miller Puts Blame on People
of south

Editor of The Washington Herald
In the issue Of your valued paper Of
the 18th instant, under the caption of
Negroes Quit Dixie for Northern Cities, d"
the writer finds the following:
"Unwoneed activity in the manufactur-
ing establishments Of the Northern States
and discomfort with sociological COndi-
tions in the South are the factors tend
ing to induce the negro to migrate.
Alarmed at the gradual disappearance Of
the principal labor supply for Southern
plantations. the employers Of that sec
tiCn are considering means of turning
back this tide
The opposition to the influx of coIored
labor I'm the States north of the Mason
Dixon Line is coming chiefly from the
labor unions. Colored labor Is being i'm
ported in some cases to break strikes"
In this case the negro is proving a two
edged sword. Like chickens that come
home to roOst the unjust employer Is suf-
fering in the South on account Of a short
age Of labor, and the selfish labor unions
in the North on account of an over SUD-
ply. The South is the natural habitat of
the negro and meteOrologically much
more COngenial to him, but sociolOgicaIly
he finds conditions UnendUrable in many
parts of the South, which any impartial
individual who has studied conditions in
the South must admit. The writer has
studied conditions some in the Southland
and knows from personal observation
that the negro is up against it at best.
The writer, who is a Caucasian, has no
axe to grind.
There are comparatively few high
schools in the South for negroes and a
considerable lack Of common schools. The
word Americanism, in the estimation Of
the writer is much misunderstood and
very much abused. Real Americanism
means nebrty in the full sense Our
forbears who settled in this country to
escape the yoke should satisfy US of that
fact. and there can be no real American
ism where one part Of the citlzenry Is
deprived Of those rights guaranteed to
every citizen by the Constitution. The
negro could well use the words that
Shakespeare puts into the mouth Of Shy
lock by making a slight change and say:
7 am negro. Hath not a negro eyes?
Hath not a negro hands, organs, dimen-
sions, senses, affections. passions7 Fed
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STREET ACCIDENTS.
witness Tells of One Caused by
Hospital Ambulance.


Editor The Washington Herald: In an
editorial few weeks ago you considered
the matter Of accidents on the streets.
You reminded me that whatever may be
their cause, the excitement they create,
or the damage they lnfict, II a life is
not taken, no remedial or preventive
measures get under way, and that in a
few days the accident-incident is forgot
ten. Your editorial impressed me the
more because I had just had an expert
ence on the corner of Fourth and B
streets northeast
I saw a startling collision less than
sixty feet from my front door. The
Casualty Hospital ambulance proceeding
west on B street struck and wrecked an
automobile proceeding south on Fourth
street, hit a grocer's wagon standing in
front Of his store, and facing east and
then toppled over. injuring slightly one
of the two members of the medical staff
who sat inside. It was 4 case of the in
nOCent bystander receiving the greatest
injury.
Subsequently I learned owners OF the
ambulance and the automobile amiCably
settled the case out of court without any
provision or purpose to redress the gro
GER for the injuries they had inflicted on
him. Immediately suit for damages was
filed in the Municipal Court against the
owners of the ambulance and the auto
mobile jointly. I was summoned as a
witness for the defense and I gave my
testimony.
The court found for the prosecution.
But what a little it found. The grocer
declared that when he divided his award
with his counsel he would have less than
one-third the amount he had expended
in refurnishing himself with a wagon to
take the place Of the one the defendants
jointly had wrecked.
"Ambulances taking chances would
seem to be incongruous as a description.
One loves to think of the Casualty Hos
pital as a public benefcence. an institu-
ton radiating caution. care, sweetness,
and light. And to behold such a hospital
in strenuous defense to escape RESPONSE
bility for distress created by itself, would
appear to be unthinkable Who could
imagine that from its reserved section in
the zone of quiet" it would, in it's street
service send out an ambulance bearing no
suggestion Of quiet. but, on the contrary,
through its rauCOus voice and catapultan
movement, scattering terror and danger
along its course.
When will our city fathers and our
public hospital management. so desirous
OF sanity and safety on our streets, agree
together and change the present policy
Of hospitatl street service as sanity and
safety demand? S. W. RUSSELL
4O1 B Street n. Z.
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with the same food, hurt with the same
weapons, subject to the same diseases,
healed by the same means. warmed and
cooled by the same winter and summer
as Caucasian is? II you prick us, do
we not bleed? II you tickle us, do we
not laugh? II you poison us, do We not
die? And II you wrong US, shall we not
revenge? If we are like you in the rest,
we will resemble you in that"
The writer has no quarrel with the
Southern people: in fact, he never met
nicer people anywhere than he did in the
South. What he is opposed to is condi-
tiOns which they allow to exist.
B. NJ. MILLER,
423 X St N, w
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THE OPEN FORUM.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.

mileage form Of payment, and Is the
rankest injustice to the oldest and most
efficient railroad men; it makes virtual
slaves Of all railroad employees by max
ing It a misdemeanor to strike, subject
TO a heavy fine or imprisonment or both.
Restoring the absolute form OF COM
putting wages by the day instead of by
the mile, will save the companies about
800. 10000 a year. which the men will
lose, which amount will be far more than
thew will gain by the eight-hour basis.
Intelligent railroad men should carefully
consider these facsts before they vote in
November.
EDGAR JAY DWYER,
Formerly Chief Engineer of Central
Division. Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers. Bayonne, n. J.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-29

the name OF the baker yeti and when
found that it took slices, half the loaf, TO
equal the four slices of toast / always
place on tray, 1 weighed the other half
and found It was less than 10 ounces.
Now, what housekeepers ought to do is
to insist on having all bread weighed,
and keep an unfair list" Then, II mat
ters grow worse, let us have a commun-
ity alliance, and perhaps community
bakehouse may solve the problem-if
there is no redress in law.
HOITSEKEEPER
The Washington herald., 1916-10-29
REPLIES TO FRANK MORGAN.
"Knight of the Grip Discusses Let
ter About Jefferson.

Editor The Washington Herald:
In The Washington Herald's Open
Forum Of Sunday, October %, Mr.. Frank
P. Morgan, Of this city, launched a sup
posed Cby him) brOadside against Wood
row Wilson by quoting from his His
tory OF the American People" as follows
Mr.. Jefferson, an aristocrat and yet a
radical, deliberately prac-
ticed the arts OF the politician, and ex-
hlbited oftentimes the sort of insincerity
which subtle natures yield to without
loss Of essential integrity Gen. Jackson
was incapable of arts of deceptions of
any kind. He was, in fact, what his par
tisans loved to call him, man of the
people, Of the common people. Mr. JEFF
ferson was only a patron of the people.
to the rank and file, believed in
them, but shared neither their tastes nor
their passions"
He then draws the conclusion that ac-
cording to Mr. Wilson he (Jeferson) was
"a deliberate insincere demagogue," "a
The Washington herald., 1916-10-29
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HOUSEWIFE WEIGHS BREAD.
Washington Woman Objects t
Small Loaf at Six Cents,

Editor The Washington Herald-I read
with much interest your editorial on g.
cent bread and would like to state that
think no housekeeper, in view of present
high prices Of material, objects to paying
8 cents for bread; but the crux Of the
matter to us is, what are we getting for
our Cents-fourteen ounces? What we
do object to is paying cents for an eight
or nine ounce loaf. I bought two loaves
of bread few days ago Il won't give
The Washington herald., 1916-10-29
OFFERS PAPER TO CHILDREN.
Mrs. Myron Bertman VIII Aid Play
ground Fund,

Editor The Washington Herald: We
take several papers daily, and will gladly
save them for the school Children's play
ground fund, If the children will come
for them on Saturdays
MRS. MYRON BERTMAN.
Washington Barracks, Quarters u.
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NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
New York, Oct. 2S.-The following
Washingtonians have registered at hotels
here:
Continental-E. Breishin, NJ. Gittelman.
Cumberland-J. V. Clark, Miss NJ. M.
Clark.
Breslin-J. O'Connor. H. E. Jester.
Flanders-D. P. Smelser
Longacre-D. P. Smelser
Martha Washington-Mrs. G. E. whar-
ton.
Wallick-J. E. De sauIes, S. r. Koch,
T. K. Reilly, P. J. Reilly.
Aberdeen-C. w Taylor.
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A hitherto untold Secret of
his Great Victories over Jack
Johnson and Frank Moran.
Ordinary Nuxated Iron will
often increase the strength and
endurance ofthe delicate nerv-
Gus folks 200 per cent. in two
weeks time.