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The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

1t ought to be a sufficient rebuke to those who
decry the art of versifcation to learn that the
late James Whitcomb Riley left an estate esti-
mated at upward of 100000, practically all of
which was acquired through his talent as a
rhymester. There those of course-hnical
creatures-who will deny that the Indiana man
wrote poetry, but they contest the fact
that he wrote something for which the American
people were willing to pay without grumblng.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

What is the matter with the Baltimore folk
that It requires an ordinance, with penalty Of
$780, to bring them to their feet when the ma
tional anthem is Played Compulsory patriotism
seems trifle absurd-even for Baltimore
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

Some idea of the cost to the United States
caused by the Canal slides may be gained from
the statement that from October to March, in
elusive, when the waterway choked by mud,
the loss in tolls alone was S3,5ooooo
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29
Look for Escaped Iunatic

The police have been asked to look out
for Walter Cantillion, 50 years old. feet
10 inches in height and Weighing about
l4o pounds, who yesterday escaped from
ST. Elizaoeth's. When last seen he vara
9 blue suit and a straw hat
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

The British Parliament now votes few mill
lions for war as nonchalantly as Congress votes
a few millions for pork.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

Isn't there some way by which Great Britain
can be brought to a proper realization of the
absolute innocuousness of S. S. Mcclure?
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

Villa is just mean enough to throw a wrench
into the wel-oed plans of the Democrats who
intend to demand Mr.. Wilson's election on the
ground that "he has kept us out of war"
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

And now it is Baroness Betsy Riddle Won
Hutten who has achieved the distinction of be-
coming a pro-German suspect over in London.
Philadelphia is proud Of you, Betsy.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

Ambassador Spring Rice has formally denied
that it was a British cruiser that entered Chesa-
peake Bay. The denial, however, may not serve
10 throw Capt. Koenig completely off his guard.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

Our consuls report that there are an unusual
number OF Americans abroad who are in want.
What is the essential difference between an
American in want abroad and an American in
want at home2
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29

1t is announced that scores Of men and women
who have suffered physical and property losses
in Mexico will stump the country in the interest
Of the c. o. P. Talk of picayunish politics.!
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29
ORDER THE HERALD MAILED TO YOU.
SATURDAY, JULY %. 1915.
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing OF original poem, written daily
for The Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-29
AFTER DINNER POLITICS
By DR.. E. j. EDWARDS.
Author Of New News of Yesterday" Etc
When the Two-thirds Rule Was Made Effective
Copyright By he Newsp syndicst.
Author OF New News of Yesterday" Etc,

Copyright 1916. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17
COLUMBIA WILL AID
MILLIONS CAMPAIGN
Local Christian Endeavor tc
Join in Big Movement
Started in Illinois.
EXPLAINS TEN AIMS
c. c. Hamilton, Field Man
ager, Tells Union Meeting
of Goals to Be Attained.

Clarence C. Hamilton. national field
manager of the Christian Endeavor
Societies addressed a union meeting
of the Christian Endeavor societies of
Columbia on the Millions campaign,
at the Christian Church last night.
This campaign has ten goals, "
said Mr.. Hamilton. (which are as fol-
lows:
100000 new Christian Endeav-
or members;
"2.-1 100000 new converts to the
church or to Christ;
"3.-1,0O0,00O new members for a
peace union;
"4.-s1,OOO,OOO more for missionary
work;
$4,000 new Christian Endeavor
societies;
$4,000 new comrades of the quiet
hour" to give fifteen minutes each
day to prayer;
10000 new legiOnaries, to give
one-tenth of their earnings to the
church;
$4,000 new Christian Endeavor
experts;
$4,000 new life recruits, to give
all of their time to missionary work;
100000 new readers for Chris
tian Endeavor work."
This is the greatest work ever at
tempted by any organization Of young
people" said Mr.. Hamilton, "and it is
challenging them to give the best that
they have in them to bring results.
The high water mark of the Chris
tian Endeavor work Is here and, with
the splendid support which the young
people all over the world are giving
this movement, l think that we shall
have reached all of the goals by the
time of the meeting of the Interna-
tiOnal Christian Endeavor Society
which will take place in New York
next summer"
Immediately after the address, the
representatives of the Columbia So
cieties met with Mr.. Hamilton and
made plans for the improvement of
Christian Endeavor work here.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17

the prevention and relief of tubercu-
.osis through the sale of Red Cross
seals and by educational campaigns
conducted through the schools. The
meeting will be held at the Soldan
High School.
E. E. Freyschlag and Ralph Dodson'
students in the University, went TO
Centralia today to meet friends from
Kansas City.
Mrs. ]. s. Hanna went to Centralia
today to visit her sister, Mrs. M. Rog-
ers.
Mrs. ]. A. Hudson, who has been
here shopping, returned to Hallsville
today.
Miss Mary Willis of 80 Hit street
went to st. Louis today to visit.
Miss Mary Hill, a student in the
University, went to st. Louis today
for a short visit.
Felix F. Davis has gone to Lexing-
ton, KY, on business.
Mrs. E. Mccullough went to Centra-
liza today to meet Mrs. Elizabeth
Marshall of Kansas City.
Mrs. B. F. Rice and son, Richard
Allen, of New Florence, are visiting
Mrs. Rice's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
A. Torreyson, lib Paquin street.
R. L. Hill of Adenhill Farm, east OF
town, sold a registered Duroc-Jersey
boar and two pigs yesterday. The
male went to A. D. Davis Of Weston,
and the pigs to M. E. Neil Of La
Grange Mr.. Hill is secretary of the
Missouri Duroc-Jersey Breeders As
sociation.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17
DEAN JAMES PRAISES
LAWS OPPORTUNITIES
Assembly Lecturer Says Hard
Work and Patience Are
Demanded.
"CALLING is HONEST"
Speaker Insists There Is No
Place in Profession for the
Shvsters and Crooks.

For the young man who is willing
to work hard and long, who has pa
tlence and the knack. of getting on
with people, who has that inGefinable
thing we call personality, who has
good health and abundant vi.s lity aud
above all love for his profession. the
law offers opportunities as great as it
ever did, not merely to make living
but to acquire reasonable co:npeten-
cy and a position of leadership and
eminence in the community" declar-
ed Eldon r. James, dean of the School
of Law, in his lecture, "The Lawyer
and His Opportunities" in the Univer-
sity Auditorium last night. This was
the second of a series of faculty lee
lures on THE College Student and
His Life Work"
To achieve position, according to
Dean James, the lawyer must be a
man of integrity, with a well-ordered
private and professional life. There is
no permanent place for the shyster
or crook.
That the small city is an excellent
place in which to begin the practice
Of law is the opinion Of Dean James.
He cited the case of the late Judge
Williams of Boonville, whose prac-
tice extended all over the state. In
the small city one can be more easily
a lawyer and a man, whereas In the
city one is likely to be merely a law
yer.
The lawyers opportunities for pub
lie service as a Judge and legisla-
tor were taken up. Unfortunately,
a judgeship in the United States is a
political office and not, as it should
be. an Office completely divorced from
partisanship," said Dean James.
There is therefore all the more rea-
son why the lawyer Of ability, inde-
pendence and integrity should consid-
er it his duty to go upon the bench
whenever the opportunity to do so
comes to him honorably.
THE lawyers opportunities are
manifold" concluded Dean James.
But they are opportunities not for
ghe brainless, the Stacker, the crook or
she shyster but for the lawyer of abil
ity and high ideals, for the educated
lawyer who has not merely a sound
professional training but is also a
well-educated man generally. For the
good lawyer, there are opportunities
for leadership, for public service and
for seizipg some of the durable salts
factions of life, which few other pro-
fessions offer. Law is an honorable
calling, with historic past extending
over many centuries, a calling with
honorable traditions of service and
usefulness"
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17
CITY AND CAMPUS

A representative of the William B.
Ittner Construction Company of ST.
Louis is in Columbia inspecting the
work on the new public school build
ings.
Walter Williams Of Butler, is spend
ing the weekend with his brother,
James S. Williams, freshman in the
College Of Arts and Science.
Josephus Killough, a student in
Westminster College, was in Columbia
yesterday.
Miss Ora Thompson Of Butler ar
rived in Columbia yesterday to be the
weekend guest Of her niece, Miss An
mabel Thompson, at Sampson Hall.
DIR. R. ]. Kerner will talk on "The
Future of the Jews in Russia" before
the Nenorah Society at 1880 o'clock
Saturday In Room 22O, Academic Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Fagin of Lath-
rop are visiting Mrs. Fagin's brother,
Gordon Douglass, a student in the I'm
iversity.
A Missouri chapter of the Intercei-
legiate Socialist Society will be formed
tonight in Room A, Y. M. C. A. Build
ing. The object is to form student dis
cussion groups for the study of So
cialism.
Mrs. l. H. Dunaway of Sikeston will
spend several days in Columbia visit
ing her daughters, Miss Gretchen Dun
away. sophomore in the College of
Arts and Science.
Miss Irene Fisher and Miss Blanche
Clements, students in the College of
Arts and Science, are spending the
weekend with Mrs. John T. Barker at
Jefferson City.
Miss Nadine Thomas of Centralia is
the weekend guest of Miss Clayton
Smith. junior in the College of Arts
and Science.
Milton ]. Quinn of St. Joseph will
arrive today to attend the Missouri
Drake game.
DR.. Walter McNab Miller will 20 to-
night to st. Louis, where he will ad-
dress the sixth general session of the
Missouri State Teachers Association.
He will tell about the campaign for
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17

The Delta Gamma sorority announc-
es the pledging of Miss Mildred Kes-
singer of Carlinville, Ill.
The freshmen of the Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity entertained the Kappa
Sigma freshmen last night with the
sixth of a series of dinners for fra
ternity pledges.
The dance announced by the Jeffer-
son Club for Friday evening, Novem-
ber "a, has been indefinitely postponed.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Clayton and daugh-
ter. Miss Florence Clayton, Of Los
Angeles, and Mrs. ]. F. Shropshire of
Omaha, Neb., are the guests of Mrs. ].
T. Mitchell on West Broadway. Yes
terday a small luncheon was given for
them by Mrs. c. F. Pape.
Mrs. Louis Kreutz informally en-
tertained this afternoon at her home
on Waugh street in honor Of Mrs. Os-
car Klass of Muskogee, Okla, who is
visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. ]. A.
Kiass.
The Republican members Of the ba-
ma Press Club will give dance to-
night for the Democrats. Pictures Of
Hughes, draped with crepe, and Of
Wilson, adorned with American flags,
will be features of the decorations.
The dances will be named for election
candidates. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pax
ton will be the chaperons. Several
out-of-town guests will be present
Miss Mary Morris of Paducah, KY,
is the guest of Miss Mary Clark on
College avenue.
The pledges of the Chi Omega So
rority will entertain the active mem
bers with a dance for about thirty
five couples Saturday night. The
chaperons will be Prof and Mrs. G.
NJ. Reed, Prof. and Mrs. C. w. Leap
hart and Miss Grace Graves.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17

Lutheran Services Sunday Night.
Lutheran Church services will be
conducted by the Rev. X. H. Ehlers
OF Marshall, in the Y. M. C. A. Audi
torium at 7:45 o'clock Sunday night.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17
Student to Address Shoe Workers.

Vincent E. Davis, a student in the
University, will address the employees
Of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company
at the factory at IL O'Clock tomorrow
on "The Other Fellow" This is the
first Of series Of MONDAY meetings
to be held weekly at the factory.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17
SOCIETY NOTES

The Delta Gamma sorority announc-
es the pledging of Miss Mildred Kes-
singer of Carlinville, Ill.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-17

Miss Mary Morris of Paducah, KY
is the guest of Miss Mary Clark OF
College avenue,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
NEWS ADS BEST
Instructor of MO.U. Urges Deal
ers to Use Home Paper.
Says Right Kind of Publicity
Could Have Averted War.

Kansas City. Mo-, Jan. 29.-'If one
tenth of the cost of the European war
had been put into we'll directed pub
licity and advertising and to teach the
people of the world that they were
brother citizens of the world. instead
of patriotic and partisan Germans,
Frenchmen, Englishmen or Turks. the
war never would have come" de-
'clared ]. B. Powell, instructor in ad-
vertising at the University of Missouri,
in an address at the session of the
annual convention of the Southwest
ern Lumbermen's association.
Mr.. Powell maintained the daily
newspaper was the greatest advocat-
ing medium and urged the lumbermen
to begin patroniZing the advertising
department OF their home papers.
when the ruler of a proud Euro
pean nation" said he, steps from his
dignity and presents his views toT-the
medium of the newspaper; when a
government like England uses full
page newspaper advertisements to re-
cruit armies; when the rulers of Ger
many, France andF Russia send to
American editors almost daily reports
of their side of the conflict, how can
any business man doubt the possibili-
ties of advertising?
THE newspaper in all cases is the
best and most economical advertising
medium for US, because it reaches ex-
actly the kind of folks we do business
with and must do business with in or
der to live"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

connplishment by the human race,
and said that if we could believe
these things we should have no trou-
BILE in believing that the whale swal-
lowed Jonah.
He told the story of Dreyfus, and
said that if a man enlisted as a sol
der and then in the event of war at
tempted to get out of it on the plea
that he did not enlist to fight, ne
would lose the respect of his fellow
men. Getting into church does not
make you a Christian any more than
going into a garage makes you an
automobile" he observed. He ended
the sermon with a fervent appeal TO
the people to awake to a sense OF
their responsibility, and II they were
lukewarm, to arouse themselves IRON
their lethargy. and to enlist for &C
tive work for the Lord.
Born in West Virginia about forty
wears ago, Bob" johnson was brought
up at Frankfort; he had an excellent
schooling, and when he left school ne
entered into business. He was sue
cessful and was enjoying a lucrative
income fifteen years ago when he
decided to relinquish his business
career and take up the work OF
preaching the gospel. Since that time
he has been associated with the big
eVangelistic work in this country. 1t
was while he was conducting a whole
safe CIOCh6Ly bAoAiANs9o 80
land, Md, that he made this de-
cision. and starting a mission work In
the slums of the town, he was won
derfully successful.
Is Tabernacle Orator.
In the last eight years Johnson has
worked almost entirely in specially
erected tabernacles. He is a member
of the board of directors of the Inter
national Association of Evangelists,
the largest organization of it's kind in
the world, and in it are Billy Sunday,
Dr. ]. Wilbur Chapman and DR.. Bied-
derwolf as well as others engaged in
this work At Aberdeen, S. Oak,
johnson spoke in a tabernacle that
would hold $500 persons, and which
was built in sixteen hours. His cam
paign in Pennsylvania was successful
and in towns of 5000 to 5000 popula-
ton, after a campaign of five or six
weeks, there would be from 1900 tic
1850 conversions, or decisions" as he
terms them.
At Brookvtlle, Pa, the evangelist
had one of the most successful cam
paigns of his life. There were 1926
persons who professed conversion, and
he aided in raising $4,000 at the last
meeting toward the erection of a
building for the Y. NJ. c. A. At Osce-
ola Mills, Pa, in June, 1914, there
were 2,400 converts
Johnson is a good pulpit orator. He
has a splendid vocabulary. and a good
command of words. He talks easily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

Ten minutes after Mr.. Bowser had
departed Mrs. Bowser was in bed
again with throbbing temples The
cook came up to say:
'It is what they call appendieeetus,
ma'am. I had a brother who was
he looked just like you do"
TT is nothing but a headache, Mag
gie,'' was the reply.
Are you sure it is not typhoid fe-
yer? I had a sister who came down
with typhoid fever, and her eyes had
the same glare yours have got"
II told you it was only bilious
headache, and after you have laid a
wet towel on my forehead 1 wish you
would go down and leave me alone.
1t almost cracks my head open to
talk
IT will do as you say, ma'am, and
hope 1t wouldn't be a case of con-
sumption. l had a cousin who was
tooken down with consumption, and
we who stood watching over his bed
side saw his ears twitch. I don't think
yours are twitching any, however, and
you may recover from it. There you
are with the wet towel, and here l go,
and I will come up every half hour to
see If you are dead or living. If
find you dead will run for the cor
oner and the police and the fire de-
partment. I have studied to be a
trained nurse and 1 know just what
to do"
Mrs Bowser dozed at intervals all
day, and she had a bad day of it. One
ofStlfes things that she worried about.
sleeping sors waking, was the return
of Mr.. Bowser at dinner time. She
knew Just how he would act and just
what he would say. He would de-
clare that it was all her fault; that
she had gone around barefooted and
caught cold: that she had eaten a
whole cocoanut and thus upset her
stoma ch-that she had done a dozen
things no sensible woman would do.
Having brought the headache on her
self she must get over it by herself.
He could have no sympathy for such
careless woman. Then he would
go downstairs to eat his dinner alone
and grow more vexed every minute,
and when he was through with the
meal he would go down to the fur
mace and slam and bang the door and
toss the poker across the cellar to
make all the noise he could. Mr.. Bow
ser wouldn't do these things to be
mean, but just as a moral lesson to
teach her to be more careful of her
health.
Mr. Bowser came home.
Mrs. Bowser heard him open the
door and shivered.
The cook heard him come in and
saw that the way was clear across
the back yard to the alley in case she
had to make a skip for it.
Not seeing Mrs. Bowser in. the hall
or the sitting room Mr.. Bowser de-
scended to the kitchen and asked:
Has Mrs. Bowser gone shopping %
mo. sir" replied the cook Mrs
Bowser is lying on her dying bed up
stairs and has been ever since you
left the house this morning. If !
knew how to work that telephone ]
should have had at least four doc
tors here hours ago"
Having said this she prepared her
self for the impending outburst, but
none came. Mr.. Bowser turned pale
and walked softly up two pairs OF
! stairs, and still more softly opened the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
SENDS A HURRY CALL
E. j. ROLAND, Chicago, Wants Ger,
tificate of His Birth.

E. J. ROLAND, who was born in To-
peka February 10, 1885, is in a big
hurry for a certificate of his birth,
ROLAND is employed by the Morris
Packing company at Chicago and the
request for the certificate, received by
the city clerk, comes from Chicago,
but it asks that the certificate be sent
on ahead to Washington. ROLAND is
going abroad on a mission for the
packing company and cannot get a
passport without a birth certificate.
All morning Miss Eta Covell, city
clerk, searched for a record of Roll
lands birth and did not find it. She
will continue the search. Birth rec
ords We're not very carefully kept back
in the eighties, although there are
records back to 1870. The war in
Europe has brought about many re-
quests for birth certificates from peo-
pie who were born in or near Topeka,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

has a pleasant voice, appeals to the
people in a straightforward manner,
and impresses all as being sincere in
his manner; strong in his convictions,
and confident of the results. He knows
the Bible better than most preachers,
and quotes literally from it in his ser
mons. He has a winning smile, he
gets a grip on his hearers and retains
it. He is free with his gestures, all of
which are made to some purpose. In
short, "he talks with his hands as
we'll as his tongue and drives home
some of his crisp sayings with a direct
appeal to the listener, and a gesture
of pointing his forefinger in the direc-
ton of his nearer.
The earnestness of Bob" Johnson
whether in the pulpit or out of it, the
intensity of his purpose in life, makes
a deep impression upon those who
come in contact with him. His bust
ness experience gave him an insight
into human nature that has been of
great value in his evangelical work. He
possesses what many preachers lack
the benefit of having had close con-
tact with people. He is not a brilliant
orator, and yet he talks well. He
speaks extemporaneously, yet there is
evidence of careful preparation. He
knows what he is going to say, yet he
changes his sermon as occasion may
reQuire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS

Praise is deepef than the lips-BrOwning.
koor poorer age that accept the
conditions life with heroic readinessSevenson.
Look fer goodness, look for gadness
You w i'll meet them all the while;
If you bring smiling vsage
To the glass you meet smile. Alice Cary.
Optimism is that achievement nothing
can be done without hope.-Keler.
He that hath commandments, keepeth Them he it is
that loveth me- he that oveth shall be loved of
Father and I will love him, and will manifest myself to
him.-John- IA :21
For the breezes that brush face with their
fingers, 4
For the vesper hymn the thrush when the twilight nger
For the long BREATH the strong BREATH the breath of
heart without care,
would give thanks and thee, God of the open
Van Dyke.
We are all imperfect the things that make pos
sbe for imperfect people live together in peace and joy
are forgiving and forgetting.-Frank Crane.