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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-28

Martha Washington Candies. Fresh
every day, at P o. Cockey's 525 King.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-10

Snuff to make any guy
sore.' says wee Willie. ma and
pa list had their wooden weddin
an all the neighbors sent shin
gles.'
A Newark, N. j., cafe proprie-
tor has put up this freshly paint.
cd sign:
o q o . o o o o o q o D . o o Z
9 J. w. Mouthe - open all q
= night. Q
D 9 9 3 o o 8 . o @ @ . = o @ Q
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Copyright, 1915, BY Newspaper
Enterprise Association.D

HAS Eleanor Fairlow got i
brother out west VINO wants her to
come and live with him?" l asked
Dick.
YES"
Then she had better go out
there"
"I'll send her a check and tell
her that you know and suggest
it, said Dick, much relieved.
"Oh, no you won't. I'll send heI
my check and I'll write the let,
ter"
Dick looked stunned.
Eyes, I'm very human after all
and l am not quite able yet to say
i forgive you-go and sin nj
more. q"
But" said Dick, lit is not fail
to take all the punishment out Of
Eleanor"
81 am not going to-"
"Margie, l did not know yol
could be cruel"
We'll, you must know nowitha
/ am not an angel.
Have you any more letters
Diek?"
Yes"
well, | want them
"Tll get them for you-they are
down at the office"
mo, you give orders to YOU
stenographer to take them Out
and give them to the messenger
that l will send" / said, going tc
the telephone and calling a mes
senger.
Dick gave him the note with {
groan.
"What is the matter, Dick?"
81 was just thinking what ;
fool man is to keep letters.
have always thought, because
never wrote any, that l had solved
the difficulty, but like a rabbit
kept those sent to me-"
Are mine in the lot, Dick?"
II see l can never make you un
derstand that you and yours wer'
set apart. / have kept your let
ters, dear, but they are in anothel
part of my safe
l must have looked skeptical
for Dick said, ooh, l am tellin,
you the truth now and nothing blu
the truth. / could have lied I,
you about those letters, but | hav,
determined, Margie, never to lii
to you again."
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LOOMS the "GOat" of A. u. Mills

ewondHn
ha inunce
adviser
has been enureddur the
has taken
oftrou
in a
lower street
thousand the public
ndnm the
,Lmsi fine flHk
OF
athasa
cHaps has the of
them he has
Tacoma cwna
friend amig
in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-10

What do you think. A letter
came by mistake to my grand
mother asking her to join the
army"
We'll. why couldn't she join
the granny dears?"
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Her Mall Runs the Gamut Of HUI.
man Emotions; Love, Pathos,
Happiness, Tragedy and Tears.

and understanding be equal only to the
Lucer had succeeded in causing God thereby
o to- W Ts9 oS Eternal he also had man slave
though He him to suffer and die Can deny liz
they man and knew they could
To me- that Redeemer lis, was God, Himself. in human
form knowing man an intellectual being Redeemer
me- you are not worthy Of me- etc. am the wSy
the Truth the proved said by supernatural
to me- that CHURCHES seem to be more social than
sona into pure christiany What they like thew
teach and practice regardless of what the Redeemer taught
ity Doesn't eternal warfare being
ne soul Of man Science makes nature
coveres because Of dizziness Of intellect and for the
God for millions millions centuries consequently
chief business while time or probation Is not to enjoy
but to find what the win of God particular and
Spirit prevail year round If Christianity
carried the Redeemer wled banks
only AFT exempt Do
or ten commandments? II So why the crucxon II no eter
nal life why the Resurrection? MRS. T. j. TRAYNOR.
OIL going ask you to help me. been mar.
walk through fire to rase nto
But seems to be quite problem to know what womsn
can do after working eight years for her family and who
My husband and have agreed we can no longer asrss
though have tried for three all prdes6pd
for the chldrens sakes But gn
wife children, kick ~ u
about the room II could talk to could make you
stand much better but realize have only small
answer in
honestly A0pns as s6F STfh MOTHER
mixing Of what 20. may be up against cannot have your hns
conditions at the present time r. pscticy inposse for
without much educaton who has profession che
state case clearly him and sI s MS ades 's
l. Is Just possible that through the assistance Of the yarou
ven day work enough make both ends
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"Drug?" No Such Thing

Prof mthatt
unpopular old
moi
And
henwuh
Prof
S men
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CONFESSIONS
L. OF A WIFE

Now you must leave me
Dick, / said as the messenger re-
turned with little japanned
box"
you are not going to read
them today?' asked Dick in con-
sternation.
Il don't know what l am going
to do" l said. II only know
must be alone to think 1t out"
After Dick reluctantly went, |
sorted out the letters that were
addressed in Eleanor Fairlow's
hand and from them-think of it,
little book-she was writing Dick
of her love and their wonderful
happiness together while l was
waiting for Sonny. At times she
even mentioned me, feeling sorry
that | was i'll. Then the letters
grew sad. Even she sees that
Dick Is not hers any longer, and
the letters grow further between
until that last.
They are beautiful letters, lit
tie book,-the thoughts of a
woman who has a poets soul and
who has invested the man she
loves with all the manly virtues.
She never for one moment finds
any fault with him, only with
herself and Fate. Every SEN
tence, every paragraph, every
page, every letter is filled with
that subtlest of batteries that u
clever woman keeps for the man
she loves.
In thinking over my married
life, | feel perhaps that l have not
used as much of this lubricant of
love as | did before marriage. 1t
Is strange, little book, that we do
not say as nice things to those we
love and with whom we must live
day after day as we do to strang-
ers, acquaintance or even our
sweethearts.
But, oh! the dead hopes that
lay folded away in Eleanor Fair
lows letters; dead for her, for
me, and for Dick. For not one of
us could ever life be the same. In
those letters was something of
each Of us that not one of us
would ever know again.
AS for me, ! do not know my
self. only know that l want
love, want joy, want happi.
ness, and l am going to have them
somehow, somewhere, some time
i am going to have them.
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Every bit of that wild love I
once had for Dick is gone and yet
strange as it may seem, l
shirk from going out of his life
or putting him out of my life alto
gether. | may doom myself to a
living hell with him, but life
would certainly be living hell
without him.
We have had wonderful mo-
ments of joy. We have grieved
together, and l can see how very,
very lonely it would be to be all
alone. Dick has chosen me and
responsibility, SO this time I'll
stick. | wonder IL you think / am
foolish, little book. l wonder IL
/ will regret it some day. l
probably will!
Anyway, it seems to me that
whichever way you take in this
life, you always wish you had
chosen the other. =.
Continued Tomorrow
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EDITORIAL PAGE--lLet the Truth Prevail!
May Really Belong Uhwased Zulu But

Leland
baths tn of Hdr capacity.
And
of
Man etrezesi
81 inst kiss andbre endi
lions germ maye
Yang
blows ofhe ways o bprhibt atm goodrich
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hhgipha beer
OF and NOR to, ~
ug but this coughing sweating and affair that's
upont o COMETS will do you quta
Mr. Cover.
especially
O o his ownnos
Hwse
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COURTSHIP-A ship that has
two mates and no captain.
CONSIDER THE DOUGHNUT
Sir: This one wasn't bad.
Eddie (9) wanted to know
whether or not all nuts grew on
trees. Sure" I answered, don't
poster father now, he's reading"
But what tree do doughnuts
grow on?" he persisted. ooh,
on the pan tree!" I came back.
Not bad, Ell? B. B.
SUGGESTION
Sir: Allow me to suggest that
when women are retailing a bit of
scandal, put 1t 81 say" instead of
they do say" Harriet.
Illinois boy seized with strange
disorder swells up like balloon.
Nothing strange about 1t
around Christmas time.)
GETTIN' EN- TOGETHER
(From the lie Roy, N. Y, Ca
zette.
Charles II. Ward of Rochester
is to move his natural history
museum to Canadaigua. He will
also remove his family to that
place.
I JOYFUL TIDINGS!
(From the Mt. Vernon, O., Ban
ner.)
Glad Tydings of Baltimore,
Md, spent Friday with his broth
er. Frank Tydings.
IN ENGLAND
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CORRECT

Mabel-Father says Bill staysx
too long-that late hours are bad
for one.
Maid-What did you say,
Miss?
Mabel said they may be bad
for one but they're good for two.
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We see by the papers that the
sultan of Turkey bears the titles
of Sultan of Turkey, King of
Kings, Bestower of Crowns Upon
the Princes of the World, Emper-.
or and Sovereign of the Two Seas
and Shadow of God Upon Earth.
Gosh! Hasn't the old boy got
troubles enough?)
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TURN To THE CLAsSIFIEr
WANT ADS ON PAGE 9 FOH
RESULTS. 6EE PAGE 0JX.
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Dear Miss Grey VIII R. HI Z. e. consider with me as
brother Just few facts related in Sacred History? It seems
~ the of Eden, that the Realm
o Innocence and Happiness by the once beautiful
LuCer with hts their right
oferna happiness Man created fill
ant BY those unhappy spirits Unhappy say
Influence this distant when we
yield temptation They Jealous SO to speak of
he inherit what they had
o whittier give credit this cannot deny that
pride h the foundation Of evil in the today God
given VIII not confirmed
n Grace and would not be till his term
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QUESTIONS THEY WRITE TO
CYNTHIA GREY--HER ANSWERS

Dear Miss Grey writing is hope
Tor me- Can of mind again.
TO hold head and all squarey
am 81 years of and have been married years
perfect in every respect
He is all kindness and lets everything
our circumstances will allow Up till this
spoess though he still thinks the good pure
Around the first of the met another /
anned In his presence just to lose head
made resolution after another they
; have been continually broken.
The week to the awfu of it.
and the deceitful life have been living 1
frantic / / afraid,
tinues, | shall have to end 1t all.
cannot conscientiously be bad All this has
disposition easily possible
Of God to be
. have peace of mind and enjoy happiness again?
sometimes feel must confess all husband be-
cause he is broadminded, think help
much Cynthia is wise this keep my
forever killing
Then the other hand, my we'll and am
AFRAID would only tend shorten his fe
MIN because have dropped lot
still thinks me good and patient
shall try hard to be the Christian try
nard 70 lead clean life thereafter but stain
norrfles me- am afraid cannot be through
or shall continue strength down
Ashal wife tell?
- here Is one from that a quandary
what she to DO? She apparently
torture that raking keep i'm my hear
NEover rs killing says.
Shall she confess To her
- christian almost perfect I'm says
nnded? the aneuished Ten other hand ms
- llfe' 80 ~ ~ "
what would YOU advise her?
The mirror., 1916-11-23

feet of war upon musical composition is afforded in
Americas own history. Within the memory of
many men, during the Civil War the hearts of the
people were of course, profoundly stirred and the
emotion found expression in many beautiful songs.
Thousands of people whose loved ones were at the
front sang these songs, and their attuned
to the beautiful melodies they contained. 1t seems
to me that the American composers have neglected
great opportunity in not sezing these familiar
melodies and celebrating them. Such melodies
come from the heart and must always make direct.
appeal. Some day this opportunity will be re-
allzed and America will have great musical compo-
sitons, operas and oratoriOs based upon native
sical themes. What then will be the effect of the
war upon these musical expressions? What music
shall the composers write: the song of the sorrowing
mother, the crying of the orphans aud widows, or
the praise of the heroes? There no doubt that all
these subjects will be illustrated according to the
composers nature. Such is the nature of man at all
times. For many years to come we will hear dra-
matte stories of bravery in the face of appalling
DANGER of suffering, of every form of misery the
human heart is heir to. a thousand tales, any one
of which may inspire the composer to create really
good musical composition. This wealth of ma
teral will suffice for generations to
In conclusion let us hope that peace will
spread it's white wings the distracted countries
and that among the agreements there will be in
cluded compelling general disarmament. If such
a miracle should ever occur, what shall we do with
all the mighty instruments of destruction? 1 would
propose that every instrument of destruction be
made into musical instrument; that each gun be
changed into pipe, the rifles treble and the
mighty Krupp guns basses; and that there be
built titanic organ on the site of the forts of
plucky Liege. in Belgium, whittier the people could
go pilgrimage to hear the grand Hymn of
Peace. written by yet unknown poet, with music
by-a yet unknown musician.
The mirror., 1916-11-23

does use it, it is of the material elements of the
beauty of the poem.
In the Origin Of The Harp Thomas Moore
plays on the contrasting sounds of "e'' and "o':-
'ris believed that this harp, which wake now for
Was Siren of old, who sung under the sea
And who often, at eve, through the bright bllow
roved
TO meet On the greensward the youth whom she
loved
till almost hear the pucking of harp strings.
ALLITERAT1ON
ALTERATION is another form of rhyme, nearly
the opposite of assonaDce in that it consists Of
initial consonants
Much of the early Anglo Saxon poetry is at-
erative, but ALTERATION is used only
mentation. and then only sparingly. The is
pleased when it recognizes repeated sound. but
our English consonants do not permit of changing
their tona value, too many repettons tire the
hearer, become monotonous and degenerate into
doggerel few illustrative quotations will be suf-
fc+nt to show the and limitations of ALTERATION.
Before the beginning of years
There came to the making of man
-S,oineburme.
True, new mistress now chase,
The first foe in the field
And with Stronger faith embrace
Sword, horse, Shield.
SIR Richard LOrelace.
And Louise Imogen Quincy. writing of the
above lyric, fairly outdoes Lovelace himself in the
use of alteration
And till your Srophe Sweet and bold
so lovely aye, So lonely long
Loves Self out do, dear Iovelace! hold
The pinnacles of Song.
Comes forth to meet him Confident. elate,
And Hector strides to meet relentless fate.
Mary Eleanor Roberts.
Startled at the Stiffness broken by reply SO aptly
Spoken,
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Music and Mu siCians
Continued From Fourth Page

Continued From Fourth Page
countries where musical taste is developed, the
musical product is, of course, likely to be discour-
aged. You all know that a great war tends to
arouse all the great emotions latent in human
ture. There is great suffering. and the human heart,
crushed under its load of grief, finds comfort in
the light, meaningless, ill-conceived music. The
songs which will appeal to a people suffering from
the loss of those they love must. of course strike
very much deeper and more sincere note. Here
is the opportunity for composer. if he has the tai
ent or the genius, to rise to the occasion and. by
meeting this demand create a really great compost
tion. The music inspired by great war is not of
course limited to the sorrowfu the victorious
ton will wish to find fitting melody to express the
glory of their conquest. There will be demand
for patriotic songs of victory. Marches will quick
en- the pulse. and of the finest music ever COM
posed has been inspired by this martial spirit
An excellent illustration of the quickening ef-
The mirror., 1916-11-23

Doubtless" Said I, what it utters is it's only Stock
and Store,
E. II. POe
Notice the use of assonance in the above quota
tons, especially the last two.
And all familiar with the abuses of allit-
eration at least in those little classics CD
Betty bought bit of butter, etc.,
and,
Peter Piper picked Peck of pckled peppers.
more subtle use of consonant rhyme, and
far more beautiful, is the repetition of the
sonant in the middle or at the ends of words
Strictly speaking, this is not ALTERATION, since allt
Grafton is the repetition of consonants; but
it it is generally classed with ALTERATION The IA
nous line:-
The pilot of the Gallilean lake,
should be sufficient illustration.
The mirror., 1916-11-23
YER Sc STUDIES No. 8
Constructive Lessons In Verse.
Assonance.
By Beau Esprta

Another form of rhyme is assonance 1t con-
ssts of repeating certain vowel sounds with differ
ent consonant sounds accompanying them, and it's
is restricted to words in any particular posi-
ton in the line staDza.
Webster's says of the word assonant" "hav-
ing resemblance of sounds; not consonant pertain
ing to peculiar species of imperfect rhyme called
assonance." In the first two definitions Websters
is correct but when it speaks of assonance as Pc
cuar species of imperfect rhyme it is misleading
For assonance is not imperfect rhyme. 1t is
merely different kind OF rhyme from that ordinari-
ly understood. Rhyme, we saw last week, is the
repetition of the vowel sound in accented syl-
labes, followed by the same consonant sounds, and
placed at definite intervals in verse construction.
Assonance, the other hand, is the repetition of
certain vowel sounds irrespective of their relation
to accent, accompanied by varied consonant sounds
and not necessarily placed regular intervals.
A correct of assonance may give to an
otherwise mediocre line peculiar beauty making it
truly poetic.
To illustrate. take the opening sanza of Long.
fellows The Day Is Done'-
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings Of night
AS a feather is waited downward
FROM an eagle In MS hight.
The poetic expression in the four lines is
the darkness falls from the wings of night.' That
is sheer creation poetry of the highest type but the
effect of this inspired phrase is not enough to
carry four lines. Yet the entire stanza is beautiful
Why? Read the slowly, dwelling on the
vowel sounds, and you have the the repeti-
ton of series of vowel sounds, in short assonance
Notice how the poet rings the changes on the tonal
value of the letter az using six of the seven poss-
BILE tonal values of this vowel in four lines
Then note the contrast between the varying a's''
and the sound of %" repeated in 'done' of
and FROM" And greater contrast is Sc
cured by the introduction of varying e" and 81"
sounds, until the reading of the lines sounds like the
pucking of the strings of a musical instrument.
With hardly exception, Longfellow's verses and
poetry depend for the greater part of their effect on
this of assonance-and he was master of it's
use-and find in this quoted poem the writer's
reason for this embellishments of his verse;
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
Assonance plays large part in Spanish poetry
often taking the place of rhyme entirely; and the
Irsh fond of the beauties of words az apart
from their meaning used assonance in their earliest
folkstories, and still make it characteristic of
their poetry. 1t is of the things that make of
Irish poetry pure song. The changes and shadlngs
of vowel sounds musically that most Irish
poetry fairly sings itself.
Poe said that in writing The Raven" he Sc
ect+d the refrain 'Nevermore'' and the name lie
more" largely because of the assonance and he made
such wonderful use of vowel-rhyme throuphout the
poem that while the reader hardly notices that be
The mirror., 1916-11-23
O u e R I ES
NOTICE TO INMATES


sae % 5 a9 %
Night Schools or who need helpful nfof%a
with Query columns You are Welcomed % to
s 5 sad IF
mates their name, register number number
to all queries submitted for publication. Inmates names of
will not be published. only initials each ques
being used (Ed.)
OWL you please tell if plants beathea 1 under
stand it is SO regarded by science.-J. B.
A:-The lungs of plant, what plant breathes with
corresponding to lungs, located in the leaves
plant Under snifying glass the lungs the
leaf quite clearly In addition this know that plants
BREATHE because them in is no
air they die very quickly The plant needs air will suo
cate just animal will suocate similar conditions
Pants however, do not make of the oxygen they
in the air. They live the carbon which they find in the air
mixed with oxygen What happens then this The plants
take in through their lungs cabonc acid gas from
which they take the carbon and food off
the oxygen which they Human beings
animals take in into their lungs and and expel
carbonic acid The result is that kind of life is de-
pendent upon the other If the plant life men
and other animals would find difficult perhaps to find su-
cient the air keep them ave for
the carbonc acid which the animals throw off, plants
other vegetable life would have great difficulty finding su
cient Garbonc acid gas go around.
O:-Wl THE MIRROR please tell me what specific gravi-
ty ism. E.
A:-Specfc gravity is the ratio of weight given bulk
of substance that of standard substance The substan
taken the standard for solids and liquids water
or hydrogen for Since the weights different
in proportion their Masses follows that the specific
gravity of body the its density and gen.
orally use the term density instead of specific gravity
To find, for instance the specific gravity of given bulk
of silver must take equal bulk of and weigh it,
Then also weigh the silver. We find that silver
weighs and half times much water the
specific gravity Of silver 1O5 If you will bear
the standard used for measuring the specific gravity
solids and liquids and that air hydrogen used stand
ards for the cases. you will always know what figures
the words specific gravity
The mirror., 1916-11-23

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