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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-03-24

homecoming TO IT, % crushed. shattered
unconscious and seemingly dying man
And tbon tho accident cruscd To be-
a thrcc days wonder and other sensa
tlonoI hnppcnlugs and events of inter
est summarized ID Boa the papers. and
John Powell and hIs affairs gave no
further concern snyc To those who were
porsonally Interested.
,mou, tbo.c v,. Oh prctfy younr w,
m,p ,yb, iircl opIctly upder IN, namc
NJ Pstb.r II,r,l'n. o.. , modest hotel
Esthor aftor bcr grst rebur of tho
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-03-24
CHAPTER xL.


CROM a mlllionaire's luxurious H.
n brary to the wild outdoors h d
distance that may be hrldged
quickly by thought But the
soul strangers who plot for q fortune
and the diamond from the sky have mo-
thought Of rude campfire In the woods
not twenty miles from where the man
whose means. mind and heart happiness
they plot against was injured and by
those Injuries placed helpless I'm their
hands.
hut hy the rude campfire are two
paste spattercd. overall clad circus blu
posters. and they arc pertinent to the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-03-24

Vivian IN Her Nurso'l Costume.
mature disclosure N his real Identity
It she could help IT, But she was de
tcrmiHr'l To 90 even ia this length were
70 necessary dul were she further DO
nlcI access 200 the urc Ia nll the world
she loved with every lher M her brave
and loyal little heart.
Some intulilvc sense NJ Esthrr's ut
tlnidc must have impressed Vivian
Mnrston. for she did not uahriid the
mnnseryani. Instead she suld. II vii
sre the Young lady" anl followed The
servant FROM the slckruum WHERE Ar
thur lay scmirmScinus In restless t.
we're slren.
Vivian WINS IN hrr costume ns nurse
n masquerade shr Ind assumed In FUR
iarrinrr ~ the plot against the help
les Arthur. sbe spoke ~ one having
authority.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-03-24

curious chain OF dull old gold Of an.
clent workmanship. But the face OF
the locket Is what has CLEANED beneath
the wan moon rays.
Burk nsps At the sight OF II. Was
ever o diamond Of such a sizei Burs
Is d hlllpostcr and knows little Of din-
monds. lie cannot tell diamonds FROM
paste. perhaps. but he can tell paste
from diamonds 81 wonder u lts o.
fakeg' he gusps why, d piece OF lee
this size would lc worth some money!
Then. as II prompted by some old
burlesque bunfooncry, he holds the shin
Ing object against his moistcncd
tongue Anyway, % amt alum hD
says Burk, the hillpostcr knows
alum. Il Is used In paste The great
white stone CLEANS 20 brightly as Oh,
moons light strengthens that the rough
bnpostcr a. half convinced
"Oh. Lorlyl suppose % was rra
dlnmondT' he whispers hoarscly Aud
he forgots that be has dropped thJ
plato and nfo md is unc0usg.uus'1
wandering away from the hives and
honey
when hc reaches tho Ore beneath th'
dead tree hr notices his partner is 1H
sent Uo hollis thc loatct Boo One Orc
urht and is rewarded. ny bm2ugdlr
gIn srHs.fug .Nu crimson rlIrp of on.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-03-24

Blair sprsng TO His Feet In Anger and
Disgust
tension uud the other cannot sleep FOR
va aching anguish TO wrcst It from the
wrctchcd man who found il.
In the library N The Powell mansion
In far Los Angeles the soul strangers
speak OF the diamond from the sky
aud wonder when II win come into
their greedy hands
IF came out here To get the diamond
says Durant ut will turn up; II al.
ways docs. Meanwhile here are fat
nicklngs You" and he turned tn
Blair. get everything In your hands
at the Office that this poor boob up
stairs has will take care that II he
ever RECEIVERS In mind or body he will
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The Pittsburg Discovery.

BY the general public Pittsburg. Pa,
featuring centre. In which multimil-
lionaires are produced while you wait
and money getting is the only occu-
patton in which either the poor or the
rich take the slightest interest. 1t
Is pleasing TO note, therefore. that
there are indications, now and then,
that Pittsburg Is not notably materi-
alistic, that 1t sometimes turns from
the accumulation of wealth In do hui
manity a service. Az IN illustration
OF this encouraging fact may be Ter
toned the contribution that the South
Side Child Welfare Association of
Pittsburg has recently made to our
store of knowledge regarding the best
way to bring up children.
The $. s. e. W. A. of +. has dis
covered that the indulgence OF grow
ing children In bologna sausage and
beer tends 10 make the of
these indelicacies bow legged. Bow
legs have always been more or less of
II mystery to science. 1t has been ac-
cepted generally by parents that they
were caused by premature efforts
upon the parts OF the elders to make
Il baby walk. That curvature of the
ankle bones and indigestion 60, so to
speak. hand in hand is n revelation
that will forever reflect credit upon
a city that has been supposedly suf-
fering more from champagne and ter
rapin than from sausage and beer.
OF course the remedy for bow legs
In Pittsburg infants, the cause hav-
ing now been discovered, is simple.
Instead Of bologna sausage and beer
the baby Pittsburger should be fed
upon milk and eggs. II the million
aires and multimillionaircs of Pitts
burg are really patriotic they will soc
to It that a fund is raised that will
make IL unnecessary, on the score of
economy, for any Of their fellow citi-
zens to feed their children on n diet
represented by the formula Beer plus
Bologna equals Bow Legs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
THE coUNTRY'S DEFENDERS.
A Satire Suggested BY ~ Didn't Raise
MY Boy TO BE Q Soldier"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: When
] was a boy. and not so many years
ago. 1t was the wars Of conquest. the
great soldiers. the lighting %battalions,
that sent the blood coursing through my
veins. chased a thrill up my spine and
made me aspire to become a soldier. but
vixenish nature thwarted my ambition
by limiting my height TO Ave feet two.
nevertheless, i kept up my interest In
the army. liked to read about It's
work In Cuba. In the Philippines and
more recently at Vera Cruz. A soldier
was a healthy big unit. His presence
stood for order. peace and prosperity.
He earned the respect Of all.
The times are changed now. Yellow
newspapers rant about the army as a
blot upon our civilization. They prove
black is white that to have an army
is TO invite war, just as insuring a house
causes fire or having a police depart
ment induces crime. The moving pic
lures show the soldier as a cruel devas-
tator. and the theatres have plays reek-
ing with hat beautiful sentiment, II
didn't raise my boy to be a soldier 80
The soldier and the sailor have become
pariahs among us honest and Law abid-
ing democrats. We see In them only
instruments for destruction.
II must he a disgrace to be q soldier
now or some ~ W. wouldn't be singing
II didn't raise my boy to be q soldier ."
But that darling boy wasn't raised to be
a loafer either, and II all the losfers In
this country were mobilised they would
outnumber the soldiers one hundred to
one. Look at that slobbery. pouch eyed.
rum soaked citizen to whom a bath IL
"A remote memory He's a drunken
loafer. But he wasn't raised to be a
soldier. The soldier is sapp,ne the vital
ity Of the nation, while the loafer is sup
posed to be "A useful citizen or capable
of becoming one. he contributes to the
prosperity Of his country. for without
him the liquor Industry would be ruined.
The soldier Ii not allowed 10 drink In
toxicating liquors. IL is a deliberate
boycott against one OF our iourishing
industries. Decidedly the losfer is more
valuable 10 the country.
Picture the ending OF the ~loafer's ca
reer. Ills gray haired mother stands
beside the ragged pallet tina, bears his
dead form eXhaling the odor OF many
unwashed days. There is a smile Of
spiritual eXal,ation upon her face as she
clasps her hands and exclaims proudly /.
Thank God, | didn't raise my boy 10
be a soldier :" Dos FRANCIS.
NEW loRK. January 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
Is Representative London a Good
Socialist?

Representative MEYER LONDON
wears the uniform Of the Socialist
party and seeks to keep in touch
with the thought OF his constituents.
Last Sunday they questioned him as
10 his opinion on preparedness for ma
tional defence: In his reply he said:
81 - no doubt nat all Socialists
would rise UP and defend their country
IN time OF hostile invasion.
The Socialist stand on preparedness
5 to resist invasion alone. and not 10
arouse tho suspicion Of others that they
may be attacked"
But this version OF the SocialistiC
attitude toward national defence does
not find support in the constitution
of the Socialist party. That docu-
ment contains the subjoined declara-
ton, adopted last summer by n vote
of 11.041 In the affirmative To $50 in
the negative:
any IucI1UeT or tNe SOCIALIST patty,
elected to an office, who shall in any way
vote to appropriate moneys Cor military
or naval purposes or war shall be ex-
PEELED from the party"
Mr.. LONDON Is too intelligent to
share the faith less enlightened men
put in new. unframed sunset vOlun-
teers. He knows that resistance to
invasion presuppOses the preparation
Of n suitable instrument. He is aware
that this instrument cannot be made
ready without appropriations from
the public treasury. Yet IL Mr.. LON
DON as IL Representative in Congress
votes in favor Of those appropria-
lions he must. under the constitution
of his party, he expelled from its as.
ISOLATION
Is the Socialist party constitution
Il negligible document among friends
or Is Mr.. I.oNpoN's political uniform
stralning at the seams?
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strongly inveighed against excuses
committed under this so-cailed ad.
vanced treatment.

strongly invsighed against excesses
committed under this so-cailed ad-
vanced treatment.
DR.. J. LovErr MoRsE Of Boston said /:
Fresh air and cold air are not identi-
cal. Cold air acts as an irritant to
the respiratory uco membrane.
1t Is questionable whether in pneu-
monia It lowers mortality" DIR. L.
EMMEr HoIr Of New York said {:
There have been almost as many
deaths caused by cold air as there
have been cures effected" Again :
II have seen a great amount Of harm
done by the treatment Of acute re-
spiratory diseases, especially In young
infants. by exposure to cold air" DR..
J. p. CRozIER GRIFFITH Of Philadel-
phia said: ut never has been proved
that the universal employment Of cold
air or open air for the treatment of
pneumonia or other respiratory dis
eases is the correct measure. Ex-
cessive use Of cold air In these
diseases has been a fad and has gone
beyond the medical profession into
the hands Of nurses, hospital mana
gers and the laity In general" He
continues: II agree with DR.. HoLr
that patients are made worse by its
indiscriminate use. We see
others who improve only by this treat
ment."
That cold air admitted through
windows and doors Is Of great ad-
vantage in the management Of all in
fictitious diseases Is an accepted fact.
1t Is less convenient to expose adult
patients to very low temperatures in
midwinter than II Is in the more
easily handled children, especially
infants. Of whose feeble resisting "a
pacity to the cold even lay people
are aware.
We are ~endeavoring to convey to
the public the absolute opposition OF
specialists to exposure Of children to
low outdoor temperatures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
GLIMPSES OF THE SEA.

John Maseield. who Is now in Amer
lea. has earned a place apart in the
affection of seafarers as a poet VINO
knows a buntllne from a Gasket and
has put his weight on a topsail sheet,
There Is about Mr.. Maseield's verse
none of the faulty Of Barry CORNWALL,
whose lines:
The sea, The sea, The open sea-
The blue. the fresh. the ever free
excited the contemptuous scorn OF the
late Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. As Joseph
Conrad has painted the adventures OF
his soul in mysterious islands rising
like blue clouds from the tropic ocean
so Masefeld has contrived to prison
in the lines Of his epic "Dauber' the
incredible blend OF brutality and SUI
'perstition. childlike faith and simple
courage that lived in the men who
peopled the lime ULCERS rounding
Cape Horn.
Those ships are nearly gone and
their crews with them. Is 1t possible
any longer to meet in the dingy To-
|c's'le Of a square rigger such a square
head as John Brown? His compact
form stumbled from the deck OF the
Wayfarer OF Liverpool at Leith, Scot
land, on a freezing December day in
1909 and headed for the Board OF
Trade ofice. where sixteen pounds and
odd shillings. the pay for a passage OF
lao days from San Francisco. awaited
him. After he had fingered the SOW
ereigns q little. and likely enough
parted with most OF them. he decided
o 60 passenger TO Rotterdam to see
his wife's cousin, what ] amt seen
for six years, four months and seven
cen days. Maybe that is inexact
his labored computation eludes the
memory.
Old Brown. who nay recall, II he
sees this. his efforts To knock over
board from the foreyard a youngster
whose lack OF seamanship aroused his
bitter hate. was by all odds the most
learned in "sailorizlng'' OF the Wayfar-
RS lazy crew. None aboard but him
could manage an invisible splice or
fashion a rose or a diamond knot. cum
ming arts Of the old time sailor and
the days OF clipper ships. What was
In his bullet head along with sea craft
and several kinds OF wickedness Che
was tried for murder IN New York In
the 'SOs) was not revealed until a ter
rife dispute ragged in the fo'c's'le owe
the geographical positions OF Portugal
and Spain. The argument was on the
edge Of blows when Brown cried out:
"ie're wrong. When We was to look
at a map ye'd see how Portugal nes-
ties close TO Spain like a baby cuddled
In its mothers lap"
There was that time also when the
ships fresh water supply had become
short and the sailmaker. doing il out
with religious care. spilled a teacup-
ful. Sails was a Welshman nigh 20.
Fifty years al sea IN ships more than
once posted as missing had shrunk
him and bent his knees nearly double.
nut a Celtic fire within him burned
undimmed, He greeted the accident
with a sharp Kissing OF indrawn
breath and a soaring curse. But in a
flash his mood altered. Lifting a blue
and peni,ent eve to the sunlit heaven
he exclaimed brokenly.
Father. forgive us. We are waste
ful children"
Tho raw stun ~ poetry. these
hings, and g. John Masefeld there
must have been vouchsafed not a fow
such glimpses into the life of tho sea
and the heart II the sailor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
The Windows In the subway Cars.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr. When
Governor Whitman appoints the new
Publ Service commiss .oners and the
board is complete about the first thlng
the new board shout 10 is 20 take up
the matter of the windows In the sub
way cars. This is only n trivial matter,
some may say. Yes, but the health OF
thousands who use the underground
railway is 10 be considered before gas
rates, &c. Judging from the appear
ance of the windows they must he
washed s~emi-annually some OF the
glass Is slowly but surely assuming n
state Of opacity. The part OF
IL is that the windows OF the Elevated
trains. run by the same management.
are always clean and transparent. the
direct antithesis Of the subway windows.
The reason is obvious, The INTERIOR
ough knows that passengers Will look
through the elevated windows, while
in the subway nobody uses the win
dows and the dirt ana grease are no;
apparent until the trains reach the open,
as a. Manhattan street. pycknan street.
&c. The officials should not wait to be
lacked up" about these windows, but
should order them washe on thei, own
initiative, SASirART.
NEW YORK, February /.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02

Sixty-third Congress the then Demo-
cratic leader In the House yielded his
W opinion on legislative matters
to the wtshes'of the President. In the
Sixty fourth Congress the shedding is
to be harder for Mr.. WILSON. AS to
the ship purchase bill krTCHIN. the
Speaker and FITZGERALD hold opinions
contrary 10 that Of tho President.
None will yield and all will fight,
Under such conditions the reduced
Democratic House majority assumes
significance ominous for the White
House.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02

To THE I:nIToR or THE SuN-S,r. In
his Pittsburg address President Wilson
said Not often has the President been
a soldier" Is this altogether correct
According 20 n published lis, OF the
occupations o. Presidents Of the Cn.,ed
States but two are named as following
the occupation OF the soldier. General
Taylor and General Grant. Rut Is +, not
true that II was because ~ their careers
as soldiers that a number o. other Pres
idents became known to the people. and
that their military service had much 10
do with their election to the Presidency"
WHAT about Washington. Jackson,
william Henry Harrison. Pierce. HAYES,
Benjamin Harrison, Mckinney and
Roosevelt" w.
NV York. f,N-ua-y
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir, Fer.
haps soine OF THE suns readers viii civ,
reasons why 1, Is that At dinners or
banquets given annually by members %,
societies. no matter whether they lie
Southern, Northern, Eastern or Western.
women are invited hut do not par,icl.
pate H. the menu end Of II. Dn the other
hand they are allowed to feast their ewes
from the balconies upon the dining
tables while the male members foa st
their stomachs, This question has pr2.
zled my friends and myself, am there
fore prompted 10 beg the answer.
i. w, HUM.
NEW YORK, February |.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
THE GEHRIE CASE.
An Adherent Of the Allies Demands
More Space for Him.

To ~ EpIroE oF THE SuN-Sir.
respectfully second the demand 90 Mi
Charles \. Genre of Newark FOR acres
Of space. Since NJ. pcrrhurg went
home and ceased his output Of twisted
logic. perverted history. Beilamltish rea-
soning and general un~couvincing appeal.
! have seer little that ranked with Mr.
Gehrie's remarks rs argument Cor the
Allies. i would be n pity 10 cut him
short.
Perhaps when the great German ma
Iona. delusion runs rs course he and
many othnrs will come OUT of their
trance When he does he will probably
subscribe h.mse!, "Charle~ \. Gary" and
repudiate all the things Charles A.. Geh-
RE ever said. " G TAYLOR.
BosToN, February l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
The Day Of the Prophetic Shadow.

To " EDITOR oF TIVE SuN-Sir. our
old friend \rctom' MouaN is duo for
his annual observations II his prophetic
shadow VII he regarded with interest
FUnd memory recalls his bright ewes
peerlng from old stone walls at care free
little hoys. and his surprisingly h'rdlike
whistle shrIlls detiantly through the
years Ever u cautions explorer. he was
wont 10 keep within jumping distance OF
his hdni Il safety. until one glorious
golden Saturday afternoon old Jack,
now long NJ rest at tho carden's foot,
beat him to his hole and 1; vas over.
A plucky little ~adventurcr. May Ms
tribe increase, For the AXE OF that
afternoon, AID of others as thrilling.
may he continue to elude Ills pursucrs
JERSEY CITY. February /. c
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
The Fire Escape In Pneumonia

During the past ten years the value
of cold air for pneumonia patients
has been accepted by many physi.
clans, upon the recommendation Of
some hospital physicians who have
utilized fire escapes in tenement
houses, porchcs and galleries In hos.
pitfalls. upon which they have exposed
children suffering from pneumonia.
But before the American Association
for study ana Prevention OF Infant
Mortality, in Philadelphia, three
physicians for children's diseases,
who in their respective cities stand
at the head Of their specially, have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02

TO rItu EpiroE on TIE So Su.. -,
the consideration az critics | suggest o.,
following words % Professor HIS Perry
% Harvard
\ work o. art, rheth.~ ra.gt'g o'
statue og move. Should We 'iug" B.. g..
t,stICnlly trained minds Artistic dlsc!.
pine alone can teach Us - d~ls'ug.,sh ,ne
nude from he naked. the lna'ip-4 from,
tn" undressei. Thr'- is rIIr
common sense IN prote-or Ra,rlgUs an
declaration. BOOKS are written to- o.,
read hy those who can Un4crstdrl thrm.
their possible ere"t on those WI, ,aunot
- a matter OF medical rather han %:
literary interest
Would these professors advise station
Ing physicians AZ theatre entrances "a
Inspect, nsthettcallv, the white ayes q,
arr" Y W
TNroSrN, Ont, February