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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-04-15
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SUNDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT APRIL 10TH, 1916.
"The Magic SkiAnothercast 1t will and delight
Feature All you with its curiouy fascina
ing story
TUESDAY APRIL 49, 1916.
Mr. Max Figman in Whats His Name"-Ths comedy IS
form everywhere fol Also Bray Cartoons, full
1000 feet of fun.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20. 1916
David Higgins Dolar-An elaborate and speca
OF greatest racing play produced in
America
Also Paramount News Picture.
SATURDAY APRIL u, 1916.
John Barrymore the comedy triumph Man from Mexico
Also the Paramount Travel Pictures
SUNDAY APRIL %, 1916
powerful sensational play Souls acknowledgements
exciting emotional drama with n all
REFINED JTNEY DANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY
Dance Starts at 8 p. m. Picture Nights and $50
Matinee 3 p. m. ADMISSION l5c and lOc
HALL AND MUSIC CAN BE HIRED ON MONDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHTS
SLIDE ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE
Harris Lessee w. D. Michigan. Manager
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were learning muscular control by
drawing around pieces OF circular or
square cardboard and flling these out
lines In with lines Of color by a crayon.
THOSE who were n week or 10 In ad-
vance OF the others traced words writ
ten on cardboard In the ordinary hand
used In the schools, greatly magnifed.
The cardboard was placed under sheet
OF tissue paper 80 that the words show
follow.
One little girl, as serious as a little
Judge. was picking out a lesson on the
typewriter spelling out the words as she
struck the Keys, and pronouncinR the
entire word. as she struck the space key.
The words and sentences that she was
TO copy were on a cardboard chart be.
fore her. and though her curiosity
prompted her to peck around in back OF
the machine occasionally to see what
happened when she touched the key.
board. or to strike every key but the
one she knew was right. she managed
to evolve very \creditable piece OF
work for one strictly in the amateur
class.
The children were not kept at any
one thing for long at a time. and
those who had been tracing or draw,
ing at the big table were eager tC
get down on the floor and play tho
ARITHMETIC game. For this dominoe,
were used and Miss Pierce tried sew.
eral variations OF one idea. First
she asked all those having dominoe,
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only clue to archaic conditions no longer
existing among civilized nations.
Medicine Is invariably combined with
sorcery and religion Is practically al
ways a priest or magician. and. except
where women are only regarded as
beast OF burden. they act as priestess-
doctors. on equal terms with the priest
dotcors.
II Is quite n question whether the
witch Is not held In higher eSteem than
the wizard. In the Eastern Archi-
pelago, for instance, male doctors in
certain tribes wear female dress. and
the woman doctors In other tribes array
Themselves as men.
There are villages. again. where both
male and n female doctor may be
found. and in other places women doc
tors are forbidden to marry. and form
something In the nature of sisterhood.
No matter where we look. whether II
be among the Indian tribes of North
or South Africa. or among the people
of Africa, Australia, Kamchatka, or
Cochin China. we come across women
taking part in medical ceremonies.
Everywhere We find the medicine
woman or the wise woman" held In
deep reverence.
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Men Doctors in Skirts

A CTTVITIES OF medical women.
~ both In military hospitals and
elsewhere today. make It an in
teresting moment to glance backward
at the history OF women doctors There
are people who imagine that the woman
doctor Is product OF the modern
feminist movement. but the student Of
history knows that at practically every
stage OF human development women
studied and practlced medicine.
II was not until the fifteenth century
that the male physicians OF Europe
banded themselves into species OF
trade unionisni. and discouraged and
suppressed the medical activities OF
women.
In the nineteenth century, however.
women, In spite OF determined opposition
won again the right to practice medi-
cine.
In very early times do we, for in
stance. find women esteemed as medical
practitioners?
We can only conjecture by examining
the beliefs and customs OF primitive
tribes found today In various parts OF
the globe. These. in fact. give us the
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Working On the Theories
That Were, Used By the
Mother of Winifred Sack
vile Stoner, the Teacher
Makes Each Lesson a
Game and Each Game a
= Lesson Helpful Later On.

with one dot to give them to her.
she went on to two and then to
three. arterward resting the children
wished with the dominoes for a few
minutes. Next the domlnoes were
gathered Into her lap and abe prom
lsed TO give them TO the children who
guessed the numbers on them cor
The third stage of the arithmetic
lesson involved operations about a
big chart. with all sorts OF fruit in
natural colors. There was one fat
rosy apple, two golden oranges.
three. pears. four strawberries, Ave
cherries. six plums. and SO on up the
line OF genealogical possibilities. The
children guessed the kind OF fruit at
once, and II was not long before they
could count the amount In each pic
ture.
Other lessons in this same chart
take up addition, subtraction. division
and multiplication. This was the
very first lesson for practically all OF
the Ave who stood about so interested
IN the process OF deciding what the
picture represented that they did not
realize they were learnin" to count
How do / know what my child II
doing at SCHOOL," most mothers ask
They may not have time to go to visit
the class and have to take the educa'
books are kept. showing how the pupili
progress In drawing. In typewriting. anC
| In writing.
/ This gives some Idea OF the dali,
! routine Of tho school. which IL so yer!
new that II hasn't n name yet. II docsn'
pretend TO force the youngsters bit
just. az Mrs. Fouts says.
! Manages to keep them busy anC
teach them something ut the SAM
time"
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did you see any pretty Mexican
girls while you were on the border?'
asked Tommy a his father.
II certainly did," answered his father.
There was a Mexican girl at cigar
stand In El Paso, who was very
pretty"
How did she dress?" asked Tommy,
who insisted on knowing all OF the
details.
His father thought a minute and
then said. "She dressed her hair In
Mexican fashion and wore Mexican
clothes, but I noticed that she was
very proud of her American -"
Ito complete the picture. draw a
straight line from the dot marked A
TO the lot marked ID, md so on
through the aIphabet.)
Copyright, 1916. by John n. Wheeler. Incl
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Candies.

Chocolate Caramels-Take one pint
sugar. one pint New Orleans molasses.
ne-fourth pound butter. one-fourIh
pound grated chocolate. one-half cup
sweet cream. While 1t Is cooking try
often by dropping n little off a spoon
into cold water; II It hardeus the candy
Is done.
When about done add a teaspoon OF
vanilla fiavoring and about half-pint
Of nut kernels. Mix In the nuts well and
when done pour out on CREASED tins or
plates, so that the candy Is about one
squares.
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Right Posture
Important
ToChildren
Slumping in Chairs May
Have More Effect on the
Average Child's Health
Than Many a Mother Sup
poses.
BY LAURA CLAWSON.

66HH, I'm sure Henry Is an risnt
- he is growing very fast. Be-
sides he is very athletic and
we'll"
wisely held my tongue. but q glance
ut Henry sitting crouched UP In chair
several sizes too large for him made me
feel that this very positive mother was
perhaps not 50 thorough In looking after
Henry as she imagined.
For there are few things more harm
full than incorrect habits Of sitting. At
school modern hygiene has performed
noble service, and l believe there is
society called the American Posture
League whose duty II Is to see that the
seats in public conveyances and places
of entertainment conform in some meas
ure to modern requirements.
But the mothers are mostly to blame
for allowing children to fall into in
correct postures when reading or study
ing at home.
Bad Posture Works iii.
Next to bad light, insufficient or
coming from the wrong direction. there
is nothing more injurious to a growing
boy or girl than a bad sitting position.
II induces fatigue where no fatigue is
necessary, II often makes stupid and
listless children who are perfectly cap
able of taking in an idea.
Mothers should see to 1t that the fur
niture about the home. In some measure
dren. Specialists will tell her that
there can be nothing more injurious to
the spine than the habit so many grow
ing children have of sitting on it,"
Wise teachers are as vlgilant a. pos
siblc. but they certainly should not bear
the greater amount of blame, II me
children are allowed to Toll about at
home. But more often than not. IL one
went to the root of the trouble II would
he found that inadequate provision for
their growing bodies had been made IN
the furniture In their rooms that they
literally cannot be comfortable III n
normal position. because there Is not
one chair In the room which allows of
Il.
Will Save Children.
This Is n very practical suggestion
this one which comes from the Posture
League. but IL 1t comes ms a timely hint
TO save the stoop-shouldered children
which one so often sees It will be worth
while.
1t Is worth while to teach our girls
and boys, these very necessary rules OF
health and the care OF their bodies, but
we must see to II also that in reading
or working they have chairs of the
height and size necessary to make them
comfortable.
Copyright 1915. by Laura Clawson.)
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A DOODLE DOT
VI Cock a doodle do!
4 Robert Fulton built the nrst
That ever went afoat."

fODcrt fulton Duit the his'
steamboat
That ever went afioat."
Sang seven youngsters. The words
and the rhythm may not be those OF the
original song. but they contain suf-
fclent OF the idea to show that the chill
dren were imblblng-quite painlessly-
an historical fact.
After they had finished this plaintive
ditty and felt intimately acquainted
with Robert Fulton thereby. they went
on to carol of Morse and his invention,
mentioning the date and other impor-
tant events.
And the average age of the singers
was five years!
When the history lesson was over the
children played an Esperanto game, all
about n lot OF beautiful princesses who
stood In row while their cavaliers told
them how lovely they were. The prin-
cesses showed their ingratitude by tell
ing them they we're quite crazy-all In
the best Esperanto-a bit uncertainty
at first, but with growing conviction.
The German game was something ike
Farmer in the Dell" and discussed the
fascinating adventures OF a tailor and a
mouse.
Is Washington starting school for
Winifred Sackville Stoners? Perhaps.
1t is a story of how one mother,
-.
the problem OF her little daugther's
education and helped other mothers to
do the same.
"My little Margaret was very rests
less" said Mrs. Fouts. she was a
bright child, and 1 was afraid that
going to kindergarten would retard
her. OF course, you cannot eNpect
teacher to give Individual attention
to any one child when she has forty
Then Z remembered all that had
been accomplished in the education of
munication with Miss Margaret Pierce,
who had been teaching kindergarten,
and asked her to come here to teach
my little girl. When she arrived. we
went around the neighborhood to the
parents of children too young for the
first grade. but too bright to be help
ed much by kindergarten work. The
class had to be small, because so much
depends upon individual guidance OF
each child.
Just at present. Miss Pierce Is
studying the characters OF the chill
dren to determine what they do best.
Nearly all children are specialists.
you know"
In the sunny rooms the children had
finished their games and their history.
and were grouped about Miss Pierce
while she acted out story from
Mother Goose. Later would come n
reading lesson telling that same
After the story. the children renewed
their acquaintance with the AT" fam.
lily. They found out that Mr. At had
any number OF children. Bat, Cat. Fat
and all the others, and they set out Ia
plainly printed.
A few of them hunted for letters that
would build the At family when proper.
ly arranged. Meanwhile. the others
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Cell Multiplication
In Each Tissue Unit Of
Body Causes Growth
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.

a time be overcome by stretching and
Folding to Increase the surface This
makes animalcules look like the irregu-
lar, indented coast line of a country.
When, however. the cells are all band
ed together In a commonwealth or COM
munity called a man, maid, a mon
key. or a mouse, or when Its walls are
rigid like those of the typhoid bacillus
or infantile paralysis microbe. the In
slant Its volume grows to a safe size.
IL divides into two, creates two young
ones and gains a new, fresh, hungry
surface.
Copyright, 1915. Newspaper Feature servics.)
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A Clean Page.

Portly Woman gushing her way into
n police station)-I see you have ar
rested "A man whose mind Is a blank
Officer-We have. madam.
Portly Woman-TheN please bring him
out so | may have n look at him. My
Henry didn't come home last night. and
that's a fairly good description OF him.
Puck.
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AMUSEMENT
REL, A SEn TONIGHT. $50.
soc TO $500
WASHINGTON SQUARE PLAYERS
OF NEW YORK

Three Years Young. and Already a National
Institution
In Ten Famous One-act Plays
Three Years OF Success In New York City,
Tonisht,, Tses' Evening and Wed Mat,
DOWN." by John Reed; "a MIRACLE
OF ST. ANTHONY" by MdeterIinck,
"HELEN'S HUSBAND" by PhiiiD
MOelIer. Three changes of bill Balance
pPICES Nights. zoe to 50. Sat Mat, ESQ
TO $3.50, Wed. Mat. csc TO 81,
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Cruelty To Children.

The sympathetic neighbor asked: IFS
your little brother III this morning.
Johnnie? / heard him crying in the
most heartrending way
but Willie pulled down n lar of mo-
lasses on himself In the pantry. AMI
mother has been trying ~ comb mis-
hair"
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There seems to be no limit to the va
riety OF hair ornaments offered to
please the women of today. Most OF
them are of natural shell set with rhine
stones. and enamel Is used to give n
touch OF brilliant color. A wide assert
ment Is priced at 81.
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Seen In The
Shops

FLUFFY and gray are the muffs and
neckpieces OF marabout seen In one OF
the G street stores. The NUTS are OF
the accepted cannon BALI variety, the
scarfs OF the new dropped shoulder
style considered necessary to feminine
happiness. The price of each is S.JS
Other pieces, both less and more expen-
sive, are offered at the same counter
In marabout OF brown and black as well
as the gray.
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Times Pattern Service
THE picture tells that the de-

THE picture tells that the de-
- signer has the right idea of
what a really comfortable dress
ing Sacque is like. This garment
is cut in a becoming length with
the front ends meeting at the
center. There is a choice of plain
or full sleeve and two styles of
collars. Ribbon gives the dainty
touch-fniShing the newest style
collar, sleeve ends, fronts, and
the lower edge. Time does not
enter into the making to any ex-
tent, and trouble not at all.
The dressing sacque pattern
cuts in sizes 34-44.
Size. SO requires 25S yards &C.
inch material with plain sleeves;
5 yards ribbon. With full sleeves
2B yards 3o-inch goods.
tsls scyTvf Ss all patterns sent through
One week Is needed for the flIing OF
pattern orders. IL patterns DO not CO No
within that time notify this ottice FOR
adjustment.
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Telephone Main $3.50 and ask the Shopper
for information regarding the shops where
these bargains may be purchased.
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the quantity OF living matter
IL call IL plasma protoplasm, vital
stun, or what you will-which
accrues to It from substances by means
OF earth. soil. air. water. minerals. ana
various living things. Human. animal
or plant growth Is no mere. expansion
I'm diameter or contour. but Is a birth
and multiplication Of all units OF tissue
throughout the anatomy. Each tissue
unit. called q cell by ancient confusion
instead of swelling like a bull frog or
blow fish, divides In two and these In
turn grow a little and each divide IN
two. Growth ia. therefore. less a mat
n constant re-birth and replenshipg OF
individual elements of the CORPORATE
human limits.
Life Is continuous wearing and
tearing and recuperating. All parts OF
you OF yesterday are gone. All parts
juvenated. Life is a continued resuri
rection OF the body. II not OF the Spirit.
Growth and life itself are. therefore,
! the same. Each depends upon a sur
| plus OF food for self-renewal. Income
must be greater than expenditure. The
giant. redwood trees OF California. with
thousands OF years of life behind
them are still adding TO their bulk be-
cause OF tne iuhoaInentai iact tnat .le oir
| ,nconc % luel-ioou 10 iar a"o'e '"e
ioss anu ou'iaS'
Growth nj Firat Inherent
| a, -s'.,
| papies anu other creatures so"'e'''"71
grow larger for time without any
| food. This IL traceable TO the consump'
ton Of reseryes I'm the animal at birth
/ IL, oL...o =, ar 1900 .,,h
asImen az ea"se VI 'n snohSe SUI,
| si,it ,..o III ',nat,a, eli
| puiNIeI iVIn' 'hhs LEI -
De ,ecaiieu ina tian'S WIZ, uome W.,
troupe; II slaIEeu ~, 80, Ihay , no
oNIy oItcn icsal t,eI i'L, ~ az -,
increhse IN sme anu wee s SAN
Vi .S s niIn VI liz 49, n,iii ~
ing In DARK celiar' here you VIII 80
serve true CROWN apparentIy wi'n ,r,i.
an auueu income Vi hutI Hhcht. ~
pisht sems 70 Ioosv "ateI, ea s ., az,
other SUBSTANCES i's 1850 VI SUI ~
lnheriahce uueS over NS sNppoSe'
Starvation perlou. Al, lii.
RAINY theh, lots o, 1000 OF VI. MI,
is the secret OF growth. Mere food tina
only satisfies desire. appel ie: ana craN
lnH ma mo- ,on,ina, n,,bs,,nre
kebirth III hiBner orBahishs'
Growth. like development has Its re
ouireuepta In II. way OF sunlight, air
49,. ot.,,,,o "a environment !,
'HPor' mo'S,
general, which diners Tor uiHereht per
Z gOns under different CONDITIONS ana 4
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Miniature enameled powder cases
with a concentrating mirror. are 81 al
one OF the jewelrv shops. The enamel Is
either blue or pink. limitations with q
gold finish and cheaper quality OF
enamel are 50 cents.
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1.-THE TINES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGE
New kindergarten Gives Lessons
To Remarkable Babies of Five

Children Too Bright For the
Public School Kindergar-
tens, But Too Young To
Be Admitted To the
Grades, Have a Chance To
Begin Their Educations
With Studies Worth While.
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Sets OF frappe glasses, set in pierced
silver stndards are $40 These may also
be used for oyster and clam cocktails
and variety Of chilled or frozen des.
serts.
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Cell Fed Through Surface.

Since It Is through its surface that
the spherical cell is fed, given air and
purified. difficulties of nourlshment are
hound TO appear as the increase of sur
face OF the cell lags behind its volume.
Then there IL four times as much ma
terial to be kept alive. with less than
foJN times the surface to do the feed
ing. II the cells are single. like bac-
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What the Five-Year-Olds
Are Learning

Esperanto.
French.
German.
History.
Arithmetic.
Writing.
Drawing.
Reading.
Typewriting.
Spelling,
and
Good Manners.
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merchants PLAN TO
DISCUSS PROHIBITION
Special Meeting Of Retail Asso-
citation Is Called for Mon
day Night.

A special meeting Of the Retail Mer-
chants Association has been called for
o'clock Monday night at the Willard
to consider legislation providing pro-
hibition for the District.
The board of governors yesterday dis
cussed prohibition as proposed in the
Sheppard bill now before Congress-, and
determined that the subject was Of such
moment to business interests as to de-
mand consideration at the hands of the
association. No recommendation will be
submitted to the general meeting by
the board of governors, but the MEM
bershtp of the association Is expected
to go on record as either favoring or
opposing prohibition in the District.
President r. p. Andrews was auth
orized to name a committee to urge
upon the Maryland. Delaware. and Vir-
ginia Railway Company change in the
schedule maintained on the lower Poto-
mac river. which would give the lower
river landings n service to Washington
similar to that maintained to Baltimore.
John T. Kirby field agent of, the Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods Association,
Will address a luncheon to be held un-
der the auspices of the merchants at
1890 o'clock Monday at the Commercial
Club
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GREAT PERIL SEEN IN
THREATENED STRIKE
Railroads Statement Says It
Would Be industrial Catas-
trophe."

OHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Formal state
Nnent OF the railroads view of the de-
mands OF the men for an eight-hour
day was issued here by the executive
committee of the Association of West
eru Railways.
The statement asserts the demands
Rre not in reality for a shorter day,
hut in effect a request for an advance
in wages of 500. 100000 a year. This
is explained by the assertion that
trainmen do. not work between ter
mina'c by the hour, and do. not. as a
matter of fact, expect to shorted their
hours of toll, but hope to be paid for
ten.
100000 Men Involved.
The movement involves $4,000 men
on 2SO,OO0 miles of line in the United
States and Canada. A strike. which
the statement says has been informal
ly threatened, would constitute the
greatest industrial catastrophe the
American public has known.
The demands, 1t is said, mean an en-
crease of rs per cent over present
wages. hxed by arbitration and of Ih
per cent In present rates for Overtime.
Wages of the men involved. II is re-
marked. have increased from 20 to q
per cent from 1898 TO 1914, while wages
Ct Western engineers and firemen were
further increased in 1915
Strike Means New Vote.
The proposed requests were sent to-
the men January 10 for a mall vote, to
rive the brotherhood chiefs power of
ttorney to present the demands and
negotiate for their acceptance. uues-
ION of striking would have to be re-
An he FAa -. q
the RAILWAY Ass )Aia!lJn notes 'efllcers
of the broth2rhnD1s nave lcCn quoted
as saying ;hcy will refuse tC. submit
their demands to arbitrItiCn,
The statement says il would BE- inT
possible 10 grant the demands lnde
existing frepht ard passenger rates