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preached and the king never sat under
even in his utmost glory When met
this Incompatible flower in all its
loveliness, among the oak woods
around the north base of Tabor and
on the hills Of Nazareth where our
Lord spent his youth, felt assured
that It was to this he referred"
That the lily must have been con-
spicuous plant along the shores of
the Lake of Gennesaret Is indicated
In Matthew, 6:28: consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow" and Luke
1927, which bears the same admoni.
ton. It fourished in the broad, deep
valleys of Palestine. The Song of
Songs tells: II am the rose of Sharon
and the lily Of the valley" and also
among the thorny shrubs. for the
same book has it, CAS- the lily among
the thorns, so is my love among the
daughters and among the pastures
Of the desert, as is shown by this pas
sage from the inspiration of Solomon:
"My beloved is mine, and ! am his;
he feedeth among the lilies" In many
other passages of the Bible the flower
is mentioned.
And that the lily must have been
remarkable for its rapid and luxuriant
growth is evidenced in Hosea 14:5,
Il will be as the dew unto Israel; he
shall grow as the lily and cast forth
his roots as Lebanon" And that the
flower was brilliant in color is indi-
Gated in Matthew, where it has IA
miliar comparison with the gorgeous
robes of Solomon And that the col
ors of the royal investiture were pur-
pie and scarlet is also implied in the
Songs of Songs.
There were many species of lila
ceous blossoms in Palestine, some ex-
ceedingly gorgeous in color and some
exceedingly fragrant. It is DR.. Isaac
Hall who noted the late winter carpet
ing Of Christ's way by this widespread
colc- and enhancing fragrance.
"Most conspicuous, perhaps, are the
great red and blue flowers of the order
Ranunculaceae, where the anemone
and the ranunculus grow together" !"
says he. "They are not small things,
like our buttercups, but great wide
flowers of two inches or more in di-
ameter, carpeting the ground with
patches as gorgeous as masses Of our
brilliant verbenas. They grow every
where; and, like the other herbs, are
glorious one day and the next day
literally cast into the oven to bake
the peasants bread"
The midland journal., 1916-04-21

this fact that we are making here our
status there. Death is the commence
ment Of greater effectiveness for life.
That stone Is rolled away from our
aepulchers.
1t is also true that Christ gave
ground for believing that our loved
ones gone are still with US. He told
his disciples that where they were.
there he would be In the midst of
them. He spoke Of a home he had
gone to prepare and OF coming to take
them to 1t. Enframe this as ono may,
the picture is the Eame--reu1ion with
lthe loved ones gone. You come home
from trip abroad. AS you draw near
the pier the hands Of loved ones wave
20 you. the steamer ties up to her
wharf and you are again in the arms
Of these so dear. So it is at death,
Tou have been long away from those
at home. but the vessel that has car
ried youyour body-ties up some
day to the little green wharf on some
quiet hillside and you again are with
your dear ones.
There rolls the last stone away.
Rev. John Britain Clark.
The midland journal., 1916-04-21
@HE lily is the master flower be
MaHh.s ei..2s

"T5E lily is the Easter flower be-
cause it is the glorious bloom
of Christ's country. It is abun-
dant on the hills of Nazareth,
and in the later winter the regions
over which he walked glowed and
radiated with entrancing color, while
the air was fragrant with perfume.
The Hebrew word for the flower Is
shushan, shoshan or shoshannah, cs1d
though there is little doubt the word
denotes some plant of the lily species,
1t is by no means certain what class
1t specially designates. In the Holy
Land there are lilies that hold the
purpling blue of eastern skies; that
glow with the blood-red fire Of the
deserts dusty sunset: that have the
pure white of spiritual appeal and the
grace in curve and line that touch
the senses like strain Of exquisite
music.
AS we of the West know the lily,
the more cultivated species are the
white or Madonna lily, the tiger or
tiger-spotted lily. and the golden lily.
A white lily in art and heraldry SYM
bolizes purity, and in the pictures Of
the Annunciation is often placed in
the hands OF the Angel Gabriel. Lilies
choir the golden way to Paradise"
says medieval writer; which, In the
values OF the present. is given in the
appreciation OF Canadian woman on
first behoIding the soul-stirring blocm
Of Bermuda fleld--"This is simply
heavenly"
1t is very probable that the term lily
as used in the Holy Land was general,
not referring to any particular spe-
cies, but to q large class of flowers
growing in Palestine, and resembling
the lily, as the tulip, iris, gladiolus
and the like. Thompson, for instance,
In his Land OF the Book" describes
q magnificent iris. which he calls the
Hulch lily, view of which gives sa-
lient point to the passage: Solomon
In all his glory was not arrayed like
one Of these"
This Huleh lily" says the writer.
is very large. and three Of the inner
petals meet above and form gor-
gecus canopy such as art never ap-
The midland journal., 1916-04-21

"NHREE days have passed since
the death Of Jesus on Calvary.
HGrRy dawn is streaking the
sky as they who SO lovingly
watched him to his burying are max.
eng their lonely way to the rock-hewn
tomb In the garden" All is still as
their sandaicd feet sweep through the
dew-wet grass, the sweet spices in
their arms perfuming the chill cir.
Az they go they say one to the other:
"Who shall roll the stone from the
eepulcherT
That question many hearts in every
age since have asked. Sooner or lat
or We all make the pilgrimage these
towing women made to the place
where rests all that = mortal Of our
loved ones, and there arise in our
hearts the great questions about what
ls beyond the tomb. These questions
he like heavy stones between US and
our departed dear ones, and we say:
who shall roll away the stone?'
The message of Easter is an an
Wwer The inspiration of Easter is
that we, too, find the stone rolled
away. We are often told that we err
20 sorrow for our loved ones gone,
but this Is not true. Jesus sorrowed
greatly with those who had met such
losses as ours. He would not have
az sorrow as those who have no
hope. but he recognized that It would
be unnatural not to grieve, and un-
kind not to remember. Let us re.
mind ourselves that Jesus would not
have us put away all signs Of those
gone out Of sight; that he would not
have Us live as though they had
never been with us. "They are not
Head: they are just away" This is
one stone rolled away from our
gepuichers.
Here we desire to do many things
which the. limitations of the flesh
prevent. But when the fieshly limi-
tation Is removed our love, our mem
Ory. our aspiration, our results Of rich
experience. all those real qualities
which make us ourselves, are free to
DO and to be. One of the highest. In
1ucemetits to q spiritual life now is
The midland journal., 1916-04-21
Easter Sermon.

Love your enemies. Understand
them. See their burdens, their be-
wilderment, their perplexities, their
obstacles and handicaps and thwart-
ings. Let the Christ of you strike
with pity upon the locked gates of the
vaults OF their ignorance, and cry
Lazarus. come forth t. the sleeping
souls of them within. Let the Moses
in you. the Pioneer, the Darer. the Ad-
venturer, the All-Believer, strike with
love upon the rock of their hardness
and asperity; let him win that living
water. kindness. slaall gush forth, crys-
taliine. sparkling. And this day, SO
shall It be.--Nautiles.
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MESSAGE Of Easter.

n ASTER again proclaims its mes
sage to the world. Nature lends
: her enchantment to the day,
and makes all things bright with
her unfolding promise OF the res
direction. The wooded hills, the
mystic canyons, the lowered mead.
ows. the home-building birds, the
sparkling dewdrops on grass and fow-
er awaken, under the warming rays
OF the rising sun. into a world beauti-
full, made sweeter by the presence of
The midland journal., 1916-04-21
ArchangeI Becomes Thriving Cit,

Through the war, the sleepy port of
Archangel. way up under the Arctic
Circle, has become a thriving city Of
5O,000 inhabitants and is still growing.
The, number of vessels sailing and
arriving last summer rivaled the rec
ord of New York and still greater
activity is expected next summer. Over
15,0OO,O 900 pools of wheat we're shipped
In the last season. An electric street
railway has been installed.
The midland journal., 1916-04-21
The Eastertide.

WTY HEN this corruptible shall have
wv put on interruption. and this
mortal shail have put on Inn
mcrtality. then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written,
''Death is swallowed up in victory.
b death, where Is thy sting? o grave.
lwhere is thy wctory?"- when
khe Christ. nailed to the Cross on that
tRr distant day. turning to the
tllief bcalda him cried: To-day shalt
The midland journal., 1916-04-21
TImes Have CHANGED.

Abraham Lincoln never said Hello.
central" never held strap in q
trolley car, never lodged an automo-
bile, never pushed button for light,
never beard phonograph and never
posed for a motion picture. and yet
Abrabam Lincoln died only 81 years
Hgo.
The midland journal., 1916-04-21
Tropical.

II don't believe the climate In Rus
sia is SO cold as they say it is"
What makes you think so?"
1--WE seen the Russian ballet. and
those costumes were never made for
zero weather"
The midland journal., 1916-04-21

According to French statistics. only
one-fourth of the aviation accidents
are due to defects In aeroplanes.
The midland journal., 1916-04-21

Never Judge a mans bravery by hiA
conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
ATTEND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
Washington Members of Women's
Federation Entertained.
pecial Correspondence of The star

Special Correspondence Of The star
NEW YORK, May a7.-Mrs Court F.
Wood. president of the District of CO.
lumbia Federation of women's Clubs.
Mrs. William E. Andrews, director in
the general federation, and Mrs. Au-
sustus Knight, all members of Chapter
B. P. e. o.. of Washington, were en-
tertained at luncheon Thursday by Mrs.
Roscoe ]. Rainey. formerly of Wash
inston. now president of the New York
city chapter Of P. E. o.
Mrs. Augustus knight, chairman art
committee, District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Womens Clubs, was honor
guest at luncheon given al the Aston
Hotel, in this city. today by Mrs
Melville F. Johnston of the General
Federation of Clubs. Mrs Court F.
Wood was also a guest at the luncheon
OF the art committee and the confer
enee which followed
Miss Ellen Marshall Rugg of Wash
ington 10 spending few days at the
University Club. attending the annual
conference Of the home economics COM
n1ittee of the General Federation Of
Women's Clubs, of which she is a MEM
Der.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett of Alex
andria 10 here attending the conven-
ton. Mrs. Barrett is acting also as
special representative of the govern
hieut IN connection Win the newly or
gantxed women's and girls division of
the United States employment service
under the Department of Labor.
Mrs. Randolph D. Hopkins, who came
to this city on Wednesday to repre-
sent the Womans National Press AS
ISOLATION at the thirteenth biennial
convention of Women's Clubs, was the
guest of honor of the May social, given
blythe New York Woman's Press Club,
At the Waldorf-Astoria this afternoon
Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke, chairman
general federation press committee.
assisted the president, Mrs. Harriet
Holt Dey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

Lace Door Panels in a
large variety of styles.
Choice of white or arab
ian. Fourth Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
No Personalities in Fight.

The contest now is definitely between
Mrs, Josiah Evans Cowles of Los An
geles and Mrs. Samuel B. Sheath of Tiff
FIN. Ohio. Their supporters declare per-
sopalities will not figure in the fight.
The west. they say, will be arrayed
against the east.
Mrs. Cowles' campaign committee,
claims the entire vote of the delega-
tions from the Pacific coast northwest
and southwestern states. Mrs. Sneath's
supporters claim the southern and east
ern states The Ohio candidates
strength in the east and middle west is
discounted by Mrs. Cowles' adherents.
because at caucuses held this afternoon
nois. Iowa. Maryland and Massachu-
sets decided to go to the election un-
pledged.
Miss Bacon, who now holds the Of
nounced her candidacy for the first vice
presidency. She will be unopposed, her
supporters say. No candidates have
yet appeared for the other Offices
.-,- Support the President.
All the recommendations made by
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, the presi-
dent. in her report were adopted They
include the Pan-American Congress. a
national survey of motion pictures, the
continuation of the work of Ameri-
canizing the immigrant, and improve
ment of rural conditions. Her pro-
posals for time and money saving
methods to bring about closer con-
tact between the state declarations and
the national officers also were ap-
proved.
Addresses were delivered by George
Otis Smith. director of the United
tons Natural Wealth.: Prof. F. A.
Waugh of Massachusetts, Agricultural
college on Rural Planning: Stephen
l. Mafher. assistant secretary of the
interior. on National Parks; Mrs.
John Dickinson Sherman on Our
Greatest Asset-Nature"; Dr. William
and the New. Citizen" and by Frank
Damrosch. director of the Institute of
Musical Art. on Music Education and
Music Culture"
Receptions were given this after
noon and evening by the Chicago Club.
the Colorado Cliff Dwellers Associa-
ton and others. Hundreds of delegates
were entertained by the local Young
Women's Christian Association and the
National Civic Federation. Mrs Will
liam Jennings Bryan was guest of
honor at the dinner given by the
Daughters of Nebraska TO the deIega-
ton from that state.
The orlSinators of the national wom-
ems club movement were eulogized at
the banquet given by Mrs William
Todd Helmuth to the surviving
pioneers. The speakers included Mrs
Penny hacker, DR.. Anna Shaw Kath-
crime kidder. Mrs. Philip CARPENTER and
Helen Narick Boswell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

27-inch White Mercer
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
WOMEN PLAN 1920
PAN-AMER|CA EVENT
General Federation's Sessions
iEnIivened by Activities in
Behalf of Weird Peace.

NEW YORK. May 27.-The first week
of the thirteenth biennial convention
of the General Federation of Women
Clubs closed here tonight with scores
of dinners and receptions. after a day
Of committee and conference meetings.
at which were formulated the impor-
tant national policies of the organiza-
tion to be voted on next week.
One Of the questions, upon which in
terest is centered is the proposed prop
uganda for internationalism. in behalf
of world peace. and it's corollary-a
pan-American congress of women in
1920. Two amendments to the bylaws
which have been offered also are oc-
cupying the attention of the delegates.
They provide for the investment of the
one acknowledgements dollar endow-
ment fund and for enlarging the board
OF directors from fifteen to fifty-seven
members, so that each state may have
a representative on the board.
The chief topic of discussion tonight.
however was the presidential election.
to be held May 81. Interest was en-
HANGED by announcement of the with
drawal from the race of the three
dark horses" Mrs. John D. Sherman of
Chicago. Miss Georgia A. Bacon of
Worcester and Mrs. b. w. Corkran. jr.,
OF Baltimore.
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A DIsg1untIed Brigade.

The federal oificeholders' brigade
OF the Democratic campaign forces is
sadly disgruntled. For several months
the Democratic leaders had been put
ting great faith in the prosecution OF
election cases alleging fraud in Min.
go and Mcdowell counties. The Nc
Dowell cases we're thrown higher
than kite by Democratic judge Of
the United States circuit court OF ap.
peals, and never came to trial.
In the Mingo cases, District Attor.
ney Barnhart, Marshal William Os-
born, special agents sent on from the
department Of Justice at Washington,
and Senator d. Il French, specially
employed Democratic prosecutor,
spent weeks and weeks in MIngo
county, making investigation and
seeking to patch up a case against
the men indicted at Webster Springs.
The Democratic state committee, APP
pealed to by Democratic candidates,
took up the matter and Instituted a
vigorous newspaper prosecution Of
the case. and even during the trial
Democratic papers dilated upon every
circumstance that tended to make
things look bad for the defendants.
But in spite OF this a jury found a
verdict Of not guilty and the care
fully laid plan OF the Democratic
politicians to make political capital
Of Mingo county's persecution, fell
fiat, and thus was another Of the
Democratic party's weapons snatched
away.
For twelve years Mlngo and Nc
Dowell counties have been held up by
Democrats as n burning political is
sue. Tho leaders of that party have
sought to impress upon the people of
the state that all the crookedness in
West Virginia politics was laid in
those counties, and that the Republic
can party was guilty of it all. AL
though agents spent weeks and weeks
and brought upon the government
thousands Of dollars OF expense in
and prosecuting the Mingo
cases, similar conditions, known to
exist in the adjoining Democratic
county OF Logan. were passed up. But
the failure of the cases to stick has
left the Chiffon end of the Democracy
in a hole. The boys have failed TO
deliver the goods. 1t was a crestfall-
en- bunch of public servants that left
early this week The
failure of the cases, coupled with the
clarity of the fact that the prOsecu-
lions were political, was not calculat-
e dto leave the boys in very cheerful
frame OF mind.
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finds It's way back into some bank 70
a similar operation.

finds its way back into some bank for
a similar operation.
When school district issues a
block OF bonds to build new school
house, a city for street pavements,
sewers. water, parks, etc. the same
results follow-labor gets the bene-
Mt. And from the portion that Is not
used for immediate satisfaction Of
the wants Of men, a portion finds 1t
way back into the bank to be united
with other thrift dollars to benefit
the masses.
When 1t is remembered that a
single savings bank in New York has
on its books today over seven thous-
and open mortgage loans, REPRESENT
Ing forty million dollars thus placed
In circulation, the far-reaching eff
fects Of the savings bank will become
manifest.
We might well claim the savings
bank to be a builder of cities, for il
has, for a century. been assembling
money from the many to lend TO the
few. to be passed out again through
the pay envelope for the benefit of
the many.
Every time you enter well kept
home, cross well paved street,
walk in the park. draw cup Of
water. send your children to school
=. II may be to tear open your pay
envelope you may owe a debt Of
gratitude to some savings bank for
furnishing the money that made all
these things possible. You can best
pay your debt by joining THE army
Of the contented" who use the
savings bank as the reservoir to store
their savings. to be passed out again
with the savings of others for the
benefit OF mankind.
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How the SAVINGS nnnk Helps.

The savings bank has been likened
unto a reservoir into which flow the
little streams, to be assembled into
one mass, out of which flows the
larger stream. powerful because of its
volume. The savings bank bestows
Its greatest benefits upon the indi-
vldual and the community by this
reservoir process. Scattered dollars
are impotent dollars. Assembled
dollars are powerful dollars. A
thousand dollars divided among a
thousand different men are OF little
consequence to the possessor or to the
body as a whole, but when the thous-
and dollars are the possessor of one
individual. they become of vastly
more power than the sum total OF
the individual units. The congre-
gated fund moves in one direction,
and has a common aim. whereas the
scattered dollars all have different
ends and aims.
The beneficial work of the savings
bank can best be seen by a simple IL
llustration, drawn from actual fact
and in process in savings banks ev-
cry day. Let us assume that hun
hlNA ptbllt nave uNpOalleu zen uOl-
lars each in a savings bank. thereby
making fund of a thousand dollars
under the control Of the banker. One
Of the members OF the group wishes
TO erect a house, having the land
paid for, He applies to the bank
I for a loan OF thousand dollars and
/ is granted the use of the money de-
posted by the other members OF the
! group. The carpenters. masons,
plumbers, painters, ETC., are employed
and the fund begins to do its work.
Each workman depends for his pay
upon the savings bank. which will
make advances from time TO time
as the work progresses. Not alone
the men who are directly employed,
hut the material dealer who furnishes
the brick, stone and mortar, the
lumberman and the iron worker
wherever material is produced or
manufactured the stimulus OF this op.
Grafton is felt.
The bulk OF the money goes to la,
bor, TO he spent for food, clothing
shelter and amusement, and all the
industries that cater to the wants Of
man feel the benefits. II passes from
hand to hand. down through the
course Of society until eventually II
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13

Constabule Hicks stood in the mid.
die OF Picks Pike chewing on a sis.
senfrass root and polishing up his
badge. The time was midnight.
Suddenly. a few feet ahead of a
cloud of dust, Daredevil Dewlap's big
yellow Scuddabout came tearing along
at a 107 mile clip.
Holy corntossle!" calculated Con-
stabule Hicks. And whipping a light
ed red lanter from his capacious back
pocket, he waved it vigorously. Dare
devil Dewlap stopped his car so sud-
denly that his cloud OF dust caught
up with him.
Hey. looky here" began consta-
bule Hicks. '-''''
Nonsense old sport. l was lust
creeping along" cried Daredevil Dew
lap heartily. Here, take this and
think it over" And he pressed 4
fourteen dollar bill into Constabule
Kicks hand and in another second
had disappeared in front Of an entire
ly fresh cloud OF dust.
"Jumpln' Josenfrat!" exclaimed
Constabule Hicks, and, tossing Inc
bill carefully into his cash pocket
made after the Scuddabout. He came
upon Daredevil Dewlap on his back
in the middle Of the road while the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13
For American Rights.

Governor Hughcss declaration in
Philadelphia that I'VE purpose 10 pro.
tect American lives on land and sea
and that we do not purpose 10 tol.
crate any improper interference witt
or with legitimate commercial inter.
course. No American who Is exercis.
ing only American rights shall be mn
on any blacklist by any foreign ma.
ton brought his audience 10 its fee
and ELECTED loud and prolonget
cheers. This declaration followin,
right on the heels of the sinking q
various vessels by submarines almos
within sight of President Wilson.
summer palace, was taken bv M
Hughes's hearers to have a direct ref
erence thereto.
Earlier in his Speech Mr.. Hugbe,
had pointed out that the loss of Amer
lean lives. including many rarnan an