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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-05-18
: HANDICRAFT
!: FOR BOYS
: Ry~ A. NELLY HALL
: Au,hrr e The Handy Boy" The Bsy ,
? C-aesr.aH.' @EandscEsIt fer Handy
Boys etc
t-olJUg8., BY 4 @eeIy HAND
an ICE PUSHMoBILE.

For coasriag along an Icy sidewalk
.r over sToz-u pond the ice push
mobile shown in Figs. ! and > Is a
s-,audid homemade cCn,riyance Any
hog viii find It's construction easy 10
carry ou. hy following the simple di.
rsC-iCus printed below.
The ya.r Of skates are clanped 10
the under side OF The reach hoard in
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-05-18
Used.to Places.

One day my small niece was told
to put piece OF paper in the scrap
basket She went to the wrong corner
Of the room and returned, saying: oh.
silly me, l put it where the scrap
basket used to be. / always go to
used-to places. '-Exchange
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-05-18
Head Not Needed.

TWO ladies each with her child
visited the Chicago Art institute. AS
they passed the Winged Victory
the little boy exclaimed. Huh, She
amt got no head" "Sh," the Mortified
little girl replied That's Art-she
don't need none'"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-05-18
|: HANDICRAFT
FOR GIRLS
By DOROTHY PERKINS
.syS.,.s.1.-.,.I.T..'ysys.
HOMEMADE ScRkPsooKs.

The covers OF your scrapbook may
be Of cardboard from dryEoods boxes.
II you haven't any boxes at home You
goods store. The scrapbOok leaves
should be of manila wrapping paper.
ANY merchant will sell you what you
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-05-18
Safety First.

A Denver sociologist says that red.
headed women are weaklings, but
we're going to let him tell them
Macon News.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-05-18
CHARTER

OF rARAFFIN OIL COMPANY. INC.
I utcd State, ct America, State # Ioui,i
ana, Parish OF Orle1as, Cl,y of New or
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18

And she II enjoy every minute that goes into their
preparation, for the Electrical Chatting Dish is so
easily operated-just by the turn of a switch. No
danger Of the 'fuel supply failing at the psyche
logical moment
You must see the Colonial" pattern at $500
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18

Most Bachelor Girls
will. be jolly well
pleased with an
Electric Chatting
Dish-she'll find it
just the thing for
Her Chatting Dish
Parties.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18
The Set for
Milady'S B0ud0ir

This is the iron that
will make any girl
happy. Called the
Boudoir Set, it comes
tucked away in a
dainty bag, as oIna-
mental as the iron it
self is useful.
The Boudoir Set is esl
an who travels, for it
in one S travelling bag.
iron, a curling iron a
small bag. Get one f
to possess one.
Specially price
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18
Your Xmas
Breakfast

TheCh1istmassy at
mosphere of an
electrically cooked
breakfast will be
appreciated by the
whole family.
Toast, coffee, bacon
and eggs, even
steaks or chops.
may be cooked and
served without
leaving the table.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18
Father Or
Mother
Will Enjoy
an Electrical
Warming
Pad

There is Gift that Father Mother will enjoy more
than an electrical warming pad 1t is heated immediate
" to just the right heat danger Of getting hot no
danger of setting the bed fire.
1t Is most assuredy time that the Old Folks part with
the hot brick iron the eakv hot water bag and
enjoy the instantaneous heating pad
And you'll find it JOY the young Mother whose baby
is subject TO ..coic -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18
Crisp Toast
Really Hot

Toast served hot, pip
ing hot, and toasted a
few pieces at a time
just the amount Of
slices required. Not ali
extra toasted slice
wasted when cleo
tricaly cooked.
And really every Bit,
Of electrically toaste
bread is delicious.
The electric toastei
requires less care than
any other manner of
toasting bread. and it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18
Electrical
ironing Day
a Pleasure

Ironing day Will be
really enjoyable to the
housekeeping woman
who uses the Electric
Iron.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18

1t IS convenient 1t Is economical. 1t IS sanitary.
1t does the work. with greater ease and to better
end than could possibly be accomplished in the
old-fashoned way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18

Things taste better somehow, and there's less
work An electrically cooked Nmas breakfast
would be joy for the family
Electric Grills at $3.50
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18
The electrical
Cook" Solves
the Servant
Problem

The modern home
keeper with her cleo
trical kitchen has I'M
doubtedly solved the
servant question.
She doesn't worry
about getting a new
girl, neither does she
make a drudge of her
household duties.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18

turning the switch.
Let us show You what wonderful Improvements
they are over the old-fashioned kind, and You'll
want one for YOUR Xmas gift to 1.-THE house
Prices range from $500
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18

She has the most approved Electrical Kitchen and
for the most part her dainty meals are prepared,
cooked and served at the dining-rOOm table.
All sorts of Electrical Cooking Devices, reason
ably priced.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18
Start Xmas Morn
ing With a Cup of
Good Coffee

Let the first gift yOu
take off the tree Xmas
morning be an Elec-
trio Percolator. Have
real good coffee. 1t
will be an ideal pres
ent to everybody in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-18

JOaSJlng bread, and II Il 80 satisfactory
Several styles at $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Not Necessarily Mean

T am the meanest man in Alabama, ac- cordng to what white woman told me few days ago. said Conrad w. Austin, deputy sheriff T went to search a house where I had reason to believe whisky was being sold, and was confronted by a woman, who calmly told me I was the meanest man in Alabama. I was sorry to hear her say that, as l never had such a bad opinion of myself However, I am not surprised that she expressed her opinion of me in such terms, because there is no doubt that many other per sons who operate blind tigers think the same way about me-
 Being engaged in the business of To- eating and prosecuting all places where intoxicating beverages are solds in viola tion of the prohibition law, my name has become well known among such persons as operate them. In some instances, the one referred to above for instance, little children are taught to know me and to keep sharp watchout for my appear ance. However. in spite of what they say about me, try to deal as gently as possible with every one. and do not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

training, although on a limited scale. A bill to that effect, drawn by a mem Der of the general staff, will be in- troduced in Congress at the present session and it is said to have many champions in both houses. So as not to make it burdensome only young men will be required to serve and then only for the short term of six months in actual training. After that he would become a reservist.
 An economical feature of this meas ure is that the men serving six months are to receive no pay. The only cost to the government would be the main tenance of instruction camps.
 The pacifists will raise their voices in alarm and cry "militarism!" But there need be no apprehension on the score of militarism. Training men to be soldiers, as President Wilson ex- plained in his West Point address, does not mean militarism or develop the militaristic spirit. We need military men, he pointed out; but militarism is something different. It is exalting the military idea above civil law in government, and that, of course, is forever to be opposed in this land of liberty.
 Military training is good from many angles. It is wholesome discipline and it has tendency to strengthen the patriotic instinct of youth.
 The six months compulsory bill may not pass in this Congress, but some thing like it will ultimately prevail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
.MUscLE" OR "MUssELs.
l the Nashville Tennesseean.

From the Nashville TenneSSeean.
 The name Muscle Shoals is going to be decidedly an important one if the government nitrate plant is located there, and, in any event, it is certain to be a much used name during the next several months We should agree, therefore, on it's spelling As matters stand, one newspaper spells it one way and another the other way.
 received its name because of the abun- dance in that region of certain fresh water bivalve. The common name of that bivalve is spelled both ''mussel" and muscle" the former being given the preference. But in spelling the name of the place, the latter got the ascendency. The United States government spells it Muscle Shoals" The Century diction- ary spells it that way. The Standard dictionary spells it both ways, but gives the preference to muscle" Five or six years ago, the cities of Florence. Sheffield and Tuscumbia solemnly alimi- nated> themselves and then, as solemnly. reincarnated themselves as the city of Muscle Shoals. And they spelled it muscle"
 That is the generally accepted spelling of that great water power site. Why stickle for the preferred spelling of the name of the molusk from which the place took it's name when practically every body from Andrew Jackson on down has spelled it the other way?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Great Democratic Convention

Y Harmony without parallel in po-
 litical conventions held since the Civil
 war was reasonably expected at St.
 Louis. And not only is this matchless
 degree of harmony prevailing, but as
 significant and heartening to democ- racy is the enthusiasm and confidence
 of a sweeping victory for Wilson and
 Marshall in November.
 The democratic convention was called to order yesterday, but after the temporary organization was in- stalled and ex-Gov. Martin H. Glynn of New York, temporary chairman, delivered his keynote speech, adjourn ment was taken until today, when United States Senator Ollie James of Kentucky will be elected permanent chairman.
 It is a great convention, in that 1t is inspired by high loyalty to the best traditions of the democratic party and fired with the spirit of Americanism.
 MT. Glynn made gripping speech short, as keynote speeches should be-and the fact that he impressed the whole convention was readily seen by the spontaneous demonstrations that followed his references to the party's principal achievements under this administration and especially his eulogy of the President.
 The words "Americanism and Peace, Preparedness and Prosperity" formed keynote phrase that rolled eloquent ly from the chairman's lips. His en- tire address rang with "Americanism," and particularly happy was the declar ation that "We enter this convention as democrats; we will conduct it as Americans"
 The very absence of discord or rival factions striving for ascendency, would make the convention dull but for the superabundance of enthusi- asm and good feeling. May nothing occur to mar the occasion; and it is safe to say that nothing will. At any rate, the convention promises to pass into party history as one of the best regulated, as well as one of the most notable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Hard Work and Endurance

The late John G. Carlisle remarked, toward the close of his brilliant ca reer, while holding the position of Sec retary of the Treasury, that there was a time when he had aspirations for the presidency, but that since being member of the cabinet and seeing at close range the terrible strain under which the chief executive labored, he would not have the office even if it was rendered him. MT. Carlisle was never a strong man physically, but he doubtless underrated his power of endurance and might have served 8 term of four years in the White House without breaking down.
 If the presidential burden was heavy when MT. Cleveland bore it, it was light compared with the weight that President Wilson has carried. Almost from the time Nil. Wilson entered the executive office, new and unexpected problems presented themselves. Ap- parently he is not as robust as some of his predecessors in the White House, but no President has had to work harder, and today he gives evi dence of thriving on it.
 Intellectual work imposes a severer tax on man than manual labor, but the brain worker, even when he has to be on his job overtime-day in and day out--seldom breaks down, espe cially if he is in love with his duties. President Wilson evidently loves his work and would not willing ly give it up until he has had four more years of it after next March And the chances are he will be com manded by the people to remain where he is. This is no time to change ad ministrations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

By Keats. Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow
 time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A fIowery tale more sweetly than our
 rhyme: What leaf -fringed legend haunts about Of deities or mortals, or of both.
 In Tempe. or the dales of Already? What men or gods are these?
 What madens 10th?
 What mad pursuit? What struggle to
 escape?
 What pipes and timbrels2
 What wild ecstacy? Heard melodies are sweet. but those un- Are sweeter; therefore. ye soft pipes,
 play on; Not. to the sensual ear, but, more en-
 deard,
 Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone; Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be Bold lover. never. never canst thou Though winning near the goal-yet. do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss For ever wilt thou love. and she be fair! An, happy. happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
TwELE MEN WITH A STORY

From the New York World.
 A raft from the Hampshire lived through the boiling seas that swamped Der coats and bore F battered men to land. When the admiralty unseals their lips, what a tale they will have to tell!
 The world waits to hear how Kitchener died. In Germany the man who is called ruthless" and the scourge of the Boers.' but for all that "a man in the largest sense.' is claimed as a victim. in the words of the Kreuzzeitung, ''at the hands of our navy" Is it true? Did the British navy permit Great Britain's great war leader to be picked off by subma- rine, for lack of destroyer watchdogs, near the very fold of the dreadnaught fleet? Or is it true, as has been sup posed, that the cruiser was, sunk by a British mine broken loose or German mine sown broadcast in the seat and floa ting aimlessly to a shining mark?
 Some of these 12 men may have been on deck, where the path of an approach ing torpedo might be described They may be able to end suspense. to estab- fish the probable if not the certain cause of the disasater. When their silence is broken they will not lack an au. diepcc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
ODE TO A GRECIAN URN

More happy love! more happy, happy
 love! For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd For ever panting. and for ever young; All breathing human passion far above, That leaves heart high sorrowful and A burning forehead. and a parching
 tongue. Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, mysterious
 priest. Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the
 skies,
 And all her silken Hanks with garlands
 drest? What little town by river or sea shore. Or mountain built with peaceful citadel. Is emptied of this folk. this pious
 morn? And, little town. thy streets forevermore Wilt silent be; and not a soul to ten Why thou art desolate, can e'er re-
 turn. o Attic shape! Fair attitude! with bredA Of marble men and maidens over
 wrought & With forest branches and the trodden
 weed;
 Thou. silent form. dost tease us out of
 thought As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain. in midst of other
 woe Than ours. a friend to men. to whom
 thou say'st,
 Beauty is truth. truth beauty,'-that
 is all Ne know on earth. and all ye need to
 know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Compulsory Military Training

Public sentiment is as strongly op- posed to our government creating and maintaining vast and costly standing army as it is in favor of in- creasing the regular establishment in time of peace to point where it will serve as an effective nucleus for a great army in time of threat ened war.
 The army reorganization act, which becomes operative July 1, is adequate for present needs. It au- thorizes total enlisted strength of 296,000 men on peace basis, of which 175,000 shall be in the combat ant branch. As the standard of en- listment is to remain high and the rules exacting, the work of recruit ing will be slow, but it is believed tht minimum number required-160, ,00( for the line-will be secured within the next 12 months
 As every soldier must remain four years in the reserve corps after hay ing served actively with the colors and, furthermore, as the National Guard will be federalized under the new act, the United States can count on a large army of trained men il time of war.
 Still, a great country like America with population now estimated a more than 10O,OOO,OO0, should be ir a position to mobilize, on short notice an army considerably larger than th' reorganization act provides for, anc with that idea in view there is a grow ing sentiment in favor of compulsory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Mexican Situation Worse

If President Wilson enjoys his pro- verbal good luck, crisis in Mexico may not develop until the presidential campaign is well under way, but It hardly seems probable that interven- tion can be postponed for another year.
 At first there was reason to be- lieve that conditions in our southern neighbor had been exaggerated, but later reports all agree that the plight of Mexico is in every way de- plorable, and General Carranza IS tottering to his fall. A more re- sourceful man might be able to slave off the inevitable for while, but Car ranza lacks force and his hold on Mexican affairs was never strong. A combination of circumstances, chiefly the attitude of the United States, placed him in power. He has not yet been able to strengthen his position. On the contrary, it is growing weaker, and whether the United States intervenes or not, he must soon give way to someone else, probably Obregon, who seems just now the strongest man in Mexico.
 It was indeed sad day for the Mexicans when Porfirio Diaz sailed away never to return. While he might not have been living now, he would have kept the government intact as long as he was in power and might have chosen a successor who could have carried out his policies. The de- parture of Diaz marked the beginning of anarchy which has continued ever since until Mexico is now the most demoralized country on the face of the earth. Finances are in a hopeless muddle, starvation and want are everywhere, authority, except Tn iso- lated instances, no longer survlves. The impotence of Carranza is increas- ingly evident, his troops cannot be depended on in an emergency and the spirit of unrest among the people IS growing more alarming every day.
 It would take far greater man than Carranza to bring order out of chaos. The situation has already passed beyond his control. It seems only a matter of time when the United States will have to step in and do some much needed "house clean ing" The work should be done thor oughly and it's permanence insured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
OUR MIGHTIEsT VOLCANO
,m the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Accused of pretty much everything else that is baleful and usual, the great war has been charged with causing seis- mic disturbances, earth wrenchings and crust shakings. The sporadic eruptiOns
 of Vesuvus have been laid to the jar of
 the great guns up among the Alpine
 peaks, and had the vesuvian activity
 reverbrating mortars would have been
 held to blame. It is reported that the
 firing of these mighty guns among the
 Alpine heights has caused great ava lanches. Then why not earthquakes and other internal demonstrations? However, it will be difficult to blame the artillery of the struggling hosts fol Mauna Loa, our Hawaiian volcanic mountain. Manuna Loa is on the ram page so to speak. The mighty peak nearly 14,0OO feet above the sea, is haloet with smoke. and down the blackenet sides of this greatest of volcanic noun tains streams of molten rock are flow | ing. By the help of that great crimson glow the night is so wildly illuminated that newspaper print can be read with out difficulty goodly number of mile away. As a lava producer no volcan, can equal Mauna Loa. No crater in tn world has the capacity of kilauea, ol the eastern side of the mountains. Ye 1 while these details are calculated t add something to the nations pride it's possessions, they do not possess tha
 particular sort of interest for tn Hawaiians. The latter are fully absorbe | in the question of what the cratic ol l vent will do next.
 | It would be some comfort to the scien tific mind if Mamma Loa showed a lttl | forethought in arranging her periods o activity. While the creater is in agita ton continually, there Is no regularit ir the arrangement of it's greater out
 bursts. They have jumped from 1855 t 1868 and from 1880 to 1S9O Now. after bubbling and seethng rest of 17 years the volcano leaps to life and the might
 crater mortar puts to shame the roar ings and reverbrations of the man mad guns on the opposite side of the cart globe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
NEW WRINKLES IN FLATS

From the Building Age. There seems to be no end to the ln- ducements offered by owners of flat buildings to prospective tenants. An in- teresting folder recently issued in Chl- cago covering the feature Of court apartment enumerates the following ad- vantages: Maid service by hour or day. Grecian cafe at reasonable prices. Vacuum cleaners at your own disposal. Extensive lawns and attractive shrub bery. Beautiful flowers, tennis courts Free swimming pool with heated water, summer and winter. Finely equipped gymnasium with free Instructions in art of fencing and Swed- ish movements. 1 The following are classified as innova- tons: Disappearing bed in each apartment. Especially designed consoles. Buffets with plenty of drawer space and shelf room. Shower bath. mosaic floor and beau- tiful bathroom equipment Steel medicine cabinets, wall safes, out of sight garbage receptacles Merchandising receiving eases, inside white enameled self-draining refrigera- 1 tors.
 l Practical self-lghting gas ranges. Heavy, luxurious Brussels stair carpet
 used in harmony with the woodwork. l Curtain rods and all necessary fixtures | to all windows.
 | White enameled steel kitchen cabinets,
 sugar and flour receptacles ana glass
 I rolling pin; dressing mirror in closed
 door, electric light fixtures of the latest
 design The architecture is said to be of a new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

CONSERVING ENERGY
 Not worthless quite
 In William Bray,
 Yet much affects
 An easy way
 And though he likes
 To earn a dollar.
 Was never known
 To wilt his collar.
 CONTRARY TO PRECEDENT 'The speaker seems to be an unusually modest man." What makes you think sop" He makes his promises in the first person plural and his excuses in the first person singular"
 A MECHANICAL AGE It's pathetic story" "Yes9' He used to be traffic cop" "Go on.'' His job was taken away by a sema- phore.''
 NO PLACE FOR PROFANITY So you are just back from the Mex Z ican border?" Yes. I arrived yesterday What is your opinion of the situation down there?" T think as the Texans do. You will pardon me for not saying more, as there