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SAFETY FIRST.

WoRKINGMEN-wE HAVE NEVER HEzRD
OF any store that sells hover; no one has tired
it 80 far and It's too late 10 hegin nov. We
have the call and huslers snoW us and Ghsy
STICK 70 Food friends that sell for lsHs. -
some slightly used ovsrclsts. s. ID. JUSTHS
OLD STAND. So u.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Neutral Nations, Suffering From War,
Have Right to Raise Voices for Peace
BUS. SENATOR WILLIAM J. STONE Of M..oui

Since the almost from beginning continuing
offensive attacks the rights and dignity of this and
nfctng ncauabe injury national nteresta of which
have borne with patience because of friendship
involved that after enduring and
these losses for nearly two and half have right without
regard question of sympathy humanity but solely
and safeguard approach the cOmbatan
mutual friend and open negotiations with reesabh
ment of normal international conditions.
Our relations the combat involved
that think have right speak-a right
to speak without asking without just We would speak
mpertnenty Intermediates but friend who grievousy
and nnocenty from the ruthless of
Two families with feud between might long they kept
the and observed the law effort of outsider harmon
ize them but they should break forth open disturb
general and visit universal harm upon the whole
awabng members of the community would have right call
without being guilty of mpernen Why should the rule
ply morally and legally, to the family of nations?
cannot the view that neutral nation suffering
scale the evils of not obligated from point
stand hepess aoof denied right offer suggestion until in
red speak On the contrary hold that whenever nation
of neutral nations becomes the unoendng victim
they acting sng concert of right make representations to
the nations discuss the questions for basis
upon which honorable peace be restored to the world
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
O. HENRY'S METHOD OF WORK
Writer Gathered Little Material for
the Remarkably Interesting Stories
He Turned Out

o. Henry in his real work could write
only by the light within. There was
no elaborate scheme Of preparation 10
take the place Of the inspired word.
He read nothing, or next to 1t. He in
vestigated nothing. He saw nobody.
He had no propaganda, no views to ex-
pound, no lesson, in the meaner sense,
TO teach. His was not the dull indus
try that investigates, notebook in hard.
the Stun, the factory and the mar
ket place, and turns the mass of accu-
mulated fact into the vast contempo-
rary novel that pours it's slow current
Of alluvial mud through the channel
of thousand pages.
Ignorant-undoubtedly. except of life
itself-gloriously ignorant he was. No
college, not even a theological school,
could have matriculated him. Even of
New York. so they now tell US, he knew
practically nothing. But Of little
threads and patches, a vision of hag-
gnrd face seen for a moment In a
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
was set upright. picture placed fiat
on one side and blank sheet of paper

vas set upright, q picture placed fiat
on one side and blank sheet of paper
on the other. By looking into the
glass from the side having the picture,
one can see q reflection of the picture
and also the hand with the pencil on
the other side. This arrangement
makes 1t easy to make copy of pic
ture on a blank paper, since the proc
esS is the same as tracing the outlines
directly. This was apparently new TO
the children, and they went at it with
zeal. They tried first the pictures that
came with the toy, and when they
tired Of drawing they experimental
with the pictures in the magazines, TO
see how they looked In this wonderful
magic mirror.
But this also had Its limits, and
when tagging interest indicated the
need for a change, the mother intro
duced the toy railroad outfit, consist
ing of miniature tickets, baggage
checks, punch, cap, etc. The older boy
declared that he should be the Conduc-
tor. and the mother. with baby in her
lap, played the role of q passenger.
In a few minutes the field of opera
tons was extended beyond the seats
occupied by the family, and every pas
senger in the car was given On oppOr-
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
F|VE.ROOM HOME
WELL ARRANGED
Many Practical Features Are
Combined in This Product of
Architects Skill.
VERY LITTLE WASTE SPACE
Convenience and Appearance Two
Most Important Features to Be
Considered In Planning the
Home for the Family.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account OF his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
IS. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. ILL.,. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
1t is your home that is to be planned
and built. You and the members of
your family will be the first 10 occupy
1t and ii may be handed down to your
children to the fourth and fifth gen.
Grafton.
On the other hand, a change in en-
plOyment or circumstances may make
1t advisable for you to sell.
So, when building or looking over
plans. keep those two thoughts in mind,
for they are the factors by which the
worth of your investment is governed.
"What a beautiful home!" exclaims
the passer-by. A neighbOr confirms
that thought, but adds that the inter
Tor is poorly arranged, that the re-
sources of owner and architect SEEM
ingly were exhausted when the exter-
ior was planned.
Farther down the street is house
with a dreary and uninviting exterior
appearance which has convenient
and well-appointed interior arrange
rnent.
1t is entirely practical and should
be the chief ambition of every builder
TO combine in every structure these
two elements of real value and desir-
ability.
In the home here illustrated many
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Good If Kept Busy.

tunity to hold ticket to some remote
destination. Even the nervous person
declared that she would be glad to
travel TO the end of the line in such
good company.
When the train did at last get to the
end of the line, after eight hours of
travel, the mother took off the three
children that had aroused the appre-
tensions of the nervous woman. They
were very tired, but still good-natured
and ready for any new excitement that
might appear above the brink Of the
next moment. And the nervous lady
she had forgotten to be worried.
When travelling by land or by water
or when staying at home in the city
or Countrywide troublesome child Is
usually the child that does not know
what to do with himself and the good"
child is the one that is occupied. When
our grandparents said Satan finds
some mischief still for idle hands
to do" their theology or demonology
may have been questionable; but their
psychology was certainly sound. The
Safety-f1rst rule for children-trayel-
Ing or not-is, Keep Busy!
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Ready to Travel.

making way with the giants wealth.
the elder boy contendlng that 1t was
not really stealing, since the giant had
taken 1t from Jacks father.
Then the baby awoke and mother OBJ
served that it was time for luncheon.
This was dispatched in a happy and
leisurely manner. After luncheon had
been cleared away the mother pro-
duced couple of "Stampkraft" books,
containing Mother Goose" or fairy
tales, with packets of poster stamps"
The selection and comparing and past
ing of these stamps kept the children
busy and the mother was able to give
all Of her attention to the baby. The
older child finished his book Of stamps
first, and then watched the younger
one with the superior air of q critical
but sympathetic elder.
When the booklets were completed
the older child read the stories and
pointed out the suitability of the poster
stamps and their shortcomings, and
the other child did the same with the
Mother Goose" rhymes. Then they
played with the baby for awhile. until
the mother felt that 1t was time to
start something else.
She was prepared for the change.
and brought forth queer continuance
consisting of pane Of glass hinged
along one edge to fiat box. The glass
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01

centage Of the inclOsed space is of no
practical value, but the cost Of such
space Is just as great as though it
were available for manifold uses.
In home planning and home build
ing-and the idea of building a home
or the desire to plan one is dormant
or active in every normal person-the
chief trouble arises from endeavors to
associate ideas that are Incompatible.
Many home builders seek to use the
feature ideas of many houses, and that
is utterly impossible, for the ideas are
disSimilar and cannot be put together
without disregarding cost or sacrif1c-
ing appearance.
In building q home the thought
should be borne in mind that every
cubic foot Of inclosed space repre-
sents fraction of the cost. In actual
practice the cost ranges from Is to
80 cents per cubic foot. If, due to
careless or impractical arrangement,
the space is not disable. 1t represents q
dead loss, and that fact will become
painfully evident to the owner If ever
the house is placed on the market.
These practical ideas of value
should be kept in mind when examin-
ing plan with q view to its adoption,
or in making up tentative plans from
which the final design Is to be made.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
THIS MANS HOBBY IS SNAKES
St Louisan Travels All Over the
World in Quest Of Rare Speei-
mems Of Reptiles.

Julius Hurter, ST., Of 2348 South
Tenth street, noted snake hunter and
Psychologist, owner of one of the
most complete collections Of reptiles
in the world, died. 1t is understood
that he willed his collection to the
Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton. Hurter had Travelled all over the
world in quest Of rare reptiles and am
phibia. He captured many of these
alive and kept them at his home until
q favorable season for killing them
and preserving them.
In his snake hunts Hurter followed
the dangerous plan Of waiting until
the reptile struck and then jumping
aside and catching it by the tail. Some
times he was bitten, but the hypo-
dermic needle and strychnine averted
evil effects. Hurter never sold any of
his specimens, but sometimes traded.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Judges Should Be Compelled to Execute
the Men They Sentence to the Gallows
By ANITA CALVERT BOURGEolsE
Prss;deni Woman's National Political Leseus

judge sentences to be hanged make that Judge do the
hanging and I'll here be few death penalties imposed
There is no judge living who would spring Most them feel
that killing man by law is all rghproded else does the
killing The Womans National Political league law compelling
the Judge be executoner well judge and personally shall
rest until such law is the statute books of every
The league also pledged to the establishment every
publc defender officer whose duty shall be every
accused of just is the function of public
cutor" to prosecute such
Prosecuting attorneys hired at high salaries and leave
nntuned make the the accused hires
attorney he has the behind poweess
defend himself while the prosecuting attorney with many
including the police net of evidence about him. Finally
attorney appointed to defend him. cub
knows hardly about defending his involuntary the
accused himself We think unfair
The state exists protect its citizens talent
them guilty should provide prove them nno
cent The theory that is proved guilty not
practced
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
TRAINING TODAY'S
BOYS AND GIRLS
Happy Child Is the One That
Travels Peacefully.
KEEPING HIM GOOD NATURED
"Busy Work" for Fidoety Little Hands,
A Set of Simple Amusements, and
Mothers Train Problem Is No
Problem at All.
BY SiDoNIE M. GUTENBERG.

W HEN the train stopped at the first
w station, the older of the two wom-
en- near the end of the car looked out
nervously to see who was getting on.
She was not awaiting anyone; she was
only worrying lest some children get
aboard and make the rest Of the trip
miserable for her. Some children did
get On-three of them, with only one
mother to take care Of them. Then
the nervous woman felt sure there
would be trouble, and her companion
could not comfort her. She knew the
shouting; that they would be restless
and bother the mother for drink or
for candy, and that they would surely
make her journey miserable. She only
dared hope that they would not stay
on the train long. And when the train
started off again, she settled down
comfortably 10 good, Old-fashioned
fretting spell.
And at the same time the mother
of the three children settled down
First she called the porter and had
him get n table. At this she placed
the two older children, with box of
cOlOred crayOns and some outline pic
lures. The children set to work com
pairing notes as 10 the color to be used
for the horses or ships, and babbling
continuously about the incidents sug-
geSted by the pictures. The youngest
child was given some beads, with
which he played until he fell asleep:
and the mother took occasion 10 sit
back quietly and rest while there was
still a chance.
When the children tired of working
with the crayOns the mother dipped
into her baggage again and brought
forth some "cut-out" pictures, with
two pairs of dull-noSed scissors. Sort
ing the pictures and deciding which
ones were to be attacked first helped
to eat up some of the time, and then
they were busy nearly an hour-with
casional glances at the moving land
Scape.
After o short period of relaxation
the children were again ready TO do
something, and the mother suggested
reading a story. This seemed to meet
with approval, and the mother drew
forth book the children selected the
story, and the mother read to them.
They stopped to look at the pictures
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01

ures up TO the current standard. The
staircase is conveniently arranged and
economical both with respect to cost
and space occupied.
The projection in the wall, forming
the outer end of the dining room. is
glazed. and if this is given a southern
exposure it will prove excellent for
ferns and Towering plants.
Kitchen is compact and convenient.
and that is all kitchen need be.
Toilet on the first floor is centrally
located. big point in its favor. Ac-
cess may be had through the kitchen
or the north" bedroom.
That corner room. labeled bed
ROOM" is filled with possibilities. The
wife would instantly recognize it as a
sewing room, the husband as den.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Compulsory Arbitration Means Simply
Inal by Jury Instead Of Brute Force
By ELISHA LEE
6aiman Nst;ooal Coufesenes Commir.e Of Railway,

am not prepared to that all problems
should be placed unreseredy the control of public
DO believe that when controversy between the
reaches where the interests of the public that
then there should be compulsory peaceful settlement judicial settle
mnt that will the public interest well rights of the
parties to the controversy body of public
interest subordinate their private rights their public should
be with the full understanding that their rights be in evev way
safeguarded by the public
We at the parting the One road continue
non OF the system OF unrestricted private bargaining that eventually
reads TO settlement by force The other road restriction gula.
ton OF private bargaining for the protection rights of the
Public-trlal by jury instead of trial by brute
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01

the children as a playroom, the farmer
or doctor as an office-in which case
an outside entrance should be pro
vided. II could be used for any of
these purposes, and at pinch also
serve as n bedroom.
Upstairs are three large bedrooms,
bath and numerous commOdiOuS clos
cts. These closets are commOdiouS
with respect to floor area, but cramped
for height. They occupy the low space
under the roof, but do not continue 10
the point where the rafters join the
plate.
The only foot of waste space in the
house is in the upstairs hall, and that
unused space is limited in area.
In many homes considerable per-
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
BY the Skin Of His Teeth

II had the narrowest kind of an es.
cape from getting into terrible trouble
last night" confessed old Festus
Poster. 1.-The family that moved in
next door to us yesterday have hound
dog which yapped and hammered oil
night long. When / could endure no
more of 1t I arose and threw q shoe at
him. Thank heaven. / missed him. for
this morning I learned that the head
of the family is second cousin to a
policeman.-Kansas City Star.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Your BIB Gun

Inexpensive toys are often we'll
made, but never proof against wear
and hard usage, and all shooting
weapons are subject to the latter. Most
frequently the trigger fails to hold the
spring plunger when the action is
levered and in this case the catch has
worn round. Simply unscrew the bolt
on which the trigger piece pivots and
hle the catch sharp on the back, being
careful to keep the angle the same.
The plunger catch rarely wears down.
but when 1t does get a new gun.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01

She showed the Showed the nc
picture of Allie to ture OF Allie.
her-but of course Allie never even
smiled. She looked at it just as she
looked at everything else.
"'You dear, precious dollie, SAID
Alice. you don't care whether you
have a painting Of your dear old face
or not. But It's q great comfort 10
your mother
1.-The lady was so pleased ut the
picture Of Alice, and she was PROUD
of herself that she had thought Oh
having Alice bring her doll.
when Alice's mother saw inc
painting she said: Whatever mace
you think of having her hold Ailo
Baa? Why, that is just like my gear
little girl-just the way we always
see her. How glad I am And lhe
lady was happy. for she had mace 'ns
real mother and the makeoene''
mother so pleased!"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
First.Floor Plan.

Inc 1t In the light Of modern ideas and
compare anc contrast it with your
ideals.
There are the sters leading to the
porch, with a convenient railing on
which the young folks may roost dur
ing their twilight cnatters. If left
uninclosed the porch Is wide enough
for all practical purposes. If inclosed
an additional two feet In width, for
which arrangements possibly could be
made, would increase its use value.
Entering, We find q large living
room, one Of the first essentials of
present-day houses. This living room,
with its fireplace and bookcase, meas
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Victorious But conouered

Victories are often purchased at
great cost. Sometimes the victory be-
comes a defeat. What tickles the na-
donal fancy may drive men TO ex-
tremes but the extremes may bring
consequences little dreamed of. In
the midst Of the celebrations of VIC
tory the collapse Of power may begin.
No nation is so dangerously near ca.
lamity as 1t is In the moment of its
triumpas. Then 1t is that the bars of
'estraint are lowered and follies caper
the guise Of festive heralds of
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Wanted to Know More.

The captain of industry was aouress
ing the students Of the business COZ
lege. ,,o5
IAN my success in life" he declareu
proudly. call my enormous hnancia'
prestige, / owe TO one thing aione
nluck lust take that for your motto
pluck, pluck, pluck oo,
He paused impressively ana a ,neeN
LITTLE student on the front row said' -,
Eyes, sir, but please tell us how ana
whom did you pluck. hoiH'
Journal.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01

crowd, fallen word, the chance glance
of an eye-Of such as this interviewer
with the cross thread of his marvellous
Imagination, he did his matchless work.
Let it so rest as his best monument.
The little peckings Of the critics about
the base will but serve to keep clean
the stone.-Stephen Leacock, In New
Republic.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Proof Of TRAVELLING.

Helen's sister was going to spend a
week with her aunt. Helen, who is
only four and one-half years old.
spread the news to her plnymates in
this way: Mays goin' travelin'."
THAT amt travelling" replied one of
the children. well, she's taking n
night gown along; amt that travelin' ~
asked she.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01

practical features are combined. The
rooms are large. conveniently arranged
and we'll lighted. The exterior is at
tractive.
This home may not suit you in
every particular, but then you are
reading plans to get ideas and you get
one, or a part of one, from every plan
you examine, and one day you will
find all Of your ideas combined in just
the way you want them combined, and
that will be your house.
All worthy ideals are worth striv-
ing for, and your ideal Of a home GER
tainly is worth the effort 1t will cost
you to secure or produce it.
Why not take this design and exam
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01

fore she had
seemed so unlike
q child. She had
looked so sad.
/" Yes said the
lady to herself,
I will certainly
have Alice hold
ing the DOLL
"And then she
did q painting Of
Allie Baa, and II
looked just like
her. How delight
ed Alice was!
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
x,.,,,, lin and Catching UP.

The ones who are always tryins "
catch up with some neglected , tasn'
arc likely to go to bed tired and oisag
no,nted. Keeping up with our WORK
ought not to be too hard for any Q. y.
n we are well and strong But ca..n
inc mn With work is different ma''ef'