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The Washington herald., 1917-10-23

New York. Oct. 22.-Booth Tarking-
ton has come over from Indianap-
oils for his annual visit with 'edi-
tors. He is still holding his pledge
along with Samuel Blythe never
again to touch a drop Of into xicating
liquors and not even the seductive
and far famed cocktails of the Lambs
Club dispenser tempts him.
But II does not in any way inter-
fere with his story telling proclivi-
ties. The other night he and Wilton
Lackaye were spinning yarns and
Harrington told this one.
In small Hoosier town the station
agent also held the jobs of tele-
graph operator, news agent. baggage
master. ticket seller and freight
agent He was a rather short-tem-
pered abrupt little man with red hair.
On one particular afternoon there
had been some development OF an
irritating nature in his diverse duties.
Trains were late, the telegraph wire
was in trouble, the newspapers hadn't
arrived, q trunk was lost, a counter
felt quarter showed up in the cash
drawer and the bills of lading failed
to accord with the freight packages
on hand.
At $50 when the man OF many
duties was scanning the misft bills
of lading and simultaneously ham,
mering at the dead telegraph key. a
! tall. sallow faced man in clerical
attire thrust his head through the
ticket window: Brother" he said.
SIS there any tidings of the fve-
| ffteen?"
Not a dod-blim tiding." was the
emphatic response.
It might be said that there are
/ places where a more emphatic eS-
pletive may be substituted for dad
blim." Mr.. Harrington used some
thing else.
]. c. Drouillard. of the Herald, wa:
in Paris when the war was declared
and several weeks later he had occa'
sion to visit a hospital where there
were many wounded soldiers.
In going through the wards, he saw
one strapping Irishman who hat
just been brought in pretty badly
wounded. His nurse futtered around
him and was impressed with hi
cheerfulness.
As she applied ice to his head and
washed some blood from his face
she remarked: This is a terribl,
war;"
The Irishman looked at her. with
half smile. Yes, IL is terrible.
he said. But it is the only ont
we've got"
In these days of frantic filmdon
motion picture managers are busy
men. 1t requires the nerve of bur
/ glar to enable a would-be actress {,
reach one in his office. However
an overdressed woman Of ripe year
pushed her way past the office boy
the other day and into the sanctun
OF the man who hires and fires.
81 wish to become a movie actress.
she announced. ct feel that hav
within me the making of grea
impersonator of the silent drama"
Have you ever had any experience
nadam?" asked the manager.
Miss. IL You please, simpered tn
perienee. Ny face is my fortune"
well, you needn't worry about tn
income tax, it that's the case.
grunted the manager. Don't sian
the door"
Up In East Harlem, A. Stacker
tonsorial artet, has been worrying
why his business has fallen of sine
the war. He went to a police station
about 1t. The policeman went to hi
shop and on the window read tn
fanciful line OF "a. Stacker, Ton
sorfal Artist" He told the barber Z
write out his first name in full. Per
haps that would help. IT thought O
that too" he said, ''but I can't. Yo
see my. first name is Adam"
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23

A baseball fan" wants to know who made thu
Heine Zimmerman play in this fuel regulation game
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-26

GETTING ALL THE NEWS.-That
accident in the Marshall Field Annex
building Saturday was a good exam
pie of how the Trust Press of Chi
cago does not give readers all the
news and how The Day Book does.
A man fell down fourteen stories of
an elevator shaft to death. But it
happened to happen in a building
that is owned by the owners Of a big
department store. So the Trust
Press crawled into a hole and pulled
the hole in after it and didn't make
peep about the accident
It's poor business to hurt the feel
ings of those who help to make you a
success financially. No advertisers
help The Day Book along That's
why we can print ALL the news
without coloring it-and why the
loop papers lay low on lots of live
news.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-26
SOCIETY SLAPPED

SUCIE n SLAPPED ON THE
WRIST.-When Mrs. Marshall Field
and five other society women of
Washington were ordered out of
theater for making some remarks
about the performance, society got a
kick in the slats-Or, to be more pO-
lite, a slap on the wrist.
The ousted women were in a box
at the Belasco theater watching
Nine. Nazimova perform in Caption
Shoals" During the second act one
Of the party said something that got
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-26

Nazimova's goat. She wouldn't go
on with the play until the offensive.
box party left They did so by re-
quest.
So cheer up, folks. Financial and
social standing is not everything. A
lot of poor folks up in the gallery
were allowed to sit and see the whole
play through.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-26

SORE THROAT-Cleaniness is
next to Goodness, they say. And it
is also partly the cause of sore
throatlessness. There is a regular
epidemic of sore throat in our city
right now. 1t is contagious. Try
not to. get it! If you do fall a victim,
however, try to keep it to yourself.
Follow the rule Of give unto your
neighbOr what you would have him
give unto you" And who wants his
neighbOr to give him a sore cold?
SHORT ONES
For work on air craft Uncle Sam
has available $12O,0OO,OOO. The old
high-fyer!
There are 200 species of onions,
and each of them causes a different
breath.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

on unimproved grades and without
proper drainage. failure has neces-
sarily resulted There are on record in
the department of agriculture instances
showing where the so-called macad-
am roads have been built with
bond money by simply dumping
broken stone at the wrong time of
year on muddy surfaces without
grades or alignments and without roll
ing or binding. Investment Of money
In new roads does not become real
economy until provision is made for
keeping these new roads in condition
by maintenance and repair after they
are built.
Through misunderstanding Of the
essential principles underlying the es-
tablishment of proper country road
system, conflicts of interest sometime
arise which cause the failure of the
bond-issue plan. The location of the
roads to be improved should not be
determined by argument, but upon
sound engineering and economic prin-
ciples. Before q community votes to
issue bonds for highways 1t is neces-
sary to study thoroughly what roads
ought to be improved, and the APP
proximate cost of their construction
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

Drink it now" she said when it
was cool enough.
The little princess drank, and in a
few minutes she said: Il see a beau
tiful bright light; what Is it?'
THAT Is the sun setting" said Sun
shine. You can see now, and the
world will always look bright to you,
for you will no longer be blind"
Sunshine took the little princess
back to the castle, where the king was
waiting, and when he knew that his
daughters sight had been restored he
held feast and told everyone how
Sunshine had cured the princess, and
that In return for this he intended to
make her his daughter also.
In the midst of the feast servant
came to the king and said that a girl
had been found by the side of the cas-
tie wall faint from the want of food,
and when they brought her. in Sun
shine saw it was her sister Clouds.
But she did not tell the king how
selfish Clouds had been to her. she
only said: "She is my sister; we were
lost in the woods"
When Clouds found how kind and
unselfish her sister was she became
ashamed of herself and determined to
be like her, so for the sake of Sun
shine the king adopted both of them,
and they lived at the castle with the
little princess and grew up to be good
and useful women.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

most superb. Enough globe-trotters
have seen 1t to establish that fact.
Many have come cynically prepared
to be disappointed; to find 1t over
drawn and really not 80 stupendous as
something else. 1t is, after all. hard
test that 30 betrayed wonder must
endure under the critical scrutiny OF
them that have seen the earth and the
fullness thereof But never has the
most self-satisfed veteran traveller
been disappointed in the Grand can
yon, or dared to patronize it,
The quebrada of the Apu-Rimac is
marvel of the Andes, with its YER
tiginous depths and It's suspension
bridge of wild vines. The Grand can
yon OF the Arkansas, in Colorado, is
noble little slit in the mountains.
The Francona and White mountain
notches in New Hampshire are beau
tiful. The Yosemite and the Yellow
stone canyons surpass the world, each
in its way; but il all these were hung
up on the opposite wall of the Grand
canyon from you, the chances are
fifty to one that you could not tell
t'other from which, nor any OF them
from the hundreds OF other canyons
which rib that vast gorge. If the falls
of Niagara>were installed in the Grand
canyon between your yisits--next time
you stood on that dizzy rimrock you
would probably need good field glasses
and much patience before you could
locate that cataract which in its place
looks pretty big. II Mount Washing
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

thing to eat, and when Sunshine asked
her for something she replied: IF
you were silly enough to give away
your share do not think am silly also.
! shall keep this for myself"
Sunshine cried herself to sleep that
night, more because of her sisters
unkindness than because she was hun
cry, and the next morning when she
awoke she found herself alone. Clouds
had gone away before she was awake.
Poor Sunshine walked all day and
asked at each door for work, but none
could she find, and she was afraid to
sleep under a tree alone, so she
crawled between two rocks and pulled
the bushes over her to hide herself
from the animals that lived in the
wood.
When she awoke the moon was
shining, and she heard voices, and
looking out from her hiding place, she
saw some queer-looking little crea-
lures sitting on the ground. They
were the little brown men. and they
big castle not far away.
( II could tell him what would restore
his daughters sight" said one, but
what good would it do for me ITO go to
the castle; l am so small that they
would not see me, and IL they did /
do not know what would happen. No.
l am not going to take any such risk,
but I will tell you what would cure
her"
what Is II? asked one.
"If the princess would get up early
in the morning and go into the woods
while the dew is still on the bushes
and get cupful of the dew and then
find the we'll of fire that Is on the top
of the mountain and set the dew to
boil over It, and when 1t Is cool
drink Il, that would cure her"
Sunshine listened, and when the
little brown men went away she re-
membered what she had heard, and
the next morning she ate some berries
and started for the castle, where the
blind princess lived
IT want to see the king" said Sun
shine, when the gate OF the castle was
opened.
What do you want with the king?
asked the kings servant.
"That cannot tell to you replied
Sunshine; but you must let me see
him or the little princess will always
be blind"
Wher 80 servant heard that he let
Sunshi for everyone loved the
little p, ,ess.
When Sunshine told the king the
cure she had learned from the little
brown men he did not have much
faith, but he wished to try everything,
and 80 one morning the little princess
set out with Sunshine and gathered
the dew in a cup pef
All day they walked, for It was q
long way to the top of the mountain,
and just ~ the sun was going down
they came to the well of fire.
There was q grating over the top
and on this the little blind princess
guided BY Sunshine placed the cup.
and as soon as the dew boiled Sun
shine took II OF to cool
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17
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SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS.

Once upon q time there were two
sisters, one was called Sunshine be-
cause she was always laughing and
had kind word for everyone.
The other sister was called Clouds,
because she was so cross-looking and
never had pleasant word for any
one
Sunshine and Clouds lived with
their uncle. who was miser, and
when they grew up he thought they
ate too much, so one morning he gave
each of them a pail filed with food
and told them they must go away and
earn their living.
They walked a long distance the
first day without finding work, and
when it came night they sat under a
tree to eat their supper.
Let us eat the food from your pail
first said Clouds, land then we can
throw away the pail and only have
one pail to carry"
Sunshine thought this was a good
plan, and let her sister help herself
to all the incest things in her pail,
and then next morning they ate from
Sunshine's pail also, and when night
came they were still without place
to sleep, and Sunshine's pail was
empty.
Clouds sat down to eat her supper,
but she did not offer her sister any
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

ton were plucked up bodily by the
roots--not from where you see it, but
from sea-level-and carefully set
down in the Grand canyon you prob
ably would not notice IL next morning,
unless its dull colors distinguished it
in that innumerable congress Of larger
and painted giants.
All this, which is literally true, Is a
mere trife OF what might be said in
trying to fix standard of comparison
for the Grand canyon. You may COM
pare all you WILL eloquently and from
wide experience, and at last all SMILES
fail. The Grand canyon is just the
Grand canyon, and that Is all you can
say.
1t is no mere cleft 1t Is terrific
trough 5000 to 1000 feet deep, ten to
twenty miles wide, hundreds of miles
long, peopled with hundreds of peaks
taller than any mountain east of the
Rockies, yet not one of them with it's
head so high as your feet, and all
ablaze with such color as no eastern or
European landscape ever knew. And
as you sit upon the brink the divine
scene-shifters give you a new canyon
every hour. With each degree of the
suns course the great counter-sunk
mountains fade away and new ones.
as terrific, are carved by the westering
shadows.
The Grand canyon country Is not
only the hugest, but the most varied
and instructive example on earth OF
one of the chief factors of earth-build-
Ing erosion. 1t is the mesa country
the land of tables. Nowhere else on
the footstool is there such an example
Of deep-gnawing water or OF water
high carving. The sandstone mesas
Of the Southwest, the terracing of
canyon walls, the castellation, battle
menting and cliff-making, the cutting
down OF whole landscape except its
precipitous islands OF fiat-topped rock.
the thin lava tablecloths on tables
100 feet high--these are a few of the
things which make the Southwest
wonderful alike to the scientist and
the sightseer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

and dotted with agate trunks two to
four feet in diameter; and just across
one valley a buried forest" whose
huge silicified-not agatized-logs
show their ends under fifty feet Of
sandstone.
The largest natural bridge in the
world, go feet high. over 500 feet
span and over 600 feet wide, up and
down stream, and with an orchard on
It's top and miles of stalactite caves
under its abutments.
The largest variety and display Of
geologically recent volcanic action in
North America, with 60-mile lava
flows, 1,500foot blankets of creamy
tufa cut by scores of canyons; hun
dreds of craters and thousands OF
square miles of lava beds, basalt and
cinders, and so much volcanic glass"
(obsidian) that it was the chief tool
of the prehistoric population. ID.
Cave and Cliff Dwellings.
The largest and the most impressive
villages of cave-dwellings in the
world, most of them already aban-
doned when the "world-seeking Geno-
ese" sailed.
The many-storied cliff dwellings,
castles and forts and homes, in the
faces of wild precipices or upon their
tops-an aboriginal architecture as re-
markable as any in the land.
The rs strange communal town re-
80 Aa,N 20 ~ ha urlt
dwellers," the modern Pueblos; some
in fertile valleys, some like Acoma
and HopD perched on barren and
dizzy cliff tops. The strange dances,
rites, dress and customs of these an
cient peoples who have solved the
problem of irrigation, six-story house
building and clean self-government
and even women's rights-long before
Columbus was born.
Some of the most notable tribes OF
savage nomads, like the Navajos
whose blankets and silver work are
pre-eminent, and the Apaches, who
man for man, have been probably the
most successful warriors in history.
Greatest chasm In the World.
At the head OF the list stands the
Grand canyon of Arizona; whether II
is the greatest wonder of the world
depends little on our definition pi
wonder" Possibly 1t Ia no more won
derful than the fact that so tiny =
fraction of the people who confess
themselves the smartest in the world
have ever seen 1t. As q people we &c
abroad to see scenery incomparably
inferior.
But beyond peradventure It 10 the
greatest chasm in the world, and the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

or the various methods of financing
road projects the one most generally
practiced for raising substantial fund
which will be available for immediate
expenditure is through the issuance OF
bonds. Experience, say the road spe-
cialists of the department, has shown
good roads to be a sound investment,
both from a business and economic
standpoint. II properly proportioned
and managed bond issues are made for
their improvement, the roads them
selves will pay off the Indebtedness
thus created through the utility which
they afford and the saving which will
result in the cost OF hauling.
Some Reasons for Failure.
Instances are not lacking where
bond issues for highway purposes
have proved failures. These failures
are due to mismanagement rather than
to defective principle. Where coun-
ties have issued highway bonds the
proceeds Of which have been spent
to construct temporary road surfaces
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

one, and hardened travel
ers do not take it lightly upon the
tongue. Noticeably it Is most glibly
in use with those who but lately, and
for the first time, have wandered be-
yond their native state or county.
Yet in every sort there is, of course.
somewhere "the best thing In the
world" Of its kind
There is and can be no dispute that
the term applies literally to several
things in the immediate region of the
Grand canyon of Arizona AS has more
than once been said, probably no other
equal area on earth contains so many
supreme marvels OF so many kinds
so many astounding sights, so many
masterpieces Of natures handiwork,
so vast and conclusive an encyclope-
dia OF the world-building processes, so
impressive monuments of prehistoric
man, so many triumphs of man still
in the tribal relation-as does what
has been called the Southwestern
Wonderland" This includes a large
part of New Mexico and Arizona, the
area which geographically and eth
geographically we may count as the
Grand canyon region. A few wonders
are:
The largest and by far the most
beautiful of all petrified forests, with
surface is carpeted with agate chips
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

many communities, it is now becoming
common for counties to adopt this
plan. In all engineering construction
it is customary to allow certain per-
centage OF the cost for engineering
and supervision. There is mo reason
why highway building should be made
an exception to this rule. At least
five per cent of the bond issue may
well be set aside for engineering and
supervision alone. Money spent to
hire competent engineer to make pre-
liminary investigations before bonds
are issued and to plan and supervise
construction will be well spent. 1t
is not uncommon to find counties that
will repeatedly postpone the sale Of
bonds in order to obtain an increase
of one per cent in bid for 100000
or less and then proceed to construct
the roads in a most haphazard and ILL
planned manner.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17
BACKYARD GARDENS BY BOYS
Government Specialist Says Children
Are Able to Carry on Larger
Projects Than Expected.

Boys and girls are able to carry on
much larger garden projects than we
formerly believed says DR.. c. ID.
Jarvis. the government specialist in
children's quarters.
There is no trouble in stirring up
interest in growing things where chill
dren are concerned" he adds, land
many little gardeners have utilized
enough, of their back yards. Often.
however. there is a shortage OF pen
MES wherewith to buy seeds; and to
supply these gratuitously, and still to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

and maintenance. Too frequently Ill
advised locations are adopted.
Need for Highway Engineers.
Highway plans for bond issues re-
quire expert skill and professional
service. Before the amount of bonds
is determined, thorough study Of
the needs of the county should be
made and careful maps OF the pro-
posed highway system should be pre-
pared. The sum to be issued should
not be fixed until It is reasonably
known what it will accomplish. 1t is
customary for many counties to APP
point a commission of business men
under whose Jurisdiction the bond
money is expended. In other cases
the county supervisor or county COM
missioner has the direction of expendi-
lures. The best results have always
foil owed where such commissions or
county boards have secured the serv-
ices of a competent highway en-
gineer.
Guided by the costly experience Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17
The Farm Boys Creed.

I believe that the country
which God made is more beau
tiful than the city which man
made; that life out of doors and
In touch with the earth is the
natural life OF man. | believe
that work with nature Is more
inspiring than work with the
most intricate machinery. | ne
lieve that the dignity OF labor
depends not on what you do but
how you do IL; that opportunity
comes to a boy on the farm az
often as to the boy i'm the city:
that life is larger and freer and
happier on the farm than in
the town; that my success de-
ponds not upon my location, but
upon myself not upon my
dreams, but upon what / actual
ly do; not upon luck, but upon
pluck. believe in working
when you work, and in playing
when you play, and in giving
and demanding a square deal in
every act of life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

Merchant Ito applicant) --Whap 10
need is a correspondence clerk who II
a rapid writer. BY the way. what
have you been working at?
Applicant--I've been . movie actor.
sir.
Merchant--You havef Well, say, n
you can write letters for M with half
the speed you movie actors do In those
picture scenes. you're Just the man
We want
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17

The split log drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainte-
nance of public highways than any
implement Of modern usage. A drag
can be built or purchased for $50 and
is easily operated by anyone who can
drive a team.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17
Mamma Was q PaImIst

Little Fred-My mamma can tell
things by looking at peoples hands.
visitor-Indeed! Is she palmist?
Little Fred--I don't know; but every
time she looks at my hands she tells
me to go and wash 'em.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17
with His Mouth.

Aunt-Willie. don't you want to help
me freeze the fee cream?
willie--Naw! I'll wait an help you
thaw II after its froze.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-17
Authorization Of Don't.

Teacher-Now. Clarence, can you
tell me what cant is the abbrevia-
ton Of?
Clarence-It's the abreviation of
cannot"
Teacher-That's right. Now, Edgar,
what is don't" the abreviation' Of?
Edgar-Doughnut.