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The Monticellonian., 1917-02-22

Entered at the Post Office at Monticello Ark. as second class mail matter.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-22
The MOnticelIOnian.

THURSDAY, FEB. 22ND 1917.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29

Mr.. Hayes said he had spent several
years playing leading roles with some
Of the larger Shakespearean companies.
II liked these plays very much" he
said, but like many others learned thai
they did not pay and so I quit. I then
went into stock at the California Theater
in San Francisco and was leading man
for four years.
when | was attending college at Chi
cago I was greatly interested in athletics.
I made the baseball team, played foot
ball and did lots Of gym work When
1 graduated 1 went to work with my
father who was in the contracting busi-
ness. This was hard work and dad sure
believed in letting me do all | could, but
il gave me powerful muscles.
"Muldoon's troupe of wrestlers came to
Chicago. Muldoon was offering $50 to any
one who could stay with one of his men
fifteen minutes Some of the men I was
working with urged me to make a try
Well, I stayed and took away the fifty.
Muldoon wanted to sign me up with his
troupe. but my father would not think
of letting me go on the stage. and so
dropped wrestling for the time.
"A little later I went back to It anc
that is how Robert Downing happened to
find me. Because Of my size and strength
he signed me up for the leading role in
the Gladiator This was my first real
piece of acting"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
DRAMA LEAGUE PLAYS
ON APRIL II and l9
One-Act Shows to Be Presented at
Wilson Normal School.

Dates for the presentation of the four
one-act plays. written by Washington
authors, to be given by the players
group, Drama League, yesterday were
announced as April II and 10. The plays
VIII be given in the assembly hall Of the
James ormond Wilson Normal School.
One Of the plays, a pantomime. which
has been In rehearsal for some time, has
just acquired name. It is Fee, Fl.
Fo. Fun" The name is tentative
The four playwrlghts are Esther Gal
braith. Mary A. Kirkup, Bertram Bloch
and Evenlyn Won Emig.
Several changes have been made In the
casts. As they now stand the players in
each follow: TRAINS" by Miss Won
Emig. Laura Vessels Elton B. Taylor
and Dorothy Pasch: THE Brink of Sill.
ence." by Miss Galbraith, c. A. Lyon,
Frederic B. Wright, Ralph A. Hayes and
Edwin +. Ludwig; "Coranda's wooing,"
by Miss Kirkup. Finley S. Hayes, Mau-
eice Jarvis, Milton Bryan. Charles Shut
terly. r. Mason Wilhelm, Bennett l..
Mead, Alfred Harding, Dorothy Wood.
Ada Howell and Julian Chase; Fee. III.
Fo, Fun by Mr. Bloch, Frederic B.
Wright, Detlow Marthinson. Henry Do
Ian, John B. TuttIe, Louis NJ. Howe,
William Kemper Maude Howell Smith,
Elsie Agnes Lancaster, Mary Minnix, Sue
White and Katheryn Hitchcock.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
GUARD RELIEF WORKERS
OBTAIN HEADQUARTERS

The civilian relief committee of the
District of Columbia Red Cross to aid the
the families Of soldiers called out for ser
vice has secured through the generosity
of Robert C. Wilkins a location at 1901
Connecticut avenue. store e.
John Dolph. chairman OF the commit
tee on distribution. will have charge of
the giving out of relief to soldiers fami-
lies. Mr.. Dolph was in charge last sum-
mer of the work done for the Guardsmen's S
families. undertaken by the Rotary Club.
There is a need for volunteer workers
first. for volunteers office workers, and
second. for volunteer workers to inves-
tigate the needs Of different families
There will be a finance committee ap-
pointed by the Red Cross Immediately.
The work will have to be carried on by
contributions to be secured by the new
finance committee
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
Woman's Party Workers
Start Capitol Lobbying

The legislative committee of the Ma
tional Woman's Party redoubled its
membership yesterday morning and be-
gan work on the Sixty-fifth Congress.
All day women made their way to Capi-
tol Hill, under direction of Miss Anne
Martin, Of Nevada. and Miss Maud
Younger. of California, to meet and talk
with the newly arrived eighty-nine new
members who are to be seen before
Thursday night
All Democrats known to have been
favorable to the Federal suffrage amend
ment will be met preceding the noon
caucus tomorrow. and urged to place the
amendment in their legislative program
and among the special measures for de-
tense. The same demand will be made
before the caucus of the Republicans to-
morrow night
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
PACIFISTS BACK WILSON

The Advocate of Peace" the official
organ of the American Peace Society, in
its April issue. which appears tomorrow.
declares in n leading editorial that.
while advocating strongly peaceful means
Of settling international disputes. the
society will stand faithfully behind the
President and the government in what
ever they in their superior wisdom de-
eide to be the proper course for this ma
ton to take in its relations with Ger
many.
We are opposed TO war as a means Of
settling interna tional disputes" writes
the editor. Arthur Deerln, who is also
secretary of the society.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
New Way to Remove
Hairs Creates Sensation
actually Take. Out the Root,l

What beauty specialists regard as
one OF the most important discoveries
OF removing superfluous hair. Its great
advantage, Of course, lies in the fact
tnat 1t actually removes the hair roots.
II does this easily, instantly, harm
Lessly. Sufferers from the affliction
named need no longer despair. The
actual hair-roots come out before your
very eyes. leaving the skin as smooth
and hairless as a babes
Because 1t offers such complete re-
lief. stick Of phelactine is the most
inexpensive thing a woman can buy
for the removal Of hairy growths For
the same reason druggists do not hes
1tate to sell 1t under a money-back
guarantee. You can use it with entire
safety; it is So harmless one could even
eat it without any ill effect.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
Increased Foodstufs Urged
By Gov. Cox as War Move

Columbus, Ohio. March 27.-Gov. Cox
today issued a proclamation urging all
citizens to prepare for Immediately i'm
pending war between Germany and the
United States by increasing the produc-
tion Of foodstuffs to the greatest possible
maximum through intensive cultivation
Of vacant lots and gardens in cities and
all waste lands In the rural districts,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
COL. HARPER HoNoRED.
Chairman of inaugural Committee
Given Watch and Punch Bowl,

Members Of the inaugural committee
expressed the gratitude Of the city of
Washington to Col Robert N. Harper,
chairman Of the committee. at a final
meeting OF the 1917 inaugural commit
tee In the red room of the Willard Hotel
yesterday morning.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow, who
made the presentation OF the watch and
the punch bowl to Col. Harper, called
the attention of the assemblage to the
untiring devotion which the chairman had
displayed and the success which had at
tended his efforts.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
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The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION.
Will Attend Labor Meeting at Bal.
timOre in June

P. J. Ryan. Daniel Hassett. and ]. II,
Watt have been elected delegates from
Plate Printers Local No 2 to the con.
vention of the Maryland and District OF
Columbia Federation of Labor, to be held
at Cumberland, Md. In June. Mr. Ryan
is editor of the Plate Printer, and is the
Oldest delegate to the federation In point
Of service.
Elmer S. Jordan has been elected dele
gate from the union to the Central Labor
Union. succeeding James F. Early Louis
Nichols and Mr.. Early have been nomi-
mated for vice president of the union to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of A II. Mills. The election of Of
fCers will occur next month
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29

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have to defend.
REAR ADMIRAL ROBT. E.
PEARY SAYS:
America - The Land We
Love" is an inspiring book.
May it quicken the latent patrii-
oism of our people.
You should secure TODAY
this great book "AMERICA
THE LAND WE LOVE-
which will fully inform you
about this great nation. It's
just of the press. You should
have it.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
OYSTERS DENATURED.
Pies. Liver, Peas sand Strawberries
Also Destroyed by Health onicials.

Inspectors of the Health Department
during the past week examined, con-
demned and denatured forty gallons of
oysters. thirty-two quarts Of strawber-
ries. two baskets Of peas. four pounds
Of liver three pies. one-half barrel OF
salt fish, 100 grapefruit, FIVE pounds of
prunes. twelve pounds Of cracker dust,
five pounds OF green sausage, one-Quarter
peck OF turnips, ten pounds of pork and
eleven chickens. .|@
The chemical laboratory examined 10
specimens of milk and cream. Six farms
in the District were inspected, four in
Pennsylvania, twenty-four in Virginia,
and fifty-six in Maryland. and on these
farms 1,3S5 cattle underwent rigid in
spection for traces of disease.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
'BURLESQUE COMEDIAN
PLAYED SHAKESPEARE
Edmond Hayes Received Early Train
ing in Classic Drama.

Edmond Hayes. "The Wise Guy" and
"Piano Mover" In Barney Gerard's
Some Show" this weeks attraction at
the Gayety, does not like to be inter-
viewed. He says he is only an ordinary
fellow and that any, one who will pu,
forth the same effort will be just as sue
cessful. -".
The Washington herald., 1917-03-29
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

ing. Pound for pound, corn is fully as nutritious as wheat.
 The South Atlantic states have known the value of corn in cooking for a long time. For this reason we can turn to them now for many deii' cious recipes. The following, for in stance, is a favorite breakfast or luncheon dish with them:
 COrnmeal Waffies.
 One cup milk. Three-fourths cup flour.
 Three-fourths cup cornmea;.
 Two teaspoons baking powder One-half teaspoon salt.
 One egg.
 Add the beaten egg to milk and adl to dry materials, we'll sifted together. Doesn't that sound good?
 And here is another delicious rec. ipe for mullins. Make them once for breakfast and then see how many mornings go by before your family begin to ask 'Wheif>are you going to have those corn.neal mullins again"
 Cornmeal Muffins.
 One cup milk or water.
 OADC anu OuC-IA1IuS cups l1Our. Two-thirds cup cornmeal.
 One to two tablespoons fat.
 One to two tablespoons sugar. One egg. Four tablespoons baking powder. One-half teaspoon salt.
 Method F. Mix milk, egg. and melt ed fat, and add dry ingredients, wei mixed.
 Method II:-Scald cornmeal witf the hot milk; add egg, melted fat, and dry ingredients. ~@ (These articles are supplied by the United States food administration as a practical help to the American wo- man "in doing her bit.")
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
NO JOY RIDING
 FOR ENGLISHMEN

London, Nov. 1O.-The complete sup pression of pleasure riding by auto mobile, and the restriction of gasoline consumption to strictly necessary pur- poses, is aimed at in a series of new petrol regulations just issued. It is now illegal for any automobile owner to drive his car merely for his private convenience.
 If policeman sees an automobile standing outside hotel or theatre, it will be his duty to find the owner and investigate the use which he is making of his car. If the car is being used for any purpose other than those provided in the new regulations, the owner will be prosecuted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
WHAT AVIATORS
 HAVE LEARNED
The Flying Men Have Acquired Their Knowledge, of War .Exigencies'
 By Deadly Experience.

Paris, Nov. 10.-In the opinion of practical airmen and other observers who have been at the front, the pro gress and development in military av- iation during the three years of the war have probably been more marked than in any other branch of the ser vice. Many of the pet theories have been knocked into cooked hat by actual experience on the battle front. Many of the things which it once seemed flying man ought to do have been discovered to be the very things he ought not to do.
 . Under shrapnel fire, for example, it seemed to be the propert thing to climb out of range. But the flying men have learned by deadly experi- ences that the best way to avoid shrapnel is to drop instead of climb, because climbing lessens the speed and affords slower target, while dropping increases the speed and tends to spoil the enemy's range.
 To get above an enemy flyer and in front of him was the early idea of plane-to-plane fighting in the air, but experience proved that the best way to bring down foe was to get below and behind him.
 Aviators who tried to fly without goggles. on the theory that they inter- fered with sight, discovered that in fast movements they could not all ways keep their faces behind their screens. The wind got under the eyelids and puffed them up like little balloons, blinding them.
 And the biggest discovery of all was that if you get into trouble. in the sky by an enemy's hit, the best thing to do is to do nothing. "If you're hit, just leave your controls alone" is the extreme motto of men who have had the experience. They argue that if the machine has got anything left, and is far enough from the ground she'll right herself. If she hasn't, there is nothing the aviator can do to right her.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
sI0REs OF FOOD
 ON FOREST TREES
A1ieening of the Woods Add Material " to the COuntry's Food
 Supply.
It Is said that Daniel Boone and nome of our other early Dioneers could

It Is said that Daniel Boone and some of our other early pioneers could gOl into the wilderness with only a rifle and a sack of salt and Slive in comfort on the game and other wild food which the woods afforded. While few people want to try that sort of thing nowadays, persons who know the food value of the fruits of our native trees and shrubs are, accord. Ing to foresters, able to use them to good advantage in supplementing other foods.
 Wealth in Nuts.
 Aside from the numerous edible mushrooms. roots. fruits or shrubs and smaller plants, the trees of our forests afford large variety of edi- ble which are highly prized by woods c0nn0isseurs. First in importance. Of c0urses are our native nuts-beech nuts, butternuts. walnuts, chestnuts and chinQuapins, hazel nuts and sew eral kinds of hickory nuts, including oceans. The kernels of all these are not only t0Othsome but highly nutri- tious and are used by vegetarians to replAce meat. The oil of the beech nut is said to be little inferior to olive oil. while that of butternuts and walnuts was used by some of the Indans for vRrous purposes. The In- dians, 1t Is said. also formerly mixed chestnuts with cornmeal and made a bread which was baked in cornhusks, like tamales. In parts of Europe bread Is made from chestnuts alone. The chestnut crop in this country is being reduced each year by the chestnut blight disease which in some sections is gradually killing the tree.
 Flour From AcornS.
 Acorns are commonly thought to be fit only for feeding hogs, but many kinds of them can be made adible n0urishing for people as we'll. The Indian custom was to grind the acorns up and leach out the tannin, which makes most of them unfit for eating when raw, by treating the pulp with hot water. The resulting flour, which contained considerable starch, was made either into porridge or baked into small cakes of bread. AS rule. the acorns of the various white oaks having less tannin are the ones beet suited for food. but Indians also used those of black oaks. even tho they contain much tannin. The acorns 8Of the basket or COW oak. the chinqua- pin oak, shin or Rocky Mountain oak, liva oak and of several other specias, are sweet enough to be eaten raw.
 Another nut which is not suited for eating raw, but from which pal atable food Is said to have been pre- pared by the Indians is the buckeye IhQ kernels of these nuts were dried. p0d diered and freed of the poison N6IEh they contain when raw by fil- TIT The resulting paste was ! m cold or bahed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
Food From Pines.

Several western pines have seed which play an important part in the diet of the local Indians. Perhaps the best known of these is the fruit of the nut pine or pinon which forms the basis for local industry of some size. Not only Is 1t extensively eat en by local settlers and Indians, but large quantities are shipped to the cities where the seed. is roasted and sold on the street. The similar seed pine seeds are eagerly sought by the Indians. The latter tree Is said to have gained its name from it's use as a. food by the Digger Indians The seeds of the long leaf pine are edible and are improved by roasting. In deed, 1t may be said that most nuts are more digestible when roasted than if eaten raw.
 The Persimmon.
 One of the best known fruits, the foresters say, is the persimmon, which is edible only after 1t is thoroughly ripe. As this Is usually not until late in the fall, 1t is commonly thought that the fruit must be frost. bitten. If the persimmon is eaten before 1t Is we'll ripened, the tannic acid which the fruit contains has a strongly astringent effect, which pus- tifies the story of the soldier in the civil war who said he had eaten green persimmons so as to shrink his stom- ach up to fit his rations. The paw paw. or custard apple, is also best when thoroughly ripe. The fruit of some specias of haws is eaten or pre- served in different parts of the coun- try, while those of several different kinds of wild cherries nave 8 food value and are used for various pur- poses. Wild plums are abundant in certain sections and occur in par lcularly plentiful quantities along the streams in the Eastern and Middle Western states.
 Several varieties of wild crab ap- ples make delicious jellies. Some of small apples, are more or less abund- ant throughout eastern North Caro- lima. Elderberries are frequently used for pies and for sauce. Those found In the West are sweeter and have better flavor, than the eastern varieties.
 D6rIleSs
 The berries of the hackberry, or sugar berry, as it Is called in the South, have an agreeable taste. Those of the mulberry are sweet and juicy when ripe. The mulberry is valued in some sections for feeding hogs and poultry and some specias are occa. sicnally cultivated.
 Many people like the fruit of the shad bush, "sarvice" berry, or June berry, as 1t is variously called. In parts of the country this fruit is used to make jelly.
 The French Canadians are said to used the acid flowers of the reibud, or Judas tree. in salads. while the buds and tender pods are pickled in vinegar. Honey locust pods, often locally called "honey-shucks." contain swedish. thick. cheeslike pulp, which is often eaten. Those of the mesquite furnish the Mexicans and Indians with nutritious food. The Gre oies Of Louisiana. famous for their cookery, arc reported to use the young
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
YOUR LIFE PRESENTER,

rake the corn belt for life pre- server!"
 Those are Uncle Sam's words today
 And what do they mean! ! They mean that all though the southeast and middle west runs a great belt of corn-growing region that should be one of the main sources of our cereal supply today-but isn't.
 We are using the greater part of this crop to feed our live stock and poultry while we confine our own cereal diet chiefly to wheat.
 Does this seem fair when the de mand for wheat by our allies is so tremendous?
 We could easily use some of this corn for ourselves and thus spare more of the wheat for those who will starve unless they have it next win ter. In doing this we will lose noth-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
TIGHTENING THE
 CONTROL OVER
 ENEMY ACTIVITY

Washington, Nov. 9.-The govern. ment is about to deny cable communi. cation to neutral countries to mum. Der of persons in the United States, including some American citizens, on the suspicious that they have fur nished information to the enemy on military. naval and commercial op. erations.
 Telegraph and cable companies, it was stated, will be given lists of indi- viduals who have been under surveil. lance, with instructions to refuse transmission of their messages.
 Some of the men under the ban are said to have been engaged by neutral organizations of corporations in the European neutral countries and in Mexico. South and Central America, to gather information, ostensibly for commercial purposes entirety but in reality for transmission to Germany. Although the agents in some instances are unwittingly acting in the enemy interest the avenues of communica. tion will be closed to them by the gov ernment censorship board. whicl is exercising control over cable. tele. graph and mail messages entering or leaving the United States.
 The censorship action is but one phase of the program for tightening of control over enemy activity in this country. now being formulated for early announcement. The plans in clude further steps to prevent explo- sions, fores and other acts of sabot- age. More drastic measures also will be taken soon. 1t is said, to restrict the movement in this country of the thousands of alien enemies who now are permitted to go anywhere except within zones about camps and fortifi- cations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
c. .B. BRIDGE REPAIRED.

The Cotton Belt has completed lc- building the bridge over the Sulrhur river, near Texarkana. destroyed by fire last week. Pending rebuilding of the structure, Cotton Belt trains were detoured, causing delay. They are now moving direct, and schedules are being better maintained.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

buds of the sassafras as substitute
 for okra. in thickening soups.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
N. Y. Guardsnen
Are Barred from
Officers Tests
Stotesbury's Order Prevents
Their Discharge for
Examinations


Washington, April 30.-HunGreds Of
ambitious young privates and enlisted
men in New York National Guard or
carnations are being deprived Of the
opportunity TO become officers by an
order of Adjutant General Stotesbury.
This ruling is that enlisted men may
not be discharged from the National
Guard for the purpose of taking Off
GERS examinations.
One young man in Buffalo, member
of Troop /, who wished to take the eX-
animation for admittance TO the avia-
ton school at Mneola, l.. l., changed
his residence to Washington, ID. C., to
provide legal excuse for his discharge
from the Guard.
New York Senators and Representa-
tives and War Department officials are
being deluged with letters and tele-
grams from enlisted men Of the Guard
declaring that this order of General
Stotesbury deprives them of fair OPP
portunity. earned by their training and
service on the border, to become Off
GERS in the new army to be raised by
selective draft.
1t is declared unoficially that the
War Department has no objection TO
furloughs being granted to members
of the Guard, so they may take the ex-
aminations.
1t is pointed out that members Of
the National Guard Of other states
have been taking the examinations by
the hundreds. and will go to the front
eventually as commissioned officers
The New York men, the letters assert
are being held as privates and non
commissioned officers.