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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-08

Enough to Anger Them.
Those Illinois suffragists will have a
fit when they learn that Mrs. Have
meyer only gave up sugar" to the
extent of $500 for the campaign
Rochester Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-08

MadHma Butterfly wedn esda y.

OF interest to those who follow the
news reports concerning the activities
Of grand opera impresarios and their
companies Is tho statement recently
Issues by Max Rahinofr. director of
the Boston National Grand Opera
Company, that the year 1917 would be
the greatest year in history for grand
opera in America.
In spite of the fact that grand
opera always has been declared a los
ing proposition from the financial
standpoint, there are three standard
companies and one or two minor ones
giving tftis form OF musical entertain
ment in America today. These are
the Boston National Grand Ope%a
Company. the Chicago Grand Opera
Company and the organization now sp-
pearins at the Metropolitan Opera
House In New York. From all ac-
counts each of these representative
companies Is doing big business at
the box office. and with regard to the
first narsed-the Boston Company
reports are that their preset season
at the magnificent Boston Opera
House. where they are now appearing
Ia breaking all records for box office
returns at that institution. This Ia
the same big organiza. on that will
be heard In Richmond at the Academy
WEDNESDAY nlght OF thlh WEEK. oHeI
ing for the first time in years In this
city what promises to be- an adequate
production of Puccint's Madame But
terfly."
When the Boston Company reaches
this city Wednesday afternoon II will
bring to Richmond for the hrst time
Nine Tamaki Miurs. the oy:y Japan
ese prtma donna IN America, and a
little singer declared 20 be Ideally
suited to the title role in Madame
Butterfly" II liz also worthy Of note
that the two American characters in
the Decentralization and sharpless-
VIII be sung by American singers.
Ricardo Martin and Thomas Chal-
mers. respectively.
Opera night at the Academy prom
Uses TO be one OF the big social even
ings of the season In Richmond,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-08

In addition TO the internationally
famous comedy methods Of Raymond
Hitchcock. the star OF Betty" the
new musical play which Mr.. Charles
Dillingham; Is TO present at the Acad
envy of Music for three performances,
Friday and Saturday evenings and
Saturday matinee. has many attractive
features which promise to make II
the greatest musical comedy that
Richmond has seen in years Mr., Dill
bingham has surrounded Hitchcock
with a very notable cast which in
ciudes Joseph santley. probably the
most sought-sfter musical comedy
Juvenile on the American stage today.
two young English beauties. Miss Ivy
Sawyer and Miss Eileen DENIES. Miss
Ruth Randall noted dancer,
George Moore and William Eville. &C
tors of established reputation. and sew
enty others. including the famous
beauty chorus from the Globe Theater.
New York. The entire production" has
been staged with Characteristic Dill
bingham .iavishness. and the entire
cast and production which made Bet
~ Broadway success is coming TO
Riehnannd intact. ,,..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-08

What Is said to be the first sub
marine boat was tested in the Ply
mouth harbor in i7T4.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-08
PRESIDENT SMITH TO
ADDRESS ALUMNI HERE

"A very important meeting of the
local Washington and Lee Alumni AS
ISOLATION VIII be held at the Business
Mems Club Saturday. January 10. at
$50 p NJ DR. II. L. Smith. president
OF the university, and Alumni Secre-
tary Ramsey will both make addresses
There will be other speakers also
and supper will be served at the
club. John l.. Harrison, acting secre-
tary, Is anxious that all Washington
ana Lee men OF this city will be pres
enc II possible. and notify him in adj
vance.
A waterfall In Norway will be har-
messed and made to provide 10000
horsepower for smelling and refining
zinc ore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-08

I1Gsst Beautiful and Human sinsfnx.s
Hall Game. the famous novelist. is
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
BIRTH REGISTRATION
U. .. Department OF Labor
ChIidren's Bureau
Washinuton.

Wash, D. C.-Why has the United
States Jagged behind other civilized
countries in the care and complete.
ness with which births are registered?
All the States fail to provide for some
of their children the official record
which may become to any citizen at
any time for the protection OF his
property rights, or even OF his life.
The Children's Bureau of the U. s.
Department of Labor has aiken up the
question because the recording OF
births affects children Immediately
and In various ways. Complete regis
tration Is indispensable to any COM
prehensive work for the welfare OF
babies. Without 1t, regulations for
the prevention of blindness in babies
can not be enforced; the public-health
nurse can not be sure OF reachirg
every baby In the congested districts;
and the death rate among babies
that most sensitive index of social
well-being- can not be reckoned
either for the community a. q whole
or for districts within the community.
The Children's Bureau. in co-opers-
ton with the Census Bureau. has
therefore devised an informal test
which is carried out by local commit.
tees and which brings home to the
parents ofyoung babies the importance
Of accurate and complete birth regis
tration, for after all. II lie upon the
interest and understanding OF paren's
that an absolutely complete record
must, in this country, depend.
OF course a good State law is necss-
sary to provide the machinery for
registering births in each community
and forwarding records to the State
Registrar. A good law Is necessary to
give authority for the timing Of physi-
clans and mid-wives who habitually
fail to report the births they attend.
and such filming has proved essential
for securing registration In some
communities. But even with good
law and officials who honestly try to
enforce II, there will always be some
unregistered babies unless parents in
sist upon having their children's
births recorded.
Interest In birth registration 10 con.
stantly growing. Many State and city
health departments are systematically
working for better registration IN
their respective districts. Volunteer
committees In 282 communities In 81
States have already reported to the
Children's Bureau on local tests. and
over 250 committees are now at work
And Baby.Week campaigns include q
birth-registration day or some other
special publicity for the subject.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
LESS MEAT # BACK
AND KIDNEYS HURT
Take glass Of Salts to fush Kidneys
If Bladder bothsn you-Drink
lots of water.

Eating meat regularly eventually pro-
duces kidney trouble in some form or
other, sage q well-known authority, be
cause the uric acid in meat excites the
kidneys, they become overworked; get
sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts Of
distress, particularly backache and mis-
cry in the kidney region; rheumatic twin
ges, severe headaches, acid stomach, Cob.
stipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness,
bladder and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurts or Kid.
neys aren't acting right, or if bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in glass of water
before breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations 10
flush elogged kidneys and stimulate them
to normal activity; also to neutralizs the
acids in the urine 80 it no longer irri-
tates, thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
mal<es a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions Of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
BIRTH REGISTRATION
u. s. Department Of Labor
Chlldren's Bureau
Washington.

Washington, d. C.-Where do you
keep your children's birth certif-
Gates? Or don't you live in one Of
those up-to-date communities where
a certified notice is sent to the parents
of every registered baby? The Chill
dren's Bureau Of the U. s. Department
of Labor, which is conducting
special campaign for complete regi-
stration OF births, urges the impor-
lance Of securing such a notice from
the registrar and of treasuring 1t for
the childs use in later life.
A number of things come to one in
the normal processes OF life for which
there is to-day legal minimum age.
Proof Of age may De needed in school,
marrying, for life insurance. or for
securing civilservice position. Or
again. one may need to establish citi-
zenship or the right of inheritance. In
any one Of dozen ways a birth GER
tificate may be saving Of trouble and
expense; It may even save the life of
neutral citizen in time OF war.
Only when parents lave received q
notice Of registration can they be alb
solutely certain, without making
special inquiry, that their child's
birth has been registered, for even In
the birth registration area"-the IL
States and the District Of Columbia
which the Census Bureau accepts as
having fairly adequate records-there
are some unregistered babies.
Moreover, such a notice or registra-
ton IL an excellent device for making
birth records more complete. Mrs.
s. receives notice thai Mary's
birth has been registered and shows
It to Mrs. T. who straightway won.
ders why the city did not pay her the
same courtesy when Billy was born.
Five States,-Maryland, Michigan,
New York, Virginia. and Wisconsin,
and few city health officers In other
The notice Is often an attire ctive docu-
ment; In some places II Is adorned
with picture of a mother and baby.
But II the notice is to serve the
child as a proof of age in later years.
II must be signed and certified tran
script Of the facts entered on the on.
cial record. In States whose records
follow the mode! form issued by T. e
Census Bureau these facts include the
name Of the child and the date and
place of birth; the sex OF the child;
the name of the father and the maiden
name OF the mother with the birth.
place. age. color. and occupation OF
each: the number of children born TO
the mother and the number living:
the name Of the professional atten.
dant: and the date on which the birth
was reported.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
COSTLY FIRE IN TOWN
PREVENTED ~ DREAM
Msu Investigates and Blaze 10 Put
Out Before Gaining Headway,


Man Investigates and Blaze 10 Put
Out Before Gaining Headway.
Unionville, Mo.-What might have
been destructive fire In the business
part Of town was averted a few nights
ago by O dream, and quick action on
The part Of the dreamer, James
Schooler.
The /. O.. o. F. hall was the scene
OF ceremonies which required a set.
ting sun. To represent the sun a
candle was placed in a hat box that
had been covered with red tissue
paper. This continuance was propped
above large picture on the west wall
OF the room and the effect was pleas
ing.
It. was after the ceremonies were
over and the guests had gone that
Schooler, now asleep In his own home,
dreamed that the red sunset had turn
ed into FIRE. SO vivid was his dream
that the moment he awoke he tele-
phoned to the night Waterman to
see IL the candle had been left burn.
ing in Odd Fellows hall.
An investigation revealed the fact
that II indeed had been left burning.
The box and big picture were entirely
consumed and some OF the furniture
was blazing.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
BOY MINES SHOT
MAKES Bis MONEY
pios UP METAL DROPPED FROM
SHELLS At GUN CLUB
Rarns 600 In Three Months Working
Before and After school and
Saturdays.

Denison, Texas Bruce Sanford.
Q 16-year-old boy, earned nearly $500
In the last three months-and Is still
earning money at the same rate-in
an odd manner. The boy lives near
the shooting grounds of the Red River
Gun Club. He made. and is still max
ing. this money by digging bird shot
out Of the ground there.
The queer mine" that he 10 work
ing Is situated on marshy ground near
Red River, where there is plenty OF
water for placer operstions. The
ground has formed part OF the prop
erty of the gun club for about forty
years and In that time no less than
500 tons OF bird shot have fallen into
the mud of the marshy ground.
Sanford goes to school. Before
and after school and on Saturdays
he goes to the grounds TO hunt for
the leaden shot, which he sells for 5
cents a pound. II takes a great many
of the small shot to weigh q
pound. but there are many OF them In
the ground.
Bruce's mining OUTFIT consists Of a
pair OF rubber boots, . large iron
spoon, two washtubs and number OF
stout burlap bags. The method OF
mining Is very simple.
The mud IL dipped into the tubs
where 1t Ia stirred around with the
spoon. The shot separate from the
mud and sink to the bottom OF the
tub. The thin mud 10 then skinned
OF. the shot Is dipped out. rewashed
in another tub. then placed in the
sacks.
II Is not an easy Job. standing In
the mud and working stopped over all
the time, but Bruce has stuck to Il
and 10 doing well.
Other boys have begun TO mine the
shot also, and some OF them are max
ing as high as SIS q week.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
NURSES noUsEMAio
AS He LOOTs PLACE
Lays Limp Form on Bed, Then
Changes Towels on Her Head
a AA Robs Rooma

tays Limp Form on Bed, Then
Changes Towels on Her Head
AZ He Robs Rooms.
New York Blackjack the maid.
lay her gently on her bed. apply cold
towels to her wounds. and rob the
house thoroly between visits to the
patient-this IL the routine establish
ed by New York's newest character,
the Tender-hearted Burglar.
All this the Tender-heGrted Burglar
did the other night In the apartments
Of Mrs. Sadie Miller. 500 Cathedral
Parkway. The loot was $500 in silver
ware. jewelry and money. The cold
towels were Mrs. Miller's own mono
grained best. The maid is now in
Harlem Hospital. II she gets well 1t
will be because of the timely first aid.
Mrs. Miller. the wife OF a travelling
salesman, went with friends to the
theater. There came a ring at the
door. The maid opened it. There
stood big stranger who said he had
come to deliver a package. The maid
said nothing had been ordered, and,
besides, Mrs. Miller was out.
Before she could add another word
the man seized her. Putting one hand
over her mouth, he struck her on the
head with a blackjack. When she
came to she was on her own bed. Be-
side her sat the burglar, carefully ap-
plying cold wet towels to her head
She thinks she was so astonished that
she Immediately became unconscious
again.
The next time she came to the
burglar was gone. She could hear
him moving around. Presently he
came back, changed the towels gent
ly. and then tip-toed into Mrs. Miller's
room. When the maid lapsed into un-
consciousness the last time he was
still dividing his energies between
making clean sweep OF Mrs. Miller's
valuables and looking after his pa
tient.
When Mrs. Miller came home she
apartment in disorder. She reported
to Policeman Delaney OF the West
One Hundred and Twenty-ffth street
station, and Miss Konopaa. before be-
ing taken to the hospital, gave an un-
willing description of her assailant-
nurse.
But I hope they don't catch him"
she said. He was 80 nice and
gentle"
Nre. Miller disagrees.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
SAGE AND SULPHUR
DARKENS GRAY HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe to
Restore Color, Gloss
and Attractiveness

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea
and Sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back the natural color and lustre
TO the hair when faded, streaked or
gray. Years ago the only way to get this
mixture was TO make it at home, which
lis mussy and troublesome. Nowadays, by
asking at any drug store for ''Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" you will
|get large bottle of this famous old
recipe. improved by the addition OF other
ingredients, for about 80 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try It! No one
can possibly tell that you darkencd your
hair, as it does il so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at
time; by morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another l"P.icution
or two, your hair becomes .cIutiiully
dark, glossy and attractive
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur COMPOUND
is delightful toilet requisite for thoss
who desire dark hair and youthful ap-
pearanee. II is not intended for the cure,
mitigation OF prevention OF disease.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
Not a Bite OF
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says a glass o. hot water and
phosphate prevents Illness
and keeps US fit.

Just AZ coal, when il burns. leaves
behind certain amount Of incom-
bustible material in the form Of ashes,
SO the food and drink taken day after
day leaves In the alimentary canal a
certain amount OF indigestible ma.
terial, which If not completely slimna-
ted from the system each Jay. be.
comes food for the millions of bacteria
which infest the bowels. From this
mass OF leftover waste. toxins and
ptomain-like poisons arc formed and
sucked into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths Before eating breakfast each
morning drink q glass OF real Lot
water with teaspoonful OF lime.
stone phosphate In ii TO wash out OF
the thirty feet Of bowels the previous
days accumulation Of poisons and
toxins and to keep the entire alimen.
tary canal clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject 10 sick head
ache, colds, biliousness, constipation,
others who wake up with bad taste,
n foul breath, backache, rheumatic stin.
mess, or have Il sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are urged to get quarter
pound OF limestone phosphate from
the drug store, allu bcEih pi1C'4Sihs
internal sanitation. This viii cost
livery little, but is sufficient TO make
Eanyone an enthusiast on the subject
Remember inside bathing Is more
important than outside bathing, be
tcause the skin pores do not absorb
&impurities into the blood, causing pool
4health awhile the bowel pores do
4Just as soap and hot water cleanses
cuoatenc and froShens the skin. sc
thot water and limestone phosphate
act on the stomach, liver, kidneys ant
bowels.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
BRACE YOURSELF
HERE'S 4 SHOCK
IT'S A sNAkE STORY OF THD
sNAkiRsT KIND
Men Prospecting In Old Mine Find
strengthening eowidsrs Are
All Reptiles.

Carterville. Mo.-William Mitchell,
superintendent of the Yellowstone
Cascade mine. and Sherman Smith, q
merchant, had q strange experience In
an abandoned mine near here recent
ly.
Both are veracious citizens and alb
stainers from intoxicating liquors, but
every time one Of them looks at the
ground now and sees a crooked stick
OF piece of rope he SHES at 1t. They
both swear that In one day they saw
every snake that inhabits the mining
region OF Missouri in that old mine.
Both men are ardent prospectors.
erected a windlass at the top OF the
shaft of the abandoned mine and had
a man let them down with their min
ing lamps.
Things had spooky look from the
start. Fifty feet from the bottom OF
the shaft they saw what looked to be
small ragged powders. Smith held
his lamp aloft, his eyes glued to one
OF the Queer-iooking powders"
All at once he saw the head OF
snake rise and swing gently back and
forth. TheL he saw another and An.
other. All the powders" became
twisting, writhing reptiles. There ap-
peared to be thousands. 1t seemed
that every snake OF the Osarks had
crawled in there and "denned up" for
the winter. Doubtless the fresh air
made them think spring at hand and
they came to life.
The men wasted no more time. but
broke for the shaft, where they soon
were hoisted to the surface.
The next day the men visited q
spring below the level OF the mine.
They noticed q big blacksnake sun
ming" itself. They killed 1t. then no.
tlced two more near by. a few steps
below were found two gartsrsnakes,
and on glsncing back at the spring .
coachwhip was wrigsling around In
the water, trying to make landing.
In less than two minutes two more
snakes came floating out Of the hill
side.
The two men stayed by the spring
until noon, and In that time theS dis.
posed of seventy-six snakes of various
kinds. Then the water stopped a few
minutes, and when it flowed again 1t
was thick with mud. No more snakes
were visible. 1t is thought some of
the roof of the old drift -Caved in,
shutting of the escape Of the reptiles.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
OLD-TTlE COLD CURE
DRINK HOT TEAL

Get small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call IL, Hamburger Brust Thee" at any
pharmacy. Take tablespoonful Of tho
tea, put cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through a sieve and drink
teacup full at any time during the
day or before retiring. Il is the most
effective way to break cold and euro
grip, as it opens the pores Of the skin,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus breaking up cold.
Try IL the next time you suffer from
q cold or the grip. II is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore ssfp
and harmless.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
CO.'S 800 MILES TC GET -
Man Takes Trip to Collect Deb. "For
Priocjpte Of Ihiuu.D

Parsons. Kan. Mack Eddy, an en-
ploye OF the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
Railroad. in Q small Texas town near
Denison, arrived here recently. hav.
ing travelled. more than 800 miles at
his own expense to collect IS which
he says Is due to him for labor.
When the men where Eddy worked
were paid on. Eddy says, he found his
check was So shor. When the treas
urer OF the road told Eddy his &C.
counts would have TO be traced before
he could get his money Eddy went %
the county attorney and asked
whether he couldn't bring suit against
the company for the wages due him
and also for his railroad fare and
board.
u HAS cost him SIS TO come here
70 Try and collect the IS. he said. but
Il wasn't the money he cared about 90
much ~ the principle Of the thing.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02

and stayed four weeks but when can
home would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
A friend who is nurse asked me to
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. / began taking it thatvery day
for was suffering @ great deal. 1t has
already done me more good than the
hospital. To anyone who is suffering
as | W; my advice is to stop in the first
drugstore and get bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham' Vegetable Compound before
YOU go home. - Mrs. w. c. Brown,
Ie44 w. 18th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
PROMPT ACTION AvERrs TROUBLE.

A constipated condition not only
poisons the blood stream, but quickly
affects the liver and other organs,
causing biliousness, sick headache,
sour stomach, bloating, ETC.. Foley
Cathartic Tablets are mild in action.
yet cleanse thoroughly, with no nausea
nor cos!ive after effects. Keep bowels
regular, stomach sweet, liver active
-fIite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
FovRLN.oNE CITY 10 PLANNED
Northern indiana Towns May Join
Their Boundaries.

Hammond, Ind.-Preliminary steps
were taken at a mass meeting Of the
leading men of Hammond, Whiting,
East Chicago. and Indiana Harbor to
amalgamate the four cities under one
municipal government. No opposition
was voiced. The boundaries OF the
four cities now interlock. Consolida-
ton would give the Indiana border
Q city OF 100000. the second in popula-
ton In the state.