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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
CHRISTMAS SEALS

During the years of peace before the
great war desperate but winning hight
was being made by the Red Cross on
Civilizations arch enemy, the White
Plague. With the stupendous cataclysm
came such human suffering, such untold
agony, that for a moment the other hght
was over-shadowed, in a concentrated
effort to reclaim some of the human wreck
age mangled in the machine of militarlsm.
Shadows pass, though, and it was soon
discovered that the insidious evil was
claiming more victims than Moloch, and
was taking advantage of his enemy's pre-
occupation in renewing his onslaughts.
Then the Red Cross, with characteristic
resourcefulness redoubled it's efforts to
care for the emergency Cooperating with
the Rockefeller foundation a commission
was sent to France, where the scourge is
greatest. to fight behind the lines even as
at the front.
To continue this war on tuberculosis
cessitates the expenditure of large funds,
for it is slower work than the other.
For years the Red Gross has relied on
the sale of Christmas seals to raise the re-
CURED money
Aside from it's practical results, this GUS
tom has tremendous sentimental appeal,
an appeal which should be even greater in
Americas first war Christmas. In it is
found the very soul of the season spirit,
the very heart of American ideals. 1t COM
bines the ideas of helpfulness and charity,
OF good accomplished, aid for the helpless
so entwined in the celebration of "hrst-
mas.
And to these abstract qualities, the
stamp has very practical appeal to Amer
lea 's-utility. Christmas givers will seal
their gifts, and how better this be done
than with small gurnmed stamp which
at the same time seals the doom of the
plague.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.

One Hundred Years Ago.
1S17-The British under Sir Thomas
Hislop and Sir John Malcolm
decisively defeated the Mahrat-
tas at battle of Maheidpore.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
1S42-Rt. Rev. John Dubois, Roman
Catholic bishop of New York,
died in New York City Born
in Paris, August "a, 1864.
Fifty Years Ago.
1867-A new Constitution for the
Austrian empire was pr6mul-
gated.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
1892-Great financial disturbance in
Argentine as a result of the
civil war.
One Year Ago Today in the War
Dec. II, 1916.-President Wilson
warned Europe United States
was brought to the verge of
war by acts of belligerents;
British government decided to
release at once the remaining
SIG Irishmen informed after
the rebellion
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
THE SPIRIT OF UNREST

Men say: 1.-THE world has been dis"
turhsd before. Glasses have FLASHED
one with another. Governed and gov
srners, employed and employers, rich
and poor, have come TO blows in other
days, but things have always ad-
justsd themselves again. The stronger
have grown kinder, the weaker have
grown humber; the paternal governor
has grown more fatherIy, the obedisnt
subject has grown more filial, and
things have gene on again as smooth
Iy as BEFORE"
$50 shall it be again." men say.
That is what they expect as the out
come Of all this conflict. But other
mon see clearer. II 10 not going to
10 enough that the strong should
once moro grow kinder and the weak
grow humber. The balance and the
distribution Of strength and weakness
10 being altered, must be altered more
and more. The sources OF artificial
strength and artificial weakness ara
being dried up. Governors and gov
ernsd, employers and employed, are
coming 70 be eo.worksrs for the same
ends. Not tho old nercies repeated,
but new nnsreies going vastly deeper
than the oid,-these are what men are
beginning to see that the world is
needing"
II was no less an authority than
Phillips Brooks who gave this mes
sage to the world years ago. Even
then his clear sight looked far beneath
tho surface Of things and saw not
only the unrest and it's consequent
evil. but the good that must como OF
that evil, which would yet cure itself,
in the very nature of things.
IL lis this same spirit Of unrest which
is moving the world nightly today,
which is putting into the hearts Of
men and women courage to bear the
evils of tho present for tho hope and
faith htey have in the future that is to
come.
For If there i. any lesson in this
war it 10 this: That the strong shall
not become stronger and the weak
humber, but that all men shall be
free and equal the high and the low
alike, the rich and the poor, the gov
ernor and the governed.
Unless this is to be, unless real
liberty is to be the outcome, for what
are our soldiers fighting in France?
For what are we pouring out our
money, sacrificing our homes, giving
ourselves, if not for liberty?
It is this alone that makes life bear
able today, the belief that this war is
reaiiy q war TOT humanity, tor the
weak a. we'll az the strong, the Io~Iy
as we'll sthose who are in high es-
tate.
It is not a war to pull down, it is
a war to build up. 1t is not war
aimed to make strong men weddings
and weak men kings. But to mako all
mon, free. both the high and the low;
to give all men an equal right to "life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
right that will never be attained so
long as autocracy rules.
This it is that gives us courage in
this hour Of the worlds terrible con-
fiet,-to know that God rules and
that justice and mercy arc eontendine
with evil for the supremacy of the
world.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
C0L0REO SCHOOL
ENJOY XMAS TREE

Christmas tree exercises were deld
last night at public school No. 81,
colored, where a large audience as
sembled to witness the program. The
songs. recitations and other selec-
tions rendered by the pupils were
well delivered, showing skilfull train
ing by the teachers. All of the num-
bers were good, especially the recita-
tons by the little Hamilton boy, Eve
lyn Hancock and the five girls who
lighted the candles on the Christmas
tree while they spoke.
The closing remarks were made by
Aaron Brown. the supervisor of the
school, who reviewed the work of the
teachers, and the Board of Public In
structions, in the interest of the
school coupled with the regular at
tendance of the pupils and coopera-
ton of the patrons. A large number
of the patrons were present and ex-
pressed thanks to the board, the
teachers and supervisor for the ex-
cellent manner m which the school is
being conducted, and for this pur-
pose brief speeches were made by
Wesley Hamilton, Callie Matthews
and other patrons.
There were ample presents to go
around to all of the children, many
of which were provided by the teach
ers. The teaching force of this school
is composed of Malvina Morris prin-
cipal, Mary Watts, Lillian Hilton,
Modesto Craig and Martha Wingate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
PENSACOLA'S RESPONSE

The wonderful response that is be-
ing made in the Red Cross Christmas
membership drive is a source of deep
qualification not only to those who
are most closely concerned in promot
ing it, but to all who feel keenly the
need Of this work for humanity and
who have taken pardonabIe pride in
the Red Cross CT Pensacola.
In every campaign which has been
started in this city since the war the
proportonate amounts for Pensacola
have been over subscribed. IF this
were SO in every city in the United
States, think what il would mean for
the winning Of tho war. That it is
so in Pensacola is due to the devoted
work Of those who have given them
selves for the various branches Of war
relief work and the splendid and gen.
erous response Of the citizens who
have poven themselves patriots in the
true sense Of tho word.
The Rod Cross since It's orsaniza-
ton has been very close to the hearts
of tho Pensacola people. Having lived
in community 50 closely in touch at
all times with both branches Of the
service, from the declaration Of war,
Pensacola was quiekened into active
service, the ardor of which has in
greater.
At this time of Christmas giving
whom we arc all thinking moro or less
Of others, it is indeed most tttt,ns
that our thoughts should turn to the
work Of the Rcd Cross which reaches
out in such wonderful way to give
heIp and comfort to all nations. For
tho work Of tho Red Cross is a work
for suffering humanity. Under this in
signia mercy d~eiIs and pity touches
the brow even Of the enemy, in the
name Of Him who was born in a mai,
ger in far Bethlehem Of Judea.
Ono Of the leaders Of the Red Cross
drive said yesterday: "When you speak
of the Red Cross, bring out the sact
that its work 10 not confined only to
prison camps where our enemies
held and it's mercy is shown there no
less than to our own, for it is the
work Of mercy, of inspiration, of allie
Walton. Before over our men were
sent abroad to take their places on the
firing nile, the Red Cross was doing
it's splendid work, holding up the
hands Of the Allies, helping, encour-
aging, heartsnine these brave ones
who ~sre bearing the brunt of this
terrible war"
Every indication now points to the
fund Of two thousand dollars, Psnsa-
cola's quota, for the Christmas drive
of the Red Gross, being over-sub-
serihsd. This 10 as il should be, not
only in order that PensacoIa's record
may be maintained, but because the
psopis Of the United States can give
to nothing this Christmas season that
will moro truly reflect the Christmas
spirit, than through membership in
the American Red Cross, which is car
ryins help and comfort to thousands
OF suffering men and women who are
giving comfort to thousands of suffer
ing men and women who are giving
: themselves for the saivation-of liberty,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
INCREASE ASKED

/ The postal workers are asking an in
d crease of pay, in bill presented in Con
gress. They have had one increase in
] forty years,-just ten years ago, when a
. dollar would go twice as far as it does now
or even three times as far, in some cases.
Their minimum wage is 1922 per day
I their maximum 1888, much less than the
pay of many other workers with far less
I arduous duties.
& And, at that, postal employee has to
work, on the average nine years to get
that maximum.
While the postal employee is off duty
through illness, he is also off the payroll
You grant him no pension He has to pur-
chase his own uniform, the cost of which
has advanced fifty per cent in the last ten
years.
Last year the postoffce department
turned net surplus of 5,S27 ,236O7 Yet
at the last session of Congress the paw of
all government employees except those of
the postofhce department, was raised
If Germany wins she may add an e
to the Slav.
How can any decent country keep its
hands off Turkey?
Russia tries to make peace in haste, to
repent at leisure. 49,.
Senator King of Utah wants Immediate
war or all the Teutonic allies. Good HI.
kAaafnSt.halSAE
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
War Conditions Reflected
In Telephone Service

= Among the unforeseen conditions which the i'm
posed the necessity of practically supendne the
mercial development of our business
y Confronted with an unusual increase in the use of the ee
phone and strong demand for and additional
fill subject practically
~ definite delay
= This situation is due the importance of
supplies that the governments be promptly
by giving the department and
time the request is made
with sections of switchboard enlarge plants
the increased calling subscribers
! died with usual efficiency
revenue by accepting volume of business, but
the awkward position of suffer
Inconvenience. Of the increased
long distance lines producing added
enlarge plant of the delays
81 due the congestion is seriously embarrassing
In like this believe public will appreciate
frank the situation This has been
policy and has for good will which believe will in
p and cheerful cooperation and
of patrons and the public.
We serving the government efficiently This
less than duty and than ndi-
"oua and institution is DONG a'so' ~a
~ We making profit of the and no
expectation Of profit from service thr-
telephone plants have installed in CAMPS
D. cheerfuIv and if our diff
cuies reflected telephone service you
Sear TINS in mind
]. PEELE. Manager
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE N
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AA4g
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21

To get results try The
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21

How can any decent country keep its
hands off Turkey?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21

Russia tries to make peace in haste, to
repent at leisure. -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21

If Germany wins she may add an e
to the Slav.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21

Senator King of Utah wants immediate
war all the Teutonic allies. Good. HI.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
STORING MANURE FOR THE
GARDEN
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

"A common practice Is to manure the
garden every year, late in the fall or
before planting in the spring, no fur
ther attention being given. This prac-
,tice, however, is not the best.
The manure for the garden should
be kept in a large box with a lid or
so screened that flies cannot enter 1t.
Manure heaps are the natural breeding
places of these pests and If they are
allowed to remain near the house un-
covered will proye a great nuisance.
A good plan is to use very close
hinges for the top. The manure
should be spaded often on the top so
that the water from the clouds or the
sprinkling pot may penetrate to all
portions of 1t.
If kept in a box a spout should be
placed in one corner, at the bottom, so
that the water may drain into a sun
ken barrel
This will supply liquid manure,
which can be used at all seasons when
vegetables and flowers are growing.
The manure in the box should be
worked over once or twice a month,
working the bottom on the top so that
the entire heap may rot.
Manure may be kept in this way II
the boxes are placed at the fartbest
end of the garden, and if surrounded
with vines their presence will never be
noticed from the dwelling.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
TOFORWARD DMESSAGES
American Red Cross Undertakes
a New Work.
Communication With Friends and
Relatives In Countries Of Central
Powers Made Possible.

At the request @. the department OF
state, the American Red Cross has un.
dertaken, through its bureau of COM
municatiOn, to communicate messages
or Inquiries from persons In America
concerning the welfare and where
abouts cf persons residing In the
countries Of the central powers, or In
territory occupied by them.
In other belligerent countries this
communication is possible, since all
enemy subjects being held either as
civil or military prisoners of war have
the privilege Of correspondence grant
ed by international agreement. The
United States has not classed German
civilians as prisoners and consequent
ly the closing Of the postal service to
the central powers has caused serious
hardship.
The government of the United States
proposes, through the American Red
Cross ~ relieve this unnecessary suf-
fering.
Individuals wishing to make inquiry
concerning the welfare and where
abouts of friends or relatives in ter
ritory belonging to or occupied by the
central powers, may communicate with
the bureau of communication, Amer
lean Red Cross, Washington, D. G.
Proper inquiries and messages will be
transmitted on special form to- the
international Red Cross in Geneva,
From Geneva, they will be forwarded
to the individuals for whom they are
intended.
Answers will be returned to the In.
ternatlonal Red Cross and by them
will be sent to Washington. The Red
Cross will then communicate the in
formation received to writer's of the
original letters. Two 2-cent stamps
must be inclosed for postage. A sim
liar method is being devised for the
transmission of inquiries from the
central powers to America. This will
also be handled by the Red Cross.
The following points are to be OBJ
served by all inquirers:
l. Letters of inquiry must be ad-
dressed to the bureau of commurica.
ton; not to the person concerning
whom inquiry is made.
2. Letters must be concise, since
only the briefest communication can
be sent.
3. They must mention only personal
such as communications con-
cerning the condition of members of
the family and requests for similar
A. Letters must be legible and must
be In English, French, italian, Rus
sian, German, Polish, Hungarian, Turk
Sh, or Greek.
5. They must include the full name,
address, and occupation of the sender
and the full name, address, occupa:
ion, and age of the person for whom I
he inquiry is destined.
6. Inquiries concerning the same
person may not be made oftener than
)nce in six weeks. /
The bureau of communication re-
serves the right to refuse to transmit
my information or inquiry which ap-
)ears to be contrary to the national
Welfare.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
GARDEN WORK IN SEASON

have never had such good results
from summer fertilizing in the garden
as l have this season. In the first
place have a splendid place for gar.
den. Not many years ago 1t was the
bottom Of big slough on an Illinois
prairie, with deep soil made up of
humus from a long iae of decayed
roots CT WaIer-growing grasses and
| plants.
The land was put In cultivation a
good many years ago and not long
after put down to grass and kept in
pasture until last year when II was ap-
prOprlated for a garden back of the
new house.
Last year splendid crop of weeds
was grown In the garden. Not by me,
please understand, for l have consti.
tuti0nal antipathy for weeds, inherited
from long line of farmer ancestors.
l. might have expected very good
garden this year without special at
tentiOn further than good cultivation,
bus know that garden vegetables are
vOracious feeders and concluded to
supply mine with all they could take
care of by putting on commercial fer
tilizer.
The land was plowed last fall,
turned under the weeds which were
from waist to shoulder high. This
spring beautiful crop came on and
was worked into the soil before the
garden was planted.
Then a good grade of commercial
fertilizer was used in row and hill of
everything that was planted except
the corn and beans. l was afraid to
feed these crops too well.
AS check, pieces of rows were left
unfertilized. l planned TO keep these
without fertilizer during the summer,
but when l saw how far they were
falling behind, began to work tie fer
tilizer in around the rows and hills
which had been left unfertilized.
l also worked it in the other crops
start that garden has grown until the
neighbors asked what kind of seeds
planted.
have pretty good check by having
neighbOr's garden near enough to
observe, the land being the same as
mine. have used commercial fer
tilizer ut the rate of almost four
pounds to the acre.
Lettuce and onions have responded
in a surprising way. When one can
grow heads of lettuce which are two
feet across one need not ask for any
thing more. Onions from seeds made
growth such as l had never seen
anywhere.
Every time these crops have been
cultivated very light coat of fertil- |
izer has been scattered along each
side of the rows and worked into the
soil.
Peas, of the same sort q neighbor |
planted, were twice as high and load
ed with pods filled to bursting.
Squashes, beets, potatoes, melons,
came as near growing fast enough to
see as any ever did.
| know perfectly well that l over
dosed this garden, but the part of the
fertilizer that the crops of this year
have not used will not get away but |
will remain for next year. l believe
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
FLOWERS IN THE HOME
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

Stick to the standards unless you
are experienced.
1t is hard to keep flowers in a room
where gas Is used.
Pot Easter lilies in good, rough,
open soil in clean pots.
Do not try to grow ferns If you can
not give them moist atmosphere.
1t Is better to buy rooted carnation
slips than risk them yourself If you
are inexperienced
Get the hanging baskets and plants
for them ready for use on the porch
and in the sunroom.
Ivy geraniums are fine house plants,
with beauty of both flower and foliage.
Give them a small pot. For the first
year their growth is slow. The bios
SONS, either pink, red or white, are
beautiful.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
CoRNMEAL CHEAPEST FOOD
Even at High Prices, Leads All Other
Staples In Survey Made by Uncle
Sans Food Experts.

Cornmeal, even at the present un-
precedented high prices, according to q
comparison of nutritive food values
prepared by Uncle Sans food admin
istration, continues the cheapest food
found in a Survey of 30 staples.
There is twice as much nutritive
value in a dollars worth of cornmeal,
even at the REVEALING high prices, as
in a dollars worth Of wheat bread.
The actual figures show that 47.4
cents worth of cornmeal now equals
one dollars worth of wheat bread In
actual nutritive value.
There are four bushels Of corn
raised in this country to every bushel
of wheat, and cornmeal is as good
food for man as is wheat. It costs
less, and is the richest crop In Ou
country, say the experts.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
Peas Loaded With Pods Filled to Bursting,

In using fertilizer of some Kind as
long as the crop is cultivated.
| would prefer well-rotted manure,
which has not been leached too much,
but cannot get this and am using
the next best thing-a complete COM
mercial fertilizer. Clean cultivation
and plenty Of plantfood will make q
garden very profitable.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
chrysanthemums Are Always RelaD. Snowy and Popular
Dolly Dillon.

Dolly Dillon, denouncing dawdlers,
dlsdained daShing Dick Dereritt, deb
onair dancer. Dick, despairing, defied
decorum, dug bitches daily, duly DEM
onstrating devotion. Dolly, delighted,
discarded derlslon, discontinued dis.
paragements. Dicks diamond deco
rates Dolly's dainty diglt.-Christlan
Register.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
Soft.

Billy-My farver's a spOrtin' proph-
ct, but e don't make much money. E
'ardly ever spots winner.
Jimmy (prOudly)-My pas proph-
ct, too. He's a weather prophet, and
spots the winner every time. He al
ways prophesies bad summer.-Lon-
don Sketch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
Door comparntiveIx Modern.

Who invented the door no one
knows. 1t is, however, an invention of
comparatively modern times. All the
ancient houses, even the houses con-
taining doorways, had no doors. Fab
rics or skins of animals were hung
across the doorways to keep out the
elements.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
Revenue From Alaskan Seals.

OF all the treasures in Alaska, the
seals are probably among the most val
liable. Unlike mineral wealth, they
need never run out, for, in conse-
quence of their powers of reproduc-
ton, they can yield under reasonable
control large and continuous revenue
for an indefinite future.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
AmerIcan soap Popular In china

American soap is popular at Hong
kong, China, reports one of Uncle
Sans consular agents. Due to the
fact that several American concerns
are building soap factories in that dis
trict, the demand for foreign supplies
in the future may be limited to soaps
of the highest grade.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
SUNFLOWER FOR POULTRY

On most every poultry farm the sun.
flower is now one of the established
crops, as the seeds are highly valued
as an excellent and cheap food for all
classes of poultry.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
svmmetry peIiberatelv LaokIrC

The Church of st. Basil, in the
Kremlin, on Kremlin hill, in Moscow,
Russia, is perhaps the OILY building
in the world constructed with care
full view TO avoiding all symmetry In
color or form.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-12
plants Are Prolific.

If all the seeds Of any one sort Of
plant were allowed to grow they would
soon cover the earth to the exclusion
of all else. A single orchid plant pro-
duced more than 10,O00,O00 seeds In
season and many common plants, as
the foxglove, very nearly equal this re.
markable record.