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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-19

in the fight against prostitution and
Venereal disease will read the Med
ical Journal of Jan, they will find
therein few truths.
We have heard from many sources
that low wages are responsible for
many girls becoming prostitutes, yet
no one has given man and his ally,
alcohol, credit for what they do to-
ward making prostitutes. What
chance has the average girl with a
few pretty drinks in her with one of
our loOphOunds whose only ambition
is to crafty his desires and then look
for another. 1t is the cabarets that
give the man a chance to make a
weakling Of a stroHg-minded girl,
and there is no excuse for their eX-
istence.
And when the girl becomes an out
cast because of her misstep, is it any
wonder many of them become pros
titutes? If she becomes a mother
she might get $500, less what the
lawyer takes, if she is willing to go
to court and fight for it. The man
goes meTTily on looking for another.
Then they expect you to respect the
law and they talk of justice.
Low wages help to make prosti-
tUtes in some cases, but you will find
that more than half of the prOsti-
tutes started while under the infu-
ence of alcohol, and darn few of
them did it because they were lazy.
The woman who says that so many
choose this life because they are lazy
is one of those who draws $100 or
more a month for a few hours of her
time each day and her position was
not earned. If we all could get a
hundred a month for doing what she
does there wouldn't be many pros
titutes. She speaks of getting US
jobs, yes, So or $40 a week at the
most, while she gets S25. Would she
give up her position and work for So
h.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-19

PROSTITUTION.-I am a prosti-
tUte, not because I want to be, but
because I can make $40 more a week
than l would have a chance of get
ting any other way.
I see the evils of prostitution and
I realize that it is an evil, but, since
it has existed for hundreds of years,
why think it can be eradicated? 1t
would be much better if there were
no prostitution, but as long as mans
nature is as it is, it is better that
there are prostitutes.
The one real objection to prOstitu-
ton is the transmission Of disease,
but even here it is the man and the
clandestine prostitute who is more
dangerous than the professional. It is
the man who will knowingly trans
NIT disease who should be impris-
Oned, for he knews he is a danger
and in most cases can be cured. We
nereal disease does much more harm
than smallpox, yet we have a hos
pital for smallpox victims, while
those afflicted with venereaI disease
roam at will, doing their best to in
feet others.
Less than half of the licensed ply
sicians use modern treatment for
these diseases and they charge from
$15 to $50 for an injection that costs
them about 81. The city could just
as well give these at cost, so the poor
could get them. What better use
could they make of the Iroquois hos
initial? If those who are interested
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-19

OUR ANSWER
BY Cal Carter
Are we prepared? Let us see,
We soldiers of humanity.
We placed our trust with natures
man;
He kept the faith; now we can
With courage, follow Uncle Sam.
The leaders of the Engine Way"
Will now unite and speed the day.
Men Of the rails, our days were long,
The sun shines now, be you strong.
Hold for the right, forget the wrong,
We are prepared.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
HOBBIES ARE NOT ALL BAD
lThey May Have a Very Soothing In
fluence Upon One II They Are
Not Ridden to Death.

A great deal has been said from
time to time of the unhealthy influ-
Ience of what the world Is pleased to
call "hobbles," the idea being, Of
course. that valuable time is wasted
In their pursuit which could other
wise be used to advantage. OF course,
in the case Of hobbies, just as in all
other interests Of purely personal
preference, the harm lies in their
abuse. To mount hobby and ride 1t
to death, thus deliberately thwart-
ing our real aim, is sheer waste Of
time, but to care for II gently, to
adapt its influences to our advantage
and to draw upon It with discretion
is very different matter, says the
Charleston News and Courier. Hob
bies, as a rule, are evidences Of indl-
viduality; they represent various
routes by which we are struggling to
arrive at a certain goal goal per-
haps which may not be clearly defined,
but which exists somewhere for those
who try to reach 1t. We find certain
comfort at times in yielding to the
more or less soothing influences Of
some particular hobby. whether 1t be
merely the discussion Of special
subject or active participation in n
particular pursuit. SO long as we keep
ourselves within check and resist the
temptation to give way to unrestrlct-
ed indulgence In the favorite pursuit
which others are pleased to designate
as hobby, we can do no harm to
anyone, but the trouble is that once
we settle upon a. special interest
which will serve as an outlet for our
feelings. we are quite likely to EN-
phaslze that interest to an unwhole-
some degree.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
KEEP UP ANCIENT CUSTOMS
Widely Separated Communities, Ven
Ice and Cork, Maintain Curious
Ceremony Of Throwing Dart.

In widely differing communities
Venice and Cork-there obtains GU
Irious ceremony, that Of throwing the
dart. In the first case this IL an an
Client custom slgnifying the marriage
of the Adriatic. Every year since 1177,
on Ascension day, Venice has been
made the bride Of the sea, and the
throwing Of the dart is picturesque
feature of n picturesque ceremony.
Equally interesting are the circum-
stances attaching to the similar func-
tion on the first Thursday Of Septem-
Der In Cork harbor, Ireland.
BY virtue Of clause In the. city
charter the mayor of Cork Is consti-
Ituted admiral Of the port. Every three
years he must evidence his jurisdlc-
ton by throwing dart into the sea.
At two o'clock in the afternoon the
mayor, the town council, all the civic
officers, and the band of the Cork civil
artillery embark on n vessel and pro-
Iceed to a point between Poor Head
and Cork Head, which Is held to be
the maritime boundary Of the borough.
The mayor dons his official robes,
and, attended by the mace and sword
bearer, the city treasurer and the town
clerk, likewise wearing their Official
robes, goes to tho prov Of the vessel
and launches into the sea dart made
OF mahogany tipped and winged with
bronze, in this way asserting his au-
thority as lord high admiral OF the
port.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
HISTORY AS SHE IS WROTE
English Paper Says That General
Woods Chief Claim to Fame Was
His Capture Of Geronimo.

It Is sometimes necessary to use for
eign papers to learn interesting things
about our own people. An English
paper says that Gen. Leonard Wood
was once an infantry officer and that
he captured Geronimo The follow
ing is from London Tlt-Blts:
The name Of Gen. Leonard Wood
conveys little or nothing to the ma
jorlty of us. He is Americas fore
most fighting man, with n self-made
career as romantic as that of any Of
the great captains of industry.
Although he never graduated at n
military college, he has worked his
way up from obscurlty to emlnence
with amazing rapidity.
Perhaps the most remarkable fact
about this remarkable man Is that he
entered the army as doctor! Having
taken his medical degree at Harvard,
he entered the United States Medical
corps as n surgeon.
II was not long before his senior
officers began to take notice of Wood.
He was transferred to the infantry,
and during the Southwestern Amerl-
can border campaign, with his gallant
band of 60 picked cavnlrymen, Lieu
tenant Wood for over two years swept
the rough and wild country Of Arl-
coma in the hopes Of running to earth
Geronimo, the notorious and cruel In
dian chief, feat he eventually ac-
IcOmDlIshed,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
RoDAYA LOWEST OF Castles
Those Who Survive Are to Be Found
Today In Randy, the old.TIme Cap
Itai OF ceyIon.

The old-time capital Of Ceylon Is n
city rich with the usual picturesque
ness of the East, and having two or
three unusual points about 1t as well.
In Handy you will find the ROdaya
caste, one Of the few Buddhist castles
whose origin is n matter Of history.
Knndy, too, contains the most sacred
object In tho Orient, no less relic
than a tooth Of Buddha These two
features are Kandy's principal claims
to fame and interest.
II Is written that the Rodaya had
their origin In the sentence pronounced
by an old-time king, who charged that
they served his table with the flesh OF
pigs instead Of the flesh Of deer. For
this crime he made them the lowest
of all castles, and their lot has not
been happy one. There are perhaps
900 Of them left today; they may be
seen daily around the outskirts Of
Handy. They are not allowed to live
In houses, but lnhablt miserable lean
tos. They have no recourse to native
courts Of justice, although under tho
English law they are not Disseminated
against. They may not use bridge,
but have to swim all streams. They
must kneel when addressing tho higher
castes. When the shadow Of one Of
them falls upon food, the food cannot
be eaten.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
eeIhshneas.

We are practical beings, each OF US
with limited functions and duties to
perform. Each IL bound to feel I'M
tensely the importance Of his own
duties and the Significance OF the sltu-
Rtions that call these forth. But this
feeling Is In each Of us vital secret,
for sympathy with which we vnlnly
look to others. The others are too
much absorbed In their own vital set
crets to take nm interest In ours. Hence
the stupidity and Injustice of our opln1
ions, us far as they deal with the sig
nificance Of allen lives. Hence the
falslty Of our Judgments, so far AZ
they presume to decide In nm absolute
way on the value Of other persons CON
ditions or ideals.-Willlnm james.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23

william Snyder, head keeper at the
Central Park menagerie In New York,
Is willing to answer any question re-
rgardlng animals at any hour Of the
day or night. That readiness frequent
ly gives him an insight into domestic
tragedies affecting the life or liberty
OF birds, dogs, cats, monkeys and even
turtles kept as pets In New York
homes. Mr.. Snyder was called to the
telephone recently and questioned by
an agitated woman who sought TO
know the proper food for turtle. Mr..
Snyder explained TINT It depended
upon the type Of turtle, and upon be-
ing informed that It was little one,
two inches In diameter, suggested that
1t be fed one lettuce leaf week. "Oh,
Ipshaw," exclaimed the woman, "and
I've just sent the maid over to get 1t a
pound Of chopped meat."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
American Pin Globe rrotter.

The American pin goes the wide
world around, and our exports arc
pretty equally divided between the or
binary pin and the safety pin. Mis-.
lslonnrIes from Africn and Asia say
that the American safety pin Is SO
highly valued that II takes the place
OF currency. Manila Is said to BIZ
taking 100000 gross annually, and Italy
bought last year 100000 safety pins.
The renson for this Is the shortage Of
supplies from European countries.
England, France and Italy need the
metals for military purposes, and Ger
many and Austria will not make pins
even If they could get them out Of tho
country, because they need the metal
too badly for guns and shells. Tho
American pin made by machinery IL
Of superior quality, and the machines
are 30 developed that they can be fur
nished even more cheaply than by the
cheap labor in Europe.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
MEN, MAIL THOSE LETTERSI
Trap That Dorchester Woman Laid
for Her Hubby Is Not Patented,
Therefore, Be Wise.

The wife OF a Dorchester man who
had the traditional falllng-he forgot
to mail letters--has cured him. The
mail is delivered at their home before
the breakfast hour, which is compare
lively late. One morning she said to
her husband:
ibid you have any mall this morn
ing dear"
"Only a circular" he answered, as
he blc into u fine brown slice of toast.
"Huh !" said the wife. "By the way,
did you mail the letters gave you yes
terdayT
"Sure did" was the rlghteously In
dlgnant reply.
"Weli," answered wife, with an elo-
quent smile, "it's funny, then, you had
no letters this morning, because one Of
those gave you to mail was addressed
to you-just as n sort Of key.'-BostOn
Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23

her that her eyes were big and lus-
trous, and her complexion clear and
pink. When she smiled there was
charm that frightened her whole face.
1t came as birthright from n mother
who had been born near Killarney.
But Tess only saw the red hair and
freckles, and hated them with all her
heart.
The next year It was much worse.
The boys and girls In the factory
formed social club, and gave little
dances and picnics, and Tess was left
out with old Julia, the scrubwOman,
and Lizzie, the little hunchback sorter
Of labels. She tried to think she didn't
care, but when Tom Blake came to
work on the freight elevator, she knew
she did. She'd have given everything
she owned to make Tom look at her
as he looked at some Of the other
girls, and especially at Telka.
Telka was one Of the experienced
hands on the bridal cake boxes. She
pasted on the satin striped paper and
he delicate, frostllke lace Innings, and
always sang as she worked. She was
rom northern Hungary, with the mys-
cry Of the Magyars in her curious, at
,ractive eyessand slow smile. Once
when one Of the boys had tried to kiss
her. she had slapped him, and when he
hurled choice bit OF good old Bow
cry "call down" at her return, Telka
had promptly seized her scissors and
chased him downstairs into a corner
until he begged her pardon.
The second week, as Tess was going
lown on the freight elevator at noon
time, Tom took bunch Of flowers from
pasteboard shoe box at his feet and
gave them to Telka. They were not
:ity flowers, Tess could see that. There
was a whiff Of rose geranlum and
sweet alyssum, with hellotrope and
mignonette.
ave live up in Fordham," Tom said
"Mother picked that bunch for me
this morning from her garden. Like
It?"
Telka smiled, her face behind the
flowers. Surely she liked them. Tess
watched them both with n little heart
ache OF curiosity. What was this love
that bloomed overnight like flower
Itself and brought the luster to the
eyes and the color to the cheeks OF
girls like Telka2 When the Hungarian
girl got Off at the sixth floor, Tom turn
ed and saw his other passenger, her
arms full Of boxes as usual.
'Hello, KID" he said happily. Can
I light a match on your halr"
"Smarty," retorted Tess, hOtly, and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
By Isabel Frost


copyright 1911, BY the Mcclure Newspa-
''' S''
It has never seemed quite so hard as
that Saturday morning. For over
year Tess had worked in the big pa
per box factory on MacDougal street,
carrying tall piles of boxes back and
forth as they were finished by the
older Islands," and ready for the pack
ers.
She was fifteen when she started in,
and the 81 week had seemed so
much to the little family tucked away
in three rooms on Sullivan street.
With her mother and Danny helping,
too, 1t wasn't hard to get along all,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
FARM WANTED

Large farm on which a man could make
living. Send full description. including
size, quality Of soil. number of acres in
cultivation, number of acres of pasture or
meadow. fencing. roads. exact location.
Party wants to rent with privilege OF buy
ing on terms.
have a number of houses in Wash
iDgton and Takoma Park that could be
exchanged for small farms. Send me
descriptions of your farms IL for exchange.
One party has half-acre lot in the town
Of Takoma Park, Nd. unmortgaged, price
5000. will give as part payment on small
farm.
| would be glad to send you my complete
list OF properties for sale or exchange.
J. S. FRASER,
TakOma Park. Md.
PhOne-COl. 4368w
sep 8-3m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23


red curly hair were not such a bad
combination after all. Telka was
drowsy and indolent in her ways I'M
less reused to anger, but here was
girl with bit of old Ireland in her
makeup like a dash of pepper. The
next day he brought some roses for
Tess, but she was busy In the packing
room, and he gave them to Telka at
the last moment. Then, when the days
grew warm, the social club arranged
for Z Sunday outing up the Hudson.
Tess heard the girls talking about 1t
ana planning. 1t seemed as II she
could feel the weight of her own heart
in her loneliness. If only there was
someone who wanted her most Of all,
someone whom she wanted, too. Tom
called to her as she went up the stairs
Saturda.' morning, but she did not no
tice him. All at once she felt great
bitterness against the whole cruel
pressure, the daily grind that ate up
.'outh and happiness, the pitiful little
81 that was due her that night, old
Levinsky's face at the time clock when
she rang up, Miss Gulitsky, the fore
woman giving out the work Of the
day-what was 1t all worth In the big
count up Of llfe2
That morning at breakfast her moth
err had been telling of her home In the
old country, Of the beautiful lakes of
Killarney and of the lifting glory of
the hills around them. It seemed like
another world to Tess from this mar
row street filed with crowded Italian
children, and endless rows Of factories
and shops below Blocker street.
She was thinking Of this, hating her
work, her companions, Telka's sleek,
dark head, the sound Of the machinery,
everything In the place.
"We'l be let out at twelve noon to-
day." the girl at the checking desk
said. "Boss's got soft heart, guess,
on account Of the picnic. What you
going to wear, Tessf
Tess scowled. It was on the tip of
her tongue to say she wasn't going.
The clock over her head said ten min
utes to twelve. She caught up her
Inst Iood of boxes and started for the
incIosed wooden stairs. And half way
down she saw little curling of
smoke. 1t was ever so slight, hardly
pot,ceobIa onIv whom Won work in n
nanar hox factory Won grow IN soc
such things very quickly. In ten min
utas or loss n wou,d ont its wov
throuoh and tho wood partitIons would
hIoze nm like motchwood Tess
stared ot n. and then went deliberate
Iv ON to the second floor.
Tbov would have tbeir n,cn,c with.
ont ber would thev9 Tbev would
LAUGH ~ bor rod hair and coll ber
irish would thew she'd show them
II oovo bor tho stronoest most won.
derfuI thrill 20 know how she held the
foto 90 tho v,hoIo Factory IN bor hands
Of course tbev wouId cot ont in time
Sba Iust woptad IN Give tbem n good
score An tho ttme ber last Iot NJ
boxas were beInp nocked for sbInment
she stood hacking nj tho clock count.
inc miputos TIvo civ sevan Sud.
denly che turned and ron for tho
etoIrs Tov,ns,v colIad oftar her TINT
tbe door wos locked she'd have 70
uso tho freight oIovotor 70 sho wont.
od 20 40 nm mt tbot rod boIr was
NOT w,,bont ITO own sIcn,fconce Tess
reached tho i,ttIo Arc alarm bov nv the
door and before onyono copld ston her
sho hod smoshod tbo class and t,,rned
tbo bow around
Twoiro noon fornd tho GIRLS mailing
AZ, =
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
Woman School Director In pekIro

Peking has Its first woman school
director In the person Of Mrs. Chu
Ping-hsla, who has just been appointed
director Of the Peklng Girls Normal
school by the minister Of education,
Mrs. Chu is young Wellesley gradu-
ate, who left brilliant record behind
her In America. Since her return to
China she has been editor In chief of
the Women's Magazine, published in
Shanghai.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
For sale.

Registered Shorthorn Bulls for sale, sired
by Rustic Lad, No. 374296, out of heavy
milking cows. These are the large, erowthy
dual-purpose kind. fit to head any herd
Also few choice females for sale.
These cattle must be seen TO be appre.
ciated. Inspection invited.
BENTON G. RAY,
North West Farm,
K. +. ID. Silver Spring, Md.
feb OTIS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
Farming Day and NIuht.

Great Britain has decided to carry
on farming operations for "a hours u
day by means Of hundreds Of American
gasoline tractor plows, senrchlIghts,
expert chauffeurs and taxicab drivers
and a civilian army Of night plowmen
and plowwomen. Great estates which
have lain fallow for countless genera
tions are to be broken up, and scbn
moors and vast parkland EXPENSES
which have been the delight OF the
British sportsmen will hear the strange
clatter Of the gasoline tractor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
FOR Said,

One double house. FIVE rooms in each
house. town water and sewage. located in
Rockville, Md.
Two houses near and adjoining said
town, one OF six rooms, newly built. one
acre OF land. splendid water. shade and
fruit; and one four-room house, five
eighths Of an acre of land.
These properties are near churches,
school, steam and electric roads and well
located. Good investments.
Apply to
BOUlC & B0UIC. Attorneys,
For estate OF Samuel English. deceased.
ian 4-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
haXa Thalr uaaa.

"Why do you plant rndishes7 They
contain little nourshmeDt."
Maybe so, but they come along rap
idly. You know, an amateur garden
sr likes to see few results"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23

Prison Reformer-We're inaugural
ing a circulating library for the use Of
the inmates. Is there any particular
book you'd like to make use Off
Number, 33,S33-Sure. II / could
only use 1t right I'd like TO have a rail-
way guide.-Everybody's Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners.
Rockville, Md, Sept. q, 1916.
Ordered this day that the Muncaster Mill
Road. from the State Road at Norbeck to the
improved road near Griffiths gate, be closed
to public travel until further notice. The
object Of closing this road is to reconstruct
same. and all persons are hereby warned
that they travel said road at their own
risk. -
JOHN r. LEWIS. Pres't
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
sep 29-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners.
Rockville, Md, June 81, 1916.
Ordered this day by the Board Of County
Commissioners that the New Cut Road,
leading from the Brookeville pike. near
Forest Glen. to the Colesville pike, near
-Four Corners, be closed to public travel
until further notice. The object Of closing
this road is to repair bridges on same. and
ali persons are hereby warned that they
travel this road at their own risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS. Prest.
BERRY E. CLARK, Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
READY FOR DELIVERY

Fruit trees, berry plants, California privet
and other hedging plants. roses and other
nursery stock.
Quality the very best and prices right.
Before you place your order, write to
ROCK CREEK NURSERY,
Rockville, Md.
RI D. No. 3.
oct 20-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23

Pat-I hear Kelly lost foot In that
raiIrond accident
Aike--He lost u yard-ono Of his
own feet and two OF his %ifo's Flown
Topics.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23

He (scornfully)--A woman can't
keep a secret.
She (bitterly)--Not with the mean
military census tnker making her tell
her real age.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-23
TO n - n L IA

A number Of young work horses and
mares, including young driving horse.
Inquire Of VIM. l.. Beall tenant Of Boulc
farm, near Veirs' mill, two and a-hali
miles from Rockville, Md. or C. N. Bouic
Rockville. Md.
oct B-4t