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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08
Daily Novelette,
The An-Around ExtinEuishcr.

~ RIBLETS, the playwright, who
believed that all truly great
- men welcome criticism. had in
vited several friends to hear him read
his latest comedy.
And now. boys" said Driblets mag
unanimously. after the reading. Ii any
Of you can think OF any way in which
I can make this play better. please
speak right out. In fact. that's what
I've invited you for
We'll. I'll tell you my opinion. Drib-
let's. Flippers. the real estate man,
spoke up 1T seems to me that all
the play needs to be perfect is. a re-
writing Of the second. third and
fourth acts. making the hero marry
the villainess. who turns out to be
the real heroine. and making the
heroine actually the villainess. With
that slight change. Driblets, I think
you'H have a fine play"
I'll tell you what I think. Drib-
let's said Massbinder. the wholesale
plumber. 1t seems TO me that all
the play needs are a few touches TO
bring the tmosphere up to date.
Now. why not move the whole scene
from Roger Pickles drawing room
IN Boston TO the trenches. making
your lawyer a general and your doc
tor spy and your lady writer
Red Cross nurse. and 50 on With
just those few addit Onal touches.
Driblets. 1 think yOu'C have a bully
play there"
Gentlemen. excuse me a moment"
said Driblets. Leaving the room. he
returned with patent fire eXtin-
guisher, whihc he turned on Flip
pers and Masshinder until they be-
came insulted and left.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08

3IEN girls despair Of their
AH eyes, and declare that Nature
w has cheated them-because
she didn't give them the large eyes
of a Jane Cowl OF a Theda Bara per-
haps-I console them by sending
them a recipe FOR an eyelssh tonic.
For the smallest, most Insignificant
eyes become beautiful. even promi-
nent. when they are fringed by Ions
thick Iashes, and outlined above by
prettily srched brows. The eye IT.
self can be made beautiful by its ez-
preston little matter OF delvinE
into your soul and developing all
YOUR inner beauty-shape and size
and color matter very little. Las1es
and brows are the worldly helps you
require.
Eyebrows are usually Wen marked
directly above the eye. but dWindle
away to a few scattered hairs to-
wards the outer edge. Consequently
when an actress wants TO make up
her eyes to cause them TO appear
large and luminous, she rlrst
lengthens the eyebrow Itself Atler
that comes the painting In OF pink
blue or violet shadows, according 20
character. and the beading or the
Iashes.
Vaseline is excellent for improve
ing the brovs and lashes. but its re-
suits are slow. Ny own tonic gives
quicker rewards-ir is made up rather
more on the principle of a hair tonic
and supplies nourishment. Castor OH
nourishes and darkeus the hairs, ana
is especially good for blondes who
want the contrast of dark lashes and
trovys with blonde hair. Olive oil ls
very good. too. None Of these should
be gotten into the eye. They should
be put on carefully. alonG the line
OF the arch Of the brow. so no hairs
grow out Of alignment a little rubbed
on the lash viii find its way down
and to the roots. the rest may be
wiped off
when the hairs are coarse and M
rulv and stick up out Of the eyebrow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08

SUNDAY. DECEMBER p 1911
-HIS is a fortunate day. according
to astrolosy. for saturn thu
Il sun. Mars and Uranus are all
in benefc aspect.
It is favorab bic sway under which
to begin journeys. especially those Of
friendship.
There is a lucky sign for visiting
relatives. the stars inclining toward
sympathy and understanding. making
for generosity and encouraging pleas
ant association.
Florists should benefit greatly from
the kindly aspect of Saturn It is an
unusually promising direction under
which 10 present plants OF any de-
scription. as while they live love VIII
not cease to increase.
When the sun is in benefic aspect
gifts Of all sorts bring benefits TO the
giver. especially if they be Of gold
Tt is an suspicious sway under which
10 bestow a ring
Uranus is in a place supposed o.
increase all the psychic gifts and 10
encourage spiritual understa ndlug-
This rule presages the acceptance
OF some astonishing philosophy or
theory from across the seas. probably
from an Anglo-Sax5n and not from
an Oriental
Mar gives eucoura cement 20 -our
soldiers today. and tn re IS sign
read 5 indicating comparatively few
casualties not only al this time but
between now and the end Of the war.
While astrOlosers see the end OF
the war as not much more than six
months off, so all the seers appear 10
find the world conflict viii end hy
midsummer in 1918
Americans are warned by the stars
that while they are stopping waste
in small quantities. they Will discover
Il in mountains where they do not
look for 10.
The death OF a famous American
woman is prognOsticated. The toll
Of both men and women of distinc-
tion will be unusually heavy during
the year.
Persons whose birth date il is have
the augury for a successful year.
Those who are employed viii benefit
Children born on this day viii
prosper in their affairs Many or
these subject OF Sagittarius have
strong scientific bent--tLopyriE ht,
1917. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08

facts viii be the commonplace facts
which our American soldiers must
face. and it will not hurt the Ameri-
can public 10 know the facts
Three Years n Battle-Ground.
To begin. France has been a battle
ground for three years rive million
soldiers at one time OF another have
been taken from their homes and bill
leted in the villages Of northern and
eastern France near the farflung bat
tie lire from Ostend TO the Alps. Some
Of these soldiers have Deen British
soldiers, Moroccan soldiers, Ethio-
plans from Africa. Cinnamon from
French China, New Zealanders, Alge-
rians, South African Dutch. Austria
lians, Canadians, East Indians and
they have variety OF notions about
the thing which we disguise under the
name of lity-these soldiers from
the ends Of the earth.
They have been living in French
houses with French women whose
husbands are on the battle line; or
these soldiers have been living in
tents or barracks near the homes Of
French soldiers who are on the bat
tie line. Hundreds OF thousands of
women at the romantic age, attached
and unattached, married and unmar-
ried. daily have been associated with
these millions of soldiers. for a little
time
The Awful Social Confusion.
For q. month OF for three months
these soldiers have occupied one vii
LACE after another, have gone up to
the front TO do their fighting, and then
have returned TO another village It
takes no excess Of imagination to
know exactly what has happened in
this awful social confusion. One must
not get the idea that the women Of
France have acted differently from
other women The same number OF
soldiers coming from the same far
corners Of the earth with the same
varying ideas OF morality, If they were
billeted in Kansas villages or Maine
villages, or Louisiana villages, or
Texas villages, where the men were
gone, where the young girls Of the
manageable age had new lovers ev-
felt they were going into the battle :
never TO return. would produce ex- 4
actly the same conditions that exist
in France 1t is not a moral break /
down. When the war is over, when I
normal conditions are resumed, France Z
viii be the same beloved country she 4
has been always But for a genera ,
ton she will have q sort Of social !
Just as America would
have under similar conditions.
Into Social Anarchy.
Il is into this social anarchy that
We are sending our American troops /
Il is the social anarchy necessary in .
every war. It is the by-prOduct Of 4
war. And yet 1t is possible 10 save .
eur men-to take our soldiers into I
this and keep them normal and 4
to the end But the only
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.

cornstarch dissolved in a little cold
water; sweeten to taste and simmer
for five minutes; as soon as thick
enough and when slightly cool. add
the apricots and pour all into a round
bowl When cold. turn onto a serving
dish. This dish does not require any
sauce or cream.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08

Dr. Katherine B. Davis. former com
missioner Of correction. has resigned
her $500 job as head Of the New York
parole board to become general sec
rotary Of the Rockefeller bureau OF
social hygiene.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08

Under the recent decision Of the
British house of commons. only mar
ried women. whose husbands are also
entitled 20 municipal franchise. are
entitled to the right to vote in munici-
pal matters.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08

= ? you wish TO present a dainty des-
sert that is at once popular-serve
= your guests with apricot dream"
Drain the syrup from a can Of april
cots, put the syrup into \ stewpan
with q cup OF hot water, bring to the
boil and add two tablespoonful Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08

DAAE FASHION has wetted her finger the
leaves OF the fighting every nation has found
their bravery good Tor ladyfol Who
sleek head pretty girl Scot warrior rigging sam
mics tin enchhat with upon It. The
Russians beted blouse and his aksh cap The Blue Devils
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
"In the Spring Time. 4"

1.-The fellers at these here Crossroads
makes me tired said Bill Norris to
Doc Morgan, who had just stepped jpto
Norris's store as the last Of the farm
ers were coming out, and some were
already hooking up their teams In the
shed to pick up the women folks at the
meeting house for home.
For Why!" said Doc "Chewin' the
rag about all the trouble news in the
papers, What's eight hour days to
them as has to work fifteen? What's
coal shortage in New York to them as
burns wood? They amt runnin' the
railroads." Bill broke out hotly.
well, no, Bill" said the doctor,
smiling, "but give them time and
they'll come around to seeing where
their business hooks up with the coun-
try's. Did you notice that every rail
road man expects the trouble of car
shortage to break out worse in Spring?
Better nurse the trouble talk and get
in orders and car-space this Winter,
for Spring needs"
"Oh. you can't get them fellers to
buy nothing till they have to have it."
said Bill grouchily, but with a hope
and ready for argument. at don't pay
to store seed; it eats interest. 1t won't
do to store fertilizer; it might get
damp. Who wants to handle lime
twice? That's the talk. Right from
the car to the field. I've heerd 1t before.
Eyes, but all cars for high priced
goods and the big towns In March, and
nothing for Ashby Station till June, Ks
different. What's the good Of big mar
ket prices, when the crops are starved
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09

failure doing the Middle Ages of the
forceps and the thumb-acrew, no eff
cient method of collecting taxes upon
intangible personal property has been
invented which did not make the wrong
man ultimately pay.
Many working farmers of the coun-
ties fear that tax on land values only
would increase their burdens. Not so.
Only so far as he held land idly would
they pay more. | have pointed out that
improvements and other products of
industry either created by them or pur-
chased, would not be taxed. II is to
be added that though farmers hold
broad acres, the centers of land va ues
are in the cities. One acre of land in
New York City is worth more than the
value Of many entire counties in Mary
land, A couple of acres in Baltimore
is worth more than the assessed value
of whole counties.
A couple of letters serves scarcely to
outline this great problem of taxation in
which, though sinners, the counties of
Maryland are not so more than other
counties of the United States Let US
turn to other matters about which we
should sneedly act in the State of
Maryland.
JACKSON H. RALSToN,
EVANSVILLE. Md.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
THIS is THE LIFE.

The farmer is the only real
necessary man on earth, the only
man whose products the race
must have or perish. Wealth
must pay any price the farmer
asks for his wares; for there are no
substitutes for them, no other
articles just as good, and wealth
that cannot buy them has no
value. Why is it therefore that
the farmer is not the worlds
aristocrat, fortunes pampered
favorite, the plutocrat, the best
paid worker in the world? Why
is it that when labor is the basis
of all wealth more of it does not
stick to his own fingers? Why
do the middlemen, the traffick-
ers, the handlers of his products,
the non-producer, the parasites
make all the notable fortunes?
Why are men who cater to de-
based or abnormal appetites more
prosperous than those who min
lister to the normal, proper needs
of mankind? Why is it there is
more money in making some sort
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
A FEED TO IMPROVE
THE EGG YIELD

Many farmers, in feeding their birds,
overlook the fact that beef scrap or
some similar feed is very essential
during the winter months If a good
supply of eggs is to be obtained. A
convenient method of feeding beef
scrap Is in a mash made Of three parts
cornmeal and one part each Of wheat
bran, wheat middlings, and beef scrap.
Skinned milk or buttermilk may be
used in place Of the beef scrap, but If
the supply is limited, some scrap also
should be fed.
In experiments conducted by the De-
partment Of Agriculture, 1t was found
that for the first four months pullets
fed ration containing beef scrap pro-
duced, on the average, 41.5 eggs, while
those fed the same ration without the
scrap produced only 1871. The cost of
feeding the latter birds was % cents
higher for every dozen eggs produced
than in the case of the pullets fed
beef scrap.
LIE DliuS Suoulu udNe plenty W cut
but they also should always be eager
for each meal. If One-third Of the
scratch grain furnished them Is fed
in the morning and two-thirds at night,
the birds will take more exercise than
If they. receive all the grain they de-
sire In the morning. Good scratch mix
lures may be made of equal parts by
weight of cracked corn, wheat, and
oats, OF Of two parts of cracked corn
and one part each Of wheat and oats.
Other directions for the winter care
of birds are contained in a new pub
LEGATION of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture Circular II, Of
fee Of the Secretary, Winter Egg Pro
duction.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
Neighbor Told Her .
Cure for Lurnbaeo

Rheumatism and lumbago are awful
things and cause great pain and mis-
cry, but Foley Kidney Pills can roue
them.
Mrs. G. II. Eveland, Duncan Mills.
ILL.,, writes the following letter: II
was stricken down with lumbago ana
was unable to turn myself in bed. A
neighbor brought me half bottle OF
Foley Kidney Pills. and said she had
been similarly afflicted and that they
had helped her. So tried them and
was completely relieved by the use OF
two or three bottles. I have had
splendid success with them and have
never known them to fail. most
heartily recommend Foley Kidney
Pills"
Foley Kidney Pills tone up weak,
inactive, sluggish kidneys, rid the
body of poisons, give appetite. energy
and refreshing sleep after pain. Don't
neglect kidney trouble. Remove the
cause with Foley Kidney pills.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
POTASH SAVINGS
War Cut Supply and Potato
Growers Learned Lesson.
SOIL HELD RICH STORE.

But After Two Years of FlourishinS
Crop Something Else Is Needed to
Lessen the Soils Holding Power For
Potash-This Is the Special Function
of Lime.
The success attendant on potato
growing with the use of a fertilizer
containing a high potash content has
long been wei! established. The Ak
perience has been so well advertised
by the representatives of the German
potash industry in this country that
the regular potato fertilizer was eS-
pected to be distinguished by contain
ing ten percent of this element. AS
commercial interest was involved in
pushing successful commodity, 1t
may be assumed that this percentage
was liberal to say the least. Success
full potato growers have, as rule,
been liberal users of such high potash
fertilizers The limit to tsaFir crops, as
far as the using up of ois4< of the plant
food elements Is concerned, was not
determined by shortage of potash. If
the growing crop used up all the nitro
gen in the fertilizer, then the potash
and phOsphoric acid. over their bal
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Medl-
cine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the past
thirty-tive years, and has become known
as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the
Blood on the Mucous surfaces, eXpelling
the Poison from the Blood and healing
the diseased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for short time you will see
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh
Medicine at once and get rid of catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09

anced proportion to nitrogen, was Ell
Their lost by drainage or stored.
Now it Is characteristic Of the alb
sorbent quality Of the soil that it holds
potash with great tenacity. Even when
1t is introduced with fertilizer be-
yond the soils power of retention, it
Is not lost to any material degree by
drainage, even in wet season, be-
cause Of the strong abSOrptive power
Of the subsoil, for this element. Dur
ing periods of drought, when there Is
an upward movement of moisture, on
account Of strong surface evaporation,
from the soil and the leaf surfaces of
the crop, the potash is carried from the
subsoil back into the surface soil So
it moves back and forth.
Now, since potash from Germany has
been out Of the question and fertilizers
are used, at present, i'll which there
is little or none of this material, the
crops have been as large as usual
This fact Is fully explained, by Its
property In relation to soil absorption.
The result of the war will be an educa-
ton to our farmers and truckers which
will save them from spending, in the
future. so much money for potash.
A successful North Carolina farmer
reports: My soil is a sandy one and
such as Is usually claimed to need pot
ash. And yet for two seasons With
out it my crops of potatoes have been
as good, or better than before, when
was using ten per cent in the fer
tiliZer."
Still the potato crop takes potash
from the soil and there is a limit OF
availability of this element, when the
accumulated horde falls below a GER
tain amount. This is because the
smaller it becomes, the very strong
absorptive power of the soil allows too
little to be taken up by the circulating
soil water to properly feed the grow
ing crop, though absolutely there may
still be large amount present.
Now here is where the valuable prop
erty of a soil amendment comes into
play. 1t is the signal property of lime,
that it has the power of lessening the
soils holding power for potash. Lime
takes its place in the soil-comblnat1on
and nberates it to the soil moisture
for the crops benefit. Two years with
out potash in the fertilizer should be
a limit Of risk for a prudent potato
grower like the one we have quoted.
Resort to the soil amendment we have
called attention to would then be in
order The application had best be a
moderate one, to be repeated in the
following seasons.
The utilization of bought potash in
excess Of the seasons need, as we
have pointed out, has been a neglected
tonic In agricultural literature, in spite
of its great value.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09

before they get fair start? You let
them talk trouble till they wake up to
getting on. that those who are stung
now will hand it on to them by-and-by.
In the Spring time" whistled the doc
tor.
Its taken you an ALFRED time to
put up them shutters" snarled Bill at
Joe, who came in as the doctor went
out You boys are generally aching
to get home
Joe grinned. Il got Ez Crouk, Murch
Magruder and Sam Pile to make up a
car of hydrate in sacks, to store for
Spring. in place of their corn which we
shipped yistiddy.'
"You did! Well, 1 swan" And Mr..
Norris went home, whistling, I'm the
Spring Time"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09

of intoxicant than in making but
ter, more profit in selling corn
cutters, peppers, shelters, than
in selling corn? In other words,
why is it not the farmer, who
holds the rest of us in the hollow
of his hand and could squeeze US
to extinction any moment, the
most feared and courted, opulent
and powerful member OF the
human family?
A farmer may lose a crop, but
complete and undeserved dis
aster rarely if ever overtakes
him. He does not lose his living
or his land, ifhe is we'll balanced.
His environment and work give
him the conditions conducive to
moral and physical growth, and
tend to make him reflective, pois-
ed and self-reliant. His needs
being supplied and his future as
assured as any mans can be, he
is under less temptation than
men in many other callings to
commit petty depredations. He
does, not have to steal small
sums, and having no chance to
steal big sums he commonly lives
a life of probity, dies in the odor
of sancity and is kindly remem-
bered by his fellowmen. West
minister Advocate.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
Nor1cE TO CRED1roRs

fFHIS is to give notice, that the un-
l. dersigned has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince George 8
County, letters of administration upon
the personal estate of
JAMES WELLS,
late of Prince Georges county, deceas-
ed All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibt the same with the vouchers there
on legally authenticated on or before
the Pad day Of September 1917, or they
may otherwise by law he excluded from
all benefits Of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment. Given
under my hand this 1st day of March
1917.
L. G. SASSCER,
Administrator of James Wells, de-
ceased. Mar. 2
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
Nor1cE TO CRED1roRs

THIS is TO give notice, that the un-
i dersigned has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince Georges
County, letters testamentary upon the
estate of
CAROLINE M. WELLS,
late of Prince Georges county, deceas-
ed. All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the same, with the vouchers
thereon legally authenticated on or be-
fore the Bird, day of September 1917, or
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from ali benefits of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
auested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 23rd day of
February 1917.
T. VAN CLAGETT,
Executor of Mrs. Caroline W. Wells,
deceased. Mar. 2ud
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-09
ORDER OF RATIFICATION
WILLIAM b. CLAGETT, Assignee
VS..
EDITH l.. FOWLER, ct viz.
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Md.
No. 4S17 Equity

No. 4S17 Equity
ORDERED this End day of March,
~ 1917, that the Auditors Report and
Account A filed in this cause be ratified
and confirmed unless cause to the con-
trary be shown on or before the 10Th
day of March, 1917; provided copy of
this order be inserted in some newspa-
per published in Prin &c Georges COun-
ty once in each of two sue cessive weeks
before the said 18th day of March, 1917.
S. D. HALL, Clerk.
Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
5. ID. Hall, Clerk MaI9td