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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Blind Children Learn

Here is an original method used II
teach a little blind child her alphabet
that l hope may help other mothers
who have little ones afflicted with the
same handicap. Use the raised letters
from old felt pennants and paste Oh
four pieces Of cardboard. Dividing
the alphabet into four parts prevent
the child from trying to learn too many
letters at once. When the alphabet Is
mastered, the letters can then be made
into words and put on small card
boards. The little ones touch soon
learns to distinguish between letters
and II is interesting to note how soon
Il grasps both letters and words.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
GONE TO ASHEVIlIE.

Thomas L. Morrow has accepted
the position of Manager for the Peter
Fox Sons Co., attheir branch atAshe-
vile, N. c. He left this week for his
new position and will be followed
little later by his wife and daughter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Po,atoes Best cooked In Skins.

Approximately 20 per cent of each
potato pared by ordinary household
methods is lost In the process. The
loss includes much and sometimes all
OF the portion Of the tuber containing
important soluble salts. Potatoes that
are boiled and baked In their skins
lose practically none OF their food
value.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
NEXT SESSION IN HOpKINsHLLE.

lam authorized by Bishop Murrah
to announce that the next session of
the Louisville Annual Conference M.
E. Church, South, will be held in
Hopkinsville, Sept. &c, 1917. Bishop
Murrah will preside T.. L. HULSE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
TERRELL BOYS REUNION.

The date fer the next reunion OF the
FerrelPs Boys, in this city, will be
August 10 and II. There seems to be
a general desire to have the reunion
in spite OF the war, as but few of the
old boys are under the military age
of 81.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Good Suggestion.

A good and cheap way to get up !
the strings you need to tie up yourl
tomato vines is to pull off for present
use enough blades from your grow
ing corn, let them wilt right good,
and you can't get anything better for
the purpose. K.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
safe to Be Around.

-How is your husband getting on
with his golf3"
Every well. indeed. The children
are allowed to watch him now"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Death of M. w. McGehee.

Malcolm Wharton McGehee, son of
the late William G. NcGehee, died a
few days ago at his home at Gordons-
vile, Va. He was Sroiher Of R. S.
McGehee, of Princeton, and T A.
McGehee, OF GAINESVILLE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Mercerized Poplin

q inches wide, and to be had in white and a
good assortment of Plain Colors, IS cents quality
Priced Special for Friday, Saturday and 20c
Monday, per, yard ,,..-.-........-..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Dress Bingham.
Percales.

White Grounds, with neat Black figures and
small Medium Size colored Polka Dots They are
SO inches wide, Cambria Finish. lSc per yard quail
ty;. Priced Special for Friday, Saturday and 12lc
Monday. Selling the yard. .........i@2'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Dry Goods Specials
Colored Wash Goods.

A Typical Frankels offering in all of its won
derful variety and moderate prices. Many an idea
for the summer frocks can be gained by visit to
this store.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
PONGEE SILK.
MERCERIZED SILK,

A material with silk warp and mercerized
cotton filing, comes in shifting, and
sport stripes, with white or tan grounds. Also
in colored grounds in Kmona and Drapery
Patterns. 1t is SO inches wide, will wash
1 5G Sp ag Mo PGsd Ps ss a for Friday Sat 55C
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
FANCY WHITE FLAXON.

One lot of sample pieces Fancy White
Flaxon Wasting; III stripes and checks, many
styles to select from. These are all fine Sheer
G G15 4e. aG Bs y y4G up to 800 yard se 25c
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Irish Linen.

All Linen, grass bleached; just the material for
White Dresses and Skirts it is SO inches wide and
SOC quality Specially priced for Friday, oEn
Saturday and Monday at per yard. ....... s~v
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Plain White Wolfe.

Having Chiffon finish and to be had in 81
inch width Csc quality. Specially priced Pc
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-31
Fancy Colored Voiles.

In Floral Dotted and Striped Designs; il is g
special for the yard. 49,. ............. .0S'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Bv HAROLD KELLOCk

riding up and down the Calea with their
mistresses, or eating cream putfs at
Capsha's pastry shop
All this helps to explain the disaster
that overlook Rumania after she en-
tered the war. Other writers make the
explanation still more clear. The upper
classes, they intimate, are extravaganza
and lazy and rather casual in their mar
ital relations. Bucharest, the capital,
initiates Paris as city of pleasure
merely, and it is local boast that the
number of women of a certain class
there is the largest proportionately OF
any city in the world.
In Domestic Life in Rumania" Doro-
thea Kirke gives this glimpse of Ru-
manian peasant life:
1.-THE peasant is born in howell with
a mud floor; when quite tiny ne is car
ried about by his mother, looking like
brown-paper parcel. He is never
bothered to have his face washed, and
in some remote places his hair is left
to grow as it peases, so that it becomes
in time long and matted. He plays
about on the filthy floor, eagerly de-
YOURS meals of maize and beans which
vegetable matter will be his chief food
through life. There are few
schools in the country districts.
later on he works in the fields. He is
seldom paid in cash, but is allowed a
certain amount of ground. The peasant
seldom sees his landlord. The latter
let's his country estate if he can; his
one idea is to get as much money as he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
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BOOKS, COMMON AND PREFERRED

can and spend it in Bucharest, or, still
bettar in Paris. Country
folk seem to have no amusement save
an occasional fair or drinking bout"
The servant problem is simple in Ru-
mania. According to Dorothea kirke
the Rumanian housewife can get an ex-
cellent cook for $50 a year. House
maids are even cheaper, $3.50 month.
In Serbia, however, domestic matters
are much more complicated, for Mrs.
Will Gordon GA Woman in the Balk-
ans') tells us that the Serbs are too
proud to work as servants. The peas
ants in that country, she says, ENJOY
much more satisfactory diet than the
poor Rumanians. Onions, soup, curdled
cream, sausages, cheese and maize por-
ridge are all on their domestic bill of
fare.
According to Mr.. Munroe Bulgaria
has the best educational system in the
Balkans. In 1880, at the end OF the
Turkish rule, the percentage of litter
acy among army recruits in Bulgaria
was 90 per cent. In 1913 it was per
cent.
Mr. Monroe describes Bulgaria as
nation of peasants. The mode of life
of the people is simple and frugal. They
are temperate in eating and drinking,
and gambling makes little appeal to
them. Standards of morality are high.
Early marriages are the rule. and the
size of the families would delight our
most conspicuous opponent of race sui
eide. The peasant costumes are still
worn, and even on the streets of the
sober little town of Sofia one may see
women in short skirts and long white
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The General Is Curious Concern
ina New York LynChnngS

The first time | met General Won
Hindenburg, out OF courtesy TO me as
An "Amerikanerin" the United States
was the subject OF the conversation.
Probably ne had read in some news
paper one of those paragraphs that
newspapers the world over print about
the people of other countries when
there is a shortage Of news-tor the
general asked me if had ever seen
lynching. Surprised that had not,~he
inquired curiously if it was not possible
for the police of New York to stop the
hanging of negroes to corner lamp
posts. ! was naturally shocked at such
an idea of the people of the United
States, and carefully explained that one
didn't hang negroes to lampposts
in New York. 1t was not an easy mat
ter to explain anything to the general,
Tor he has that fixed stare that is pecu-
liar to the Prussian official, and so par
ticularly maddening to a mere human
being.
Listening to my description of New
York and the freedom of the colored
population with apparent comprehen-
sion, waiting courteously until | had
cutie finished the Herr General re-
marked
ia. sehr interessant, Sehr interes-
SAINT"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

must have university degrees. In ma
ton where nine voters out of ten are
peasants, this guarantees a representa-
ton of intellectuals in the Assembly.
VIII S. Monroe, in Bulgaria and Her
People" describes the admirable Bull
garian elective system whereby minor
ity parties are represented in the Cham
Der through a scheme of proportional
voting.
Force has ruled Balkan affairs ex-
clusively for so long that war has be-
come part of the routine of life. 81 am
a Serbian, born to be soldier" are the
ritualistic words drummed into the ear
of the Serbian youth. All writer's who
have seen the Serb in action pay tribute
to his patient bravery. Mr.. Fox, who
was in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the outbreak
of the second Balkan War, noted that
every man there went to the war and, as
a matter of course, every family turned
its surplus of goods into the war chest.
In Rumania, too, unbiased writer's
declare that the peasant soldiers looked
like good fighting men, but the officers
were not so impressive. John Reed, in
"The War in Eastern Europe" de-
scribes them in their uniforms of pas
tel shades, with much gold lace, tassels
on their boots, and caps of baby blue
and salmon pink-color combinations
that would make comic opera manager
sick with envy. They have puffy cheeks
and rings under their eyes, these Of
iicers, and their cheeks are sometimes
painted, and they spend all their time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

battle and sprang upon their victims
with a howl, biting at the throat. This
sounds unneighborly, but in practice 1t
is probably no worse than shrapnel and
2sphyXiating gases.
The Turks, or Saracens, conquered all
The Balkan states except little Montene-
gro. In its best years Montenegro had
for defence 5000 adult males. In one
campaign, according to Mr.. Fox, the
Turks moved against them with 10000
soldiers. Another campaign in the fiji
teenth century lasted twelve years, and
was marked by over sixty battles. But
the Black Mountain folk repealed the in
vaders.
Serbia, Rumania and Bulgaria were
once powerful nations. But they fell
and served long periods under the Turk.
Their establishment as Independent
states was comparatively recent Bull
garia, for instance, was governed by
Greece for two centuries, and for five
more was under the Turkish yoke. Mod
ern Bulgaria is less than forty years
old. Serbia and Rumania have been
free from Turkey for less than hun
dred years.
The constitutions of the Balkan
states are so modern that they assume
= generous measure Of democracy. a
constitutional monarch, universal man
hood suffrage and single legislative
chamber are the rule. Woislav NJ.
Petrovitch ("Serbia") points out that in
each Of the seventeen legislative di-
visions Of his country. represented in
the National Assembly by from four to
twelve members. according to popula
ton. two members Of the delegation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Before the European struggle began
we knew mighty little about the people
in the Balkans, save
FOLKS IN THE that they seemed to
BALKANS be constantly shout
ing "Sick 'enl, Tow
ser!' TO the dogs of war. During the
last two years number OF excellent
books have appeared about the folks
over there. We can learn from them that
the Balkan people have lived on I'm
easy Street for so many centuries that
they have some excuse for being rest
less. The Balkan Peninsula was the
original home Of old John ". Trouble.
He is still a resident.
"The fates were unkind to the Bal
kan Peninsula" says Frank Fox CIhe
Balkan Peninsula'0. Because OF Its
position, it was forced to stand in the
path of the greatest racial movements
of the world, and was thus the scene OF
savage racial struggles, and the depos-
itary Of residual shreds Of nations sur
wing from great defeats or Pyrrhlc
victories. and cherishing irreconcilable
mutual hatreds. As if that were not
enough of i'll fortune imposed by geo
graphical position, the great Roman
Empire elected to come from It's seat
ON the Italian Peninsula in order to die
in the Balkan Peninsula, a long-drawn-
out death Of many agonies, OF many
bloody disasters and desperate retriev-
ais. For all the centuries which history
knows blood mist has hung over the
Balkans"
The Huns from the north and the
Saraeens from the east in turn invaded
fine Balkans. They were undesirable
visitors. The faces Of the Huns were
"shapeless black collops Of flesh" and
the Saracens rode almost naked into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

"iack-knife" bow over a lady's hand and
perform all those meaningless formal
courtesies which are as much part OF
the German officer as his uniform.
However, one feels that he has very
little interest in the ordinary social
function, and that he is much more at
home among men and in the camp or at
the racetrack than in the drawing-room.
Comparison has often been made be-
tween the German Chief of Staff and
Lord Kitchener. TO me the German
conveys the impression of absolute
brute force that would ruthlessly, even
unconsciously, pursue its own way over
friends as well as enemies, a brute
force that would not be swayed by any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

he will visit New York, so | shall d.
ways feel that he still pictures Broad.
way as a street with lampposts deco.
rated with dangling colored folks.
Eventually the conversation turned
as conversations always did in Berlin
to the probability of war with Franc,
The Herr Generals opinion was inter.
csting, for he voiced the feeling of al
Germany. from the Kaiser down. 4
"War with France, which also mean,
war with England for the two viii
fight together, must come as soon az
we are ready. Germany is being
strangled by France, England and Rus
STA. Every schoolboy in Germany is
taught to realize that the Fatherlsnd
is surrounded by wolves waiting to de.
YOUR her as soon as they are strong
enough. 1t is for us to get cur strength
and strike first. Our country has Out.
grown her boundaries, We must have
an outlet or we shall have a Socialist
war at home. We must have free ports
on the Atlantic-which means Belgium
either by her voluntarily becoming
part of the empire or by conquest
Calais, and possibly Hayre, are neces.
sary to US. France does not need them,
as she has her long southern seacoast
Once the flag of the Fatherland floats
over the ancient kingdom of Chark.
magne, Holland must also become par
of the German Empire for her own pre-.
lection; this will give us coaling sta
tons and open ports to the Atlantic, not
under British guns. 1t will give us room
for expansion, colonies not in the dis
NAL swamps and barren lands of Africa
but in Mexico and South America
where German interests are already
firmly established
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
He Never Let's Fact Interfere
with His Convictions

Then. turning to another member OF
the party remarked: Eyes. yes, very
interesting-still | do not see why the
authorities of New York permit that
negroes be hanged to lampposts.
felt as | might if had gone to some
trouble to explain problem in higher
mathematics to rhinoceros-to be re-
warded with grunted Ugh" As Won
Hindenburg is now seventy, it is hardly
probable that. even in case OF war be-
tween Germany and the United States,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

petticoats trimmed with beautiful liz
sertions, and men in white serge
trousers, white shirts and black jack
cts, both embroidered with red, ard
lambskin caps.
Bulgaria, says Mr.. Reed, is us
only country | know where you eah
speak to any one on the street and ge'
"A cordial answer-where if a SHOP
keeper gives you the wrong change "
will follow you to your hotel to retur'
a two-cent piece"
All through the Balkans the peops
are great sticklers for elaborate dorn1-
tic observances, particularly wedan4
festivals. In Serbia, on Mr.. Petic
vitch's authority, being bride Is lo'
requiring no little labor and tact. 10
bride has to give presents, made WIZ
her own hand, to all the wedding guesS
She must go to live in the house Oh n'
step-pareutS, where her molneI III.
is all powerful As the sons OIL "
house marry and TIRE family lncred's
annexes are added to the estaollshln'~
until sometimes as many as eighty pp'.
sons in the same family may be li''~
under one roof.
In his trip to the Balkans Mt MOI
noted as striking features OF the pop.
lar sentiment a great national pat''0.
pride and incidentally desire to inlp.
CRATE to the United States. ms V"
general among reservists who had n'e
for a time in America, but had oeo
called back for the wa. Iha' ps,s
irrational feeling called PATRIOTISM
says. was strong in them-they low
their country and would die for it-0'
they could not live in il"
One can scarcely blame the balN'
folks for wanting to immlgrate 10
country where one doesn't have 10 :
to a new war every other Monday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

human emotion. 1t was said of kltch-
ener, "the man of ice and IRON that ne
never asked of his soldiers what he
would not himself undertake. Nothing
Of the sort will ever be said of Won
Hindenburg; he will demand the impos-
sible of his soldiers and expect it to be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, since ne eX-
pects it. it will be. 1t will be easier to
accomplish the impossible than to eX-
plain to the Herr General why it was
rot done.
With az" one always felt that, how
ever rigid he might be in enforcement
of orders or however strict in matters
of discipline, he was still human. HIS
tall, muscular figure. without an ounce
of fat. suggested an absolutely tireless
energy, in striking contrast to the I'M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
RIGHT HAND
Caricature BY RALPH BARTON

wieldy bulk of the German general. The
whole impression one got OF Kitchener
was energy, action and more energy
a man who was always doing and al
ways accomplishing. Courteous and
thoughtful for the comfort Of others, ne
nevertheless had little time for the
meaningless forms.
To me Kitchener was high-powered
DYNAMO and Won Hindenburg a hydrau-
lie press. Had the two men ever come
together, the old question of "wnat
would happen if an irresistible force
came in contact with an immovable
body would have been answered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

YUST outside Hamburg stands what
to me is a monstrosity, gigantic
AZ granite figure of Bismarck, about
which there is something repellent and
cold, aside from the fact that 1t IS so
enormous that it does not suggest the
figure of a human being at all. Some
dav the Germans will commit similar
atrocity of Won Hindenburg, and 1t VIII
be lifelike-just the wheeze and pun OF
the asthmatic old general himself will
be missing.
Not extremely tall and Of the same
size in all dimensions, length, breadth
and thickness, he conveys the impress
sion of bulk; broad, fiat face, very
short, coarse hair and thick neck, with
a roll Of flesh protruding over his col
lar. carry out the impression OF square
ness. Add to this small stone-colored
eyes set in fat wrinkles and mustache
trimmed a la Kaiser, and you have a
general idea of the man whose name
appears on a hotel register as Herr Gen
eral Graf Paul Won Benecdorf und Won
Hindenburg.
He is no upstart here from the ranks
the Herr General. To be an officer III
the German army one must be OF social
standing. He unites the names Oh TWO
families of the old Prussian nobility
and has a family estate in Neustadt'
West Prussia. He was born at Posen III
1s47, his father being major IN
regiment garrisoned there at the time
This means that the general Will be
seventy this year, and certainly he IS
one who has demonstrated that mans
activities or usefulness do not end at
forty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Ry VIOLA RAY SCOTT

IDOL of Germany and all sorts of roman-
tic tales are told regarding him, prior
70 the war he was really very little
known outside the circle of impecunl-
Gus Young officers of the Guards, who
always surrounded him on his visits TO
Berlin in the racing season. While ne
was in Berlin Won Hindenburg always
had a table reserved for him in the
restaurant of the old Monopole. We
other guests usually arranged to have
dinner before the general and his party
returned from the races, or III some part
of the restaurant fairly remote from
the sometimes very lively party-whlch
seldom included ladies-which wined
well and dined well and drank many
toasts to- Der Tag" in French cham
payne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Il" The World Shall See" II
World Is Still Seeing

You are right" added naval Off.
Ger. "At present our feet is bottled up
in Kiel because the canal is not deep
enough for vessels of the super-dread
nought type in full war equipment. We
are rushing the work on the canal, and
when our fleet is free to sail the word
shall see.
And the world did
Just as any picture, even carlcature
fatters Won Hindenburg-for no photo
graph or combination of pencilled Tires
could give real idea OF the solid hard
ness Of expression, so is it impossible
to put into words his absolute unreach-
ableness from any human point OF view
Because he believes that Germany
must win this war, if ever the tine
comes when he is called upon to SUI
render it will never penetrate his mind
that his country is beaten; he will Be
quite sure that because the women o.
Germany have been so inconslderste IS
to neglect to provide sons enough 70
continue the war, it is advisable to sus-
pend operations until this fault can be
remedied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The Inevitable Little Bit OF
Biography

When war was declared Won linden
burg was not one of the army chiefs;
indeed, he was not even major gen
eral. He offered his services, but, so
far as | know, was not even made
commander. Then came that critical
time for Germany when Russia overran
Eastern Prussia, and even Berlin itself
seemed in danger-to meet this crisis
the "All-Highest" sent General Won
Hindenburg. SO great was his success
that he was called to take command OF
the new NINTH German army, and
with it the Austro-Hungarian forces.
Recently, as every one knows, he was
appointed chief of the General Staff,
thus becoming the supreme leader of
the land forces of the Central Empires.
Although Won Hindenburg Is now the