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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-06
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Arthur Wade. 104 Easthaven ave-
nue. entered a plea of not guilty to
charge of having assaulted young
girl in circuit court today He was
released on $500 bond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-06
BROOKS DIVORCE GRANTED

Florence F, Brooks was granted
divorce from Dale G. Brooks by Judge
Fox in circuit court today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-06

Women Of the Argentine republic
ire beginning to enter the business
teld.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-06

Vast supplies of cocoa have been
smuggled into Germany by way of
Holland and Belgium.
The Washington times., 1917-07-19

mastered is the right method OF ap-
preaching his patrons on collection
day. This achievement wins him the
respect OF business men and OF his
friends Il have to tackle each one
of my subscribers in a particular
way" he said in explaining his
method. with some must Jest.
with others 1 must be stern and
with still others business-like. Some
expect me TO call as a pleasant wis.,
tor. and so on"
/ know a boy who is 4 master at
kite making and who makes a nice
little income from this Juvenile
craft. At FIRST he merely made his
own kites OF various pattern and
few them for the admiration of
himself and his friends. Then a
merchant asked him TO bring a half
dozen to his toy store. where they
would be offered for sale "Tony's
kites"-nAmed after their maker
are now acquiring a reputation. for
It IL being found out that every one
OF them IL reliable and will fly.
They are firmly put together and
rightly balanced and will withstand
rough usage.
Now there Is little likelihood that
Tony will ever become tough or dis
sipated. He is a master OF his ANA
teur art and his life is too full Of
wholesome Joy in work and play to
have room for the coarse and rude
know two boys eleven and
twelve. Charles and Iden by name.
who are the sole members of the
'"well-Cut Lawn Company" They
have owned a lawn mower and rake
and clippers for more than two
years, and their work already
The Washington times., 1917-07-19

distinct personality II correct ac-
cessories are used. And such dainty
affairs there are for Summer wear
that Dame Fashion has become en-
thusiGstic. So delightfully."- simple are
these little beRutifiers to copy that
any woman who is at all handy can
turn out some fetching little crea-
lions
One designer has imported .
charming set consisting of a hat,
bag and cape. The material Is navy
blue taffets. lined with figured net
and frightened by confetti
sprinkled" linen.
The cape Is both quaint and de-
mure, being cut somewhat like q
very deep Quaker collar. rounded.
but ending in points we'll separated
in front Two long taffeta stream
ers are tied in a cunning bow and
hold the cape In place. Little dfa-
mond-shaped pieces OF confetti
linen" are inserted at the front
points OF the collar. Figured net
lines this dainty Summer cape.
There is a stunning envelope bag
that belongs with this set. 1t also
is made OF taffeta and is cut a good
size. A pointed nap is folded over
the bag and fastened with a dura-
BILE snap hook. The string OF the
bag Is fashioned of a narrow strip
OF silk. machine stitched. and Is
slipped under the nap and stitched
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
Now Go On With the Story

and cruel smile flashed across his
thin lips.
A moments silence lapsed between
these formidable men
The genial inventor had become
anarchy's hero-the perfect sublime
type of the enemy of power" Fulbert
went on.
"Ah. but power held you! And you
were going to die!
Fortunately, I was interested in
your living. Ny ship was laden with
part OF the millions of Vigo.
II corrupted the Jailers with riches
Il snatched you away. My ship took
you to the Balearic Isles. where I
kept you in hiding: then 1t brought
you here, and was sunk, so that we
all might realize that for the moment
we were cut off from the rest OF the
world"
Fulbert's voice had become vibrant
and hoarse. His dark eyes shone
with a bright flame, his cheeks glow
ed under the influence OF a terrible
exaltAtfon. and the great veins stood
out in his forehead.
Severac was CONCEALED with fear.
to behold this terrible man going on
ward to his goal as implacable as q
hurricane.
Suddenly calm, Fulbert went on:
81 saved your life. I said to you.
You wish to overturn society-so do
l. Work for me and keep your coun-
sci. Later you shall know my secret
IN Ssverae. you have indeed
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
BV VIM. A. McKeeVer,

One of the Nations Authorities o.
Chldren and Sociological Problems.
THAvE urged more than once that
there is q vein OF genius, or at
least a bright talent, potentially
present in the makeup of every or
binary child. and which can be
brought to its own through careful
training.
Now I contend also that genuine
happiness for any common life
comes not from possession but from
achievement It Is not what We
have-thAt soon grows stale-but
what We DO, that brings = full
measure OF Joy TO our daily exist
eace. Therefore. II you wish to
make your boy happy. content with
clean honest living and with modest
belongings teach him mastery Of
something worth while to do.
know q boy, now sixteen. who
owns and carries q paper route. For
three or four years he worked at
this business as q hireling and at
other odd tasks till he saved up
$3.50. which he paid for the route.
His income for an hour per day
carrying and one day per month
collecting IL SIS per month. This
pays . major part Of his expenses
while at school He can rent the
route At 81 per month, which 10
more than thirty per cent on the in
VeGtmsnt
But what this youth has especially
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
By William F. Kirk.

Ut seems TO me-" said tho Man
cure Lady as she hung up her
raincoat and wet little hat.
that I haven't ever saw such moist
weather"
Some days must be dark and
dreary." said the Head Barber.
quoting q line he dimly remem-
bered having read in school
7 wouldn't mind II It was once
in awhile" said the Manicure Lady.
but this constant gloom Is getting
mo into q state OF sadness that not
even tips can chase away. Just
set here and look at the rain
spInshinE on the pAvements and
wonder II maybe the heavens Amt
weeping Just on account OF all this
terrible war"
81 guess there won't be no ball
game to-day" said the Head Bar
Der despondentIy. land it's my AZ
tsrnoOn OF. too"
You will be q lot better on II
you 60 home and read q good book.
said the Manicure Lady. i have
took up reading good books lately
and l have never saw anything like
the way It has improved my gram
NAUTICAL way in which I speak in
It's kind of nice TO know that col
leEe graduates amt got nothing on
you when It comes to expressing
yourself Tn learning to talk bet
ter every day"
You get practice enough" said
the Head Barber. IF words was
drops of water. you'd be the
Niagara Falls"
Somebody has got to keep things
chseful around this shop. George"
replied the Manicure Lady. This
place needs some of them refining
influences OF which barber shops Is
go much in need Of I'm the little
whisk broom that keeps things
clean and bright around here"
81 amt saying you amt nice to
have around" the Head Barber
hastily assured her. "bUt Just that
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
Attractive Trifles For
The Summer

at the corners. Very effective 10 the
triangular piece OF "confetti-Iinen-
that decorates the envelope nap Of
this attractive bag. which IL also
lined throughout with figured net
The hat that completes this OUT
Mt is of ''coachman'G" shape. A
buekram frame could easily be COW
cred by blue tAneta and finished At
back by q neat bow. The exact
method Of making such q hat has
been described before.
Another charming set consists Of
a taffeta scarf and wide girdIe belt.
Sea green was chosen and was very
cool looking. The scarf was about
twelve inches wide and reached TO
the waistline in front Both ends
OF the scarf were gently rounded
and the whole was completely out
lined BY = narrow iordinE. The
material was lightly shirred on the
cordinE.
Very pretty indeed was the plated
edEing applied under the cordinE.
Strips Of taffeta about an inch wide
were picot and machine plated. A
rosette OF the plating gave 4 smart
finish to the ends Of the scarf. Sand
colored Georgette crepe was used
for lining. though chiffon or net
might be substituted.
A wide girdle was constructed
very much like the scarf. The
edges were corded and also showed
the fne plating. A plated rosetts
was substituted for q belt buckle
and made q very good-lookinEs clos
ing. A large hook and eye was
hidden under the closing.
Wells are another accessory that
have gained remarkably In popu-
larity during the past season, Very
sheer black silk net may be edged
with ine black lace to form a fasci-
mating screen for the COMPLEXION.
1t Is an extremely simple matter
to purchase a veil containing a be-
coming edge and embroidsr a few
figures through the mesh. One will
ind this very economical as well
as pleasing.
With the Summer designers OFFER
ing US so many delightful accesso-
ries. no woman can AFFORD to be
without these little touches that
add so much to her appearance.
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
The Manicure Lady

you chatter heapA What kind Of
books should read II I took q no.
ton to follow your dope7'
oh. any of them old masters.-
said the Manicure Lady. They all
wrote some grand stories. James
Fenimore Dickens is about as good
as any OF them. He wrote a lot Of
stories about them old Indians that
used to roam in the forests before
the white men came with their nre-
water. They seemed to take to
that nrewater as II It had been
made for them, George. and II dis
agreed with them terrible. But
they. liked It, no matter how It
worked on them.
Il often think the old gent must
have had a little Indian blood in
his veins. the way he sticks to HIS
nrewater. And yet he amt the
kind OF a man that lets It change
his nature. which is always sweet
and sunshiny. like mine and brother
WilfredG wilfred 10 Just full Of
the sweetest patience you ever seen.
George. He Amt had a job since
last election. when he was on the
board for a day counting votes, but
do you think that makes him
grouchy? Never! He Just goes
right along. writing poetry and
reading 1t to US whenever he gets
a chance.
He wrote one yesterday about
the beauty of idleneAs. which goes:
~ care not II unkindly Fate
Has kept employment from my
reach:
Perhaps some day shall be great
And have a bAnkroll that's .
peach.
All! see your sneerinE smile,
As II you doubt my wish to toll;
But all my enemies will be sorry
When their base predictions do
spoilr"
Did your old gent see that
poem7' asked the Head Barber.
Yes" said the Manicure Lady.
but It didn't make no hit with
father. When wilfred brings home
an envelope every week father will
take moro interest in mothers
Oldest son"
The Washington times., 1917-07-19

is profoundly courteous, wooingly
cordial toward a Cold Boiled Potato.
II had only what l deserved my
portion might well be a Cold Boil
ed Potato. Intrinsically 1t IS rated
low and ! know me to be a sort of
Jezebel. But I'd wonder each mid
night II whoever metes out the
deserts in this surprising universe
knew with what gusto l rise at it
would I get It?
Nor am ] satisfied like the meek
and lowly with my midnight sup
per Of Cold Boiled Potato; damn
the meek and lowly. It's a satanic
delight / take in it. It's a sly pri-
waite orgie ! make OF II: a pirates
banquet, a thieves picnic.' a pagan
rite, a heather revelry. a conceit
all and unhallowedly nv own.
Ny thoughts as I nibble are set
mostly on my villainies. No food
eat brings me so broad a license OF
feeling sense of freedom-as a
Cold Boiled Potato at midnight
On a Cold Boiled Potato at mid
night l am lightly valorous: call
me a trickster and I'll call you a
rotter; call me liar and I'll call
you a traitor; call me a coward and
I'll call you another; not pugnac-
iously, but gayly and serenely.
am then in my most bespeakinR
mood. Anyone who met me stand
ing nibbling in a pantry doorway
at midnight would be charmed. I
would talk with a dainty ribald-y
and offer to share the feast.
For shadow-things piled too near
God compensates me in unexpected
midnights with a Cold Boiled Po-
tato; along with II a pantry door
way to stand in and a little gI4ss
salt-shalSer to hold in my other
hand.
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
Make Your Boy a Master

stands out with significant indi-
viduality. People who engage them
to NOW their lawns know that the
work will be done with artistic per-
lection.
Their reputation has extended
through a large city neighborhood.
so that practically all the forenoon
hours are occupied with this exhil-
Arating work. Last season they
earned nearly 800 and this seasons
effort promises more. A major part
OF the money goes into q building
and saving association.
Now. IL is not sufficient to point
the moral that Charles and Iden VIII
be well OF financially some day.
Many cheap and low grade men
somehow come into possession OF
wealth. The most cheering thought
Is that these two poys are on their
way to substantial citizenship. They
are free from boy vices. Both are
regular In the day and Sunday
school classes and are good to their
mothers. They are indeed two
youthful masters OF a certain part
OF the worlds needed work. and
nave been Ied 10 the SECRET lOuh-
tain of Joy in everyday life.
Now. practically every boy can be
a master OF some juvenile occupa-
ton. Nothing is trivial II well done.
There are literally hundreds OF lit
tie tasks which boys may learn to
master. But remember in practi-
cally every case OF this boy success
there must be an adult person to
envIsion the idea and to hold the
boys 10 the purpose till he gets into
the swing OF il
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
Advice to the Married

I knew = little woman out IN
California several years ago who
looked at life much as does Mrs.
whaleback. of Duluth. She was
so happy that she was miserable.
to use an old Irish bull Her happi-
ness worried her. It seemed too
good to last. and she was always
saving as much to her friends and
neiEhbors. She seemed to think that
happiness has no steady place In a
human life. ] don't know where she
got that idea. but I suppose she
read Il somewhere in a book or
optimistic weekly. In any event. she
was constantly peering into the
future as . child would peer into
q dark cellar. II used to get on
my nerves.
Truly we all make q terrible mis-
take when We borrow trouble.
Trouble IL one Of the few things
every mortS' IN borrow with no
thought o. tyr paying II back.
Trouble is . most plentiful COM
modify in this wicked world. There
more of It to the square foot OF
the earth's surface than of any
weed I can name OF hand. II IL
everywhere. rearing its ugly head
at married folk and single spins
ters
When q mortal tells you that he
or she never had any trouble. walk
away from that mortal as you
would walk away from . box car
full Of dynamite. This Is an excel
lent rule to follow II you would
live to follow anything. Never Dor
row trouble. says Aunt Sophie. and
you will never have to pay It back.
Let your thoughts not turn q
sable
That's why Cain waved Brother
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
an ogre at midnight poundce on a
Cold Boiled PotOta.

IL BrinEB Up Memories.
A Cold Boiled Potato reminds me
me OF the Dickens books in which
so much food is eaten cold and
tastes SO savory-even the wilder
ness OF cold potatoes" portioned to
the Marchioness by Sallie Brass.
And 1t reminds me of the Rip Van
Wrinkle play-"give this fellow a
cold potato and let him 60" And
II reminds me of Manufacturers
baked meats might include II. And
II reminds me OF Robin Hoods mer-
~ men, and Huckleberry Finn and
the Canterbury Pilgrims and the
Prodigal Son. and all the pictur-
eSQue wayfarers 1t reminds me
of the poor as a colorful race wrap
ped around with hungry romance.
reminds me that life is full OF
Iife-rich and fruitful and evolu-
tionary and cosmic: few things feel
so cosmic as a Cold Boiled Potato
at midnight.
1t makes me want as I nibble to
plant a field Of potatoes on a south
ern exposed hill and hoe them and
dig them all by myself: ana give
all but one to the poor and Boil
that to eat Cold at midnight.
have to be very hungry to crave
a cold Boiled Potato. but being
hungry. no possible morsel Of food
can so interest me at midnight.
The same potato hot is domestic an
tasteless. The same potato at 10
in the evening lukewarm within
and sodden with memories of din
ner, II is still unexpected magne-
tism. At midnight my whole being
The Washington times., 1917-07-19

. worked.
by installing wires IN the sea at
different depths and establishing .
circuit through them. you have pro-
duced a constant supply Of electricity
through the difference Of tempera-
ture.
you have built machines to un-
leash. receive. hold, and distributS
this electricity at will
You have invented marvellous bat
teries, and the dynamo which gives
the torpedo Its mad speed OF los miles
an hour.
Some of my brothers have aided
you. OF course, for there are expert
men among them.
"As for Oxus, he has invented tiny
torpedoes with clockwork mechanism
and has manufactured an explosive
for them ten times more powerful
than melinite-
AT the same time he was Hicta-
ner's ever-watchful physician, as he
had been his genial creator.
AS for me. I had my faithful con.
freres in perfect training for their
future work as kernel and keystone
of my society. They will be dele
gated to govern the world
Furthermore. had finished form
ing Hictaner's mind and I had hxed
with him upon the vast plan which
was to overturn the powers and inn
pose our dominion upon them for
ever!
AT last all was ready.
"One night was taken by motor
boat to the very port OF Bushire- 7
crossed Persia. Turkey. and Europe.
AT Berlin I saw the Emperor and
gave him. as gave by one means or
another to all the heads OF state OF
the world, an ultimatum OF surrender
or war.
Then came back
"On February l a message came
from the brother on guard at our
Balearic wireless telephone station.
The message was received and sent
automatically from post to post.
"Hictaner has attached his appar-
atus at different depths throughout
the waters OF the globe.
1T came here No one. had surren-
dered
II warned them. but men are blind
and deaf.
"Hictaner was In readiness before .
receiver in . cove OF the island OF
Heligoland. His boat was loaded
with thirty torpedoes.
He heard an order. He obeyed
Your torpedo few from HeliEo-
land to Yokohama
The explosives were set OF in har-
bors and on the bulls OF ships.
Hour by hour I got more of the
tragic news from the BaIearic sta
ton.
Now It was from one OF my broth
ers stationed at the Indian Ocean
post. now it was from the post in the
Pacific.
The world was terrified
IAN international congress OF am
bassadors met at Marseilles to decide
upon their procedure against this ne
farious mystery and to descant upon
the mystery itself. Idiotsi Did they
expect to disarm me by empty wordsf
l want nothing less than their COM
plete submission Now. I have noti-
fed the world OF truce until the
31st OF March. have recalled Hlo'
taner. and am waiting"
To BE Continued TOmOrrO,E.
The Washington times., 1917-07-19

II treasures strewn along the
coasts OF Spain and Portu
| gal by battles and shipwrecks.
AT the same time l was bringing
| together, from the four corners Of
the globe, sixty OF my brother priests
and monks in the Buddhist faith.
They were to form the nucleus OF my
society.
II bought a steamer, loaded Il with
treasures raised from the ocean-with
judiciously chosen raw materials. with
| objects fashioned OF wood, iron
bronze. aluminium. silver. ivory. and
glass; came to this Lost Isle. whose
vast grottoes had once been revealed
to me through chance and . ship
wreck"
What" exclaimed severac. "this
isn't the place where Hictaner was
created and reared7"
NO. that was on a deserted isle in
the Balearic archipelago. where there
are countless half-marine, half-sub-
terranean cAverns.s Oxus and l built
house over one OF these caverns,
which was known only to ourselves
But l will continue.
MY sixty confederates came here.
and under the direction OF Oxus and
myself arranged these grottoes just
as you found them when you landed.
OF the society, for. with the exception
Lost Isle.
when all was done. Oxus and re-
viewed the situation.
"All but two things were perfect
"Hictaner had only the speed OF the
ordinary good swimmer, and that
would not at all suffice for my prof.
ects. Besides, we needed light and
heat. The best agent is electricity"
"Of course" murmured Severac.
But we did not know how to man.
ufacture 1t easily and practically.
at was at that Juncture that read
an article upon your discovery OF new
ways to increase the dynamic power
OF electricity. II was published. you
remember. in an anarchistic magazine
which had found its way to our L.
brary.
81 set sail for France and arrived
on the night before you were to go
to the guillotine."
The priest was silent. He watched
Severac, but not a muscle moved in
the engineers face. though his eyes
had closed.
During my voyage" Fulbert went
on. IAN Emperor and a King visited
Paris. ION the fourth day OF their
stay they had attended a gala per-
Torrance at the opera. and were seat
ed once more in their open landeau in
company with the President OF the
republic and a famous general. You
had rented a room facing the Avenue
de rOpera in one OF the large hotels.
AS the landau passed. you shot the
Emperor. King. and general with a
long distance electric current sent by
a weapon OF your own invention.
"As the President OF a republic is
only a phantom OF power. you spared
him alone.
Your weapon, either ill-managed or
stiIl unprotected. went of in your
hands and burned you badly. This
was the cause of your arrest and your
notoriety."
severac had opened his eyes now
The Washington times., 1917-07-19
What Has Gone Before

The story opens with the arrival Of Full
bert. a Buddhist monk OF the Tibetan
OF Cabrera. He greets Qxua. master OF
the house. with whom he IL plotting for
the making OF . man-hsh. a creature that
may slip into the sea, and below sweep
the oceans OF every ship that noats
OXus had expected his own wife. Bertha,
to give birth to q male child. but . little
girl was born instead. FrIlbert, IN a mon
astery In Spain. takes from Martha de
BIiguires her male infant born out Of
wedlock. The mother goes mad when the
child Is torn from her breast
Eighteen years pass. The scene shifts
TO the French torpedo boat Cyclone, IN
Villefranche Harbor. Tho commander,
Lieut.. Louis de Ciserat, Is talking 70
friend II = February l. Ciserat calls at
tention to . newspaper article which tells
OF 4 vi1it Of a mysterious stranger to the
palace OF the Kaiser. The Kaiser Is com
mRnded to dissolve the Retchstag by the
Unknown" Similar proclamations are
received by the rulers OF France. Bel
GUM. Denmark. Great Britain, Austria.
Russia. and Holland.
Ciserat and the other officers Of the
French squadron are summoned on board
Admiral Germinet's flagship. The ad-
miral announces that the Unknown has
blown up a German and a British battle
ship. and has also destroyed Fort ChAv-
aganac. Cherbourg.
other forts and ships also are destroyed
FN1lbert and ONus are then turned TO IN
the story. being located on an island on
the Arabian coast.
'Hictaner." or the man-hsh. comes into
the chamber and talks to OIus and Fur
bert by means OF signals. The two monks
wear wonderful diving helmets and gar
ments made Of silver scales II appears
that HictAner by means Of his marvellous
amphibious powers. and the help OF
torpedo. or bomb carrier. IL enabled to
travel under water at incredible speed
Severac. an engineer and also a member
Of the Lamaist order. IL the inventor Of
the torpedo, but knows nothing Of He
tnner. The two monks decide TO impart
their secret to Severac.
FNlIbert explains how O1us experimsntsd
on apes until he produced one that could
live in water and how a male child was
obtained He then told OF how the man
dah was trained