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Say. Conrre.. II. Afrais

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-l note your editorial OF We'd
nesday in which you regret the failure
OF the Adamson law and ccnsure the
railway trRinmen. In my humble opln-
ion. there is no one to blame but Con-
gross. They speedcd up the legislative
ma ch!ne to compel the railroads to give
refused to do anything to prevent an
other strike. Congress Is afraid OF
labor unions. and they all know It.
Don't you? G. T. B.
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Meaning of Cnmounar..

MISS B. B., East NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
faEe Is slang word derived from the
verb camoufer. 1t is current among
French artists. meaning taking. and
synonymous with one of the newest
military arts-the art of concealing
things from hostile observation by air.
plane or otherwise. by painted canvas.
branches of trees or some similar
means. It is pronounced as II spelled
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EeyeFs

Could I write checks or draw at sight
On any bank In any cline
Do you suppose I'd work all day
Hammering out this bunch Of rims?
All. no, 'Twere easier by far
To sit at ease in some swell club
Putting n ffty-cent cigar
with bottles in silver tub
dust like an average pampered dub.)
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Cross-Country Hike.

The Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
tion and Its Ladies' Auxiliary have or
ganized a Cross Country Club, which
is to meet at It's home, 4l2 North
Eighth Street, at o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Promptly at that hour tho
club will start on a hike into the
country. and all who are interested arc
Invited to join. The club plans Crosse
country hikes weekly, mapping out
different routes each time.
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and Milk Club believes. in a mixture not quite
so rich on Monday. Como on In.
0ue.tion. and An.ver..

To Can Corn.-I have ono troublesome hard
corn on the outer bend of my little too and 1
trust Dr. Brady will suggest some remedy short
OF the knife for It, MISS L. " y.
Answer.-Wcar shoes broad enough and long
enough for your feet with broadly rou nd cd.
pointed toes Paint the corn every night for, a
week with solution of twenty grains OF SAIL
Sylic acid In half ounce of flexible coilodion
PRESSURE and friction by the shoe causes corns
ana OF course the corn will recur after removal
unless these causes removed.
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ts,."sniping the snipers" is war game on the
western front to which American soldiers are
taking enthusiastically. and at they shoulo
prove adept. Their forbears we're experts
with the rife and the traditions Of the Ameri-
can army arc in safe hands with the present
generations OF fighters.
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Constant Reader. Petersburg..The
money In the United States Treasury,
public money in national bank deposit
taries. on January 2. 1914. was s4I3.-
7S.131: on January Q. 1915, s5O6.S3S'-
800; on November 6. 1917 $2,357,4So,-
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sixhtrceIne lam 1h. I.n

r. r. b.. Richmond.-Wc know Of M
BOAT schedule that would enable you 10
take the sightseeing trip In the re-
verse order you mention.
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Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost my toni.
e1ceptinE on legal and medical sub.
Guirics nrc answered directly
s"nnl letter = Scent stamp IL reouirrd
Tor return postase. Address The Times
mond, Va.
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IT, may be true that the United States
spends Sl4.3O for its army to every 81 spent
by Germany. but. If any dependence can be
placed in recent photographs Of German
prisoners our own soldiers look more than
fourteen times as well cared for as those OF
.r,e Teutons. Besides. this country has a
< GOD dea more than fourteen times as much
bose change as the Germans can show.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1917.

s" Government compilations show that the
,reutonic allies are actually at war with three
fourths of the inhabitants of the world and
are outnumbered seven to one Nearly SIX
times as much of the earth's surface Is held
nv the entente allies as by their enemies.
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The Split InanJtIv-

J. Fl. L.. Richmond.-The split mimi
tive Is one in which the adverb is in
verb, as in the following sentence. "He
was to quickly go"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10

About the only spot In America that is
unaware of the prosperity Of the country
is the New York Stock Exchange
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How La FoIIette i. Prononnc.a

+. l.. s.. Clifton Forge-La Foilette's
name Is correctly pronounced by ac-
centing the second syllable.
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. Dutch ships held up in American ports by
Tho embargo on shipments to neutral coun-
.trics, OF which there are a large number,
are slow In accepting the offer of the govern
rmcnt for their release In the coastwise trade,
but their losses are so steadily mounting up
that it is only question Of time when they
will have to yield. When tho United States
Set out to put stop 10 its resources reach
ing enemy territory through neutral coun-
tries. 1t meant business. and Dutch stubborn
ness will not alter that purpose
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Cnntonment I'm Cah,

l.. w. L.. Hopewell-The rcnor, th..
inc United States government contem-
plates constructing cantonment in
Cuba probably Is untrue.
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Theft OF coal by Ohio cities Is just as much
a crime as II 1t were committed by a private
citizen. The difference is that the private
citizen would go to Jail
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Patriotic.

well I suppose you're giving much thought
to this food conservation campaign
Indeed am; I'm enthusiast was Just
thinking that Christmas will be the last excuse
we'll have this year for whoppinE big dinner
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II cnr friends who favor with manuscripts and
for publication wish % hnvo unavailable
articles returned they In NIL cases send stamps
for that purpose.
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itl1nu1iD Gin,ss,pisputrb'
fND.F1MEs THE DISPATCH
~ EstsSf06s Est. Isho
Catered january "a. 1905. tho Post Onice a
sSti Richmond. Va. a. second class matter.

sfUBLIsHED every day the yenr ut 10 South Tenth
Street Richmond, Va. by The Times Dispatch run,
iis,lnE Co.. Inc. Charles E. nasbrook. Editor ana
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Address ALL COMMUNICATIONS to Tho Times
IS Dispatch, aud not I, individuals.
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aRaNCu OFFICES: Wash
inrton, TIC Fourteenth
street, n. W.: New York
City, Fifth Avenue Build
ing; Chicago, Peoples Gas
Building: philadelphia. Mu-
tual Life Building.
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Yes, he's hero, and for his sake I ought
to he-braye; but I'm not a hero; am lust a
mother" So spoke the mother OF James
Gresham when told that her son had been the
drststo give his life for America as a member
OF Pershings troopers. Yes, she is lust a
mother" and the hearts of tens of thousands
OF other mothers whose boys have joined the
colors will throb in sympathy with hers, and
In terror lest some day they. too, shall be
called upon to face the same sacrifice as this
little woman who cries out in her grief that
she is not hero. but just a mother Just
mothers they are. but heroes. nevertheless
9pr without complaint they have given flesh
:dlstheir flesh that liberty may not perish.
-----------------------
Like sprawling giant, Russia wallows
sinst the muck and mire of her own creation.
allpless before her enemies. while that DOR
sssonGof the world struggling to secure the
liberty for all nations to which she aspires
hooks on, discouraged at the prospect Of her
Ssxtrfcation. The actual situation is shrouded
IhTsnch uncertainty as TO preclude any in
;stsiifgent forecast OF the immediate outcome
tShether her helplessness Is to increase
would seem to depend entirely on the atti-
f1derof the soldiers at the front toward the
radical elements which have overthrown the
UNCONDITIONAL government and seized the rcins
mt the weak authority 1t exercised From
been foreseen by close observers that the
radicals would gather strength to preciptate
& lust ghch a crisis as now exists. Had Keren-
sky Needed the counsel OF the patriotic gen
erals 81 the head OF the armies at the front
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=. Certain newspaper writer's are showing q
tendency to criticize President Wilson for not
having taken the people into his confidence
when he selected Americas representatives
to the great allied war conference in Europe,
thereby hoRins, apparently. to make capital
against the administration. Such criticism
at this critical period of the nations affairs
Will have no effect beyond the carping few.
The public generally is more than willing to
repose It's confidence in the Presidents judg-
ment, remembering that so far in the conduct
of the war his record shows no mistakes.
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Morris IIillquit will now have an oppor-
tunity to emphasize the last syllable of his
name.
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First
American
Blood

French salient will have their own immortal
place of high honor in our history. There has
been some danger that our people might forget
ut times the difference between attending
bazaars. singing THE Star Spangled Banner
buying Liberty bonds-and actually going over
to another land and laying down ones life.
Thought OF the supreme sacrifice already made
by these first to shed their blood. and soon TO
he made by many others, should inspire those
at home to bear every lesser discomfort with
out murmuring.-New York Evening Sun
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Liberty enjoyed by the ten Germans who
escaped from the internmcnt camp at Fort
MCPHERSON, Ga, October % was OF brief
duration. With the recapture of Lieutenants
Hans Berg and Alfred Loeschner near Laredo.
Texas they we're attempting to cross the
iriverinto Mexico on Thursday Only one con-
tinues at large. The fact, however. that
the two escaped German officers were enabled
to traYcl more than 1900 miles without ex-
citing suspicion as to their identity suggests
a weakness in our system Of keeping up with
alien enemies that demands tightening Of
the lines.
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Voice Of the People

Letters must give the nnme and nd.
ores. OF the writer. Snme will not 10
published If writer requests.
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TELEPHONE: Randolph L.
Private Branch Exchanke
connecting with all depart
mcntS.
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Parallel SAYINGS.

Fools rush in where There Is no marriage
angels fear to tread. nor giving in marriage
in Heaven
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Sirnboard Humer.

Unconscious humor, 1t is hold, is frequently
the most delicious. An electric sign on Broad
Street flashes long series of advertisements Oh
various business enterprises each holding sway
over the night crowds Richmonds White
Way for few moments TO be succeeded by
another Recently good people have paid
to have religious admonitions appear
Of these signs One advertisement reads: Eat
at Blanks Lunch. the Pure-Food Place" The
letters fade slowly from view, and at once there
God" A. r.
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These II Those.

In the driftwood along the shores of life
{pretty ideaD there lot OF people we'd Xix e
to be delivered from. luck favoring; and these
is those:
The self-made man and the store-mad woma n
The crying man and the gigsllns girl.
The positive woman and the negative rian.
The who hrts and the woman who
doesn't.
The solicitous landlady and the landlady who
doesn't care.
Myself In twenty OF the twenty-si moods.
Natural History.
The dachshund is funny bird
That sings single song
He's just little here below.
And he's that little, long!
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Current Editorial Comment
No matter how m

No matter how many Ameri-
cans may give their lives for the
nation and for the worlds
liberty before the war Is over.
those, three infantrymen killed
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The Case
of the
Railroads

basis of these wages and charges
shall he just and even generous The govern
ment do less with the railroads, either
in justice. or in efficiency for war service. 1t
has been dealing with railroad wa ses, and faces
further demands from railroad labor Through
the Interstate Commerce Commission. It has
as in peace and without any Just consideration
to he seen in the complete decentralization OF the
market for railroad securities and the whole
sale withdra walls Of private capital from these
essential undertake ngs. The country has lost
all confidence in the Interstate Commerce Com
with the railroads and the professional wreck
ers of the market arc accordingly given a free
hand 1t Is time for this commission to wake
up To the fact that 1t has also become a war
board dealing with essential agencies OF war
The railroads have become merely agents OF
the government" and such they must BIO
dealt with Justly In rates their labor IS TO
be dealt with Justly In wages. It is no longer
TO be tolerated that their regulative hand shall
by bureaucratic -rot-New York World.
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IN NJ IL h5. Il ~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES II
so Tx nc Rs II: +. Ss ADVANCE by mail: DAILY
go. tt LGT{syly 3 and sunday. one yehr. S.;vo'
23s1STtcJE Nm Gi1 6 months, $3.50; months
go SI.75; month, 65 cents.
n. T. ,IS Daily only year, Vow
- tMH b: e ~ H ~ a months, $3.50; months,
~ iMf " IT, r. r. ksH S1n5 ono month 40 CENTS
a tEhf Et III hi fT.I sSS Sunday, only. year.
aH{ $$; . : :;!.; " :s"
Home OF The i5 cents week; Daily with
Times Dispatch. uut Sunday, 10 cents .
4 absolutely Fircproof. week; Sunday only, cents.
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The government is fixing not
only wages In shipbuilding and
shipping: 1t Is fixing ship charges
and ship profits. and II Is pro-
Nldinp that the nrnGfa nm thu
The record., 1917-12-20

Is not desirable to have too rich g
soil, as the heads are liable to burst.
Cabbages should be set i'll rows thirty
10 tbirty-si;. inches apart, the plants
Standing fourteen to eighteen inches
apart in the row.
TO store cabbage the heads should b.,
buried in tits or placed III cellars.
One method is to dig Il trench about
eighteen il. hes deep and three feet
wide and set the cabbage upright, With
The heads Ciosc together anu the roots
embedded III the soil. When cold
weather cones the heads arc covered
lightly with straw and three or four
Inches Of earth put il. Slight freezing
does not iniurc cabbage, but it should
not be subjected to repeated freezing
md thaWius. Early cabbage cannot
be kept, as it does not stand hot wealth
sr we'll. It should be used soon after
il has formed a solid head
The record., 1917-12-20
III8SKTIf1CS;EIEN. c;
Isl E&&222I(SUPBOART)|
ANCROVY APpETI-r7S

A NCHOYY BON>E 3 .UCHES.-
kA, Prepare slices CT very thin, crisp
LQaSt, stamp them Out with q
round cutter about one and one-hal1
inches i'll diameter; butter tncG. and
place layer of thin slices OF roast
chicken and alternately very finely
shredded lettUte .gaN cs eve. each. Or
nanlent the roi,s w-tl fires 4 -. ....
gics i'll the form Of lattice ~:
up on folded na x,
parsley and serve.
ing the toast Il thin IL. i O. ....
naSOnanise sauce hlay be Is.e,.
Anchuvics, Sauce Tartare.-To onu
half cuDful OF mayOnnaise sauce at.t. q.
tcaspUOnfuI each of anchoV: SAT-,
chopped shallot, parsley, chervil a.
tarragOn. Cut thin slices from ii Jars,
dinner roll, butter these and place O.
each slice of hard cooked {.
two anchovies. bOncd and si!t g..
with the above sauce and serE.
nisllcd with Watercress.
AnChoyjcS a III ItuSse.-Erl Il.
rounds Of bread i'll hot butter til Il
brown, put four tableSpOonfni% .t g..
tcr il e saucepan and whcu Metil-
break III one whole egg and two yoIk.
IF Cg.:s: beat well together until It be
gins I" thickcn over the fire: chop three
olives with six anchOYieS, little gher.
Kin and two picked walnats or truf
fes. mix thcm with the eggs, stir w,
together; pile on the bread, WIN
should he spread with little an ho,
naSte, and serve very hot Un hot plate,
Anehoyy Puffs.- Roll out scraps o
pastry thinly. Wipe and. lone six au
shovieS. Cut the pastry into pieces til.
length and double the width Of the an
ch0vics; Place an anchOvy OH Il piece
Cf pastry. wet the edges and fold over
pressing the edges well together Place
the puf1s on CREASED baking tin
iftiSI them over with beaten egg and
Gpiiiitlc with grated cheese and a duSl
OF rcd ucppcr. Bake i'll II hot oven f0l
ten minutes. Serve them Immediately
Sardincs may be used instead of an
ciluYica.
H Anchvy& SiraWs. -Eub or cut il
three tablcspoonfuis of butter into ont
and one fourth cupfUls Of -four, beat ut
t;a ynlIs OF an egg with two tablespoon
fuls OF cold water, add this to the foul
and mix it into Il stiff paste. Roll il
out on Il tloured baking board to one
eighth inch i'll thickness. Spread il
. ever With a thin layer of anchovy
paste and dust Of red pepper or pa
pfika. Cut the pastry into thin strawS
ab0slt two inches long and lay them OF
a tin. Bake them q pale brown in q
moderate oven. Serve them either hu
nr colo For these the TN need not he
erased.
The record., 1917-12-20
PLYMOUTH ROCK is POPULAR
Breed az First Originated Was Of
Barred Variety-White Is Hardy
and Adapted to Farms.

The most popular of all American
breeds of poultry is the Plymouth
Rock. This breed as first originated
was Of the Barred variety, which Is
yet the most popular of all the colors.
Early in the breeding of Barred Ply
mouth Rocks fanciers reported the ap-'
pearance Of white chicks. They We're
sports and some were bred together,
producing the present variety of White
Plymouth Rocks. They have attained
great popularity, widely bred, both for
utility and fancy, and have proven
perfectly satisfactory in either capac.
lty.
They are hardy and especially adapt
ed to farms. The hens lay large dark
brown eggs of a grade much sought
in certain localities.
The chicks are vigorous, strong and
active, and grow exceptionally fast on
range, reaching maturity at from five
and one-half to six and one-half
n>onthS old. They ere readily salable
f0r the highest grade of market pouls
~ty at all ages from broiler size to
full maturity, and are very popular
in some sections for the production Of
capons.
Males weigh from s to II pounds,
fcr2ales z to 10 pounds, and are prob
The record., 1917-12-20
WG2MS IN HOGS.
Remedy Suggested by the Kansas State
Agricultural College.

Remedy Suggested by the Kansas State
Agricultural College.
Importance of increasing profits i'll
hog raising ~ cradicating the parasitic
hog worm Is emphasized by DR.. Il. Il.
Dykstra, Professor of surgery i'll the
Kansas STATE Agricultural college.
Many Inquiries are being received by
the college from farmers az to tie best
means OF combating this pest, which
saps it's food from the animal and thus
reduces the meat production and makes
The hog MOI - susceptible to disease.
The hog should be starved for eight
cen hours und then fed two and one
half grains Of Eantonin, one-haf Sraiu
of calomei, Cnc-half dram of powdered
ureca nuts ::sd one dram Of bicarbonate
Of soda to 100 pounds OF live hog
weight I'hgNe substances should be
administered i'll the feed or slop. in
this way cHch hog gets an equal p0r-
ton.
J,hc aniu4n,< should be kept confined
IN pens 50 tuat the feces and expelled
worms may be collected for Il period
Of forty-ciG.t hours after tie medicine
hda been given. If such fcces ere not
gathered ~ thc animals Will rcjnfcst
themselves ity roofing around i'll the
filth. All C:.@rCta should DE burned.
The record., 1917-12-20
CABBAGE CULTIVATION.

Earl" and Lato !arieties Require Dir
.erent Soil and Treatment.
Both early and late varieties of cab
ba2e are grown extensively. In the
north early cal baGc may be planted in
hotbeds and transplanted to the open
ground as soon as the soil * ready re-
be worked says the United Stdtes d.
partment OF agriculture. For la.o
crop it is customary to plant the seeds
i'll Il bed i'll the open ground in May
Or June ani transplant them to- the
garden in July. For cabbage Of It's
character the soil should be hcITst.r
md lnore rctentiye Of moisture than
for early cabbage, which requires a
rich, warul soil in order to reach ma
turity quickly. For the late variety ii
The record., 1917-12-20

With pr Of feed at The present
levels the 6&irymcD Cannpt afford to
feed poor COWS, and tile up2n who has
pure brcGE N his barns this year is
the only Oh" who gets good returns
from his feed. says the New York
College Of agriculture, which advises
Chat in plarn!ug the new farm year it
will pay to p!ant plenty of silagc crops
against net winters probable high
feed prices.
The record., 1917-12-20
70 GET EGGS DURING WINTER
p. %o:7%e--.ic !'c:r-- Must BE Provided
& r.OffiEabie Re-
49, "A FienS.
Times have changed since chickens

LLIieS udt 4 Cl!illScu SluCS CIliChCltS
"o3sted out on the trees and fences
Once In Il Willie you may see such
farms where hens are permitted to
follow this old way of fOraging. But
as rule every hen must pay Il profit
or she goes to market and at an early
age too. Hens are measured by tho
nu' er of eggs they lay instead of by
the number of pounds they weigh. Elk:
pensive houses are not necessary but
must be comfortable to insure proper
egg laying. A house should accom-.
mediate as many hens as space calls
for without crowding: about two
80 - nf 60" GDace per hen is
ur.-at right. This keeps up the tem-
peratTre in cold nights and still gives
scratching room to insure egg prOdlc-
ton.