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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Over the Fence,

I have noticed that any fence gives
a feeling of protection to the speaker
who talks over 1t, prompting him to
frankness which lie would not venture
without that slight barrier, much as a
child outside the lions cage addressed
1t with bravado. Especially is this true
in respect to the close back fence over
which only the elevated passer-by can
spy the worker in the garden. With
horseback riders, truckwomen, express
men, farmers on hayracks, and bespur-
red llnemen-those the Welsh call
"ffolks,"-I am on terms Of familiarity
which is never abused when we meet
in other localities. A fat vegetable
woman stopped her horse and wagon
n day to look over the fence. Me
she acknowledged with a smile and a
murmur about the pretty garden. Then,
lifting her voice, ~ have great respect
for you, great respect" Eager to rise
TO the situation / begged her to come
in sometime and see the garden. 81
will do that."-Lucy e. Keller, in the
Atlantic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

1,UOo,OJV 80, rarncrS. Their products are val
ued at $4,000 0 1000 annually.
The most promising and novel developments in
the line of by-products from wood are in the ma
ture of chemical utilization. 1t might be said that
the chemists of the forest products laboratory
have put the prod TO forest products. The lumber
industry draws upon the forests for many times
as much material as do all the other industries
and only about one-third of the tree cut for lum-
Der is actually put on the market In that shape.
Right here is more than enough waste, although
not often in the right form or readily available, to
supply raw material for all the other industries.
The problem now becomes one of adopting means
of utilization to suit the conditions. Years ago
wood ashes were leaehed for home soap-making,
to furnish potash. The practice disappeared. 1t
Is now being revived as a source Of potash to off
set the shortage of fertilizer due to the war.
In the Red River valley Of Texas the Indians
used to use Usage orange for dyelng, but that
wood never gained commercial recognition as a
dyewood. Within the last year, however. we have
succeeded in getting it into the market as a sub
stitute for fustic, which we import from Jamaica
and Tehuantepec, and more than $1,000 600 worth
of these dyes is now being made by American
manufacturers.
The forest products laboratory has just com
pleted an analysis of the oils which can be OBJ
tanned from the needles or leaves of all the conf
erous trees of the country. From a number Of
species the oils obtained have very attractive
odors; other oils can be used in greases and shoe
blackings. In Europe the finer needle oils are
used as perfumes in soaps; others are used for
inhalations for lung diseases.
II has been working on the production of alco-
hol from wood for five years. 1t has succeeded in
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
SPY ON FRENCH CHILDREN.

One of the most interesting examples of how
specialized spy work is is shown by the way Ger
many has her secret service organized in the con-
quered portions of Belgium and northern France.
German officers have found by experience that
the men and women who are left do little talking
outside of selected groups where they know every
one can be trusted. But, often, the invaders
learned, these citizens forgot themselves when
they are talking before their children. So Ger
many sent experienced schoolteachers, men and
women who understood child psychology and who
could speak French, to the occupied cities and
towns to open French schools. When 1t is posi-
BILE the teachers win the good will of the children,
and through the innocent boys and girls learn
what the parents are thinking and talking about.
Carl w. Alderman in the Saturday Evening
Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
How to Save the Mothers.

According to a circular issued by
the children's bureau of the United
States department Of labor there are
annually about $4,000 deaths from ma
ternal causes in the United States, and
available statistics show no decrease
in maternal mortality since 1900. The
Medical Record comments that "these
$4,000 deaths are but a rough lndlca-
ton Of ~preventable illness and suffer
ing among mothers" And 1t calls at
tention to DR.. Grace L. Melgs' sugges.
ton that centers Of maternal and In
FAINT welfare be started In every
county
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

OF the thousands of inventions relating to the
war which have been filed in the patent offices of
the United States and the countries of the entente
allies In the last three years many have been for
compasses for airplanes. The points aimed at par
ticularly have been the elimination of errors that
result from fitting and banking. The problems are
complex and have been studied for years, as the
troubles worried users Of compasses long before
airplanes came into the world.
The military value of a perfect compass for an
airplane would be great. With such an invention
flights on cloudy night would be comparatively
safe and ~aviators could reach predetermined OBJ
~jectives without much regard to land bearings. AT
present, when he cannot see land or anything else,
the airman practically has to feel his way to a
large extent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
"wiIl You Tell Me Who Am7"

half tumbling to her shoulders. The
pallor of her face was like the hue of
a jasmine flower; rel her dry lips
seemed bloodless as she moistened
them %nervously, leaning heavily ON the
little shelf In front of the brass grating
at the entry clerks window. A. wave
Of compassion swept over Madge, as
she saw the look Of utterly dazed help
lessness in her wide, dark eyes.
81 beg your pardon" she said, slow
~, 'but could you tell me who 1 ann
Please, please tell me who l am. I've
walked so far and 1 couldn't find any
one l dared to ask. 1 saw the light
from your window. VIII you tell me
who / ann"
She suddenly burst into a fit of nerv-
Gus weeping, and bowed her face in
her hands. The door leading upstairs
swung open, and little Blair, one of the
internes, cnme in, humming.
II say, Miss Laurence" he began, but
Madge motioned him to be quiet.
"Mr. Blair" she cried, pleasantly,
'do you think you could take my place
for just a few moments? l want to
take this lady into the reception room"
Blair gave the stranger "the once
over" as he would have expressed 1t,
and murmured, as ne took Madge's
seat:
"Better land her in the Dip"
But Madge shook her head. This
was no case for the dipsomaniac ward,
and she knew it. AS they stepped into
the big white marble hall together the
woman put out her hand like a child
for Madge to lead her, and she took
her upstairs. When she came back,
Blair noticed that she seemed excited,
but not n thing would she tell him,
except that she had placed the woman
In care of Miss Gage, and 1t seemed
only a simple case Of aphasia. She
told him she would report it as soon
as Doctor Akin came in at six o'clock.
He vas the house doctor on nervous
diseases.
Just as soon as she was alone she
lifted the receiver from the phone.
"River, 794. Hello, hello. l want to
speak with Mr.. Latimer, please" Then
after a pause. us this Mr.. Stanley
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
An Emergency
Call
By Matilda Emerson
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newsp
per Syndicate.)

pSi oyu uiSdtcJ
Madge had been at Mercy hospital
nearly a month as a probation nurse.
1t was her first week on duty in the
emergency room, helping Miss Paterson
write the entry record of each patient
as the ambulances brought them in.
II don't see how you can be So"
she hesitated for a word that would
not hurt the feelings of the other nurse
$50 used to 1t all. Seems to me
each case is worse than the last one."
"Oh, nearly all of you girls play
tunes on your heart strings when you
first land here. 1t just has to be, and
you can't help it. Try to look at it in
that way. You can't afford to be sorry
for them all. 1t uses up your nerve
force"
But she did not get used to it. Not
then, nor during the whole six months
Of her probation. Miss Paterson had
taken a fancy to her from the very be-
ginning. She was willing and well ed
ucated and all of the doctors liked her.
The last two weeks of her probation
period she was placed at the emergency
desk at night, and it was here she met
Mrs. Crosby Latimer.
1t was a wild, spring night in early
May. There had been a heavy rain
storm, followed by a high wind, blow
ing in from the sea to the east. Madge
had just stepped across the room to
close the window as a sudden gust of
wind blew a lot of her papers on the
floor, when the door vas pushed open
by a m Madge saw at a glance
that she was not the sort who sought
the shelter Of Mercy hospital. While
she wore no hat, her long %broadcloth
cloak was Enthusiastically correct in its
lines, and costly in quality. Her heavy,
dark hair was streaked with gray and
the wind had loosened it so that 1t was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Poverty.

Poverty is only contemplate when
It is felt to be SO. Doubtless the best
way to make our poverty respectable
is to seem never to feel 1t as an evil
BoYee.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Hnnest

I think that there is success In all
honest ~endeavor, and that there 10
some victory gained In every gallant
struggle that is made.-Dickens.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

Loves secret is to be always doing
things for God, and not to mind be"
cause they are such very little ones.-
Frederick w. Faber.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Summer Discussion.

"Whut's dem summer clothes you all is wearln'2'
inquired Mr.. Erastus Pinkley.
"Dat's Palum Beach suit"
"Pallum beach Mebbe It's. But 1t looks mo-
like Coney Island to me-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
His Wife's Little Shot.

"Tm glad you're over the draft age"
"Why."
Think how Inundated l should be to have to
admit that l was dependent on your stingy salary
every week for my living."-Detroit Free Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Sure WAY.

what is a good way to get rid of angle worms
In a gardenT'
THE best way I know is to plan a fishing trip.
There won't be a worm there when you go to look
for them"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
CZLEcZZ1G OE00E3W 81 ZE
MEZY0D OF%B0HIYG"
a saving of two billion dollars
a year-f's a rather neat savng!
Forest Products Labora-
tory hopes to bring about

AID the Chicago pork packer: 1--WE
make Il money by saving everything
but the squeai."
Says Frank ]. Hallauer: 1.-The wood
industries are going to go the pork
packers n better; they are going to
save everything, including the bark"
And it is to teach the wood industry
how to do this that Mr.. Hallauer has
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
New Readinu.

'The old proverb says uneasy lies the head that
wears q crown"
Eyes, because 1t can't find a good way to cover
the lies up"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Making the Useless Useful.

Cholly-Er, l say, Miss Ethel, I-er-hem-
Ethel-Oh, do you. Then I'll set you to work
hemming sheets for the soldiers.-Boston Even
ing Transcript.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Sarcastic.

George knows human nature all right"
"Whyf"
yesterday he said to me-: Has yonr wife
planned your vacation yet"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Power nfIIttlss-

Triies make perfection. and perfec-
ton Is no trife.-MichaA Angelo
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-08
THINKING Of SPRING

How glad I'll be to hear once more
the south wind paving at the door!
I'll surely welcome it with smiles,
that good old wind from spicy isles,
that makes the brown old world turn
green, and look as gay as sweet six
teen. Ii wintry blasts would have
and shrek, each year, for something
like a week-if that's too much, a
few days less-the winter'd be a great
success. Alas, it comes and stays too
long! Too long it stills the catbird's
song, too long it keep the elm tree
bare, their naked branches in the air;
too long it puts the lid ON grass, ger
aniums and garden sass. And I'll be
glad to hear once more the warm
rains splashing at the door, the rain
that breaks old winters grip, and
bids him from these realms to skip,
the rain that ends long months of
woe, and makes the blessed green
things grow. So come, south wind,
from sunny seas, and bring the leaves
back to the trees. And some, warm
rain, and wash away, all traces of
tie winter day.-Walt. Mason.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-08
MACHINE
FOR GRINDING

Thomas HI. Bowen, the optician, has
beautiful automatic machine in his
laboratory for grinding lenses.
The stone is corundum and, to the
touch is smooth as glass; it must be
kept absolutely true, with no nick or
flaw in the grinding surface. A "trueT'
is placed at the back of the store, and
this "truer" is of carbordrum, which
will cut the surface of the corundum.
This also works automatically.
The grinding stone makes 450 revo-
lutions per minute; the lens can be
ground in any required shape-either
oval or round. The lens to be ground
is secured in a clamp to guage con-
forming to the size and shape required.
There is also an electric cutter which
cuts the glass from blank into shape
before it goes to the grinder. There is
also diamond drill for drilling holes
in lenses as wanted. An electric motor
furnishes the power.
AS we'll as making prescription
glasses Mr.. Bowen has thousands Of
unfinished lenses for repair work, and
for duplicating where lens is lost or
broken.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-08
SEED POTATOES
WILL BE HIGH

There is some scare of scarcity of
seed potatoes, naturally, in this Sec
tion, and some farmers are anticipat-
ing cost of near $100 an acre for
seed potatoes and fertilizers for
planting this year.
The high price of the tubers has
called out much of the unsold crop
of last year which was hidden away
for just such an emergency, but for
all that, many small planters, and
some larger ones as well, became
cautious when it begun to loom up to
them that the cost of seed potatoes
would be away up high, held on to
what they had and you will hear many
such farmers say: 81 didn't sell all
my potatoes; l have saved enough for
planting" There is more seed pota-
toes among the small farmers in this
section than one would suppose.
1t was a wise precaution that they
were not tempted by the high price,
to sell themselves out.
There will be a larger acreage in
potatoes by small farmers this year
than last year, but tomatoes will lead
potatoes even among this class of
farmers.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-08
OLD GLORY
GOING UP

Had Barbara Frietchie been one of
the Camp Fire Girls in these nervous
days OF 1917, with war just around
the corner and the cost of living high
1t is just about a fifty-fifty chance
that she would have had no flag to
hang out of the window along with
her old gray head and that the oppor-
tunlty would never have been hers to
urge her silver locks as a mark rath-
er than the flag if the troops below
her second floor apartment felt COM
PEELED to shoot something.
At any rate if she had purchased
the nag in these days it probably
would have strained the Frietcbie
family exchequer. All of which leads
up to the announcement of the fact
that the Frietchies or any one else
who buys a flag these days pays %
per cent. more for it than a month
ago and that there is every likelihood,
dealers say, of further increase of
% per cent. in the price beginning
this week.
The wave of patriotism caught the
flag and banner makers rather unex-
pectedly and the desire of every bu-
siness house and every family to hang
an American flag before it's door has
resulted not only in the cleaning up
of stocks on hand but of the booking
of orders far in advance. 1t has re-
suited, too, in the putting one Of day
and night shifts in the larger factor
les.
The 20 per cent. increase in price
has become effective only since Ger
many's submarine note. 1t is ascribed
by the dealers, first, to the tremen-
dous demand for American flags
second, to the scarcity of dye stuffs
necessary in coloring the bunting, and
thirdly, to the increase in the cost
of the material itself, the cloth, the
rope, the small bits of iron and the
pole.
"The greatest demand is for med
ium sized flags, such as are suitable
for hanging from the window of a
home,' said one dealer. "rhese are
the 5xS, 6x10 and Sx12 feet sizes.
"The demand is from the country
over, and every hour brings US tele-
grams from dealers all over the ma
tion demanding immediate shipment
Of orders.'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-08
PULPIT GOSSIP
|NC0NFERENCE
Many Changes Are Now
Suggested.
NONE OF THEM BIC
But Few of the Large PuIpits Are
Changed This Year in
Conference.

In speaking of the pulpit changes
foreshadowed in the M. E. Conference
which meets today, the Philadelphia
Ledger this morning says:
Naturally, much speculation is rife
as to the appointments of the preach
ers for next year. The Rev. e. F,
Ham, pastor of the Goodman Church.
Philadelphia, has been invited to the
pulpit of the First Church, Trenton.
His appointment will depend upon
the exchange of man from the New
Jersey Conference to the Philadelphia.
This, it is expected, will be effected
without difficulty.
"A singular condition of affairs
prevails this year, in that all the
large churches of the conference have
invited their pastors to return. This
makes it particularly hard to give the
younger men an opportunity for ad-
vancement, and it has made both
churches and pastors reticent about
asking for change.
nevertheless, the adjustment of the
transfer of the Rev. E. F. Ham will
undoubtedly cause many more Chang
es than are now expected. The Rev.
DR.. H. r. Robinson, Of Pitman, has
expressed his wish to retire from the
effective ranks, and the Rev. J. l..
Howard, of Cadwalader Heightsi
Trenton, has been invited to take the
pulpit that Doctor Robinson will va
cate. The Rev. w. A. Boyd, of EN-
manuel Church, Pennsgrove, mas been
invited to First Church, Salem, and
the Rev. R. A. Conover, of West Col
lingswood, is being sought by the
church at Bradley Beach. The Rev.
William Grim, of Trinity, r Camden,
will probably succeed the Rev. Mr..
Conover at West Collingswood, while
the Rev. G.. H. Hillman, of Elmer, is
booked for Manasquan, and the Rev.
Samuel Sargent is slated for Elmer.
mo changes are expected in Cam
den and none in Atlantic City. The
Rev. N. j. Wright will leave Freehold.
and the Rev. r. S. Carlisle is looked
upon as his successor. Gloucester
City has invited the Rev. ]. w. Nick
elson. of Wesley, Pleasantville His
successor has not yet been named
The Rev. A. D. Ward, of Union Church
Burlington, and the Rev. p. w. Bilder-
beck, of Florence, will change. TIE
Rev. Wright Eckersley, of Salem
Church. Pleasantville, will retire, and
the Rev. T. S. Huss, of Leesburg. will
give UP the pastorate to take up work
with the prohibition workers."
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-08
REAL ESTATE
CONvEYANCES
Many Properties Chang.
ing Hands.
DEEDS FILED.
All About the County Many Prop
critics Are Being Bought
and Sold Now.

Deeds filed for record at the Coun-
ty Clerks office tell of recent convey
ances. They are as follows:
Bessie Rodesky and Aaron Rodesky.
Deerfield township, to Abram Wolf.
same place. 2 parcels of land in
Deerfield township, containing 81
acres. $4,000.
Alice Bodine, PHILADELPHIA. to
Charles w. Ashbridge and wife. Hope
well township. Property in Hopewell
township. $500.
Joseph B. Simpkins, Camden, to
Wardner J. Simpkins, same place.
Property in Bridgeton on west side
of Pine Street. s425.
Thomas Jefferson Mathis, Bridgeton
to Frank S. Marts, Bridgeton. Prop
erty in Bridgeton, on east line of
Pearl Street, known as Stiles proper
ty. $14OO.
Stephen Dennis and wife, CONNER
cial township. to John Chan. and 9TH
ers, Millville. Property in Millville
on northeast line of Highland Boule-
ward. 81.
Henry o. Burt, Special Master in
Chancery, to Henry A. Weatherby.
Millville. Property in Millville on
west side of Third Street. 1850.
Max Feinstein and wife, Bridgeton.
to Ida Fox, Philadelphia, Pa. Farm
in Fairfield township on public road
leading from Sayres Neck, containing
273 acres. s6OOO
Kenneth B. CARL, Bridgeton, to Eb-
EN- Whitaker, same place. One-half
interest in residence property on east
line of Giles Street, Bridgeton. $500.
John B. Thompson and wife. Fair
field township, to Edwin W. Trench
ard, same place. Land and buildings
in Fairfield township, on Buck Street.
$500.
Frank Steinsnyder and wife, Pitts
grove township, to Mary Maccri. Vine
Iand. property in Vineland on Ounce
Street. 81.
Esther G. Wilfong, and husband,
Lands township, to Jesse T. Smith,
same place. Property in Landis town.
ship on Sherman Avenue 81.
Jesse T. Smith, township of Ian
dis, to Esther G. Wilfong and hus-
band, same place Property as above.
81.
Harry NJ. Souder, Millville, execu-
tor of Thomas c. Souder, deceased. to
William w. Corson and wife, Wild
wood. Property in Millville on south
side of Vine Street. s24OO.
Henry D. Paullin and wife, Bridge
ton, to Henry C. Geisinger, Bridgeton.
Property in Bridgeton, near Broad
and Giles Streets. 81.
Frank B. Ridgway and wife, Bridge
ton, to Mincn Brothers, Corporation
Brick house and livery stable on At
lantic street, Bridgeton. $475O.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-08
REAL ESTATE
development

There has been considerable specu-
lation as to what was going to be
done on big East Vineland farm
Some months ago when a company
bought up 10000 acres, taking in
Stanley Fox's sawmill at the eastern
end of Geona avenue, the people be-
gan to wonder what it meant. Then
big traction stump pullers came and
following them came roots. Some
said the farm was to be used for grow
ing belladonna and finally some roots
came which someone said were to be
grown and used for making newspa-
per The roots turned out to be licor-
ice roots. The principal thing to be
grown now are lemon trees. The
company that mas purchased the 2O,-
600 acres is known as the Waldeck
Farms Company, Inc, of Philadelphia,
and this company has discovered that
a new species of lemon tree that will
grow best in virgin soil, hence the
purchase of the new land. Several
big traction stump pullers and plows
are clearing the land and planting
mas begun. Stanley Fox has been en-
gagged to run the sawmill to work up
the timber on the tract No one here
can tell what the company will try to
grow on the land before they get
through experimenting. y Vineland
Journal.