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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
One group of suffragist paraders and their banner.

the fire. What have you to say to
that--Miss Brooke?'
She had nothing to say.
Il am through with efficiency" said
the efficiency man.
Constance stirred.
II am through with economy"
She moved her head so that one eye
peeped out through the crook Of her ell
bow.
Death to scientific management"
he cried.
Constance raised her head slowly and
stared at him. She met glare that
alarmed her. He was standing just
opposite, across the library desk, his
eyes blazing with a new light
you have burned my diary" he said
grimly you have burned my notes.
You have thrown into the fire all my
hopes of reforming the American
household. Yes You! Now you can
take the onsequences-you type Of the
idle rich!"
She had never seen H. Hedge In such
mood.
idle rich!~ he echoed. Idle rich!
All right-rm for 'em. I'm going to
join the crowd"
He laughed boisterously. You think
I'm crazy. don't your he said. II can
see 1t in your eyes. Perhaps I am.
Let it go at that; should worry. Now
I'll show you just how crazy l am
H. Hedge made dash at the filing
case, pausing midway to execute sew
| eral bewildering steps.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
TOO MUCH
EFFICIENCY
A CLEVER SERIAL STORY.
BY a J. RATH.
Author Of when the Devil Was
Sick" "One-CyiinAer Sam" etc.
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS.
4 CLEVER SERIAL sToR

7 Ohm w. BROOKE. owner of
j large hardware mandatory, has
the concern reformed by the Econ
omy and Efficiency Corporation.
Ltd. President Sherwood, of that
concern, boasts that there is no
business on earth that he can't i'm
prove, and Mr.. Brooke challenges
him to "efficiencyize" an Ameri-
can home. Sherwood takes up the
gauntlet, with the result that
Brooke goes on a vacation, and
Henry Hedge, efficiency engineer,
Is made head Of his household and
father" Of his three children
William, aged twenty-five, Con-
stance, aged twenty, Alice, aged
fifteen-during his absence. Hedge
takes hold vigorously. and gets
himself cordially disliked by all
three. who are unused to authori-
ty. On tour of inspection, Hedge
visits the gymnasium, just in time
to get bumped by vigorously
pounded punching bag at the
hands, or, rather. the fists. of Con-
stance. The bag is inscribed: III.
Hedge, f. e"
Hedge continues his campaign
of reform by an attempt to abol-
ish Constances Pomeranian pup,
by the installation Of a time clock
in the kitchen, by the introduction
Of more efficient steps in the dane
ing Of a party of friends of hers.
among whom he makes a hit; by
warning off a couple Of them
(males) as being useless members
Of society. and by buying her a hat.
He tries to get her a cheap one,
and finds that he has paid half as
much again as she had asked forl
The three children get up a Dec
laration of Independence against
the Hedge rule and go on a hun
ger strike to enforce 1t; but 1t
fails. Christmas comes around
and Hedge refuses to permit tree.
as being useless and wasteful.
But he organizes a party for New
Years Eve-and has a doctor ex-
anime all the guests to make sure
they are sanitary. Constance Is so
upset by this that when Tommy
Treadwell asks her to elope with
him, she agrees. Hedge intercepts
the automobile and accepts Tread
wells challenge to fight.
without difficulty Hedge beats
his adversary, and Constance an
nounces that she has changed her
mind about marrying Treadwell.
Suddenly she switches over. ac-
cepting u job AS Hodges secretary,
and telling her brother and sister
that she is going to subjugate the
enemy by womanly wiles. He falls
without difficulty, and after Frank
and Ruth, two of the servants. be-
come engaged, he tries to propose
to Constance, but she eludcs him.
Whereat the efficiency engineer be-
gins to think that perhaps the
round about methods Of Frank
and Ruth may have their advant-
ages. But Constance raps his
plans on the head by reading his
notes on a book with a chapter
about her. and arraigns him bitter
ly, showing her whole hand. He
let's her finish, then says that he's
going to talk now.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
CHAPTER XIII.
Science Versus -?

ONSTANCE had seated herself
~ not because of any command from
the efficiency man. but in response to
a sudden collapse of belligerency.
She was terrified at what she had
done. She had tossed another persons
treasures into the fire without so much
as asking leave or serving notice; and
the reaction was abrupt. The calm
ness of H. Hedge frightened her.
Leaning Imply forward in the desk
chair she buried her face in her arms
and continued to sob.
The efficiency man watched her for
a moment, alternately frowning and
smiling. He had promised her talk.
but he was uncertain about the begin
ming of 1t, even though he had a clear
nation of the ending.
Miss Brooke." he snapped.
She did not look UP.
Are you listening. Miss Brooke?"
There was faint nod. although she
did not raise her head from the desk.
You'd better listen" he said grimly.
Because everything is going to eternal
swash in the next ten minutes. This
is Judgment Day. and we are going to
get what is coming to both Of us
pro 1to!"
Still she did not stir. But she was
listening in spite of her sobs.
| "Pronto means all-of- sudden" he
added.
| There was a brief pause in which he
devoted more study to the coil OF
brown hair.
All bets are off. Miss Brooke. Do
you hear that? Bets off-Miss
Brooke!"
| She heard, but made no acknowledge
ment of the mystifying intelligence.
you have known me as H. Hedge,
E. E..,'" he continued. But hereafter
there is no such person. He has dis
appeared. So has Henry Hedge, who
who was his immediate predecessor
Henry Hedge Is abolished. You are
now looking upon H. Wellington
Hedge. without any f. e. or other hon
orary degree tied to the rear axle.
see your are not looking. 1t makes nc
difference; you are listening. which IL
sufficient for the immediate present.
Constance's sobs were becoming less
frequent. Her ears caught every word
and her curiosity was rising rapidly.
H. wellington Hedge" he repeated
Iincisively. 4 have killed the Henry
and substituted an III You will pres
entity understand why. have here in
my card case certain cards reading
III. Hedge, e. r. There-they are in
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
AT SUNRISE

GPHIRTY TWO suspicious fires have taken place along
the water front of New York within the last six
months How many other pieces of destruction may
be recorded do not know; but it is welcome
learn that the United States marshal at New York is at
length to apply vigorously the law which forbds Germans
to live or to enter within zone half mile from the
wharves and military reservations.
IF the res explosions and other acts Of sabotage
of enemy originals many of them surely must bet is
high time that drastic measures of protection
should be taken.
ii q q
An italian diplomat declares bluntly that treachery in
the ranks of his army, treachery induced by German
money responsible for large share in Macken-
zens drive upon the Isonzo There is doubt that the
German spy system penetrates everywhere Well in
formed people at Washington believe that the executive
departments and every branch of service infested
with German agents.
If there is any substantial basis for this belief it is the
duty of the secret service to be getting busy in ancpa
ton of furnishing employment for few firing squads
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
FATALLY DEFECTIVE.

Farmer Wurzel and his wife. Martha,
were paying . visit to their nephew,
a gallant member Of the navy. It was
their first visit to the great seaport.
where the ship of which their nephew
formed one Of the crew happened OPP
portunely to lie in dock. They we're
both vastly impressed with the novel
sights they saw around and about the
docks, and when their nephew, with
pardonable pride led them round to
where the great auxiliary cruiser lay
they gased with awe upon the gigantic
vessel
The old man took few steps nearer
to the quay side, and. perceiving an
open portfolio on q level with his eyes.
peered into the interior of the hull.
Martha! Martial" he whispered. ex-
citedly. to the old lady, look here. lass.
what dost think7 The blamed things
hollerl"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
YOUR HEALTH
II you Hoe long, dost stcy ~ n40tHssy Green
Iichen Blanus
By JOE1N B. HUBER. A. M. M D.

s,otssxstn0 but an 6shansed to on 00'
coxnt Of this scar. :. Also can tot
too marks BE- removed >.
Ansper-1. I know Of no way. &
/ give you the method of the Surgeon
Variot which I cannot, however.
guarantee. The skin is first covered
with a concentrated solution Of tan
min and retattoed with this into the
parts to be cleared. Then an ordin-
airy nitrate Of silver crayon is rub
bed over those parts which then
become black ON exposure to light.
Tannin powder II then sprinkled
over the surface several times . day
to dry It. A dark crust forms, which
loses color in . or days; and In >
weeks or 20 comes away, leaving q
reddish scar free Of tattoo marks. In
q few months this reddish scar also
disappears A skin area about the
size Of Q silver dollar should b
treated thus at one time % that the
person operated on can 60 about his
usual work
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
UNENVIED DISTINCTION

m RAILS declaration of war against Germany was
made by unanimous vote of the senate and by vote
" of 149 to in the chamber of deputies. The man
who made up the minority doubtless for day two
the most talked of in the republic of BRAZIL but his
fame will hardly be aluring Up in New England there
who known to the end of his days ''the
man who had the fight with the minister" When the
whole story told it developed that the minister wal
loped him good and plenty-but his title remained.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
EVERYBODY GETTING IN

77HE ten million people who invested in the second
liberty bond issue just that many people
u with direct interest in the TO these add the
more than five million people who will have to pay in
come tax though having paid BEFORE and the
numerous other millions who will put the extra cent of
postage their letters pay the tax their railroad and
theater tickets and meet the other exactons which the
bill establishes The number of people who
will gain direct interest in the because it touches
the sensitive pocket may prove to be coextensve
with the population of the country.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
}UncIe Walt Has for
}You This Evening"
ARGUM EMIT.

@VE never found In joint debate
much profit or much pleasure.
though l have arguments Of
y weight, and facts beyond all
measure. My neighbors sit
around all day and argue without ceas-
ing; they jabber, in their tireless way,
until their lungs need greasing. They
say the Same thing Ger and Ger, a mil
lion times they've said 1t; and in the
village not. store will give these
alexis credit. They tell how govern
ments should run II their advice were
needed, and lack the price to buy a
ton of coal that's badly needed. Some
Of their wives are scrubbing floors
and others take in washing, while all
the day these wise old bores are argu-
ing and joshing. There are so many
useful Jobs that people should be do
ing, i don't admire the windy swabs.
their talkfest still pursuing. That
man will yet be in a box. will yet be
swatted dizzy, who leans against post
and talks while other men are busy.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
ourN1NE POISONING

I h0pe been tvoslJed soitA ringing
IN my ears awd orackltA1 notses u
NY head. What 70 the c0wsef ! had
q severe ottcoh Of grippe this Sprta1
and toob aboSt q QS0rter Of teo-
spoonful of Qvtstne. WoxN sAae
hovs BEEN On evsrdosef /
Amssoey1Ths symptoms yoo msn-
ton may weN have besn due % The
overdose Of quinine. Never take more
than flve grains without . dootovA
advicA On general principles never
take any medicines, sxospt The sim.
plest household remedies, without
medical direction. And yet you may
have some real aural disease. Only
your family doctor can determine
this on examination.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
MAKE 1T 7 CENTS.

Dear Pops: / see the kaiser has Of
fered $40 for the first American SOL
der captured. AS reply. I will give
70 cents for the capture of the kaiser,
which Is about what he is worth, by
comparison with any American soldier
l know. H, CT.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10

This is an inflammatory disease Of
me skin characterized by pimple
like eruption, from pinhead to pea
sized. isolated or aggregated, nat At
the top: these papules are red and
become more or less angular in out
line, glazed and waxy, with a depres-
sion perhaps In the centre. In time
they become scaly and are like to
be very itchy. Their disappearance
Is like to be followed by soaring.
The eruption Is very chronic. though
the constitutional symptoms are
not marked. In most cases the cause
lies in the nervous system. The dis
ease Is in most cases amenable to
treatment and when this Is right the
outlook is favorable. TONES Of ar
senic, iron, quinine or strychnins
are appropriate according to the In
dividual needs. Local application rem
der the patient comfortable and aid
in the recovery. Such measures
the family doctor must prescribe
For the itching the ordinary carbo-
lated vaseline is relieving. There 10
q form of the ailment called nchen
rubra, in which considerably larger
areas of the skin arc involved. and
which is more serious, though not
necessarily always unfavorable-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10

Fl f MEANEST PRO-GERMAN
HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN CHI
CAGO. HE WON'T LET HIS DOG
WAC IT'S TAIL WHEN THE BAND
PLAYS THE STAR SPANGLED
BANNER"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10


nbe
Address DE- huoe'
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
PAYING THE FIDDLER.


remember way back in "a
The folks was maddern ever before
When they noticed first the increased
expense,
And they have been hollerin' ever
sence.
They holler till they're sick and sore
and lame,
But they keep on payin' Just the
same.
Although they threaten and wall and
shout
There amt one thing they will do
without.
For every family in this broad land
Is as good as the next one, under
stand?
They caterwaller and they wipe
their eyes,
But they don't seem willing to
economize.
When one Teller gifts some 1imcrack
new,
The next feller's got to have one, too.
They all keep diggin' down in their
jeans
And tryin' to live beyond their
means.
If this goes on to the end Of time
The cost of Twin is going to climb,
Fer when you put on newfangled
frills
You surely have got to pay the bills.
EVERYTHING IS GOING UP
EVEN THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER
HE HITS THE CEILING ABOUT
THREE TIMES A DAY.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
d and AnsWer1
HlkS IICHEN.

I huve been troubled tor yeovs
With the skln disease called Nchen.
When the marks first appear they
ore not larger than a pin head; then
they become larger, Qs1tc red and
Itch very badly at ttntes.
AnstDer-Read the above.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
SAME OLD STORY.

The melancholy days are come
The saddest of the year.
When nature dons her russell garb
And walks off on her ear.
When gentle winds meander
With tang of frost and rime
And one piece suits and spinach
Are little out of time,
And now think OF those resolves
Made many months ago
To save my summer wages for
The days Of ice and SNOW.
I've said the same thing every year;
It's come to be a Joke.
know that winters here because,
AS usual, I'm broke.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
SCARS AND TATTOO MARKS.

Some fourteen ysors d0o ! had az
ulcer of the leo Dhtch loft terrible
red mark. / tootld HE to 90 ~
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
LEAVE IT TO NAP.

LEAVE IT TO NAP.
The crown prince likens himself to
Napoleon. II Nap ever reads that in
the Evening Asbestos" he will leave
like he left Elba and come back and
change the map Of Europe again, leav-
ing the ounce somewhere over in Ice
land.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10
WHATCHAMA
COLUMN
E p s

3 - ~
We are acquiring a taste for war
bread.
"Will not our boys get terribly cold
in the trenches?" inquiries Anxious
Woman. Perhaps. but they'll not get
cold feet.
The chorus girls, SO roundly abused
by all other girls and women, must
experience feeling of additional con-
quest when they note the prevailing
styles and makeup.
Russia owes the United States a wad
Of money. but Uncle Sam doesn't know
who to send the bill to. May have to
collect 1t from the kaiser.
With many Russian women absolute
ly loyal to democracy. is 1t fair to call
that bunch of traitors and cutters the
Bolsheviki? why not the Bolheviki?
As a matter of fact, all Americans
are being put over the top as to prices.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10

NOT TAKEN ANYTHING LATELY
NOT EVEN A BRACE
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10

BUT WHAT DOES THE LADY SAY7
The following candid ad. has ap-
peared.
CHARACTERIZATION by bookkeeper
with large wife and family"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-10

We are acquiring taste for war
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
REPORTERS HELD AS SPIES
Two Indicted on Same Charge as
George Vaux Bacon.

NEW YORK. April 17.-Indictments
alleging they served as spies for the
German government have been re-
turned against Charles r. Hastings
and Rutherford RutledRe. both OF
whom formerly worked as newspa per
reporters in this city.
Hastings was apprehended in HOl-
land. and recently returned here. on
board the steamship ST. Louis. OF the
American line, in charge OF a consular
officer. Rutledge is believed now to
be on his way here.
Specifically, Hastings and Rutledge
are accused of violating section 13 of
the United States Penal Code. by en-
gaging in military enterprise
against England. The indictment is
similar to the one returned some time
ago against George Vaux Bacon, also
a newspaper writer. who now is in
the Federal prison at Atlanta.
II alleges Hastings and Rutledge
were employed by Albert o. Sanders
of the Central Powers Film Exchange
who also recently was convicted aud
sent to the Atlanta penitentiary. II is
charged that after leaving this city
Hastings and Rutledge made their
headquarters in Holland. and from
there transmitted to the German au-
thorities letters sent TO them from
England by Bacon and written in in
visible ink.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
OFFICIAL REPORT OF CLASH
Scout Cruiser Chester Sends Radio
Telling of U-Boat Attack.

BOSTON. April 1.-THE official re-
port of the engagement between the
L. S. S. Smith. submarine chaser, and
an enemy submarine. received at
Charlestown navy yard today from
the United States scout cruiser Ches-
ter, follows:
AT 1920 a. m. April Il. apparently
sighted enemy submarine. She fired
torpedo. Missed U. S. S. Smith, thirty
yards wake. Plainly seen crossing
bow. Submarine disappeared"
The Chester is flagship of the Amer
lean patrol service.
The destroyer Smith is of the M"
class. built in 1909, with a length of
2SS feet and a displacement of 200
tons. Her speed is 2915 knots an
hour and she is armed with five Il
FOUNDER guns and three 1S-inch tor
pedO tubes, She carries eighty-seven
men.
The scout cruiser Chester, in
charge of the patrol in the New Eng
land district. displaces $3.50 tons,
has a speed OF 26.5 knots, and is light
ly armored. She carries two 5-inch,
six 3-inch. and two 3-pounder guns,
with topedo tubes. Her complement
includes 356 men. She was built in
1906
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
MosLEM PLAY TO BE GIVEN
"Broken Chains" Will Be Presented
by Christian Endeavorers.

Broken Chains" a Moslem play in
three acts, will be given tomorrow
night in Epiphany parish hall, 1921
G street northwest, by the Christian
Endeavor Society and the Girls Guild
OF the New York Avenue Presbyter-
ian Church.
Miss Florence Thiele is director and
stage manager, assisted by James F.
Thompson and Mrs. Albert st. Clair.
The story concerns the love affair
of Sabieh, daughter Of Osman, por-
trayed by Miss Marie Knapp, and
Ahmet, a young Turk, played by
Stewart Smith. Assisting the
principals are Bascombe James, Har'
ry Woodland, willard Gatchell, Charles
Cook, Douglas Craig. Harold stat
ford, Carl Stiene, Charles Cook, Maria
Davidson, Muriel Keller, Eleanor Ire
Ian, and Constance Adams.
The patronesses include Mrs. Har-
vey S. Irwin, Mrs. Edward Tarring,
Mrs. John Hervey Young. Mrs. Frank
E. Edgington, Mrs. Charles w. Rich
ardson, Mrs. George w. White, and
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe.
A musical program will be given
by Gladys Price, Elsa Raner, Ruth
Brousne. and Ruth L. Jones, direct
ed by Paul Whitney Fishbaugh.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
SUNDAYS VOICE STRAINED
Evangelist Tells MethodIsts Where
He Thinks They're Wrona.

NEW YORK, April 17,-Billy Sun
days day of rest brought little real
rest to him outside OF q few hours
when he took a nap at home. The
rest of the day was spent in trips to
his dentist and throat specialist, fol-
lowed by a short shopping trip, apd
in preparing his coming sermons.
He also spoke for fifteen minutes at
the annual dinner of the Methodist
Social Union of New York at the
Hotel Astor.
The speech showed that his voice.
strained by his strenuous campaigns
of the last weeks in Buffalo and this
city, is in far worse condition than
had appeared previously.
His talk was expurgated OF most
OF its slang, but it was a straight
from the shoulder talk in which he
told the church in general and the
Methodist denomination in particular
just what he thought was wrong
with them.
I'm not a Methodist" he declared.
but my mother and ! got most of
my education at Northwestern Uni
versity. ] guess that accounts for
most OF my vim and ginger and
tobasco sauce"
He waved his American flag
throughout his talk, and declared that
he wouldn't have any use for any
churchman who wouldn't fight for his
country when she called as quickly
as he'd fight for Christ when Christ
declared war on sin.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
WOULD FILL KUTz'S PLACE
Engineer Of Highways WuoId Act
Under Carry Measure.

Lieut.. Col. c. W. KutZ. Engineer
Commissioner OF the District. who has
applied to the War Department for re-
lief from his present civilian duties
and for assignment to active service,
would be succeeded by the engineer
Of highways II the Cary bill offered
in the House becomes a law.
Congressman Cary, a member of
the District Committee, introduced a
joint resolution directing that the
engineer OF highways be authorized
to perform the duties OF Engineer
Commissioner in order that Lieuten-
ant Colonel Kutz may be assigned to
active duties.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
ALIENS TURN ARMS
OYER TO POLICE
Several Weapons Are Surfend-
: cred in Compliance With
Order.

Two Of them came in the District
building this morning. and in broken
English, asked the policeman on
duty at the entrance to direct them
to the office Of the police inspector.
One of them held a long shotgun,
broken at the breach, over one arm.
Another held a revolver in his hand,
Both were old men. and both walked
rather hesitatingly toward the en-
trance to Inspector Grants office
They knocked timidly. and were ,ad-
mitted.
I'VE have come" one spoke, here
we bring the weapons" And the
shot gun and the revolver were laid
away In the office of the District
Building given over to the storing
of the arms which are turned in by