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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-10
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Many distressing Ailments experienced
by them are Alleviated by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Here is Proof by Women who Know.

Lowell, Mass.-"For the last three years haw
been troubled with the Change of Life and the bao
feelings common at that time. was in very ner-
vous condition, with headaches and pain a good
deal of the time so was unfit to do my work. A
friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, which did, and it has helped me in
every way. am not nearly so nervous, no head
ache or pain. must say that Lydia Z. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick
woman can taEe"-Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear
259 Worthen St. Lowell, Mass
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She Te!ls Her Friends to rake Lydia ~ Pinkhams he

She Friends Lydia Pinkhams Remedies
North Haven Conn When was 45 had the Change Of Lite
told try different things but they did not my palms. One
Pkhs@s Vegetable 6Opgqlnd and sanay0 Wash wen ST
feel myself reganing health also used Lydia Pnkhams
Sanae Wash and has done great deal of good ANY
coming suffers from female troubles Change
Life tell them takethe nkam remedies There about
of who think the world of hem"Ms FLORENCE IsELL
Box 1871, North Haven, Conn.
You are Invited to Write for Free Advice.
medicine relieving
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Women receive free helpful writing Lydia
E. Pnkham Medicine Mass Such letters
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-HTY pies, varying in make from
custard to pumpkin, in color from
1 the dark red Of strawberries to
the light yellow Of cream. in flavor
from cocoanut TO sweet potato; fifty
pies have been received by Gladys
Brockwell.
81 have seen your art on the screen
and like it." wrote baker OF Rose
dale, Kansas, to the star of William
Fox productions. you have never
seen mine. l want you to see it and
taste 1t. So am sending you an as
scrtment of the finest pies which have
ever come from my ovens | hope
you will like them"
The mans letter. OF course, caused
no end of mirth. But it was nothing
TO the delight which followed the ar
rival of the pies in Los Angeles,
Its too bad l don't work in come
6ies." said Miss Brockwell. Think
what wonderful use could be made OF
these pastries. If did
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nv TIE
FRONT ROW
.aEApIINERs ToNlehT.
Muslcal Comedy.

Hippodrome. Loves Entanglements
Photoplays.
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Health Talks, by Dr.. Vim. Brady
Goodrich. 1911 by N@uonsi %.z..s... s.,,.s.,
The MctnboIIc Wash

When an individual is intD5c.,.s .,.> .t.,
alcohol every cell ia mia s,sdy I. ;.,a.I ~.
circulating poison E.ery cell b ~, -, ~
porarily or pcrrnanentiy. " '"'''"' IEH'N
Toaemia Ia the name doc,,r. ,i,. .. t.
bath Of this kind The tom o., ,,,i -. ~ -, p'..nn
come from putrcfaciiyc dec,rg,,.,tr,' ,ts III:
rcSi'hcs 700 long retained In IN. ai,,I i, y. ~,
r:hi; Or IRON INC hc,iTi'y II germ lfrn l,, ,r,.
diseased tOhsils for c&1iuDi.J T., - M ~ ~, - -
poison deliberately iuirDduceJ .y 49,, III ,,+
inselI ~ me hhapc III alcofCI. tDi,a,. . AR s,.,",
,iarhl W nruE "hi"h So'n" r.crG h.z ..s1, ri
vidual develop2 his pri.,n In H.. ~ 'np ;
mentary tract In" cOHditinn rngUr,s,.< III ~"
"orption Of the poison into tho LI..T g. ~ > a"
AZ autontoXicatOn '' ~ H""WH
There many easy-gDi,., .,,,,. -.
that the frcaurni or Ia biz sI tsItny s ',Ss,,s
IL All that III really neceasary ~ W. I'.Is,.
overcome auiointOnicaton Tl'cy ,.idu .,'nt ,. ~
out Dhysiolofy Tho harm GDne "a. inni , III"
the intestine, bur by pDiaona abs,,b.S s,n .;, >"
cula,inS IN the blood: ana no b, r.,p '"n or,
discovered VIII physic the biD,3 ln H. No.,
apDrcciabie degree. " NV N'EH'fSL
The prevention or ireat,u,,, =, ...,,-.,
cation IL based. not uDon ati,arr -,
or clean out tho bowel, bu, upl,, ~, .,i,'. .,,
Of material which furDsh.s liz ,I.'," f
Cor the grown and multiplication ~ ~ 80, ~,
food elements when furnish ti. ,nnn .&. ~ IL
neat including game. fOUi. gsL ma a." 80, ~"
do not mean III imply tina, ihoge i,oG. ~
excludes from re average IDGiyfGIar1 AZ, W.
demand meat GOOD Ia form ., snn,,n, XXX, XXX.
times week 4 great InaDy od.Iis ,,,I, ~ ~
light indoor WORK feel better sLd ,, ,.I'',Ht,', a.,
more eihcicht upon q diet ~,ih NtLe 1r ,, ,f',L,
such food must eTercise go,d i4dyt,anf f., az a.
Letting reasonable Variriy NJ ,.nG,,t - - ~,
for his diet, particularly jDcittTp ,ct byDus
uhdenaturized cereals. such W. Whole wh.at
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obstructionists mt Work

THERE is every evidence that obstruction-
4 lists are at work to nullify any beneficial
effects Richmond hoped TO derive from tho
recent municipal survey and to thwart the
expected effort Of the Civic Association to
have the recommendations OF the report put
into effect in the form of n moro efficient gov
crnment for the city. No other plausible rca-
son can be offered for the circulation OF petit
tons with the alleged object of calling a spe-
cial election to let the voters say at the polls
if they desire changes made in the charter.
Who the obstructionists are and what their
purpose is should be clear to every citizen
The fact that any responsibility for the petit
tions has been cmphatically denied by the
Civic Association under whose auspices the
survey was made, and the further fact that
they are being industrously circulated by city
employees who profess to be in ignorance of
their source, who, knowing, refuse 10 tell
leave no room for doubt that certain city Off
Gals whose tenure of Office will be endangered
il the survey report is approved and its recon-
mendations for more centralized govern
ment enacted into law at the coming session
Of the State Legislature are ut least giving
tacit consent, If they are not actually sponsors
of the movement If the request for changes
in the charter fails to come up at the session
of the Legislature which conyenes in Jan
uary, then no action can be taken for another
two years, and city officials and employees
who have been declared needless by the sur
vey report are saved for that period at least
Plans of the obstructionsts, which they are
attempting to shroud in secrecy so far as their
own identity is concerned, are aimed at the
very heart OF tho reform movement 1t is
delay they are seeking, and they are prepared
to wage relentless battle.
The same interests which sought to pre-
vent the taking of the survey have not ceased
their activity. When it was first proposed to
have the Bureau Of Municipal Research send
its experts to Richmond to diagnose its
troubles, those interests threw every posi-
BILE obstruction in the path Of tho Civic Asso-
citation. The fight of the reactionaries was
not made entirely in the open, but it was
none the less bitter. Now that the report has
been made similar efforts are being put forth,
but with redoubled intensity No opportunity
to discount its value and prevent the adoption
of any Of those sections which would mean
radical change in the present system will
be overlooked
Citizens who place public good above pri-
vate gain must be prepared to meet and de-
feat those who would stand in the way of
better government, and they should let the
obstructionists know in no uncertain terms
that Richmond does not propose to be blocked
through their political endeavors.
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The White Rose.

written for The Times Dispatch.l
She is waiting by the rosebush.
The rosebush blooming white,
Hoping for his coming,
Coming there at night.
From check as we'll as roscbush.
The roses die and fade;
The time seems long,
The days are long,
Waiting long, he staid.
She stood beneath tho rosebush,
Where Oft they met AT night.
She looked so sad.
She was so sad.
Her step no longer light.
Shn never missed their trysting place,
Although they called him dead.
She kept on loving.
She kept on looking
For his coming home instead.
And when he came home from the war,
Released from prison bounds,
Ito made with haste
tbs hurried pace
no their old trystinE crounda
Ono night while yet the moon
In lovely splrndor shone,
Ito came IN slice,
Nv happy hopes.
Aud mot her at hor throne.
The rnres live and bloom again
Upon her check 40 fair,
10 fade no more,
TO die no more.
Tho whlto roso In her hair.
ALEX SMITH.
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Books and Authors

iiouEhton Mihin co. recently sent a package
o. books to ono of their force who had been
iu,a'!Hd ana is now In camp. and in acknow leds-
ing the gift the young man wrote: "Of ali the
nookS you sent me. Long Live the King was the
most popular. The boys here dcvoured It," Mrs.
!tinehartS story of the little king who wanted
10 be as great as Abraham Lincoln bids fair 10
rival IN popularity her earlier successes
aook OF Fiction, recently out of print is soon
10 be published by Paul Elder & Co San Fran
CISCO IL is Il hook Of stirring tales of adven-
ture mystery. danger, love romance bun,or a nd
thors. illustrated in color from paintings hy
seven Western artists. This book represents the
Austin. Gertrude Athertom. Frank Norris. MAR
liallcck Footc. Henry Miller Rideout and George
Sterling
George lnncss's tremendous desire TO pa,nt
over canvas did not limit itself to his own
pictures Many of his fellow artists fell vic.
pupIishsd Life Art, and Letters OF George
inness. Mr. lnness. Jr. tells the following
amusing story OF his fathers eccentricty in this
respect: Il remember on one occasion tho artist
J; G; Brown told me of my father coming int q
MS studio i'll the Tenth Street building which
rs sun one OF New York's prominent studios
was making his black and tan dog beg for a
piece OF cake. saying: That's a good story
,r9wn, bu, your boys too clean and your dog $
picture: in fact. It's all cracker-boX and dor
and boy What you want is breadth take OUT
some OF those details and tell the story more
You And said Brown, Il wish YOU could have
seen the way lie went at that ten by fourteen
c.mvas. Win one sweep of the brush he had
cnnahGsd my beautiful brick wall into a twilight
crackcrboN. wiped all the buttons off the BOYS
clothes and changed boy and dog into a couple
., o"I'"9iorea ramps But I have that canvas
with it. ~ " '
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H0NORS TO 100 MEN
AT FORT MYER CAMP
That Number Likely Soon to He Gem.
mI"sioned for Immediate
Service

WASHINGTON. November l1.-Dur.
ing this week probably 100 candidate,
"' inc fort M:er training camp for
reserve officers Will get commissions.
These arc for assignment other than
line officers. The comm issions are be-
Ing given because tho War Depart.
mcnt has found II needs these men for
immediate service. They are to be a..
signed to the ordnance bureau, the in
teiiiEence service. the signal corps the
quartcrnastcr corps, to war Insurance
bureau and for service as provisional
second licutcnan,s In the regular army.
These are tho commissions which II
was predicted would be given by the
War Department, thur ailaying the dis
appointment felt by the 1857 men who
have been making business and profess
sional sacrifices and breaking away
from home ties during three months OF
intensive training with tho understands
Ing that at lcas. 90 per cent OF those
who Qualired would get commiss ms
The War department officials are ad-
mittcdly worried by great volume OF
protests which arc being made, not
only on behalf OF the candidates ut
Fort Niger and the other training
camps throughout the country. but on
the principle that the caserncss Of the
tit young men of the country to give
themselves in military service must
not DO discouraged
Although the orders still stand an
issued to the administrative officers at
Fort Niger and the other training
camps. STIMULATING that only about 40
per cent Of the candidates will get
commissions in the line. it is now like
~ that more than 60 per cent of the
men who are still IL the Fort Niger
camp Will get commissions OF some
sort. and practically all will set a
chance to demonstrate their ability in
the environments and training camps
when the. second draft army ia called
out.
The men at Fort Mycr are now being
drilled hard in the new platoon of
fcnsive. The trench formation is an
adaptation of the British and French
style. built around the old squad for
nation. This system stili retains the
squad and is said to be even more mo-
bile than the old open warfare ex-
tended order mobile.
Sections arc being changed to con-
form to the revised implements of war
fare. the squads being trained in hand
ling hand Srcaadcs. rifle grenadcs. au-
tomato rifles and Springfield rifles. The
squads are changed each day to give
every one a chance to become familiar
with the modern methods OF war.
Glimpses within the en-. .ny's lines"
from airships are being given the can
didates in the camp. Through the
French and British officers. who are
quartered in the old artillery barracks,
IL fine set of photographs taken from
airships. showing the trench system
along tho west front and giving the
embryo officers a chance to see the
general layout of TIL country in which
they expect to lead the fighting. have
been shown to the various units
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only to address tho package. arix a
postage stamp. and mako use of tho
Wcil-known parcel post.
And yet this $lo-blll- in the collar
story Is going up and down in tho
tand. and thousands Of women arc hear
ing that 1T happened to a friend of a
friend OF Il friend of theirs, and are
writing to the Red Cross about 1t. It
docs not encourage tho knitting cam
paign. Who started 1t?
There arc five or six OF these talc,
ana they arc always whispered so much
alike that the Rel Cross officials know
them all by heart. The other Cay "a
washington man heard one of them.
ana. feeling that he had Uncovered
something important. he fastened TO
national headquarters to tell an officer
ot the Red Cross. When Inc had got
Ten about ten words out, the officer in.
tcrruptcd. Lot me tell you the rest
oi IT, said the officer. And he did.
The Red Cross has never been able
to trace single one of these stories
to It's origin. Though there arc only
few of them. they crop up thousands
OF times; yet they arc always things
that "A friend of minc heard" or "some-
one ] know knows woman who" and
so forth.
Sometimes you will hear a more scri-
GUS charge brought forward to the
enecl that large part of tho $780,
oVo,ooO war fund raised by populnr
subscription is being used to pay large
salaries and heavy administrative CT
pchses. AS matter of fact, practical.
iy all OF the principal officials at head
quarters and all over the country as
well as abroad not only work without
salaries. but bear all OF their own e1.
penscs. and arc large contributors TO
the Red Cross besides
There is nothing wrong or unpatriotic
about criticizing the Rcd Cross. It
ought TO be as open to criticism as any
department of the government. It Is
spending lot OF public money. and
pubic criticism is a salutary influence
Tor any institution which does thai.
The Red Cross has been hastily and
enormously expanded. It doubtless
makes mistakes, and 1t is any ones
outy as an American citizen 10 point
out mistakes and his privilege to de-
nounce them as fiercely as he win.
But the stock slanderous stories that
nave gotten afoat belong in another
class entirely.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12
SEEN ON THE SIDE
by HENRY EDWARD WARNER
The smiler.

Thcre's trouble enough In this busy world.
There are frowns enough at the BEST
There's trial enough and there's toll enough
And little enough of rest:
Theres sorrow enough and grief enough;
There's enough of spleen and bile.
And what we need Is capacity
To smother the frown and smic
lhcrc S woo enough when tho world goes right
AND there's JOY enough when it's wrong;
There's moaning enough at the wedding feast
When the world is full of song.
And the thing we need to adjust 1t all.
Is to make 1t Il popular style
TO forget the troubles we think we have
And swallow them all in smile
Oh! the man who smiles has friends galore
And the man who frowns has none
For nobodys gay in thundercloud
And tho world goes mad in tho sum-
So buckle your belt and sttffcn your lin
And feast your soul for while
In the radiant beams of reflected Joy
That start from CHEEKY smile!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12
A Love Poem

with Parenthctical Commcnt).
. maiden OF the hazel eyes
That open In a mild surprise
tTna: is a nice conceitD.
Your lips arc like the budding rose
Your checks are like II think that goes
.hatonshinS!y neat).
Your checks like the blush of spring.
When in among the verdure wing
\ myriad happ. birds.
Your teeth are pearls II wonder. nov.
If they arc hers; but anyhow.
Amt them affecting words?).
Your swanlike neck, your dimpled chin.
Your silken hair dts might. thin
And mostly puhs and ra,J-
Your siiken hair, - Paul said
Your silken hair is ON your head
tNow. what dye think o that:).
Your voice is like tho voice Of darn.
calling the world when nigh; IL gone
CFhata poetr?. ~: friendly.
Your feet now. shall ! tell the tru,a
or pass it np:)-!ouT feet. fo'sopth.
are at your neither cnd.
Ny love for you win acve- de.
You are the appl. % ny eye
GIVE plucked an apple. ,,o.,.
love you. dear 'Tnat'z hon /. E1.s
And then you kiss her on the ,.,z.t,-
love no girl but yog.
tDear Friend: I've Wi, this .,sa :, s.oy
Just how lyric ough, to 20.
You should be glad you'ye s4.r ..
The fun about love poem. i,
They tickle Sue and Mau;, ana TN
Ana HE don't really mean ~,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12
RICHMOND Times DIsPATCH MONDAY NoVEMBER u, 1917

impracticable. 1t showed nothing that Rich
mond motorists and many thousands Of
tourists from other States did not already
know to their sorrow. but 1t brings to mind
forcibly the fact that money which might be
flowing into Richmond is turned into other
channels, and that producer and consumer
in the rich territory between here aud the
nations capital arc still held far apart by
tho lack of few miles Of passable roads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12

::ga KS *rnrIn,ed q. the time for holdinr
. :. ns@nie Ita i"e tev ,a!se Gro MILF as
ss..Nff ~. M<i!.n ~ tic chair and made an ad
VI. ass 'ass>~.l ~ i;eY George Jacobs Of Retn
~. srf''s ;FY4&a.gn". vino made "a most powerful
,ssa ~ sH j*ms ard rnIcs conccrning Sabhaf h
~ ~ nc iart Of the Jews of this
r:,t&t}tx q" 81 re- held In about two week@ vie
:.jefgas n.li he taken ''''' "'e"
:. M S.t,iz.3ni,ai state sunday School c.onven
'TSe r!,s.i"s' sermon was preached bv Eisboyn
.s5 is''o ~ fSr'E sn nf "eses.y q
.be irt$erD"i church was read by Rev Or r.
hray I:n over Tor future discussion. iev.
IT,, ans f - a Ianii. II ehrman OF me
uGiii ;be uniDn shall bo organized -
nnss hgnnred and thirtynine hosahcads
wfrH offered on the Tobacco Exchange vestcr.
my. .mc nsariy AZ Of it sold at satisiactory
!" G~;oanG. and selling at from SIS to S2s 90 ne,
hUnGtcH. ~ ~ po'
s tsIegrn.e from Washington received here
reliable sources that the government viii be
he s5l instant T:oth sides However r ca Se
I!rH ,hat chief Justice Chase shall preside with
tti%i ,nay be postponed for a short while. 10 en-
ahle Judge Chase TO make arrangementa to pre-.
sre that Two judges should sit in lo the case ;ns de-
No deaths were reported from yellow fever
Tor relief made TO the Howard A asoeiatinm
The schoor 1t Atlante. from Norfolk to Bos-
Ivss lost. f''o"s' no
The Bremen ship Karl arrived at New or,can.
on Saturday with 500 German enigrants bound
state convention has been called to moo,
81 Mncon 10 formally organize tho conservative
party OF Georgia.
Tho inpeachcrs say the persistence and rio .
ierminhtion with which President johnson Win.
ssnrstnry stanton as Seeretnrx Of ;ar r y
ono OF the graVcst grounds for his impeachment
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12
Railroads Have No Secrets

MOT enough attention has been paid to the
Supreme Courts decision in tho Louis
vile and Nashville case, in which it was de-
creed that no interstate railroad may refuse
to divulge any detail of it's business when
called upon for information by Congress, by
the Interstate Commerce Commission or by
any legally constituted body
few years ago this decision would have
been stunning blow to the railroad interests
or the country But the railroads have diff
ferent view of government regulation now.
they have found in it that protection which
was demanded in order to bring about their
orderly development. Instead of iniuring
them, hampering them, hamstringing them
as they used to imagine, Federal regulation
strengthened them by purging them OF those
VICIOUS practices which crippled their own
usefulness and at the same time worked
Infinite hardship upon the public
vast majority of the railroads of the
country have cpme to welcome government
SUPERVISION but few of them. notably the
Louisville and Nashville, have remained in
the reactfonary class. They still regard their
affairs as private affairs their interests as
the personal interests OF their officers and
STOCKHOLDERS. The Louisville and Nashville.
actihg apoh that principle. defied both Con-
eress and the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion wren an intimate investigation was or
dereo into the roads political expenditures
ny resolution OF the Senate President
Hni.h stood upon his constitutional rights"
IN declining to reveal the use which he had
maue OF certain OF his stockholders money.
NowHthe Supreme Court has handed down
an opinion, the buroen OF which Is that M
interstate railroad can have any inyiolate
secrets. II money is expended by such a
corporation for political purposes, the fact
must be given when demanded By the gov
eminent. Mr.. Smith will now be recalled
10 the witness stand and will he forced. under
oath, to give every detail of his companv.s
campaigning in the States through which its
lines run.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12

z. O, stony Creek.--There are any
number of ways in which you may
help the nation In prosecuting the war.
III you are within the military age, YOU
can volunteer in one OF the several
branches OF service; ii too old for mill
tary service. YOU can help by pro-
ing TO tho various funds for carrying
on the work for the relief and enter
tainment of the soldiers at the front,
by talking patriotism everywhere you
ernmcnt about the movements Of sus-
picious characters who may be plotting
destruction OF property, and In every
way possible giving such supper. as
you can TO the policies of the govern
ment for strengthening the nations
power in the war.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12

bhQuircr. south Richmond.--Thc phy-
steal requirements OF the regular army
and the sclectivc draft are the :ume.
but in view of the. fact that there are
various forms of service included I'm
physical fitness is lowered sometimes
SO as to take in rcgistrants who pre-
viously may have been rejected upon
examination for the regular army or
navy. BESIDES. different boards Of
medical examiners may conclude DIFF
ferently rs to the physical fitness Of
the person examined, to say nothing
or the Improvement that may occur
betMecn the intervening eXaminations
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-12

Virginia can be counted upon to cooperate
in any food conservation plan that may be
recommended by the authorities Southern
people are fond of eating, and they were
never given to stinting themselves in the
matter Of food, but they are capable of self
denial when necessity requires. Moreover,
they can cconomize though they do not take
naturally to economy. They showed that In
the sixties and for years afterward. Isn't 1t
all the more virtuous to do for patriotic rea-
sons what goes against the grain?