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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
The Lost
Letter
e.
Blu GENEVIEVE LEE
ko3ossSs~OsSeOs>ss
copyright, 1917. by w. G. Chapman.)


"What's the answer, Leith?"
Arnold Leith turned with a guilty
start. He flushed slightly. Then he
erected his friend, Warner Bliss, with
what under the circumstances was
positive effrontery.
sTo what?' he challenged, with all
due affected innocence.
'"That letter. Why, you held on to 1t
as If you were afraid to let 1T go, or
performing an incarnation over it."
Nonsense I" declared Arnold, but 1t
was true, nevertheless. The subject
changed, hea stro2led a square with
Bliss and then was glad to be alone
with his cherished thoughts.
"Ada will get the letter in the morn
ing" he soliloquized. "She will an
swer 1t so the reply will reach me by
tomorrow evening. That is, if she does
not deem me presumptuous and not an
swer at all" and he sighed suspense
fully.
Arnold had no right to expect that
disappointment, but, when man is in
love life is one constant alienation OF
hope and despair. It was expectancy
that kept him on pins and needles the
next day. No letter. Anxiety, intense
and growing, signalized Wednesday.
Thursday it was bleak, blank despair.
give got my answer" breathed Ar
mold dejectedly. "Ada cares nothing
for me and her reply to my appeal is
silence"
So his dream of love was over. He
made up his mind that happiness was
not for him. He tried unsucceSsfully
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
A Mans Best Armor.

In all intercourse no armor is so be-
coming and so protective as gentle
manly demeanor; and when we think,
how intimate. diversified, unavoidable,
indispensable, how daily and hourly
are our relations with our fellow men
we cannot but become aware how
much it concerns us, for our pleasure
and our profit, and for deeper salts
faction, to be affable and gentlemanly,
and arm ourselves with bearing that
shall be the expression of self-re-
spect, purified by respect for others
George Henry Calvert.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01

her brother. To a gaping group OF
urchins who stood outside the charmed
circle, bemoaning the lack Of the
precious two cents that would admit
them to a wonderland Of charm and
novelty, she pounced upon Tom.
He was dilating upon the program"
about to commence with true show
manlike fervor and exaggeration. She
checked him by clutching at his arm,
her face SO pale, her eyes so glowing
that Tom stared, half frightened.
'Tom," she challenged sharply,
where did you get the papeH to make
these Tickets as you call them?"
"It was an old letter found under
the hat rack" replied Tom, innocently.
Fright near the shelf where the folks
put their letters to be mailed. thought
someone had thrown it away"
Ada uttered a positive groan. 1t was
unmaidenlike, perhaps, but she could
not restrain the expression. The
crumpled ticket clutched in her hand,
she hurried from the garden. She was
glad to reach the wild stretch of woods
half a mile distant. She reached the
river where the little skiff she often
used was beached.
ooh, to be alone, all alone-to think,
just think, and cry my heart out!" she
moaned, and once adrift she started to
do that, allowing the frail bark to drift
as it listed.
Alas for blurred sight and reckless
abandonment to grief! The boat
struck a rock, overturned, and Ada
with a shock and a scream went under
the surface of the water. Then a
blank, and, finally restored conscious
ness, she opened her wondering eyes
to find herself lying on the grassy bank
of the stream, mans coat folded up
under her head and it's owner kneeling
by her side, chatting her cold wet hands
and gazing anXiously upon her.
Ell fell overheard" she uttered
family and then sat up and dumbly
stared at her rescuer-Arnold Leith.
81 was fortunate to be near at hand"
he spoke, certain cOnstraint in his
tones.
Ada was wavering from the fright
and shock of her misadventure. Some
thing in her face encouraged Arnold to
sit down beside her, his broad Shout
ders half supporting her.
when you feel little stronger" he
spoke. 'you must let me help you
home"
"There-there is something to tell
you first" she said, and there she broke
down, covering her face with her
hands. Then she removed them, but
her eyes evaded his quick, eager
glance.
To-day" she continued, and her
voice sank almost to a whisper, today
1 went to a show"
He stared. Was she becoming deliri-
GUS? Ada was trembling. She had to
pause for a moment.
ITO a show" she resumed, "and
bought ticket, and tit was one Of
lot cut from letter wrote and that
missed the -brOther-miStake. 1t
should have gone to you"
He thrilled, even amid her incoher-
ency. Arnold caught a hint Of the
truth.
"Do you mean that an answer to
that letter Of mine miscarried?" he
asked, his soul in her eyes.
eyes, that was it, and"
"And the letter said?"
She met his glance now. 1t was all
that was needed, for in the depths Of
those bonny blue eyes Arnold Leith
read love ineffable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Stiffeninq Gone From Skirts.

About July the French woman dis
carded her distended petticoats and
took to clinging effects. This does not
mean tight skirts by any means. but
skirts that fall in solt folds with a
clinging rather than a crinoline silhou-
cite. The change has been slow in ar
ring over here, but it was felt by
Thanksgiving and already fashionably
dressed women who follow Paris closely
are wearing the new, graceful skirt
which reveals while seeming to conceal
the lines of the figure. These softly
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Bird of an Argument.

81 think all telegraph and telephone
wires should be put underground said
the man with long hair.
"Why, 1 thought you were head OF
the Audubon society,"" replied the tele'
graph man.
$50 l am
"Where on earth, then, do you sup
pose the poor birds are to roost If
deprived of the wires?" = Yonkers
Statesmen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01

pockets are large and lined with a
contrasting color. They are slashed
and turned back, the points fastened
down with buttons. The cuffs are nm
ished in the same way; their lining is
the same as that in the coat.
Buttons covered with the material
of the suit fasten the coat down the
front and are used in decorative rows
on each side. A little needlework
must, of course, appear on every we'll
regulated garment for spring, and II
is seen in the lines that are placed be-
side the buttons, bringing them into
greater prominence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01

draping skirts are a bit longer, too
almost to the instep, but the pretty
buttoned boot is by no means hldden
and boots are more fascinating AFFAIRS
than ever, with their high heels, turned
soles and tops of kid or cloth IN con
trasting shades.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Loftier Objects.

A passing neighbor stopped ut the
door of a great alchemist who was
toiling amid fame and vapor.
"Still looking for the philosophers
stone and the elixier of life?" asked
the neighbor.
mo. l have temporarily suspended
that quest to look for things of more
immediate Importance. 1 am seeking
the unbreakable promise and the un.
burnable scrap of paper"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Dec. 8, 1916.
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Injurious TO Alfalfa.

Practically no injury to alfalfa from
summer heat has been recorded in dry
climates, but high temperatures COM
bined with much moisture in the atmo-
sphere are so injurious that it is diff
cult TO grow the crop successfully I'M
der these conditions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Pigs After WEAVING.

Fall pigs after weaving should be
given food to keep them growing when
cold weather sets in. Pumpkins Will
be a good feed for pigs in early win
ter. Feed them shorts daily in their
slop while they are growing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Animals Relish Variety.

Note the variety of food you have
every day. You appreciate it, don't
you? The animals under your care
would like change also. Beets, man.
gels, cut clover or alfalfa could make
a change in the menu.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Cement Floors Too Cold.

Cement floors are too hard and too
cold for hogs to sleep on. Provide
plenty of good bedding. Under pres
ent prices the most Indifferent swine
man should not be careless in the
care of his swine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Riaht Treatment of Soils.

Most clay soils have an abundance
Of potash, but you must treat your
soil right by growing legumes and turn
ing under organic matter, if you would
have this potash become available for
the use of your crops.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
NeW Sweaters,

Keeping up with sweaters is Se[p
Gus proposition. A new mode 70 MADE
of two colors, one above and the oliel
below the waistline. Sometimes "lus
decorative band is used at the Dotto"'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
People Call for Popular
Kidney Remedy

DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root was one of
the articles we stlrted in business with
and we have sold it steadily over since
with evident satisfaction to our custom
ers. 1t has been a very steady seller with
us and medicine pleasant to handle.
Very truly yours,
SUITS DRUG STORE.
Der q 1915 Medford Wis
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01

The Brief Spell of Confidence.
"She believes every word he tells
her."
"How long have they been married?"
They're not married. They're go
ing to be."-DetrOit Free Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Prepared.

Kind Friend Ito composer, who has
just played his newly written revue
masterpiece)-Yes, I've always liked
that little thing. Now play one Of
your own, won't your
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Weak Point of Teams.

The weak point of most farm teams
| Is at the shoulders.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-01
Crow Your Own Fruit.

Every farmer should grow his own
supply of fruit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. S, 1917

tates of international law" and Is sure
thereH be no more U-boating of Argen-
tine ships.
Argentina feels that she has achieved
a diplomatic victory that nobody else
has and that her vessels are going 70
slide thru that blockade zone in safety.
We're good neighbor enough 10 hope
that Argentina is not TO be disappoint-
ed. but. by reason of our own tough eN-
perience. we can't help feeling that any
nation that's relying on dictates Of Ger
man autocracys conscience has got the
stage SET for rip-roaring old comedy
on the high seas. with several acts OF
tragedy IN Il. very likely
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
Pointed Paragraphs

Nerr nan vho acts ike a bear
f9ty
easier 20 win ? giris hear
$3.50 10 earn her hand
-Ii o. willing 20 tolerate
ar yho has money
~ -moniai prize homely
ua GOOD more often man a
ore.fs ono
fHsn lot Of courage 20 enable
p1' ~ admit that she .s homo
forl 30 foundation - ne lad
DOR fame before attempting 20
r,r1
woman isn't sarsfed u he'
ts.tarte Ife 10 an open book pn
Joss checkbo0k
Wrr. glri shows a young man
plrf4ra ~ herself she expects him
f1 a-y f1-
~ mrr were compelled 20 practice
giH tfr preach wosf ~ them
pa give 40 preaching
a. arg a4 fhe earth is Inhabited
Nor and ~ornen will continue n
f- rro1hle for each other
This ST. fmrult FOR q woman To
re'iffa. tre MIRO lttic things Fhe
f-NsN r'Ner women abogt her bus
bant
years naF come ard years may
80 ha time ulii never como
ten a man will sit up and patch
hi wfeN l0fhes aftor he De- asleep
Ia bed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
"Meanest Child on Earth. "

The tired child whimpered as his
mother jerked him by one arm into an
elevator. It was plain that his short
legs had been taking three steps TO her
one for hours UP and down the long aisles
Of the big department store.
Shocked women in the elevator gazed
in establishment at the impatient mother.
What a pretty little boy ventured
one Of them sympathetically.
Pretty enough when he's asleep
grumbled the mother but when he's
awake he's the meanest child on earth -
And all the other women wondered Il
they could believe their ears. What
endless. needless miseries three-year-
old must endure at the hands of a mother
VINO could say that,
The earth is full Of danger, the seas
are dark with wrath which makes il
doubly necessary for reasonable human
beings to cut down the great score OF
the worlds small unneces sary Qrefs
Hundreds Of people say they would
give their lives 20 stop the war but g.
course they can't but they can reduce
the average Of human sorrow greatly by
( being tender in ali small ways TO al
things great and small
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
Only Fair To Put Tax
On the Liberty Bonds

I'm the first Liberty Loan matter, Sec
rotary McAaoo undoubtedly ~, expert
encs that prompts him % urge taxation
u war bonds chat are q be issued here
after
T. bond, bearing / pcr cent inter
est. or more Will be better invested than
savings deposits. Il no, taxable.
VIVA, about the savings banks?
Again. thu ISSUE of q score Of billions
in bonds means tha- the bulk Of such
ssue will be- probably must be. t4ken
by the financial concerns ana the rich
individuals
If non-taxable these bonds offer
way 20 avoid income taxes, and one way
to avoid big part of this loss Of rev
euue seems to be 70 TAX the income from
the bonds.
Another way would be 70 make the
bonds OF low denomination am set the
folks who are not subject TO income
taxation 20 take them up
This would at least help some.
The problem for the government Is 70
dispose Of the bonds and yet not impair
it's sources Of current revenue and in
this. as in other war matters whole
lot depends upon the degree Of patriotic
sentiment
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05

Oh Everett True oh Everett True,
N ee rad a million more Ike you
With shoulders broad and with jawbones grim'
To keep the pesis ~ the land IN trim
Things might not seem bright and fair
To practical jokers everywhere.
And Doors and Washers might find that lie
Was full - trouble and woe and strife
And cads might mutier and fools might russ
bur you'd hear kick from the rest OF us.
There's never mortal. Everett True,
That hasn't wanted AZ times 10 do
The sort of-a stunt that you work 80 well
When you slam some mutt with your OLD umoreil
And II million two or three
OF decent people would all agree
To take whack AZ your job awhile
They'd make things better in rapid style
Tho thieves and grafters would get their dues
From a husky arm OF Everett Truea.
oh Everett True dear Everett True.
n the German people bad men like YOU
To bash The kaiser and haste the crew
OF frenzied junkcrs vho've waded through
Vast seas ~ blood with The end In view
NJ ruling the world they want 40 do
u wouldn't he long tho rosy hue
Of Tho dawn ~ peace would come anew
And DE Hohenzollerns BE- knocked askewl
Of course The chances for that are few
Bur ANYHOW here is verse 10 you
on rough, irasclble Everett True1
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
Some Draw

young fellow from tho country
called on Henry Ford IN his worN
shop. and tho manufacture. not
knowing exactly What 10 show MIN
picked UP a powerful magnet and
said
That magnet Vill draw thron
pounds Of iron from distance OF
two fcei There is no natural Oh
Zee, on nc face 81 the earth 'haf
has more power
Il dunno 1bout that Mr. Ford
answered The young cOunfrvmon
,houghtfully Il know q natural Oh.
'ect. wrapped in muslin and friiis
that IL drawing ne every SUNDAY
evening over II miles OF ploV ed
halds Ladies Home Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
Our Fighting Men
WILLIAM ? OVAL

VII L An 2 OLNElI.
Den William = Igeali. Who
hs grointel no be- command
1t r- terr department ~ rhe
ihaa 70 years - axe.
rt sser on fhe retired list
He s native ~ Mary
tt graduated from Wet
P During me var Uifh
-rs rived az eu inspector
re.er. folunteers and later -
1Wcpr ~ 'he Second
s-nv From fss1 to 1901 he
served rh volunteer regiment
e pt ppines IN he Summer
~ t. sent 20 Germany 20 Wit
army maneuYers in that
country r1 70 1908 ne was placed
r md 81 no Philippine d.
vision thrh post D. held a. NJ
tIre ls retirement from active
ser. Faar later.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
Don't BE a Prig
nv ~. ADpINGroS BRuCE
Author 81 The Riddle OF Person
atty" Psychology and
parenthood. etc.


Smoothness OF intercourse with
ones fellow men Is among the es-
sentials OF successful living There
are numerous things which work
against smoothness OF social intcr
course One OF these is priggish.
mesa
To become priggish is indeed 10
become a person who will find "
diflcult 10 get along with others.
For priggishness unfailingly rouscS
feelings OF antagonism
With good reason. As Arnold
Bennett. In his How Ia Live on
Twenty four Hours Day has cleY.
erly put II
A prig is pert fellow who gives
himself airs OF superior wisdom.
"A prig is pompous fool who has
gone out for a ceremonial walk and.
without knowing Il, has lost an inn
portant part OF his attire. his sense
Of humor
"A prig is a tedious individual
who. having made a discovery, IS 50
impressed by his discovery that ne
is capable OF being gravely dis.
pleased because the entire world ia
not also impressed with IT,"
Arnold Bennett adds that 'uncOn
sciously 20 become prig Is an easy
and fatal thing II Is assurod.y
easy
Every man who thru study and
reflection. has grown in know edge
Of literature. history. art science.
or any other subject or set OF sub
jec's. Is in danger OF becoming %
prig
re mus, set himself ARMY not
alone against Dragging OF his know.
edge. but also against making dis.
play OF H.
or course. whom a man Is directly
questioned concerning matters -
which Ia has expert knowledge. y
would be unRraciouS Of him 90 pre-
tend ignorance or 10 give purposely
eyastve answers In such cases SO
ciety Justly expects frankness from
him
He has been invited 10 tell some
hing 81 what he knows. and ~ IS
rteht aud proper for him 10 impart
knowledge 70 others.
But. even in these circumstance.
society neither requires nor desires
that he answer with the yolubtltt
Of talking machine whose brake
will not work And society resents
II 4, ne answers oondescendingly or
boas'fully.
Still more does society Fee resent
men, n he goes ont az his way 20
make other people aware 81 what
wise fellow he is and airs his know
edge Of a subject without having
been asked 20 do so
Connected ass il the general
verdict The chances are there Will
be supplementary verdict ~ dead
~ bore
The priz NAV not actually 10 con
ceited Ills ,alkatiyeness may not
have the slightest foundation IN con
colt =, may be A mere matter o'
habit With him
And 81 certainty he does not
! suspect that he is wearisome 20
those with whom no talks
But he IS wearisome mono the
less Because ~ this people prefer
IN have "a little 70 do with him as
( posslble They wish neither 20 be
bored nor 70 be made 70 feel IN
| ferior
Which does not mean that 20 gair
social adap'ability the surest mean
! "a 70 remain IN ignoramus.
on the contrary. learn all yoH
can Rut make u A point no. ~
7 hang your learning perpetually on
/ tho clothes lire Of conversation
That IL The one sure way 20 avoid
priggishness. and. BY avoiding priE
+ glshness, 20 avoid a truly serious
+ obstacle 20 success In life
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05
Hoch Der Whisky!
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)l

The kaiser'S greatest ally is whisky.
This say, because whatever saps the
strength of America lowers its efficiency,
and steals its wholesome food. is mani
festly playing into the hands of Ameri-
ca S enemy.
Women may economic in the kitchen,
can the beans and cabbage save the
crustS, and shmp the butter, but one
saloon will waste more human energy
over the bar in one day than they will
conserve in a week.
Why plant your front lawns in pots
toes and raise carrots instead of gera-
NUNS in your window garden, why eat
corn pOne instead of white bread. and
fried rice for steak. and all that sort of
thing, when every pound of food you are
saving 10 make men strong is doubly du-
plicated by the still, which flows TO make
men weak?
Every glass of booze that passes over
the mahogany bar in the drinking place
does a. much damage TO the manhood Of
the nation as a ten-inch shell fired from
one Of the kaiser's krupps.
For whisky never did any good and
never will do any good. Every ounce
of it means lowering life's efficiency.
II makes the muscle habby 1t OBJ
scureS the brain. 1t lets down the moral
force.
Every drop Of whisky means SO much
less honesty, loyalty. courage and intel
hgeuce.
The kaiser could make no shrewder
move than to subsidze every grog shop
in America, TO keep on at full blast.
adling out the stuff that takes the
stamina out Of thr great people.
Nobody, no nation, can conquer Amer
ica But America can rot. She can guz-
zle her beloved poison and sing to maud
lin weakness, while she pirates of per
,onal liberty" and slobbers, in congress
and out, over the vested rights Of poison
sellers.
General Organ. in a recent letter to
his fellow soldiers. used this language
Our jon is to whip the. enemy hard
and with the least loss 10 ourselves. In
training our military machines to do this
we must eliminate back-laSh rattles and
useless loads We must have every part
healthy. strong and dependable; no part
defective. diseased or obsolete.
This cannot be if we are to permit
booze in any form into our military ma
chine Alcohol. whether you call it beer,
wine whisky, or by any other name. is
breeder Of netiiciency While it affects
men differently the results are the same,
in that all affected by it cease for the
time 70 be normal. Some become forget
full, others quarrelsome. Some become
noisy some get sick, some get sleepy;
others have their passions greatly slim
ulated. When you stop to consider the
thousands in a division, do you not see
how vital TO efficiency is the elimination
of liquor? If one officer or man is per-
mitted to use liquor, then others will
claim the right to do so. How can di-
vision Of troops be ever ready-ever up
on the bit to drive ahead or to thrust
back the enemy's drive-if thru the pres
ence Of this insidious evil some soldiers
| forget their orders or become noisy when
silence is essential. fall asleep when every
faculty should be alert, or absent from
their posts -
Hurrah for the saloon, Long live per-
sona liberty, Hoch der whisky!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05


slip into tho house unobserved, but, alas a
voice from the top Of the stairs greeted him
coidly
where have you bcen all night, John
VOL my dear. was afraid ~ disturbing YOU
10 slept I'm Tho lions cage
There was a moments pause. q griting OF
teeth. thon down the stairs loatcd one word.
coward"