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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28
open Places at the Dixie.

Jack Gardner is ON the side of the
law in open Places" which is featured
at the Dixie today and this will be a
delight to his admirers who like his
acting but regret that he is so often
cast as bad man. Ruth King plays
the part vi MUllle Andrews and the
story runs thusly:
Mollie Andrews is a little New Eng
land school teacher who goes out 10
Rawhide, Montana, to teach the West
Its manners. She is OF a romantic ma.
ture and the picturesque stature and
habits OF Dan C!alK impress her deep.
ly She marries him Clark is a DAD
man at heart. He treats Mollle brutal
ly after the first blush OF honeymoon
ing, then Stays one OF his own KIND and
escapes across the border to Canaua.
The year that passes teaches Mulle
some things about mankind she never
knew before One was to appreciate
Constable calhoun OF the Royal Mount.
ed Police, who occasionally called Oh
her, as real friend. Blu, though then
mutual regard for each other ripens
finally into love, Mollie remains rue
to her husband. When he turns up
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28

again, she exacts q promise from Cal.
houn, on the strength OF his love Cor
her, that re viii not harm Clark until
the latter strikes the first blow. The
beast within Clark still runs amuck,
however, and he attacks the policeman.
unjustly accusing him Of undue atten-
ton TO Mollie. A struggle ensues in
which Clark falls dead. Thus Mollie is
released from her marriage vows and
her future brightens with Calhoun
awaiting her.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28

Mary Miles Minter an absorbing screen
drama, by.product OF the great war
is unfolded. 1t is called Somewhere
in America" and tells OF the owner OF
u shipyard who is awarded a govern.
ment contract and at the same time il
IS found out by secret service officers
that the owner has u past. Events de
yelop from then on in which there is u
love vein ana fair portion Of yilliany
with truth and justice triumphing in
the end.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28
Layman Sunday
School Program

Chndren's day exercises are to be
held at the Layman Sunday school,
sunday. Virgil Brown, superintendi
emit. announces the program to be hello
as follows:
II a. m.-Devotional, Eliza Moran.
l0:l5-Song.
iO:SO-Review International s. ..
lesson by Ezra Morgan
11:00-Song.
characterization.
ii:3O-Address by NJ. L. West
12.-Song.
Adjournment for dinner.
200 p. m.-Song.
2lO.-Recitation.
2:2O-Address, Rev, DooittlA
S:00-Address, Rev. Hall. n
Song and adjournment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28
Conquest Program at Nelson.

Number nine of the Conquest Pro-
grams from the Thos. Edison Studios
is showing at the Nelson today. The
preceding numbers have all proved OF
such UNIFORM excellence that they are
now accepted on their face as an at
traction of unusual merit. The sub.
jects dealt with in today's arrange.
ment are diversified and il there is
anything Ut all in it that does not have
universal appeal, there are bound to
be, on account of its length, features
that will please everybody.
The longest celluloid is a drama of
many exciting episodes, of which the
title Kidnapped" is suggestive. Fol
lowing this comes a scenic section OF
interesting views OF QUAINT Province.
town, Cape Cod, Mass" an animated
silhouette with the title Little Red
Riding Hood" scientific reel Micro.
scopic Pond Life" and Friends, Ro.
mans and Leo" high class comedy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28

providence would only initiate
mankind into the useful knowledge o.
her treasure, leaving the rest to en-.
ploy our industry, that we might not
live like idle loiterers."-Slr Thomas
More.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28
IN THE
FRONT ROW
hEAnLINERs TONIGHT.
Musical COMEDY,

Hippodrome. The Irish Angel
PhotepIays.
Nelson. ..... Ninth Conquest Program
Dixie. Open Places
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28

Princess Has Minttr Play.
!. In today's Pdncess :'ature Earring
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28

NEW producing organization has
a hoisted its colors in the film
"a field. Perfection Pictures is the
brand name which will stamp the new
organizations productions.
Perfection Pictures will be pro-
duced by the Essanay Film Manutac.
turing Company, with Thomas A. Edi.
pon, Inc, and George Kleine. The
large studio facilities OF these plants
viii make It possible to present fifty.
two tiye-part pictures each year, or
one a week. These will De distributed
by the George Kleine System through.
out the United States and Canada.
A notable aggregation OF stars will
appear under the new banner. Taylor
Holmes neads the list, which already
includes Bryant Washburn, Little
Mary McAllister, Jack Gardner, Vir.
ginia Valli, Helen Ferguson, Mar.
guerite Clayton; (Essanayj Shirley
Mason and Raymond Mckee; (Edison)
Leon Enrol, Anthony Noyelli, Frances
Bertini and LYDIA Borelli; George
Kletne).
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28

ten days he came to the spot on the
map, only TO find it indicated a gov
eminent beochmark for the gsodetic
survey. Bye, loyal patriot, will wait
until after the war before suing In.
Gle Sam for the $1,000 expense OF his
outfit and time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28
NAP FOOLS MINER.

BULLION, Nev.-Arlington Bye
found cipher map which he thought
directed him to a lost gold mine. Az
ter Quitting a burro and travelling for
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-28
Happiness in Home.

ITO la happy at home is the ulti.
ma" go 1T of all ambition, the end
to very enterprise and labor
t of which every desire
p lc prosecution. samuel
]
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-14

ve'ops a contagious disease all The
horses in the unit from which be
came arc called in for disinfection
and examination. So successful is
the work that 50 per cent of all sick
cases END casualties" are return d
20 active service.
II We were dealing with human
beings" said the officer command
ing. we could run the percentage
up to the nineties But unfortu-
nstely in dealing with the horses we
have at times to weigh their cases in
the scale of pounds, shillings and
pence. In other words, we have to
decide whether it will pay to save
the animal. Is he too old to be of
much service when he is cured or
Will the course of treatment be so
long and expensive as to outweis,h
the value Of future usefulness? In
striving for war efficiency and the
highest potentiality of horse power
lall these things must be considered.
IT is the old, old stcry again of the
survival of the fittest There is no
other way
Some idea of the number of Amer
iean horses doing their bit" in the
war can be gained from the fact that
40 per cent of all admitted TO hOspi-
tai come from the United States.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-14
lar Horses Are A
Panpered Set of Being $

lroach the horses idea of heaven. Il
Is JOY to go into one of the con-
Valescent wards" especially AZ
meal times. Sometimes the conval-
oscents stand almost nose to nose
ana If the horse across the way gets
lis hay first, there is a terrible hul-
labaloo. A particularly rayenous
patient now and then will not only
cat his portion of hay but the rome
net that surrounds it. A few nights
ago one had such healthy appetite
ne tried to eat the blanket off his
nearest neighbor.
All the horses in the hospital are
fed four times a day. The more de
bilitated ones are fed five and six
times. When they are particularly
run down and in danger of being
mistaken for sort of bone-yard hat
racks. the patients get nothing but
cooked foods, and they fairly revel
in them. They have tonics. too.
and it is remarkable to see the i'm
!provement in their condition that a
few weeks accomplish The diet for
"debilities" consists Cf oatmeal
Cruel, linseed cruel, boiled turnips
and scalded oats Later they get
crushed cats and chopped hay, and
almost before they know il are in
the c,nyalescent ward
/ The operating rooms with the
loie beds spread upon the conerct
fCors, are as CHEEKY and immacu'at,
as if intended for human beings Fol
Ian excel pit the most minor operation,
an lnaesthetic is administered
The horses take the chloraforn
remarkably well, said the Officer
commanding one of the hospitals /,
the correspondent of The ASSOCIATED
Press. Il don't think we hav los
but one patient in the last si'
months" he added
Patient" seems most apnropr;
ate designation for the horses The,
ere the very pictures of patience m
til they reach the stage of conya'
escence. Each patient has littl
aluminium tag and hospital char
wtich tells his age. color where h
came from, what he shall have +
eat and drink and take, when h
shall have a nice hot bath and va
rious notations as to his cond'tio
and behavior There is a pers ~
touch about the treatment Of IN
!, lorses which in itself bespeaks tn
esteem in which they are held
+, Walking about the wards. tho 20
e. " had kind word or two for h
patients. It seemed a particular
human thing to do And he pattc
most of them and called many b
name
"This old charger" he said y on
y. 'is a great favorite in the hospita
the brave. has lost an eye in bait.
:, and so we call him Nelson l am e
u inc to send to Paris and get him
good glass eye before he goes na'
u TO the front, so none of the 9th
IL horses will have a chance TO swan
'e II over him II won't really pc
u glass eye, because they are maa
"a composition not so fragile !
le horses do not mind the artificial eH
at all and they look well in them
m So thorough is the work Of I
p vetinary service that If patient q
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-14
TIME FOR ACTION

For more than ten days the people
and the government of this country
have been on great strain. and it is
plain that that strain cannot last much |
longer The break in the diplomatic |
relations with Germany has not served |
ito force the German government to /
Ioriginal program for murder upon the !
thigh seas. the hour is at hand for the |
American government to put forth all
! its strength, and to delay too long
a step that not only seems inevitable
but is now demanded by every con
sideration of national honor might
prove a serious mistake.
l. II is wise, il is necessary that the
government of great nation should,
lin such an important matter as the
making OF war. proceed decently and
in order We do not expect of our
government that it should accept press
reports, however well verified by the
Ipress, as proof conclusive of what the
lGerman submarines are doing. Off
cial proof is, however. at hand in the
REPORTS of our consular officers of
/, lsystematic campaign by the German
submarines to attack and destroy,
without warning. merchantmen of
Whatever nation that may come within
their range. If it has so far happened
THAT no American ship has been thus
, sent to the bottom and no American
life lost. this has been the result OF
,,hancc rather than of any intent by
the submarine officers to respect
American rights.
The situation is different from what
ii has been during all the various
strains that have heretofore existed.
When Germany first made known her
intention. now full two years ago, OF
+, Ilawless submarine operations within
AN arbitrary war zone, this govern
ment warned her against such actions,
although very few people believed that
Germany would make good her threat
:. Then the Lusitania and the Sussex
were sunk and Germany promised TO
change her methods. This time Ger
many has boldly announced her In
i tention of violating her pledge. and is
/ NOW al work trying to violate tha'
pledge.
! The Evening Post does not believe
II thaat there is one wellinformed person
| ~ this country who seriously doubts
\ that Germany is waiting only the op
| nortuni,y TO violate American rights
+, In fact. Germany's open declaration
of such an intent appears to us to
II constitute the overt act for which
tho President is said to be waiting
II rho German government has an
II rounced its intention OF making "ha'
II H. in reality, war upon the Uhlteu
c,a,ee. every one believes that II
means what it says, and we kno"
that II is trying to carry out t'
threats. and that it has. to some de
gree at least succeeded. There are
o0enses to a nations honor as seri
one So the mere taking Of human life
II The President, we are told from
Washington. is convinced OF the neces
si,v Of having public opinion behih'
him in any decisive step he may take
The President has public opinion De
hind him; he must keep public opir
ion behind him, and public opinion Il
u,b reason. calling for action.-Louii
Vile (Ky) Post,
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-14
Bv Associated Press.)

,,b the British Armies in France,
"a 1t would be difficult to
more pampered lot of beings
the warehouses. In the stress Of
10 they suffer with the men. but
number of equine casualties"
.rq the hundreds of thousands of
as employed is really very small.
khare are veterans among the
as who have been three or four
a. wounded; there are even those
have suffered nervous break
ma from the shattering shock of
,,s If they were men in khaki
J would have cold stripes of hon
;pon their sic cves, but the faith
old horses so back to the front
and time again asking nothing
tns wav of rank or distinction.
Nhat they get instead is the very
II food and plenty of it, the
Iaos- II care and the keenest ap-
lcia,ion of the services they rem
visitors to lie battle zone in
&iably express amazement at the
oarapce and condition Of the
sas lust now they are snus
warm under the self-protection
,be,r long winter coats. They are
,n1 strong muscled. They pied
smash comtentedly through the
Il h twos. threes, fours or twelves,
going guns and heavy wagons be-
Il ,rem with never the necessity
!, harsh word or a whiplash from
sir drivers. The men come &c
,he horses. Officers who have
81 here from the beginning, and
Ipre are still few left, say that II
tbat time they have never seer
act Of cruelty toward horse OF
bile
One reason for the splendid ap
|arance of the horses at the from
tho fact that the moment one be
Il show signs of over-fatigue o
Ihilitation. he is taken out of serv
and sent back to hospital to re
perate Occasionally, toe, tn
krses come down with mud blister
bon their backs, with an inJure
bot that may not have been notice
time, or with some of the disease
at equine flesh is heir to. 1t is
feat tribute to the veterinary sery
Is. however, that most of the oil
bptagious diseases that used 20 dec
ate the ranks Of horses in wa
ne have been effectually stampe
M ana no lOHStI SiNo SOhNSi Al
iandcrs. for instance, once a drea
kourge. is now a thing of the past
lone t the horses in France is IL
keied Occasionally case come
|iih a new shipment from abroa
Ut il is quickly eliminated.
At the end of two years Of II
alh African war, fully 80 per Gel
u the horses had been affected
b. mango. During two years al
half Of the present war, with Il
umher Of horses engaged multiple
y thousands, less than two per cel
aye been affected The mules ha
een less involvd. AS a matter
ac' the mules are so tough al
hardy they seldom enter into {
veterinary statistics.
The hospitals provided for the
BY the army must very nearly a
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-14

new name as the postofiice OF Noko-
mis-. The station of Potter is to be
changed soon to correspond with the
Office. Venice is still on the map,
two and one-half miles south at the
terminal Of the S. A. L.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-14

on January 25th. the old settlement
,,,own as Venice started in with a
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-07
Smart Scientist.

The scientist had given a very scien-
tific lecture, and at the end he said,
beaming down on his audience cOnde-
scendingly:
'sNow, If there is any scientific ques-
ton that any of my friends would like
to ask, beg them not to hesitate. |
shall be only too happy'to answer any
inquiry in my power"
An old lady in spectacles that gave
her severe, stern look, rose and said ::
''Why do wet tea leaves kill cock
roaches?"
The scientist did not know that wet
tea leaves did anything of the kind,
much less the cause of the phenome
non; but, never at a loss he replied:
Because, madam, when a cock
roach comes across a wet tea leaf, he
says: Hello, here's a blanket and
wraps himself up in it, catches cold,
and dies.''-Tit Bits.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-07
"a DADCY'SEy[N|NG
III FAIRY TALE
I'll 81 hAM GRAuAM BONNER
DIFFERENT DAYS.

Sometimes" said Peter Gnome g
feel very sorry for many days."
II don't at all understand what 20,
mean," said Billie Brownie.
Eyes, tell us what you mean," sait
Fife Elf.
DO you mean," asked Witty Witch
''that on many days you are feeling
sorry, or that you really and truly
feel sorry for some of the days we
have"
''That is it !" said Peter Gnome. 81
/, feel sorry for some of the days"
"Still 1 don't understand" said Bill
lie Brownie.
Neither do IT, said Fife Elf.
| Il think | am beginning to-" said
Witty Witch, "but I would like to have
| you explain yourself more clearly"
! "All right" said Peter Gnome. "Ill
explain quite carefully. All gather
around this fine carpet of moss and I
will begin"
The Elves, Brownies, Gnomes and
Witty Witch all sat on the moss, and
in the center Peter Gnome stood on
the stump of an old tree.
81 can always talk so much better
when I stand" said Peter, and the
others nodded their heads for they
were in hurry for him to commence.
"Now," said Peter, "there is Christ
mas Day! Just think what day that
Is |"
"The finest in the year." they all
said.
''There!" said Peter "Just what I
mean. Now just think of the splendid
thing 1t is to be Christmas Day. Then
there is the Fourth of July. That's
day so many love too There is
Thanksgiving Day, and ST. Valentines
Day when the Fairy Queen has her
wonderful Valentine party And
there are the holidays which come
during the school year and are as
welcome to the children. Yes, there
are just lots of fine days"
"What about birthdays?" asked Effie
Elf.
well" said Peter, 'they are diff
ferent. OF course, about every day-in
fact, every day in the year is someone's
but if it is birthday Of some
one we don't know we don't think of
it as birthday. Still it Is well to think
each day-no matter how much we dis |
like the day-to remember that it is
birthday, and that someone |
is having a party or some nice pres
ents and perhaps a cake"
''Then, taking it all in ALL" said
Billie Brownie, who was always cheer
Jul, 'all days are pretty nice"
"That's just the part I am coming
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-07
WHERE WE GET OUR DUST
In Houses 1t Is Largely Fluff Worn
OFF of Fabrics, Investigator Dis
covers.

| Analysis at the Rensselaer, Poly
technic institute, at Troy, N. Y, OF
| dust collected by a vacuum cleaner
shows that most household dust is fluff
! from fabrics. What it was formed
of is reported to Science by r. r.
| Rees. There was human hair and
other hair probably derived from soft
hats. There were wool and cotton
fibers from clothing, sand from the
mud tracked in on shoes and the
gradual pulverizing of the floor; wings
from dead flies and paper from book
leaves; lime, probably from the plas-
ter of the walls; iron from the nails
of shoes, carbon from coal smoke, salt
from perspiration.
One grain of the dust was shaken
with sterile water and $4,000 bacteria
were found in it. Many colon bacilli
were separated. These came from
coughing, sneezing and possibly ex-
pectoration, and We're held by the dust.
The little rolls of dust that accumu-
late under beds and in the corners of
ill-kept rooms are composed largely Of
fluff worn off clothes, blankets and car
pets. The Popular Science Monthly
had bit of this dust placed under
microscope with reflected light and
photographed. On this it comments
that we speak correctly of clothes be-
ing worn" and that we might also
speak of wearing" sheets and other
bedclOtheS, because the fbers are
worn away in much the same manner
as carpenter wears away the sur
face of wood when he sandpapers it.
Drafts and other currents of air watt
these fibers to and fro until they col
lect in small clusters of fluff. The bits
attract others and soon the aerial f1ot-
sam is collected into little rolls of
dust.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-07
MARRIAGE AND ITS MEANING
Happiness Only an Incident, Its Real
Purpose Is Protection of Fam
lily Idea.

1.-THE individualist believes that hap
piness is the purpose of marriage,
writes Margaret Deland.
''The purpose of marriage is the pro-
lection of the family idea Happiness
and marriage may go together; God
send they do! But if the incident of
happiness is lost, duty remains; the
obligation of contract remains; mar
riage remains-it remains, even though
for profoundly righteous reasons the
principals have seen fit to separate by
the width of the world.
Marriage is civilizations method Of
remaining civilized. 1t is deep with
the elemental human pulses of life for
generations which are to come; it is
solemn with it's opportunities of spirit
ual insight through suffering; it is
dreadful with its sense of response
bility for the ideal of permanence,
which makes us men and women and
not beasts; an ideal which we are to
hand on, like torch, from heart to
heart, from soul to soul!
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-07
lack Tar from American Side
Sees Some Things in France

of the French has undergone some
slight modification this last month.
81 think l told you about the big
American government collier that ar
rived here the other day with 11,OOC
tons of foodstuffs on board There
were two torpedo boats with. her all
the way across. The latter will stay
in Europe but the cargo ship goes
from here to Havre with part OF the
cargo and then goes home.
1.-The local corps of German subma-
rines have been taking well-earned
rest and no one has been submarin-
ed for over week. Maybe the arriv-
al of the Americans has something to
do with it. The Germans afloat are
afraid of the English. and will be OF
the Americans, but don't give a On
for the French patrols can't I'M
agine where the French navy is I'M
less it is up the river out or harm S
way. All the patrol boats I have
seen around here are old steam fish
ermen, armed And this is quite an
important port too"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-07
al Talk Better When l Stand"

to-" said Peter Gnome. "One would
think from what l have said that ]
| didn't think as 1 said I did-that ]
felt sorry for some days."
"Tell us why you do" said Billie
Brownie.
well" continued Peter Gnome,
think of the days when people say,
oh what horrid day; how can go
out? They are abusing the day. The
of the Clouds, or the Hail King, or
the Wind, or something else, but not
the day itself. All those things SIM
ply help to make day. But the day
gets all the blame. And then you
hear complaints that it is too cold a
day, too warm day, too windy a day.
Always they blame the poor day. Yes,
I feel sorry for the days very often"
at does seem shame" said Billie
Brownie, shat days should get the
blame"
cts seems shame" they all re-
peated
"And," said Peter Gnome, as he still
stood on the stump telling them all
what he thought, ST feel so sorry for
the first day of April They call it
April Fools Day. How very, very
sad. Don't you suppose the day must
feel badly when it is given such
name?"
"Oh no, Peter" said Witty Witch.
"you mustn't feel sorry for the first of
April, for that day loves jokes-nice,
funny jokes. It's a jolly day."
'sI'm glad Of that" said Peter
Gnome. "That makes great differ
ence. But still l think 1t would be
nice if we asked the Fairies and the
rest of our friends to join new club
and call it the 'Every-Day-Is-Nice
Club We will all wear badges and
will promise never to say an unkind
word about a single day. We will like
them all, for they are all here to be.
made use of and to enjoy !"
So all the woodland creatures and
Fairies Joined Peter Gnome's club.