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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
ABOUT SlLHOUETTES.
How to Make Them of All Your Own
Family


Almost every boy and girl some day
Will look through mothers old album
or treasure box. When your turn comes
try to find some Si!houcttrs Of Aunt
Jemima or Uncle Silas. Wouldn't YOU
like to make some OF your own imme-
date family!
Nowadays, when cameras arc easy
to borrow If you do moi own one YOUR
self, it Is Il simple matter TO make Il
Silhouette. Select Il room in your home
that has plenty OF sun in the morning.
Open one window. pin Il sheet over it,
then shut out all light which comes
from any other source but that window.
Your model must be posed before the
sheet drapcd window 20 that his profile
Is shown up clearly. 1t i Il good plan
to put some object before him that
shows his character. II he has q pct
dog let Rover pose with him, il sister
Is m artist pnt her easel i'll position
before her. and - grandma loves her
MOWERS place Il ported plant on the
table which she faces
In exposing the plate use only a short
exposure The result will be very
much like Il negative. The outlines
VIII snow up clearly enough in the
manner OF Il silhouette, but no details
Will show. Everything will be solid
white or black.
Mount the silloucttcs on n long strip
of white cardboard, frame the whole
In narrow black frame and be sure
the family will treasure their modern
silhoucttes, from the negative Of which
any number Of copies can be made.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
DOLLAR WORTH FORTY CENTS
That Is lite Buying Power, Manufac.

That Is lite Buying Power, Manufac.
turers In Convontlon Declare.
One hundred aud ton manufac.
turcrs whoae wares include every.
thing from hook and eye to n wed.
ding trousscal, gathered In convention
In Chicago, expressed tho opinion that
the buying ability OF tho American dol.
lar Is leseoning.
Its ability to get its owner food or
clothing or other neceRsaries Is now
only about forty cents on tho dollar,
the manufa cturers sa". II things keen
the way they arc going. q dollar next
Year won't have any moro power than
q Candida dime In South America.
The government threat TO regulate
all prices has caused n panicky feeling,
say manufacturers.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04

. . . = =. y - :
!: HOY 1 e FS S.; %S :Sa 20; e.
Il GOOD DRIVING. - Here {.
i. is II list of the things which need {.
:. to be done to prepare your car {.
!. for good driving: {.
:. First. Fill the radiator with {.
!. water. Sec that the gasoline {.
!. tank contains Il sufficient guam I.
= tity of ~aSolinr and that there is +.
:. plenty Of oil in the crank case. {.
- Second. rake your storage :.
IL batteries down and have them Z.
j. tested. I.
!. Third. -.\SSunliu" that the tires I.
= were taken oil when the c,.r was I.
Il stored ard put in II warm place. +.
!. they Should he looked over for (.
Il weak spots and properly inflated. +.
Il fourth."-S"rapc the rims and Z.
=. paint them with Shcllac and flake +.
i graphite. {.
IL Fifth.-Start your motor and 4.
- drain out the old oil. rut kcr0- -.
~ scnc In the crank case and run I.
:. the motor so rs to pump it thor q.
IL oughly through tho oiling Sys- .
!. tenn. Then draw it out and fiji it I.
:. up with fresh oil. .
:. Sixth. - Remove tho carbon .
i from tho engine. .
!. Scvcnth.-Grind the valves. .
y Eighth. - Adjust tho valves. .
= brakes and bearings. .
j. Nnth.-Oil tho gear shifting 4.
!. mechanism. clutch and brake .
= mechanism and all clovis pins, .
Il Tcnth. Inspect oil pump and .
II littinRe for possible leak. .
!. Elcyenth.-Clcan out and fill .
y all grease cups with good grade .
j. OF medium weight grease.
'- Twelfth.-For tho next week .
i. put three tablespoonf,lls OF kcro- .
IL Scns In each cylinder to cut tho .
i. carbon. Let 1t stand overnight. .
!. Thirteenth.-Clcan difrcrentlal .
Il and oil univcrsals and gear sets. .
IL Fourteenth.-Looll 1t nll over .
/. again. .
'F In a word. go over every part
+ OF the nechanlsm. cleaning, oil .
+ ing and tightening loose parts. .
y Don't take anything for granted. .
r. Above all things do not meddle .
Il with the carburctor When It .
+ leaves the factory 1t Is properly .
II adjusted. Ninety pcr cent of all .
+ motorcar trouble Is with tho ig- .
i nition- .
II .
u r. IL i! r /. Il i. !. + I. !. i. .i- !. i. j.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
He" to Stop Bleeding From, a Gut |,
tho Simplest Way.

tho Simplest Way.
sometimes You cut or prick your fin.
ger so badly that you have difficulty III
checking the flow of blood ana per.
haps no medical appliances arc ut
hand. Pick up the nearest newspaper
ana tear off strip OF the clean mar
gin, on which there is no printing
Wash the cut with clear running wa.
ter If possible and bind it c.osely
around with this strip OF paper Fas.
ten ii or hold it Oh until you knt w that
the flow is stopped and the wound j.
beginning TO dry. 1t never fails to
check bleeding in IN ordinary cut.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
Worse Luck.

Fatigucd PhilIp-Did the lady t'row
boiliu' water on youso? Wandering
Walter.-Worsc'n dat, Phil: worse'n dat.
1t was Soapsuds!
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
Boy Eats Green Apples; Dlos.

apples two weeks ago, Charles n.
Sweeney, three years, Of Tronton, n.
j., died and his sister, Elizabeth. Is
dangerously Ill.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
Something Waat1eriap,

Mrs. A-Whnt did your husband say
when he Jaw tho bill for your new
gown Mrs. b. didn't bear. / start
cd to play on tho piano.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
Serbia to Get 100000 Loan.

Official papers giving Serbia a 49,.
100000 loan wore signed ut the treas.
ury. Payment will be made IN few
days.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04

The Planet (Richmond. Va.) will
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04

A man should he upright, not have
to be kept aight.--Marcus Aureliua
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
C. Vanderbilt Jr.. Enlists

Cornelius vanderbilt, Jr., nineteen,
enlisted as a private in the United
States Army in Now York.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-04
SATURDAY..

Prince Leopold. OF Bavaria, is max
ing the most of tn" disafrection thai
under extremist influence developed II
the Russian arm" in northcaaStcr
Galicia and is pressing into tho Rus
Sian lines along n twenty-five mile
front between Zlochoff ana TarnnDol
The Russians were In retreat in this
sector all day Friday according 10 their
own account, which lays the hrunt O,
the blame upon the failure OF ccrtnir
commands to obey orders. The Rus
SLAMS burned villages and wrought
havoc in tho Countrywide as they fcl
back, the Berlin statement reports.
The situation on tho Francc-Bclri r
front presents much the same features
AS for some time past. with frequent
German attacks on tic French lines
particularly along the Chemin-dos
DANES in tho Aisnc region, and con
tinued play Of the heavy ,artillcry or
the British front, notably in Belgium,
and the sectors Immediately to the
south OF the Franca-Bclgian border.
SUNDAY.
In France, in the region between
scissors and Rheims. the French have
again given an exhibition OF their te
nacious ability at defense, like tina,
which held the Germans back from
Verdun; in the east the Russian Zine
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
*. of K" Had Eyes and
Tongue; Used Both to Control

II don't know when he is most ter
ritying, nervous young doctor once
complained OF Lord Kitchener, when
he looks and says nothing at all, or
when he doesn't seem to notice and
you think everything's going on all
right, and then all of sudden he
whips out his tongue and runs you
through with it!'
Both the eyes and tongue of Kitchener
Of Khartum, England's great soldier
so tragically lost with the Hampshire,
were indeed terrible weapons when
directed at either the inefficient or the
self-sufficient. Around a personality
so striking as that of "K. of K" so
many stories gather that it is diff
cult to distinguish fact from fable;
but, indeed, fable is often scarcely less
illustrative of the fundamental truth
than fact. The ruthlessness OF Kitch-
ener's sarcasm has probably been ex-
aggerated; its effectiveness has not.
1t is not certain, although it is wide
ly believed, that during the Boer war
he ''squelched" the self-importance of
an ineffective leader of column after
the following manner: The officer had
several slight engagements with the
enemy, and after each wired optim-
istically to his chief that during the
action a number of Beers were seen
to fall from their saddles" Kitchener
became annoyed, and received no
more similar messages after he had
politely telegraphed:
Il hope when the Beers fell they did
not hurt themselves"
But there is little doubt, in view of
his intolerance of pull" and favorit-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
FREMONT HAS FINE
ICE CREAM PLANT
Golden Rod Companies Have
Large Wholesale Business;
Grow From Small Plant
to Large Factory.

The Golden Rod plants at Fremont
are two of the finest in the state. F. E.
Pratt, the owner of these plants COM
menced business in Fremont sixteen
years ago, on small scale. When
he opened up he did all the work. Now
he employees thirty-eight people and
his annual payroll amounts to over
$4,000.
The Golden Rod Creamery is rec
ognized throughout the state as a
leader. Butter is shipped to all parts
of the globe from the factory. The
Golden Rod institution is model
from every standpoint.
In March of this year Mr.. Pratt
organized the Golden Rod Ice Cream
company. This company operates in
the new structure just south of the
Golden Rod Creamery building. It's
officers are F. E. Pratt, president, Carl
Thomson. vice-president and Harvey
{. Kendall, secretary. This company
does an extensive business, it's whole
sale accounts having passed the one
hundred mark. The ice cream is
named Golden Rod" and the slogan
used in connection with their trade
mark is ASK Mother-She Knows"
Sixteen people are employed in the
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Some True Tractor Tales

that if I were buying another | would
buy one with more power. | have
plowed forty acres, broken over forty
acres OF prairie, disced and narrowed
ali this ground, used the tractor for
pulling the manure spreader and run
ming six-hole corn shelter. Have
also used it for grinding feed and
saving wood.
think my tractor is the very best
kind of an investment and | can't
begin to say how much it has saved
me in the short time | have had it.
Depending on my horses only,
would not have finished my blowing
last fall. Therefore would not have
gotten my wheat sown. Would have
had to hire my wood sawed and my
corn shelled and ground. With my
tractor / did it all myself, besides
making from So to $40 per day good
many days working for others.
have plowed in three different
kinds of land on my farm, plain
sandy land, hilly sandy land and real
low, heavy land, but not once did the
machine fail me. All | have to say
is that horses are not to be compared
at all with the tractor.-John Kro-
patsch, Polk County, Nebraska.
On the first of May last year |
purchased a tractor. My son, II
years old, took it out from the sta
ton and brought it to the farm, seven
miles away. He has worked it ever
since. First we attached a twenty
four-blade disc and prepared the land
for corn planting; then we pulled a
double row lister and listed seventy
acres of corn, afterward using the
tractor to pull a five-section harrow
and narrowed the listed corn. After
this we used the tractor to pull a
cultivator Ia so-called go-deviD and
went over the same ground. We did
better job than we could do with
a single row walking cultivator, which
used on the short rows.
In narrowing and corn planting we
used thirty gallons of kerosene in
two and one-half days.
When harvest time came ] bought
new eight-foot binder and we cut
ffty-seven acres of wheat and oats
with the tractor. 1t worked very
satisfactorily all the time. We used
forty-two gallons of kerosene for cut
ting forty-nine acres of wheat
Of course, we experienced some
little unavoidable trouble at first, as
my son had never run a tractor be-
fore. We have more power than
was claimed for it on the drawbar.
We have not tried the pulley, but
feel satisfied it will do the same.--D.
III. Meyer, Gosper County, Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Service Trucks to Supply
Fremont Tractors With Gas

The Standard Oil company of Ne
braska will maintain a service tent
aud display on the Tractor show
grounds.
Two or more service trucks will be
in operation to furnish gasoline and
oil to the various exhibitors. These
trucks will be constantly on hand,
plying their way from one exhibit to
another, so that no exhibitor will be in
danger of running out OF gasoline.
Three or four statesmen also will be
on hand at the Standard Oil exhibit,
demonstrating and explaining the uses
of the various oils To the man who
knows little about oils. this will give
an opportunity to crowd an entire ed
ucation on the subject into the space
of a half hour. Even the man who
thinks he knows all about oils vii
get pointers.
The display and service work will
be in charge of George Schnell.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

was asked today to state in few
words my experiences with the farm
tractor, and will say that | farm 800
acres, and this spring purchased a
lightweight 8-l6 tractor, and did so
because there were a good many of
the same make near me which were
giving satisfaction. started in at
discing by pulling two discs. and on
nigh gear most OF the time. The
land is mostly level on a river bot
tom, with some side hill fields, and
part OF my farm runs up into the
hills. After discing put the engine
on two-bottom plow and plowed
fifty acres at seven inches deep, most
ly all on high gear. This grou...s
hadn't been plowed for years and
was hard, but the little engine went
right through it.
Then put it back onto the discs
and got my listed ground in shape for
corn, and | surely had good luck, for
| kept right at it until it was all done.
Then ] used the engine TO list with,
pulling a two-row lister, and did a
most excellent job, and it pleased me
more than ! can tell you.
And this entire spring that little
engine has hit along as steadily and
powerfully as it did on the start and
has caused no trouble at all. When
! got it | was SO far behind with my
work ! didn't see how | was ever GO
ing to get it done, while at the finish
| came out fine, due to the tractor
and the way it worked. ] believe
in working il every day ] can, and
will work il in the fall and winter
whenever have the work for it. |
kept no accurate record OF what ex-
pense ] was to, but could plow deep
for 50 cents an acre, and on discing
fellow could beat the horses all to
pieces. Some people like bigger
powered tractor than this, and it's
probably good logic, but this does the
work so we'll for me ] couldn't advise
man to get any larger for the same
amount OF work. The tractor is
here to stay, and next year ! hope to
have motor cultivator, which will
do away with some OF the more high
priced horses. My advice is, get a
tractor OF the size to fit your farm,
and while | know nothing OF other
tractors, | do know this make is built
right, will run right and will prove a
good investment.--Harley. Frenzer,
Harrison county, Iowa.
have a small sized tractor and
have been using II about FIVE months
This machine seems to fill my
needs. but am inclined to believe
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

ism, that he really sent another and
more neatly sarcastic telegram. A
nobleman, whose son was serving in
the yeomanry, desired the youths
presence at home. for a wedding, ball
or some important festal event. Count
ing on his rank and social importance,
he ventured to telegraph the COM
mander:
please allow my son to return at
once; urgent family reasons"
"Son cannot return at all; urgent
military reasons"
In another instance, popularity mar
rated, the snub was administered to
the presumptuous noble by word of
mouth. A subaltern of exalted family
had been sent out to join his staff in
Africa, and made the mistake of re-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
ELECTRICITY FOR
THEFARM AT HAND
Plants CT Various Sizes Ready
for ANY Demands the
Farmers May Place
Upon Them,

Can the farmer have the same ad-
rantage of electric light and power
as the city man, and at a reasonable
cvst? This question can easily be an
swered by visit TO the exhibit OF
the Western Electric company 1T the
Tractor show. where complete farr.
light outfit will be shown ard dem
cnstrated.
The demonstration will convince
one that the day OF electricity on the
farm is at hand; that electricity is
now available for the farm for every
convenience that il renders the city
dweller-for light, for power, and for
every convenience of the farm horne.
All this at a cost which is reason
able, and which is really economical
when one considers the time and labor
saved by the plant.
The Western Electric company
makes plants OF various sizes. Aside
from the efficiency of the plant itself,
the company offers this advantage TO
the purchaser, that all his electrical
appliances can be bought from the
same company and they are all built
especially for use with this particular
plant.
No Danger From Wires.
The Western Electric farm light
plant is safe, heaithful, compact, costs
little and can be used anywhere 1t
carries low voltage so there is no
danger whatever in touching the
wires. This plant means not only
plenty of light, but power for the
pump, the milking machine, the cream
separator, the washing machine, the
sewing machine. etc, also heat for
ironing, for making coffee, toast, etc.
OF much interest to the farmer will
be the company's l60-page book, the
Farmers Electrical Handbook"
which not only describes the farm
light plant, but gives instructions for
installing all kinds of electric sppara-
tus.
c. S. Powell, farm light specialist,
will be in charge OF the exhibit. A.
II. Bannster, sales manager of the
Omaha branch Of the company, and
FIVE statesmen will be on hand to ex-.
plain the advantages OF the plant and
its detail OF operation.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

membering his social and forgetting
his military rank. He made the amaz-
ing error of addressing his chief as
Kitchener" The other officers were
aghast, and looked for quick and
stern reproof. Instead, tx. OF K"
drawled nonchalantly:
"Oh, why be so beastly formal wifi,
me? Why don't you cali me Her
bert?-The Youths Companion.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Thick.

A teacher asked her class to write al
essay on London. She was surprised I,
read the following In one attempt: @
THE people of London are noted 70
their stupidity" *
The young author was asked how u,
got that idea.
please, miss" was the reply, st say.
in the textbook the population OF Londer
Is very dense. New York Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

Golden Rod Ice Cream company plant
and two statesmen cover Nebraska,
Iowa and South Dakota.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

The past week at Excelsior Springs
proved to be a banner one. At the
Albany hotel where 80 per cen of the
Negro tourists and health seekers
register, it has been a veritable bee
hive for the past ten days and the
customary patience and hospitable-
ness of the management, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh B. White, as we'll as every avail
able space in this we'll known hosiery
has been taxed to the limit.
Among the guests, a list of which
is printed below, will be found some
of the strongest and most potent
characters in the galaxy of Negro
men throughout the states: DR.. B. F.
Watson, general secretary and treas
urer of the Church Extension Society
A. NJ. E. church, Washington, d. c., is
showing daily improvement since
there; the one and only DR.. Sampson
Brooks, well known for the past few
years in this section as the greatest
financier in the A. NJ. E. connection,
is likewise taking daily massage treat.
ments and voices himself as being
satisfied with the results which are
evident. DR.. Brooks has recently
been moved to Bethel Cathedral on
Druid Hill, in Baltimore, and in a
little more than five months has
raised over $4,000. DR.. j. T. CASTOR
of st. Louis, Mo-. Past Grand Master
U. B.. F., and present Grand Treas
urer of that order, doctor, minister
and publicist, is too taking a much
needed rest III at this hostelry.
William Mcknight whose services at
the Elms hotel has created a contri-
button to the things taht are really
worth while to the ~aristocratic guests,
has returned and is at his post with
a crew of the best men obtainable.
Hon. S. w. Wilson of st. Paul, MINI,
broker and Spectator, is s~ojourning
for a few days before taking an ex.
tended trip through the East. Among
a number of others might be men.
toned: DR.. r. C. Hayden, Kansas
City, Kans.; Prof. w. A. Freeamn, as.
sistant principal Western Tuskogee,
Topeka, Kans.; A. F. Belcher, N. A.
Donovan, Des Moines, Ia. Miss Ruth
A. Thomas, Kansas City, Mo-; Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan Thatcher, Kansas
City, Kans.; DR.. ]. H. Williams, Kan
sas City, Mo-; Mr.. Roberts of Well
ington. Kans.; Mr.. Charles Owens
New Haven, Conn; Rev. R. e. Lee
Bunceton, Mo-; Charles A Steward
newspaper correspondent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

The above is a likeness of DR.. Thos.
A. Jones, NJ. D., A. B., one of Kansas
City's most scholarly dignified and
gentlemanly physicians who for the
first time during his seven years in
Kansas City has allowed his photo
graph to appear in print.
The Doctor announces the removal
of his office to the northwest corner
of 18th and Highland, over Cooper's
Drug Store, where his many patients
and friends will find him handsomely
located and prepared to give them the
best and latest scientific treatment.
Phones, Bell, East 1911. Home, East
176. Residence, Wabash 569.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

Baltimore, Sept. 12.-With promi,
nent city officials in attendance and
thousands of his friends either pack
ed within or massed outside Of the
edifice. the funeral of City Council
man Harry S. Cummings was held at
Metropolitan NJ. E. Church, Orchard
street, near Druid Hill avenue, last
Monday afternoon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

Mr.. Vim. White of this city accom-
panied by Mr.. R. H. Brown of st.
Louis, Mo, and S. P. Johnson Of Los
Angeles, Calf, delegates to the Con,
vention of B. L. l. p. U. of A. which
held its sessions 1926, inclusive, were
pleasant callers at The Sun office.
Sunday, September 20, the Memorial
services will be held at st. Stephens
Baptist Church.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

Wendell Phillips School, under the
energetic and efficient principal, Prof,
Henly l.. Cox. bids fair to surpass its
excellent record made last year. AL
ready 700 pupils have been enrolled
and we predict an enrolment of 500
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

Mrs. N. H. Porter, 1908 Woodland
avenue, left Tuesday night for Jerome,
Ariz., to join her husband, Mr.. n. H.
Porter. She will stop over at Den.
yer, Colo, and Salt Lake City, Utah,
before returning and will be gone for
an unlimited time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
THE YELLED LADY.
BY Roscoe G. Jamison

She wore a veil. | could not see
What tint, or hue, her skin might be,
But, Oh, she was so trim, and neat,
Her voice was music, low and sweet,
And while | watched her, to my eyes,
She seemed an Angel from the skies.
Still, thus l unused "She may be one
OF those women dark men must shun,
Yea, one who at the faintest cry,
May bring a mad mob bowling NIGH"
And so | would have turned away.
For fear great danger here. might lay.
1t was just then she turned toward me,
Lifted her veil so daintily,
And smiled,-My brain was in a whirl,
Seeing such eyes, and teeth O. pearl
And Cupid laughed, the little clown,
For, Oh, Thank God-her face was Brown
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

Mrs. Lightner, 1912 E. 18th street,
returned from her trip to Denver and
Manitou Springs, Colo, and reports a
delightful time and her health much
improved.