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New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

Aida will be sung on Tuesday even
ing at the Brooklyn Academy OF Music
by Mines. MuIio, Homer and Sundeliu.
and Messrs. Martipeli, Amato, Mar
dones, Ruysdsel and Audisio. Miss
Smith will dance. Mr.. Moranzoni will
conduct.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

Maurice Tourneur's star in his new
picture sits on his lap between scenes
and kisses him when she comes in in
the morning. The new picture Is "Ihe
Blue Bird" and the leading lady is
Tulla Belle, aged eight years. What
difference a single decade does make!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26
CAVALRY'S LAST DAYS SEEN
Army Leaders Accept Conclusion That
Work of Horsemen Can Now Be
Done Better by Airplane.

The new army being raised by the
United States will contain no cav
airy, the general staff has decreed,
according to the Kansas City Star.
The conclusion of the French army
leaders that everything that cavalry
ever did can now be done better by
airplanes is accepted.
And thus passes another of the
glamours of war. Nomore shall the
flying plumes of a Murat's cuiras-
siers have place on the field of bat
tie; no more shall a "Jeb" Stuart's
daredevil ride cut off the supplies of
an army; no more shall a Sheridan's
hard riders lay waste a Shenandoah.
From the French word for horse
man came our word chivalry, but
with the coming of the airplanes,
chiyalry has taken to the sky. As
viii Irwin says, it is the fiers in this
war who do the deeds that used to be
associated with the foaming steeds of
the cavalry. The Chevalier Bayards
now guide winged engines of death
through the clouds instead of spur
ring chargers into the tumult of bat
tie.
For the rest modern war is thing
of trenches, barbed wire entangle-
ments, mud and nauseous gases.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26
LIKE A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Rich American Living in France Was
Imprisoned, Tortured and Robbed
by His Employees.

The sensational series of adven-
lures which befell a wealthy Ameri-
can sojourning in France will not
have been forgotten, though no
fresh details regarding the affair
transpired while the investigation
was following its course, says a Paris
correspondent. Mr.. Slater was Sc
questered and tortured by a hired
bully at the instigation of his chauf-
feur and woman named Roosmal,
the latter couple being arrested just
after they had got married and as
they were alighting from a motor car
purchased with the Americans
money, at the gates of the chateau in
which they had kept him a prisoner.
1t has now been established, the
Mathis correspondent at Gannat
says, that the chauffeur and his wife
spent $4,000 francs during their ten
ancy of the Chateau du Bouchaud.
In order to force him to satisfy their
pressing and continual need for
money, Barrau, the taller" told off
to guard Mr.. Slater, tortured his
victim in thousand ways, beating
him, placing dead cats and rats and
irritant powder in his bed and on
each occasion informing him that it
was the work of the ''Black Hand"
Meanwhile Biscaye, the chauffeur,
appropriated his employers linen,
silver and jewels, sold his valuable
furniture, had his own initials en-
broidered on Mr.. Slater's underwear
and, taking the latter's overcoat,
worth 10000 francs, to tailor, had
it altered to fit himself.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26

tie wooden stockings. So over
whelmed were they with WEAKNESS
and want Of sleep that they did not
even cry. Scarcely could they stand
upright. They could not answer the
questions that were put to them, but
above all they refused to let go of
each other; that they would not do.
At last the big, elder brother realized
the responsibilities of his character
of protector; he summoned up
strength to speak to the lady who
was bending down to him. Madame
he said, in a very small, beseeching
voice, already half asleep, Madame,
is anyone going to put us to bed 2
For the moment this was the only
wish they were capable of forming;
all that they looked for from the
mercy of mankind was that someone
would be so good as to put them to
bed. They went to sleep at once,
still holding hands and nesting close
to each other. And these poor little
Belgian children, sleeping side by
side, made me think of two nestlings,
astray."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26
SOLDIERS BLINDED IN WAR
They Are Happier and More Fortunate
Than Those Who Have Lost Arms
or Legs, 1t Is Claimed.

at has been frequently stated that
the soldiers who have lost their sight
in the world war are happier than
those who have lost legs or arms or
have been otherwise MANNED" re-
marked Capt. H. A. Jones, mem
Der of Canadian regiment, who re-
Gently was invaded home, accord
ing to the Washington Post.
81 found that this was true, for in
the two months I spent in the hos
pitfalls of England | observed closely
the bearing and conduct of the
blinded soldiers. The feeling of help
lessness that overwhelms a strong,
healthy, newly blind man is incredi-
bly, relieved when he finds that the
one who is to instruct him in some
profitable employment is suffering
from the same handicap as himself.
Men who are prepared to argue and
disagree with the methods of a sight
ed instructor follow with keenness
and appreciation those instructors
'. no are themselves blind.
81 venture to say that of all the
soldiers who have been seriously
wounded in the war and must be
handicapped the rest Of their lives
the blind will be far more independ-
ent and able to take care of them
selves than those otherwise manned,
So many industries of profit are
taught the blind soldiers and they
apply themselves so assiduously that
they becomemore proficient in what
ever occupation they take up than
legIess or armless soldier could pos
sibly become in anything he elected
to follow"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26
"WAR BABIES" FROM BELGIUM
Writer Tells Pathetic Story of TWO
Youngsters Lost in Throng Of
Refugees From Stricken Land.

In Pierre Lofts book, 'War," is
this pathetic story about war
babies
Gone evening a train full Of Bel
gan refugees had just entered the
railway station Of one Of our south
ern towns. Lost in that mournful
throng were two quite young chill
drcn, holding each other tightly by
the hand, two little boys, evidently
two little brothers. The elder, five
years Of age, perhaps, was protecting
the younger whose age may have
been three. No one claimed them;
no one knew them. Their clothes
we're neat. and they wore warm lit
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26
OLD CANAL BOATS GO.

Under a recent edict of the New
York legislature the horse and tie
mule as a motive power on the Erie
canal will give way to motor-driven
tugs. For 50 years the motive power
has been entirely by mules and
horses. With the country at war and
a desire to move freight rapidly and
relieve the railroads, it was decided
to make the change.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26
KEEPING SPIRIT OF YOUTH
Upon Its Preservation Depends Large
ly All Achievements of Man in His
Later Life.

Later life is largely the working
out of the visions and the enthusiasm
which comes to US in youth. For
youth is not only the beginning,
but the perennial spring of all our
faculties.
The real test of the man is not
How much skill has he? But how
much youth abides in his soul?
Whether the long stretches of mid
die life, under the heat of the sun
and the burden of the day, shall be
a monotonous and barren plain, OF
blossoms as a garden continually
freshened by crystal waters, depends
upon the depth and volume of the
springs of youth.
There are men of few years but
great age. We have all seen them
these old men of thirty or forty,
who have fingered the fringe of life
with the tips of their idle hands and
imagine they are stated, worn-out
men of the world They have ex-
hausted, as they believe, all Of life's
resources, and for them the years
hold nothing but monotony and
weariness. Nonentities.--Christiau
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-07-26

Hardware, Mill and Builders
Supplies, Household Furnishings,
Farm and Garden Implements
and Supplies.

This is the season and the year
for Gardens. A complete line of
Digging Forks and Shovels, Hoes,
Rakes, etc. Also, Burpee's Seeds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
Bnumr.rtner Appointed.

J. Hampton Baumsartner. publicity
representative Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. has resigned to become
assistant to President S. Davis War
feld. OF the National Association OF
Of Railroad Securities. He will
enter upon his new duties at once
The selection OF Mr. BaumEartner By
President Warhcld completes the or
ganization OF the Official otaff OF the
National Association Of Owners Of Rail-
road Securities. which was founded At
a recent meeting of the bondholders
and stockholders OF the American rail-.
roads. in Baltimore, when definite steps
were undertaken TO insure the stabtI-
ity OF securities representing. in the
aggregate, moro than $4,000. 900, 900 OF
capital. The initial conference was at.
by 500 OF the country's leading
financiers and individual investors.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
News OF Fifty Years Ago.
(From the Richmon Dispatch. Sept. IA, 1867.

The barn OF DR.. Christopher Proctor. at CITY
Point. containing. 10000 feet OF lumber, was
origin. DR.. Proctor offers a reward Of $50 Tor
the apprehension Of the incendiary. That was
the fire the officers of the Richmond steamboats,
saw. and reported. the whole town burning down.
Bureau. left yesterday for Farmviile for the
States soldiers and the negroes OF the town.
Rev. M. D. Hoge, d. D., has returned to Rich
mountains of Virginia. much improved in
health.
John =. Thompson. so widely known in the
He resides in New York.
The Official registration in Rockhridge County
jority, 1913. Good enough for Rockbridse. ma
The radical convention Of Maryland yester-
day passed resolutions faVoring the impeach-
ment OF President Johnson. One-third OF tho
General Sheridan has assumed command at
Fort L~eavenworth, and General Hancock, who
is to succeed him at New Orleans. has departed
for Washington.
The H1 FTsneb s sonpanY it ,a has . snthorlssd
cable from Brest to the American Continent.
Tobacco Exchange yesterday The . sales 1es
and nine boxes Of the Weed. The high siis price
for the day was $172 per hundred for a fierce
of extra fne yellow wrappers.
Ths, fol fo1lo Snrn o wsrf T, ths s nIs,s Of grain on the
white wheat ss1o bushels; at sS55; req. 1884
s,;sSS: yel as ;;1! $50 0 Siosl. sixty Il si'S Ssir I!1s sap sss
fine. at $40. per barrel. No extra or family
There is a child in Scott. County. this state.
Can that be beaten nywhere in the United
States7
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
Mr.. Trouble.

Old Man Trouble como a-limpin' dow.
de lane.
He talk about de sunshine an he talk
about de rain.
De sunshine 1t is certain to perduas
an awful drouth;
An dc rain will bring a freshet if A.
wind is from de south.
Old Man Trouble saw de nov.rs
bloomin' gay.
He said. "Dey's muffin only weeds DAT
can't be cleared awayi
Your hopes s. r.u ..m 80,
handsomel, dey smile,
An fade away like friendships Ia q
very little WHILE"
Old Man Trouble spoils de sunshine m.
de shown,
And everything dat blossoms q. 49,
an not a how'r.
Old Mai Trouble, you kin trave, -,
yoh way.
I amt a-gineter listen to 4 thing y,u
has to say!
Washington star.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
Books and Authors

Joseph C. Lincoln is at his summer home. THE
c eafIss shs5s BAL is somPis5inE novel
tons will publish in October.
and George Gibbss novel. The secret Witness
although published only a week ago. have al
Funk & Wagnalls have issued Ammunition
Banks. D. D. This book contains the freshest
facts-thc strongest arguments by the ablest
America, The speaker Of to-day who is going
to be felt effectively in the strife must use the
He will find here what he needs. it is a sug-
Gsstive. informing and inspiring volume for all
who write and speak against the liquor traffic.
find re-enforcement. An exhaustive topical in
dxa In the front Of the book makes every fact
who find 1t necessary to gather Information for
a speech or talk. without unnecessary expendl-
ture OF time and research.
Wilderness Honey" by Frank Lille Pollock
story. located in the wilds of Canada. Of several
young people who started a bee-ranch for profit
e s55; He1iosk Is himself ,n a bse,master Of large
armies Of bees on his ranch down South on
the Wild flowers. Alabama tupelo and the It'll.
lock ships his bees to Canada. where the season
Is Just beginning; The bees are set to work on.
clover season is over In Canada. Mr.. PoilocSS
packs away his workers for the winter. and is
He usually takes his vacation writing a BOOK ask
For Alice Harman and her two brothers. Bob
sGd G1pi: the Wilderness held many an unguessed
death: a tight with a mad timber wolf. an
Of Larue, the haif-breed. whose drunk kn1 hatreS
started the forest fires. And always the bees
himself and lend to ali his friends.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
Our First Victory

THIS seems an appropriate time to recog-
i nize the splendid piece Of work done by
the quartermaster corps of the army in the
successful construction of sixteen military
cities designed to house comfortably and to
train $4,000 men who have been called to
the colors under the ~selective draft act. =.
Three months ago the ground had barely
been cleared for these environments. Sites
had not been selected for five of them. Yet
within this brief period of time the War
Department has completed seven Of the six
teen; has almost completed seven more, and
will complete the remaining two within two
weeks. More than $50. 900 men, recruited
from all walks OF life. were required to do
this work. Fifty thousand carloads of ma
terial had to be purchased, assembled and
delivered to the contractors. Hundreds of
miles of new railroad trackage Lad to be
laid. Water and lighting systems had to be
installed. Sewerage had to be provided.
Roads had to be built, forests cleared and
norm stocks Of provisions laid down in
the various camps. Many Of us were inclined
to shake our heads when the War Depart
ment announced that within three months
these encampments would be ready to re-
ceive the troops. We knew that the army
had plenary power in the execution of its
plans; that 1t could commander materials,
compel the railroads to give precedence to
their m and even conscript men to
do the work. but 1t seemed almost humanity
impossible for this vast program to be car
ried to a conclusion on time.
But the work has been done, a greater Job
in some respects than the building OF the
Panama Canal. The, camps are ready for
business, and the War Department is entitled
to the praise of the country for the success
or its efforts. This shows clearly that we
have organized a great piece of war ma
almost overnight. If it is capable
OF so fine a start, we may confidently expect
even finer results of it when our men get
into action.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14

M hoip'nS proaths 10 re-enforce tho original
= Always take a quick breath through the
tt pa aSx OPEN moS Soh.i Just st. before fore you sN,c try v to sp %atS
Your r" Wind ohe dow mont let 'Ae" eaten you WIZ"
.,o %ss'r aqst to in y es2.ss'o alone ssnf ia,s, s Of a ri fSisns
Special sfi,1ti eSph sse% nsS Fpnass,io or H sspsv,h hut to S's so
mon s5e c01 FeT 1Si, a .n other srrp %esdSi s,n nyHie
tbn n;n,THs;t0r would have YOU sing them. is also
I ina Jaw sH, for each vowel and eonsonSnt, BY st 4Ssy1
practice them for yourself.
Study the better poets. and memorize the
s BEE g au ses' them lmR1e Il YOU you: wish IS that Study yHS also %sy the be
s more. s}ris = writer's, and memorizs some ,S Df their
a nuency Of speech which goes witt. confidence.
that I can speak we'll"
2. Think before you speak.
the muscles muscles s reiaxed a0'e'S and calmly with !"
! always speak slowly and carefully. ,r,,o
speaking.
wi & asf0 s,2s slRaiakin s,,, inh ,ss o auiekI gy;oSd,9se deeply and
each sentence.
8; Always lensthen and strengthen the prin-
9. Be especially careful to ~lengthen the short
avoid u; R Words aHHi isat v yen ysssiS nF ARE d RS nit try to
Sounds Like &se' a 2. an" II A Tes,imcnlal.-1 had
sur r Of an' It, S I seffii f nave a i, IN my | ankles haYs D snd
legs; How can l get rid of it? They told me
wb AI1sws1oRsd meat is as wholesome or nn,
acid fruits are quite as good for cdema Gam
f1hnr name sn for dIopsy or swcling2 as any ethsr
advice. You should see your doctor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
UNIVERSITY OPENS
NINETY-THlRO SESSION
Number OF VIII he Reduced
About IS Per Cent ThrouEh
War Conditions.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. Septem-
Der 13.-The ninety-third session OF
the University OF Virginia opened to-
day. Although the authorities fully
expected a considerable reduction In
numbers. on account OF war condi-
tions. a large number OF students Ie-
ported for naturalization. 1t Is too
early yet to make any safe prediction
as to numbers, but a very conservative
estimate Is that there will be a loss OF
% per cent. at compared with last
Ecssicn. which saw the largest enroll
ment In the history Of tho institution
The university is Offering fifteen or
tWnnty most attractive war curses"
such as meteorology. electrical engi-
neering and industrial motors; sig
mailing. including senrchlights; naviga-
ton, automobile construction and care,
military science and tactics and per-
sonal hygiene for the soldier. These
courses have already attracted many
s%tudents who otherwise would not
have attended the university and also
are very popular with old students.
both those who contemplate enter
ing the Federal service and those who
probably will not be accepted for such
service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
Health Talks. by d.. VIM. Brady
Copyright. 1915. National Newspaper sery,c.I

Drs. Scripture and jackson tell ua. IN ,.o
Laryngoscope for February, 1917, that correr,
habits OF speech are posture, respiration. articnt
lation. phonation, fuency and thinfinr Tho
cure OF suffering requires good trailing in
these various elements OF speech. Before hmn
ginning any treatment at all, the patient shoDid
be thoroughly examined by a physician ~
treated. ptopeFly
1t makes no difference whether you stut,.r
humble. mutter. cuss or pray. you Will Gall,
physically and mentally by practicinE GOOD
posture. in sitting. standing and WALKING IN
Examining army recruits we have been inn
country. Every time the clock strikess me H.
hour. you strike a posture and endcayor no
look like a man or a woman for at leaat p
minute. q
In breathing, inhale quickly. without strain
ing, with mouth slightly open Gas a sinrer
doesl and exhale slowly through the Omen
mouth, Never mind whether you breathe viii
with both or either. but breathe. jackson and
Scripture suggest the GLOWING special Sreathua
Ing exercise for stutterers:
!. Say a vowel on tho outgoing breath ana
hold It as long as the breath lasts, without
=. Say a vowel two. three. four, five or NJ,
times on one breath with pauses of various
j. Count as far as possible. audibly. on on.
1. Say sentences tpoetry especially on ono
breath. gradually trying longer sentsnceS'
(Take pains to avoid mbnotones or sinr-sonSI
S. Say the alphabet as far as possible on one
breath (espeeially good for 'children).
g. Say long ssntenc~s. which require one Or
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-14
ENLARGE FAIR BUILDINGS
TO MEET GROWING DEMANDS
Great Attention BeinE Given stock end
Poultry This Year-Reconstruc-
tlon Work Begun.


First work of preparing tho State
Fair grounds for the annual fair, which
Is to be hold this year during the week
or october S-13, was done yesterday,
when scores OF workmcn began repair
ing fences. clearing and smoothing tho
TO buildings which the increased size
OF the exhibits this year will neces-
state.
At the Office OF the Fair Association
yesterday 1t was said that present in
dications are that the 1917 fair will
be the largest and most successful yet
staged here. Not only will there be
more exhibits in the permanent classes.
but they will DO larger and will be
augmented by a number of special ex-
hibits. many of which are being made
by persons who formerly have not been
showing here.
The poultry and stock departments
Will show tho greatest growth his
season. according to present indica-
lions. There already have been re-
ceived at the Office Of Manager w. Con-
way Saunders a much larger list of
entries in each Of these departments
than generally Is recorded at a much
later date. indications for an increase
OF nearly a third in the poultry do
partment has necessItated the enlarge
ment OF the poultry building. and that
work was begun yesterday. When COM
pleted the building will be of sum-
cient size to accommodate 5000 birds.
the number expected this year.
Special efforts have been made this
season to feature the stock. the United
States government having urged that
the greatest attention be given this
department In all fairs as a war meas
ure. Exhibitors OF national promin-
ence have signifed their intention OF
showing their animals here. and al
ready a number Of entries have reached
the local Offices. 1t is believed that
some OF the best prize cattle and horses
in tho East and Middle West will be
shown here. a fact which has neces-
STATED the enlarging OF the stables and
the improvement Of facilities. Pro-
miums totaling $4,000 have proved tho
incentive to the showing of tho pro-
ducts from the best stock farms In
the actions named.
improvements arc to be made on
the race track in preparation for tho
improved racing programs which Sec
rotary Horace P. Murphy has arranged.
and the track, when the fair opens, will
be one of the best In the South. An
unusually attractive list Of events has
been arranged for trotting. pacing and
running race enthusiasts, while those
whose Interest centers In the speedy
automobile events will have much to
hold their attention.