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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-04
In the Old Fashioned Garden

zone who talks about old fash
toned gardens must have one such
IN memory. FOR old fashioned gar
dens. like old friends, take time TO
make, mature and associate them
selves in our thought We must be-
come familiar with each little plant
and know II each year when IL
comes 20 greet US from its hiding
place among the leaves and mulch
ing" said Miss Lena VI. AIcCauley.
are editor Of a Chicago paper, in a
recent talk before garden lovers.
we must treat flowers as we treat
friends No haste. no frequent
changes. will cultivate their shy lit
tie natures. They love 20 remain
year after year in one place. greet
The same faces. get accustomed to
our presence and know that we un-
derstand their habits, mannerisms,
and preferences
Some OF Us have a picture Of an
old fashioned garden in our hearts
Let me show you mine. In Mary
land, there IS a garden which / first
saw when Of visit 10 my grand
mother. 1t was early spring. The
house is OF the old type, close up TO
the walk. two stories in front and
four behind IL is situated Just at
the edge OF the town Back OF il an
old garden gently slopes 20 the
meadows beyond. inclosed by an old
brick wall. nearly Overgrown with
vines. IL is like the pattern my
ancestors brought with them from
England. A brick walk divides the
garden.
My first visit 20 that garden was
with my stately grandmother. oh.
she exclaimed. as we walked down
the path, spring has come; there are
there. on the garden wall, they we're
peeping out from the vines Here
and there, just where she knew they
were among the leaves. we discover
ed the crocuses. with their little fur
caps still on, smiling up into the face
pf their friend. There were violets.
purple and thick A closer search
discovered the crown imperial. their
feaves pohng up like the ornament
l5n a lady'5 hat Along the border
of the brick walk there were the
little blue flowers. Under the shrub
berry we found the danodils. double
and single.
I'm their season. the varieties fol-
low each other so naturally that
there is never a time when there are
no flowers in such a garden. After
the daHodiIs come the tulips. These
i- was the custom of my grand
mother TO replenish from year to
year with one or two varieties from
holland. These stay till June. and
then comes the iris. The kind that
likes its feet kept dry you can find
IN the wall, .peeping over the sum-
mer house roof. or tucked into a
ranny of the rocks. In the wet.
Iow places, you viii find the sort
that likes its feet in water. At the
same time as the iris will come the
peonies and peoples. The violet
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-04

When you have bought some pars-
ley or mint and do not wish TO use
it all, dip it into a basin of cold wa
ter and, without shaking il, place il
in heap on a soup plate and cover
IL over with a basin. Herbs will
keep fresh for any length of time il
the above process is repeated every
three or four days.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-04

anese, as are the shades for the cleo
trio lights. The bookcases are abOny,
inlaid with tulip wood, old English
but giving a purely Chinese effect in
such a setting.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
CALL BRITISH TARS "LIMEYS"
American . ~0iuejackets in European
Waters Have Nickname for
Everything They See.

London.--American b~luejackets on
GuFy- In European waters have Il nick
name of their own for England's sail
ors and soldiers. They call them
"limeys;' the individual being known
rs a lime" The American sailor men
apply the designation To all English
fighters just rs the British refer TO
their soldiers as ''Tommies.'
The sailor from the United States
has his nickname for nearly every
thing he sees. Bluejackets who had
served in the near and far East first
started calling British sailors and sol
diers Zine ULCERS" because Of their
fondness for fruit juice and charged
water.
Now the designation has been short
cied down and everything British is
"linlcy." British soldiers and sailors
clubs are known as 'limey clubs and
Hfitish-brewed lager beer is commonly
spoken Of rs "limey beer
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
SCULPTOR TO Do HIS BIT
VIII Turn Talents From Modelling in
Clay to Remakino Faces of the
Wounded.

Cleveland, O.-MaX Kalish, Cleve-
land sculptor, is going to do his bit
and its 4 strange bit, too. kalish is
turning his talents from creating faces
in clay TO remaking those of human
beings. kalish is one of a small army
of American sculptors who are going
TO the battle front to help battle
Scared veterans. They propose to re-
make the mangled features Of the SOL
diers injured in battle.
They call these fellows plastic
sculptors. They replace the missing
parts of the face with copper or
papier mache and then graft skin over
it. Little is known of the science in
America and the sculptors are going
to France shortly to learn the fine
points of the art.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
GUIDES FOR IT'S SOLDIERS
Great Britain Carefully Provides for
the Men Home on Leave
From the Front.

London.-Soldiers on leave from the
front in the early days of the war had
the greatest difficulty in finding their
way about London and across it to
main line centers leading to their pro-
yincial homes, but this has all been
altered, and what was once chaos at
Victoria station now works like any
part Of the military machine.
This has been made possible by the
help Of the volunteers of the National
Guard and by members of the Wom-
ans Reserve Ambulance company, who
take charge of the men on arrival.
change their French money into Eng
lish, grant them loans and personally
conduct them to the various stations
they may require to travel from. The
salnc thing is done when leave is Up.
The soldier, used to discipline, likes
being handed Oh from one to another
rather than being left in Il strange
place to his own devices.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31

Joseph Getzelowitz, dumb from
birth. suddenly recovered his power
Of speech in Bellevue hospital, New
York, while recovering from Il fail.
Several boys had been tormentins1
GetZeloWitz in Henry street, near the
home of his sister, where he lived. In
chasing the boys, he stumbled and
fell. A policeman picked him up and
had him sent to Bellevue. There the
physicians examined the young Rus
sian and found that his vocal chords
had all the appearances Of being nor
ma and in their opinion simply lacked
the will to talk. While reading Il
prayer book lie suddenly began speak
ing Yiidish with ease and perfect pro-
nunciation.
He now speaks a few words of Eng
fish.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
ACCLAIMED BRITAIN'S HERO
London Sehoolteacher, Wounded in
Battle in France, Attains
High Fame.

LOndon.-A London schoolmaster
named Wiman, who enlisted and lost
m arm and a leg in France, returned
to teaching after his recovery an1 be-
came the idol Of his students.
The discipline among members of his
class was perfect, the boys enforcing
1t among themselves. Finally, after the
authorities discovered him to be a bet
ter teacher than ever, the school ar
ranged for an exhibition hearing Of one
Of his history lessons. At this exhibi-
ton Wiman asked:
"Now, boys. who is the greatest out
standing British military hero Of all
timer"
The boys instantly stood, cheered
thrice and shouted In chol'Hs "Ar. WI
man"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
TO AID FAMILIES OF i. IS. FIGHTERS

that there is not the fainteSt shadow
of charity in its usual meaning, at
tacllcd to this work we are undertake
ing. II there is want among the fami-
lies of our soldiers and sailors, 1t is
not because they have been idle or
wasteful, or imprOvident. or that they
have been In anywisc to blame. Rather
it is because they have done the finest
and the noblest thing possible, and
have given to their country those to
whom they have looked for support
and protection.
1--WE go to them, not as doing them a
charity, but as expressing u gatitude
to them for what they have done-as
q duty we owe to those whom they
have given to fight our battles. Look
Ing at it in this light, we can see how
little we can afford to permit any one
Of these to suffer because of the noble
thing they have DONE
Task a Big One.
The officers Of the Red Cross have
shown a large grasp Of the situation.
They realize the task that will be
theirs. This is shown in q part of Mr..
Lies Pittsburgh talk, IN which he said
that very soo there will be 100000
National Guardsmen in the field. and
that 'by January / next it is altogether
possible that there will be under arms
about 100000 men in all branches Of
the service.
w must prepare for q large task,
to be executed through the civilian re-
lief committee Of the various Red
Cross chapters. These committees
should have carefully chosen members.
some. at least, of whom have expert
enc III social work"
1t is not merely as a feeding and
clothing agency that the Red Cross
proposes to act toward these depend
ents, as Mr.. Lies points out, but as Il
sort of next friend in all troubles
such as wages. insurance, difficulties
with landlords, illness. accident and
he moral welfare of children.
I'VE would show ourselves unfit to
enjoy the blessings of democracy" says
Mr.. Lies. 'if, while sending II sol
uiSio " the front u ISllI the enemy,
we permitted their families at home to
fight want, disease, and moral dangers
alone. 1t would look like willful pun
ishment for the sacrifices made by
them.
"Only by getting close to them
through friendly visitation. sylnpa-
thetic inquiry, neighborliness and intel
ligent Interpretation of home condi-
lions, can untoward factors be discov-
cred. The Red Cross is in the field to
Go just this kind Of service in addition
to supplementary relief work. and it
wants to do it as thoroughly as pos
siD!e.'
1t is in this spirit. then, that the Red
Cross is approaching the task of pro
tecting the dependents left behind by
the fighting men. Backed by the Amer
lean people, there is no room for doubt
as to how it will perform this task.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31

Jonkheer Charles Rugs de Beeren-
brock, a noted Dutchman, has been ap.
pointed as head of the Belgian relief
commission, succeeding Herbert Hoov-
err, Americas food chief.
The Jonkheer is q Roman Catholic
deputy for a Limburg constituency
and a son Of the queens commission
for that province. He Is an expert
social worker and has given much as
sistance to Belgian refugees.
Hoover built a complete organiza-
ton for the Belgian relief work and it
Is running SO smoothly that the JOnk-
heer will have little trouble In con
tinuing the great machinery for the
distribution Of food and clothing for
he needy in Belgium.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
HAS NINE GRANDSONS
IN BRITISH ARMY

Denver, Colo.-The Victoria
Cross might be the reward of
Mrs. S. Harris, aged seventy,
we're her contributions to the
allied cause brought to the at
tention Of King George. Mrs.
Harris has nine grandsons now
fighting in the British armies.
and an only sol is about to en-
list in Uncle Sans army of lib
crty.
All nine grandsons are broth
ers. children of Mrs. Harris
daughter, who is now dead. The
boys were living in Saskatche-
wan, in western Canada, when
the Dominion government first
called for volunteers. Seven OF
them enlisted in the famous
Princess Pat regiment and, de-
spite the heavy casualties in
that crack organization, they
are all alive. Two others en-
tered the British navy. The
boys are Thomas, George, Will
liam, James, ]. b., Justus, Lar
ry. w. B. and Dennis Pollard,
and range In age from nineteen
to thirty-three years.
Mrs. Harris husband was
a Confederate soldier.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
lTO BE CONTINUED.1
Making the Potato Popular.

There is q touch of humor in the
method employed by the famous
French chemist Parmentier to over
come the prejudices against the pc.
tato of the p%easantry on the CONT
nent. He cultivated potatoes in the
open fields, in places very much fire.
quented. lie guarded them carefully
during the day only, and was happy
when he had excited SO much curios-
ity as to induce people to steal some
Of them during the night. Then he
persuaded Louis XIV to wear a bunch
OF potato flowers at his buttonhole
in the midst Of the court on q festal
day. Nothing more was wanting to
induce great lords to plant them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
Red Cross Undertakes to Care
for the Dependents of Sol
dierS and Sailors.
PREPARE FOR A LARGE TASK
mot Work Of Charity, but Most Sa.
cred Duty to See That They Lac;
fur No Comfort" Says
Director Lies.
By CHARLES LEE BRYSoN.

Chicago.-Many an American sol
stronger spirit in this war for the
knowledge that the American Red
Cross is standing firm between those
he leaves at home, and the grim spec
ter of want. For the announcement has
gone forth from Washington that the
der the protection of the great hu-
manitarinn arm Of the government.
The whole world knows of the work
the Red Cross has done in caring for
the sick and wounded in war. relieving
the distress of the victims Of fire and
flood, earthquake, famine and tornado
in civil disaster, and organizing base
hospitals for the army and navy. But
few realize that while all this was be-
ing done, preparation was under way
TO look after the loved one whom the
fighting men will leave at home.
When the United States troops We're
at the Mexican border the Red Cross
found it necessary to make provision
for the families Of many Guardslnen
who had left dependents at home. This
made plain what must be done in case
an army Of a million men should be
called abroad, and with characteristic
Red Cross forehandedness Il plan was
at once formulated. SO far as possible,
the war department will choose men
who have no dependents; but in spite
of everything many Il married man,
many a sOn whose mother depends on
him, and many others to whom rcla-
tives look for support. will go to the
front. 1t is these who are left behind
that will be watched over by the Red
Cross.
Department Of Family Relief.
To safeguard those who may need
our care, the Red Cross has estab-
lished, under the director general Of
civilian relief, a new department called
that Of family relief. 1t has called to
the head of this department Eugene T.
Lies. for many years general superin-
tendent of the United Charities Of Chi
cago, a man Of wide experience and
ripe judgment.
Mr.. Lies was one of those who TT
tended a conference of national and
division officers of the Red Cross,
called at Chicago by John j. O'ConnOr.
director of the central division, and at
this conference Mr.. Lies outlined his
policy. Later, at the National Confer
encc Of Charities at Pittsburgh, Mr..
Lies enlarged upon this subject. He
made it very plain that it is a labor Of
love, and in no sense of charity. that
the Fed Cross has undertaken.
"We must remember" said Mr.. Lies,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
Elevators Of Ancient Days.

The earliest mention of a device In
any way resembling the modern clc-
vator or Gift" may be read in Vitru-
vius, who describes a hosting machine
which was invented by Archimedes.
This elevator of the second century b.
c. WIS worked by ropes which were
coiled upon a winding drum by a cap
stan and levers. The same writer re-
fers to another similar machine which
was made to rotate by a man who
walked inside the capstan. Such a
primitive elevator is still in use to lift
passengers and freight from the first
to the second story Ct q convent On
Mount Sinai.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31

The lire Il gained too much head
way to be checked. All the efforts Of
the volunteer department and the small
engine were directed toward saving
the church. For a time it seemed as if
Saint Jude's must go.
Elinor watched the destruction. II
seemed as though Il band had fastened
itself around her chest. Then She saw
Ward. He was on the ridge-pole Of the
church roof with Il Ratchet. The ridge
pole was burning slowly. She could
see him chopping.
From that time she never took her
eyes away from him. Other men were
there. She did not see them. She saw
only Ward battling on the ridge.pole,
sturdy cross of his faith.
Once the men on the street below
turned the full force of the hose on
him. She saw him reel, saw him re-
cover himself by a miracle.
The fire glare died into the dawn.
Saint Jude's was saved. Behind it III
its park the charred skeleton of the
parish house showed how thoroughly
young.- Huff had done his work. Not
until Ward had descended safely to the
street did Elinor relax.
Ward found her sitting In one Of the
chairs along the pavement, her hair
still in its long braid, her feet thrust
into slippers, her eyes red from long
staring.
The fire engine was being dragged
away. The crowd had dispersed.
Ward. blackened and depressed. was
surveying the ruins with a heavy heart.
He turned and saw the girl.
Just at first he was lot sure Of her.
He was always seeing her, mentally.
Then he went toward her, his hand
out.
you see" he said. "what an hour
may bring forth" And then, you
reckless child, here in slippers"
Il saw you on the roof" said Elinor,
barely able to articulate. "Once I
thought you had fallen"
"Thcy nearly got me. It's rather sad.
isn't it," He stood, bareheaded in the
cool dawn, and surveyed the ruin.
People meet great crises simply.
She tried to find some word of SYM
pathy to say. but what was there, poor
child? She knew the true inwardness
Of that disastrous night. So, with pa
thetic eyes,. she turned away.
"TIl go home now" she said. II saw
~. - - fA.A- A-l-.y- $50.
lips trembled. II should like to help
you with the new building"
Fine said Ward heartily. Wen
get to that before long"
IF you had fallen"
He was not listening. It came TO her
then how far apart they we're. To her
his falling would have been an end of
all things; to him. it would have meant
the beginning Of Il useful eternity.
IF you wait 4 little. I'll run around
and get my car and take you up"
She sat down again. o~bediently. She
was glad to be with him q little longer.
Until recently, the work Of the band
had always seemed a vague abstrac-
ton. Now one of it's results lay before
her. And there were other things fresh
in her mind-old Hilary. dead Of his
revolt against law, and lying in state
before an altar erected to 4 God he had
not recognized. And Ward. watching
her windows and thinking her the en-
bodiment of what Il oma should be.
Over her bitterness rose Il hot wave
of anger against Walter Huff. She had
forbidden this thing and he had done
it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
Finds Lost Watch.

Bryan. O.-Deer Snow, living near
Stryker. lost his watch while blowing
three years ago. He found that iden-
teal watch dragging along behind his
riding cultivator several days ago. 1t
was not ticking, but it will us soon as
slight repairs are made.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
THE EVIL OF HER GANGS DEPREDATIons COMES HOME
TO ELIN0R WHEN A PARTICULARLY ATR0cIous PIECE
OF WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED AGAINST HER WISHES

Synopsis-For years old Hilary Kingston lived with his daughter,
Elnor, in a beautiful home o. a hill in the suburban village of Voting
ham. The neghbors knew nothing about the establishment, except
that the father a quite wealthy, and the daughter, very good look
ing and gentle. In reality Kingston was head of a anarchist band,
composed of Huff, Boroday, Talbot and Lethbndge, that robbed the
rich and gave to the poor and oppressed. One day Old Hilary was
shot dead, and the course of life changed abruptly for his daughter.
The Rev. Mr.. Ward, a young bachelor, began to take an uncommon
interest in Elinor. Young Walter Huff of the gang confessed his love
for her and she accepted it. Then Boroday was arrested on suspicion
and his companions perpetrated Il country club holdup to get funds
for his legal defense, but weres sadly disappointed in the amount sc-
cured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31
IN KAiSER'S ROOM, TAR
SAYS, NO KICK COMING

Lorain, O.-William Kelsner,
who joined the navy four
months ago. has written his par
ents that lie is well treated. He
is evidently on one of the in
termed German ships seized by
the United States.
The walls are covered With
silk and inlaid with silver. The
room to which | was assigned
a reserved for the kaiser
when the ship was German"
says his letter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-08-31

OF course there is a sharp dis.
agreement among the gang over
Huff's Arson and things come to
a crisis quickly with the posi-
bility that all will GO to Jail. The
next instalIment brings a reveIa-
ton.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-24

single penny and resulted smplT
in entren.ching the trusts more solid
ly than ever in their mOnOplistic pO-
sitiOns.
The federal trade commission is
the only government institution that
has secured results. Now that it's
membership has been strongly re-
enforced by appointment of w. B.
COlver of St. Paul, its effectiveness
will be greatly increased and real re-
suits may be expected if it is given
the munitions with which to attack
the problem.
The refusal of the house apprOpri-
ations committee to report favorably
the fund of 100000 estimated by
the federal trade commission to be
necessary for the investigation of the
cost of living recommended by Pres.
Wilson comes in striking coincidence
with the outbreaks of food riots.
The commission, by forcing an
agreement to reduce the price Of pa
per from manufacturers who had in
sisted at the start of the investiga-
ton that they had not Unduly in
creased prices, has just shown what
can sberdOne.
What has already been accom-
plshed in the paper industry will pay
the proposed cost of the investigation
about ten times over, and the results
that are sure to follow any real probe
Of high prices in other lines would re-
pay the cost a thousand times.
Congressman who vote against the
appropriation are going to have a
hard time explaining why they voted
a billion and a half dollars to pay for
other legitimate or Legitimate pro-
jects, and refused an infinitesimally
small part of that sum for relief of
the people from the burden of high
prices.
-O-O-
EPRCTEIN nIUZ7EC ACCIGTANT
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-24

co. AND SEARS-BOEBUCK
| PULL DOWN BIG MONEY
T BY Basil M. Manly
Washington, Feb. 24.-To a GER
tain extent an increase in prices Of
fOOdstuffs, the cause of the food riots
in various parts of the country, may
be justified by the failure of practi-
cally every important crop, but the
prices which have been in effect
since last summer are out of all rea-
son and are actually yielding greater
profits for the short crops than were
realized when half as much again
was produced.
Every corporation report that is
published proves the prices are I'M
justified.
Here, for example, is Armour & Co.
with a stock dividend of 400 per cent;
Swift & Co. with a cash dividend of
S25,000,0OO; American Beet Sugar
with net earnings of 40 per cent; Ma
tiOnal Biscuit earning nearly 10 per
cent on common stock that is all wa
ter; Sears-ROebuck with earnings of
26.5 per cent on its common stock,
and so on in every line Of business
activity connected with the produc-
ton and distribution of food and
clothing.
A part of these great profits have
unquestiOnably been secured by
holding up Europe, but at least
three-fourths came directly from the
pockets of the American people, and
many of the concerns which have
profited most have not sold a dollars
worth Of goods abroad.
Every indication points to the ex-
istence of a condition as scandaIous
as that which the federal trade COM
mission found to exist in the paper
industry.
The department of justice for
nearly a year has announced that its
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-24
ERBsTEIN QUIzZEs ASS

ERBSTElN QUIZZES ASSISTANT
STATES ATTORNEYS
The Erbstein - O'DOnneu case
scrapped its way through another
day yesterday. Asst States Att'ys
Hayden Bell and Edwin Raber were
questioned by Atty Erbstein during
the hearing,