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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
New Pilot a Militarist.

Dispatches from Berlin, quoting the
Chancellor, emphasize in the most Wig
orous possible fashion the fact that
Germany's new pilot is a militarist to
the core.
I'VE cannot again offer peace" the
Chancellor said.
eff our enemies abandon their lust
of conquest and their aims of sub
jugation, and wish to negotiate, we
will listen honestly and be ready for
have to say.
Until then we must hold out calm
ly and patiently and cOarageously.
What we wish is to conclude q
peace such as those would conclude
who have successfully accomplished
their purpose.
81 am unwilling to permit the con-
duct of affairs to be taken out of my
hands"
1--WE are not concerned in Americas
Intervention in France" the Chancel.
lor continued.
England is scarcely able to feed
and supply her own army without in
fuencing the military and economic
situation.
"Still more, considering our previous
successes, we will be able to master
the new situation through our fleet
particularly our submarines. There
FORE we. look forward to the further
development of military events with
a calm security.
"The burning question how long will
the war last can be answered. Ger
many will not prosecute the war sim
gle day after an honorable peace Is OBJ
tainable. merely for the purpose to
make conquest by violence"
The Chancellor made vigorous de-
Tense of the German policy Of unlimit-
ed submarine warfare, declaring it
lawful and justifable, since it was
measure to shorten the war and be-
cause it was reprisal for England's
illegal blockade.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
CHAPTER XVI.
The Redlnnlnd.

The Beginning.
There was sense in which this pre-
diction of Rodney's about their honey
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28

plex and battling considerations, that
their honeymoon became a success.
1t was we'll along in their month that
this happened.
Rose had spent maddening sort OF
day, a day that had been all edges,
trying not to let herself feel hurt over
fantastic secondary meanings which 1t
was possible to attach to some OF the
things Rodney had said, trying to De
cheerful and sensible, and to ignore
the patent fact that his cheerfulness
was as forced and unnatural a thing
as hers. The children-as a rule the
best-behaved little things in the world
had been refractory. So, after their
supper, when they'd finally gone of to
sleep, and Rose had rejoined Rodney
in the sitting room, she was in state
where it did not take much to set her
off.
It was not much that did; nothing
more indeed, than the fact that she
found her husband brooding in front
Of the fire, and that the smile with
which he greeted her was little too
quick and bright and mechanical, and
that it soon faded out. The Rodney
of her memories had never done things
like that. If you found him sitting in
a chair, you found him reading book.
When he was thinking something out
he tramped back and forth, twisted his
face up, made gestures. That habit
couldn't have changed. 1t was just
that he didn't care to be natural
with her! Couldn't feel at home with
her! Before she knew it, she was cry
ing.
He asked, in CONSERVATION, what
the matter was.
Nothing" she said. Absolutely
nothing. Really"
"Then it's just-that you're not hap
py, with me, like this" He brought
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28

that out gravely, a word at time,
as though they hurt.
"Are you happy, with me-like
this?" she countered.
1t was a question he could not an
swer categorically, and she did not
give him time for anything else.
whats the matter with us, Roddy?"
she demanded. 1--WE ought to be hap
py. We meant to be-" Her voice broke
in sob over that. "And here we are
like this -
ut hasn't all been like this" he
said. "There have been hours, a day
or two, that I'd 60 through the whole
thing for, again, If necessary"
She nodded assent to that. "But the
rest Of the time!" she cried. "Why
can't we Uncomfortable together?
Why Roddy. why can't you be
natural with me? Like your old self.
Why don't you roar at me, any more?
And swear when you run into things?
I've never seen you formal before
not with anybody. Not even with
strangers. And now you're formal
with me-"
The rueful grin with which he &C
knowledged the truth of this indict-
ment was more like him, and it cheered
her immensely. She answered it with
one of her own, dried her eyes, and
asked again. more collectedly:
swell. can you tell me why?"
"Why, it seemed to me-" he said,
"that it was you who were different.
And you have changed, Of course,
down inside, more than have. You've
been through things in the last year
and half, found out things that 1
know nothing about, except as l have
read about them in books. So, when l
remember how things used to be be-
tween us, how 1 used to be the one who
knew things. and how I preached and
spouted, 1 get to feeling that the man
YOU remember must look to you now,
like-well, like a schoolboy showing
off"
She stared at him incredulously.
"But. that's downright morbid" she
said. Its horrible that should make
YOU feel like that" she concluded.
cit isn't you," he told her. Its
lust the situation: can't help feeling
that I'm taken on approval. Oh, it's
got to be like that! There are things
that, with all the forgiveness in the
world, you can't forget. And until
you have seen that am different, that
l have made myself different. :"
She gave a shaky laugh. "On APP
prevail" Her eyes filled again. 'Rod-
DIV, you can't mean that" She came
over and sat down in his lap, and slid
her arm around his neck. "This is
where we'll begin!" she said. ''That
I'll never-whatever happens-walk
out on you again. Whether things
go we'll or badly with US, We'll work it
out, somehow, together"
It was not until she heard the long,
shuddering sigh he drew at that, and
felt him go limp under her, that she
realized how genuine his fear had
been-the perfectly preposterous fear
that If their new experiment didn't
come up to her anticipation, she'd tell
him 80, and leave him once more This
time, for good.
It was a good while before they
took up a rational discussion again,
hut at last she said: ut will take
working out, though. We've been
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
INTERNATIONAL
.SUNl6XS0lO0L
LESSON

By E. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
Bible Institute at Chicago.)
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
DROWNED IN AEROPLANE.
Machine Carrying A. A. Smith Falls
Into Delaware River

Wilmington, Del. = Allen Ashley
Smith, Is years old, of Brooklyn. N. Y.
a student at the aviation school main
tanned by the Dupont Powder Company
at Claymont, Del, was drowned in the
Delaware river when the airplane in
which he was flying fell into the river
near Marcus Hook, Pa.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
WOMEN ENLIST AS cENSORS.
Applicants Besiege Office OF Naval
Director In New York.

New York.-WOmen seeking to en-
list for war service in the Office of the
censor continues to besiege CommaQ-
der A. B. Hoff, U. S. NJ, the Official
cable censor for New York. Positions
as decoders of cables, emitting wOm-
en- to the rank and pay of chief yeo-
men in the navy, are attracting hun
dreds, and those accepted are enlisted
in the naval reserve with pay of STA
a month and an allowance for mainte-
nance.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28

to come back like that? Are we really
the old Rodney and Rose, planning our
honeymoon again? 1t wasn't quite
three years ago. Will 1t be like that"
mot like that, perhaps" he said,
EXACTLY. 1t will be better by all we've
learned and suffered since"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
No New Peace Offer.

Amsterdam. - Germany will not
make another peace offer; the peace
she desires to conclude is that of a
victor, and it is the Allies who must
hereafter make overtures to end the
war.
This was the challenge flung to the
world by Chancellor George Michaelis,
new premier of Germany, in his
maiden speech of that Office, delivered
IN the Reichstag.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
TO MAKE POTASH IN CALIFORNIA
Government Will Also Manufacture
Iodine From kelp.

San Francisco-The United States
Government will establish within two
weeks somewhere in California a large
factory for the manufacture of potash
and iodine, according to an announce
ment by J. w. Turrentine. scientist Of
potash will be made from kelp harvest
ed in the Pacific Ocean, and is to be
used by the United States Army.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28
PERSHING ON VISIT TO FRONT.
With Marshal Haig, American Com
mander Will Study British In Action.

ris-Accompanied by two of his
staff officers. Major General Pershing
left Paris for tVTn-day visit at the
British front, as the guest Of Field
Marshal Haig He will study the Brit
ish army and its working organization.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-28

Electric tanning machinery Ia need
ed in Spain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26

THE MAELSTROM OF PUBLIC OPINION
BY ALBERT J. BEvERIDeE,
Former United States Senator From Indiana.


words Of cearheaded, eeng guidance
knowledge and Judgment would be helpful all Of We
hy look for this from who ought always be pub
inconsderate haste insist immediate decara-
opinion those whom accustomed to follow Not only
their be given instantly but they must also be sharp and
decided
Thus those who should the leaders public thought too frequently
panderers public mpance They too often competitors
for publicity They strive get the front OF the first edition
of To do this speeches and interviews even on the
ae and complicated questions prepared with frantic precp
fancy ud language That necessary delay required by gathering
mastering data and carefully working out the problem which pre-
would make date the publication of the conclusions thus
formed while cool and balanced language would lack that sting and
ougvngs public shall be full Of pep and punch other
rejected by public palate which has become accustomed
to high seasoning.
public peculiarly heated, spasmodic and
charged Instead full statement Of facts they often
given only part with preudd aro Exavagnt catchwords
and frequently take the place of careful rong and epo
ep rather than clear argument made the weapon OF serious
controversy So that public opinion dashed by nconsant WINDS
whr edde about this point and about that instead OF
flowing in full and constant current
the statesmen Of formative period and indeed OF
the down recent times when compared with many
produced today change the thinking OF public
expression it. Those of recent years appear be mma
hastily prepared and overephzd when read parallel with
those of early and middle history.
camer and papers dealt with problems weghW
any that confronted the mind Of and written times
ungoenab The others discussed
lions greater appeared times perous They indicated
that we have acquired the harmless punch of extravaganza but
have lost the deadly punch of moderation In gaining velocity
to have impaired our sense OF direction
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
AN OUNCE OF MEAT
"Many a Mickle Makes a
Muckle."

An ounce of edible meat-lean meat,
fat and lean, suet or fat trimmed from
steak, chops, or roast-seems hardly
worth saving.
Many households take just this view
of the matter-do not trouble to put
such an insignificant scrap into the
icebOx or soup pot-dO not bother to
save for cookery a spoonful or two of
drippings or a tiny bit of suet or fat.
Yet if every, one of the 100000
American families on the average
wastes each day only one ounce of
waste of 1,25O,OOO pounds of animal
food-456,0 100000 pounds Of valuable
animal food year, according to sta
tisticians of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
At average dressed weights, it would
take the gross weight of over 875,0O0,-
900 steers, or over 100000 hogs
bones and ALTO provide this weight
of meat or fat for each garbage pail
or kitchen sink. If the bones and
butchers waste are eliminated, these
figures would be increased to 100000
cattle and 100000 hogs.
Or, again, if the waste were distrib-
uted according to the per capita con-
sumption Of the various meats (exclud-
ing bones), it would use up COM
bined herd Of over $4,000 beef ami
mails, 291,OOO calves, over 625,O00
sheep and lambs, and over 2,132,O00
hogs.
Millions of, tons Of feed and hay,
the grass from vast pastures and the
labor of armies of cattlemen and
butchers also would be scrapped by
this meat-waSte route.
F: Waste of meat or fat is ineXcusable,
say the government experts. Every
bit Of lean meat can be used in soups,
stews, or in combination with cereals;
every spoonful of fat can be employed
in cookery every bit of drippings and
gravy can be saved SO easily and used
to add flavor and nourishment to other
dishes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Value of Corn Meal in the
Diet Underestimated, Says
Expert in Home Economics

Include corn meal in the diet and
learn to like it. The qualities Of corn
meal have been underestimated, in the
opinion Of Mrs. Mary P. Van lille, dean
Of the division of home economics in
the Kansas State Agricultural college.
BOlted corn meal is now cheap, as
compared with other cereals. 1t costs
about half as much as wheat flour,
only third as much as rolled oats,
and fourth as much as rolled wheat.
Corn meal has a high food value,
says Mrs. Van Zile. Although the bolt.
ed meal does not supply so much It's
Sue-building material as wheat flour,
it does supply more starch and fat
The unbolted corn meal, which is OF
good flavor and is preferred by many
has more tissue-building material, as
well as more starch and fat, than the
wheat flour.
For long time pellagra was sup
posed to be contracted through eating
corn meal. Scientific investigation has
proved that this is false and there is
no danger from eating ordinary quaint
ties.
Corn meal can be used successfully
in a variety Of ways. AS breakfast
cereal, fruit mush, corn bread, or as
corn griddle cakes it is a success from
nutritive as we'll as an economic
standpoint. A satisfactory bread may
be made by using one-half wheat flour
and one-half corn meal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Where the Wool Comes From.

In addressing group Of small chill
dren recently, one of the workers of
the American Humane Education soci-
ETY. tried to impress on their minds the
fact that they obtain a great many of
the necessaries of life from the animal
kingdom. Her difficulties are told In
Our Dumb Animals:
Where do you get your milk and
butter and cheese?" she asked.
Cows" answered most of the chill
dren. although some replied, "From the
store"
"And eggs?" demanded the instruc-
tor.
Hens" answered those who did not
answer Store"
And wool?" asked the instructor.
There was only one answer to this
question: 'The store"
YES" said the instructor, "but how
does it get into the stores Now think,
woo!-wool, yeu get wool from the
back of-waatY'
Expectantly she awaited the answer.
Presently it came from a snail girl in
the front seat:
Back of the counters"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Half OF the Women Will Be
Supporting Themselves in
1910, Pastors Prediction

Rev. DR.. Waldo Amos of Hoboken,
N. Y, predicts that by 1910 half the
women in the country will be self-sup-
porting, and that marriages will grad
ually decrease in number.
''It is q startling fact that young
women are not marrying today" he
said, according to the New York Eve
ming Journal. Hundreds of thousands
are going into business. The supreme
mission of women in life should be to
become mothers and to make homes.
The objection that many have to being
married is that they become depend
ents"
Doctor Amos said that all through
New England there are many villages
which are known as "she villages"
The men have left for the large cities
in the hope Of gaining wealth.
''Men are largely responsible for the
failure of women to marry" he said.
"Many men are too busy making
money to marry, or refuse to marry
on small salaries. This has forced
women into business.
statistics show that in 1900 one
out of every five women was self-sup-'
porting. By 1925 one out of every
three, and by 1910, one out Of every
two will be self-supporting."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Censorship.

You've got to have a censor when your
angry feefin'S rise,
And a state of indignation sort o. takes
you by surprise.
You've got to find monitor to help you
keep in hand
The facts and the Impressions that sc
suddenly expand.
When your mind is overcrowded by q
grievance or a crouch.
And your wounded egotism wants to rise
an holler, "Ouch!'
You've got to find a censor who will help
you check your pride
An not turn loose your facts which, may
be, can't be verified.
When the future is uncertain an there's
trouble in the air,
An the luck seems handin' out more both
GRAFTON than your share,
You must guard your store of language
which grows suddenly immense,
An Their amt no better censor than just
plain old Common Sense.
Washington Evening Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Things Worth Knowing.

According to a French expert the
chance of mistake in Identification by
finger prints is about one in 17,OOo.-
100000.
device that automatically closes
as AZ is lifted has been invented for
unobtrusively removing crumbs from
dining tables.
Under the direction of two experts
f,om the United States China will es-
tahlish school of forestry at Nan
king university.
Californian has designed a lawn
mower that can be substituted for the
front wheel of motorcycle and thus
be run by power.
I.ondon's annual fall Of SCOT, accord
tho 10 careful estimates, amounts to
from % to 80 pounds for each inhab-
itant of the city.
A combined seat and dam has been
invented which may be inserted into a
hathtub TO confine the water to one
end when desired.
Engineers of a European railroad
have built a machine .for weighing To-
eomotives that provides separate
scale for each wheel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
FANS NOW CONCEDE JUMPS
RIGHT TO LIVE, SAYS BYRON
Baseball Is Getting Better and So Is
the Public, in the Opinion OF
Big League Arbiter.

It Is seldom that anyone listens to
an umpire except the ball players, and
they only listen because they have to.
Umpire Bill Byron recently said some
thing concerning baseball which shows
that umpires are human and can see
more good than bad in the game and
in the fans.
Baseball is getting better, and so
is the public" he, said. 'The fans are
by no means so unreasonable now as
they used to be when I started brush
ing off the home-plate. In fact, there
would be comparatively little trouble
in the big league towns if the players
were not all the time trying to alibi
themselves for poor work. by blaming
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26

other vegetables as may be preserved
in this way. l
Concentrate products so that each
Jar o. can will hold as much food and
as little water as possible.
There is shortage Of containers1
Don't let one be wasted in your home!
Empty spices and similar materials
from Jars and fill them with food.
Reserve regular tight-sealing conf
tainers for perishable vegetables, meat
and fish.
Use wide-necked bottles with paraf-
fin seals for putting up fruit and pre-
serves; use glasses or crooks for jellies
and jams; use bottles and jugs corked
and sealed with paraffin for fruit
juices. catsups and other liquid prod
ucts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
The Gift of Organization.

Before the war we used to hear
good deal about the value of the par
ticular person called business man,
In the art of governance. No doubt
there are more sorts of business men
than the one; but during the war the
business man has been given his OPP
portunity; and the result is not I'M
naturally a certain sense of disappoint-
ment. There is, in fact, no mystic vir-
the in business, which may mean any
thing from operating on the stock ex-
change to selling goods across a coun-
ter. The quality chiefly required in
administration is the gift of organiza-
ton, which is frequently possessed
by men who know little of commerce.
London Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26

while the leather is still wet rub In
a little warm oil. The shoe should
dry slowly. Do not place it In hot
oven or on hot radiator, as intense
heat and cold are bad for leather and
especially the changes from one to
the other.
Shoes should be kept clean and we'll
polished. as this prevents dirt getting
into the pores and rotting the leather.
It Is well for shoes to have rest
period, therefore, it is economy to
We at least two pair Of shoes and to
change the shoes often. It is also
good for the shoe If one has a pair Of
shoe trees which can be placed inside
the shoes while they are at rest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
DOG FANCIERS FACING RUIN
~
Dealers in England See Disaster in
High Taxes Placed on Animals
to Conserve Food Supply.

Dog fanciers in England, especially
the women, say that the new dog
taxes are going to kill the business
they have been carefully building up
for years. They do not object to the
suggested increase on old licenses, but
they fear the big tax on new dogs is
going to brighten away all their GUS
toners.
There are many British women with
small incomes living in the country.
who have invested most of their money
in dogs as a business. They were
willing to mark time till the end Of
the war, looking forward to a revival
in their business afterward. Trade Is
Of course slack just now, but with no
money coming in at all they will be
unable to retain their kennels.
One fancier spoke bitterly of the
sensational stories told in certain quar-
tiers about pampered dogs and the i'm
possible amount Of food they were &C
cused Of eating.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Making Eggs Count.

1t is not such hard job to market
eggs so that one gets the best prices
and so that none of the eggs spoil.
One poultry raiser offers these simple
precautions for improving the egg
crop:
1. Confine or sell all ROSTERS after
Nav Is. The rooster makes eggs fer
tile. Fertile eggs spoil.
9. Provide plenty of roomy, clean,
weIl-littered nests. Dirty nests cause
dirty eggs and dirty eggs spoil quickly.
You need a nest for every five or six
hens.
8. Gather the eggs twice a day dur
Ing warm weather.
A. Put your eggs in good, service
able crate equipped with sound, clean
filters, and flats. Keep them in cool
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Nsu. hut~ seo

stone on the upper surface Of which
a troop of cavalry could staud. It is
squared on five sides, but net yet de-
tached from the ledge.
The Arab legend is that a female
giant was carrying the stone when she
heard her baby cry. She dropped II
there, and no one has moved it since.
If that baby had not cried for it's moth
er, there would be today in the walls
of the temple stone 20 feet long and
15 feet squareI Doubtless it will
some day justify the amount Of work
done upon 1t. At present it helps six
hotels, dozen curio shops, score of
muleteers and a station master.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-26
Chinese in Siam.

Prominent Chinese have requested
the governor of Canton to urge the
Picking government to make every ef-
fort to negotiate with Siam in the hope
Of establishing diplomatic and CONNER
eial relations between China and Siam.
There are several millions Of Chinese
living in Siam at present. Most OF the
important business institutions In