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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
HEALTH THOUGHTS

The importance of clean, healthy
thought expressed in the columns
of our Race papers cannot be over
estimated. In our opinion it is a
great mistake for Colored editors
to allow their columns to be filled
with stories of petty crimes, doings
of the underworld" and the bad
of the world around. Corrective
suggestions, where improvements
can be pointed as the moral, or as
the purpose of some effort, will be
helpful when made in the spirit of
helpfulness. But it will be the
policy of The Forum to exclude
from its columns, as far as posi-
BILE, accounts of the unsavory, the
immoral, criminal and morbid
among our people. We believe
that we should turn more and more
to the constructive side Of things.
What can we construct, what can
we project that will bring relief
from the thousand and one things
that press for attention, and which
only too often are accepted as pro-
per matter with which to fill our
columnsl To continue to give
publicity to the bad, without eff
fort to bring about improvement,
is only to dignity and encourage
that of which we talk. We there
fore ask the continuance of our
correspondents in helping to fill
the columns of The Forum with
HEALTH THOUGHT. interest
ing, wholesome and pure.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
IT DEPENDS ON
HOW WE SEE

The world is full of beauty.
Many people hurry past it, or live
in front of it, but do not see it.
The view of the great majority is
INSTRUCTED by THE brother" who
is forever casting his shadow in
their sunshine. In order to be-
hold and appreciate in its fulmess
the beauty of life, we must dis
cover for ourselves its choice land
seapes, and without the aid of an
others eyes, we must see, think
and act for ourselves. Only too
often are our lives dwarfed, be-
clouded and bereft of beauty, be-
cause some supposed friend insists
that we should look through his or
her eyes for the proper interpre-
tation of life and its beauty. The
intermeddling with "Life's view"
by strangers to its beauty, is a
curse to humanity. Half of the
domestic infelieity Of this world is
caused by THE shadow cast by in
termeddlers,n and what seems to
be a paradox is the fact that eight
out of every ten Of these Inter
meddlers" are actuated by sense
of religious duty, or a feeling that
they should assist in guarding
against some supposed cloud, pit
fall or misfortune.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
THE LOYALTY OF The NE
GRO UNQUESTIONED

1t may be news to many of our
readers to know that when an un-
questionable degree of loyalty on
the part of a responsible guard for
the protection of the Nations Cap
itol was made necessary by the
present crisis with Foreign Foe,
the First Separate Battalion of the
District of Columbia Colored men
were called to service. Colored
men are guarding the White
House and the Capitol in which
Congress meets. This in itself is
no little honor. It shows the con-
fdence the President and Congress
have in the black man.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21

In the early SOS, Boston was
the hot-bed of the most bitter agi-
tation against Tuskegee and the
industrial education. This was fol-
lowed by a successive chain of is
sues, until the climax in the Birth
of a Nation" So intense was the
sentiment created against indus
trialism, that Prof. Kelly Miller
of Howard University was insult
ed and almost mobbed, because he
dared to parallel the higher and
industrial educations at a meeting
held under the auspices of the Bos-
ton Historical and Literary AS
ISOLATION.
The first Slave Ship ever chart
cred in Great Britain and engaged
in transporting natives from the
shores of Africa into slavery was
owned and chartered by one Sir
John Hawkins, who was so religi-
gious that he named his ship Jes-
us, and in that name carried on
his nefarious "intermeddling' with
the lives of inolfensive human be-
ings. The late slavery of our an
cestors in tn country was the
work of Intermediates" who
looked at life from a certain angle
and persuaded others to look
through their eyes" on the sub
ject of human slavery. The great
world-crisis of today has come as
a result of Intermediates" who
have insisted that others should
see the world as they saw it. All
of the divisions which characterize
the hundred and one denomina-
tional bodies in this country come
as the result of disposition to
have others see through the eyes
of some one other than themselves
See as | dos seems to be the up
permost wish on the part of self
ish humanity, All life depends
upon how we see it. All HEAVIER
depends upon the individual de
veloping a vision for himself
Stop looking through the eyes o
another and see the beauty of lif'
for yourself, 1t is an individual
matter and no man can rise high
| er than his vision. This is true o
a race, and before the Negro will
lever see and discover his own pow
ers, value and greatness, he mus
stop looking through the eyes
of the white man.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21

tions and better Sanitary surround
ings for the race, would save
enough to the race to pay the up
keep of eveIy colored Church in
the city, to say nothing about bet
ter health and less loss of time
from work.
At this time in the Legislature
there is Bill known as the Hous-
ing Law, Senator Kessinger's bill
No. 1896 which will make all houses
healthier and better. 1t means
chat if the law passes, Illinois will
be a safer and healthier State in
which to live. New dwellings will
have proper light and air, proper
toilets and there will be less dan
ger from fire. Homes already
built will be kept in proper condi-
ton in these matters.
Investigation of housing condi-
tions in Illinois have brought to
light many bad conditions. This
law has been suggested in order
that dark, unyentilated Railways,
rooms without windows. houses
without toilets may be done away
with.
There is no law at the present
time TO do away with these eondi.
tions. These conditions cause
much sickness, misery and death
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
BETTER HOUSING
CONDITIONS

Among the first efforts made in
this city by Commissioner u. w.
Mitchell, upon establishing the
Loyal Legion Cooperative Educa-
tional System, was to interview
the heads of the Health Forces and
urge upon them the dire import
ance of Better Housing Conditions
for the Colored people. This has
been Systematically followed up
until now we are ready for a pull
altogether toward this end. The
psychological moment has come
for a united movement of our peo-
pie along this line.
According to the Negro Year
Book, 100000 Negroes in the South
are seriously ill all the time, at an
annual cost of $75,000,000; 10000
Negro workers in the South are
sick continuously, losing annual
earnings of $40, 100000; 225, 900
Negroes in the South die annually,
paying funeral expense bill of
$15,000,000; 100000 of these deaths
could be prevented, saving annual
ly Sc, 100000 in funeral expenses
alone, and in potential earnings,
$4,000, 900.
In a larger proportion according
to the ratio of population is the
annual loss by sickness and disease
on the part of the race in the
north. This is true on account of
the long months of cold and chang
able weather coupled with the fact
that as rule only the less desir-
able houses can be rented by them
in damp, bad, unsanitary parts of
the city. With no concerted eff
fort made for better housing, and
no organized movement on the
part of the race to secure just rates
and rentals for the masses. each
renter stands alone to be charged
whatever the landlord may see fit
to charge, and with but little in
fluence to secure necessary improve
ments and sanitary surroundings.
A united effort on the part of
the leaders among the coIored pop
alation of this or any other north
ern city for better Housing condi-
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
shat is unnecessary.

shat is unnecessary.
tuberculosis, pneumonia, rheu
matism and cold" are house di.
seases.n Dark, damp, dilapidated
and overcrowded houses breed
them. Typhoid, trachoma, small
pox and similar diseases are filth
diseases. They breed most in
houses that have no water, drain
age, sewerage nor other means of
cleanliness.
If this bill is passed it will pro-
tect you if you live in such houses.
1t will protect you if you do not
because the people who live in them
now get sick and bring disease to
you. This bill will protect you
and your family from disease.
Write or see your Senator and
Representatives in the Legislature
You helped to elect them. See
that they do their duty BY you.
Do it today. Urge them to
vote for Senator kessinger's
Housing law. Il is for your beng
fit aud for the benefit OF your child
ran
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
Reisch Brewery Co.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.

Kee and Bottle Beer unsurpassed
for health and strength.
Their Book Beer was high reputa-
ton. Reisch's Gold Top ranks among
the best in the country.
Prompt deliveries and shipments
made. Order direct from brewery.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21

Weekly paper devoted to the interest o
ae whole people
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
WHY Not Better SoIdlers2

Now that our army officials are turn
ing to every part OF the globe FOR in
formation that viii aid them in the ter
rifle conflict into which we have enter
ed. would 1t not be a good plan to offer
"A reward for a method of training, or
for suggestions i'm connection with train.
mr. that would add to the physical eff
flciency of the men in the army? A
reward of one thousand dollars or more
for such suggestions would undoubted'
Is bring ideas before the military au-
thorities that would be worthy of con.
sideration.
This is period Of revolution. Old
ideas are making way for new ones.
Change is everywhere, and 1t is not pos
sible that the methods that have been
adopted by the army for the training
Of men could be improved upon?
The army has turned TO the tank"
the aeroplane-invention of yesterday.
WHY not also test out every reason
able idea that may be advanced in con.
ucc,ion with the physical welfare of
INV N'l'lA'I
II the army officials would, for in
stance. place twenty-five soldiers in
charge of each school of physical train.
ing that would accept the responsibility
say, for from one TO three months, a
test of the strength and endurance Of
the men previous to such an expert
ment and thereafter would unquestion-
ably be enlghtenng 20 an unusual de.
gree Much information of great value
might ba acquired through a study of
the methods used 10y the school in which
the mes made the greatest progress.
A serious consideration Of this sug.
rcsuou 10y the army officials would
please considerable number of men
who have made a life study of physical
problems Ueruaw Macfaddeu i'm physi.
cal Culture
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

There is hardly q mother OF average
Intelligence. am sure who does not
try 60 protect her child from compon.
ions who are coarse. untruthful, nsin.
ccrc. from bullies ana b1ggarts, from
children who are bndmnnnercd or III
tempered, says Laura Spencer Porter
In The Mothers Magazine Tor Scptem
bcr A brief association with such I'm.
nuonccs even for few hours "a day In
school or the playground is harmful
If mother lets her child associate for
only half am hour each day with an In.
nucncc that is detrimental she has cvi.
dcncc enough In hand TO see how easily
her child is influenced She secs the
real danger and she takes steps ut once
to couutcpct the uulovcly influence and
to break the harmful relationship or
To remove the child from the associa.
uou which plays upon him haumtulN
And she is us We AN know most wise
tu du this most wise to have care
I'm q matter of such grave Importance
Yet I have nuuwu many mothers who,
thoueh so careful in all these more ob.
vous matters concerning the proper
cumpanlouships for their children neg.
lcct incredibly the more subtle compnn.
ionshps. mothers who, without protest
on for that matter without realization.
allow boys and girls 60 como constantly
under the harmful influence of uulovc.
ity. in compauiouships and relationships
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
The Village Band.

Zim, in Cartoons Magazine: Indis.
pensable is the drum major of a rural
brass band, and the envy of the small
boy is he as well. This functionary is
about as serviceable as a figurehead on
a battleship, yet his duties are beyond
estimation in keeping the tubas and
trombones from stumbling into mud
puddles and guiding the alleged music.
ians past refreshment emporiums. His
success rests on the extent Of his abil
ity TO twirl the stick over three-story
buildings and catch II behind his back
on its descent. He is to the band what
the monkey is to hand organ. All
eyes are upon him while the ears feast
on the music. Big city bands often
roam about the streets unescorted by
a drum major and feel not at all dis.
commoded by his absence, but "A country
band would not deem itself fit to be
seen on parade without this disting.
uished appendage.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
Mllson's Right.Hand Nan.

Eyisbn Unuson i'm Cartoons MAGAZINE.
ono of the greatest handicaps under
which President Wilson labors is "a lacl,
.or camille advisers his friends have
comnorcd him to Abraham Lincoln. Rut
Lincoln had a Sewnrd where Wilson has
Ia Inr.inp. Chas, where Wilson has "a
NcAdoo Lincoln. when me chose his
cabinet selected the greatest figures In
American public life. Wilson has Sc.
lcctcl only mediocre mon. so. with due
r,sarl to their limitations. he consults
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
War Tcache. Geography.

Basil King. author of "Thc Lifted
ven" In recent interview gave his
opinion as 20 the cause Of the present
interest In more serious roading 1T ls
~ fcmnrlnblc fact" he said, that pre-
vioua 10 the war the people Of America
~ whole were ignorant Of the geo
giaphy Of the rest of the world. II rs a
qucatlon whether the average American
know the difference between Lisbon
and Bucharest, nor did hc cnrc' But the
struggle of the war constantly bringing
Information Of the smaller countries
before thcm. there was search for
knowledge along the lines Of the hap.
ponings I'm Europe nud Asia Their own
imnrmnuons having free rein, the peo'
pie IN their reading naturally turned to-
ward something more informative, and
which would deal with countries affected
hy the world struggle. Consequently the
writer's OF this class Of works have
benefited 10y the war while the fiction
writcr has seen his sales decrease
The Spiritual Interpretation Of HIS
tory is the title Of a new volume con
timing the William Bcldcu Noble Lee
turos delivered nt Harvard University
In 1916 hy pr Sh0ilor Mathews. Profess
aor of Historical and Comparative The.
olovy aud Dean of the Divinity school
at the University of Chicago. The open.
ine lecture defines 'rhc Limits within
Which the Spiritual Interpretation OF
untory M Possible" and through the
subsequent lectures Dean Mathews
t,aceI n the historical process tcnd-
cncy which ho Thinks cumpcs the rec.
oention ot spiritual forces IN social de.
,clopmnt The subjects of the chap.
trrs arc ns follow. Spiritual Tendon.
clos iu History as Whole" "The Sub.
pttutlou of Moral for Physical Control
"rbc Growing Recognition Of the Worth
of thr individual" "Tbv Transformation
of RIGHTS into Justice and "rho Spir
lwol Opportunity In Period OF Recon
suuction."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
Douglas Fairbanks as Il Climber.

'The thing ! like to do best Of all is
TO climb. | have always been crazy
about climbing | can climb almost any.
thing and always could. | have never
had any fear Of being high up. ! al.
ways feel perfectly at home. As a kid
l was always climbing trees, porches
houses, rocks, ropes, telephone poles
bridges and anything that | could
climb on. When | was two years old
l cli.hbed up onto the roof of slad
on a mountainside and spilled oG for
a ten.foot fall. Whatever il was
struck cut a great cash in my forehead
You can sometimes see the scar even
on the screen. That should h, We taught
me a lesson, but it didn't" .- From
Douglas Movie Physical
Cuturist" by CARL Easton Williams in
Physical Culture
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

The outstanding debt of tine United
States win be increased more than sew
cutod bv financing already authorized
for war purposes We are going 10 spend
for preparation and for initial opera.
uous alone nearly ass much as four
years OF thr civil war cost both the
north and the south. I'm addition we
are nuaucus "a three billion dollar loan
here for our debt from approximately
one billion dollars TO eight billion
Vet after all that increase our per
capita debit viii still be lower than that
uf ans other leading nation except Rus
sia. and f our loans 10 our allies, for
which the government will hold their Sc
curiacs are excepted. our debt of less
than $50 for each man, woman. and
child will bc 10y far the lowest among
the nations. on the other hand, our ma.
tioual wealth is estimated az more
than twice that OF any other country,
and is also higher than any other when
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

far about threefourths Of this mileage
has been returned TO its stockholders.
Tho stimulation Of business due to the
war made conditions favorable for these
reorganizations The Wabash was sue
ccssfully reorganized after having been
In receivers hands since 1911. Among
the other large systems that have gone
through the process In the immediate
past have been the St Louis ~ san
Francisco, the Porc Marquette, the Mis-.
souri, Pacific and the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific. These Ave systems
operate more than $4,000 miles Of road.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
Some NoteworthN Conlrlhutors.

Stories by Booth Harrington, william
Dean Howells and Gouyernour Morris,
Poems 10y Edgar Lee Masters, Serviss,
ana Alan Scegar, contributions by Julia
Marlowc and Mrs Fiske are listed In the
contents of "For France to be pub.
llshcd by Doubleday Page y Co. i'm the
fall.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

book which IS said to excel even the
charm Of his popular work, THE Ken.
lucky Cardinal" II will be published
by Doubleday, Page & Co. in the early
fall.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
ra..Ing Of Railroad RccelNcr.hln..

Worlds Work The worst period OF
railroad rcccvcrshps that American
railroads have yet experienced is draw.
ing to CLOSE \ few years ago one.
sixth OF the railroad mileage OF the
country was being operated 10y receivers
under the direction OF the courts So
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
CURRENT LITERATURE

modern OF American mills, The ripple
started at Jaffa stlll beats heavily on
the Arabian shores"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

"EapIl Fire Eurlish l'rcnch Ger
man." q little book Co help the Amcrt
can soldier mako himself understood In
France. Belgium or the cucmy's coun.
Try. contains some of the now slang,
born during the war Some OF it is very
amusing a cup OF coffee ovcrflowing
into the saucer Is called a foothath. 70.
mulmctcr gun. Charlotte bomhshcll,
sparrow, bayonct fork river or
rain iuicc
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
Forthcoming Harper Publications.

Harper Brothers announce that
they win publish within the next fort.
night a novel boy Abraham Cahan, The
Rise Of David Levlnsky" Other new
books 20 bc published ON the same date
VIII be "rho Victorious Faith" by Ho.
ratio W. Dresser and How TO Debate"
b, Edwin H. Shurtcr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

reduced TO per capita basis Worlds
Work. zasltN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
A Word of Precaution.

JUST wherein lies the for the of vegetable preparations for fns
and chldren2
Why any but vegetable preparations unsafe for infants and children?
Why Smp COas and Drops condemned by all Physicians and
most aymen?
Why has the Government placed ban all preparations containing among
other poisonous drugs Opium in its yaousy prepared forms and pleasing
and under its innumerabe names7
These questions that every Mother will do well to inquire about
Any Physician will recommend the keeping FeOhs Castora the
house for the ailments of infants and children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

\ James Lane Allen Book
James Lane Allen has written a new
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

The car was built particularly to ap-
peal to that enormous body of
sensible American motorists who
seek an efficient and dependable
automobile at a price within
reason.
The Coconino sun., 1917-06-29
DOUBLING THE CROPS

At the Ohio experiment station crop yields have been doubled by the adoption of intelligent methods. Call them scientific methods, if you will, but the fact. remains that it is merely the eercisex of intelligence. Yields per acre in Ohio for 1905-14 averaged thirty-nine bushels of corn, thirty three of oats, sixteen of wheat and less than ton and a half of hay, ac- cording to assessors reports. At the same time, seventy-seven bushels of corn, sixty of oats, thirty-four of wheat and more than three tons of hay per acre were harvested on the experiment farm at Wooster on four ten-acre fields. Manure, fertilizers, lime an dcrop rotation have accounted for most of the difference.
 Increased crop yields have far out weighed the cost of extra treatment of these fields. Labor has been less to harvest a bushel of grain or a ton of hay when yields were at hign level.