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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
War Making
Machines
BY DAVID VI. CHURCH.

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-Before
the war the bureau OF standards was
peaceful little government bureau
given over to research work. To-
day the bureau Of standards is a fe-
rocious war machine, Dristling with
armament and high explosives.
Since the outbreak OF the war the
bureau has been devoted entirely to
war work. Inventors with plans for
new machine guns. rapid firing artil-
lery. new explosives and all other
weapons of warfare have been given
a test at the bureau of standards
The bureau is perhaps the most
apparently disorganized war ma
chine in Washington. II has no def
mite work TO do. Its work is merely
casting about for machines which
will aid in the war and its definite
result does not come out a finished
product Nine OF every ten of the
accomplishments of the bureau are
guarded as war secrets.
More than a thousand expert sci
| entists and laboratory assistants
have worked in the bureau of stand
ards since the war came to Ameri-
ca II was in this isolated building.
half hidden by a grove of trees. that
] the Liberty motor was perfected.
Here there have also been dozens OF
other experiments with aircraft.
| High explosives enough 20 blow
the national capitol across the Po-
tomac TO the Virginia side have been
| made at the bureau. Yet there has
| not been a serious accident there.
The new standard motor truck
| now adopted by the war department
was built there.
| In peace times the bureau OF
standards was a part Of the depart
ment OF commerce. 1t has not alto
gether forsaken its old purpose, for
there are still high priced research
men hard at work on inventions and
formulas which will aid the Ameri-
! can business man. 1t was here that
the American dyestuffs which are
! repla cling German dyes were first
| discovered Foodstuffs and all man
ner OF commercial substitutes are
/ being manufactured there.
The bureau Of standards is a great
war machine. which turns out ev-
\ erything from instruments OF war 20
a new substitute baby food which
takes less wheat and gives more
| nourishment
Science maintains its headquarters
there. Bearded professors and be-
specialized students are doing their
war work there. II Is one Of the
quietest ana most unassuming build
/ ings in the entire capital. yet II prob
ably deals out more real war work
in one day than any other building
( In the national capital
BOSS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
LITTLE DO BBIE'S PA.
BY VILLA I'M T.. Kirk.

Miss Angely Ames was oaver 10
our house last mite, she teeches
dancing & rites poems for a living
Pa sed he hoaped she had lots of
dancing pupils.
She had a argument with Pa
about dancing, she sed all peepul
with true poetry in thare soul liked
TO dance & was CRATE dancers &
Pa sed thare was a lot OF crate
dancers that dident know wether
Chaucer was q poet or a poleece
commissioner. 1 know, sed Pa, /
have met dancers enuff Lite on
the feet. lite in the heaj-that is a
pritty good rule, sed Pa. though II
dOant always follow. sed Pa 1 re-
member, sed Pa, that in my yung
days the best walters in our town
was the town barber & the boss Of
the lunch wagon on the corner OF
Main & Bridge street, sed Pa.
You must have travelled in a vary
eX-cloosely set, sed Miss Agnes. 1t
is fine TO have such soshul standing.
she sed 20 Pa.
fitted heer & thare, like a but
terfly, sed Pa. One mite 1 wud be
at a swell dancing party on Knob
Hill, Pa sed, & the next mite 1 wud
be at a publick maskerade gaiv by
the Sons of Herman the German,
Pa sed. I was IN demand every
WHARF. sed pa.
1t ruffed you up a good deel. that
mixing. sed Miss Agnes. ! cud see
that if I was playing blind mans
buff, she sed.
1 am a blunt man. sed Pa. like
the old Gaping Of the Guard Blunt
& feerless, sed Pa, & willing TO fol-
low my duty even in the trenches
of the ennemy.
How utterly feerless. sed Miss
Ames.
Yes indeed. sed Pa. Ny friends
all know that * my ennemies sus-
peck as much, they let me alone,
sed Pa.
Have you seen the last number Of
the Ladies' Home Mirror. she asked
Ma. have a poem in thare called
The Dead Moth.
1 dident see IT, sed Ma. / must get
II & reed it.
will ressite it TO you, sed Aiiss
Angely Ames, & then she sed the
poem, il went:
The Moth is ded
e. passed away.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
ONE HOPE.

the other day and it didn't break
it,"
What. the rifIe?"
NO, his neck"
Daley is just as anxious to get
started on the big trip" as any one
in camp. The difference is that the
others expect to come back. Daflev
doesn't.
IF the Dutch don't get me-" he
says, the weather will"
DALEY is an old man His hair is
snow white, and if he wore a beard
he would seem a patriarch. But.
unlike most old men who know
what war Is. he is glad America got
into the big fight. The day war
was declared was the happiest of
his life. The only time he ever was
tempted 70 desert was when he
thought we wouldn't He wanted q
crack at the Boone.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
THE STORE FOR MEN
.IGGnqu&nd
WASHIN sTON AVENUE.

deception are supposed 20 he aided
by the aspect u Uranus.
The king OF Norway comes under
a sinister power that may lead %
disaster for his subjects.
Some sort OF national scandal
owing 20 the success Of an imposter
Is foreshadowed early next month.
A new menace 90 public peace is
foretold in a secret organization that
rs of recent formation.
New York city is likely 90 suffer
from a disaster that viii cause I5ss
of life and arouse widespread public
sentiment
Theatrical affairs have good
leading this week. but later DOB the
month may not be so satisfactory-
Persons whose birthdate 10 is may
have rather troublesome year IN
business and domestic affairs
Children born on this day may 20
too impetuous and changeaole %
make money. Girls should be safe
-.uarded against unlucky marriage
- Copyright 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
ONCE OVERS
WHAT'S YOUR WIFE-JUST
SEKEEPER?

Some wives are housekeepers. but
not hOmekeepers.
Others are good companions. but
Indifferent hOusekeepers.
Some married men are good pro-
viders. but poor husbands.
Others are good husbands. but
poor providers.
1t is a happy combination of these
qualities which makes the ideal wife
or husband
It is this combination which
should be striven for by married
couples.
The wife should try to be inter
esting as a comrade. at the same
time conducting a well-regulated
home. orderly and sweet.
The husband should be all that
might be expected. from the stand =
point OF congenial companionship.
at the same time studying and work
ing to provide a good home for wife
and children.
A neatly dressed wife 20 greet a
husband on his return from work
in the evening loses the desired eff
feet IL a dustpan Of sweepings Is
found in the hall CT behind the door
a liberal provider who Is only home
10 sleep and eat Is undesirable.
II you are not willing 10 do yous
part YOU had no right 10 marry.
Copyright, 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
EOuR THOUSAND TO ONE

Lloyd George reports that since the beginning of the
Britain transported by thirteen mil
lion belonging to various parts of her empire with
of only three thousand. hundred that Of
these only thousand hundred have been lost
through enemy actions"
That means loss of about man out Of every four
thousand transported n other words that
any mans chances four thousand TO that he'll
safely It's reassuring troops,
as they face the voyage France.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
THE MELTING POT
"Con,e Take Pot Luck With Us"
THE SORROWS OF WEALTH

SORROWS WEALTH
a
Becomes a hundred million a 10
OF the fruit
Could a
And why should citizen and
When accu so rapid andsu
At optimism such this the COLLINS
i very to
The festive simoleon buildings
n o a tia ire fall
The dollar honest a
I pr retur
we guarantee" the
And rockrbbed
But honest bankers
very shocks
Oh, a to two,
But will lose of sleep while keeping
Brood
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
The Stars incline. bat do not compel
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY. NOV. 6. 1917

lNI@oJAIf WV " lDAt
After the early hours this is read
as an unfavorable day for Uranus
rules strongly for evil. Toward even
ing Jupiter is in benehc aspect
This is a day OF surprises. owing
to the power Of the planet that is
believed 10 cause sudden decisions.
strong prejudices aad distorted judg-
ment.
While the evil sway Of the stars
makes for misfortune 20 many. IL is
said 10 bring about reforms in
politics, owing 10 the revulsiOn In
sentiment that may have been once
ul-ad, sed. AS has been long pre-
dicted. officeholders will have a good
chance for disappointment
In tae morning those who seek
position or preferment should be
fairly lucky, but after noon they
should not put the test 20 fate
Advertising has a rather fortunate
direction. and again It's development
along novel lines is prognosticated.
DuL.yS this month IL viii be we'll
a-na ia business
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
THE REASON.

"Jaggs mas been sober for a week.
He told me yesterday that of late
new light has broken in upon
him"
Yes his wife smashed her birth
day lamp on his head"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06

LONDON.-The linen manufac-
turers Of England. Scotland and Ire
land are somewhat anxious about
their supplies owing 10 the capture
Of Riga by the Germans. Riga was
their chief source and now that the
enemy IS in possession they are ex-
perimenting with nettles. the fibre
OF which is 10 be used for the max
ing OF yarn and cotton.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
THE KNEE OE ITALY

italy every sohoolboy knows, is shaped like an
old fashioned boot. drawn mans knee The
Venetian plain which the great Ausro-Cern
drive directed corresponds crook of the knee
TIE Chicago Tribune prints significant rep.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06

city a decided decrease in drunk
enness. on well, If New York is going back john
Barleycorn. he might well emigrate and be done
with IL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06

There's Mai Hone Of the kaisers general stan, who
announces that Germany is prepared meet the Amer
lean air feet And Germany can't half meet the fleets
already In the air.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06

Its life has fled
& its form is clay.
It's soul will live
Tru Eternity,
New wings will give
II Power TO fly.
Ny soul is like
That Moth sublime
& il will hike
To realms sublime
The only thing l doant like about
this poem, she sed TO Ma. is that
word Hike. L had to use it, she
sed.
II is the best word in the poem,
Pa sed, it has a punch. l like that
poem. sed Pa, I cuddent have did
better myself. l am proud 10 know
you, Pa sed, please rite me yurc
ottOgraff
& Miss Anes rote her naim FOR
Pa & sed. you doant know how
happy I am TO meet a kindred mind
After Pa went out she sed TO Ma
How happy & proud you must be
with such a lOrdly husband for a
true knife.
am. sed Ma, he is a CRATE cup
of tea, my husband it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06

Germany cracking" a headline Yep, crack
ing at Russia and Italy. Anybody betting that Ger
many's beaten another guess.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
OBSERVATIONS

Three cheers for the heroes OF France! Three
cheers for the people that's ready die for liberty
equality and fraternity
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06
A MANS LEGS.

The novice was not enjoying his
first trip Thorough the air and his
more experienced companion re-
garded him in some amusement.
Il say, Bill, what's on your
mind 20 he demanded
Il was just thinking about Abra-
ham Lincoln" replied Bill thought
fully.
Abraham Lincoln"
Yes. I was thinking how truth
fully he spoke when he said a mans
legs ought to be just long enough
to reach the ground"
o
ONE HOPE.
Willis: Steele is going up.
ellis: Good. Maybe they will be
obliged TO cut down the number of
pins in a Numbered shirt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-06

Don't say you saw II In tn
newspaper. Say News-TinesI
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
The Looking Glass In Fiction,

All nations have shown by their sto.
ries how the looking glass is regarded
as ministering to vanity. The ancient
Greeks depicted Venus with a mirror
and even described her chamber as
lined all over with mirrors, so that
whichever way her eyes turned she
could behold her beautiful self But
Minerva never used a mirror. Pass to
West Africa and we find a native story
which begins with a magic mirror that
possessed the power of speech and al
ways said, Mistress, there is none,"
when its owner. a woman called Ma.
ria, asked it, my mirror is there any
other beautiful woman like myself?'
But one day Maria's daughter entered
the forbidden room where it was kept,
asked similar question and got a
similar answer. A tale of maternal
jealousy and vengeance follows.-Lon.
don Spectator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
Stevenson at Noyon.

The Cathedral of Noyon, in France
exercised great fascination over Rob
ert Louis Stevenson. Il have seldom
looked on the east end of church
with more complete sympathy" he
wrote. "As it fianges out in three
wide terraces and settles down broad
~ on the earth it looks like the pooI
of some great old battleship. There is
a roll in the ground, and the towers
just appear above the pitch of the roof
as though the good ship were bowins
lazily over an Atlantic swell. At any
moment it might be a hundred feet
away from you, mounting the next bill
low. At any moment a window might
open and some old admiral thrust fortt
a cooked hat and make an observa
tion."-London Chronicle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
True In Every Language.

Tennyson once attended dinner
where G. L. Craik proposed THE La.
dies" In doing so he recalled the
cynical advice given by brother Scot
to his children: "Tak my advice and
dinna marry for siller. You can bor-
row cheaper"
Some time later Tennyson at his own
table repeated Mr.. Craik's story, bui
expressed the idea without attempt
ing dialect. His son, Hallam, remark
ed, Surely, father, Craik did not use
those words"
mo, he did not; but, then, Craik is a
ScOtchman, and 1 am afraid to ven-
ture on repeating him exactly. How
ever, it's almost as good in English as
in Scotch, and it's tremendously true
in both"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
Nature of Sleep.

Investigation by scientists of the ma.
ture of the sleep of persons in normal
health shows that it varies according
to the daily diet and the different hours
at which sleep is begun. Altogether
the ideal hour for retiring is 10 O'clock
The sleep Of person going to bed
regularly at approximately this time
gradually augments in intensity for the
space of an hour. 1t then suddenly be
comes very profound. reaching it's max
imum intensity at about 100 o'clock
Within five or six minutes from this
time it has been found that the sleeI
begins to be less deep. In an hour the
sleeper is again in the same condition
of slumber as at about Ills. From
this time until after 2 o'clock the resi-
is steady and light. From 2 until 4
it augments, and then it consistently
diminishes until it ceases at the Gus
tomary time of rising.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
SUBMARINES IN WARFARE.
Only Men Of Iron Nerves and ouiek
Decision Can Work Them.

ut calls for men of iron nerves and
quick decision to man our submarines
either In peace or war" writes FRANK
E. Evans in st. Nicholas. "Subma
rine experts look upon the factor OF
nerves as the most important of all
and they have given to it the title OF
calculation.
Within the cramped walls that are
the home of the crew are housed the
most intricate mechanisms that mar
has invented for warfare. Outside its
steel walls are mines. great nets OF
wire, explosives, shells and seaplanes
all devised for its destruction, and the
sharp keels of ships that slice through
them as knife cuts cheese. The
smallest shell can penetrate them, and
nets can hold the submarine as help
less as a child in the grasp of a giant.
Danger lies everywhere for the ii
ger of the seas. The ocean In which
it lives is a powder tank that waits
but for spark. Only nerves Of iror
can cope against such an array of enc
mics. The slightest hesitation Of it,
captain in the face of any of then
means the end of his ship and his
crew.
"As one expert has put it, the whole
A B c Of submarine warfare is to act
at an instant's warning with nerves OF
STEEL
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
Trappinu Turtles.

In the old days in the south the ne
gro fishermen used to have an ingen-
tous and simple way of trapping fresh
water turtles. Any boy today can use
the same method with the same effect.
Turtles have favorite summing logs
Beside one of the logs sink a water
tight box two feet long and foot and
half wide. The open top Of the box
should stand about an inch above the
water. Nail the box securely against
the log in such a position that 1t will
catch the turtles that fall from the
log. After the trap has been set leave
the pond or lake for time. On re-
turning approach the log quietly from
the side opposite the box. If there
are any turtles on the log, frighten
them suddenly. They will pitch off
hurriedly into the box.-Youth's Com
panion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
HEED BAD ODORS.
They May Warn You of Places Where
Disease Germs Lurk.

Even a bad odor has its uses. Sci
entists say that the offensive smell
which comes from decaying and dis
ease breeding matter is in reality one
Of natures measures of preparedness
and Of prevention.
Offensive odors indirectly prevent the
spread Of epidemics by calling atten-
ton to the breeding place Of the dis
ease. They give warning that some
thing is wrong, and they persist in this
warning by becoming more and more
offensive until the wrong is righted.
The odor does not convey the germ
or communicate the disease. because
in most eases direct contact is neces-
sary to do this, or the infection is
communicated by some substance tax.
en- into or brought in contact with the
body. But it does tell where the dis
ease exists or is likely to exist. 1t also
gives warning of tainted or unfit food.
as the nose is intended by nature to
be one of mans chief allies in the fight
for health.
Some have even gone so far as to
state that mothers should not dis
courage or forbid children smelling
their food before they eat it. The
tendency to do this is said to be a
natural one. The nose is not placed
above the mouth by accident 1t was
designed in primitive man as a guide
post for his stomach, and it is still
good guide.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
RICE FIELDS OF JAPAN.
Mostly Tiny Gardens, but They Feed
100000 People.

Almost one half of the land capable
of cultivation In Japan is planted in
rice. Handkerchief gardens would
perhaps best describe the little rice
fields. many Of which are no larger
than a tennis court, are equally fiat
and are surrounded by rims of earth
to hold the water when the fields are
flooded. The average rice field in ia
paan is about one acre and a half In
size; but, large or small. each field
must be leveled. and each must have
its rim or dixie. Then there must be
4 system of canals to bring water to
the fields and another system of ditch
es to take it away when it is no longer
needed.
If the land were fairly level the
preparation of the ground, which Is
all done by hand, would not be SO
hard nor would it require such vast
amounts of human labor, but Japan
is a mountainous country. Terraces
must be cut from the steep hillsides
and so leveled that they will hold the
water at a uniform depth over the
small fields.
1t is said that there are 1900
square miles of rice land in Japan, the
greater part of which has been pre-
pared with an almost infinite amount
of labor. That area of land cultivat-
ed in rice virtually feeds a nation of
5OO00,O00 people.
The little fields are usually perma-
nent, and frequently a farmer owns
three or four scattered fields. That
further increases the work Of caring
for his crops. In recent years, how
ever, the government has tried to con-
sohdate the holdings of farmers by a
process Of land exchange. - Youths
Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
TEST YOUR LUNGS.
A Simple Method by Which One May
Measure His DEVELOPMENT,

People often suffer from weak, un-
developed lungs without suspecting it.
True, small, feeble lungs are usually
associated with a small, narrow or
sunken chest, but not invariably. By
means Of the misuse of physical cul-
ture it Is possible to develop large
chest muscles, thus acquiring a big
chest measurement, while the lungs
remain small and ill nourished.
Again, lung mischief is often so slow
and insidious in its approach that the
trouble is not discovered until it is
firmly established. Here, however, is
simple test which will tell you
whether your lungs are healthy or not
Take as deep a breath as you can.
and then. in slow but distinct voice
count from one onward as far as you
can without taking in more breath.
The number of seconds you can con-
tinue counting is a pretty reliable in
deX to the state Of your lungs, so you
should have some one to time you
If your lungs are sound and normal
ly developed your range will be be-
tween twenty and thirty-fve seconds
If your limit is between ten and twen-
ty seconds there is no need to be
alarmed; probably your lungs are
merely in need of exercise, to be read
lily obtained by regular deep breathing
in pure air. a range less than ten Sec
onds, however. points to more or less
mischief, and you should not delay in
having your lungs examined by a med
ical man.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
BANKS AND BANKMOTES.
EngIand's First Paper Money Was Is-
oued by the Coldsmiths.

With the almost entire use of paper
currency at the present time the his
tory Of its origin may not be uninter-
esting. In the days of the Stuarts mer-
chants used to lodge their reserves of
gold in the Tower, and when one day
Charles l., in a thoughtless moment.
annexed a large sum lodged In that
way and forgot to put it back the
merchants decided that henceforth
they would put no more trust in
princes, but would look to the gold
smiths.
The golds.niths thereby became the
first bankers, and the first goldsmith
who hit upon the novel idea of giving
a note. not only to the person who
deposited gold, but also to the person
who came to borrow, founded modern
banking with an original deposit of
$4,000.
The banker gave promise to pay up
to, say, 5,O00, and as long as there
was no immediate demand on the part
Of the persons holding these promises
to pay to have that promise converted
into cash business proceeded merrily,
but necessarily there was a limit be-
yond which it was not safe to do this
kind Of business, and it was always
possible that something unforeseen
might happen that would bring an un-
usual number of notes for presentation
As a matter Of fact, this did happen
frequently in the early days, and final
ly the government stepped in and grant
ed the almost entire monopoly Of issu-
ing notes to the Bank Of England
London Standard.