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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-18

have counted every adversary machin.
that left the air during fight, with
out assuring themselves that it had
been Ge stroyed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-18
DROPSY SPECIALIST

Usually givse quick relief,
have entirely relieved many
eeemtngiy hopeless caSeo
eUelling and short brea tn
soon gone. Often gives en-
tire relief IN ID TO - days.
Trial treatment sent FREE.
On. THOMA0 z. oRGEN
SUCCESSOR + ORR II. q.
GREENS. Soma. Bon y
CN-.sworth a.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
SATURDAY, JULY Fl, 1917

ference to a millionaire whether butter is
% cents or 90 cents.
He doesn't have to eat any less beef
when it costs so cents than when 1t
costs Is.
Sugar might be 20 cents pound and
he'd. have his regular four Jumps per.
But it DOES make difference TO the
poor-to the thousands of families where
from $40 to $50 is the total weekly in
come.
The poor HAVE TO STOP BUYING
when prices get too high.
They have TO eat poorer foods. They
have to eat less. They have TO do heavy
work on insufficient nourishment.
High prices save food-FROM THE
POOR!
Government food control means some
thing else II il is the right kind OF
control it means square deal for the
working people, on whom America de-
ponds so much in this war.
And America must treat working peo-
pie squarely now if America expects to
get back from them the right kind Of
return.
For, however patriotic the heart may
be. the stomach will conquer in the end
1t will pay back for what it gets
America does not want food control BY
THE RICH at the expense of the poor.
America has said TO the world that
America means justice.
America must make good on that at
home las well as thruout the world.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
Pointed Paragraphs

The hen thar sits on china egg
Is better on
Some men are engaged once too
seldom and some once TOO often.
Premature gray hair is what
causes the good 70 dye young
When tho klnG loses he always
comes within an ace OF winning
Women are naturally credulous
when their portraits hatter them.
We never heard OF husband and
wi.e ouarreling about which loved
the other the most
Satan never gets tired Of jollying
people who maintain they are prize
beauties
Nothing hurts man like pinning
his faith 20 mistaken idea and be-
INK scratched BY the pin
Some people are away up in the
social scale because they are TOO
Sight 20 bring n down.
A financial note says that money
is easier Perhaps II goes that way.
tu' IL comes a. hard as ever.
The look OF worry on the average
woman's face should convince giri
that men are not worth the eKertion
necessary 70 capture and then hold
them
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
Keeping Up

When they let him out of MasSachu-
sets state prison the other day ne felt
the light and heat of the sun on his
shaven head for the first time in 80
years. He bhnked his eyes, naturally.
More than that-his brain blinked.
He asked to be taken TO the navy yard.
He rode there on an electric car. There
were no electric cars Wien he was sent
up.
AT the navy yard he watched them re-
pair several government super-dread-
naughtS Dreadnaughts had not been
dreamed Of when h1 last sat on his front
porch with his coat off in the cool of the
evening and read his newspaper
Subways and aeroplanes. Skyscrapers
the list Of the commonplace of this
day which were brain-stunning novelties
70 him is endless He sat in silence
Then he tried 70 smile. but failed.
What he said was short:
81 don't feel that am alive"
Returned 10 life for the first time in
80 years. he felt less alive than at any
time in 30 wears Of living death. All he
knew ANYTHING about, any more. was
death-the death of prison
He couldn't come back. They had to
take him Blackjack to the state peni-
Tertiary.
What happened to him in 80 years may
happen 10 other men in 80 days. The
man who stands still for a month, or a
wear, is behind, and must come back He
may have been a scratch man when he
started, but the handicap is likely to
prove too much for him.
Don't fall behind II is hard to come
back. 1t is bitter TO be taken back
back 10 the rear seats Of the world the.
alter. II is better % keep UP.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
To Care for the Old
ny "a. ADDINGroN BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle 81 Person
6lity." Psychology and
Parcnthood." etc.

There is probably no class OF de-.
pendents whose welfare has been
more completely neglected who
have received less scientific study
and care. than the aged. said Or /.
l.. Narher. OF New York. al the re
cent Pittsburgh meeting OF the Ma.
tional Conference OF Charities and
Correction
so completely has the welfare OF
the aged a. scientific study been
ignored that today there IA not
hon~e tor the aged 50 far az | know.
IN which the vital problem OF the
proper feeding OF the aged is under
stood or even considered.
Or. Nasher went on 20 specify
1t mas been found that the aged
require only about half OF the
amount OF food calculated in cal
cries or food energy. that Young. &C
tive individuals require, and the pro
portions OF the three classes OF food
ere different.
The aged require less than half
OF the protein class, the tissue-form.
ing foods, such as meat. cheese. and
white OF egg
They require about half Me
amount OF carbohydrates or energy
producing food The principal tools
OF this class are the starchy lords
ana sugar.
"Of tat. the heatproducing food.
ley require almost as much as IN
Her lie
There are many other things 70 oe
carefully considered in connection
With the proper care OF old people
Most old people tho by no means
ali--markedly slow down IN their
mental processes They have more
or less dilhculfy in paying attention.
IN reasoning. in remembering Many
Old people become really lamentably
forgettul
TINS means that those caring for
them should NOT expect from them 'as
rluch as they would from younger
p, ons Yet due regard for the
nvntal weakening OF the aged Is not
always saown by their guardians
Ole people agaiu. vary EreAllY ia
he amount ~ sleep hey need Some
need much more than In younger
lfc. Others Mucn less This is
something tha, ought 10 be studied
m each case. as a means OF adding
90 the ccmiori and proloneing the
lite OF the old person concerned
The question OF exercise should
also be looked into The tendency
IN The aget ls 10 stop openair eNer'
else almost altogether But. says
Weber
"Oio persons accustomed 20 much
exercise may 90 on taking u a. long
and as uuch as D. agrees with them.
and need not think % the number ~
their years they must keep up The
habit OF exercise II they wish 20
keep up their POWER
And. unless senlle weakness Is
profound. thosc who are old should
SCI provided with lieht agreeable
modes OF mental occupation They
need some exercise Cor their minds
as truly a. they need some exercise
for heir bodies
Encourage the old 20 keep busy
tho never overbuSy Try TOO, 20
get them into the mental attitude OF
that grand old man who so Cheerily
sings
AT siNtv-tw9 ltse has begun.
sc revrrts -tlree begin 1uce more
f'IN ewItfpr a. thou near 81 the sun
And brighter shine at ninety four.
Al uinefv-fve
Shouldn't 'tou arrive
still wait on God and work and
thrive
For most people IN hne. old age
need not be time of physical In.
trrtia and mental depression II
should DO. ana can be made 4 pc
Rod OF quiet activity and pescef>l
contentmen'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
High Prices Will
Save FOOd-It Will,
Verify, From the Poor

One thing the high and rising cost OF
living does that is good-it keeps food
from being consumed.
That has been advanced as an argu-
ment against lower prices by some gen
tlemen who gamble in food in Chicago
They argue that there is a serious
shortage of some foods and that high
prices prevent all unnecessary use Of
those foods
They say that at high prices people
use only what they MUST use
And that is very good argument
for THEM.
But this is what really happens:
Under high prices the rich may have
all they want
No one imaRines that it makes any diff.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
High Spots In American History
Americas First Woman Soldier

three years. Robert was an ener-
getic soldier and proved II in a hot
skirmish near Tarrytovn. y Y.
when Robert Nas cut by sa5er
Private Shirtli1e woke up In a
hospital after long hghi with
fever DR. Binney OF Philadelphia
took an Interest in Private Shirt.
MES recovery and on the soldiers
discharge gave Robert letter 20
Gen. Washington.
Gen. washington's blue eyes shot
> keen glance az the young soldier
before him Filling out document
he handed II 20 the soldier, who
when outside, saw Il was An honora.
BE discharge. with An Informal note
~ hanks
After peace Deborah samson.
hen Mrs. Benjamin Cannot. re-
ce!ved a grant OF land in return Dor
services ~ Private ShirtliTe during
ne revolution.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
Anniversaries


is9o-phofe Islanders defeated a
feet 81 i've French private-rs ~
Block island
i75s- Benjamin Franklin brought
forward in congress a plan ~ union.
Is Battle % the Pyramids IN
which BonRparte defeated the Name
lukes and thus subHued lower Egypt
isi3-Fnrt Mega az the foot ~
slesed By a force - British and In
dams
GSI7-Joseph X Rarn.. surgeon
general u the United states army
during the civil war born In Phila-
delphia- nied in Washington. u 81.
1si2-ilhode Island observed day
~ thanksgiving tor the suppress on
~ DORIS rebellion without blood
iSsi-FederaIs defeated a, battle
az Bull Run. the frst important bat
tie ~ the civil var
1853 Nelson Dewey hrst state
governor Of Wisconsin. died In Csss-
VIZ We. Born In Lebanon. conn,
lsl5-Third note sent 10 GERMANY
by the United states concerning the
rights 81 neutral ships
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY ~ THE
WAR
Russian cavalry entered Hungary.
Russians gained near Carpathian
passes, but met strong resistance.
renCN captured enffTF 80 fIflAu
arst position on line 81 three miles.
taking $500 pTisonrrs
TODAI's BIRTHDAIs
Joseph d \. Burnquist the pres
ent governor - Minnesota. born IN
Dayton. 3lowa. IS years AK today
Checsnan a B~rrick. president "
GirSd college and head ~ the Ma
tional society FOR the Promotion 81
Industrial Education. born in Red
wood. - y. 81 years nEo today.
lpoVagsr Queen Maria chr .stina.
mother 81 the king ~ Spain born
50 years ago today
Chauncey Oicott. celebrated as an
actor in irish musical dramas born
in Buffalo 81 years ago today
Robert -. Heaton. representative IN
congress 81 the Twelfth P~nnsylva-
MA district. born in Schuvlhil
county. Pa - years ago today
John J Evers reported sold hy
tho Boston National league baseball
club 10 the philadelphia club. born
ia Troy. y y - years sEu today
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

As some war hends are charged
70 innoculate prisoners with tuber-
culosis. so the mosquito innoculates
bedroom prisoners with malaria
Keeping the family we'll in war
time means routing tho mosquito.
for he preys on tho human army n.
sclf and not on Its quartermaster' =
department.
10 away with stagnant water. In
pools, bottles. old cans, rain bar
rels. caves. cutters.
Use crude oil on stagnant ponds
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
BY RALPH COUCH.

BY NALPN COONF.
Deborah samson was teaching
school in ITS IN Plymouth. Mass.
while men were going away 70
battle
Deborah felt the urge 20 help. but
men laughed So she made 4 plan
She announced she was going 70
New York In search OF work and
started out on foot. carrying a
bundle.
Well beyond the village Deborah
disappeared In grove ~ 'rses
Al the far side OF the grove ap
peared young man.
Az dusk the figure entered Med
way. and applied for enlistment A.
the home Of Nathan Thayer
Robert Shirtlire was the name
given II was before the DAYS ~
physical examinations for appli.
cants
Private Robert ShirtliTe served
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
Life Insurance In War Time
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. l2l5. by Frank crane)

Jones is his name, plain United States
Jones, Simon ID. Jones. His middle name,
however, oughtnt to begin with big.
big d, because his middle name is Life
Insurance.
He knows life insurance backward, for
ward. and crisscroSs. He breathes life
insurance, dreams it, thinks in it, talks it
in his sleep, and is it. Also what he
knows about it is so, which is an import
ant item
met Jones the other day and he gave
me a few slants upon the subject | had
not imagined.
Whatever reasons there may have been
for men to get their lives insured under
ordinary and peaceful circumstances,
he said, there are more and better rea-
sons now.
When you say life insurance, he con-
tinued, you must put the accent on the
first syllable. 1t isn't death you're insur-
ing against; it's life you're nsuring for.
The biggest element in any mans bust
ness is himself No matter what he's
worth, his life means more than all he
owns. You could have your factory
burn, or lose your money or have all
your workmen strike, to less permanent
loss TO your business than would be en-
tailed by your own death. And that in
terms of dollars and cents. quite aside
from the inconvenience of dying
70 ipsuraoro ,,,oon- tl,o oacu,ip,
of your own life for the benefit of your
business and of those dependent upon it.
What is this two billion dollar loan
recently undertaken by the government
but Uncle Sam taking out life insurance?
And what's good for nation ought to
be good for everybody in it.
When you take out life insurance you
are Harvesting your money, making it
work for you.
You are doing, by cooperating with
others, what no man can do for himself.
For no mans life is secure. Any of us
may die tomorrow. But all of us will
live just about so long.
You can figure out TO a mathematical
certainty by the actuarial table exactly
how long the average man in group of
ten thousand will live Then by combin-
ing you secure that certainty for your
own life. as far as money iseconcerned.
Life insurance, TO Jones, is the flower
of democracy, the triumph of intelligent
organization, the defeat of the greatest
enemy 10 human happiness-Uncertain-
ty-the ogre that torments millions Of
| honest souls.
So If you haven't attended TO it before,
go straight away and do it now Insure
your life in some reputable company.
Join hands with your fellow men, and so
doing provide certainty Chats what in
surance. or assurance, means) for those
for whose sake you live and work.
This war is waking us all up to many
neglected duties. Not the least of our
obligations is to insure our lives.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
Did You?

u YOU ate $50 worth OF candy
last year you got exactly your share
The candy made commercially In
the United states during 1915 was
worth about sls5.000 600 or $50
worth for each OF the 1902 10000
people in this country.-IAdics'
home Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

that cannot be drained. 10 exter.
inmate young mosquitoes.
Burn cones Of pyrethrum powder
TO stupefy mosquitoes
Keep beds and baby's carriage
covered with netting
Use camphcr lemon Juice. oil of
peppermint or pcnnyroyal. or citron-
ella 20 repel bayonet attacks by the
mosquito squad
Best remedies az the field hos
pitfalls for mosquito victims are moist
soap. ammonia. alcohol or glycerin.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

10 the show.
You take these bills all around town" said
Lecdy clear to the end Of every street"
Then tho manager went upstairs To paint adj
vertisements new drop curtain An hour
later he down again and walked down
Main street 20 eat AZ a restaurant 10 be adver.
tlsed on the curtain
In front ~ the Grand Hotel ne came upon the
boy crying bitterly, with the bundle OF bills stlil
under his arm.
What's tho matter SOM" asked Leedy
"A man tried 10 take one OF my bills away
from me-" the boy answered
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
The Old Gardener Says:

uapIRs suIn
IVA p IoJ doIo ANN lsiD ~
unop l5s 40 6um sdluInL hos
fus isom III sIqglsssA sllIoAsJ
7.g dasH OF ksss aIB '6IHolnb
sInlgm sdIuIuL doio ia'po
amos ioJ psluym ~ punoIS Sql
sgsfun 40 Mou moiI sf9Uo Allu
-nlloddo IsAs usQn WSul luRld
pup puBu no Spas dunn 20 fld
.dns poos ds9H prrOVs Inslr'us
sgL ,lsva OF o5 o. sordr u1pIes
sU % lIsd iuB MOTT on snIIo
20 lIops sIllU sq plnoA 'lI
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
As 1t Would BE Today

Capt, Kids men had been dig
ginE for two hours without success.
Il don't think" grumbled one Of
fhe pirates. laying down his pick
and wiping the perspiration from hiS
serrated brow. there's a--potato
buried on the hull island "- Puck.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
The Policy

First Boarder-l can't think how
IL IL you manage TO fare 80 well
here I've industriously made my
self pleasant 10 the landlady and
her daughters. and yet I'm half
starved
Second Boarder-Try the cook
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

An apple tree in the front yard
OF the Joseph Zavis farm. near Dow
or. Del. blossoms each spring With
pink roses exactly like those grow
ing on a rose bush. in clusters like
ramblers The tree bears no fruit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

words lie didn't speak third person"
80 sab he took good keer dat dar no
third pussCn present Oar was only two--us
two De defendant too smart ter hab any.
body lisnln when he talkin' about his own
reskelity'
Il know that well enough. but he spoke 10
YOU In the first person, didn't be?'
II de fust pusson myself
you don't understand me When he was
talking TO you did he use the words, I will pay
you sl0'2"
NO boss he didn't say muffin about Won
pawn me $40 Yore name wasn't mentioned
'ceptin dat he tole ef cher | got inter
ccrape dat you was de best lawyer in San An
tone 10 fool de Judge and jury fac. you was
the best lawyer in dc town for coverin up any
kind of rcskelity"
You can step down"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
The Clothes Talk

Fair Thing How dare you ad
dress me- why don't know you
from Adam
Johnny That's funny I'm
dressed differently PUCK
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
The Ancient Thrill
BY eERToN eRALEY

Creakng belts cleaning
roll fsquea
limbs feet
Soldiers marching street
and
blind red
dumb Tho dronng stled
drenched
TILED
the
high.
length sooh
will gannor lost that
The ,hud and beat Of tho soldiers feet and The the
10
For The that skrrsnd the dust that The
Though be fair shall miss The fare
rhythm OF
of tho
old old thrill kill while hloodru red
the swing OF the marching
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
From Another Point of VieU
BIZ c. T. s.

Did they tell you in mournful num-
bers?
MEMORY TEST.
What county official was il who remarked:
Tony kioks 10 not alone 20 blame. For my
lssi'y deem myself in part responsble7"
They drew them out in capsules. which
fact does not make them any easier to
take.
The list Of numbers supplies one in
stance whore you cannot read the last
few lines and find how il is going TO turn
out.
Say. Mister Editor please.
What kind 81 figures are these
You've got in the paper the way they are blur.
red?
! can't make them out. no cant on my word
And my wife Is distracted. abe thinks it's g.
She's certain, she says. IT'S 3, meaning me
The is quite plain and the and the
And II that's 3 i''s the trenches for mine
am quite on the fence as some mako N a
It's a in the eyes OF the people next door
And what worries me in this game Of see-saw
Is the fact that tho thing may result In draw.
One of the first men called in De-
troit was Spilio Asinoropoulo A lot of
newspaper space could have been saved,
in instances like this, by use Of the cable
code.
We see they also called Frank Dam
osezoski and StanisIaw Drpocyk, along
with Frank aSfranski and Joseph Csi-
seer. Roll call over there promises to
sound like a soda fountain on a hot night.
They proved TO be the draft num-
bers, but we thought at first that it
might be recapitulation Of Tony
Kloka's shortage.
There's nothin' Z do. Bert. but get
out and crank or. az in
Stand STILL Rover it's only insect pow
der.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
It Is a Time That
Stirs Mems Hearts-and
Draws Tears of Mothers
War is here.

War is here.
Some time ago we remarked in this
column upon the apathy in Detroit, re-
ported general over the country, and we
gave it as our explanation that Detroit
with the rest of the country, had not
sensed the gravity of the step that had
been taken.
II was hard for people that had lived
so long in peace, practicing peace, teach
ing peace and priding themselves upon
being the representatives of a civilization
furthest advanced, to bring themselves
TO believe their country actually and
sternly at war.
A feeling permated everywhere, even
though war had been declared, that none
of the nations sons would actually bleed.
The material resources of the country
might be called into action; our money
might have to be spent in gigantic sums
il might be necessary for Us 10 stint our
stomachs and conserve in many ways
perhaps our warships would be needed TO
make lane for our commerce through
the submarine blockade.
That is as far as the general opinion
would venture in its conception OF what
our part would be in the war.
That we would raise an army and that
it would fill trenches in France struck
very few people as probable.
They felt, for one thing, that the par
ticipation Of the United States in the
lending of its material resources would
so certainly fix the fate of the Kaiser
that the war would be over before any
mother said goodbye to her son, offering
him up to the fate of actual fighting IN
France, whence had come the stories OF
butchery that would hardly haze been ven
tured in fiction four years ago.
BUT UNITED STATE REGULARS
ARE IN FRANCE NOW.
That fact proves that Washington has
not entered the war with any idea of our
army being a wallfower.
And now they have drawn the fateful
numbers.
Each number amounts to visit by a
messenger to the door Of home standing
with a reckoning finger at the door,
meaning:
young man, have come for you.
You are going to France
And war is here.
We are a step nearer the trenches.
The young man will present himself
before the local exemption board.
He will have to stand a physical exam
ination.
If defective, he will be returned to his
home
Will he fill with JOY at the word that
he will not do?
Possibly so; PROBABLY not.
That is characterized by some as one
of the strange things about war-this
willingness on the part of men to offer
themselves to war.
But it is not strange thing about
war at all.
1t is most natural thing belonging to
manhood and patriotism.
And it is not confined to men.
There will be many a disappointed
mother when she learns that her boy
could not qualify.
That is another most natural thing, be-
longing to our WOMANHOOD and patri-
otism.
This war has found its slackers and
there will be slackers in their hearts who
will never be known, but very, very few
of them will be mothers Of sons called
upon to make the supreme sacrifice.
The call of this hour is not so much up
on men as it is upon those who have
given their country men.
1t is time that wrings their hearts
as it stirs mems souls.
Their tears are part Of war.
But they respond nobly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
One-Sided

Pop. what Is monologie'
a monologue. my son. Is A con
versation a woman carries on with
her husband
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

snow. i ne troupe lhnueu IN
Vermont town few hours in
the lead Of the sheriff. and
with only 81 in the treasury.
business had been bad.
Leedy spent the 50 FOR hand.
bills. over ~ the opera house
he picked ont likely looking
boy 10 peddle the literature.
promising the youngster a pass
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

Charlie Lcedy conducts daily column In 4
Youngstown (Ohio) newspaper. But before he
Joined the church he was manager Of q minstrel