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times of the year. In midsummer,
she adds shoes and stockings, gowns
and jackets as the wind rises or the
clouds thicken.
Night care of baby is even more
important than daytime care when
the temperature is torrld.
The most airy room in the house
should be requistioned for baby's
sleeping place. The government
bulletin on infant care advises the
child be kept out Of the sun altogether
and out of doors, if possible, during
the late afternoon and evening until
the house grows cool. If there is a
screened porch, he may sleep out all
night, provided he is protected from
changes in the weather,
Wherever he sleeps be should be
shielded from flies, mosquitoes and
the wind. A diaper, band and lose
cotton gown is sufficient covering.
A baby should never be put down to
sleep in all Of his clothes, His shoes
and stockings should always be re
moved.
But the baby's feet and abdomen
must be kept warm. The flannel
band over the stomach and bowels is
baby's most important piece of cloth
ing in all seasons.
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to be satisfied.
What terrible thing It must be,
dear, for those poor women who know
they will bring an unwanted or so
called illegitlmate child into the world
who know the coming baby, which
should be the GROWING glory Of a wo.
mans life, will bring the pillory OF
scandal, which means not only dis
grace for her. but the innocent child
as well.
"Margie, as soon as my baby comes
I am going to try and interest Eliene
and other Influential women in an at
tempt to have laws enacted making
all children born into the world
whether in the shelter Of marriage
or outside Of 1t, Legitimate,
1--WE have lived too long under that
cruel, mosaic law which says the sins
Of the fathers shall be visited on the
children. We women Of this age
should make 1t our first duty, not only
to our selves, but to those who come
after, to see It is mitigated as far as
possible.
This. my dear, is my first letter
to you on your journey, Don't open
the other envelope except on dates
that are marked. / want you tt
have good time, Margie, and want
Dick to get we'll, but most Of all
dear( want you and Dick to come
back bringing with you not only the
health Of your bodies, but the health
Of your souls"
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Miss Laura Baker has retnEgea
been the guest of relatives toE z
week. IS jtgs
"A gVnFlF.N1R1sD "a
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ISnchbug NaST-S;I; needed q =
R building!up trealne1t apdSs1 had
learned Of bS. Pieree trelpe !
was run down and ! lad lsoEas aA9
hon. ~ Was not so ont 'nalow paIs
What was pee3e get
THe 'Favorlte1 PfeSCI ptlpaiI aud tSol1'
en- Medical Disco yeFg,F were gEed steads
Ily for seyeEal, u is. J; strong.
er and thisItreat lelge me- very
much. L am gfad to- end AZ q
girls and young II - y
KYLE, teloSB esifoSa Mp h ~.
Clifton E6Fge, eaIaI ~ II.
pierces G oaeh was
found to 'beIas Il z III % thor
ourh trial, inlo1fs family. HSWds used
as 4 tonic 6ylnifyl 81 tsry and st q ~ her
great coSSiSd.S We. afSgaysi speak .well q
I'Dr. Pierce,s raneg les and Eeeo nmeld
them. "4.NIBs. NEAsTIIA GG0NNO1a 81
I'Roxbury st. !, sS& ,iFsa
AS an aDRatizing, restorative tonic,
Dr.. pierce'siGoId den MEDICAL Discovery
sets at work all tie processes OF diges
ton and nutrition, and bullds up nesh
and strength, Ytsf. - ~
1t arouses the. little muscular hhres
into activity and causes the gastric
Juices to thoroughly mix with the food
YOU eat, simply because. 1t supplies the
stomach with pure, rich blood. It's
weak, impure blood that causes stom-
ach weakness, Get good blood Through
the use of Dr. Pierce,s GOLDEN Medical
Discovery, and you win apEe 40 more
indigestion. rs
It is the worlds proved tonie ana
blood purifier It's Dot ,a'secret reln'
edy for its Ingredients are printed on
the wrapper, Start to take tt today
and before another day has passed,
the impurities Of the blood vial begin
to leave. :.
FREE.-pr, PiGrce's Medical 1dvis:
er, cloth-bound, sent free on receipt O.
three dimes Tor stamps to pay ex'
pense of mailing ;loilaV. Dr. Pierce 1Ila
valids' Hotel, eds Main st., Buffalo, N,XI
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THE DAILY |
SSHORT STORY
The Home Guard.
BY EARL REED slLVERs.

Teopyright, 1917, by the MccEaSe
Newspaper syndlcate)
sTU yaEN the Railway Home Guard
nv was organized Doris Brown was
w inclined to be critical.
1T will never do me any good or
you, either" she told Pete AlbertS one
Of the high privates in the rear ranks
II don't see why in the world you wan
ted to join"
II didn't want to, exactly Pete
fastened to assure her But ! felt
that the city needed protection.
"1umph A lot of protection you
could give us. What do you have to
do"
''My especial duty is to guard the
approach over the East Milton avenue
bridge" Pete explained with dignity
"As soon as q summons comes ! am
TO seize my revolver, club, badge,
1lashlight and whistle and beat 1t 10
the bridge. Then l am to refuse to
ut any one enter the city until re-
celye orders from police headquarters
Doris smiled ever so family.
"Why did they give you the Milton
avenue brldge?" she asked.
because It's only five minutes from
my house. And the probably knew
that / had an especial grudge against
some one living on the other side"
Il suppose you mean Jim?
"You supposed right. Are you going
to let me come to see you tomorrow
night?"
sim, l suppose"
"You supposed right" Doris smiled
mockingly. HE asked me two days
"Thats the way he always does,
It's habit OF his to ask you year or
80 In advance and then no one else
has chance"
"Well, he's coming; SO l suppose
that's all there is to it."
For moment or two Pete was ST.
"Gee!" he said finally, Il wish he
weren't coming. If he shouldn't come,
do you think you could stand me Tor
two nights In succession"
Il guess could. But it won't do any
good to think about it"
"But il something should happen and
he didn't got here by o'clock, Will
you let me come instead?"
Doris nodded.
"Hes always here by s." she an
swered. $50 If he isn't around by .,
and you'll telephone me, III let you
come"
When Pete went home that even
ing he smiled happily, Something
seemed to tell him that he was going
to see Doris within twenty.four hours
10 be perfectly frank, Pete had re-
ceiver inside information that the
Guard was to be called out the next
night and plan had entered his mind
which argued i'll for Jim Stone.
The inside information proved to
be correct for exactly 1880 Of the
evening in question Pete received a
telephone call to report at once at his
station. He seized his gun and other
paraphernalia and joyfully departed
upon his mission.
It was dark night and the bridge
twenty minutes Pete sat upon the
iron railing waiting for some one to
approach. Finally His patience was
rewarded. Footsteps sounded near
and black figure doomed before
him. Pete leaped to the middle Of
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MeatIess Days During
Summer Real Economy
BY RIDDY BYE.

Not much will be saved by the cook
who leaves her meatless days to
chance. France has two meatless
days a week, Monday and Tuesday,
and France has many big lesson to
teach America about conserving food
The first is this system Of going with
out meat on fixed days.
The average family will not find
fault with meatless days in midsum'
mer. Hereafter the wartime menus in
this series will be made out with meat
substitutes on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Sundays.
Breakfast-Puffed rice and berries,
creamed toast, coffee.
Dinner-steak stuffed with dress
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the road.
Halt" he cried.
The approaching figure halted.
whats up?" he asked wonderingly.
"I'm a member Of the home guard
and I've been instructed not to let
any one pass until 1 receive further
orders. You'll have to 90 back"
The light of understanding came
suddenly to the challenged party
ooh, hello, Pete" he said. I'm jim
Stone"
~ don't care il you're President
Wilson. You can't pass" Pete grin
ned into the darkness.
"But I've got an engagement in town
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NEW YORK, July 2S,-Ever since
ribbons were invented, woman has
been busy planning new ways to use
them. All summer she has worn mar
row width Of black somewhere about
her various kinds Of collars, A new
idea, and a clever one, is to run the RIB
bon, as through beading, about the edge
Of her collar.
None of these quaint ties end in
bows. The ends are simply turned
over once, and allowed to fall below
the bust.
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Ngopyright, 1917, BY the McCF't'e
Newspaper syndlcate)
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HEALTH HINTS

One of the most prevalent eye infec.
tons is trachoma or true granulatea
lids. ,-.v
This disease usually makes itself
known by redness, itching and water
ing of the eyes. =,
It is not new. Perhaps 1t is one OF
the oldest, for knowledge OF 1t e&'
tends far back into the early centuE'
les, reference to it having been found
among the writings Of the Greeks Ro'
mans, and Egyptians.
Doubtless at first 1t was confined
to the far east and was probably car
ried from the restricted areas, working
its way westward until It penetrated
Europe and from there reached our
eastern shores through unrestricted
immigration.
BY some authorities the return OF
Napoleon's soldiers from Egypt in 1902
has been credited with its spread
through southern Europe,
m 1897 this disease was classed un'
der the head dangerous, contagious"
by the U. S. Public Health service and
the deportation Of aliens SO afflicted
became mandatory
To avoid contracting trachoma:
Keep in good physical condition.
Have large windows In the home
which will admit fresh air and sun
shine.
Do not use a family" towel, espe:
cially if a member of the family has
sore eyes.
Always make sure that the wash
basin is clean before using 1t.
Do not sleep with persons having
sore eyes nor use bedclothes used by
them.
HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
Miss G. A.; Am troubled by an ex.
cessive amount of hair on my face.
Is there any safe way this may be re-
moved%
Electric needle treatments Is about
the only safe and sure cure for this.
There are others but they usually
cause the hair to return Coarser than
before. Unless it really is a disfigure.
ment it may be best to leave it alone.
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PACE FOR WOMEN AND THE HOME 81

| ing, rolled and roasted; boiled potR'
toes and peas, lettuce and onion salad,
watermelon, iced coffee.
| Supper - Ham sandwiches, potato
salad, raspberry cream cake, iced tea
Monday.
Breaktast-cold molded corn starch
and milk, toast and coffee.
Luneheon-Cottage cheese, lettuce
sandwiches, cookies, tea,
Dinner - Goldfish hash. cornmeal
mullins, beet salad, lemon ice.
Tuesday.
BreakfaSt-Fruit, omeet, toast, cot
fee.
LunOheou-Brown bread, iced butter
milk, melon,
Dinner-Macaroni in aspic, string
beans, cold slaw, boiled custard, tea.
"Wednesday.
Decentralization, corn flakes and
cream, biscuits, coffee.
Luncheon - Bread, cheese, marina
lade and tea.
Dinner-Meat loaf with rice, cooked
Starchy vegetables, trult salad, tea,
Thursday,
Breakfast - Prunes and cream, rice
mullins, coffee.
Luncheon-Corn pudding, egg sand
wiches. iced tea.
| Dinner-vegetable and meat stew
cucumber and radish salad, blackberry
cobbler and cream.
Friday.
Breakfast-Molded cereal with Der
ries, toast, coffee.
Luncheon - Cream cheese with
brown bread, pickles or salad, tea.
Dinner - Pea soup, Creamed pota
toes, cheese souffle, tomato salad, fruit
tarts.
Saturday.
observation-disclosures and cream, Gin
namon rolls, coffee.
Luncheon-Rye or corn meal batter
cakes and sugar syrup, sliced peaches
tea.
Dinner-Flsh balls and rice, mixed
ua0ata h1a oolod Pr,,jf ~ rooIop
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

(To Be Continued Nest Sundov.)
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Italy Our Ally
Under National Unity The Modem Mind Begins TO Re0eol
Itself in Economic Efficiency
Bu Arthur Gleason

[The lgriter ,cqs d member Of one Of the
last EMISSIONS" TO enter Gorivia, CiUidale,
and to Lue in Udme-tbe Wfated cities
Of the recent Austrian driUe lie 1cds q
member of the Anglo-Americon y. II. {.
4. delegation, inrited By the Italian goc-
ernment. The delegation received the per-
mission Of the ftat-mGjor to establish hutS
(casa del soldato) in the military zone,
such huts as the French and the British
and the Americans hare. Some Of those
huts 1gere to hare been raised in the eastern
region nor captured BIZ Austria. There IS
all the more need fof huts for the italian
army in the6 new positions. They no"
face their scUerest test. america must
help her ally to hold fast and keep cheer
ful. A Red Triangle Int is as usetuL for
morale cs shells are for guns.l
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Anti-Vnisectionist Fancies

Even in these days the opponents Of
experimental research in medicine find
time TO carry on their pernicious work
both in this country and in Europe. Dr.
". r, Hadwen, of the British Union for
the Aboiition Of Vivisection, is now cir
culat,hg a pamphlet Of interesting fig
ures" designed TO show chow and why GER
tain important diseases have increased or
decreased during the last fifteen years"
The figures, Of course, are so managed
as to persuade Tn. incautious reader that
experiments on animals have led to no use
full results but that on the contrary, the
conclusions drawn from such experiments
are invariably wrong and can lead to
nothing but mischief.
Salyarsan, one Of the great modern dis
coyeries, is singled out as peculiarly dan
gerous. nor does DR.. Hadwen scruple to
insnuate that. though it has increased the
mortality Of the very disease it is designed
to mitigate or cure, the doctors continue
to use it for sordid reasons. National in
surance money" lie says, "has actually
been used for the purpose Of inventing
and manufacturing limitations of this dan
gerous drug, and there is no question that
behind al the morbid sensationalism arti-
fcially created in regard to the treatment
Of this disease, at public expense, lies the
wire pulling of commercial interests"
1t will not be forgotten that few years
ago the same Dr. Hadwen was sneering at
certain New World vivisectors" for their
experiments with adrenalin, which he then
supposed involved killing somebody to get
at his Kidneys"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
The Submarine Depth Bomb

(Froul The Scientific ADtericdH)
Its (the depth bombs) destructiveness Is
based upon the fundamental fact that water
is incompressiblc, and that the shock Of de-
tonating mass Of high explosive under water
is felt Immediately in all drections-the ef-
feet diminishing, Of course, with the distance
from the bomb. It will be remembered that
in one of our earlier chapters on the sub
marine j.: was stated by Hudson Maxim that
four cubic feet Of trinitrotoluol at the mo-
mont Of detonation produces 10000 cubic feet
Of gas. Now, when mine or bomb or torpedo
war head is detonated the expanding gases
seek the line Of least resistance. In the case
Of torpodoed ship this line leads into the
hollow interior Of the ship, the incompressble
water forming an abutment in all directions;
but when a mine or depth bomb is detonated
the line of least resistance is upward and the
gases cut their way quickly to the surface.
carrying q fountainlkc mass Of water to a
great height into the air. If the explosion
takes place AZ a considerable depth, however,
the resistance 20 the upper escape Of the
gases is greater, and the shock transmitted
through the water in all directions is pro-
portionatay increased. Failing to blow up
the surface of the ocean, the bomb must blow
up the submarine.
The dcstructiveness of the bomb against the
submarine will depend upon two things; first.
the depth at which it is detonated and, sec
ondly, the distance from the bomb 20 the sub
marine. Manifestly then, it is advisable to
Getonate the bomb below the submarine, as
thu shock transmitted will be proportionaliy
greater than il II were above it, other things
being equal. As 10 the distance az which an
explosion would be absolutely destructive,
rupturing the plating and sinking the sub
marine, Mr.. Hudson Maxim writes US that II
800 pounds OF trinitrotoluol we're exploded
deep under water within l25 feet Of a deeply
submerged submarine il would completely de-
stToy a. smaller charges would, OF course.
have 20 be detonated proportionately closer 10
the submarine 90 secure destructive action.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Sir Arthur's Heaven

1t is a very solid and substantial heaven
;hat Sir A. Conan Doyle promises to the
readers Of "The Metropolitan" How he
contriyed to acquire 50 intimate and pre-
else a knowledge of conditions in the
next world he does not clearly explain, but
the description itself is as clear as any
one coa'd desire, and perhaps it should
suffice that it is founded entirely on in
formation given by departed spirits.
Sir A. Conan Doyle used to be a down
right disbelieyer, and he gives over several
columns to his conversion. This auto
biographical introduction is exactly like
all other confessions Of the kind, and, with
out offence TO the author the reader may
be advised 10 skip everything that goes
before the line: "Continued on page 6S.'
For it is in among the toothpastes, the
correspondence schools, toilet
creams and genuine diamonds that heaven
is revealed 10 him, and he will find this
more interesting than the authors mental
struggles or even his theological specu-
lationS.
To begin with, the departed spirit finds
that his new and ethoral body "is the exact
of his old one; only it is bet
ter, because "all disease. weakness or de-
formity has passed from IT," II hangs
about the old one for while, and it is gen
orally at this moment, when the dead
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

man is nearer to matter than he will ever
be- again." that it is apt TO manifest itself
in the form We call a ghost or supernat-
ulal apparition. Sir Arthur explains why
spirits do not usually think or making
themselves visible. "In most cases." he
saws. Il imagine that the dead man Is
much too prccccupied with his own ama@-
.n.- experience TO have much thought Tor
others
The notion that his amazing experience
includes Transformation into something
quite unlike his old self is all wrong. how
ever. Il is true that the bumps are
smoothed out and that the new form IS
much more comely than the old, but 1t IS
easily recognizable. What is 1t to
mother" asks Sir Arthur "if some imper-
soual glorifed entity IS shown to her?
She will say. That is not the son ! lost; J
want his yellow hair, his quick smile, his
little moods that / know so we'll That IS
what she wants; that, I believe, is what
she viii have
In short. "thcsc new forms are the ab-
soute reproduction Of the old ones at their
best" and they have delightful way Of
adapting themselves, "the young growing
I'D and the old reverting until all come to
the normal"-whatever the normal may
be. No one has to bother about food or
money or doctors bills, but music and all
the arts are still cultivated, and nations
are still roughly divided" 50 we shall not
be obliged to associate with the Germans.
Ue1p. there is no he'll
It would be pity to spoil the readers
pleasure by entering into further details.
These hints should serve, however, to stim-
ulate his curiosity. One word more on
point that has often puzzled skeptics-the
Immortality of breeches, according to the
testimony of many who have seen ghosts.
"The people are clothed" Sir Arthur says,
"as one would expect, since there is no
reason why modesty should disappear with
our new FORMS"
On one much debated point he leaves us
still in doubt. He does not tell US what
the means of locomotion are on the other
side. He speaks, indeed, in one place Of
the newly departed spirit floating beside
the old body" but exactly how the floating
is done we are not told. 1t will be remem-
bered that the author Of "a Journey from
This World to the Next" learned to his
that his spirit had not the
gift of flying, circumstance which ne
q = L.
neither wings nor feathers, but he was
greatly relieved to find that he could hop
so far that it served his turn almost as
well. It is to be regretted that Sir Arthur
has not cleared up this doubtful point, but
it is about the only one on which his in
formation is not precise and thoroughly
satisfactory.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Patriotism
1t Is Bound To Be Narrow. Like Every
Normal Human Being

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Richard Marlowe's assertions befor.
a Red Cross gathering about the spirit Of
America" evidently convinced himself ara
perhaps some Of his hearers. Tha: style Of
talk is very well for mixed assemblies, wher.
time must be filed and no prejudice.
offended, but its loose generalities are len
to individual Interpretation with strange 70.
suits. The other day heard foreign WORK.
man rebuked for insolenee, and his reply wa,
that he was an American and free to speak
as he chose. A few minutes later he Sas
free TO look for another job and exercise "the
right Of the individual to achieve his own
Destiny Ny definition of an American is
concrete and Observation-Disclosures Rich.
ard Marlowe says it is narrow and proyin.
cial, but so am /; so is every normal human
being in the matter Of patriotism. We react
to stimuli so primitive that they may we'll BE-
pre-human.
Patriotism evolved from the instinct for
the pack and lair, for the clan and bunting
grounds, to loyalty to race and homeland
This loyalty 20 ons's own place and people Is
naturally narrow and provincial. ana three
generations is hardly enough to transfer IL
to another race and land
An American of Huguenot descent going
through an old town of France said TO me:
Il feel at home here; these are my people,
The hrst time | heard "Men of Devon she
narrow provinciality of that faraboyant song
moved me TO tears. Like the Huguenot.
said: These are my people" The natural.
lied aliens with the A. Z. f. are treated in
every way exactly like the Americans Of three
generations. How are they wronged II these
consider them in a different clsss-as Amer.
leans, not soldiers-from themselves? They
are. They are laying splendid foundation
for the AmericaUism of their great-grand.
children, but il ray or may not suffice for
themselves II they are put to the crucial tes,
of our disloyai German citizens. Sore Of
these fought in the Civil War. Many are he
children Of those who fought, but the roots
Of their loyalty have not had time 10 strike
deep into American SOIL
] eXecrate the activities of these persons.
but | understand the narrow and provincial
allegiance to their fatherand and respect Il
which respect is in nowise incompatible
with hearty hatred of Teutons and their
ways and determination to fight them TO
fnish-their finish.
Incidentally, if Richard Marlowe knows any
three-generaton Americans who admit that
naturalized aliens are in their class as Amer
leans, it is more than | 10.
MARTA LEONARD.
Mount Kisco. n. Y, Dec. Z, 1917.