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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-07-13

The Randhox BAD.

A travelling bag displayed next to a
r jersey sports suit takes the shape
OF a round hat box and is about that
size. Black leather is used for the
binding and handle, while the bag it.
self is of black and tan. narrow striped,
glazed leather.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-07-13
ART OF aoWDE RINe.

= Applying face powder has be-
y come an art and there isn't one
y woman In a hundred who under
y stands it properly. She either
\ puts on too much or not enough.
y Usually she uses too much and
= then does not know how to re
y move II so that the effect re-
y mains without the powder show
i ing. First have the face perfect
y " clean. and choose a powder
y that suits the tint of the natural
y skin. Powders are offered in six
= distinct shades. After these i'm
y porlant points have been observ-
y ed dust the powder owe the face
i with a generous hand, using a
y piece Of absorbent cotton in
y preference to a powder puff
y This is more sanitary and better
y for the skin. Do not forget to
y powder the neck. ears and eye
y lids. When they are neglected
= the face looks queer, and the
y eyelids become too prominent
y Then with the finger tips gently
y manipulate the face, rubbing the
y powder in. not. brushing it off,
i as the ignorant oma will do
y Rub under the eyes and up close
y to the hair, and for the eyebrows
y and eyelashes use d small brush.
y The face will look smooth, and
y the powder will remain on a long
= time if this method is pursued.
y
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-07-13
YOUNG FOLKS
Sleepy Time Story About the
Days of Fairies.
WHAT A MONARCH LEARNED.

Wisdom of an Old Saying Clearly
Proved-Foliy of Putting Off Until
Tomorrow What Can Be Done Today.
Strange Experience of a King.
Well, children, said Uncle Ben to
little Ned and Polly Ann, I am re-
minded of a story that you like to
hear. 1t Is about
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-07-13
a Sprinq Parade.

A procession of juvenile riders may
not be quite so impressive as q mill
tary parade or a display of fashion on
the boulevard. but 1t is fully as inter
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Mediation Fony.

Leave it to the German foreign
Office to reduce a bankrupt diplomacy
to new and heretofore unprobed
depths of crudity.
The world has never seen anything
exactly like it. Here is Germany al
most at the end of its tether, out
lawed practically by the entire family
of nations, making another move
whose bare suggestion has aroused
the resentment of the State Depart
ment, and which, if taken seriously,
is hardly less than an insult to the
United States.
There is a grotesque ring to the
idea of mediating our differences with
Berlin now. 1t is a clumsy, counter
felt coin of diplomacy conceived by
some wooden-headed bureaucrat in
Wilhemstrasse and abetted by some
ill-starred neutral envoy amenable to
German influence. There is grandiose
folly about the idea in the present
crisis.
If Germany wants to avoid the war
which now seems inevitable, she must
do nothing more or less than suspend
her submarine anarchy and murder.
That is the only price Of peace which
the United States will accept or even
consider. Even the shadow of fur
ther negotiation with Berlin is nause-
ating to the American palate.
Of course, the whole mediation
plan is flung out for propaganda pur-
poses; for instigating division in Con-
gress when it meets; for promoting
chatter among the pacihsts, reviving
activity among pro-Germans, and
making the Presidents task more diff
fcult. AS such it is based on an
abyssmal ignorance of ,the whole
spirit of America.
Occasion has been had before to
say that Deutschtum never learns
anything. Every step that the Ger
man foreign Office makes emphasizes
it. German diplomacy, developing
the Bismarckian ideal to the ultimate,
is one OF the double-starred curios of
history.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
ARMY ORDERS.

ReHgnAtton By First Lieut.. Philip LeEey accepted.
Capt James A. Shannon dosziled as assistant
professor Of military science and tactics at Harvard
University. cambridgs, Mss.
Capt Campbell King detailed a. professg Of
military sc1s1ce and tactics At Indiana University.
Bloomington. Ind
Capt Charles d. Heron, report TO COMMANDING
officer Fort Slocum. N. Y. and accompany detach.
ment Of recruits to Southern Department
Col William A. Skunk detailed a. senior inspe-
torinstructcr of the SirtCenth Tentative National
Guard Division and will prooeed to salt Lake
City. Utah.
Leave for ten days granted Fr<t Lieut. John n.
Jouett
Capt Roy c. Hehehower detailed as a member q
the board of officers appointed TO meet at Fort
Bliss. Tex. fo- the mental aud physical exaInina.
ton OF candidates for admission 70 the United
States Military Academy, vice Capt James y.
Johnston.
Lieut. Col Frederick P. Reynolds and Mai. Lncius
L. Hopwood eiieTCd from thgir present duties and
stations and are detailed inspector-ins;ruetnrs
OF sanitary troops Of the National Guard The,
VIII proceed 10 SeE YOck. n Y
Leave for one month granted Col. William J.
Snow.
Leave for seven days granted FIut Leut. John
@. Quekemeyer
Col. Daniel L. Tate detailed as senior insp-cto-.
instructor Of cavalry IL the Fifteenth Tentative
National Guard Division. He viii proceed tc
San Antonio, Tex. for station
Mai Frank w Need relieved from his preSefi
station and dutie> and is detailed as 1nspeto-
nstructor Of sanitary troops Of the National Guard
He viii proceed n Syracuse n Y
Lieut. Col. Harry II. Brandhotz in addition q
his other duties will perform the duties Of chic
OF STAN OF the SIKH National Guard Division
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
The Hindenburg Line.

The Hindenburg line through
Bouai, La Fere, and St. Quentin has
been spoken of as impregnable, pro-
,vided the retreating bosche could Sc
cure himself in it; but the tidings
from the French front yesterday have
caused hasty revision of the first
conclusions of the facile military ex-
perts.
1t may not be impregnable after
all. There is more than a suggestion
that the German retirement has been
so discommoded and harassed by the
French cavalry that the whole plan
Of retreat has been called into ques-
ton. In the battle now raging around
ST. Fere the gallant French have a
fair chance of doing that which they
set their hearts upon when the
Somme drive began last August-of
breaking through the, German line.
1t is no more than a chance, but the
whole operation emphasizes the fact
that pressure will be applied to the
new front-if the Germans choose to
make a stand upon it-much sooner
than the German general staff has
counted upon.
The German critics are painting
the voluntary retirement from the
Somme asa brillisnt piece Of strategy.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
A Good Omen.

With war knocking at the doors OF
the country, the announcement that
on June a, the date of the reunion of
the Confederate Veterans, the boys
in gray will be escorted up Pennsyi-
vania avenue by members Of the
Grand Army of the Republic pos
sesses peculiar significance.
II means that the hatred, bitterness
and ill-will that long existed between
the people of the North and the peo-
pie of the South has at last disappear
ed. 1t has taken more. than half a
century to obliterate this sectional
ism, to dim the unpleasant memories
of the days of civil strife, and to de-
velop a full realization that the nation
is united forever and that all Ameri-
can citizens, regardless of the par
ticular locality where they reside, are
brothers and friends and co-workers.
Like all evolutionary processes, the
change was gradual. The transfor-
nation could not have beer expected
to take place in decade, or even in
single generation.s But with the
death of the old generation and the
birth of the new, memories of the
days of strife grew fainter and corre-
spondingly the tinge of bitterness
grew less prominent. 1t took the call
for volunteers at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war to crystalline
this change. With the call to arms
came for the first time a full realiza-
tion that sectionalism had to disap-
pear, that petty differences had to be
cast aside, that the nation had to
stand united to confront a common
foe.
Nearly. two decades have passed
and now above the din of European
warfare is heard the call of the Presi-
dent of the United States for prepara-
tions to guard American lives and
property on the high seas and to fight,
if needs be. the power that decreed
the heinous submarine slaughter.
Since the European war began there
has been continuous talk of hyphen-
ism and pro-Germanism abroad in the
land. But the day for chickering's, for
accusations, for suspicious is over.
The nation faces war. 1t is the time
for every out-and-out American citi-
zen to announce his fealty to the Stars
and Stripes, and for the nation to
stand united, wedding out those un-
loyal persons who in an hour of peril
treacherously sympathize with a
world menace
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
NOT CRAVENs

My Country. 1 appeal to thee,
The far-famed Land of Liberty.
To thee l cry;
Shall We, each German insult bear,
And each vile act, through craven fear
To do or die?
The blood of Jackson, Grant and Lee
Was shed that we, their sons, be free
Yet brothers all;
Shall We forget that Blue and Gray
So freely gave their lives away
At Cuba's call? .T
Shall leaders tell us Hold and Wait
While thousands go to unknown fate,
In untold pain? .
shall German hordes and Hungary beasts,
On blood and bones of loved ones feast,
Their cries In vain?
No! BY the Gods, we will not stand
For such dishonor to our land,
Our country proud:
Wen fight; tho thousands may be CLAIM.
Yet, dying, win efface the stain
In deaths cold shroud.
In butchers hearts well plunge the
knRe, -.E r.
And never will we quit the strife,
Till blades are rust:
Well die, IL need be, IN this fight,
For well We know. that In Gods sight.
Our cause Is Just
IS. B. JOKES.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
RUB YOUR BACK!
STOPS LUNbAGO
Don't Drug Kidneys! Rub the Pain
Right Out with Old st.
Jacobs OIL"

Back hurt you? Can't straighten up
without feeling sudden pains, sharp
aches and twinges? Now listen! That's
lumbago, sciatica, or maybe from a
strain, and you'll get blessed relief the
moment you rub your back with sooth-
ing, penetrating est. Jacobs OIL" Moth
ing else takes out soreness, lameness
and stiffness so quickly. You simply
rub it on and out comes the pain. It
Is perfectly harmless and desn't burn
or discolor the skin.
Timber up! Don't suffer! Get a small
trial bottle from any drug store, and
after using 1t just once, you'll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbago
or scfatica, because your back will new
er hurt or cause any more misery. 1t
never disappoints and has been recon-
mended for 60 years. Stop drugging
lcidneys! They don't cause backache,
because they have no nerves. therefore
can not cause pain.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP NOSTRILS
Tells How to Get Quick Relief from
Head Colds. Its Splendid!

In one minute your clogged nos
trils Will open. the air passages OF
your head will clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking
snuffling. blowing, headache, dryness
No struggling for breath at night;
your cold or catarrh will be gone
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little Of this fragrant, antiseptic
healing cream in your nostrils II
penetrates through every air passage
of the head. soothes the inflamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine! Don't stay stuffed
up with a cold or nasty catarrh-Re-
lief comes so Quickly.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

special service which the roads would
have 70 perform.
In the minds Of some students Of
railroad conditions In the country there
has been question as to the ability OF
the roads to carry out their plans These
critics point 10 the time that was re-
quired to transport the 10000 militia
men who were sent TO the Mexican Dor.
der last spring. Railroad officiais. how
ever. assert that the large measure OF
delay should not be placed at theii
doors, and add that no particular oppor-
tunity had been permitted to prepare foi
this hauling.
There was likewise much criticism Of
the provision made for feeding th'
troops in transit. No fault, however. b
found with the railroads for this neglect
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Who wants to be 4 fireman or a
policeman? Maj. Pullman or Chief
Wagner would like to hear from ap-
plicants for the Metropolitan force.
Maybe the fact that recruiting for
the army is so brisk accounts for
the lack of applications.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Perhaps it was. By any name it looks
exceedingly good to Paris and Lon
don, which are naturally grateful to
the enemy for conceding a big slice
of ground which otherwise would
have cost hundreds of thousands Of
lives. Further German victories Of
the same type will be highly accept
able.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

John D. Rockefeller, jr., with his
wife and children visited the Treas
ury yesterday and took a peek at the
governments resources. Possibly he
wondered how soon his own treas
ury would match the United States
figures
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Woman Says She's Tired
Seeing Abandoned Package

On the hatrack of a little hall at ZlSgJs
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. there Is
lying package left during the inaugural
ceremonies by Mrs. Considine, who loves
on Route No. l, Tongenonce, Kansas.
There is no mystery connected with
the package-no suspicion that il may
contain bomb or anythink like that. 1t
is just a plain. ordinary package and
the lady who lives at that address is
tired of looking after it and has asked
the police TO locate the woman
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

>a'rrettes in MILDLY blouses will
net lick amiss after all. Now that we
are to have women sailors in the
naval reserve a new sea slang will
have TO be invented. Now it is Arms
and The Woman"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Milwaukee journal.

| We shall do well to avoid discussion
of matters which cannot be helped. II
| is our part to resist attack on ourselves
to help restore order and sanity to a
| distraught world.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Lost: A crown, all set with precious
stones; had been in the family for
two hundred years. Last seen in Pet
rogrsd about two weeks ago. Lib
eral reward If returned to ex-Czar
Nick, somewhere in Russia"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Philadelphia Inquirer

OF course. this hurry-up call means
but one thing-that it is considered in
Washington that a state of war exists
by the action OF Germany. and that
immediate steps must be taken to meet
the situation. Germany is at war with
US today-is making direct war on every
American vessel she can find. There
IA nothing for US to do but strike back.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Indianapolis. Star

I'VE do not" says the President. de
sire conquest" 1t Is thing much bet
ter left unsaid Perhaps it is well that
Congress is to meet. few men are
there from whom we are entitled to ex-
pect better things.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Not that we oppose it, but why
IS it necessary to have Americans
sign a pledge of loyalty to the Presi-
dent: There is no doubt where every
true american stands in the present
crisis.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

An automobile door which slides out
Of sight into the hollow walls Of the car
has been invented, the idea being to pro-
mote safety by avoiding accidental OPEN
ing of the door while the machine is in
motion
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
indianapolis News.

That Congress will join with patriotic
American citizens everywhere in sustain
ing the President we do not doubt There
must be no holding back.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Everything Teuton threatens to
become unpopular, but what a ca
lsmity for the free-lunch counter if
the German frankfurter is banned.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Surely something must have hap
pencd to Americas greatest pacifst,
w. J. B. Maybe the cat has his
tongue.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

The inhabitants of the territory
now being evacuated by the Germans
are being thoroughly "kultured."
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Evening wisconsin CMiIwaukee,

Congress. not the President, holds the
power of declaring war. There is only
zone course open when the American flag
Is deliberately attacked. Americans must
defend America.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

This old earth must be mighty tired
of having its outer crust continually
punctured by shrapnel and morning
hates"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
The Duty, Like the Issue, Is Clear
CNew York Herald.)

(New York Herald.)
The issue is clean cut. Germany to-
day is making war on the United States.
1t is the duty of Congress to meet the
issue squarely.
That, however, is not the whole duty.
War with Germany cannot be fought
with notes or declarations of principles
and purposes. There must be prepared
ness-a preparedness which recognizes
actualities. a preparedness which will
put the United States into position to
do It's part In the task now confronting
the civilized world, which is to whip
Germany.
Unfortunately this nation is in poor con-
dition to do that duty. As Mr.. Buch-
anan's inertia prepared the way to civil
war, Mr.. Wilson's hesitations and vacil-
lations have made possible the undermin-
ing of Americas strength by pacifisn
and pro-Prussanism. Mr.. Wilson should
realize that to thousands of his fellow
citizens he owes an immediate. straight
forward elucIdation of the situation
which has prompted his calling Con-
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Old RoxIey-So Prince Picayunski says
he is the heir apparent. How Ia that
when he is the younger son? Miss Rox-
ley-Oh, he explained that His brother
Is the heir consumptive.-Boston Tran
script
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

The allies are just about due for
an enormous shipment of Silver bull
let's" comprising Americas contribu-
ton for the fight against "Meinselluf
und Gott."
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Now that spring is here, let's mob
ilize all the poets and put them in
the front ranks. thereby saving the
editors the indignity of appearing be-
tore a lunacy commission.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

THE WORST.
The things l worry most about
In all my load of care,
That most do put my joy to rout
And fill me with despair.
I've found along hfe's thorny way
BY far the larger class
Are these old troubles, cold and gray.
That never come to pass.
Copyright, I9I7.l
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Milwaukee sentinel.

Never was there a more urgent need
for a special session and it is earnestly
hoped that when the new Congress does
meet 1t will rise to the occasion and
not fritter away weeks in a partisan
squabble over organization.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

The spirit of Bunker Hill and Val
ley Forge is not dead, even if the
"wilful twelve" did try to chloroform
il
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

We didn't get out of Mexico any
TOO soon, but it is a cinch our boys
have a return ticket.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

A home for aged and INDECENT en-
perors and kings will be the order of
things after the war.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Uncle Sam to Mars: 81 Hear You
Calling Me"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Where's T. R. and his regiment? !?
Maybe they are having a broomstick
drill.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Peexy-People think IL is a~fully sood
of her to marry him He has an arti-
ficisl arm and an artfhcisi leg
Betty (sweetly)-Yes, about the only ar
tincialiues she hasn't got herzeif.-sidney
Bulletin
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Young man, do you favor professional
freedom. of speech?' Sure, let 'em say
what they think without thinking what
they say."-California Pelican.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
The Congress Called for War.
New York Sun.


We are at war. There is no wisdom in
ignoring that fact. II Germany were as
free to attack us in large ways as she
has been in stealthy and sinister ways
our days would have been crowded with
the agony of defeats. The British navy
I-humiliating as the admission is-has
been our defender while our President
hesitated and our Congress quibbled.
Being at war we, must acquit ourselves
so that in future our enemies shall be-
ware OF US. This we can not do If we
enter the war in an academic spirit only,
according to the apparent policy of the
President. War must be made not mere
ly with the calm conviction Of the Justice
OF our cause. but in the hot fury of in
dignation over repeated aggressions upon
our rights and dignities, and in righteous
wrath over the murder of our citizens.
Time and again the nation has been
Justly aroused to this white heat OF
wrath. Time and again the President by
shrewdly calculated delays has slowly
cooled the popular ardor. This policy
was perhaps well enough while he
thought, most mistakenly, that war could
be permanently averted. 1t would be
criminally unwise in the face of a war
actually upon US.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Milwaukee Daily News

The country will rest easier now that
the President has summoned Congress
to meet in special session. That the crisis
is dynamic with dire possibilities every
one knows. If Congress decides war
must come, the country will fight to a
man.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.

tatt priutins Of an original poem. written fsl5
for rhs Washington Hsrah-
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
COMMENT ON
THE CALLING OF CONGRESS

gress. With the sort of leadership ex-
pected of q President--the leadership
which present conditions make impera-
tive-the eouivocal position in which
many German-Americans find themselves
would be cleared.
New York Times
Congress will confer upon the
President the full power and author
ity to make war upon the nations s
enemies. In the wisdom Of the Executive
plans will be formed "for the exercise
Of the entire force of this great nation
Tor the support Of its independence and
its honor" 1t may be found expedient
and necessary to dispatch an expedition
ary force, as Mr.. Roosevelt advises, to
join the troops Of England and France,
on the western front. Whether or not
that be done now, II is imperative that
we proceed at once to enlist and train
a large number of troops, far beyond
the force authorized by existing laws,
and for that purpose Congress should
give its authority. The duration of the
war is uncertain. its issue must not be
left in doubt, and we must be prepared
to do our part, however great, to put 1t
beyond doubt. Moreover, there will be
great hazards in the years following the
war and we cannot with safety pursue
our policy Of standing defenseless before
the world, trusting to luck and our peace
full reputation. -
Baltimore American.
The people are viewing the movements
Of events with profoundest concern, and
this action in calling Congress to an
early meeting carries with II its own
impression of gravity.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
There can be little doubt as to the
meaning of this fastening of the meet
ing of the National Legislature. The
country Is already at war with Germany.
Events are moving rapidly toward the
climax. which is none the less inevita-
BILE because II has been dreaded.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
4 state 81 war.
New York worh.)

The grave matters of national policy
to which President Wilson refers in his
proclamation convening Congress in spe-
cial session on April 2 instead OF April
| l6 are acts of war committed against
the United States by Germany.
| 1t will be the duty of Congress- when
It meets to declare that by reason of
these acts q state of war exists between
the United States and Germany.
1t Is because Germany is already max
ing war against the United States that
the President has changed the date of
the special session. and Americans who
have been looking for an international
miracle which would keep the peace be-
tween the. United States and Germany
must face the situation as 1t is.
This country is going into the war not
for any selfish or Interior motives or for
any mere trade considerations, but be-
cause 1t has been driven into the war
i by the inexorable logic of events. Nor
need we waste time in lamentations.
Rather should we face the future with
pride and confidence, conscious that the
United States will be fighting the battle
of democracy alongside Of the other great
democracies of the world.