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The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22
They're gittin' mighty anzioMs fer the

dogs an nights
to 90,
An all of 'em are
happy, an they
make their
mothers sol
She neuer has to
scold 'em or
tell 'em bout
the noise
cause they're
just the stoeet
est little 0trls,
the best OF Ut.
tie boWf
-ErnAaLe I, QfnMfn
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22

The little folks
are tGlEin'-
they talk like
anything
Bout SANITY ClGua
&C o MIN an
What he's go&r
to bring,
An the mothe,
n e D er scolda
'em or tells 'em
bout the noise,
They're just the
sWeetest little
girls, the best
OF little bOUSl
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22

They're Just been
Writin' letters
to SANITY CLAUS
each day
An te1Itn' him
Just Dhdt they
apGnt an 8hOtp
IN him tn q
UGy
To 10 h err the
h s e Is, 50
he'll knoD Just
Where to 1eGve
the toys
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22
@tR Ghrtatm,aa
Hmhnuw

pmhhit1g
Perhaps the most heroic at
tempt to Keep Christmas in /
3 conventional fashion Nnder
! Nnconventa0nGz condI- {
( tions Vas that made By the !
+ late Lord Wozsezey, When q /
yoWng officer, in the trenctes I
|. before sebastopoz during the I
I Crmean War sSrty gears ago. !
he and his comrades decided
+ that the Christmas should {
be honored and that there {
t should be a plum pudding.
The "pudding" was COM /
bounded OF biscuit, grease {
= Gnd such fruit as could be o. {
: tanned, the ingredients being /
mtred IN a fragment OF q !
Russian shell. Wrapped In a {
I cloth, it Was boiled for some E
. hours, and q tasty reminder {
] OF the great festival was co. I
gerzy looked 1ors1Grd to By /
. the hungry officers. But before {
Z the pudding Was considered (
Z COOKED" orders came trans /
. ferring Wolseley and hts tent /
4 companions to q distant part 8
Z of the s10rEs. /
Should they zeave the pNd- !
! ding until their return or eat T
: 1t as 1t soasS They acre hun s
. cry, and the latter course aDds j
Decided upon. The pudding" i
: soas duty sOd1lowed, and {
8 d.Oay they !s0ent IN obedience s
Z to orders. Late that night 4
T Wozse1ey pGs troubled s0ith i
internal Disturbances that ne i
8 cessttGted the Doctors Kindly 8
. ministrGtions. It seemed, said I
: the future field marshal, as II !
: pieces OF Russian she'll sDere :
8 rolling against each other s
!. inside. It pGs the only pnd- I
: ding, the first and last, he i
+ eper made. +
- -. ~ - ~ 49, AA-aE
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22

Because they Emop that SANITY Clau,
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22

Fer Just the sUeetest little girls, the
best of little boys!
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22

IL St0aSsO& ~ Att01t0 VOBStS
fN&j0n.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22

v. o. Richel, assisted by Frank
Ruff, has been training Young horses
to harness the past week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05
The Pictures on This Page
Picture TALKS to Your Brain. Written Words Do Not

One thing is important in this world one only-it is
THOUGHT The wise father and mother will give the
pictures this page to the children For these pic
lures that stimulate thinking good picture talks to the
brain. And as the eye Sees the mind works
Here you have four distinct ideas, in four pictures
Each of these ideas is subdivided indefinitely.
At the top there is the huge monster of power.
In the middle In Raemaekers cartoon there another
monster dying autocracy face to face with power greater
than itsef-self- government of the United States
is imperfect self government, but Is self govern
ment
And remember that every word for peace that comes
from Germany is based this fact The Kaiser knows that
he not beat the force which faces him Raemaeker
cartoon.
At the bottom of this page two pictures each of
which will hold the attention of the thoughtful man or
woman for at least two minutes.
And In two minutes the mind working free inside of the
sku1-can think thousand thoughts.
What good idea is that Tree Of Peace shown in the
picture by an Italian artist.
You have read about the great tree Ygdras talked
In ancient legends long before that other tree in the Garden
OF Eden was mentioned
Ygdrasl supposed to have its planted in hell
and its beautiful towering fruit bearing branches blossom
ing in heaven.
So it is with the tree of peace in this strong picture
Out Of the decayng skulls of autocracy mtarism bru
tally grows the tree that day will the earth with
its blossoms and its fruit.
Ask your small boy or girl to look at this picture YOU
who have thoughtful children and tell the children what
means.
The Hand Of England" is good picture, by
spaniard.
Spain doesn't know Just exactly what she wants-except
to keep out of and keep taking in money She is
where a while since.
The artist Of the Madrid paper BLACK and White
not friendly to England His idea is that the hand of
England strikes with the heads Of Russia Japan France
Italy, and Serbia
But the main thing is that the hand of England DOES
Emperor's telegram to President Wilson Won realize
Continued at Bottom Of Last Column)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05

Small birds live the back of the big rhnoceros When
the enemy the birds fly and with their cries warn
the rhinoceros-not to help HIM. but because they are
frightened
We ask Times readers to look at the picture this
page for moment and decide before they read what
meaning THEY would give to it.
When the New York American printed this picture it
compared the birds the rhnoceros back to the conscience
of s individual The nocero that does not listen to the
warning of the birds is destroyed by the savages The
destroyed by vice, etc.
That was one interesting moral to draw from this pic
ture-what is YOUR thought about the rhnoceros and the
birds? Our suggestion is this
The rhinoceros is much like the American Trust and
the bird is like the individual citizen like the honest
newspaper that tells the truth about the Trust.
The Trust rhinoceros is powerful also little deaf and
near-sghted
Trust and rhinoceros rely upon brute force
The rhinoceros says, my horn will protect me- And
the Trust says my corporation lawyer will protect me-
and they are both mistaken some times.
The rhinoceros relies entirely upon his brute
Trust does the same, and they both make mistakes.
With sharp thrust the savage cut the big tendon at
the back of the rhnoceros leand that settles the rhno
And good radical in the United States Senate can do
for the Trust what the thrust of dagger do for the
rhinoceros
Now young men and women who read The Washington
Times what does this picture suggest to you? You might
write to the editor Of The Times and express thought
better STILL talk in the family gathering this
evening.
your father is in business he will tell you that the
rhinoceros has advantages that the bird hasn't
And the bird has advantages that the rhnoceros hasn
got
So it is with business small individual like the bird
quickly and the individual will survive when
the rhnoceros and the Trust shall both have disappeared
We offer this the kind of picture that think faith
and mothers will be interested in showing to their chill
dren, encouraging them to serious discussion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05
To Business Men
This Newspaper Is Read, and Preserved.

This newspaper read in the homes this Sunday even
after the attendance at church. the exercise the automo
billing, the golf, ETC.
Merchants who look through this paper read it and
study its features will believe agree that is news
paper that will constantly grow in circulation and become
more and more necessity to the families of the city
In undertaking of this kind merchants are interested
Through the Sunday Evening TIMES they say the last word
to the buyers to the women that do the shopping Monday
morning
That which is LAST read heard is best REMEM-
BERED.
We address the merchants and bespeak their cooper
ton because realize that the they contribute to the
the real We other news BY enter
prise and the spending money secure the news that
the need and must have the that enables them to
money and spend money judciousy only by the CO.
operation Of the merchants
We ask them consider the effort that we make in the
SUNDAY TIMES and in the EVENING TIMES to deserve
this cooperation, and believe that shall have it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05
The Pictures on This Page

Continued from First Coumn)
that Engands hand her feet that kept him back and
spoiled his plans.
This is the day of the pictured idea Words dull,
slow The eye must them the brain must change them
picture before they real The picture fast
as lightning.
No man can describe hanging that it looks like
man at the end of rope Even the wonderful Book Of
Job make you in words Behemoth that drink
eth up river and hasteth not you him when you
look at the hippopotamus floating in his tank.
The TIMES will be called by intelligent men and women
Washington the useful paper useful to rownups and to
children because in every way it seeks not to impress its
thought wishes opinions upon the public but to pre-
sent such pictures information and suggestions as will
stimulate PUBLIC THOUGHT only important power
in the world.
We ask readers to tell what they think of this
Sunday evening newspaper and of this editorial &C. and
especially to write crticisng and suggesting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05
Commissioner Newman's Second
Article On
WHAT COMES AFTER The DRAFT

DO you want our full names or
just initisIsT"
in7"
do you want my business adj
dress or my home addressT
Should we put our age down
as that Of our nearest birthdayf'
What do they want that infor-
nation forG"
Say, had all that on my appIi-
cation blank before I came to
camp. Do I have to turn II in
again?"
Making Obedience q Habit.
That however, is merely an
irritation for the FIRST sergeant
Seven p. m comes and that weary
non-com- picks up the slips that
have been turned In and starts
sorting them. He has probably
been directed from the headquar-
tiers of the camp to have the In
formation up there by s D. m.
Behind the order to him, and, Of
course, behind his order to the
company, Is q reason for asking
for that information 1t may be
absolutely necessary that the In
formation be In the hands Of the
commanding officer by D. m. In
time Of war, information OF one
kind or another, in the hands Of
a designated official at a desig-
mated hour Is quite likely to mean
life or death to thousands OF men
and happiness or heart-break to
thousands Of women. II Is neees-
sary, therefore, that the soldier
get the habit Of correct and
prompt obedience, especially II he
Is q soldier trying to learn to be
an officer in three months.
But our first sergeant finds the
order has not been correctly or
promptly obeyed. On checking the
slips with the roll Of his company
he finds that A and B. and H.
have failed to turn In any slips
at all. He has to take time to 60
md these gentlemen.
'oh. I forgot all about it,
says A.
why. gave my slip to @. and
asked him to turn IL In" says B.,
with perfect confidence that no re-
sponsibility rests upon him for
the failure OF the slip to mater
ialize.
where's your slip which this
morning you were ordered to turn
in before p. mr." the first ser
geant asks H.
"Oh. that slip-yes-why,
thought you said to turn II in any
time before Z o'clock tomorrow
morning"
This incident is not exaggerated
one particle. know, because
served two sentences as first ser
geant. As a matter of cold fact,
the number who would ball up
such an order would be greater
than I have indicated. However.
IL the regular army instructors
do their duty land there is no
question but what they wild the
men Of the camps who execute
orders (even little orders) in the
manner described will be among
those missing when the roll Il
called for those who are commits
stoned. The men most prompt
and most nearly correct the great
est number OF times in their
obedience to orders will be the
men commissioned to act as Of
hcers over your son, your brother,
and your friend
(CommIaaIoner Newman's Third
Article Next Sunday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05
Intensive Development.

Intensive Development.
Right here, let me make very
plain two points thus far touched
upon 1 referred to Uncle Sam as
doing in three months what he
usually takes four years to do at
West Point. OF course, he cannot
do the four-year job in three
months. This three months, how
ever. will have given the pros
pective ofncer-those OF him who
are commissioned-an approxima-
ton of the most important thing
learned at the United States Mill
tary Academy: the habit Of cor
rect and prompt obedience to or
ders and q sense OF responsibility.
The other point IL my state
ment that the men are disciplined.
1 do not mean that the whole
number are models Of perfection
in discipline, such as the cadets
at West Point, for instance. l do
mean that the men who will be-
come officers will be disciplined,
for 1 have not the slightest doubt
that probably 90 per cent Of the
army boards reason for selecting
a given man for a commission
will be that he has clearly de-
monstrated that he can and does
obey orders correctly and prompt
ly, and that he has q sense OF
responsibility and discipline.
These qualities, l imagine, will
be put ahead of his knowledge OF
the tactics OF the arm of the serV-
ice for which he IL considered.
lit Is interesting to observe,
however, in this connection, that
the man who qualities on the two
important points is almost invar-
iably well qualified. also, in the
tactics Of his work. The two
cardinal principles seem auto
matically to make him q good
soldier in technique).
The Service Twins.
Obedience and responsibility!
These are the Siamese twins of
the army. They are rare and
precious in recruits, but indIspen-
sable In veterans. For instance:
At Fort Myer the students are d.
vidsd into companies Of infantry,
batteries Of artillery, and troops
OF cavalry for instruction. Each
unit is differed by its own mem
bers, chosen each weekend late
ly each day-by the regular army
instructors. On a given day, the
first sergeant OF an infantry COM
pany OF $50 students makes the
following announcement:
"All men will turn in at the
office before Z D. m. today a writ
ten slip giving their names and
initials mot Christian namesl,
their ages at their last birthdays
and their home addresses, giving
street and number OF their resi-
dences."
Usually the first sergeant re-
peats that, perhaps twice. That's
a perfectly simple, direct, easily
understood order, isn't 1t? You
could obey that order. correctly
and promptly, couldn't you? You
wouldn't think much OF anybody
who couldn't or didn't, would
you?
Now, the amazing thing about
such a situation is that a consid-
cradle number of the $50 men to
whom that order is given get 1t
wrong.
The first sergeant has just bare
" had time to get back into the
office when at least six men stick
their heads in the door and want
to know:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05
The RhinOcerOs Is Like The
Trust

The Bird Like Mans Conscience, and Like Some Other
Things.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05

President Wilson twpihes the
American people to Raemaek-
ers. Observe in this cartoon
that instead of the conventional
Uncle Sam you have Wilson as
cowboy and a powerful Uncle
Sam at that. We cut the legs
off the gentlemen in this car
toon. The picture was too big.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-05

(COmmiaaIOner Newman's Third
Article Next Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-28
HILLSDALE FAMILY
III AUTO ACCIDENT

E.-lz5ala Ill., May zS-AI0nz Lou
autr. q farmer residing near Hl.zaals.
his wife and five children and Gar
euca Hanna. slt occupants eli au auto
mobile driven b. Mr. Londut were
hurled into ditch Sunday morning
when Mr. L0n6uit lost control 0t the
machine They suffered only slight
injuries The accident occurred at fhe
Canoe Greek bridge. near the farm Of
81 G. Donahoo. three miles south west
If 6iilsdale The car was a new enc
ans AR Londuit was inexperienced in
operating the machine The automo-
bile was badly damaged, bat not be-
yond repair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-28

All the news all tha tlma-The
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-26
Virtue is in manner contagious; more
especially the bright virtue known as patriot
ism, or love of country.-Dickens.
NATIONAL VITALITY LACKING.

The proportion of discards among our draft
recruits is plain evidence that we need to do
more than talk physical betterment for our
young people The men called by the draft are
of the ages at which physical condition should
be most hardy. Something like fifty per cent.
Of them seem to be capable of reaching army
requirements It is not lack of muscular pow
er, of what is generally meant by physical
strength, that is the chief reason for concern;
it is the lack of organic sOundness, of real physi-
cal stamina, Of unimpaired physique such as
means a long and healthy life, which is omin-
0us for the future. Plenty Of the young men
rejected by the army examiners look strong
and healthy; it is also true that majority of
the men whom life insurance companies re-
ject appear in vigorous health, but the physi-
clan judges by estimated power to resist Or
ganic disease. 1t is in the wanting vitality Of
our people that the menace exists.
There has been published a pamphlet writ
ten by an official of large life insurance com
pany in which data are given to throw light on
our national physical condition. The national
death rate has decreased in the age groups up
to forty-ive years; beyond that age it has
markedly increased; we are becoming a short
lived nation. The betterment in early ages is
the result Of the fine work which has been done
to conserve infant and early youthful life. The
rapid decadence is due to the failure of adults
to take proper measures to conserve physical
health. The increased death rate in later years
comes from greater mortality from diseases of
the heart, lungs and other organs; vitality to
combat organic disease is greatly impaired.
This is what our great army of draft discards
means. Our young men who in the next dec
ade will come to the major positions in our
national working force will have only a fifty
per cent. physical fitness; vitality to match it.
self against the toll taken bp exacting work is
at low ebb. Compared with other nations from
which figures are available we are not holding
our own in physical fitness. We are abandon
ing exercise; we ride when we can; we pay to
see games played for us; we shiver in
houses when a reasonable temperature is kept;
we quarrel with our diet when it comes down
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-26
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re
sponsibility for views expressed ~
correspondents. Writers of commune
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication. but
for the information Of the edito:.I
Alloys Produced by Electricity.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
have just finished reading Frank
G. Carpenters article on the Mig MY
Industries of Niagara Falls in which
he analyses the water power created
by the overflow from the great lakes.
1t is almost similar to the article pub
lished in the great industrial edition OF
The Gate City by G. Walter Barr en-
titled THE Romance of Metals In keo-
kuk," wherein DR.. Barr spoke Of the
three metals being made here, hard
lead, pure zinc and ferrosilicon, from
the electricity generated by our great
water power plant.
/ have always maintained that Keo-
kuk has all the things other towns
have, such as schools, parks, streets,
public buildings, churches, society and
the hundred other things which the
thousand and one towns have, and IN
addition we have the Mississippi river
power plant with it's 100000 horse-pow-
er, which none Of the other towns and
cities possess, And when one reads
Frank G. Carpenters article one must
indeed be blind not to see that keo-
kuk has a great future. For the bene-
fit of the thousands OF readers of The
Gate City who did not read Mr.. Car
penter's letter, 1 am going to refer to
some of the metals spoken of by him.
He says the Mag ara power plant pro-
duces 100000 horsepower, now in use
and developed. There are two power
plants on the American side and sew
eral on the Canadian side, all con-
nected with huge factories of one kind
or another, and they supply the cheap
power necessary for the industries.
Most of the plants belong to the cleo
tro-chemical and Observation-Disclosures
industries. They are more or less
scientific in their nature, and the men
at the head OF them are inventors
along chemical and electrical lines.
They use the cheap electricity furn-
ished here in making products that
could be created in no other way. The
same should and does apply to Keo-
kuk, for coal via the great lakes is
about half what it is at inferior points
in New York state He speaks OF
"the artificial abrasive or grinding ma
terials which are used in all indus
tries for making fine fittings, sharpen
ing tools and cutting the hardest and
softest steel" There is factory which
turns out a million pounds of carbcr-
undum every month. This was invent
ed twenty years ago, and at first IL
sold for S432 a pound It is now pro-
duced so cheaply through Niagara
Falls power that it can be used in
every factory. This material tAkes
the place of grindstones. emery and
diamond dust. 1t might be called arti-
fetal diamonds, for it is composed OF
the hardest Crystals, with edges so
hard and sharp that it can be used for
grinding any material without wear
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-26
HONORABLE DIPLOMACY.

The Berlin Tageblatt denies that Won Bern
storff while ambassador at Washington ever
knew Bolo Pasha OF had relations with HIM
and it charges that Secretary Lansing forged
or falsifed the message from Jagow, imperial
secretary of foreign affairs, in which more IN
formation about Bolo was asked.
But the time has long since passed when a
Prussian assertion or denial has any weight
whatever at Washington, in entente capitals or
with intelligent men. On the other hand 1t
has never, until now by this German paper,
been charged that the American state depart
ment was ever guilty of falsehood, duplclty
or even of indirection in its dealings with other
states. Our government never practiced the
lying diplomacy of eighteenth century courts;
but the earliest heads of our state depart
ment set an example their successors have fol-
lowed of speaking the truth and keeping their
word. Honorable diplomacy was not unknown
before our time, but ours Is perhaps the only
government in existence whose diplomacy has
been consistently and scrupulously open and
honorable from the day of its birth.