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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
ONE GIRLS UNION.
How a Needleworkers' Organization
Improves Its Spare Time.

How a Needleworkers' Organization
Improves Its Spare Time.
The 10000 members of local % OF
the Waist and Dressmakers' Union of
New York city, having gained since the
big strike OF 1913 a shorter working
day and higher wages, are turning
their organizing genius toward filing
more richly their leisure hours, says
the Survey.
From Z o'clock until 10 every even
ing several hundred girls fill all four
floors of public school No. 40 at 314
East Twentieth street. They go to
the school direct from work On the
first floor they get sandwiches and cof-
fee for cents; upstairs some attend
their shop meetings and settle their
shop problems, take courses In Ameri-
can history, the labor movement here
and abroad, labor legislation, litera-
ture, the English language, dancing or
gymnasium work. A nurse and doc
tor from the staff of the joint board of
y
ical examination, and DR.. George NJ.
Price director OF the board, gives
health talks.
The girls co-operated with the Peo-
pies institute and so gained the public
school building. Juliet Stuart Poyntz
was engaged to head the organization
and education department, and the
board of education is expected to give
help. They call this meeting place a
unity center"
at is not welfare work." writes
Pauline Newman, investigator for the
joint board of sanitary control and at
one time organizer for the union; 1T
Is not charity It Is done by the girls
for the girls. To secure better wages
and shorter hours is indeed the chief
object Of a union. For those who have
no vision, who can get along without
the spiritual, this is sufficient To
those who expect from a union a fair
days wage for a fair days work the
material Is enough But not for those
| who look upon a union as a means to
| readiust the age long grievances be
| tween master and servant These
need not only food for the body, but
food also for the soul and for the
mind"
If the unity center succeeds other
schools will perhaps be opened to
them. Negotiations for one on the
east side are already In progress. This
opening of the public school completely
to union labor groups gives 1t new
significance as a community center. \
week end camp for the coming sum
mer Is arranged for, and 1t is hoped
that in time cheap cooperative apart
ment houses may be built for the in
dependent women among the dress
| makers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
RISE OF THE EMBASSY.
AZ First Ambassadors Were Rated ae
Honorable Spies.v

1t was not until the close Of the if
teenth century that the permanent en-
bassy became at all common, and not
until, the end Of the siXtecnth that 1t
became generally recogniz o institu-
ton Spain led the way in the matter
In 1487 DR.. Roderigo Gondesalvi de
Puebla was appointed permanent Span
ish ambassador to England, and as he
was still in London In 1900, the Span
ish embassy in the British capital must
be regarded as the oldest among the
permanent embassies of the world
Spain was followed by Venice. In
1406 the Venetian republic, owing to
the fact that the way to the British
Isles is very long and very danger
ous,' appointed two merchants resi-
dent in London as subambasciatores
the same year Andrea Trevisano ar
rived in London as permanent ambas-
sador at the court of Henry VII.
1t was about this period that there
began to be evolved that Ideal of diplo-
macy which Machiavelli expounds
with such thoroughness In 1.-The
Prince and "The Discourses on Livy,'' .
an ideal best indicated, perhaps, In
Sir Henry Wotton's famous definition,
AN ambassador is an honest man sent
to lie abroad for the good Of his coun-
try" SO universally was this ideal ac-
cepted and elaborated that the COM
pleat ambassador" Of the old school
never expected to be believed.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth CEN
turtles the position of ambassadors was
anything but comfortable Soyereigns
thought 1t wiser to keep them at a safe
distance. Henry VII. of England for
bade his subjects to hold any inter-
course with them, while Francis |. of
France adopted the policy Of keeping
them away from court. They were
maintained purely on the basis OF the
balance of advantage Each sovereign
reckoned that the advantage accTuing
to him for being able to have honor
able spies" In the shape of ambassa-
dors at foreign courts more than COM
pensated for the losses which came his
way from having around him the
honorable spies" of other powers. So
the system gradually consolidated it.
SELF
1t was not, however until the con-
crosses of Vienna and Aix-la- -Chapelle,
In 1916 and 1918, respectively, that di-
plomacy, as uniform system, based
upon generally recognized rules and
directed by diplomatic hierarchy hav-
Ing a fixed international status was
firmly established. 1t was, moreover,
only in quite recent times that the sys-
TEN was extended beyond Europe to
the great nations of the east.-Argo-
naut.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
nolaa In Euervthino.

1t is held by more than one high au-
thority that matter is neither contnu-
Gus nor heterogeneous. Thomson show
ed by an experiment that hydrogen can
be passed into a vacuum tube through
an incandescent platinum window In
a similar way sodium passes through
glass, and this is a useful fact in the
manufacture of vacuum tubes. because
sodium can be passed into the tube to
absorb the residual oxygen. Bellati,
the Italian physicist, has shown that
hydrogen can pass through cold iron.
Matter may therefore be generally re
garded as full of holes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
SETTING THE CLOCK BACK.
England's Curious Problem In the Day.
light Saving Scheme.

light Saving Scheme.
A curious problem arose in England
when the daylight saving scheme,
which involved setting the clock
ahead in May and setting 1t back in
October, was first broached. j. IL.
Whitehouse, a member of the British
house of commons, tells OF a discus
sion In the house Of lords and Of some
Of the objections to the change that
were made In that august assembly.
"a peer of considerable wisdom, of
great resourcefulness in debate point
ed out what was going to happen"
said Mr.. Whitehouse He reminded
the members Of the house of lords that
they are the eldest sons Of their par
ents and under our legal system GER
tain estates descend from the father
to the eldest son.
"'Now, take the case of the parents
who have twins. male twins, he said.
The clock is put back by one hour on,
say, the 1st OF October. at o'clock in
the morning Well, now, at 90 (that
Is five minutes before you put back
the cloci) the eldest twin is born, and
he is registered. therefore as having
been born at 1:35, at five minutes to 2,
on the morning Of Oct. |.
"'The second twin is born ten min
utes later, and therefore he should be
entered as having been born at five
minutes past = on the same date and
therefore should be properly registered
rs the second ana younger son. But
between the two births you put the
clock back one hour, with the amazing
legal result that the eldest son is born
at 100 o'clock and the younger son Is
born at an hour earlier, at .05 o'clock
"He put This ease, and there is nc
fallacy In 1t. That is what precisely
may happen, and he pointed out tc
their lordshlps that If this case did
arise it would he necessary for them tc
pass a special act of parliament to de
termine which was the eldest son and
which the youngest son. -Argonaut
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Sneezina Fatal 70 Auiators.

In the American Magazine is an ac-
count of Katherine Stinson, the girl
fier, who has performed the most diff
cult feats.
"When asked if she was afraid she
might fall, she replied that snee8ing
was the only thing she feared. She de-
clares that nine-tenths of the accidents
In the air are caused by aviators losing
control of their machines by sneezing.
1.-THE aviator says Miss Stinson,
passes through numerous strata of air
of different temperatures. He often
catches cold and sneeZes violently.
When you sneeze, for the moment you
lose all control of yourself. If you do
that while in the air your friends are
going to gather UP your remains
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
W0RKMEN'S LAW UPHELD.
Compensation Act, Court Rules, Is Not
Confined to One State.

Confined to One State.
An attempt of an insurance carrier
and an employer to escape paying an
employee who was injured while work
ing in another state has failed, for the
Justices of the appellate division Of the
third department, New York state,
have held that the contract between
an employer and an employee cannot
be limited under the workmens COM
pensation law to the boundaries of
state lines The opinion OF the court,
which was unanimous, says In part:
THE decision in this case as to the
liability of the employer under the law
Is apparently controlled by that of
Post versus Burger & Gohlke ct al.
In which case the employer and en-
ployee were residents of this state and
the contracts of employment were
made here and the employee was In
jured while working without the state.
The court held that the New York state
workmen's compensation law applied
and that the act In view of it's humane
purpose, should be construed to intend
that in every case of employment there
is q constructive contract between the
employer and the employee, general In
its terms and unlimited as to territory.
that the employer shall pay as provid-
ed in the act for disability or the
death of the employee"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Children and Books.

Dr.. Johnson held views far in nd,
vance of his age on the subject of chill
dren's books. The child itself, lie held,
was the best Judge / would put a
child into library (where no unfit
books are) and let him read at his
choice he said "A child should not
be discouraged from reading anything
he takes liking to from a notion that
1t is above his reach. If that be the
case the child will soon find out and
desist. If not he, Of course gains the
instruction, which is so much the more
likely to come from the inclination
with which he takes up the study"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06

nave Deen fefused admitlance. Conse-
quently the effect of this law will be
to prolong the present shortage of
track laborers even after industrial
conditions have become more normal
This condition is leading to a rapid
increase In wages. So 10 $3.50 now be-
ing commonly paid for track laborers
As the season advances 1t is probable
that these rates viii rise even higher
for some roads will bid against others
for men and demoralize the entire mar
kat
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Two Housatonics.

The first American vessel sunk by a
hostile submarine IN warfare bore the
same name as the Iousatonic, also the
first American steamer sunk by a Ger
man submarine after the break in dip
lomatic relations occurred. The for
mer vessel was the United States
steamship Housatonic, sunk la Charles
ton harbor the night Of Feb, II, 1864
by the Confederate submarine II. L.
Hunley.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
LABOR NOTES.

The recent strike of the street car
workers in Washington resulted in a
victory for the men.
Small salaried employees of the city
Of Philadelphia have received raise
In wages. Three thousand workers
were affected.
The cost of the recent garment work
ers' strike In New York city has been
estimated to be in the neighborhood
Of $50,0O0,000.
Too often capital regards labor mere
ly as a commodity to be bought and
sold, says r. A. yanderlip. while labor
not infrequently regards capital as
money personified in the soulless cor
p0ration.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Bio WAGES For Steel Men.

More than 10000 puddlers and sheet
mill workers will receive wage increas
es within the next tW o months as a re
suit Of the examination of bar iron
sale sheets by the Western Bar Iron
association. Sales were on a $2.35
card, emitting puddlers to $11.30 ton
the highest wages paid in the history
of the iron industry. The increase is
81 a ton Bar mill workers will re-
ceive an increase of about 10 per cent
over existing rates. Sheet and tinplate
workers will also be given an increase.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
MERE MAN AS A SHOPPER.
When He lnvades Woman's Stronghold
the Department Store.

When a man Wauders into the de
partment store the rigid rules of war
fare do not apply A man in the rush
hour at the counter viii be waited or
out of his turn without protest from the
women shoppers. He is like babe who
has strayed into the No Mans Land be
tween the hostile trenches. There may
be smile on either side OF the coun-
ter, but In his helpless state he appeals
to the innate chivalrr in woman.
When a man shops for himself he is
satisfied with the first approximation
to what he wants When he Is shop
ping for his wife he does not even
know what he wants. lie reads some
thing from list and asks for six yards
of 1t and only wants trance that he
is getting what he asks FOR His igno-
rance Of the distinction between poplin
and crepe de chine is a claim on the
maternal instinct IN the heart Of the
saleswoman And he does not waste
time When man buys half Il dozen
pairs Of silk socks he is shown a pair
and assumes that the other five pairs
out of the same box win be the same.
A woman usually examines every pair
of the half dozen.
A man in a department store is like
Sir Galahad. He brings out what is
best in everybody. Saleswomen are
patient with him. Floorwalkers give
him explicit directions to the shoe de
partment Elevator boys call out the
floors for him distinctly The girl at
the transfer desk guarantees delivery
Of the goods that same afternoon. The
laws of war are not for him. He is
not OF the enemy. He belongs to the
Red Cross Harper's Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
The Political Cabinet.

George l. Is said to have been respon
sible for the word cabinet" When he
was king of England he could not take
part In the deliberations Of his own
privy council because he knew no Eng
nsh, and the British statesmen did not
speak German. SO the ministers used
to meet in the kings own private room,
or cabinet, while he was absent, Aft
erward they informed him Of the re
suit of their discussions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Raiss For Shoe Workers.

A 10 per cent wage increase for
1900 shoe workers, effective May /,
has been announced by the Brock
ton Mass.) Manufacturers association.
Manufacturers said the new scale
would add $1,300000 annually to the
payroll of local factories. The opera
tors also will get half holiday on
Saturdays
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
conjuqal Foresight.

A famous physician, asked at the
New York Academy Of Medicine why
he wore rubbers on a day when the
streets were perfectly dry, replied:
MY wife runs down the street after
me with them when | don't. | wear
them to keep her from getting pneu-
snonia. New York Times.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
q Traoedv.

whats this In the mail?"
"a tragedy Of mine"
Have you really written a tragedy,
old chap?"
Looks like it, I've paid return post
age on it now fourteen times. Louis
vile Courier-J Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Music itself.

what is the most musical Ian
lguageY
Dunno. French or Italian, maybe.
Spanish, perhaps"
"My brother pronounces in favor of
Chinese
"Never heard that said before. How
does he make that out?"
"He says when two Cinnamon have
a really animated discussion it's like
listening to piccolo duet. louisville
Courier-J Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Brass Workers Get Raise.

President William A. Morgan OF the
Buffalo Copper and Brass Rolling mill
recently announced an increase In
wages Of ) cents an hour for 5000 en-
ployees. The advance, which was vol
untary, viii add about 100000 to the
mills monthly payroll.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
a Sardonio Opinion.

Charley, dear said young Mrs. Tor
kins, what is a diplomatic"
"Why do you want to know?"
ST want to understand what's going
on when l read about it."
"WeI, that's just what diplomat, as
a rule, is in business to prevent you
from doing" Washington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
The Woman Who Did.

Like all conductors, I have frequently
loaned carfare | think the average is
about 81 year. but am getting hard
ened on that point. In all my twenty
four years. experience l never had but
one fare returned and that was by a
woman.-A Conductor in New York
Railways Employees Magazine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
And She Fell For Il.

Il am not easily fiattered,' she said.
Indeed not, he replied. 1T would
be difficult to make YOU out to be more
beautiful than you really are De
iroit Free Press
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
eiar SILL

"A scientist can take one bone and
reconstruct a dynosaur"
That's nothing Our landlady can
take one bone and reconstruct a din
ner"-Kansas City Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Her Speciality.

HAS your son any particular athlet-
ic facility at college,"
"Oh, yes. He is running through
my money. ey."-Baltimore American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Trade Winds.

Trade" winds have nothing to do
with trade" They are really tread
winds, because they uniformly follow
a certain tread or track.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06
Why He Was Quiet.

Yeast-Did you say be had wonder
full control of his voice? Crimsonbeak
No; | said his wife had wonderful
control of her voice.-Yonkers States
man,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06

We must laugh before we are happy
or else we may die before we ever
laugh at all.-La Bruyere
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06

No man can avoid his own company,
so he had better make it as good as
possible.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06

Airing our grievances does not al
ways make their odor any sweeter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06

The fine art of living is to draw from
each person his best Whiting.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-06

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The Lambertville record., 1917-05-10
Sergeantsville.

Miss Anna Higgins, of Unionville,
was the weekend guest of Mrs.
William l.. Dobbins.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Rittenhouse
have returned from a visit with the
latter's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Servis, in
Trenton.
H. D. Hoppock, of this place, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Morris, of
Sandbrook, motored to Hacketts-
town, Warren county, a few days
ago.
Miss Ethel Miller has been on the
sick list.
George Higgins, the Stockton
Pennington mail carrier, is now
making his trips by auto. On Mon
day morning he was delayed half an
hour by being stuck in the mud on
the way to Stockton, missing the
train, so took his passengers on
through to Lambertville.
Mrs. Lucy Reading is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Lemuel Coates at Baptist
town.
Augustus B. Larison is building a
garage on his lot opposite the M. E.
Church.
Edward Snyder is again on duty
at the creamery after being absent
several weeks on account of i'll
health.
Andrew Dalrymple has been taken
to the state hospital at Trenton for
treatment.
T. |. Servis has been suffering
from a severe attack of pink eye.
William Coates has been confined
to his home by illness.
Rev. William M. Howe, for some
years pastor of the AmwelI German
Baptist church, died at his home in
The Lambertville record., 1917-05-10

Myersdale, Pa, last week, at the
age of SO years. His wife, one son
and three daughters survive him.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. /.
E. Church has elected the following
officers: President, Mrs. Lambert
Moore; vice president, Mrs. F. j..
Eppele; secretary, Mrs. Gardner F.
Dean; treasurer, Mrs. N. V. Myers.
The Epworth League of the M. E.
Church has elected the following
officers: President, Mrs. Gardner
F. Dean; first vice president, Mrs.
William T. Case; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Frank w. Venable, Jr.;
third vice president, Mrs. George w.
Brewer; fourth vice president, Miss
Rachel Clark; secretary, Miss Elsie
Venable; treasurer, William I. Case;
organist, Mrs. Frank w. Venable, Jr.
The theme for the Christian En-
deavor of the Brethren church for
next Sunday evening will be Eel
lowship with God" Psa. 119 81
104. Leader, J. S. Gordon.
The indications point toward an
abundant fruit crop this year, the
trees being laden with bloom.
The remains of Miss Elsie Max
we'll, of Trenton, were brought to
the Sandy Ridge Baptist cemetery
for interment on last Monday after
noon. Deceased was aged about 26
years and was the daughter of Rob-
ert Maxwell who formerly resided
in this vicinity. Her death was due
to consumption.
Mrs. Lou Wilson has returned to
her home at this place after spend
ing a few weeks with her cousin
Miss Laura Gray, of Stanton.
The topic for the Epworth League
of the M. E. Church for next Sun
day evening will be "Epworth
League Anniversary Service" Lead
er in charge, Miss Sara Parkes.
The Lambertville record., 1917-05-10
USE FOUND FOR ALLIGAT0RS
impressed Into Service as Sewer Clean
ers When Mechanical Devices
Fail to Do Work.

The alligator has graduated into
the useful class. At last his slug
gish energy has been usefully di-
rected.
Recently a 6OO-foot 12-inch sewer
pipe in Fort Meade, Fla, became
clogged with sand and dirt. Accord
ing to the Engineering Record sew
eral sewer-cleaning contrivances
were used and about $1,000 was
spent, but to no avail
The pipe remained clogged as be-
fore. At this juncture the superin-
tendent of water and sewers secured
a small alligator, to which he fas-
tened rope. The gator was low
cred into the pipe. After struggle
in the unsavory environment he
reached the next manhole, dragging
the rope after him. When he had
Travelled one section of the pipe, the
rope, to the middle of which knotted
chains were attached, was pulled
back and forth and the Instructions
removed.
Following this success, other alli-
gators were used, until at the pres
ent time ten are employed for clean
ing sewers. They are doing what
skilled workmen equipped with mod
ern apparatus have failed to do.