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The Washington times., 1917-10-30

IN an article written some weeks
ago, l jestingly said that it
was a pity there was not a
clearing house of hearts, where the
matrimonial aspirations of young
men and young women could be
met and liquidated.
Ny chance remark about the
clearing house of hearts brought
out a letter from woman who
said that she had lived in the un-
derworld for years and was now,
as / gathered, helping in some set
tlement work.
Il believe" she wrote, that
some method of effecting a proper
introduction between the lonely
young men and women of our
cities would abate rs per cent of
the social evil. Normal boys and
girls naturally desire acquaint-
ances among the other sex, and
unless they have some opportunity
to meet desirable associates they
are almost certain to take up with
undesirables."
But it remained for a man from
the Far West to come forward
with an ingenious plan. l give
his letter:
Dear Madam
This may be of service. 1t was
suggested by your article.
81 happened few years ago to
be in a San Francisco business
place where a young man of my
acquaintance was employed, nice,
wholesome boy, with a normal
boys desire for a good time and
the society of girls of his own age.
A stranger in the city, though, he
had been unable to meet any nice
girls, and he had been too well
raised by an excellent mother to
take up with the other kind.
"On the morning of which l
speak / noticed him going about
his work listlessly and Indifferent
ly. He was evidently desperately
lonely, dropping over his job like
a chicken with the pip. Then sud-
denly saw him straighten up, his
expression alert and interested.
Following his glance out
through the open window, saw
very pretty girl framed in the win
dow of an office across the street,
and looking in our direction. The
eyes Of the two met, and the boy
smiled. The girl, taken by sur
prise, smiled frankly back There
was a mutual attraction.
But the next second came the
realization that she was committing
an offense against the conventions.
Quickly she averted her eyes. he-
posed stiffened, the lines about her
mouth became frisid and reDelianr.
she could not be induced to look
that way again,
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

In fact it's a great season for The
Cyclops family.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

Ryley Grannon announces he, too,
has nnlY one eve
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
HEARD AND SEEN

Sixty days for a sixty-five-mile
speeder in Judge Mullowny's court.
A few more like that, Judge, and the
surgeons at Casualty and Emergency
Hospitals will have fewer street
cases on their hands.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

could really anord to give away ne
lunch. Perhaps this will answer the
hungry and homesick one. We
haven't that kind Of a restaurant n
Washington.
Simon Wolf eighty-one years old.
The announcement in the news col
umns simply is a reminder Of the
fact that Mr.. Wolf is an exceptional
citizen. Very few men have had %
fine a career Of American sturdiness.
He has to his credit many great
things-municipally. nationally, and
internationally.
People tell me should get Mr.. A.
NJ. Nevius, of the Riggs National
Bank, to relate the story of the pig
at Cumberland's boathouse. Al
right, Mr.. Nevius, let's have II
If you see a soldier walking in the
rain today, take him under your UNI
brella. He's not allowed to carry
one.
Ryley Grannon announces he, too,
has only one eye.
In fact it's a great season for tie
Cyclops family.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
Which Would You Do?
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

+ in a neighbor's yard you saw
A vicious beast grown wild,
And if you heard the frightened cry
OF some death menaced child,
Would you pass by without sign
And say "It's no affair of mine,"
Or would you get your gunl
The world is now our neighbor's yard
And there the wild beast roams;
And all the children of the earth
Are menaced in their homes.
Will you go culling summer flowers
And say "H's no affair of ours
0E'TiIl. you get your gum
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

Even at that there's difference
between six months for standing
still in front Of the White House and
moving at deathly pace over crowd
ed thoroughfares.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

October g. 1917.
Dear Mr. Brisbane: Your reply to Mr. Walter
Williams, an old friend of mine, interested and in
structed me, and am handing it to Jonathan to
read. Of course your fundamental is right and the
books you suggest most hepful-most of them
necessary.
One omission rather surprised me- You in
cuded study of the life of any real great editor
Do you not think there is stimulus in the lives of
such men. Franklin, Greeley, Samuel Bowles,
Joseph Pulitzer, Joseph MediI, Prentiss Raymond,
and few others to whom you could assign their
proper place, would give direction than any
other biography, except, Of course, the few biog-
raphes of the few truly great who have trod
the earth?
I obtained more from Merriams Life of Sam
Bowles which read twenty and more years ago,
than from any other biography. Why not in
clude it?
have just finished your editorial and am writ
ing under the spell of its wise counsel to coming
editors. Insist to them always that no man can
long write convincingly unless he believes to the
what he writes, and sincerity must be the mar
of all his writings.
Personal responsibility for every statement
and refusal to bend the knee to any interest "tha
thrift may follow fawning, should be stressed and
stressed and stressed again as the beginning and
the end. Without such foundation the young
editor rears his house in vain.
Sincerely, J0SEPHUS DANIELS.
Editor Daniels your criticism just and here we give
you the assignment to write what should have been that
something about Franklin Greeley Bowes Pu
Bowles.
We should be inclined to add few lines about Editor
Caesar who started of the early newspapers when
posted up the dongs of the Senate the walls Rome
get the people his side and let the little people know what
the big schemng.
There is a whole education in Franklin.
There is warning in Greeley-dont let US imagine we
would make good Presidents because moderately
good editors
Te-c ~2iration in Joseph Pulitzer who worked like
Continued at Bottom Of Last COumnl
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
We Give an Assignment to
EditOr-SeCretary Daniels
He Calls 1t Down Upon His Own Head, and Must
Attend to 1t.

Ar editorial good books published on Sunday at
the request of Walter Williams dean of the School of
Journalism at the University of Missouri
Many friends have written about that editorial it in
terested them apparently. Here is letter from Editor
Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy:
The Secretary of the Navy,
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

Hungry and Homesick Caiifor-
nIan" wrote me a letter about the
size OF lunch one gets for half dol
lar in San Francisco, as compared
with Washington, and enclosed a
copy Of a menu. Another Californian
who saw the menu says that par
ticular restaurant is eight stories
high; has a questionable reputation;
sells oceans Of liquor every day. and
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

Since that outrageous crash on
the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company line near Florida and
Connecticut avenues, all the slippery
rails on hills have been sanGed
Human life is not cheaper than a
little sand after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

commercial missionaries to China and India to teach the orient the virtues of the kerosene lamp. At the present rate of consumption the automobile de- mand for gasoline can hardly be sup piled for another 20 years.
 It is abundantly evident that within the next decade a new fuel must be found for the automobile. Germany has demonstrated the possibility of driving motor vehicles with benzole, a by-prod- uct obtained in the manufacture of coke. But since benzole is not pro- duced in sufficiently large quantities, and since, moreover, it is required in the manufacture of explosives, dyes and chemicals, it is not likely to take the place of gasoline.
 Kerosene must drive the automobile of tomorrow. Unfortunately, it does not vaporize so readily as gasoline. Nor can it be efficiently utilized for road locomotion in engines that now con sume gasoline. New feeding devices must be invented; a new, simple type of carbureter must be devised; a new kind of engine must be created. All this automobile manufacturers have foreseen. For many months their re- search engineers have been at work. When the price of gasolene reaches so cents or more a gallon, the kerosene automobile will appear.
 Since the crude oil supply of the world is steadily dwindling, the inven- tion of satisfactory kerosene engine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
The Way the Will Read
From London Opinion.

From LOnuOn Oplulous
 A Turkish story runs that, dying. a pious man bequeathed a fortune to his son, charging him to give f1O0 to the meanest man he could find.
 A certain cadi filled the bill. Accord ing1y the dutiful son offered him f10U.
 But I can't take your f100," said the cadi. T never knew your father. There was no reason why he should leave me the money"
 It's yours all right" persisted the mourning youth.
 T mig Int take it in a fictitious trans action said the cadi relenting. Sup pose-Pll tell you what I'll do. I'll sell you all that snow in the court yaro for f1O0."
 The young man agreed, willing to be quit of his trust on any terms. Next day he was arrested, takkek bkneotefe day he was arrested, taken before the cadi and ordered to remove his snow at once. As this was a command tho young man was utterly unable to exc cute. he was fined f20 by the cadi for contumacy.
 "At least" the young man said rue-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
Gasoline Driven Motor Cars

Waldemar Kaempffert, in Harper's
 Magazine for January.
 The more general adoption of auto mobile transportation must inevitably affect the petroleum industry profound ly. As it is, the ingenious production methods which have made it possible for one out of every 35 of us to buy an automobile have brought us face to face with very critical situation. The truth is, that the worlds supply of gasoline is rapidly nearing exhaus- tion. Twenty years ago gasoline was wellnigh useless; kerosene was the profitable fraction distilled from pe- troleum. Now oil companies must send
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
HEAD STUFFED FROM
 CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in NostriIs Opens Air Passages Right Up.
....f.s.ss.4s...s..ii..,.. s.s.ll

lils4aAL reIleI-nO waiting Your clogged nostrils open right up; the air passages of your head clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuff fling, blowing, headache, dryness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh disappears.
 Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant antiseptio. healing cream in your nostrils It pene- trates through every sir passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes in- stantly.
 It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up with a cold or nasty catarrh.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

must inevitably prove but a malSeshift which will tide us over for decade or two. What then? Either the alcohol engine or the electric storage battery will be intensively developed for me- chanical propulsion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

Because so few typewriter inks are indelib1e or unalterable. the Venezu- elan government has forbidden the of ficial registration of typewritten doe uments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

THE ROD OF THE LONE PATROL .''
 pany, publishers, New York.
 When an old captain takes into his heart a small boy, teaching him to swim, sail a boat etc, there Is fun ahead for the boy. This is fine boys story, pleas ant and entertaining, with many good lesson in 1t for lads.
 H. A. Cody is the author of "If Any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

TIN SPACIOUS TIMES" By Justin Huntley Mccarthy. The John Lane company. publishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED RE-
 VIEWS LATER). THE ETERNAL FEMININE AND OTHER STORIES" By Mary Ray mond Shipman Andrews. Charles Scrib- nePs Sons, publishers, New York THE INCREDIBLE HONEYMOON .'' By E. Nesbit Harper Brothers, pub fishers, New York.
 THE NEW FRATERNITY GA NOVEL OF UNIVERSITY LIFE). By George Frederick Gundelfinger Ph. D. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
THE TRIJmpH oT TIM. j,

By Horace Annesley Vachell George H. M Doran Company, Publishers New York. @ Tim is a wanderer and his adventures
 carry us from his boyhood days in .thr
 quiet English town. through his pie
 turesaue young manhood in California and his final return to Paris and Eng land as portrait painter. This forms the basis of really Stunning novel.
 [ MT. Vachell is the author of "Qinneys,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

'RECOLLECTIONs OF AN ALIENIsT. = By Allen McLane Hamilton. With orig inal illustrations. photographs, and fac sfmiles. George H. Doran company. publishers, New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

THE AGONY COLUMN" By Earl Derr Biggers. Illustrated by Will Grefe. The Bobbs-Merrill company, publishers, Indianapolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

| "John verney," "Searchlights" etc. He lives in England and has spent most of his life in America, ranching in Califor- mia, hunting in the Rockies, etc. He is one of the most successful of modern playwrights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
.'fathsrs

fully as he left the court, father f1O0 went to the right man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

CADIFORNIANS'
 book of poems by Robinson Jeffers. The Macmillan company, publishers, New York.
 California is now to have it's part in the poetry revival. Robinson Jeffers is new poet. man whose name is as yet unknown but whose work is of such out standing character that once it is read ne IS sure of acceptance by those who have admired the writings of such men as John G. Neihardt. Edgar Lee Mas ters. Edwin Arlington Robinson and Thomas Walsh. Virtually all of the poems in this first collection have their setting in California, most of them in the Monterey peninsula, and they realize the scenery of the great state with vivid ness and richness of detail. The au- lhors main source of inspiration has been the varying aspects of nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
$17.955 $19.955 $24.
Nelu & Exclusive Footuear
At Burgers

y,HE distinctive smartness that makes for dstin-
 guished air in spring footwear-the certain fine style so eagerly sought and so seldom foundinvtes the cev
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

New Fraternity, publishers. sewicl<ly Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
MY MAN."
 By c. E. l.. George H. Doran Company

8By c. E. l.. George H. Doran Company % Publishers. New York.
 & The song of the hour in Britain's Trenches and in the homes of the far qung empire is Keep the Home Fires
 Burning" During all the slow, terrible months of agony, the woman at home has been pouring out her heart in sweet Sympathy and cheer to her man at the Front The soul of England IS in these
 simple. touch, exalted letters from an
 English wife and mother to her man sts'sOmewhere in France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

White Kid Pumps Trimmed with small buckles or the plain opera styles, at $6 and S7.
 Glazed Kid Pump One to replace the patent leath- er--has a shiny gloss and is in much demand among the better dressers. Price $5 to $7.
 Sport Pumps Sport pumps will be ill more demand this season than in any other one; this season our stock is the largest we have ever car ried, all the new sport styles are here. Priced S4, S5 and $7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
"BLITHE M'BRIDE"


 By Beulah Marie Dix. The Macmillan company. publishers. New York.
 "Blithe Mcbride" is new story for young folks, which Beulah Marie Dix has written in most charming manner. It is far too seldom that books about children or for children are literature tell sane, sweet story, with a style of distinction when such a one is found it is a pleasure to com mend it.
 "Blithe McBrde' is charming and at tractive, and the little heroine after whom the book is named will win a warm place in the affections of boy and girl readers everywhere Of her voyage across seas to this country, of her cour- age in saving little girl from falling overheard, of her ingenuity in protect Ing herself and the babe of who she mas charge from the Indians, and of the ultimate reward that is meted out to her Tor her bravery, the author has made a most engaging tale and one which re- creates to good purpose the colorful days or the seventeenth century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
Yours! One of These g
Hats at .S5. 5.OO

IL distinctive, one-of-a-kind hats-gistenng lsere A braids combined with colorful taffetas and silks the hair hats-ovely hats of Georgette crepe-each
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

These and similar methods are A.
signed 10 afford the farmer easy aces.
To the large outSid" markets. Within,
them he is practically dependent an
the local butcher and the local deals,
or shipper. In selling 10 the hu,chs,
frequently little or no attention is naid
Ia market conditions. Hogs and cstt.
are slaughtered on numerous farm,
when the weather turns cool, with N.
result that the market il glutted. Tn,
means low prices. which the farms
must accept because the product 4
periShablc. In a small town In IouIs
lana, for example. II was found thr
each time il grew cool eight or len
dressed hogs were offered for Sl.
when the demand called for no NOR
than one or two.
Home Curing of Meat.
To some extent Il remedy for this
situation may be found in better meth
obs of curing meat ut home and ais
by taking advantage Of the refrigen
ton facilities afforded by local lev
plants. Experience has shown that H
is practicable for the average South.
ern farmer To cure the pork needed 70,
immediate home use, and the pOssibI.
ity of marketing hogs in the form Of
cured meats is worthy of consider.
ton. Some form OfrefrigeratiOn. how
ever. will greatly aid In safeguarding
the curing process. This may be SUP
piled either in private meat-curirl
houses or in II community meat-curin.
house. or by taking the meat to a Lon
ice plant to be cured. A recent experi
ment has shown that in small meat
curing house In southern Georgia N
cost of curing the meat was not NOR
than threefourthS of Il cent pounC
including the cost Of the ice. On II
other hand. n number of Ice companle
curing meat for farmers charge Ger
Il pound for curing. > cents for Gu
ing and smoking. and 3 cents for Gu
ing. smoking and wrapping. Some Il
plants prefer to buy the hogs Outrigl
from the farmer and sell the cure
products on their own account. A n
ticeable effect of this practice Is to 4
crease the number of hogs produce
because of the comparative certain
that fairly profitable market will
found for them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

Motorcycles and bicycles are becom-
ing popular throughout Siam.
Australia's available supplies of iron
ore are estimated at 100000 tons.
Soil composed entirely Of sand is
practically of no value for garden
purpose.
The state of Texas is assisting In
the reclamation of 100000 acres OF
overflow lands.
The book Of the Bible called Levitt
Gus Is so called because il relates
principally to Levites and priests.
All the common house rats belonged
originally to the old world, from which
they came to this continent in ships.
Nettles, regarded useless weeds be-
fore the war, are now being collected
in Germany in large quantities for tex.
tile purposes.
The tail of the rat Is most impor.
tant appendage. 1t has more muscles
than the human hand, being used as
hand. as balancer and as a sprinp
to aid in jumping.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11
Hurled Into Sunshine.

II was In Petrograd during the first
appraisal of the new assets" writes
Isaac F. MarcossOn in Everybody's.
Like prisoners long immured in the
dark and suddenly hurled into the sun
shine, the people blinked in the strange
light of their unfamiliar emancipation.
The one-time baiuwick of the cars
was a study In scarlet-animate like
an American city during u national
convention. Its great thoroughfare-
the Nevski Prospekt-once the Street
of Sacrifice. was now the Highway of
Happiness. Never was there such glad
reunion. 1t was like the meeting of
lost tribes after much wandering in
the wilderness Exiles streamed in
from Siberia under the general am
nesty; Jews came forth from their
long restraint, for creed lines were
down; delegations Of troops fiocked
from the front Equality was the pass
word that loosed every tongue"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

F'rOm the United States department q!
Agricultural
Better marketing facilities are "S-
Sential to the increase in livestock
production in the South. which is de
sirable from every point of view. Nari-
Gus methods of improving the present
situation In this respect have been
tried out. and the most promising ones
are discussed in II new publication ot
the United States department of agri-
culture. Farmers Bulletin 500. Among
the most important are the organiZa-
ton of cooperative shipping and mar
keting clubs and of local livestock
buying companies. the establishment Of
local packing houses. the custom or
holding livestock sales on advertised
dates, and the use of local ice plants
in curing farm meat.
OF these. says the bulletin already
mentioned. cooperative shipping Is the
one that is being most generally adopt
ted i'm the United States. Associations
for this purpose have met with marked
success in the middle West and are
equally well adopted to conditions IN
some parts of the South. They enable
the small producer to ship his animals
to centralized livestock markets ut no
greater cost for transportation than Is
paid by the dealer who ships In car
load lots. In this way the farmer Is
made independent of local buyers. An
other great advantage of such associa-
lions Is that they are simple in or
ganizatiOn and require no capital to do
business, because the farmers are not
paid for their stock until the returns
from the shipment are received.
Market for Stock.
In one Mississippi city the board Of
trade has created somewhat more
complex organization I'm order 10 pro-
vide the farmers of the surrounding
country with a good local market for
their live stock throughout the year.
A farmers stockyards company" has
been organized with Il paid-in capital
of $500. provided by local business
men, in the hope of increasing the pro-
ductiOn of live stock in the section.
No dividends are paid and the Operat-
ing expenses of the company are re-
duced to minimum. On two days of
each week throughout the year the
company buys live stock for cash In
any sized lots. at prices which are the
equivalent of those prevailing at the
large centralized markets less the cost
of sending the animals to these mar
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH

The manufacture of airplanes in the
United States has increased almost 100
per cent within the last year.
The legion. the chief subdivision of
the Roman army. contained about six
thousand men and contingent of cav
airy.
Safety Is the chief advantage of a
new electric switch which is inclosed
In a locked box and operated by a
crank that projects through one side.
The brown rat, enormously called
the Norway rat. was originally a
native of India and Persia. 1t en-
tered Europe through Russia about
1721. and was brought to America
about 1775.
The first crossing of the Andes made
by aeronauts was accomplished by two
men from Argentina. Their balloon
started from Santiago, Chile, and four
hours later landed near Mendoza, Ar
gentina.
Motor boats 40 feet long and draw
ing 31h feet of water are wanted at
Montevideo. Uruguay.
Rails that permit enginemen to
leave locomotive cabs quickly and
safely in emergencies have been in.
vented.
X-ray pictures for dentists use may
be quickly made and developed by
means Of cabinet. which performs all
the operations almost automatically.
The name of almond suggests only
the nut of that name. but we have
towering almonds, that do not bear
edible nuts but make grand display
of blossoms in early spring.