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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
HIS EYE AND TONGUE.

Youths Companion: 81 don't know
when he is most terrifying" a nervous
young officer once complained Of Lord
Kitchener, when he looks and SAYS
nothing at ALL or when he doesn't seem
TO notice, and you think everything's
going off all right, and then all OF a
sudden he whips out his tongue and
runs you through with il"
Both the and the tongue of
Kitchener Of Khartum. England's great
soldier so tragically lost with the
Hampshire, We're indeed terrible weap-
ons when directed at either the ineffi.
cient or the self.sufficient. Around a
personality so striking as that of TX.
OF X so many stories gather that il
is difficult to distinguish fact from ia.
bic; but indeed fable is often scarcely
less Illustrative Of the fundamental
truth than fact The ruthlessness of
kltchener's sarcasm has probably been
exaggerated; its effectiveness has not
IT is not certain. although it is wide.
ly believed, that during the Boer war
ne 'squelched' the selfimportance of
AN Ineffective leader of column after
the following manner: The officer had
several slight engagements with the
enemy, and afte reach wired optimist.
ically to his chief that during the ac.
ton a number Of Beers were seen TO
fall from their saddles" Kitchener, be.
came annoyed. and received no more
similar messages after he had politely
telegraphed:
Il hope when the Beers fell they did
not hurt themselves"
But there is little doubt. in view of
his intolerance Of pull" and favorit.
ism. that he really sent another and
more neatly sarcastic telegram. A no.
bleman. whose son was serving i'm the
yeomanry' desired the youths presence
at home, for a wedding. ball or some
other important festal event. Count.
ing on his rank and social Importance.
he yentured to telegraph the command.
er:
PLEASE allow my son return at once:
urgent family reasons"
Kitchener replied promptly:
Son cannot return at all: urgent
military reasons"
In another instance popularly mar.
rated the snub was administered to the
presumptuous noble by word Of mouth.
\ subaltern Of exalted family had been
sent out TO join his staff in Africa, and
made the mistake OF remembering his
social and forgetting his military rank.
lie made the amazing error Of nddrass.
ing his chief as Kitchener" The other
officers were aghast. and looked for a
quick and stern reproof Instead. TX
OF X drawled nonchalantly:
''Oh, why be so beastly formal with
meY Why don't YOU call me Herbert? %
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
$500 WORTH OF FLAGS.
Value of Equipment of Emblems Al.
lowed Each L. 5. Battleshin.

Chicago Journal: one of the most
interesting corners Of the Brooklyn
navy yard at this present busy time
is the factor ywhere the master flag
maker presides. Under his supervis-
ion flags are made for all Of the Amer
lean warships on this side of the world,
for Atlantic coast naval stations and
government buildings upon the eastern
seaboard. Another factory at the
Mare Island yard in California does
similar duty for Pacific coast stations
and the vessels in the Pacific
Every battleship of Uncle Sans
navy has no less than S25OO worth Of
flags, ranging from the tiniest pen
nant to the greatest Old Gories.
More than forty foreign flags of all
the nations of the earth must be car.
ried upon every cruise. These vary
from the banner of China. with its
fearsome dragon, to the white elephant
on the flag Of Siam.
When a battleship is dressed in its
cOlOrs the outfit represents 250 flags Of
many kinds and sizes. Most Of the
larger flags are 25 by l3 feet, made Of
the best wool bunting, nineteen inches
wide. This bunting is of the highest
quality obtainable and undergoes Sc.
we're tests before it is accepted But
the action of wind and weather makes
the replacement Of flags a frequent
thing.
The fagmarker's art is an exacting
one and many modern descendants Of
Betsy Ross are employed by the
Brooklyn flag master. Much skill is
required TO make such a flag as that OF
Venezuela, which has a prancing horse
upon il. A special machine has been
designed for cutting the white stars
used in our own flag These are Of
eight sizes, and every year many
thousands of such stars go into flags
made By government employees. These
stars vary from two inches to fourteen
inches in diameter.
or all the flags used in the United
Stateq rrvice that OF the president Is
the .J , difficult to make. II is hand.
sewed throughout and requires the
steady labor Of woman for one
month. This flag is made in two sizes.
90 by IA and by feet 1t has blue
ground with the United States coat-of.
arms in the center The llfesized ca
gle on the flag is the thing that makes
its production so delicate "A task.
Every detail OF the eagle must be
worked out perfectly. and skill of
high order is demanded from the seam.
stress who is invested with the dignity
Of making a flag for the president
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
CATHING AUTO THIVES.

There is probably no section of this
country where the automobile thief has
been more active during the past year
than in southern California, writes AL
bert MARBLE in American Motorist In
the past twelve months, he says, more
than 100000 worth Of automobiles were
stolen, of which all but $150,0O0 were
recovered.
However" Mr.. Marple continues,
'the authorities and motorists feel that
even S150,00O is a little too much to lose
to crooks in single year, and therefore
they have devised a novel plan for the
protection of cars which promises to
do away with much of the pilfering.
This method consists of stationing
sentries or guards at each of the seven
mountain passes leading from southern
California on the north east and
south, the west being closed, so far as
entrance or exit is concerned by the
mighty Pacific. Each of these guards
is given daily a list of the reported
stolen automobiles, and the driver who
endeavOrs to get through the gates with
stolen car, each machine being stop
ped at these points and the number
taken, will get a disagreeabe surprise.
To maintain the system will cost some
thing like 100000 a year. The section
to be protected by this system will
comprise Los Angeles, Riverside, San
Bernardino and Orange counties. In
these counties there are about 10000
automobiles. This would bring the cost
Of the maintenance of this guard sys.
TEN down to 25 cents per automobile
cor the year. This, it would seem,
would be mighty cheap insurance
against theft"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
SOME FOOD PROBLEMS.
Discussion in Which Reference is Made
to Pigs and Tobacco.

Providence Journal: In the general
effort to increase the food production Of
the country there has been much talk
about the best directions in which indi-
vidual and collective effort may be ex-
pended. In the way of increasing the
meat supply, some Of the agricultural
authorities have been urging people to
pay more attention to pork.
Pigs. we are told, and in the most
practical way the most grateful of all
animals. They make better use of the
food that is given them. For every
four or five pounds of dry matter which
pigs eat, they put on a pound of flesh,
while for every pound added to the
weight of cattle ten or twelve pounds
of food is required
But this is not the full extent Of the
pigs gratitude. He gives larger meas
ure of himself to the sustenance Of
the human race. When dressed the
pig yields from 20 to so per cent Of its
live weight as edible meat, whereas a
steer gives only 55 to 65 per cent. More
over, pig occupies less room than any
other meat.produclng animal, and ac-
cording to the popular view needs much
less attention But Of course these are
facts that are not Of much interest to
backyard gardeners in cities.
Another much-discussed problem in
connection with this question is the
extent to which productive land should
be diverted from its ordinary uses and
turned to some more urgent need. The
situation naturally affords a fine chanc,
for the anti-tobacco agitators. Mr.. VIII
liam Powick Of Pennsylvania Agricul-
tural, Pennsylvania, unburdens himself
in a communication to his favorite news
paper as follows:
"Sir: Why not prohibit tobacco rails
ing? What is tobacco good for but TO
kill lice on roses2 We need to multiply
the acreage Of foodstuns and are en-
listing and mobiizing farm labor to
this end Why not, then, forbid the
tillage Of harmful and wasteful plants
as war measure? Bread or tobacco
is about as pertinent a slogan as Bread
or booze and as worthy Of government
al regulation in the time Of stress be-
fore us"
If it came TO a personal pinch there
can be little doubt that most users Of
the weed would not hesitate very long
over a choice between bread and to-
bacco. Perhaps in this time Of stress
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
Measuring Your Pace.

London Chronicle: How many steps
do you take to the mile? Even II your
considered reply be Seventeen hund.
red and sixty" | shall take leave TO
doubt Il.
Should you be British infantry.
man your pace will be the longest OF
any infantryman.
The Russian pace is the shortest, be.
ing but 27la inches; the French. Italian
and Austrian pace is 20 inches, the
Germans do 81 inches. while British
soldiers stride an extra half inch.
But your own pace. what OF IL? II
depends upon your height. Take your
eyebrow height. halve H. and that rep.
resents your pace. You will find Il Ca
be somewhere between 30 inches and
20 inches, so that YOU will need between
1000 and 2,i00 PAGES TO the mile.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05

Find it In the want ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
Recommends Chamberlain's Collie. Chol
era and DlarrhOea Remedy.

II never hesitate TO recommend Cham.
berlaln's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy" writes Sol Williams. mer.
chant, Jesse, Tenn. Il sell more Of IL
than OF any other preparations Of like
character. have used II myself and
found II gave me more relief than any
thing else have tried for the same
purpose" For sale by all dealers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
MARK TWAIN ON GRANT.
Interesting Description of General
Contained in Letter.

Among the Mark Twain letters in
Harper's Magazine is one written his
wife in 1879, in which he describes a
reunion of the army of the Tennessee
in Chicago and gives a remarkable
description Of General Grant.
"The next letter is written the fol
lowing morning, or at least some time
the following day, after a night of
ratification:
Chicago, Nov. IL, '79.
Livy darling, II was a great time.
There were perhaps thirty people on
the stage of the theater, and l think |
never sat elbow-to-elbow with so many
historic names before Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Schofield, Pope Logan,
Angur and so on. What an iron man
Grant is! He sat facing the house,
with his right leg crossed over his left
and his right boot-sole tilted up at an
angle, and his left hand and arm re-
posing on the arm of his chair-you
note that position? Well, when glow
ing references were made to other
grandees on the stage, those grandees
always showed a trifle Of nervous con.
came frequently the nervous change
Of position and attitude were also fire.
quent. But Grant!-he was under a
tremendous and ceaseless lombard
ment Of praise and graduation, but as
true as I'm sitting here he never
moved "a muscle of his body for a sin
gle instant, during thirty minutesl
You could have played him on a
stranger for an effigy.
Perhaps he never would have
moved but at last a speaker made such
a particularly ripping and blood-stir-
ring remark about him that the audi
ence rose and roared and yelled and
stamped and clapped an entire minute
Grant sitting as serene as ever
when General Sherman stepped to
him, laid his hand affectionately on
his shoulder, bent respectfully down
and whispered i'm his ear. General
Grant got up and bowed, and the storm
Of applause swelled into a hurricane
He sat down. took about the same po.
sltlOn ana tfOZe 10 II TIL by and by
there was another of those deafening
and protracted roars when Sherman
made him get up and bow again He
broke up his attitude once more-to the
extent of something more than a hairs
breadth-to indicate me to Sherman
when the house was keeping up de
termined and persistent call for me,
and poor bewildered Sherman who did
not know mel was peering abroad over
the packed audience for me. not know.
ing | was only three feet from him and
most conspicuously located General
Sherman was chairman
One Of the most illustrious individ.
uals on the stage was "Ole Abe" the
historic war eagle. He stood on his
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05

Eighty acres open timber land,
pne.half mile west, two and one
half miles south of Milo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
A SPEEDY EQUINE
Unable to Keep Out Of Way Of Cricket
Club Roller and GrOundsman
Gives Notice

New Haven JournalCourier: A GER
tain cricket club in England engaged
new groundsman. About the same time
they bought a new horse to pull the
roller A day or two later the grounds
man approached the club secretary.
looking anxious.
Il want to know" he said, who will
be responsible if the 'oss 'appens to
meet with an accident?"
'You would certainly be responsible"
said the puzzled secretary. "The ami
NAL is in your charge"
Then 1 give notice." said the ground
man firmly; "the brute hasn't speed
enough to get out of the way Of the
roller and one day I shall run him down
and flatten him out, It's too risky"
The club is now advertising for an
other horse.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05

One Farm. consisting Of sixty
acres. fifty acres in cultivation,
small orchard, small tenant house,
about miles west Of Newport.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05

There Is more ca,arrn In this sec
tlon OF the country than all other dis.
eases put together and for years Il
was supposed 20 be- incurable Doctors
prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly falling to cure by local treat
nent, pronounced Il incurable Catarrh
Is local disease. greatly influenced
by constitutional conditions, and there.
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured .,
r. J. Cheney n Co, Toledo. Ohio is a
constitutional remedy. Is taken inter.
nally and acts through the blood on
the mucous surfaces OF the system One
hundred dollars reward IL offered for
any case that Halls Catarrh Cure fails
TO cure. Send for circulars and testi
monials.
F.J CHENEY a Co. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Family pills for constipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
THE NATURAL CAPACITY.

Baltimore American: Il see where
they are going to employ flagwomen
on railroads."
81 don't see why they wouldn't make
good. You know, until the short skirts
came in style women We're used to hold
ing up trains"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
Copic Service
Copyright Underwood & Underwood
MRS. FRANK A VANDERBILT. WIFE
OF BANKER, DONS "CONSERVA-
TION" COSTUME WHEN WORKING

AT HOME-Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip,
wife of the well known banker. wearing
her conservation" costume, the official
uniform of the women of the nation
who have pledged themselves to work
for the conservation of the country's
food resources Mrs. Vanderlip is act.
lively interested in enrolling all the
members Of the New York state wo-
mans suffrage party in the Get BE.
hind Hoover" movement.
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perch-the old savage-eyed rascal
three or four feet behind General Sher.
man, and as he had been in nearly
every battle that was mentioned by the
orators his blood was probably stirred
pretty often. though he was too proud
to let on"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-15
ARCADE TONIGHT

In "A Daughter of the Poor,
her fourth Triangle starring vehicle,
Bessie Love takes the part of Rose
Eastman. who lives in little fac
tory town of the middle west with
her old Uncle joe Rose keeps tiny
toy shop, her wares being much IN
demand by the children Of the fac
tory owners. Uncle Joe is janltor IN
a nearby publishing house, which IS
owned by Mr.. Stevens, selfmade
man. who has built up his fortune
through hard labor. Uncle Joe IS
very bitter against the rich and m
stead of beint ION the job" spends
most Of his time nj the shop IN
preaching his propaganda that the
employees are shaving to make MIL
lions for the owner while they them
selves receive but pittance in re-
turn. Uncle Joe, however, does not
"slave" very hard, as he spends
most of his time loafing. Rudolph, a
young socialist writer, is a very
close friend of Uncle Joe and is in
love with Rose, having idealized her
as the central character of book
which he has written called "A
Daughter of the Poor" Rose, not
understanding the true condition of
affairs, really believes that her
uncle is terribly abused at the shop
shares his and Rudolph's intense
hatred of the rich. Rudolph is espec-
tally bitter against Stevens because
he at the time his manuscript was
finished had canvassed the publish
ers with view having them print
his book. Stevens had been his last
hope and when he, too, had refus-
ed to print the book, thinking il
rather too radical, Rudolph in a
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frenzy had thrown the manuscript
to the floor and left the office in
rage. Later the publisher had read
the manuscript more carefully and
decided to publish the work, though
he had been unable to find the au-
thor, Rudolph having signed the
manuscript with a pseudonym.
Stevens son, Jack, meets Rose
one afternoon when his car breaks
down near the station, pretending
to rescue her from the unwelcome
attention of two of his friends who
were with him in the car. Rose,
thinking him workingman driving
the car for his employer, accepts his
invitation to ride in the car, and he
takes her home. He continues to
pay her attentions, though he is en-
gagged to marry a society girl, Hazel
Fleming. One afternoon when they
are motoring through town Rudolph
! sees Hazel and Jack, both faultless-
ly dressed in the latest mode, and,
recognizing Jack as the supposed
workingman to whom Rose had in
! troduced him, hurries to the shop
and warns Rose. When Jack calls
again Rose questions him, but he
quiets her suspicious with his suave
explanations.
Meanwhile in the publishing
house Uncle Joe, idling his time
away sleeping and smoking in a
back room, has allowed boxes and
bundles Of waste paper to accumu-
late in this back room so that the
fire escape is practically blocked up
One day while Uncle Joe is sleeping
his pipe falls to the floor and ignites
some Of the waste paper, and the
publishing house is soon filled witt
smoke. 4 panic results among the
printers and other workers, and II
; their efforts to escape through The
4. only exit several are severely IN
, jured. The feeling against Uncle Jo'
: is very violent, and some Of th'
workers cry out, Lynch him. Blu
; Jack, happened along in his auto
, mobile, saves him by taking him t
, the local Jail, where he is booked OF
: the charge of arson.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-15

with The actual work of bui,t'rc,
The last, being local man ari PR
badly representing Louisiana capt.
ia IS already familiar ,'itf many
Of the conditions which needed in
vestigation by the previous visitors.
With the New Orleans man it seems
more a question of securing an ade-
quate site.
The increasing number of vlsl-
tors to this section, who are inter-
ested in the building of ships, shows
that this section is being earnestly
considered for such purpose. The
installation of one shipyard in the
near future seems a certainty and
others will follow. Citizens on both
sides of the Bay look forward to
seeing this section one of the great
est shipbuilding centers in the Uni
ted States, and their belief is found
ed on their knowledge of the admir-
able conditions mere for just such
enterprises on a gigantic scale.
A visit to the called meeting Of
the Chamber of Commerce of Nor
gan City and Berwick at the Cit!
Hall tonight will put you in closer
touch with what is being done
question of securing an ADEQUATE
site.
Every citizen urged to attend.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-15

ton and the same promulgated in the
manner and form required by law
and do any and all acts and things
required by law and provided by
Act 256 of the General Assembly OF
the State Of Louisiana for the year
1910, and all acts amendatory
thereof.
In faith whereof witness our OIL
cial signature at Franklin in St.
Mary Parish, State of LOUISIANA
this 18th day of April, A. D. 1917
(Signed) 7. CLAooIN
President School Board, st. Mary
Parish, State Of Louisiana.
D. N. FOSTER,
Secretary.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-15
MORGAN CITY AND BERWICK
ATTRACT ATTENTION Or
MORE SHIP BUILDERS.

citizen of New Orleans has
been in local territory for two days
looking over sites which might De
adaptible to the building of ships
The visitor is in Berwick today ana
has been shown locations by Mr..
Palmer, Secretary Of the Chamber
of Commerce of Morgan City ami
Berwick, in company with promi-
nent business men of that city. The
visitor seems favorably impressed
with certain sites in Berwick but
states that his proposed business
will require 1000 feet water 'front.'
age. He says that he proposes build
ing ten ships at time and will have
employment for $500 men. In order
to get the required amount of front
age in single strip, the citizens on
the Berwick side of the Bay Will
have to ask certain property owners
to help them out by turning over
certain property to the project. 1t
is believed that the properly owners
concerned will gladly meet the re-
ouirements, should the project de-
velop, as they are always heartily IN
accord with any movement which
will promote the commercial or
civic progress Of their surrounding
territory.
/ The Orleanian is the third gentle
man to visit Morgan City and Ber-
vic on such mission within the past
two weeks. Each visitor has announ-
ced agreeable surprise at conditions
here relative to shipbuilding and it
is believed that probably all of them
will locate here in the near future.
It is known that the first conner is
maturing his plans for early action
and it is believed that the second
visitor will likely return in a few
days to further his Investigations
The first two prospectors, Mr.. Bick'
ford of Chicago and Mr.. Wilhelm OF
Kansas City, are representing north.
ern capital and have given out state
ments indicating that the local ter
ritory is just the place for their pro.
posed business and that as soon AZ
the delivery and manufacture of GER
tain needed supplies can be reason
ably .scertained they will! ..eo.ee1
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-15
{, tarrhal Deal.....5 Cannot BeCured

by local applications IS they cannot reach
the diseased portion u the ear. There
IL only one way to catarrhal deafness.
and that is by Il constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition nf the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10
Unnamed you nav" runbling SOUND or
imperfect hearing nd when 1t 10 entirely
closed Deafness ia the result Unless the
infamma ton can be reduced and this TUBE
restored to its normal condition.. hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh. which 10
an innamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn.
We will give One Hundred Dollars Tor
any case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure. Circular
tree. All Druggists 7Sc.
y. J.. CHENEY 4 CO.. Tolodo. q
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-15
NOTICE

To the members of Doric Lodge,
No. 2O5, F. & A. M. and all regular
masons. There will be special
meeting of this lodge Wednesday
evening, May 18th, 1917, at 8
o'clock, at which Bro. M. A. Potten-
ger will lecture to the craft. A large
attendance is requested.
St 1. w. Paddock, w. M.