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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-30
Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
Bv Helen Rowland

the brides
that thy
the of and Plenty?
Brooklyn of them vowed
a o
hepme Likewise shall cuti
husbands soumate
bridge dancing.
husbands playmate Yea verify verify shall be
that what quh from the
weddeth."
the second damse behind hand saying
demaoogy
pleasing.'
that both dams attained their desire and
n
discovered how accomplished
and declared himself exceeding lucky
to a
cooking other because
encouraged her
o
inspiring
him him his
the tongue
Xantppc
onew q
to valet for
himself in general
smoohed
and smile i'm boy!"
in offer him word
kind
not come off Neither did she her hando
married
that he might her with imported
though
well
deny her the
o h .
For Little
profitable be his light
running domestc!'
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SEASONABLE ADVICE.

Until the present hot wave
passes our people should be
scrupulously careful Of their diet
and habits.
Avoid iced drinks which chill
the stomach and retard digestion
Avoid heavy meals and cut out
meat for dinner. You will feel
the heat less if you keep on a
diet of fruit and vegetables.
Keep out of the sun in the
middle of the day. Most sun
strokes occur between noon and
three o'clock.
Do not indulge in hard eXcr-
else, such as tennis. Groquet and
bridge whist OH the porch will
be sufficient.
DO not worry over the war.
Worry disturbs the circulation.
DO not plan visits to resorts, for
Nissoula has the finest summer
climate in America. .-.-.----
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A Winter Evening

Soft bands of white across a sunny
sky
And then the low toned twilight creep
ing on.
A neighboring roof deep etched with
burdening snow:
Hill, field. and tree beyond
Blending in one wide, gentle blur of
gray:
Brown shrubs and withered grasses
wave aloft
Their invitation to passing feathered
guest;
While here. and there. and here again
Faint wisps OF smoke curl upward.
Telling once more the tale OF little
homes,
Whittier the toil-wor hasten, to sit
| them down and rest.
So I will spread a table, here beside
our hearth;
| A joyful feast. for Love broods over it,
Lending the snow white lustre Of his
wings.
And now. all things made ready, will
wait,
And listen for the voice know so well
is-L.onise May Gridley in Good House
Keeping,
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BEHIND THE LINES

Until a man is wounded he sees the
war only from the point Of view of the
front line and consequently, as I say,
misses half it's splendor, for he is ig-
norant of the greatness of the heart
that beats behind him all along the
lines of communication. Here in brief
is how found this out:
The dressing station to which went
was underneath q ruined house, under
full observation of the Hun. and in an
area which was heavily shelled. On
account OF the Smelling and the fact
that any movement about the place
would attract attention, the wounded
were carried out only by night. More
over. to get back from the dressing
station to the collecting point in rear
of the line of ambulances had to trav-
erse white road over bridge in
full view of the enemy. The Hun kept
guns trained on this road and opened
fire at the least sign of traffic. When
presented myself l didn't think that
there was anything seriously the mat
ter; my arm had swelled and was pain
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER go, 1917.
SOMETHING ROTTEN.

The conditions at Camp Bowie
and Camp Doniphan, as described
by the officers in command OF
those environments to the senate
military committee carries Us
back for the moment, to the days
sof the Spanish war. We are told
that during November 5000 men,
or about one-third Of the entire
cantonmcnt at Camp Bowie.
passed through the hospital and
that the average deaths during
that time from cpidcmics OF pncll-
monia, measles and other dis
eases averaged sixteen day. As
to The cause, the commander
frankly admits lack Of sufficient
clothing and tents to avoid over
crowding.
The hospital built to accommo-
dale 500 men was crowded with
1900 and was without a sewer
age system. In September when
conditions were at the worst,
twelve men We're crowded III a
tent and the warning that sick
ness would fall was fully verified
Conditions now are consider
ably improved, but these revcla-
tons. given in the most authentic
and frank way by army officers
show how successfully the CEN
sorship has worked, and what is
more, how woefully unprepared
tor war we have been.
1t is also revelation Of shock
ing incompetence. While these
boys at Camp Bowie were crowd
ed twelve in a tent. while the
hospital, With no sewerage. was
oyercrowded to twice its capacity,
We have had in Missoula. and still
have, regimental military post
all but deserted. At Fort Mis-
soula there are barracks OF the
finest kind, but empty. At a mil
lion dollar post, that is at our
doors, is hospital, beautiful and
modern in every respect. but
there are no patients, While
men have been dying at the rate
OF sixteen day at Camp Bowie,
because of contagious diseases,
caused by oyercrowding, here is
Fort MisSoula, admirably located
with regard TO the health condi-
tons, but uninhabitcd.
We would like to find some
Body who can convince us that
this policy OF the government IS
anything but that of unwisc and
criminal neglect, not to say the
worst of business in War time.
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WHERE TO BEGIN.

Since some enthusiastic friends
of Senator Walsh are proposing
that the Republicans and Demo
Gratis unite on his candidacy. the
Billings Gazette offers the very
timely suggestion that the ground
work for this movement be laid
by the senator himself in forget
ting politics for the moment
while he chooses a new United
States district attorney for Mon
tana. The Gazette says: ~-
"By virtue of his office, Mr. Will
son is also the head of the Demo-
cratic party AS stated he has
established a valuable precedent in
the Nelson case. 1t now remains to
be seen if his lieutenants are will
ing to accept that appeal as bind
ing. > We have Il case right here in
Montana-that of the district at
torney. His term is about to eX-
pire, and his successor will depend
on the recommendations of Sena-
| tors Myers and Walsh. 1t is to be
doubted if the most intimate
friends of the incumbent will as
| sert in sincerity that he made Il
very commendable record in the
Butte |. w. w. or near German af-
| fair of last summer. Nor will any
very extended comment be made by
| them, we fancy, as to his activities
in quclling sedition in Yellowstone,
| at in
| stance
| We do not know Edmund L
Nichols. suggested by the Gazette
as one finely equipped for this
position, bat certainly Montana
cannot be utterly devoid OF mcl
more fit than Wheeler. The SEN
ator must remember that his
Montana constituents are fight
ing at home To viii This war while
their SONS and brothers are il
The trenches OF France, wher,
the Second Montana regiment has
already arrived. We hope thai
Senator Walsh will recommend /
man who will aid our fight, anl
not handicap it.
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HEROES ALL.

This Is the story Of IA colonel on the
British front who wanted twenty men
to face almost certain death.
He called the whole company to-
gether and made the situation clear
to them. Then he asked for twenty
volunteers to advance one pace. He
loved his men, and il was almost more
than he could bear. He closed his eyes
to keep back his tears, and when he
opened them the men stood in eX-
actly the same formation. He was
panied.
rs there not one volunteer" he
asked.
A sergeant stepped forward at sal
ute. Every one has advanced one
pace, sir" he said.
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full from a wound of three days stand
ing. The doctor, however, recognized
that septic poisoning had set in and
that to save the arm an operation was
necessary without loss OF time. He
called sergeant and sent him out to
consult with an ambulance driver.
This officer ought to go out at once.
Are you willing to take a chance?"
asked the sergeant. The ambulance
driver took a look at the chalk road
cleaning white in the sun where it
climbed the ridge. "Sure, Mike!" he
said. and ran off to crank his engine
and back his car out OF its place of con-
cealment. "Sure, Mike!"-that was all.
He'd have said the same II he'd been
asked whether he'd care to take q
chance at hell.-Coningsby Dawson.
Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery,
in Good Housekeeping.
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OUT OF RANGE,

He was a very diminutive sergeant.
but was far from being small and
sweet. You, Privat' Brun.' he bawled
to a tall native of Yorkshire, "old yer
cad up. There amt no three penny
bits lying about" The country lad
asked. shall l always look oop, SER
geant?' always" was the fierce re-
ply. Then in pathetic whisper.
Priyat' Brun said, as he lifted his face
up to the skies Goodbye, sergeant,
Ter ! shall never see thee any W0rel'
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AFTER THIS LIFE, WHAT:

War has always served to
arouse deep thought concerning
life, both in this world and III The
next, whenever it has gripped Il
nation. Now, with the greatest
war of all time convulsing the
World. it is but natural that
thoughts OF after existence should
sir The minds Of many.
Spiitualists are active They
assure rs that there is the posi-
bility of communication between
the folks who still inhablt the
earth and those who have passed
on. There is nothing particulars
~ new in This contention OF
theirs, save that many persons OF
prominence have come to the
conclusion which they long have
held. And chief among these is
Sir Oliver Lodge. whose son died
III conflict for Britain.
Lodge declares that he has
communicated with his son since
the death of The latter. Other
supernatural communications are
reported by other prominent stu
dents of psychic philosophy.
Much Of death and the life be-
Nond, too, has been written. and
probably foremost OF these writ
Ings IS THE Light Beyond" by
that sincere philosopher, Maurice
Maetcrlinck. The book is "A series
of ESSAYS based, critics believe.
upon the thoughts which have
come to him as the result Of the
snlicrings of the people Of his ma
ton, Belgium. at the hands Of the
Hun.
And Dir. Maetcrinck regards
death merely as evolution. rather
than as The tragedy it appears to
- many. For example, in "Oul
Injustice To Dcath,' he says:
Is it surprising that the idea of
death, which should he the most
perfect and the most luminous of
ideas-being the most persistent
and the most Observation-Disclosures
the flimsiest and the only one that
is IA laggard? ..,,.-.-4... To fathom its
abysses, we wait until the most en-
feebled, the most disordercd mo-
ments of our life arrive. We do
not begin to think of death until we
have no longer the strength, will
not say, to think, but even to
breathe. ,.......--.. Let us learn to look
upon death as it is in ITSELF free
from the horrors of matter and
stripped of the terrors Of the inn
agination. Let US first get rid of
all that goes before and does not
belong to it. Thus we impute to it
the tortures of the last illness, and
that is not just. Illnesses have
nothing in common with that
which ends them. They form part
of life, and not of death.
DIR. Maeterlinck takes issu
:, NTH that branch Of seienc
6 4-
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THE DIFFERENCE.

After a spell at the front the army
officers are sometimes apt to forget
the niceties of military etiquette, re-
]ates the London Chronicle. The other
afternoon at Victoria Station a com
handing officer was spotted by a
member of the military police, who re-
not carrying his gloves. "Gloves," ex-
claimed the c. .. Where | came from
you're often lucky to appear in trou.
sers."
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What MyParents
Wanted Me Be
BY DARWIN p. KINGSLEY,
President New York Lite Insurance {

My father probably wanted me to be
a lawyer. He was Yankee and not
given to much speech. Life early be-
came such strenuous matter that l
was too busy to pick and choose, and
beyond determination, early arrived
at, to get good education ! had to
consult hard circumstances and not
my father in all matters relating to
my vocation
The whole course of my life was
changed by a few words spoken to me
by our family doctor when as a small
boy l was attending one of the primi-
tive "deestrict" schools In Alburg, VT
We lived a mile away from the red
schoolhouse and three miles from the
postoffice.
In this isolated section my parents
owned a 4O-acre farm, and with the
| exception of little tea and at rare
intervals little sugar in place Of ma
pie sugar. which was homegrown, we
lived off of the land" What we called
! coffee was made from parched wheat
or corn.
Our winter clothing was made
from wool supplied by n dozen sheep.
first spun and then woven by hand.
Flax from our garden was converted
into summer garments. The spinning
| wheel was rarely silent day or night,
for even the thread we used was spun
at home. The first time my father
exchanged his wool for cloth seemed
| to us an advance to q higher state of
civilization.
Our home life was that of self-re-
speeding. honest, religious, hard
working people, very confined and
narrow, with no leisure for my
parents to think beyond the task of
| keeping their five children clothed
and fed. There was little time for
| reading, SO we had few books.
Raised in such uninspiring sur
| roundings I did not visualize life be-
yond our own narrow world.
In the district school there was lit
| tie thought of higher education. How
ever. one day, my friend, the family
physician, who had a wider expert
ence than the rest of us. advised me
to keep on with my education and
study Latin.
l had never even heard of Latin
mean to me to know it, l suddenly
realized that there was a world about
which I knew nothing.
Then and there determined l would
acquire more of an education than our
district school offered.
Before I was IL l had gotten all l
could from there, but ] continued to
go to school in winter and work on the
farm in summer until was II.
l was sent to Swanton academy for
one winter term and to Barre tVer-
mont Academy for one spring term.
Under the guidance of DIR. J. s.
Spaulding, n noted man, head of the
academy, resolved to work my
way through both academy and college.
Between terms l worked as a farm la
borer.
Before I was 20 I took the spring
entrance examination for the Univer-
sity of Vermont at Burlington. That
summer l saved $45.
The farmer for whom worked
agreed to lend me the rest OF the
necessary money to go to college IL |
gave him security in case l died. He
believed il l lived he would get it
back.
| DIR. Spaulding had always instilled
. in us the advantages Of life insur-
ance, emphasizing the fact that 1t
could be used as security. l took out
1900 policy, which handed to my
FORMER penetactor. To this incident
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whose business it is to prolong
life, regardless of sufferings, to
the last moment. Thus he speaks:


life, regardless of sufferings. to
the last moment. Thus he speaks
A day will come when science
will turn upon its error and no
longer hesitate to shorten our woes.
a day will come when 1t will. dare
and act with certainty: when life,
grown WISER will depart silently at
its hour. knowing that 1t has
reached its term. even as 1t with
draws silently every evening,
knowing that its task is done. -
There will be no physical nor
menta physical reason why the add
vent Of death should not be as al.
utRry as sleep.
Discussion such as this is good
for the mind. The American peo-
pie are apt to be too thoughtless
and to give any thought for which
they may feel they have the time,
to the furtherancc of purely ma
terialistic adventure. 1t is well,
occasionally to muse on what life
IS, what death is, and what the
future holds in store for us all.
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He WAS SHOCK. PROOF.

Bide Dudley can't fix the credit for
this one. but it's worth retelling.
Pat and Mike were In front line
trench which had been under continu-
GUS bombardment fifteen hours. Sud
denly Mike jumped UP. grabbed Pat
and shouted above the shrek OF the
bursting shells:
For heavens sake. Pat, scare me, l
set the -hiceQpGha," ....s4
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Riddles Viii l4oovsrizs
foe Uncle Sam.

More food pledge" cards came to
the chamber of commerce through
yesterdays mail. In these latc-com-
ing cards were new ideas regarding
the campaign Of saving. One card
bore the following, in q child's hand.
writing:
I'VE can not cook. but we can save.
We can help In this way, SO we arc
going to save
The card was signed by Is pupils Of
the Curlew school.
On another card was written, evil
IDENTIFY, by a woman: when German
brewers stop using sugar and grain,
then I'll sign this card
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II 1t were as easy to make money
as 1t Is to make excuses we'd all be
riding in six-cylinder cars of next
years make.--Memphis Commercial
Appeal. .-.ts. ,ue.ts.s ,.454s 3 !,
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attribute the fact that am president
LOT the New York Life Insurance COM
papy tQdays 49,.
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MERRY Christmas
From Soldier Boys.

From Paul r. Thompson. one Of
Missoula county's soldiers. the Christ
mas mail brought greetings to The
Muscular staff" an appreciated re-
membrance.
And yesterday the men In the office
of Harry Rawn, clerk Of the district
court, were exhibiting with pride q
Christmas photograph sent by Fay La
Grandeur of Missoula to "Scotty" Rob-
ertson. La Grandeur, who formerly
was employed in the Donohue store
here, is now a fine looking soldier. ~
his picture proves
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Talk Of the Da'n
Marine Aftsr alaiess.
With Gun and Pan.

WIN 000 an0 Po0s
Elwood H. Best. 63s North fhird
street, isn't content to fight the kali
ser with the gun which he received
when he enlisted In the marine corps.
He Is fighting the old bird with his
pen while waiting for . chance t0 ut
lover there"
Perhaps they'll order court mare
tial." he writes Of his literary drum
fire. "but they with have to conaider
tho source. like the man who wan
kicked by = mule" .~.
Best who 10 now at Mare Island.
says my one wish 10 that I may 70
direct to the 'front.'" He sends his best
regards to MI his Missoula friends
and then lets fly tho heavy artillery:
enlisted ut Nissoula,
Twas on an autumn day, b.
To go to fight the Teutons
In the land % far away
And granting God ID willing, .a y
Before the first Of May
III b. going after Germans
In the thiclkest Of the fray.
III ,l,5 rss,
So farewell to old nGontana, - i
And the girl that ] adore. trs.
For the boys are going over
To q far and distant shore. 4ss@
! We viii fight 'em hot and heavy.
Smash the Huns defending line.
Double.quick down Wilhelmstrasso
And chuck the kaiser in the Rhine.
For love my native country.
And 7 love my liberty,
And I'm going to cross the waters
With the Soldiers Of the Sea. Il
With our rifles slung Tor action
And our stomach full Of beans
We are ready. Uncle Sammy,
Just depend on your Marines!
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Great Falls Pool
Has Lesson for MissouIa.


IA handsome building. but too small
a pool" is the report brought by Frank
II. Cooney Of the new swimming pool
at Great Falls. Mr.. Cooney came home
from business trip to Great Falls.
more than ever enthusiastic about a
swimming pool for Missoula. He said
yesterday:
"For the last eight or ten years.
there have been from three to five
persons drowned each year at Great
Falls and this year. with the swimming
pool in use. there has been not one
case Of drowning. The building, which
was given to the city by Mrs. John
Moroney. is sery handsome. but the
pool is only 80 feet by 60 feet In size.
1t will accommodate only SO persons
at time and there were 700 children
in line waiting for admittance on the
first day the pool was open for use.
Boys are allowed to use the pool in
the morning, girls In the afternoon and
adults in the evening. Cards of ad-
mission are issued and charge of Is
cents is made for adults, while chill
drep are given free use of the pool. We
need such an institution in Missoula."
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Patriotic Candy
Made At High School.

Candy made with only a little bit Of
sugar has been perfected by the do
nestle science classes OF the county
high school after careful experiments.
To make the candy without which
Christmas IN not complete and at the
same time to conserve the sugar
which tho allies need 80 badly was
problem which puzzled the high school
girls for q while. But they solved It,
| and at a sale today will offer to Mis-
| soula people their "Hooverized sweets"
Miss Bardon, cooking instructor at
the school. offers this recipe for Jap
anese candy to Missoula people who
want to be patriotic in their candy
| making:
Half e. pound Of dates, half pound
OF raisins and half a pound Of nuts.
ground. mixed, kneaded and rolled into
balls.
Syrup and fruits are used literally
in the high school Candy recipes.
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MIeseurlAn Won
BY Montana Climate. .H.~. \.
I'm going home. and gosh! How IT,
dread It," said e. ]. Rawn to his
brother. the clerk OF the district court,
the other day as he started back for
Rrookfield. Mo-, after q visit In Mis-
soula.
Believe me. I'm coming back here
next summer
Western Montana gets 'em all,.'
said Harry Rawn in telling OF his
brothers visit. Il never knew it to
fail. MY brother came out here to tell
me how fine everything was back in
Missouri. After the first day he for
got there was such place al the
show me state. He couldn't praise
western Montana enough. We expect
to see him out here next summer with
his family"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-10
CARS SHOULD BE GIVEN
WORKOUT BEFORE USED
Many Damaged by Speeding
While Mechanism Is New
and Too Tight.

Five minutes careless handling Of "a
ucV rlr may almost spoil 1t for sltis-
factor, service. vet few manufacturers
have rraspcd the Importance of edu-
eating the car buyer 10 work in
hls new ear before putting 1t to siren
nous tests at high speed. says % locdi
representative of the Lexington Min
ute Man Six
"Thc Lexington factory is an &c
ccptiou however Instead of dcliN-
criug cars ana dcpcudiug upon In"
purchasers to iamiliariZc himself with
tho instruction book and get re
ccipt for 1t in ten days before dcliv-
cry At the same time the purchaser
is told how important IL is to work
iu' the car hy AT least $50 miles of
careful driving. During these first
$50 miles the speed should not exceed
20 miles au hour.
AN automobile is a much more
delicate mechanism than locomu-
tive. vet ns everybody knows new loco
motives are always run dead as part
of freight train for several hun
drcd miles aud then are not put TO
high speed passenger traffic until
they have made q trip or two AZ
slower speed I'm freight service.
"a little care and intelligence for
the FIRST two or three days Will save
tLr automobile buyer lot OF expense
and annoyance later ON Car buyers
are only human They are likelly O.
bc enthusiastic about "a new car ana
start ont Immediately TO test its pow
cIs and capabilities. II IS the duty
of the factory and the dcIlcr to in
,tm.t them ANA point out why care
is necessary uutil the car Is worked
lu - Thlts what We are doing and