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The Washington times., 1917-09-24
Elizabeth Jordan Writes on Good Manners

stages Of exhaustion. The two
children cried without ceasing.
The mother, worn out, was un-
able to quiet them.
My friend and / took a hand
with the children. We seated
them in our laps and showed them
our watches and the bright con-
tents of our travelling bags. They
were beyond any such slight diver
sions. They yelled their little
heads off.
The collarless man, who had
been aroused by. their entrance
and had languidlt moved into
corner Of the seat to make room
for them, turned to the mother.
"Give them to me-" he said.
His manner with them was Won
derfully gentle and understanding.
He knew exactly what to do. In
half an hour he had them both
asleep. Throughout the long night,
fearing to awaken them, he sat
with the baby in his arms, the
other child's head resting against
his shoulder.
81 have children Of my own" he
explained, when we congratulated
him. 1t was quite clear that his
children had an unusual father.
Whole Question of Manners
Summed Up in Two Words
If that man had possessed a
manner to match his big heart he
woult. have been a Chesterfield.
If the man of the rapier tongue,
to whom I referred above, had a
body to match his heart, he might
look like a malicious monkey.
Tie ideal combination, of course,
and the thing for which we should
all strive, is the understanding
heart and the gentle manner-the
manner whose basis is considera-
ton for others.
Polish and '--owledOe o. social
rules are ad, lirable things. Let
US have them if we can. But in
any case let US cultivate the un-
derstanding heart. That is what
the world needs and increasingly
demands. Without it we can make
but little progress. With 1t we
cannot go far wrong.
For all the rules in all the books
of etiquette can be put into Just
two words: BE KIND.
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These real and loyal friends that call upon u.s. the
midst Of work Of constructing newspaper. They
not like Bdad the Shuhite sitting ground seven days
and seven nights, saying nothing.
Such friends and their letters you toll and mol in
Newspaper office from six in the morning on are as the
shadow Of great rock in a weary land
We appreciate these letters, like them and invite
them And would you gentle reader you had to COM
pete In the newspaper business with Frank Noyes of the
Washington Star.
The circulation of The TIMES now is bigger than the
circulation Of the Chicago News for instance you compare
the size Of Chicago and the size of Washington.
But nothing is big compared with Frank Noyes and his
Star and their joint genius and accomplishment.
We should have hated to camp outside the tent of Ma
Continued In Last Coumn)
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HART SCHAFFNER & MARX,
Chicago. New York.
Executive ONCE.
Chicago, Sept II, 1917.
Dear Mr.. Brisbane:
want to congratulate you most
warmly on your success with The
Washington Times; in fact, what
Jon are doing there was not alto
esther unknown to US. We have
been keeping our eye on you. and
We have no doubt that you are 60
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ing to accomplish even more than
you expect 1t looks as II Wash
ington had been waiting for you.
am sure that our dealer in
Washington will be very happy to
have our advertising in The Wash
ton Times.
Success TO you. Yours truly,
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX.
NJ. CRESAP.
AK-MC.
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STACK ADVERTISING AGENCY,
/ 1900 Heyworth Building,
Chicago.
Sept II, 1917.
Mr.. Arthur Brisbane, care Times,
Washington, D. C.
~ Dear Arthur Brisbane:
I read in the papers that you
bought The Washington Times.
always knew you had brains, with
Q perfect thinker, and you sure
have planned the. most delightful
future for yourself imagtnable-
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All Very Well, But How Would
YOuLiketO veFrankN NOyes,
of the Star, For a Competitor?

He Saith to the Washigtonan Read" and He Readeth And
to the Dweer Secret Places Subscribe and He Subscbeth
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We receive fendly-too friendly and thoroughly unde
Servedetters from readers and citizens of all knds-not
excepting that important citizen who places advertising and
makes possible for newspaper to exist and do its work
For instance, this from M Cresap vice president
e6 the big national firm of Hart Schafner and Mar
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Washington-the most interesting
city in America-and The Times.
You will have practically all the
circulation in Washington eventu-
ally. The people are interested in
what you think, and the United
States can congratulate itself upon
one man who has ability and the
courage to give expression to
thoughts which are instructive and
worth while. Sincerely and cor
daily,
]. LANGFORD STACK.
JLS-LB
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
Crusaders Doctrine.

There is an old story of the Method
list chaplain of an Ohio regiment in
the Civil war who was accounted q
deadly rifle shot, and who gloried in
his prowess. The men who fought be-
hind him told that, after he had pulled
the trigger, he always muttered while
reloading, MAY the Lord have mercy
on your SOUL" A chaplain such as he
must necessarily have deserved the re
spect of those to whose spiritual needs
he ministered. One cannot question
that he was popular with his fellows.
Now comes an Indiana chaplain
with his bid for fame. 81 won't force
religion on my boys when we get to
France" he said when he was sworn
In. 'It's all up to them. If they can
fight Germans and get away with it,
that will cover multitude of SINS"
Here is the church militant with a
vengeance.
There is no doctrine older than that
preached by this Indiana clergyman.
Save for his modern turn Of speech,
the words might have come from the
lips Of Peter the Hermit or Bernard of
Clairvaux. 1t is good crusading doc
trine, no matter which side you take.
And the war is truly crusade
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
New Window Glass.

An English inventor has perfected a
new window glass to keep out cold in
winter and heat in summer. The new
glass is based on the well-known prin-
ciple that any gas is poor conductor
of heat or cold. The ideal window glass
to resist heat or cold would be dou-
BILE pane, with a vacuum between, as
in thermos bottle. But the vacuum
makes the glass so easily breakable
that this is not practical. So the in
ventor has designed a double pane,
with a space betw cen the halves,
smoothly welded at all the edges. The
space within is pumped full of carbon
dioxide or some similar inert gas. If
the pressure of the gas within is equal
to the air pressure without the pane
is no more breakable than an ordinary
one, and it resists the passage of heat
or cold much longer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25

adopted by the members of the New
York State poultry association.
1t Is built on a wall of concrete and
has good concrete floor, the idea be-
ing permanency and sanitation togeth-
er with protection against rats and
mice. After the concrete walls have
been built, the ground is leveled inside
and settled with water. The floor is
placed above this, the concrete being
In the proportion / :3 IS. Instead Of
using a rich cement mortar surface
coat, the top of the floor may be COW
cred with one-inch coat of lime NOR
tar made with very fine sand. This
material is softer than cement and is
better for the poultry. There is SO
little weight on the henhouse floor
that the ordinary solid concrete con-
struction is not necessary. The fOun-
dalton walls extend up Is inches above
grade and about Is inches above the
floor.
The studding are connected with
the top of the concrete wall by using
sockets which are set in the concrete.
After the inside wall board and the
outside drop siding have been carried
up the studs short distance, about
one inch of fresh cement mortar is
placed in each of the spaces between
studs and worked into the corners
thoroughly, to prevent cracks through
which the wind can blow and to seal
the walls against poultry insects
Above the sills, the walls and roof are
sealed both outside and inside and 8
layer of building paper is placed
against the studs under both the wall
board and the siding and against the
rafters under both the wall board and
the sheathing. The object is to make
a dead-air space surrounding the in
closed space so that the temperature
of the interior will be held as even
as possible.
To facilitate ventilation and to get
the benefit of the sunlight, the roof Is
given long slope at the back and O
short dip in front, as is clearly shown
in the perspective view. This also
gives headroOm for the attendant in
the front part with low roof at the
back, which is appreciated in the win
ter time when there is not much heat
from the sun. The front intake ven
tilators consist of window openings
covered with very thin cotton. Cheese
cloth is recommended as being thin
enough to admit both air and light yet
it is thick enough to prevent draft.
The inside of the house is divided
into two rooms; the larger room Is
the general scratching shed and the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25

Success in raising poultry requires
more than pure-bred or scientifically
cross-bred stock. The poultry house
is of equal Importance. 1t must be
right In design and it must be prop
erly located. The poultry house eff
fects the success in raising poultry in
two ways: 1t has direct effect In
providing protection for the fowls and
giving them every advantage which
makes for good health and maximum
laying capacity; it has an indirect eff
feet in placing the fowls under the con-
troll Of the farmer, who is able to give
them the attention which they require
If the best results are to be obtained.
Without regard for the size or shape
of the poultry house, there are two
rules which should be followed: One
of these is that the building should
face the south or southeast. The other
is that the north and northwest walls
Of the building should be carefully in
sulated against the wind. 1t is neither
necessary or desirable that windows be
placed in these walls. Generally
speaking, poultry houses are built too
high. Domestic poultry requires very
little headroOm, but the excessive
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25

smaller one is the nesting room. Both
rooms are supplied with removable
hen furniture, so that everything in
side of the walls may be lifted off and
carried out-of-doors for cleaning. Lice
and mites are so troublesome in poul-
try houses that facilities for keeping
the place clean are absolutely neces-
sary.
1t is for this reason, also, that the in
side of the poultry house is lined with
wall board, which is cemented at the
joints and the whole surface painted
carefully with three coats of thin
paint, thoroughly rubbed in to fill ev.
cry crack and to cover every rough
place that could possibly make a hid
ing place for vermin.
In this plan there are three outside
doors for convenience in feeding the
fowls and cleaning the house. The
door to the west should be fitted with
memberships and kept shut most of
the time in winter.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
STORING MANURE FOR THE
GARDEN
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

A common practice is to manure the
garden every year, late in the fall or
before planting in the spring, no fur.
Their attention being given. This prac-
tice, however, Is not the best.
The manure for the garden should
be kept in large box with a lid or
so screened that flies cannot enter it.
Manure heaps are the natural breeding
places of these pests and if they are
allowed to remain near the house un-
covered will prove great nuisance.
a good plan is to use a very close
wire screen nailed to a frame with
hinges for the top. The manure
should be spaded often on the top so
that the water from the clouds or the
sprinlzling pot may penetrate to all
portions of it.
If kept in box spout should be
placed in one corner, at the bottom, so
that the water may drain into sum
ken barrel.
This will supply liquid manure,
which can be used at all seasons when
vegetables and flowers are growing.
The manure in the box should be
worked over once or twice a month,
working the bottom on the top so that
the entire heap may rot.
Manure may be kept in this way if
the boxes are placed at the farthest
end of the garden, and if surrounded
with vines their presence will never be
noticed from the dwelling.
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height is necessary in order that the
attendant may work in comfort within
the building.
Sunlight is just as important in a
poultry house as it is in human hab.'
itation. Sunlight means health when
other conditions are favorable. At the
same time, dollhouse conditions must
be carefully guarded against. If a
poultry house has too much glass in
its walls, 1t will be too warm in the
daytime, when the sun shines hot and
the radiation of heat at night will be
SO rapid as to make the daily range of
temperature too great for best condi-
lions.
Ventilation is just as important as
sunlight. Poultry, to do well, must
have fresh air in abundance. How
ever, the yentilating system must elm
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
GARDEN WORK IN SEASON

have never had such good results
from summer fertilizing in the garden
as have this season. In the first
place have splendid place for gar
den. Not many years ago it was the
bottom Of big slough on an Illinois
prairie, with deep soil made up of
humas from a long line of decayed
roots or water-growing grasses and
plants.
The land was put In cultivation a
good many years ago and not long
after put down to grass and kept in
pasture until last year when it was ap-
propriated for a garden back of the
new house.
Last year splendid crop Of weeds
was grown in the garden. Not by me,
please understand, for have consti-
tutional antipathy for weeds, inherited
from long line of farmer ancestors.
/ might have expected very good
garden this year without special at
tention further than good cultivation,
but know that garden vegetables are
voracious feeders and concluded to
supply mine with all they could take
care of by putting on commercial fer
tilizer.
The land was plowed last fall,
turned under the weeds which were
from waist to shoulder high. This
spring beautiful crop came on and
was worked into the soil before the
garden was planted.
Then a good grade of commercial
fertilizer was used in row and hill of
everything that was planted except
the corn and beans. l was afraid to
feed these crops too well.
AS check, pieces of rows were left
unfertilized. l planned to keep these
without fertilizer during the summer,
but when I saw how far they were
falling behind, / began to work the fer
tilizer in around the rows and hills
which had been left unfertilized.
1 also worked it in the other crops
as I cultivated them and from the
start that garden has grown until the
neighbors asked what kind of seeds ]
planted.
have pretty good check by having
a neighbours garden near enough to
observe, the land being the same as
mine. / have used commercial fer
tilizer at the rate of almost four
pounds to the acre.
Lettuce and onions have responded
in q surprising way. When one can
grow heads of lettuce which are two
feet across, one need not ask for any
thing more. Onions from seeds made
a growth such as I had never seen
anywhere.
Kvery time these crops have been
cultivated very light coat of fertil-
izer has been scattered along each
side Of the rows and worked into the
soil.
Peas, of the same sort a neighbor
planted, were twice as high and load
ed with pods filed to bursting.
Squashes, beets, potatoes, melons,
came as near growing fast enough to
see as any ever did.
/ know perfectly well that I over
dosed this garden, but the part Of the
fertilizer that the crops of this year
have not used will not get sway but
win remain for next year. believe
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
FLOOR PLAN

mate strong drafts. Panels of thin
cloth in the front wall of the building
seem to serve the purpose best.
In addition to the poultry house,
good yard must be provided. There
are weeks at time, during the win
ter, when the poultry must be closely
confined within the house. However,
as soon as the weather will permit,
the fowls should be given several hours
each day in q dry, clean yard. The
most satisfactory manner Of keeping
poultry in the summer time is to give
them liberal range in an orchard or
some other place where variety of
seeds may be planted at intervals to
raise different commodities which the
chickens can harvest themselves.
In the accompanying Illustrations, a
henhcuse Is shown which is snug and
comfortable, offering the hens every
possible inducement to lay eggs at
close to five cents apiece while the
snow is flying. The building is SO by
IA feet. patterned after poultry house
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
FLOWERS IN THE HOME
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

Stick to the standards unless you
are experienced.
1t is hard to keep flowers in room
where gas is used.
Pot Easter lilies in good, rough,
open soil in clean pots.
Do not try to grow ferns if you can
not give them moist atmosphere.
1t is better to buy rooted carnation
slips than risk them yourself if you
are inexperienced.
Get the hanging baskets and plants
for them ready for use on the porch
and in the sunroom.
Ivy geraniums are fine house plants,
with beauty of both flower and foliage.
Give them a small pot. For the first
year their growth is slow. The bios
SONS, either pink, red or white, are
beautiful.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
SOURCE FOR POTASH
invention Of Dr.. +. G. CottrelI Precipi-
tates Cement Dust From Which
1t Is Made.

Enormous growth in the cement in
dustry, which has been developed to
meet the demand for building mate
rial, now promises to solve another
important economic problem-that
Of our potash supply independent Of
Germany.
In the manufacture of cement there
is expelled into the atmosphere tons
Of dust from the smelters which with
the fumes is carried by the wind and
settles in a destructive sediment on all
vegetation, buildings, and objects in
the neighborhood of the shelters. Now
an invention made by DIR. f. G. Cott-
rell of the United States bureau Of
mines precipitates the dust from the
smelters and enables the saving of the
potash contained in it.
Last year one large California ce-
ment company, that had formerly been
compelled to pay heavy damages for
the dust distributed from its plant, Sc
cured $4,000 net profit from the pot
ash recovered by the new process. It
is now believed that cement plants at
present operating in this country can
secure by-product of 100000 tons Of
potash that has heretofore been worse
than wasted, and that, as the cement
industry enlarges, the greater part Of
Americas potash supply can be Sc
cured from this source and at the
same time reduce the cost of cement
Misunderstanding and Fireside.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
KING OF YEGGMEN
Title Won by Old Bob as Result
of Clever Tricks.
Expert Criminal Fooled Jailers by
Carrying Saws In What Appeared
TO Be Pocket Pieces.

In the underworld the yegg was an
expert. Old Bob, king of yeggs, invent
ed, it is said, the pocket piece method
of carrying saws. 1t was clever
trick when he first brought it into ex-
tstence, writes Melville D. Post in the
Saturday Evening Post. When the au-
thorities at a local prison, county
Jail or station house searched the pris-
oner they would find an old trade dol
possession. The criminal would ask
the authorities to permit him to keep
1t because it belonged to some mem
Der of his family-his mother, his ia
Their or some imaginary child that had
cut his teeth on the metal edge in some
imaginary former happy home. 1t was
line of what the underworld calls
soft stuff, and the prisoner was usually
able to put it over at the country Jail.
He was allowed to take the coin into
the cell with him; what danger could
there be in worn pocket piece treas
ured for its memories?
There were all kinds of dangers in
1t. The faces of the coin screwed to-
gether on delicate threads, and the in
terror was filled with tiny saws of the
best material. For long time through
this device the clever criminal was
able to get about with fair equip
ment of saws always in his possession.
1t was for no slight accomplishments
that this man was known to the subter-
ranean world as the king of the yeggs.
1t was Old Bob, we are told, who in
vented the system of planting saws
about in the various prisons that he
might again be unfortunate enough to
enter. His method was clever and in
genious. Kindly religious people en-
1eavor to reform criminals by sending
tracts and literature to the local
prison. The yegg inaugurated the habit
Of FASTING these moral dissertations on
the wall Of the CELL The custom
pleased the well-meaning people and it
could not be very well objected to by
the prison authorities. 1t was also
useful to the yeggmen!
The little sermons were glued to the
wall with strip, usually staple of
the prisoners diet. A thin saw of the
best quality was thereby held in place
for the benefit of the yeggman if he
should ever by chance return that way,
or for the benefit of any member of the
gang who might happen to be picked
up by the police. 1t was long time
before the authorities discovered this
trick, and then they found the local
prisons of the country to be cached
with the handy burglar tool.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
Perfectly Ridiculous.

tits too bad that you broke your
DOLL" commented the caller.
"This doll is not broken" corrected
the child gravely.
"Oh, isn't 1t? thought that was
the doll that used to cry Mamma r
when it was squeezed"
''This is the same doll. But YOU
must remember that was several Year,
ago. She is much older now. You
don't expect a grown-up young lady
to cry Mammal when she is squeezed,
do your"
The caller had to acknowledge that
whatever she expected, it probably
wouldn't take place.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
A Gloomy Future.

"This raising of the price Of bread
by the bakers strikes me something
fierce!"
ooh, / guess you can stand it."
"Yes, know. But was talking to
my wife about 1t this morning, and she
said to never mind, she would bake
our own bread hereafter Brown
ing's Magazine.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
Kitty Acquired the Habit.

AS Mary's mother was voice teach
er, Mary was familiar with the termin-
ology of the music studio. One day
when her kitten was whining vocifer-
ously outside the door. Mary ex-
claimed: Mamma, please let kitty In :
She's outside, forcing her voice terri
bly,"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
Minimum of Waste.

mo waste, now, ma; no waste. We
all gotta help"
you attend to your own business
snapped ma, with some acerbity. 1.-THE
only things 1 throw away are tea
leaves and egg Shells"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25

in using fertilizer of some kind as
long as the crop is cultivated.
I would prefer well-rotted manure,
but / cannot get this and I am using
the next best thing-a complete COM
mercial fertilizer. Clean cultivation
and plenty of plantfood will make a
garden very profitable.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-10-25
Set in His Ways.

"Why doesn't Mr.. Cobbles use a
tractor on his farm?'
"He says he has spent forty years
studying the temperament of mules
and he isn't going to throw away the
knowledge gained in that time for ey-
cry new-fangled continuance that
comes along