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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01

the melting pot OF the nations Of the
! orld Let me tell you a true tale-an
English novelist Of my acquaintance
visiting Chicago received a great rep
fesentative OF a great daily pewspa'
Per who desired to interview him.
The interviewer was a typical
American reporter, blue-eyed, high
cheek boned" (probably Scotch or
IrishD, keen. nervous, finely strung
intensely alive, DESTROYS 10 get to the
heart OF my friends mystery and
charmingly responsive to his frank
welcome
They talked. Ny friend to give the
young man his story, discoursed on
Chicago's amazingly solved problem
of the conglomeration of all the races
under heaven.
To point his remarks. and mark
his contrasts, he used the words I'VE
English" and you Americans"
After a time the young man smiled
and said: But I'm not an American
at least I'm an American citizen.
but I'm not a born American"
But" cried my friend, you're the
essence OF America"
NO" said the young man, Pm an
Icelander".
Now this may be very funny, but l
don't know whether it is or not In a
book supposed to be original. 80
Chicago as a melting pot, the
American interviewer, our hetero-
genous population; are subject mat
ter for our stalest Jokes.
An English novelist who can't get
something new isn't doing very we'll
While we must acknowledge that
in America we are very much mixed
indeed, few genuine Americans will
recognize Mr.. Locke's Albanian-Amer.
lean. Born in Albania, brought UP
among the stock-yards, beautiful
rather brilliant, independent and as
sertive, swearing freely. with. eVi
dence of having moved In good" so
ciety, yet having bad table manners
she is about as, much American as
sauer-kraut is in danger Of becoming
the American national dish.
Nowadays we do not often find
impossible American characters In
English novels.
Shortly after Mrs. Trollope and
Charles Dickens wrote about US
nearly every English novel had an
American man or woman absolutely
artificial; a garish. vulgar effigy used
as a literary sop for readers as ignor-
ant Of us as the author himself.
But a better understanding has
come about and Mr.. Locke's incident
is only a lapse. ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01

that they win leave the factories nee
essary for the conduct Of the war il
the war continues during the winter.
"UprisingA IN several parts OF the
empire are taking place with ever
increasing frequency In Berlin sol
diers participated in the disorders. in
one demonstration 25 German soldiers
being counted.
The Franco-Eng!ish aerial bor?-
bardments of German cities ard towns
are increasing the dissatisfaction OF
the masses with the war. At Essen.
bombs, dropped nom airplanes. did
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01
CONDITIONS IN
germany GROW
MORE CRITICAL

r. WASHINGTON, D. CT Nov. Lar
official Geographic report on condi
lions in Germany received here today
represents the situation to be more
critical than any reports yet publish
ed. A paraphrase of the report fol
lows: ....- ..... =
=, "Germany's population wants peace
and the people declare II. will be. con
c1uded IN November because a Ger
man victory by arms is felt to be inn
possible of realization. German work
men, stirred to a high pitch Of dis
content by the Socialists, boldly state
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01

circus during a performance for sol.
diers, at which 500 soldiers were
killed.
German. civil lis presents terri
BILE picture. Children are 0a5iEed TO
go to bed at 1 o'clock in the afternoon
and to rise not before Ia o'clock in
the morning because Of the knowledge
that, being awake, they would feel
enormous damage, some striking 4
the need of eating. and there Is an
insufficient amount Of food for them,
"lnterned enemy aliens in Germany
are compelled to work in ammunition
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01

factories, and they are treated with
extreme hardships, especially being
denied sufficient nourishment. They
obtained food, by the use of tickets,
which entttle such enemy aliens.
forced 10 DO German war work, to go
grams Of meat weekly, as much bread
OF very had and unpalatable quality,
two and nRe-haf Kilograms, OF pota-
toes, @iA grams OF peas. and fifty
grams OF some Indetinable grease, A
suit OF clothes costs them 80 marks"
Interesting statements about Ger
1uany's unsettled political situation
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01
Ae1BQo!k{{,Rople
th%s Things. 81. b!:Xl>
] ,6Mrae1s2 z*~" "

Poor Myrtle Reed-who has not en-
3oyed these dainty books in lavender
hers now stiil, though she has lair
under the sod for years!
She was unhappy, but she wrote
books which are much read. We all
like some Of them-A Spinner in the
Sun, Lavender and Old Lace. The
Master Violin, Master of the Vine
yard, At the Sign Of the Jack o Ian
tern, and others
There is an occasional irreverent
reference to love and death and
things we hold sacred.
Once in a while the author indul
ges in a vulgarity. but, as a rule
there are wit and laughter and true
human characterization. Myrtle Reed
was married to a man who did not
appreciate her, She was unhappy
and finally took her own life. A
sympathetic understanding is not fol
US.
or marriage in general one Of hel
characters, Mrs. Dodd, says: Now
when you're used to It, you won't
take It so hard. You may think men
dretful sameness to 'em after they've
been through a marriage ceremony
Yet our author was intelligent
enough not to generalize too broadly
or become cynical regarding all men
One may excuse her, too for hel
dream Of an ideal love outside OF
marriage
Marriage on a physical basis alone
cannot last Nor will a purely in
tellectual partnership suffice. There
must be physical adequacy, mental
competency, and temperamental
adaptability. Human companionshir
must be in 1t.
Perhaps, as in one OF Myrtle
Reeds characters, marriage might
supply the physical factors, while the
rest would be found In friendship
restricted only as to the most init
mate possibilities of human inter
course. 81. .s-.
Speaking Of her craft, how full OF
truth and pathos 10 the following:
at is often reproachfully said that
one makes copy of himself and his
triends--that nothing is too intimate.
Iy sacred to be seized upon and dis.
sected in print. ~ -. ----
Not long ago it was said that a
certain man. was 'botanizing on, his
mothers grave a pardonable con
fusion, perhaps, of facts and realities.
The better truth is that the writer
lives his books and not. much else.
From title to colophon, he escapes
no pang, misses no Joy. The life Of
the book Is HIS from beginning TO
end. -. -. ~
AT the close of 1t, he has lived
what hts dream people have lived,
and borne the sorrows of half q dozen
entire iifeHmes, mercilessly concen,
trated into the few short months of
writing
or early San Francisco days al
ways circled by a glamor, ! have
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01

and treachery In the ranks OF the
army made by an East Prussian pris-
oner have been received here IN Off
eial dispatches. According 10 THIS
soldier. the Soctalistic and revolutions
AIRY. spirit is growing so rapidly that
it is expected to endanger the suprem.
acy OF the jankers by spring, and the
military authorities are adopting most
severe repressiTe measures. He also
told n story Of how German priyates
left their officers to their fate in the
face Of fire. and OF how officers mated
by their troops fell on battlefields
with bullets in their backs.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01
"Copy No. 3764-Sls 10 in,-Newspapers
Read This Test:

In an Ohio factory one Of the
workers wore a Neolin Sole on bis
right foot. a leather sole on his
left foot. In thirty-three days the
leather sole was worn out The
Neohn Sole was WON one-srxth
thru, In other words, it showed
a wear capacity six times greater.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01

found no better book, either in his
tory or fiction, than Stewart Edward
Whites The Gray Dawn.
Indeed, Mr.. Whites books are the
best books ever written about Cali
fornia. in interest, style. character
ization and that. subtle thing-"at
mosphere."
They are true to facts and life
without sacrificing anything to indi
viduality and style
They do not pant and froth with
literary affections, or spoil the mu
sic by a rattle of machinery.
You are there where the author
takes you, and forget everything ex
cept the characters who are making
the stories.
The Riverman, Gold, these are
stories.
1t is Mr.. White himself who says
somewhere that he will not write a
description of brutal exhibitions
which he would not stay to see, and
this saves his readers from many
tiresome pages.
Few persons really like to get even
a Whit Of the odor of sewage. While
Mr.. Whites stories are often about
working men, he portrays their bet
ter side, not brutality and coarseness
which in real life We are pretty well
able to escape.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01
A sole not branded Neoin
is not a NeoLi1 Sole
You Can Cut Down Your Shoe Bills

IN all styles Of mems and chdens Shoes Neom Soes
~ For Nen Sos better than ordinary soe and make
the uppers last longer
Just the shown above Ne0En Soe reduce repair bills
materially IT,. 49,. =..~
Eight million Americans have found that Neon Soes also
by making uppers keep their shape better and longer than with
ordinary soes For NeoLn SoLes waterproof. ~ -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01

About e. year ago my friend, auth
or Of The Individual" John Lane)
asked me to read her friend W. ]
Locke's book, "Jaffrey." did not dc
SO then. but the other day IN DR.. Ir
wins library at Oiaa, read the story
1t had been printed long enough fol-
my state of mind.
Locke makes his characters say
very clever things. and his publishers
have gathered into one volume many
of his bon-mots which they call Wi
liam J. Locke's Year Book"
"Jaffrey" is certainly readable, but
il one or two instances at least the
author has INDUCED in what one OF
our critics has called the superior
manner. 49,.
Mr.. Locke has made an Albanian
American character out of whole
cloth, endowed her with loudness, bad
table manners, slang, some swearing
then blamed her on Chicago.
But you speak perfect English,
said /.
I was raised in Chicago. My par.
ents were employed in the stockyards
of Armour. My father was the man
who slit the Threats of the pigs-he
was a dandy =
Il noticed little shiver of repuI:
sion ripple through Barbara and
Doria." -.
The latter were the speakers wo.
men folks, and the author doesn't
happen to say whether they were
smoking cigarettes or not at that
special moment. 7esa2 Ks So, , IA
But they go on being amazed and
shocked by the talkatiye American"
who declares very often that she
doesn't care damn" e..sg.s
The author explains: Chicago is
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30
IS 1T PATRIOTIC TO PURCHASE
THESE BONDS?

Yes; every American who subscri-
hes to the justice Of the course Of
the United States entering and con-
Quoting the war we are now engaged
in should subscribe to the Liberty
loan issue to the extent Of his or
her financial ability.
Every American who subscribes
to the belief that an American
should stand by his or her country
should subscribe to the Liberty Loan
issue. ~
Every American who loves Amer
lea and is jealous of Americas hon.
or should subscribe to the Liberty
Loan Bond issue. The real success
Of the loan is to be more determined
by the number Of Americans parti
cipating in it than by the amount
subscribed. The spirit of the Nation
is going to be judged abroad, espec'
tally by our enemies, more by the
number of its American men. and
women who support this bond issue
than by the mere amount of money
subscribed.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30

selves to be laborers, etc., so that
the government experts will know
how to intelligently classify them by
their answers.
A reply from you, stating that
you will undertake this service in
the spirit in which it is requested
will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES PECOT, Sheriff,
Executive Officer Board OF Re-
gistration, st. Mary Parish, La.
Charles Pecot, Sheriff.
Wilbur H. Kramer, Clerk Of Court
DR.. w. B. Smith, Coroner.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30

Liberty Loan Bonds Of the first
issue Of 81, 000, 200, 600 are to bear
date Of June Is, 1917, and to run
for thirty years, except that the
Government reserves the right to
redeem them IL years after date. Il
this 10 right is not exercised BY the
Government fifteen years from date,
the bonds win run the fun thirty
years.
These bonds bear interest at 8 1-2
per cent per annum, and the interest
q payable semi-annually on the fiji
teenth day Of December and the
fifteenth day Of June in each year.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30
The RETURN OF THE ExILEs

The gates of the Siberian waste
stand wide;
Great joy has thrilled the mighty
wilderness;
The message Of the Lord has come
to bless
The souls in bondage: broken is the
pride
OF the invincible tyrant who doth
pride
On human hearts, and thrones him
on distress!
Fallen he is! his victims numberless
Fill the long roads by steppe and
mountain-side.
So when our Lord descended into
hell
And broke the letters Of the spirits
in prison,
A glorious company to heaven made
way.
Whist triumph more divine doth his
tory tell
Than Truth from her captivity
arisen,
And Faith rejoicing in her holy ray
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30
WHAT IS A LIBERTY LOAN
BOND?

A Liberty Loan Bond is a solemn
promise Of the United Staes to pay
at maturity the amount Of the bond
to the holder thereof, and to pay me
terest semiannually each year from
the date Of the issuance Of the bona
until it is fully and finally paid.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30
TO PROPERTY OWNERS

Of Morgan City and Berwick:
NOW, is the time to have repairing
or building done. Drop me a line ana
l will furnish an estimate on any
class of inside or outside woodwork,
building, or decorating. Address,
Lock Box ZOE, Morgan City, La.
p. B. CHlRARDl.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30
OBSERVATION OF FOOD STUFF

Other things being equal, foods
' hich can be most easily and com
1letely utilized by the body are the
..,ost desirable. .
A well-balanced diet consists of
protein bodybuilding materially
fats, carbohydrates (starches), in
PROPER proportion.
The real cost Of a food material
depends not only on its market price
but on the cost of its digestive nutri-
ments.
Remove from your vocabulary
don't like" and "can't eat"
Correct desire for expensive and
rare fods out Of season.
Learn to eat all kinds of food;
eliminate prejudices.
Simple dishes, well prepared, are
better than expensive foods badly
cooked.
Substitute cheap foods with rela-
tive food values for expensive foods.
Live simply-control waste-buy
wisely-prepare carefully.
Write today to the United States
Department a Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. c., for bulletins telling
xou about the nature and uses OF
foods and how to feed your family
economically, and get the greatest
smount of nourishment out OF every
pound of food that comes into your
home.
During the next two months eggs
will doubtless be cheaper than any
.cther time of the year. If you do not
raise chickens, and thus provide
your own eggs, it would be well fol
you to buy and preserve them &C
cording to the following formula
Eggs thus preserved, if fresh, vii
be perfectly good for boiling Of
serving in any way for the coming
fall use:
"Water glass" is known to thu
chemist 3S SOOlum St1aC01Ss ~ ~SAA ~
purchased by the quart from drug
eists. Dilute one part Of silicate, O
water glass, to nine (9) part wate'
which has been boiled and allowed
to cool. Half fill the vessel with thi
solution and place the eggs in it, be
ing very careful not to crack them
The eggs can be added few at
time until the container is filled. b
sure to keep about two inches O
water above the eggs. Cover the jal
or crock and set in . cool plac'
where it will not have to be moved
From time to time add water, which
has been boiled and cooled, as eva
poration takes place.
When the eggs thus preserved ar
to be used, remove them - desired
rinse in clean cold water and nj
immediately. Eggs thus, preserved
ian b used for soft boiling, poach'
Ing and frying - late - December
Before boiling prick : tiny hole h
the large end Of the shell with :
needle TO keep them from cracking
From December until March.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30

Miss Eunice Berwick has return
ed from the Louisiana State Normal
at .Natchitoehes, having finished her
first year.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30

ALiberty Loan Bond is montague
on the United States.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-30

Your patriotic duty BUY
Liberty Lean Bond.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-01

production Of an apler supply OF foodstus The south
has heretofore been too dependent corn and cotton
II has put many OF its eggs basket Although
largely agricultural, has imported in the neigh
borhood Of six or seven hundred million bushels worth
foodstufs the west IT is clearly good economy
for the south supply her foOdstuhs and feed
stufs II Is certainly safer practice for her do
The department. the agricultural colleges, and
many other agencies through the daily press the ar1
cultural journals the bankers and business men,
associations bulletins and circulars. and the farm
demonstration machinery reaching into many parts OF
south. the necessity better balanced
agriculture and the wisdom Of largely increasing food
There has been tendency years
low pric Of cotton ia 1914 the foOdstus
sderably increased It remains to e seen how far the
high price OF Will this tendency To
would be unfortunate II did So
THE MEAT SUPPLY
"A further word should be said about the tendency
Of the meat supply 20 increase While foov1ng the out
break Of war considerable increase in
pounds the domestic production IN 1916 was 5000 ooo
900 pounds greater than in 1914 and the tendency
upward Figures recently submitted show that
number OF cattle Jan. T. 1917 100000 greater
on Jan ], 1915 and that the milk
creased in the period $4,000. A very consider
able development in live stock is taking place In the
south
No Federal DICTATORSHIP NEEDED.
The department and all the agricultural agencies
giving definite careful
these problems The federal government through sew
era Of its departments is giving continues consideration
the immediate problems presented and the posi-
bnity OF remedial measures The solution viii certainly
federal dictatorship. is highly ma
likely that will nvoye dictatorship in any state or
community America does not take kindly dctators
The difficulties in any event would be very nearly
superable We have continent 70 desl with there
difficulties OF Jurisdiction Consider Tor in
stance the matter OF fixing a minimum price The fed
government could only commodities pas
ing into interstate commerce The states might ne
s lt an az the outse5 5sers is no occasion FOR
hystena. Intelligent planning and constructive action.
what We need and these only can bring about salts
factory result"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-01
BY DAVID F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture

The weather conditions during the growing season
of 1916 unfavorable in many parts
They distinctly unfavOrabe in this country AL
though there a large wheat acreage the weather
conditions such favor the of the
black-rust disease affecting wheat The consequence
that although the acreage the yield
relatively small The conditions were not especially
favorable and for other important
still the food output the whole for the current
so small excite alarm. The corn crop
26OOOOO,OOO bushels nearly the fve-year
The oat crop was above the hVeyear average the bar
ley very nearly the average rye 100000
bushels than the fve-year average and rice 4O,-
100000 bushels against $4,000 bushels the year
before and 245OO.OOO bushels the fve-year
The production Of kafr corn, a relatively crop,
was 5OOOO.OOO bushels The production of peaches
100000 bushels pears 1O.4OO0O0 bushels, Of
apples 100000 barrels represent approximately the
hve-year average. while the estimated production of
oranges was 23SOO,O0O boxes, or 100000 than
that of the preceding year The crop of sugar bees
O largest ever produced. products.
likewise produced in larger quantities. the est
mated amount for the being 22,37S 100000 pounds
against fve-year average OF 1912 600 600 pounds
100000 pounds greater than the output for the
year 1915. Dairy products and poultry the whole
showed a gain.
WHEAT AND POTATOES DECREASE
The two food products which reveal marked de-
crease wheat Irish potatoes is evident
that the public has failed look at all the facts in
volvej. especially the Of wheat The wheat
crop the year reported be $40 1000,
600 bushels against hve-year of 72s OOo.
600 bushels and the record crop 1915 1926
100000 bushels Apparently the public has compared
the crop solely with the crop 1915.
and failed to take into account the unusually large
from that into the present OF 1914
100000 bushels Furthermore. attention
has been fixed the large exports Of the years
mediately following the outbreak OF the The
OF wheat in normal times are approximately 1885,
100000 bushels The year preceding the it
Is14-I5 $50. 100000
els dropping in l9l5.l6 70 9i3 900 600 bushels Look
a crop o 64O-OoO.OOO nd
in mind the possibilities export as suggested by the
figure 332 0OO. 1s14-15 the public naturally
apprehended that there would a o bread.
ers and others became unduly excited The total avail