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The bystander., 1918-08-30

baptised and joined the church. AT 3
p. m. he preached from the Sth chapter
OF Romans, 32d verse, "The Price OF
Human Redemption. AT $3.50 r. N.
63d Asa, "Mighty to Save.'s 1t seems
that the whole congregation enjoyed
both services. And again / must say
that / am president of the Stewards 3
board and we sisters are going to see to
it that the skirts Of st. John A. NJ. f.
Zion Mission shall not trail in the dust.
My dear editor, we cordially invite You
to come out at your best convenient
time. 1 beg to remain, Truly,
Mrs. Dasia Reed.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
Especial to Bystandcr.)

Dear Editor:
May / ask permission to say few
words through your paper to the women
of our race in regard to the protection
of their moralss
1t seems as though our women con
ceive the wrong idea when it comes to
airing their names in the paper con
cernings things they think would mar
their character.
When [ read in the papers from time
to time concerning our men assaulting
or insulting a woman of the other race,
1 wonder if our women will ever awaken
to the fact that they, too, could turn up
to the public the brute of the other race
who insults them also, and prove to the
world that which has been questioned,
pure character.
I know of an instance where brute
of the other side insuited one Of our
women. She defended herself in dig.
nifed way by telling him to leave her
house. She could have screamed and
created excitement, and then told every
thing he had said to her, but she did
not do this.
That is why you so seldom hear Of
white man assaulting colored woman,
because lI don't want to say that she
thinks it an honor) but ON the other
hand she thinks Of the humiliation that
she would have 80 get justice. sB
But hope the day will come when
our women will proclaim to the world
when they are mistreated in any way by
the brutcs. When this is. done more
freely. we can realize = higher standard
ct morality in the commanity III which
we live. Z OaRic Johnson Shaw.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL

The colored people at Camp Dodge
will enjoy the comforts of a new hall
to be opened this evening friday
known as Knights of Columbus Hall No
2, Camp Dodge, first Knights of Colum-
bus building just north Of the Colored
Y. NJ. G. A. building. This hall will be
under the management of DIR. w. h.
Arthur and Bearl Guillot, very fine and
efficient young men. They will have
movies, library, checkers, dominoes,
base ball, basket ball, boxing, music,
makings, etc The public is invited
We are glad of this movement and
trust that our citizens will call at this
hall when at the camp.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
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Indians Utilized irrigation.

The Indian discovered for himself
the science Of irrigation. Many Of the
tribes, such as the Crows and the
Apaches, early made use Of the river
bottoms fe- the cultivation OF their
staple crop-corn. When the condi-
don of dryness came they would con-
struct rough temporary dam OF log.
with which they could divert the
course OF part Of the stream into their
lands. There were primitive bitches
wh:r!, distributed the water.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
LEMONS WH|TEN
THE COMPLEXION
Any woman can make up this
bleaching lotion for a
few cents

The juice of two fresh lemons strained
into a bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white makes a whole quarter
pint of the most remarkable lemon skin
bleach at about the cost one must pay
for a small jar of the ordinary cold
creams. Care should be taken to strain
the lemon juice through fine cloth SO
&c lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
to bleach q darkened skin.
Just try it, Get three ounces OF
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make up
a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant
lemon lotion and massage it daily into
the face, neck, arms and hands.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
August 2s, 1918.
Dear Editor Of the Bystander:

p y ! i D. 4
Please allow me space in the columns
of your paper to say a word about our
church work in Valley Junction. We
are renting a store house, but we are
raising money to buy lot 80 we can
build us d clutch. We are thankful to
the good bishop, Rt. Rev. L. w. Kyles,
IA. H., y. d., for the return Of our pas
tes. Rev. John Hillard, and for return
ing to us Rev. Q. g. Moss as presiding
elder Of the Des Moincs district. On
thx4th and 25th our first quarterly
ercnce was held and great was the
success. We only have ten members,
but We are trying to do our part. We
raised il tho quarter $4,000 and paid
sthe full quarterly assessment. The r..
Es preached twice during the day, at 3
p. =. AM. at 30 II. After the night
slsncI ore slt came forward and was
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4 Close-Up of the War
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The bystander., 1918-08-30
The candeillla Plant.

The wax of the candelllla plant IL
used In making candles, phonograph
records, wood and leather polishes,
door wax, certain varnishes, hnoleum,
rubber compounds and celluloid, and it
also enters into use in pharmacy and
in the making of electrical insulation.
The candelilla plant grows on the
poorest quality of soil, and before it
was found to have commercial value
for the wax contained 1t was consid-
cred q pest =
The bystander., 1918-08-30

He was caught-like rat in a
coming out alive. He thought of
What does a soldier think of
feel? What does he do? What is t
While trembling and hot from
over two hundred men-airmen,
grenade throwers-have told what
stories of personal adventure is to
The bystander., 1918-08-30

Now. and during these next fc,
Intelligent American win need I
world is on tho verge. It Is in (
and political changes that are. c
opinions on these revolutionary evt
intelligently upon them-one cam
situation. unless the facts. all th,
genuine patriotic duty in these {
every citizen to know comprehend
In the world around him.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
The Best Plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain's Liniment and bound on
over the seat of pain is often more ef-
fectual for lame back than plaster
and does not cost anything like as much.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
Apes From Ceylop.

Apes mentioned in the Bible In !
Kings 10 90, and II Chronicles 1921,
were brought to Palestine from Cey-
lon, the same country which supplied
ivory and peacocks.
The bystander., 1918-08-30
That was the Reason.

'aThe paper states that you pleased
big audience AZ the banquet lass
night 1.-THE paper is wrong. I did
not appear" "Um, guess the paper
% right"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

highly seasoned news to reprehensihle
type of journalism to which he contributed
10000 words daily before he was rcren-
Grated The style was bizarre It aimed at
shock rather than sense. If it were m.
spectacle 1t was miserable. It cannot he
denatured without being dcfunct, decent
without being dead. It's brilliancy is the
glow of putrescence. It shines with the
htful gllmmer of decay like the phospho-
rescence of deceased Ash. There is in
such newspaper no binding force for civil
society. In peace it is pestience, in war
skulklng menace. The dissolution of tho
Ties OF stable government is its purpose and
revolution its goal. 1t grazes the line be-
tween the masterpieces of Ben Jonson, Joe
Miller and Tobias Smollett's adventures of
an Atom" 1t is specous and insincere
shallow and coarse, and bears the same re-
latlon to the legitimate public press that
Rabelais does to decent literature save the
french humorlst is redeemed with wit and
philosophy, and the yellow lepers of jour
halsm have neither. Such illegitmate Off
spring OF perverted press instinctivclv
revlle stability and the great foundation
stones of institutional liberty quarried bv
the solemn experience of mankind from the
elemental deeps of eternal things 1t wages
continual war with common sense and rails
at laws. human or divine. All the safe
guards embodied in the shelterinp head
lands of civil liberty are denounced as
CHAINS on the common people. Such news
paper is daily rattle of imaginary chains.
The editor who can clank the chains the
ioudest is paid the highest. Trotzky is the
finished product of that school, and his
government the seething gulf into which
the American people are invited to plunge.
Creel now appears as the great luminary
to scatter the darkness he and his kind have
created. The aboriginal freebooters of de-
based Journalism rebuking the spirits
they called from the vastly deep at 81 $50. 600
annually They remind me of the thrifty
genius who kept kennel of wolves in the
brush and bred them so he could collect
the bounty paid by the county on their
scalps. The bane and antidote are discov-
cred on the same payroll, presided over by
saffron swashbucklcr of former days. A
mental discharge of 10000 words per work
ing day in the rarefed atmosphere of the
Rocky Mountains eXhilarated the magma
ton and brought on a verbal looseness
which makes it imprudent for Mr. Creel to
appear before an audience. We have his
own words for it in this hearing, to wit, of
the condition of affairs in Denver when he
wrote the editorials inserted in "The Record"
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Fighting Fit

"TNHIs is professionals, not an am
ateur's, war;" says Samuel Hon
klns Adams in an article in the current
number of "Collier's." And
professional soldiers. are not formed bv
natural aptitude alone and without ardu
Gus training, any more than professional
'loihlsts or professional boxers are Upon
TINS rigorous theory of professionalism
down to the last detail our present armv
system is built. 1t aims to scour the
country for the tittest men, and then make
them twice as fit as they were Such is the
al-important Job of our army environments.
perhaps the finest, best-manned, and best
equipped human repair shops ever in opcr-
alton"
Mr.. Adams describes in detail the man
ner in which Uncle Sam goes about get
ting "nine-tenths'' Of the best profess
slonal talent in the country into his ser
vice, and quotes physician of national
reputation as having said:
when you hear complaints about minor
faults in the military hospitals, remember
th!s: There isn't a cantonment of the lot
whore the common soldier not only can
D"t must receive mcdlcal attention of a
quality available only to millionaire in
civil life
A visit to one of the environments
evokes from the writer the following sip-
nlficant comparison:
From sanitary and hygienic point of
view 1t IS neither the best nor the worst
OF the camps, but about at the AVERAGE
AS our motor car approaches it, and the
barracks rise into view, | find myself
snlning the breeze suspiciously. Subcon-
sclous. memory has reverted to the last
military camp with which was on terms
OF intimacy, Camp Wyckoff, the returned
mems hospital of the Spanish-American
War, and | recall the not precisely rose
scented atmosphere of that place and the
classic directions for finding one partic
ularly insantary regiment:
Follow your nose till you have to hold
it,
"ln this present cantonment such a repi
ment would be in a condition of permanent
arrest. The breeze which blows to meet
us here might have come across leagues of
prairie, for all the faint there is in it,"
Telling of the remarkable precautions
taken against the slightest suspicion of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Saving a Million
Soldiers

WE HAVE all heard, and often, that
w various things are going to win the
war-ships, food, guns, airplanes and
machinery, but Cleveland Moffett, writ
ing in the July "McClure's,' says:
"No, money is necessary, material advan-
taees are necessary; but, other things be-
ing reasonably equal, it is men that viii
win this war or not win it. Men behind
the guns! On the ships In the trenches!
And at home! If they are the right kind
of men with the right kind of commanders
and organizers they will win, though
heavily handicapped by conditions, because
they will compel conditions, as has hap
pened in history thousand times If they
are the wrong kind Of men they will lose,
though all skies smile upon them, because
they will deserve to lose.
Applying this to America let us con-
slider what manner of men we are. Let US
take honest account of our faults and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Making q Sunday School
AVA Hero of Don |uan

W. Creel has noted with deep anxiety
licences ", Of degeneracy among the canaille.
lucy clamor for love scenes that would
maze Don Juan look like q Sunday school
nero. distinct yearning among the prole-
'@f'a' Tor sensational matter of pro-
HOuhced chrome yellow has nearly pros
rated Mr. Creel. Nothing has so disturbed
u''H save his discovery few years ago that
'ne origin of our Federal Constitution was
co alsreputable as to make him think it
0"e"' to be abolished by direct action,
automatic, pure democracy, similar to the
'"e russia is now enjoying
June Is, 1918, in the House appropriations
S"'-committee hearings, which | have, on
page iol, he still thought So An opportu-
10y iof reform was given him by indulgent
4-en'oefs OF the committee, but he declined
v embrace it and avowed heartily that he
vas seill OF the same opinion
me statute OF limitations he has set up
~saihs' offences seven years old has not vet
,u' against his June, 1918, statement Any
Ao~' whether it has or not, the conversion
NreeI INTO an essential pillar of stable
government makes the resurrection of Laza
.1' seem commonplace. His early enthusi-
@S'''s nave been modified but not his views
'"e constitution. He has only modified
A's forms of expression, he SAYS. Mr.. Creel
attributes the morbid appetite for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
They Went to Creel,
i Imploring

Our government was framed behind locked
doors by rich men who despised the masses.
to preserve aristocratic privilege. The
whole scheme was a conspiracy against the
people to rivet chains on their necks. They
were implored by Creel six years ago to
rise and smash this insufferable tyranny.
If it were true then, it is true now. If it
were false then, it is unspeakably vicious
and depraved now. A man who will say il
now is a civic leper and under recently en-
acted laws a potential felon The only
mitigation offered is that it is campaign
extravaganza, local temperament and So
phomoric periods. He regrets his phrasing
modified his form Of expression. 1t was too
hectic for lower attitudes than Denver In
stead of screaming, conversational tones and
a more didactic style are now recommended;
maybe the official elocutionist did some
good. lower pitch and denatured epihets
do not purge him of principles which he
AYERS stoutly he still believes 1t is I'M
possible to resist the conviction tdat if
Creel were not on the payroll he would be
going out of one vociferous spasm into an
other emitting 10000 words of crimson
baderdash per day or be in the custody of
the Department of Justice
The senior Senator from Idaho (Mr.
Borah) called my attention TO the most sim
gular composition ever produced from of
fetal sources. 1t had escaped my attention.
The Senate is indebted to him for my COM
ment on it.
The latest exploit of this public function
airy is special feature service article July
7, 1918. From proof sheets we learn it was
sent out by the committee on pitiless pub
LEFTY, or, rather, public information. The
style and familiar nausea remind a Western
man from the Wabash region of overin-
diligence in pawpaws. 1t Identifies unmis-
takably the toad-eater whence it came.
There is no use in having anybodys name
to it. The subject matter and style identify
it completely. The subject is the Secretary
OF War; His wearing apparel, his gait, how
his brain functions, his manner of saying
Eyes or mo-" of making a complete tour of
the brcwn davenports lining the wall Of his
cutter office. giving to each occupant a sue
clnct judicial answer, are infinitely sketched
Without warning the startling information
that he thinks clearly under all ci-cum
stances and is never ambiguous is hurtled
out to an astonshed world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

blow up the Kaiser's whole feet of marine
pests! He restrained himself to one sub
marine and strewing the sea with wreckage
and oil, so one could have something for
his imagination to work on.
What igh-horsepower expression is
worth is shown by details generated In his
superheated fancy Aboard e warship ac-
companying tho fleet was a prosaic Asso-
ciated Press correspondent, who was unable
to see or to hear any of the engagement.
He persisted in wiring that the whole story
was myth. 1t was, to be euphonous about
it, an artistic elaboration, is the way it was
explained in the hearings
The apocrypha tale that the government
could have put rifle in the hands Of every
soldier as he entered camp emanatel from
the same wellspring of veracity who would
have charge of the distribution Of all human
Information if this joint resolution were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

sky; | find that thoughtful precaution in
the hearings as 60 back to that time and
pcruse 1t. One thing 1t has netted us, Mr.
President, at least--it has enriched our
vocabulary with new word. Munchausen
is stale and vapid. Strunsky tunes things
up with refreshing variety that falls upon
the ear with indescribable euphony. Creel
admitted before the committee that one air
plane had actually been shipped. This was
much better foundation for most Of his
information than usual that the committee
ard everybody else felt relieved that he got
SO near the truth.
Then came the Won Igel revelations. which
we've given him to prepare copy for publica-
ton. His handiwork relating to Holland
brought an instant and indignant protest
from the Netherlands minister in this city.
Diplomatic matters in an undigested state.
it is noticeable, have not been referred to
him since. Great creative ability and
highvoltage imagination do not impress the
department as promotive of international
helmony among free peoples.
Sensational matter does not appeal to
him. he AYERS. He is so tied to humdrum
routine that anything lurid causes him in
finite torture. He says himself that any
trashy or stupid stuff is at once relegated to
the garbage can.
wonder how he himself keeps out Of it ,
He knows it at sight as a qualified expert
having produced it himself in prodigious
quantities before he was named by the
President as conservator of the free press
of our country.
Mr. Creel said six years ago the American
voter was a Russian serf. The Senate sits
IN despotism and we are the despots. Those
are things stated by public officer, whose
power it is proposed to increase prodgiously
by the passage of such q resolution as this.
The Supreme Court is tyrant. The law is
autocrat wnking at criminals in high
places. The President is helpless. The ex-
ecutive Office must have aroused the SYM
pathy of Congress, for it has delegated
most of its power TO that department.. 1t
would hand over the rest of it if the Con-
sttution were not an obstacle. That docu-
ment 49, he said, worn out and ought~to be
abolished by having every court decision on
unconstitutional acts of Congress or states
referred to vote of the people. The Con-
stltution in this simple way could be amend
ed every ninety days. All public officers
were to be subject to recall on per cent
petition. Instead of being present in our
the per cent petition demand and justify
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

weaknesses, so that we may remedy then,
Let ours not be the pride that poeth be-
fore destruction."
After pointing out that some $500, 900
draft registrants and, $4,000 applicants
for the navy IN 1916, out of 1O6,392. were
rejected as physically unfit for military
service, Mr.. Motfctt quotes DR.. Eugene
Lyman Fisk, head of the Life Extension
Institute, as justifying the statement
that 60 per cent of the impairment found
is preventable by proper health educa
ton, physical training and periodic med
zeal examination and supervision, and
then adds:
'ln other words, We have failed to bring
up the children of this nation so that, as
men and Women,s they will have the physi-
cal health that they might have; that thew
ought to have; that they must have if thew
are to be efficient either in civil life or as
defenders of the flag. This is true, not
only Of millions of American children born
IN poverty and shameful city slums (the
shame is ouls), but of children in our best
families, those that go to exclusive private
schools and expensive colleges
THE physical impairment of our man
power is more serious matter in America
than in other countries owing to the fact
that our population includes millions of
ignorant, ill-nourshed understood foreign
ers, who have swarmed here from the
Sums of Europe and have given birth to
millions of more less defective children.
This situation must be recognized and
dealt with.
GLOW it be dealt with? What can
we do about it? Are we to understand
that Germany has handled this public
problem better than we have?
as there anything in our national life
more important than this? Is there any
thing that has been more lamentably
neglected? Is there any better way of pre-
pairing our boys and girls for the stern
civic and military duties that are before
them to give them sound bodies? Re-
member there wise men who believe
that this war with Germany will last many
years yet and will be followed by other
wars. Must America always be unpre-
pared?"
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passed in it's present form. This careful
regard Of the government caused the men
to be drilled with broomstcks as safety
first caution They were then unaccus-
toned to firearms.
Then a fier on aeropanc news absorbed
his next effort. He it was who inserted in
the thrilling serial dubbed the "Oficial
Bulletin" and edited by the official bull
head, language which led the unsophisti-
Gated citizen to believe that hundreds of
aircraft had gone to France and that thou
sands more would be ready in few days;
that the whole European sky was to be
blackened with them in little while. He
was told by the senior Senator from New
York (Mr. Wadsworth) and other members
OF the Committee on Military Affairs of the
gap between fact and fiction before it was
published and yet it appeared, and Mr..
Creel laid it on an individual named Strun