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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
DESTROYER HARD TO BEAT
Fierce Wasp of the Sea Is Slim Built,
Loose, Timber and De-
structiVe.

The destroyer people have great
faith in the durability of their little
ships They are slim built and not
much thicker in the plates than seven
pages OF the Sunday paper, but maybe
that is their safety There is no get
ting q fair waIIop at them. They
eyade the issue. One man compared
them TO q hot-water- bottle. Try to
swat a loaded hot-vater bottle. What
happens? When you poke it In one
place doesn't it come bullying out In
another to make up for it? Sure 1t
does, writes James P. Connolly in Col
Tiers.
How do you account for the de-
stroyer which had her stern cut OF so
that the men IN the after compartment
leaned out and chinned themselves up
to the deck from the inside? And how
do you account for the way they come
bouncing along at better than twenty
knots in a gale OF wind and q rough
sea and nothing happening to them?
Get shook up-yes, but they come
home, don't they? They sure do. May
be it's the way they're thrown to-
gether-looSe and timber.
Whatever il is. they are dashing in
and out of here on their job of convoy
i>E = reliant SIS and hunting q
boats. They expect 20 get their bumps,
and they do; but 81 long as they get
an even break thy are not kicking.
The cllaTthouse E--s On the 343 say
they are satisfied that they got an
even bre;h. CTE 343 was cut in
halves by . TORPEDO and made port.)
They are st:c,-.ng n uow stern Ct the
343. When they got it well glued on
she is going oct ag;i1l.
Maybe thc scn2c C-hc- t-you can't
always tel, SOM s.e &c have luck
maybe that same U-bO.,t will come
drifting her way a<l,in. And if they
see her 1irst-Jh, DOyI
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
MAN NOT HARD TO ANALYzE
Observation VIII Enable One to Deter
mine the Qualities Which Will
Make Him Valuable.

The qualities that go to make up q
man are tremendously complex and yet
it is possible by close scrutiny and
keen observation to analyze q man and
understand him more clearly than he
sees himself. There are certain cardi-
nal mental and physical characteristics
which can be determined by visual
examination made by an expert. In
ike manner can be determined the
handspring of the man as exemplifled
In what we ordinarily consider the
various parts of his will, or those fac
tors which govern his actions. The
practical application of the studies
taken together with his exerience and
history is then apparent. Knowing his
various physical and mental character
istics and his experience, we know
what sort of work he is able to do.
Knowing his will and what might be
termed spiritual characteristics. we
know what he will do, provided sur
rounding circumstances permit. With
this in mind we would place each one
Of our present or new employees at
such work as he is best able to do, and
we see that this is not necessarily that
which he has always done, although in
general it does have a more or less
close relation with that-Industrial
Management.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
OH PUTTING THINGS OFF
There Are Times When Waiting =
Little While Helps a Whole
Lot

"Procrastination never got anybody
anywhere, but" said Mr.. -Gratebar,
there are times when putting things
on a bit helps lot, as, for instance,
in the matter of answering certain
letters.
81 get once In a while a Iette< that
is cross. i'll tempered, sarcastic OF that
maybe sets up some proposition that
the writer himself would have known
wouldn't hold water if he had stopped
to think about it.
'.NoW, my natural inclination would
be to answer that letter right away.
could shoot his proposition full of
holes easily and make it look foolish.
His sarcasm I could answer much
more bitingly. But what I do now
in my somewhat ripper years is to smile
and say to myself:
"'What's the use?
''What I do now before answering
such a letter is to wait a day, to sleep
on it.
There's q habit that it would be
worth any mans while to cultivate.
Sleeping on it will iron the wrinkles
out Of any sort of trouble, solve for US
any problem; 1t soothes and clarifies.
1t brings back our courage and our
sense Of humor. And then, in the
morning, when I come to answer that
letter I answer it in a spirit that
makes not an enemy but a friend.
This sort of putting things of ]
don't call procrastination it is Just
waiting a little to give all hard feel
ing time for evaporation"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
Veteran Dies In the Harness.

Having entered the United States
navy in 1873, serving on many ships
and many stations, Chief Carpenter
A1onzo G. Burroughs died at his home
In Norfolk, Va, on April 10, as a sailor
would want to die, In active service
Although he had a long and honorable
record of service, and had attained the
age OF sixty-six years, Mr. Burroughs
came back into the service at the out
break OF the war and was placed on
duty at the Norfolk navy yard. He
was made a ships carpenter in 1879.
and 20 years later, while on duty at
Newport News. was made chief. His
service included cruises on the Monon-
gahela, Vermont, Independence, Frank
lin, LANCASTER, Yankee, Iowa andITex-
as
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
SURE CURE FOR INSOMNIA
Eat Pint of Peanuts and Drink Thres
Glasses of Milk Before
Retiring.

Recently q friend who had heard
that I sometimes suffer from insom-
mia told me Of a sure cure. "Eat a
pint of peanuts and drink two or
three glasses Of milk before going to
bed" said he, land I'll warrant you'll
be asleep within half an hour" 1 did
as he suggested, and now for the bene-
fit Of others who may be afflicted with
insomnia feel 1t my duty to report
what happened, so far as am able to
recall the details.
First, let me say my friend was
right. did go to sleep very soon after
my retirement. Then a friend with
his head under his arm came along and
asked me If wanted to buy his feet.
1 was negotiating with him when the
dragon on which I was riding slipped
out Of his skin and left me floating In
midair. While I was considering how
I should get down, a bull with two
heads peered over the edge Of the wall
and said he would haul me up If ]
would first climb up and rig a windlass
for him. So as was sliding down the
mOuntainside the brakeman came In
and I asked him when the train would
reach my station
we passed your station over 4OC
years ago." he said, calmly, folding the
train up and slipping it into his vest
pocket.
At this juncture the clown bounded
into the ring and pulled the centerpoIe
out Of the ground, lifting the tent and
all the people In it up, up, while I stood
on the earth below watching myself
go out of sight among the clouds above
Then I awoke, and found had beer
asleep almost ten minutes.-H. B.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
.@5 T ia.?0RTkNT POST
.e--=-..l Rf-for's Remark Must Have
Made Hin Realize Just What u
Right Mean TO Hin.

RAZOR Jackson tells of the visit of
me Of the generals TO the trenches
- :. end OF the British line.
Tue general, who was q great stick
.cr for discipline, said to the last man
% the left:
do you know, sir, that you're the
n0st Important soldier in the army?"
Private Perkins murmured some
modest rejo'nder, but, as in duty
bound, kept his eye glued TO the per-
scope with his vista of No Mans
Land.
YES" resumed the general, you're
the last man in the last squad OF the
last platoon Of the last company Of
the last battalion of the last regi-
ment Of the last brigade
After this impressive announcement
the general turned on his heel and de
parted. Then the sergeant major, lest
Private Perkins should be pulled up
by the suddenly conferred Importance
added:
YES, and if the army gets the com.
mand to form on the left you'll mark
time for the rest Of your bloody nat.
urai life!''
Any military man realizes what
1t would mean to be pivot man for 8
line 125 miles longEToronto Mail
and Empire.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
cIeverness Of Chinese

It is acknowledged that the Chinese
are very skiIlfuI In making confechQn-
cry and possess the reputation OF hay
ing many secrets. They are able to
empty SIN orange Of its pulp entirely,
then ill it up with fruit Jelly without
one being able to find the smallest
cut In the rind or even a tiny hole.
Indeed, they even empty an egg -
this manner and I'LL It with q sort q
almond nougat without one being able
to fnd the slightest break cks11clsspIl
ID fts Shell. -
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consoistIon

A young probationer was preaching
his trial sermon In q church In one OF
the inland villages OF Scotland After
finishing the discourse" he leaned
over the pulpit and engaged In silent
prayer, an act which surprised the
congregation, who were unaccustomed
10 such procedure. Suddenly the
young preacher felt someone Shaping
him gently On the shoulder, and on
turning around he beheld the deacon
who said: 'fHoots mon, dinna TAX ii
sac miekIe 20 hearts yen maybe dae
better next tine"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
Diplomacy.

ST told VIII / would like to see him
try to kiss me-
eWhy did you tell him thatT''
Because he said once he always
succeeded in anything he tried to do"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
By Harriette Underhin

A well-known star, whose name we
shall not divulge, once told us that no
screen actor is the master of his fate
or the captain of his soul He told us
+hxt the director deserved all of the
credit and all of the blame. That when
tho cunning ingenue jumped up and
DOWN on the sofa or drank coffee out of
her saucer when she made her initial
snpearancc at the home of her rich
uncle living in New York she was in
no wise to blame.
Hers not to reason why; hers but to
do and die. And ii she only knew how
very near she does come to doing just
that sometimes she might rebel
Many-a potential murderer has also
nerforce sat through a performance
where the hero plays all of his scenes
with his profile to the camera and
points to his heart if he says 81 love
you.' Bear with him. 1t isn't his
fault. He has an alibi. SO, you see,
any time YOU want to spank the heroine
and slay the hero and laugh at the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
|IlON PICTURE PLAYERS ARE DOING

sand applicants had been weighed In
the balance and found wanting before
he met Mona Lisa.
Each lacked something which pre-
vented her even approximating the
standard set.
About the time he was beginning to
despair at ever finding the desired
type, Mr.. Horkheimer had q caller.
Mona Lisa!" he greeted her.
"How did you know that?" retorted
Miss Lisa.
Because Of The striking resemblance
you bear to the famous painting. It
is unmistakable-your eyes, the smile,
that face! Ever had any stage ex-
perience?"
"Some," she admitted, and then
quickly, "And now, want a chance to
work before the camera"
That was easily arranged. At the
Gu She brought TO view exception
al Photographic qualities and even
howed some real dramatic fire.
AS little girl the renowned por-
trait had appealed strongly to the mod
ern Mona Lisa. copy hung in her
bedroom, and she spent hours studying
it, often initiating the makeup. The
haunting, enigmatic charm of the orig
inal's face is to be found again in the
prescnt-day edition. Although the
eyes are a trihe larger, they are as
fetching and benign as those of the
prototype.
1t is said that the amusement-seek-
ing public is ever on the qui vive for
new idol at whose shrine to burn in
cense. 1t is the eternal cry, "The king
is dead; long live the king!" Where
fore it is believed that Mona Lisa is
going to take the motion picture fans
by storm.
Mona Lisa's first screen appearance
will be in an emotional drama of seven
reels. The piece is one Mr.. Hork-
heimer has been waiting years to do,
while seeking the right player for the
stellar role. In Mona Lisa he is sure
she has been found at last. The play
from which the film version has beer
adapted, is 20 be presented on Broad
ways speaking stage about the same
time the motion picture is released.
Paul Powell, a Griffith director, wke
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Cherchez Le Directeur

eighteen years old. After finishing COL
lege he became designer and interior
decorator. and has to his credit many
illustrations for books and magazines
Then he became associated with Rodin
and later with the great French artist
Puvis de Chavannes and did much
work with him on the decorations of
the Boston Public Library. The next
three years of his life were spent in
the French army as an officer of artil-
lery. When mis- period OF service ex-
pired he was seized with the desire to
80 on the stage, which he did, and at
his own salary-90 francs a month.
His rise in this profession was rapid
He soon found himself with Nine.
Rdjane, and with her he made practi-
cally world tour, including South
America, England, Spain, Portugal
Italy and Africa
After this engagement he became
associated with Antoine, the greatest
of French producers. During the fol-
lowing seven years he associated and
coilaboratcd with Antoine in the pro-
cuction of over four hundred plays.
About this time the motion picture
was beginning to come into its own,
and Mr.. Tourneur naturally looked to
his old friend Emile Chautard. who
was leading man under Mr.. Tour
ncurs direction on the legitimate
stage, but now director general of the
Compagnie Eclair, the leading film
company of Paris.
Mr.. Tourneur's decision to 20 to
America came quite by accident.
His rise in this country was me-
teoric. He rose. from practically an
unknown quantity to one of the lead
ing producers within a few weeks
time and has to his credit many mas.
terpieces in the new art.
Maurice Tourneur has only begun
his pioneering in motion pictures. To
most men engaged in production work
his dreams would seem apocalyptic.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

fascinating story than that of Leon
ardo's lifelong search for "the woman
soul" He finally found it in the young
wife Of Zanobi del Giocondo, six
'teenth century patrician, when she
came to sit for her portrait. The Ma
donna Lisa, as she was then known,
proved such an unusual subject that
the artist devoted four years to her
picture. 1t turned out a masterpiece,
and .is recognized to-day as the mos.
perfect specimen OF feminine portrait
ure eXtant.
just SO II. NJ. Horkheimer, a molten
picture producer, has had his own
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Random Reels

At the Strand Mae Marsh will ap-
pear in screen adaptation of Frank
L. Packards novel, "Tho Beloved
Traitor" She is more than visit
full child more than "the whim girl of
the SCREEN" as she has often been
called, in her newest play: she is a
dramatic actress, if you please. She is
new Mae Marsh.
Some of the scenes are laid in a
Maine fishing village-that is, before
all the trouble comes to a head in the
city among careless denizens of New
York's Bohemia, and before Mae Marsh
takes matters in her own hands, con-
fronts the vampire and beats her at
her own game.
Many quaint touches appear in the
scenes played in the village. One of
the settings is cottage where Mae
Marsh lives with her uncle. Goldwyn,
producers of "The Beloved Traitor" I"
have given the star an excellent sup
porting cast, including +. X. Lincoln,
George Fawcett, lIcdda Hopper, Brad
ley Barker, A. J. Furey, Louis Il. Grisel
and Chester Morris.
James Montgomery Flagg's farce
comedy, "The Man Eater" ono of the
famous Girls You All Know" series,
Is another feature on the programme
Mabel Beddoc will render "Thc Pipes
cf Gcrdon's Men," by Hammond. Her.
bert Waterous will sing Bruno Huhns
"Invictus" and "Old Folks at Home"
The Symphony Orchestra will play
"Scheherazade," by Rimsky-K K orsakoT
and caucasian Sketches" M. Ippo-
litow 1vanoff, and also render appro-
pirate incidental music to the various
themes projected on the screen. Oscar
Spirescu and Carl Edouarde will con-
duct.
Billie Burke will appear as Ewes
Daughter" at the Rialto this week.
The picture is a Paramount, adapted
from Alicia Ramsey's play Of the same
name, in which Grace George Stare j
last season. The action has been
transferred from England to America.
as American screen fans seem to pre-
fer having their dramas enacted over
here. Lionel Atwil and Florence
Flynn, of Miss Georges original COM
pany, Will appear in the picture, and
Thomas Meighan and William Riley
Hatch will complete the cast.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Midnight Trai Friday Saturday, Emmy Wehen in The
Brady in "The Spurs of sybl," Sunday
From Mona Lisas Family

This is truo story, even if it
doesn't sound real. 1t is story of
Mona Lisa, and that is her real namc.
and her likeness to the famous beauty
immortalized by Leonardo da Vinci's
celebrated canvas is real. These are
facts not to be dissipated. But the
strangest part is that The likeness is
not merely a matter of chance. 1t is
Inherited
Genealogical research has revealed
the tact that this latter day Mona Lisa
IS llnealy descended from the medi-
aval Giocondos of Florence
There, the secret is out.
The annals of art contain no moro
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

is filming the piece, predicts that Mons
Lisa will prove one of the greatest
finds In the history Of the screen. III
has been long time since q new Aim
star Of the first magnitude was dis
covered. Mary Pickford, Clara Kim
ball Young, Mae Marshall hark back
several years, to the beginning Of the
'esture photoplay.
Comes now Mona Lisa, with her sub
tie smile and soft eyes, seeking q fol-
lowing of her own. Endowed with
youth, beauty and artistry, she starts
unhandicapped, and should readily win
the coveted niche, if her grip proves
anything like that of Leonardo da
Vlnci's wonderful art treasure.
81. q.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

but he means to make them all come
true.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

! James Kirkwood directed the pro-
duction.
The musical novelty of the bill will
be the presentation of the Ampico Re-
producing Piano, accompanied by the
Rialto Orchestra. The Griegg concerto,
as recorded by Nine. Marguerite Vo-
lavy, is the selection which this re-
markable instrument will render. Gold
marks overture, "Sprng,' will be
played by the orchestra, with Hugo
Riesenfeld and Nat w. Finston WELD
ing the baton on different occasions.
Signor Ricardo Bonelli, barytone, will
sing "Visione CO Vcnezia," by Rcnato
brogl. The chorus from Act II Of
Doni7ett's Lucia di Lammermoor" will
be sung by the Rialto chorus.
TIE Sign Invisible" story of the
Canadian Northwest, featuring Mitchell
Lewis, will be the chief Offering on the
programme at the Rivol, beginning to-
morrow. The picture is First Ma
tlonal attraction, produced by Edgar
Lewis, who won his spurs as director
OF "The Barrier" 1t tells how an en-
bittered man Of the world, who has
lost faith in himself his Creator and
bis fellow men, is rcgeneratcd through
contact with the dominant power Of
Nature. Mabel Julicnnc Scott. Victor
Sutherland and Edward r. Roseman are
prominent in the cast
Greek Evans will make his first an
pearancc at the Rivoli next week, sing
ing "On the Road to Mandalay," with
special scenic setting and the Rivoli
male chorus. The Rivoli orchestra will
render the overture to "Thc Huyuc
nots," by Meyerbcer
Catherine Calvert, tho young actress
who is SO beautiful that, we'll, who is
so beautiful, is having her praises sun:
literally.
A song called "My Lady of the
Screen has been dedicated to Miss
Calvert. 1t was written by Fred l..
Van and Arthur Oliver.
At Locw's New York Theatre and
Roof the featured photoplays the COM
ing week will be Clara Kimball Young
in "Thc Marionettes." on Monday and
Tuesday; "The Guilty Man." adapted
from A. II. Woods's sensational stage
success, on Wednesday; Belle Bennett
in "a Soul in Trust" on Thursday;
! Carmel Meyers in "The Girl in the
Dark" and William Russell in "Thc
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

troubles looking for the perfect wom-
an. He has been really combing the
world in search of her for contem-
plated film production, and we have
his word for it that nearly a thou
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-12
NEWS NOTES AND PERSONALS
OF YEOMANS COMMUNITY

Messrs. Jack and Tommie Merritt,
of Shellman, were pleasant visitors
here Sunday.
Miss Ruth Smith demonstrated do
mestic economies here Feb. 9Th. Quite
q large crowd attended.
Miss Myrtle Florence Sims, of
Weston, spent the weekend with her
sister, Miss Mary Lizzie Sims.
Rev. Crumbley filled his regular
appointment here Sunday, and deliv-
cred forceful sermon.
Miss Veta Kaufman and Mrs. H. K.
Chambliss spent Wednesday with
Mrs. Travis Miller, in Sasser.
Mesdames Ferguson and Corbin,
of Herod, spent few days with their
sister, Mrs. E. c. McLendon.
Mrs. Luther Bridges has been Sc
riously i'll the past week. Her many
friends wish her a speedy recovery.
Mrs Whit Tedder, who has been
visiting in Oakfeld and Sylvester,
has returned.
The Pickett Society met Friday
and rendered an interesting program.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-12
Half Your Living
Without Money Cost

We are all at a danger point. On
the use of good common sense in our
1918 farm and garden operations de-
ponds prosperity or our going broke"
Even at present high prices no one
can plant all or nearly all cotton, buy
food and grain at present prices from
supply merchant on credit and make
money. Food and grain is higher in
proportion than are present cotton
prices.
It's time above all others to play
safe; to produce all possible food,
grain and forage supplies on your own
acres; to cut down the store bill.
A good piece. of garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to pay nearly half your living. 1t
will save you more money than you
made on the best three acres of cotton
you ever grew!
Hastings 1918 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind of money saw
ing garden and the vegetables to put
in it. 1t tells about the farm crops as
well and shows you the clear road to
real and regular farm prosperity. It's
Free. Send for it today to H. G.
HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga.-Advt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-12
THE WOMAN'S CLUB
PLANS HELPFUL WORK
HAS CHAUTAUQUA UNDER CON
SHERATON. BUYS WAR
STAMPS AND BONDS.

The Woman's Club held a meeting
of special interest on Wednesday,
February 9th, with a large attend
ance. After a short business session
the we'll arranged program was tax
en- up. "a Garden Budget" was the
very practical theme of a paper pre-
pared by Mrs. R. D. Smith, which
proved instructive, impressing upon
all the necessity and the patriotic
duty of growing everything possible
IN the way of food the coming sea-
son.
A piano solo, "Uncle Remus," was
pleaslngly rendered by Miss Theodo-
STA Hollingsworth.
Among the visitors present was
Mr.. D. C. Pickett, who made a talk
on thrift STAMPS, going into detail
as to this campaign. Mr.. Pickett
urged that the members of the club
give this movement their hearty CO.
operation. The club voted to invest
IN a war savings stamp book to help
the government. The club has also
bought liberty bond, the receipt for
which was exhibited at this meeting.
Miss DeGraff, representing the
Lincoln Chautauqua, was present to
discuss with the women the matter
OF .chautauqua for Dawson this
spring. There were expressions of
approval of this movement and a
Willingness to help with putting on
this series of entertainments by CO.
poerating with the business men of
the city should they see fit to get
behind the movement. 1t was the
sentiment of all that only the best
would be acceptable to the people
of this section.