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The Washington times., 1918-12-21

AhC AlCuuCTSOu 1OlOE company
who represent the Saxon locally, say
that the makers could not improve
the mechanism OF the Saxon, so they
are upholstering the 1919 models In
genuine leather and improving the
exterior finish.
An unique feature Of the RoameI
car Is the option given customers as
to color OF painting and upholstery,
giving the car a decidedly made-to-
order appearance, or, as 1t is called,
''the tailor-made car" The RoameI
representatives at their new head
quarters. 1925 Connecticut avenue
northwest, say that an added feature
is a disappearing Windshield which
protects the rear car occupants. This
shield folds up out Of the way when
not in use.
Charles W. Darr, jr., has Joined the
Ford sales force Of the well-known
Ford distributors, Hill & Tibbitts. Mr..
Darr has q host OF friends who will
be pleased to learn of his connection
with this popular firm
Russell Tfbbitt's death or disap-
pearance last October while flying of
Cape May with two observers, still re-
mdlu6 q IuybLGTy. nEs 1lOplll1 was
well and favorably known in Wash
ipgton, where he was a member of
the firm Of Hill & Tibbitts, Ford dis
.tributers. He was serving in the
coast guard aviation corps at the time
Of his disappearance. Both of his
companions were lost with him
Trew L Co.. 1887 Fourteenth street
say that the Peerless so called "two-
power range" is attracting consider
able attention. It might be explained
for the benefit Of the uninitiated that
the phrase means the ability of the
car. by an ingenious mechanical con-
troll, to loaf along, consuming very
little fuel This Is called ~the loafing
range" At . touch the car can be
made to spring instantly to the
sporting range" giving one all the
speed and power required. This Is a
desirable feature in congested traffic,
where q quick getaway from q bad
position is often vital.
The National Auto College students
gave an invitation dance last Wednes-
day evening at the college, Ninth ana
o streets. About thirty couples at
tended Music was furnished by an
orchestra composed of students. Re-
treshments were served by the young
lady students. An interesting Incl
dent was the presentation to Mr.. wer-
nick, the schools principal, Of = solid
gold Waterman pen, as q token of
appreciation OF his efforts on behalf
of the students.
Miss Barrett, public stenogrspher at |
the Patent Office, says that the ma |
jority of new patent applications !
passing through her hands relate TO |
and motor engines. This |
has been noted more particularly since |
the signing OF the armistice. she says. |
The Liberty car has placed the IL
cense tag holder On their 1919 model 4
below the radiator, thus avoiding any 1
in the free passage OF
air.
The death Il announced Of Daniel |
Bensfnger, the son of Samuel Ben
singer, Of the Commercial Garage, |
representative of the
Republic truck
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

Dent stop buying Wr Savings
BtnmpS uHtn you have purehased all
go can
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

voted to war and postwar subjects.
The views OF many men who have
been engaged actively In France with
our army. or in the work of the al.
lies. will be given
There has never been q time when
s. A. L members were so active as
now in joint professional work. be-
cause there are so many absorbing
subjects before the engineering world
of fundamental value to the nation
The time is at hand to acquire broad
er ideas and entirely new conceptions
OF engineering effort
The "veIvet Kind"
Little Riddles love it-no lee Cream
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

The "veIvet Kind"
Little Kiddies love it-no lee cresn
above it."-Advt.
The Washington times., 1918-12-21
AutOiSmS

The Henderson Motor Company,
who represent the Saxon locally, say
that the makers could not improve
the mechanism OF the Saxon, SO they
are upholstering the 1919 models in
genuine leather and improving the
exterior finish.
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

The Liberty car has placed the IL
eense tag holder On their 1919 model
below the radiator, thus avoiding any
interference in the free passage OF
air.
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

Charles W. Darr, jr., has Joined the
Ford sales force Of the weIl-known
Ford distributors, Hill & Tibbitts. Mr..
Darr has q host OF friends who will
be pleased to learn of his connection
with this popular firm
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
Dictionary Slavery.

The fact is that the highest lingual
intelligence today prescribes no such
dictionary worship as that of the petty
potentates Of schoolroom and print
shop. The usage of a people is what
makes and animates a language, and
those words become a recognized part
of the language which are approved
by the leading writer's and speakers Of
the time. But these writer's, by habit
and education, are themselves prone
to dictionary slavery. They hesitate
to take up a new word and dignity 1t
with usage. Therefore, when they
want a new word which u dictionary
doesn't provide they 60 deliberately to
the French! This takes the curse off
the crime of coining a new word in
English!
Aside from the cheap and pedantic
practice of lifting words from q for
eign language to fill out the gaps in
our own, our language has today no
constant source Of replenishment but
slang. Shakespeare went to the root
forms of classical literature to secGre
him his materials for words which
the language did not afford. We, be-
cause Of our dictionary fetish. can go
only to the sporting page!-St. Paul
Pioneer-PreSS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
DIRT ROADS ARE PREFERRED
Much of the Wear and Tear on Hard
Road Can Be Avoided by Making
Dirt Track on Each Side.

Dirt roads are the cheapest-and
for a large part Of the year the best
highways that can be built. Because
we want to use our roads every day in
the year We are willing to go to the
expense of hard road building, but
that is no reason for describing the
dirt roads entirely.
More tlsG half the wear on the hard
road can be avoided by making q good
dirt track on each side. People will
use the dirt road from preference
when it is passable. The life of the
hard road will be greatly heightened,
the cost of repairs. reduced, and the
needs of the road users better served
by building this combination of hard
and dirt roads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
DON'T FORGET FIRE BARRIERS
Their Value In the Event of a Pos
sibIe con7agratIon Can Hardly Be
Overestimated.

Too much Importance cannot be
given to the problem of fire stopping
throughout the house. Whether or not
it is demanded by the building laws Of
the town or city where the building is
being erected, an owne should see to
it that this is done in a thorough and
w%orkmanlike way. If done properly,
it confines a fire, should 1t start in the
cellar (Which is a common place for
fires to start), to that part of the
house. giving the firemen time to get at
it. The partitions being thoroughly
stopped, there will then be no need of
fremen going through them with their
axes. The fire stopping is composed
Of ordinary brick and cement and is
put in wherever possible in partitions
and along the stairways. The point is
to plug up all draughts, thus keeping
the fire in one part Of the house
Harry Irving Shumway, in House
Beautiful.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture-)
In order to save feed-to see that
none of it is Observation-Disclosures and
live stock men should study the needs
of their animals and see that only the
required feed Is given in q balanced
ration. This L particularly impor-
tant at the present time, since an in-
crease in feed md more live stock
are needed to supply the needs Of this
nation ind the allies.
To reduce the problems involved In
the selection Of feeds on the basis Of
their nutttive ynlue-which are meas
ured in terms OF protein, carbohydrate,
and fat contentsCin order to make
them apply to everyday feeding, has
not been simple IN q bulletin re-
Gently issued by the United States de-
partment Of agriculture tables are
given which make the balancing Of
rations q simple mntter Of multiplied.
ton and division It is explained that
protein. carbohydrate, and fat COD
tents of q feedstuH are not the only
factors affecting It's feed value Pro
telns differ in Eheir nutritive quail
ties, while some substances not ID
Guided In the classes mentioned are
necessary to the proper maintenance
OF the bodily functions The palata'
bility and s%ucculence Of q feed has
much to do with It's value as a feed.
Many feedstuffs have physiological eff
fects entirely apart from their nutri-
tive qualities. a ration may be per-
fectly balanced from the standpoint OF
relative content of protein and en-
ergy producers, and yet be quite I'M
practicable, the specialists point out,
because it Is too bulky or too con-
centrated. Consideration of a feed
stuff or a ration based only on chem
ical composition, therefore, is to be
taken merely as a guide. it Is eX-
planned, to be followed in the light Of
all the knowledge o%btalnable about anil
NAL nutrition.
The selling price OF q teed is not q
reliable guide to its relative feeding
value. The carbohydrate feeds-corn,
oats, barley, katir, and various others
and the protein feeds-cottonseed
meal, tankagc, and brewers grains
are found on the market at various
prices. The feeder desires to know.
with certain given prices, which Is
the cheapest feed to buy-the true
value of Il buShel of oats, rye, or bar
ley for feed when corn is worth so
cents a bushel. He wishes to. know
the value of a ton of brewers grains,
linseed meal, or bran when cottonSeed
meal is worth $50 u ton and corn 81
a bushel. BY the use Of the tables
presented in the bulletin, which show
comparative costs based on nutritlve
values, these questions can be an
Swered.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
TO CONSIDER WHEN BUILDING
Three Material Points to BE Weighed
by Man Who Is Planning to Own
His Dwelling Place.

There are three points to be weighed
In relation to the expenditure of money
for q house. First, the initial cost; sec
and, the amount required annually for
maintenance; third, the "marketabib
ity'' Of the investment
Materials in the order of their dura-
bility may be roughly dassed as fob
lows: For exterior walls-frst stone,
granite, field stone, limestone, sand
stone, marble; second, burnt clay,
brick, terra Gotta; third, wood; fourth,
artt6cially mixed surfadng. synthetic
stone, concrete and plaster.
The best materials for roof coverings
are: First. tile; second, slate; third,
ssbestos shingles and asphalt shingles;
fourth wood shingles; fifth, tin.
The wall material requiring most la
bor-granite or field stone-entails al
most DO carrying cost Brick and terra
Gotta are almost equally durable, and
where field stone Is not plentiful are
cheaper.
Wood Is ~perisnnble II not cared for
but with a liberal allowance for main.
tenance in the form of paint, will last
indefinitely. The man-mixed materials
are. because of the human element I'M
certain Some synthetic stone is trust
worthy-some not The same is true OF
plaster %surfacinga The amount re-
CURED for repairs may be said roughly
to vary as indirectly az the original
cost. AS to details generally speaking
the cheaper materials, which mean the
lower first cost" require a larger an
nual outlay for upkeep, while the bet
ter and more expensive ones, while they
increase the first cost, greatly reduce
the annual burden on the po~cketbook.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21

The maintenance usually runs up
TO q considerable annual cost, n 1t
is this maintenance that usually Is
neglected by county commissioners
and road supervisors.
As good an illustration of road
maintenance as I have been able to
find is that practiced by New Hamp-
shire. New Hampshire's roads are
mainly graveled roads. Most Of
them are rightly constructed, the
gravel being wet and rolled as it is
placed upon the road, but in many
places this is impossible on account
Of the expense and in these places the
gravel is simply spread upon the road
and left for the traffic to compact.
Many of these roads have to hear
q fairly heavy traffic. especially dur
ing the summer months. most Of
which is automobile traffic, and the
not for the maintenance feature Of
New Hampshire's road system. This
road maintenance is carried on by
several hundred patrolmen. They are
hired from the last of March until
the first of December. and their
work consists in patching every lit
tie rut and hole that appears, clean
ing the bitches and culverts and in
keeping the roads smooth.
Each patrolman has q section Of
road assigned him. He is required to
furnish a one-horse wagon, a shovel,
q rake and q light road drag. The
road is smoothed by this drag after
every rain, and if chuck holes start,
fresh material is placed in them,
tamped down and left for the traffic
to compact.
These patrolmen are paid an aver
age of S3.25 q day and the total cost
of maintenance runs about $240 per
mile per year. The total first cost
Of construction Of these roads runs
about $4,000 a mile.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
Dairy Club Boys Taught How to Sc
Iect Good Milk Producers

them the value of thrift. Many plans
of organization have been used in these
clubs, but the best one seems to be
O plan that provides for the calf to
be raised by the boy or girl and event
ually added to the milking herd Of the
parent. In this way the juniors are
instructed In all the essentials OF the
raising and caring for calves and dairy
cows, instead of the care of the dairy
cattle being n task 1t becomes d pleas
ure. The extension department of the
state colleges and also the department
Of agriculture assist In this work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
Ofd-WorId Industry.

No one exactly knows the origin OF
lace. Both Flanders and Italy claim
Its creation. Probably it was the nat
ural evolution Of embroidery.
One often hears the term pillow
lace" OF this it may be mentioned
that the phrase refers to lace made on
q pillow for the aso that 1t brought
the work to a correct height for the
maker and also because the lace re-
uuired less handling in this way. And
d kindred much heard expression,
"needle point lace" refers to that in
which the design is formed with but
one needle and one thread.
1t has never been well initiated by
machinery, since a machine cannot sat
isfactorily produce a buttonhole stitch,
and this lace is largely formed by but
tonhole stitch and like loopings.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
RAISING CALVES FOR DAIRY
Young People Can Help by Caring for
Young AnimaIs-Task Ia Made
One of Pleasure.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In the calf club an effort has been
made to c~entralize the energy Of the
boys and girls in raising and caring
for dairy calves. The objects Of the
calf club are many the chief one, how
ever, is to develop in the boys and
girls q desire to engage in live stock
husbandry and at the same time teach
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
ROAD .
BUILDING
MAINTENANCE is A BIG ITEM
New Hampshire Uses Patrolmen, Who
Repair Every Little Hole as Soon
as 1t Appears.
By E. B. HOUSE, Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins, Colo.)

CBy E. B. HOUSE, Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins. Colo.)
There are two elements that should
be figured in the cost Of road con-
struction. First, the cost Of construc-
ton. Second, the cost of maintenance.
1t is the yearly average of these two
that should always be considered
when figuring the cost Of q road True
it is, that roads may be constructed
in such q n as to need very it-
tie maintenance, but these roads are
very expensive to build, and it Is u
of the question to contemplate them
for the West. The other type OF ROAD
IS the road that costs a moderate
sum to construct and then q yearly
charge for maintenance Of said road.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
Lost a Sale, Too.

The lady with the fluffy face ap-
preached the shoe salesman a%nXiously
and said:
81 want a No. 8 shoe, "A last"
And the clerk, glancing at her feet
replied:
"Yes'C; but perhaps you'd better
bring the child and let me fit her d.
rect."-Richmond Times-Dispatch
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21

Pull Over Roads.
Better pull your loads over q road
than through it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
Farmers Profit Less.

Every inch of bad roaG-of fair
weather-only road-makes hauling that
much more expensive; makes the
farmers profit that much less than it
should be.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
STUDY NEEDS OF LIVE STOCK
Dairymen and Stock Raisers Are eau
toned to Feed Only Balanced
Ration to Animals.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
Increase Delivery Facilities.

Every foot of good road owe which
wagons and trucks travel increases de-
livery facilities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-21
DUAL-PURPOsE ANIMAL TYPE
Some Breeders Incline More to Dairy
Breeds While Others Prefer to
Develop Beef.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural

AS there has been a constant ten
dency for some breeders to incline
more to the dairy type of animals,
while others prefer to develop the beef
tendencies, there has been, and prob
ably always will be, Il wide varia.
ton in the types Of dual-purpose ami
mails.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-04
Spare That Snake

From along about the time that Adam and Eve
moved out of the Garden of Eden, human beings
have held grudge against the snake.
They have sought to make this snakeless world,
and have not succeeded, excepting in Ireland. Be
cause they have not succeeded we may give thanks.
We need snakes more, apparently, than we have,
for snakes are an invaluable asset as rodent de-
stroyers.
"Only II of the Ill varieties of snakes in Amer
lea are poisonous" writes Glayne X. Norton in
American Forestry. "None," he asserts, twill at
tack human being except in self-defense. All of
them destroy rodents that injure crops and carry
communicable Diseases
In the Puget Sound region we have none except
the completely harmless garter snake
The u s. Department of Agriculture places our
annual crop loss to rodents at over half billion
dollars, or something like S. person.
Just how many more snakes we need in America
to save this $500,000,O00 of food no one claims to
know, but it may be good idea for snake haters to
permit the wiggling reptiles longer lease Of life
reprieve, you might say until the rodents are
gone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-04
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better I oOking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your akin Il yellow-compiexioa
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth
q lazy, no-good feeling-you should
take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a sub.
stitute for calomel-were prepared By
Dr.. Edwards after II years Of study
with his patients.
Dr.Edwards' Olive abletsare q purely
vegetable Observation-Disclosures
You will know them by their olive color.
Tohave aclear, pink skin, bright eyes
no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like
Observation-Disclosures atthecause
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on tho
liver and bowels like calomel-yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con
stipation. That's why millions of boxes
are sold annually at 10c and 25c per box.
All druggists. Take one or two nightly
and note the pleasing results
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-04
F'Mothers of FrQnce''

"a scene described by Secretary Bakery
country road somewhere in France
sound of solemn music.
There advance
An army chaplain and a village priest,
Arm linked Last, but least
group OF women soberly arrayed.
the and rear of this parade
file Of mos amis."-thOse Yankee
Who came to succor France.
And then
The quiet. central figure of the day.
Who lay
Upon his comrades muscles as IL borne
A glory from defeat?
Well, SO he had,
Tho he but a simple, soldierIad
Whose game whose goal his nearing
These women of the France he came to
Had known his face or heard his name.
But when they the funeral file, they came.
Dropping their daily tasks, to take the place
OF his womankind. His mothers face
Shone from theirs. Almost 1t seemed that she
Had spirited the wind washed
And wept thru these sad of Picardy.
Great heart of France which hath withstood well
Tho blasts of battles and the hates of hell,
Which yet hath to thy prayers and flowers
From thy unnumbered dead to of ours,
Our love is thine!
BY heart by hand by head,
BY whatsoever pledge it may be said!
BY these-thy women mothering our dead!
EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
COPYRIGHT, 1881
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-04

predictions for each day in the
week?
BRIDE-TO-BE.
An old belief designated May ~
an umlucky month for maI1-ias 9,
but like all other superstitiOns,
this is NO longer credited. Here's
the verse:
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best day OF all
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday no day ut all.
Dear Miss Grey: Are the
churches behind Uncle SAM"
find this question asked by "A
Laborer" thru your columns.
He evidently does not know that
in addition to giving the boys
Bibles, each and every church
organization is pouring out as
never before, money for the SOL
diers needs.
You can train man to be a
soldier in one year, but the best
soldier Uncle Sam has today is
the boy whom the church has
trained from babyhood, to stand
by the things which are good
and right and to keep himself
clean physically and morally in
AN places under all circum-
stances.
In our home we hear from q
number OF boys in service not OF
our family-just boys-and
some in the firing line today.
And in every case, words OF
gratitude come from them for
the blessings of the Y. M. c. A.
and Y. w. c. A.
Bullets are well and good and
very needful just now; but
would "A Laborer" like to be at
the front with just bullets"
with nothing of the comforts the
church is giving? belong to
lodges, too, and am not ignor-
ant of their splendid work in
this war, but they cannot out
class the work the churches are
doing. l.. III. B.
Dear Miss Grey: | have read
great deal in the papers re-
Gently about the Willard-Fulto1
battle for worlds heavyweight
championship. | can keep still :
no longer.
Why don't these two men go
to work, also their managers
and promoters-the same as the
rest OF us and try to be OF some
real service to the nation at this
time, or IL they desire to fight,
give them a gun and send them
to France where their lighting
would be more appreciated by
the general public. Let's hear
from more readers.
A q q