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before the war, a. many as 1000
visitors came and saw and went
away the corps of American doctors
and nures would be satisfied.
But there were 10000 that hrst day.
This was on Sunday. And the total
attendance during tho three weeks of
the demonstrations Of what could be
done to make sick babies we'll and
keep we'll babies so numbered a NTH
OF the population of Lyon. Few
were the women in this city of three
quarters and more Of . million who
did not come. If there were any who
came to scoff. they appeared to re-
main to pray-paraphrasing q famil-
mar and oft-quoted verse.
The municipal council attended In q
body. Citizens came from every part
Of the city. the poilu's wife and sis
ter and the family Of the prosperous
manufacturer. Wives Of the numer-
GUS silk merchants of Lyon stood
side by side. looking and listening,
with the wives of dock laborers
One thousand school children wrote
Essays on what they had seen at the
exhibit. And the Red Cross gave
prizes for these.
Much printed matter had been pre-
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wielders of the scalpel and pill box
are foregoing summer vacations and
trying to fll in the gaps of doctors
gone soldering, what then. says DR..
Lucas. is the condition In France?
There is an average there of only one
physician to every 5000 persons.
Hero, we have among half q thousand
Americans one physician. at least.
In some districts in France among
towns scattered over the countrywide
for miles and totaling 10000 people
there Is but ono man Of the medical
profession.
Just before DR.. Lucas left France
to come to America there ended the
Lyon child welfare exhibit. 1t was
subtitled "The Promise for the Fu-
ture." And the like had never be-
fore been seen by the people of M.
Poincaire. The Red Cross states that
1t was the highest step the society
had ever taken in its educational
campaign for the reduction Of infant
mortality.
1t was not with entire confidence of
its reception that the exhibit was
planned and completed. Would the
people whom the doctors wished most
to reach come and receive both hope
and instruction? II in this old city.
with Its miles of quays. its famous
manufactures and it's air Of hustle
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Of tho never-to-be forgotten region
Of the Marne. and all the rest OF
-Four hundred physicians and infant
specialists have been gathered to-
gether and are now at work in tho
determined effort Of Uncle Sans Red
Cross to save the lives of little Jean.
Pierre and Marie, the standard bear
ers Of the future Of western Europe.
And DIR. Lucas left q number of In
teresting facts on record at Red
Cross headquarters here. about this
business of saving babies.
~
One Of the frst concerned the neoes-
sity OF such work, according to cold
statistics of morality rate in France.
1t was to be expected. he said. that
the figures would be appalling for
adults. but that among the piling
columns devoted to infants and chill
dren even SO buoyant q nature as tho
Frenchman's must be unutterably de-
pressed. The decrease In tho number
Of births was to be viewed with no
less despair.
II there is shortage Of the disci-
pies Of Esculapius here in the
United States. If the majority of
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Sn0bbishness.
BRITISH officer said in an after

A BRITISH officer said in an after
dinner speech:
"The war has done one good thing
for England. 1t has broken UP our
snobbishness.
II heard story about our snob-
bishness the other day. A duchess
was talking Of a self-made knight,
just deceased, who had subscribed
literally to her charities.
Poor dear Sir Thomasp she said.
so he Is dead. is he? Poor Sir
Thomas! couldn't know him In Lon
don, but we shall meet in heaven"
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Peace Anyhow.

&C CERMANY." said congressman
thinks she'll get the peace shs
desires by some means-by any
means-by victories. or by diplomacy.
or by blum.
Germany is very much like thu
young lady who presented a check az
the bank. The teller, after examining
1t, said: "a
1--WE can't pay this over the coun.
ter, miss
'The young lady smiled her sweet.
est smile.
"'Then.' she said, TIL come round"
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Americans Are Saving the Babies Of France

pared by tho doctors. celebrating on
the me thods and means advised In the
demonstrations of the exhibit. Not
far from n million pamphlets were
Not one leafiet was seen to be flung
on the ground. as the sober-faeed
throngs left the hall. Poor poilus
who lay in Lyon hospitals heard OF
the latest effort of the Americans
for France Many of these men asked
nurses to have some of the precious
leaflets OF advice and cheer sent to
the wives back home, The older
children might read them, too. and
know better how to help take care
of themselves and the younger ones:
There were postcards. posters, book
let's and every other form of printing
with which America Is already ia
miliar In publicity campaigns. The
mayor of Lyon sent a messenger to
ask for 200 copies of the posters, He
would place them on all public build.
ings. lie was very grateful in behalf
of the city of Lyon and the whole OF
France. In IL city near Lyon the
head of factory whore many women
were employed wrote for AS many
pieces OF the printed matter con-
cerned with infant welfare as could
be spared.
*
That this interest will endure and
bear fruit Is not doubted by the
board Of which DIR. Lucas Is head. At
once, the increase in attendance at
dispensarles conducted by the Ameri.
can Red Cross was doubled and
trebled. Mothers who had despalred,
who believed that wifehood and
motherhood were not part OF their
dismal futures. came with their ba-
bies In arms and n new lease Of
life in their hearts. With the French
sense Of precision. they came again
and again, and are still coming. They
are telling others. who are coming.
broken links run from heart to heart.
But dispensary work. as pointed
out by the doctors and nurses ready
and willing. to help these mothers,
goes only half way. ITO make It
fully effective" says the Red Cross.
their homes. the mothers must bS
taught what sort Of food to give
them, how to dress them how to bathe
and care for them. II the doctor at .
dispensary knows what kind of
so much better how to care for that
baby.
80 In Lyon, Paris. Marseille and
st. Etienne, the Red Cross is giving
courses In home visiting to French
There are lectures by eminent French
physicians and social workers and
practical training by American
nurses. Within four months twenty.
five French women will be ready to
engage in the work and to help train
others for 1t. The Lyon exhibition.
which inaugurated those courses, will
becrome O sort of endless chain OF
child welfare. A famous Swiss news.
paper has said Of the work that the
nrst act of the crusade is vic.
tory"
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AERICANS : mix considerable
imagination with their food. In
many instances they will not
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~ Imagination with their food. In
~ many instances they will not
eat things because Of the name
attached to them. though the food they
refuse because Of that fact may be as
clean, wholesome and palatable as the
foods they are In the habit Of eating.
Only few people in the United States
will eat muskrat because rat" Is part
Of the name of the animal and they
cannot bring themselves to sitting down
at table with anything suggestive Of
a rat. The few persons who eat musk
rat declare that it Is excellent, and 1t
is known to be a clean-feeding and
clean-living animal. 1t is trapped for
its skin. which has gone UP consider
ably with the price Of most other furs.
A man interested in the question Of
muskrat and who Is convinced Of its
excellence has written that "if the food
commission would advertise through
trappers' journals this fall. offering s
tens Iop meat nd the
mission would put out an impressive
quantity Of the meat in a few large
cities under some well selected name,
thousands Of tons Of this excellent food,
which would otherwise be thrown away
ty the trappers, could furnish enjoyable
calories for the public"
The muskrat Is not a rat that smells
OF musk. He is rodent and rodent"
is defined as 'gnawing. as certain man,
mails; habitually feeding upon vegetable
sSostsnSes rs, which Itch are snawed Sed or bit.
American muskrat is closely allied with
the beaver and Is the only known species
OF his genus. 1t is about the size Of q
small rabbit and has a flattened lanceo-
late tail. covered with small scales and
few scattered hairs.
Its toes are separate and are pro-
vided with stin fringe Of hair. In
summer 1t has smell of musk, which
1t loses in winter. The odor is due to
a whitish fluid deposited in certain
glands near the origin of the tail The
name "muskrat is probably cor
was 'musquash." 1t lives along the
margin Of streams, in the banks of
which 1t makes it's nest. Muskrat
skins have long been an important
article in the fur trade, and 1t was
not long ago that the annual expor-
tation Of the skins TO- England
In addition to the muskrat there
are the muskdeer, whose chief habitat
Is Asia, Islands of the eastern archi-
pelago and the west coast of Africa;
the muskduck, which was a native of
America and which has been domes-
ticated in various parts of the world,
snd the muskox, an animal interme-
diate between the OK and the sheep.
resembling in general appearance q
large goatlike sheep. its body being
covered with a coat Of tufted hafr.
brownish in color and of great length.
1t inhabits the arctic regions of
America and feeds on grass, lichens
and such other vegetable matter as 1t
can flnd. 1t Is said that the flesh ia
pleasant to the taste, though 1t smells
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Greenwich Village Type.

NOVELIST BOOTH HARRINGTON
was lunching in a 5th avenue
restaurant with a magazine editor
when a long-haired man lounged into
the room In black velvet coat, green
silk shirt. huge windsor tie and san :
dals.
Holy smoke" laughed Mr.. Tark-
ington. Look at that"
But the magazine editor frowned
and said, sternly:
Hush! That Is Reginald McGilli-
cuddy. the great short story writer.
You can't have genius, you know.
without eccentricity."
maybe not" said Mr.. Tarkineton.
but. judging from Reginald's case,
you can evidently have a whole lot Of
eccentricity without genius"
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a.ul poran ana senator Nugent claim
Boise as their home hence they still
would be residents of Idaho.
- i
The proposed boundary line between
Oregon and Idaho follows the line
separating first and second congress
sional districts from the third district
with the single exception Of Hood
river county. which 10 in the third
district. but remains In the new Ore.
gon.
The proposed dividing line between
the new states OF Washington and
Oregon follows exactly the same
boundaries as the congressional disc
tricts. the first. second and third be.
ing in the part going to Oregon and
the third and four remaining In
Washington.
In Idaho the greater part of the frst
district would pass to Washington.
and its representative. Burton L.
French Of MOSCOW. would become in.
eligible rs congressman from Idaho.
The second district would all be with
In the boundaries VI the new state. &
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N late July a very earnest man
went back to France. after .
brief leave of absence IN this

WohS ooSh " rTaucos A&toE y
brief leave of absence in this
country. Movements pertaining
to child welfare are commonly writ.
ten up in the American press, but in
the glorious republic, which has been
fghting for its life and honor for
four years. there has been little to
say. Facts were few.
DR.. William P. Lucas. the American
physician and surgeon who spent his
entire leave Of absence from arduous
duties in this work in France lecture
ing In America on the vast needs of
his chosen war work, has told his
story and returned more hopeful.
DR.. Lucas Is in charge of the Amer.
loan Red Cross work for the little
ones of the land of Lafayette. With
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him In . speaking tour that covered
. half score Of our largest cities
was DR.. Armand Delille. an oficer
ical corps.
A lieutenant Of the American Med
ical Corps. DR.. c. F. Gelston. detailed
to the Lucas stan, also accompanied
his chief, and lectured on the pa
thetic conditions existent among the
children Of the brave blue-coated
idols of France.
Two additional physicians of note.
ono an assistant professor at Column
bia University, sailed with the trio
who braved the infested Atlantic. to
tell Of what the A. r. Gas brevtty
lovers have 1t abroad-is doing for
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Continued from Fifth Page.)

(Sontlnueu from t1Itn PaGe.)
present Oregon. but would gain In
population and wealth.
The new state of Washington would
wealth. but 1t would be compact COM
monwealth with a similar unity of in
terest over its entire area. And in spite
or the fact that 1t would be not profited
N a material way. sentiment among
posed to incorporate in the state is
more pronounced in favor of the change
than any other section affected. Spo-
kane would be the natural site for the
capital-and naturally Spokane will be
Ior the change. heart and soul. North
laano VIII favor It, for 1t is tributary
politically.
The only opposition is expected from
the Puget sound country. Sentiment
there has not been tested. and may de-
pend on number of conditions. Admit
tedly there are some problems which
the redivision would create which the
people Of the proposed new state of
Oregon would have to work out among
themselves. There are two state capi-
tails and two state universities, and
naturally opposition would develop
when the possibility of loss to any of
the cities became involved. The sug-
gestion has been made that the capital
might remain at Salem and the uniyer-
sity at Seattle. thus equalizing the
losses i1sse and gains between the two Sec
In the proposed states of Washington
and Idaho and problems Of state insti-
tutions would be self-solving. The Uni
versity OF Idaho Is In the territory go
become the leading educational Of that
state. For years there has been agita-
tion In favor of moving the University
of Idaho to the southern part Of the
state, nearer the center of population,
ana the new plan would give the south
sty.
Aside from the state universities no
changes In state institutions would be
necessary as the penitentiaries and
asyiums OF all OF the state, are located
daries.
Changing Of state boundary lines re-
quires the approval Of all states af-
fected and the sanction Of Congress.
II the suggested changes meet with
popular favor the legislatures OF the
to appoint commissions to make in
vestigations to be presented at the
next session. The next step would be
asking Congress to pass an enabling
act and the Issue would then be sub
mttted to the voters OF the three
states for their approval.
Politics might figure In the success
of proposal, but only one member of
the present congressional delegation
would be affected by the change. Both
of the Oregon senators reside In west
ern oregon. which remains In oregon
under the new map. Senator Cham
berlain's home Is at Portland and Sem
ator McNeary Is a resident of Salem.
Senator Poindexter's home address Is
Spokane and Senator Jones resides at
North Yakima, both in the proposed
new state Of Washington. Both Sem
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-24
A FORMER CRISIS G.
IN j. 5. HISTORY
URGES BOND SALE
During Civil war Need Was Great,
but Financial System DID
Not Equal Present
BY william chsvneey Lanodon.

L. Z. Chittexden, Llncoln's Register
Of the Treasury, tells in this Personal
Recollections OF President Lincoln" Ct
the anonymous Englishman who came
forward In 1862 TO lend the United
States $4,000. 900, and the herculesn
efforts made 10 repay him.
British shipbuIlders were construct.
ing two armored vessels for the Con
federacy. Our Minister, Charles Fran
cis Adams. secured the issue OF a re-
straininx order Just In time. but II
could not be enforced until damages
had been secured by the deposit Of
81, 900 900 sterling In gold coin. with
gold at 1901 Where could he get III
There was no transatlantic caole
then. When he had given up all hope
Of arrestins these vessels. quiet
gentleman called upon him and asked
n he might be favored with the oppot
tunity Of making the deposit OF oo,I
required by the order The only con
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-24

SHORTCOMINGS
MADE CLEAR BY SECRETARY OF
INTERIOR IN LETTERS TO
cHAIRMEN.

The following article appeared re-
Gently on the editorial page Of the
Sa,urday Evening Post. II reads rs
yllcws:
The secretary Of the interior re-
Gently addressed letter to the chair
men Of the Senate and House Com
mittecs on Education, from which
we take the following:
AT the last census there were IN
the United States over five and half
million persons above ten years Of age
who were unable to read or write
in any language. Seven hundred
thousand men Of draft age cannot
read or write-cannot sign their
names; cannot read posted orders or
their manual Of arms; cannot under
stand signals in battle; cannot write
home OF read letters from home. Hit
crates in the United States above
twenty years Of age equal the whole
population Of twelve great Western
States. OF our agricultural popula-
ton three million seven hundred
thousand cannot read a farm paper,
an agricultural bulletin, Liberty
Loan poster, n newspaper, Bible. or
the total number Of illiterates in the
country over ffty-eight per cent are
white, and more than a million and a
half-equal to the population Of Phil
adelphia at the last census-are ma
tive-born whites. II the average pro-
ductive power Of an illiterate is less
by only fifty cents a day than that
Of n person able TO read and write
probably a conservative estimate
the country loses over eight hundred
million dollars a year through illit-
eracy."
OF the number who can read and
write In some foreign tongue, but
not in English, the secreatry does no;
speak, except to say: "What a com
mentary upon our educational short
eomings. that in these days Of peace
we did not teach these men, who have
been here long enough to become
citizens, the language in which oui
history and laws are written and II
which the commands Of defense mus
now be givenr
He asks the chairmen's interest b
a bill before Congress making a mod
est appropriation TO enable the Blu
reau Of Education TO launch cam
pagn against adult illiteracy. Tha
bill is commendable-as n small patel
on a great hole.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-24
DEAF MUTE HEARS"
MUSIC THROUGH FEET.
(By Ip,srn.,ion.i New. s.rvis..)

(By lnternsuonst NsWs o~f'te~sb
New York. April 23.--Thst high
~ sensitive deaf person Is able TO
hear" music through his feet was
demonstrated az the last piano recital
given recently by Josef Hoffman,
here.
Jean Paul Gruet, young deaf
man, gave this impression Of the re-
eital. "The main emotion I felt from
the floor and again in the unsupport-
ed lighter parts Of the body. such ss
the arms and finger tips. The mus
clcs in the upper part Of the lower
leg also vibrated.
The lower tones Of the piano.
when loudly and quickly played. may
be experienced inwardly. causing an
exciting sensation. Such feeling
seems to thrill one and cause .
qu:ckening Of the circulation"
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-24
THE FARM IND THE NATION
Asrieultvrists Must Do Their BIT and
Help Win World War.

Every now and then. In driving
through the country. one sees a par
ticulsrly well kept farm. Everything
Ia In shape and everything indicates
prosperity. The farm IL a success.
What Is the secret OF thisf Il 10
that everybody on the place Ia a busy
man, helping himself and helping the
others. All work and all work togeth-
er. No matter what the weather. no
matter what attacks the crops. no
matter what the market, the business
prospers.
This country II engaged In q big
war. Now 10 the time for everybody
TO work and work hard and help him
self and others. The best way TO help.
II one is not at the front fighting. Is
10 help finance the undertaking. We
can't fail n We at home do our share
when we have men at the front max
Ing the supreme sacrifice.
Buy Liberty Loan Bonds.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-24
PATRICK HENnrs
FAMOUS ADDRESS
NOW APPLICABLE
Liberty or Death. Issue In War OF
Revolution, 10 Issue In the
Great World War.

One hundred and forty-three years |
ago In the Provincial Convention at
Richmond, Va, Patrick Henry. pa
triot to the last drop Of his hearts
blood. flung into the faces OF his wa
yering fellow delegates his now world |
famous call 10 arms.
Mr.. President" he cried. III We
Lean 10 preserve inviolate those In
estimable privileges for which we
have been so long contending; II We
mean not basely to abandon the noble
struggle In which we have been 90
long engaged and which We have
pledged ourselves never to abandon
until the glorious object Of our con-
test shall be attained. we must fight!
"our brethren are already In the
fieldl Why stand we here idlef What
Ia Il that gentlemen wishf What
would they havef IL life 80 dear or
peace so sweet as to be purchased at
the price OF chains and slaveryf For
bid Il, Almighty God! know no,
what course others may take; but as
for me. give me liberty or give me
DEATH"
There spoke Q patriot true. And he
won his fight. Liberty's struggle was
long and trying. but victory came at
last. And the shield OF freedom. bla'
zoned upon the doorways OF q new
nation, has grown brighter and more
respondent with the passing OF the
years, until u stands today an inspira-
ton for all the world.
Yet over yonder across the sea the
mailed fist OF Prussian autocraey Ia
raised In menace. Its shadow is grow
ing smaller. but Il Ia q shadow still.
II has lost some OF Its power. but the
will to strike Ia yet there. And all
those "inestimable privileges" Of
which Patrick Henry spoke are threat
ened and will continue 90 TO be until
Prussianism IL crushed utterly.
Our brethren are already In the
fieldi Why stand We idle heref"
Think but q moment on stricken
France. on pillaged Belgium. on out.
ragged Serbia. on every land upon
which the polluting hand OF the Hun
has fallen. and fancy what our portion
will be n that same mailed fist II
loosed upon our shores.
Then loosen your purse strings. Buy
Liberty Bonds.
Patrick Henry was right. Death
would be immeasurably preferable.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-24
NO NEW AUTO BUYS BONDS
Liberty Loan speaker EnIivens As
semhiase OF Missouri Dentists.

DR.. Val KunE. q dentist. Of sass
South jefferson avenue. Is going to
rattle along In his old automobile Tor
another season. at least
The doctor hadn't intended TO. In
fact. he had all but closed q deal that
would have given him q much better
machine In exchange Tor his old one
and $1,000 boot"
But Just at this point DIR. Kunz at
tended a meeting Of the 81. Louis
Dental Society at the 81. Louis Club.
Among the speakers II that meeting
was Thomas q. Dir. a speaker for
the Liberty Loan Organization OF the
Eighth Federal Reserve District. which
is backing the Third Liberty Loan
drive.
Mr.. Dir brought home to the Assem-
BLEED dentists the importance Of the
success OF the loan In q manner that
raised 'em from their chairs"
Early next morning DIR. kunz got
the other man In the automobile trade
ON the phone.
~ Ill otts baio nuns.
"why-what you meant" asked the
astonished trader.
Il heard . Liberty Loan speaker
last night" said DR.. kuns. And Eve
Just concluded that Uncle Sam needs
my dollars more than ! need another
automobile. bought . few hundred
dollars worth Of the othsr loans.
thought I was doing my full duty.
thought I was a sacrificing American.
Then forgot all about II.
"Itenceforth I'm eating. sleepins
and living this war. I've been . slack
er. In so far a. making the sacrifices
that an American should make In this
cause. That deal Ii off. Ny $1,000
and very other dollar ! can spare
goes INTO Liberty Bonds ocod'bye.'