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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
>nurI; Avn WEST

Tho SCUM 4: -aavin- tho situation.
II is anuuau".. ~hf"Nin= more than
s"o1 o0oooo worth Of vegetables, sue.
as potatoes aud cabbage ana ouious
and fruits and "'hcr thinrs which are
absolutely essential into tho North and
West rcoui~.ug the use &c more than
?hn non cars TO haul tho stuff. II also
supplies S2i0.Oon.ooo worth Of food and
fncGs'urs from cottous"ed. I'll" south
Is also producing on it's farms Tho cot
ton which runs ~! tho rnNls OF the
entire country. It is suupl~mc slN".-
onO ono wortN 80 peanuts. whiuh arc I've
Gaming of onoruous food and q! value
and ii supplies AT 80 TIA" cane sugar
rals@L III 'nc United states.
Th"so tniu". arc largely shipped 20
Other sections. when. according 70 tn
doctrines rroclai'ncd from Washing.
ton. u IS mn IMPOSITION upun tho nv
tion for any section 70 huv foodstuhs
from other sections: hut ignoring on
tirelv the lack OF wisdom displayed in
much az the matter sout on, tro7r
Mashiue,on about 'ho production %
foodstuns by the South Tor it's own
reeds s, mus, he borne iu mind that
the south must provide foodstuffs l".
the needs ~ other sections aud the
allies. or els the dsv viii w." lost and
destruction or"rtak" us We can look
rulN :" tho South TO save the North
and West and our allies
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
Price. Maintnined in South no,,en.

SOUTH BOSTON. VA. March 2.-The
sales of leaf tobacco this week
amounted to 100000 pounds. consist =
ing OF good tobaccos and some SCRAP.
The market was quite active and prices
heretofore reported were maintained.
the average for tho week being $2c )
per 100 pounds. The end OF March at
fa7thest will see all OF the bright leaf
Of this section out OF the hands of the
growers. and the warehouses will be
closed until August
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03

Growing Smaller in Nin<tOn-Salem,
Wt%SToN-SALEAt. y. c.. March o.
KcCCiDts OF leaf tobacco on this mar
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
IOpl. Is ALMOST Ai.rnt,stTIiI:u
~ T!IL. SnI'yi

Tie South rlonc can save th- si;u-
alton. The NVcs, cannot Not MY
..an the South increase its Corn acre
age 10 u great extent &C. - eli ,hc co
lnNsratton OF the GOV" .Nnp.Ht "nd IF
The bankers. rut !, can e.. this corn
into market a month 'r two cartier
Than Western com VIII hr available
ani this month az two may 'rcau It
difference between success or failure
in the war, between III" feeding or
IN" Starvation ~ our country and tho
allies at 81 most critical pcrioi n"Nt
fail. II is Impossible {" cXafgerat"
The s-riausncss a: tho situation.
T. is incunhrnt upon Tho govern
n1rnt 10 urE" upou ia" North and ,h.,
Mes; that they yhorl1 NO longer II"
- dcr"udour - 81 Hrc"cr; upon food
.unplics from othcr sections Their"
are maH% abandoned farms H. New
England which should be rut into cul-
tivrtion. There arc many III New Yor';
Stat" which, could hc made 10 produce
larger supplies a: food. Trough al tho
present time New York 'iscs t-ans-
rortation sufficient {" haul into that
state moro than .oooo oon bushels o.
wheat. or its equivalent in i'our. 10
iced it's people. California. Illinois and
Judi.ra and n'Nor Western states
should no urged hv Tho nrti"NNi gov
convent 20 CO.'S" 80 bc q burden upon
other St1t"s IN ,hc uHifsr az foodstuff- IS.
I;pI,' DIME !I,,Il'>. THE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
THE Responsibility
RESTING ON THE SOUTH
Dixie Must Do Greater Part in Feed
ing the Nation and tho
Allies This Year.
LARGE, VARIED CROPS TO DO IL
How Southland Keeps North and
West That Latter May Spare
More Grain-Not Burden, but Il
Burden Carrier.

Upon tho South rests the burden %
saving this country and our allies
from starvation" il tho bold state
mcnt of the manufacturers Record, In
It's current issue.
1t is further declared that the task
is one which Will call forth the ut
. most energy OF the people of tins sec
=, ton. The warnings which have been
given 10 the South 10 feed itself show
how little comprehension the officials
who have issued these statements have
OF the task before this country and
how little they understand that instead
OF the South being a harden upon the
rest Of The country FOR a supply of
food the South alone. ny It's production,
Of food. can save the rest OF the c"an-
try and cur allies.
Other sections are a burden upor
tho South i'm this Harticrlar. Other Soc
Iions arc using ara must continue TO
usc tens ot thousands OF ears 10 trans
port fOodStuifS from the south I" the
North and Ia tho Most.
Without tho foodstufrs furnished hJ'
tho South this ycar thcr" would BE-
starvation IN Tho North aud west Nnd
starvation N Europe.
WEST IL BAD SHAPE
FOR uiG EI'Fn0T
The Record claims 10 have r"'',atcd-
" warned the government t,'ut the
istatculcnts p.,t forth in regard TO til"
great corn crop uC las, wear we're alb
solutcly misleading and fictitious NJ
fort WAS made :" "ouv'ncr Ma Hoover
and President Wilson last fall trai
Tho country WAS hrinc dangerously mis-
lcd by reported "'Cord crops wh"n III.
facts did not "unppr, the statement.
The corn yield was ONLY lNtla
larger than the crou of 1917 and the
quality OF much OF that produced in
the West is 50 inferior that IT,. feed
la. 4 ! INn
The Washington times., 1918-02-03

Here is the third of the three prettiest girls in the
Department of Agriculture. Some day / shall visit
there and see the resfor these generous three whis
pered me in my that the mans taste who picked
them out of the many lay that waythe way of brown
hair ard eyes-and that there were a score left out
with eyes blue and gray and hair other color than
theirs, "who are prettier far" than they! What do
YOU -hink? Do you think they could very well be
prettier and sweeter than these? What would "old
Dan" do do you think, if he face to face with
sweeter face than this times during his busy day?
This is the face Of girl who loves to laugh. Her
Iips are almost sober here-almost straigh-but the
dmple in her cheek is growing and growing-and the
wne-coor of her eyes is Frightening into dancing
spark. She held very stll-but it was piteous bust
ness-with straight lovely neck like statues, and
conscientious devotion to the thing she must do. Her
name is Miss Ethel Hipkins, true Washington girl
with the soft drawl of the South that like to hear
in their speech. Her hair is almost red. With the
color Of All autumn leaf in the bright brown. And YOU
look from hair eyes, and find them the same color
though they were dyed to match. Little Miss Hipns
is N.Y. and Loves, idea of pretty, feminine, ToMBoY
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
THIRTEENTH LETTER.

Dearest: l am persuaded that
from your letters shall know
nothing of how things are with
you! At least / shall know moth
ing of your hardships! And it is
so much worse to leave it all to my
imagination; it turns the thumb
screws on my soul, and then ap-
plies the red-hot pincers! | know
it is because you do not want US
to have any conception of the hor-
rors that surround you which
keeps you so uniformly gay! You
ever remember the cat and the
dog, and my poor dove with the
broken wing! And as for us-we
three loving women-you enYelop
US with your tender care, and no
matter what you may be suffer-
ing, your first thought is that we
shall not share its horrors with
YOU. Beloved, you are the Tealiza-
ton of Robert Louis Stevenson's
PRAYER" / have been reading it
again today-and Oh how | wish,
in nv poor weak way, might live
up to that wonderful supplication.
"Give US grace and strength to
forbear and to persevere. Give US
courage and gayety and a quiet
mind. Spare US to our friends,
soften US to our enemies. Bless
US II it may be in all our innocent
endeavors.
"If It may not be, give us strength
to encounter tribulation. temper
ate in wrath and in changes of
fortune; and down to the gates
OF death, loyal and loving one an
other" Isn't that a beautiful
prayer, beloved? My heart, on its
knees, repeats 1t before God. Give
US grace and strength to forbear
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
Copyright. 1918. by International News serYirs

In this day of souches and sodierdrOops,
if wakes you upto see girl coming holding her head
high and her shoulders up, with her neck column be-
tween the two, in way that we have forgotten be-
cause we see it seldom NOW, -
Mrs. Fashion has scowied 1T straight back on a
girl-or something. For longed-out necks, and
arehed backs and the fading line Of chest, every
where that pertty ladybirds gather and chatter
But there is pretty girl who holds her head high, her
shoulders up, making a lovely line from neck to arm.
And out on the world she looks with pair Of amaz-
ingy red brown dancing eyes, and mouth that laughs
when you look at her-as childs does. She is happy
and gayoves her work-admires the girls around her
looks askance at love, yet owns to sodier-sweet-
heart-confesses to being thought sometimes a Co
quette" because she laughs much (but Just HAVE
to")-and is altogether lovable wholesome, outdoor
girl.
You'd know if you should see her that she could
tennis and canoe, and skate, and LAUGH. But you'd
never that the of her hobby that she rides
away from everybody else on, is-embroidery! But
she can The others told me And have it down
"black on white"
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
Meeting Success Half Way

fondly and dramatically expected to
fall dead by the way s.de-Snd then
suddenly | was at the top Of the
hill-and no longer out OF breath ~
all
! was warm-yery warm, bat the
glow was only one part tempera-
ture. the rest was Amusement ana
the pleasing glow OF achievement
/ had gotten to the top OF the hill
and to the acquisition OF my second
wind.
At the bottom OF any hill. you
may feel that you cannot force
yourself up and over. AT the top
you are likely to realize that there
ISN'T a hill in all the world up
which you cannot drive yourself
All the old truisms about the
darkest hour that comes Just be-
fore tne dawn and the enjoyment
that never feasts so high a. when
its hrst course Is OF despair ARA
true
At this particular moment when
you think you cannot go on strug-
Cling ami starving, you have come
to the great landing on lies stair
case from which there are two
branches. One leads to failure; II
marks a cessation OF enort-an Ge-
ceptance Of defeat. The other goes
to success because there Isn't any
where else for II to go!
Success Is a matter Of wAntin8
things hard enough. II Is built on
tackHnE and accomplishing what
you do not like. There 10 no better
equipment for the struggle OF lie
than struggle tSelf. There Is ire
menLous energy stored within each
OF Us And our personal tragedy -
that We don't use II
Pitching into each Job as II II
were the task supreme. accomplish
Ing II and then going on to the next
Job as II there were no past
achievements on which to rest u
the thing that makes life success
full
Writing one successful play ana
then never doing another thing
doe sn't lift a man far above fail-
ure You have to keep on -deliv-
ering the goods"-to keep on
straining to achieve-to CLIMB
every hill with as much energy as
II IL were the only hill In all OF life
and then to go on to the next one
with the same driving forcemeans
always to get over those hills ana
never TO slide back.
Toe only way to accomplish all
YOU honestly can in life IL to do
what you honestly almost feel you
can't!
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
By Lillian Lauferty.

1IT GUESS wen have to give that
UP as a bad job" said the
= president Of the company
mournfully.
"Why?" asked the manager.
Because it can't be done in the
time the Wilton people allow. They
insist in having those goods shipped
out inside Of a week, and even II we
sit up all night, we can't finish the
job and get the stun out. 1 hate to
lose a fifty thousand dollar order,
but lose II we must for no human
being could put the job through in
the time allotted 1t just can't be
done-that's all"
oh, | say-let's do II thenP'
cried the manager boyishly.
And they did!
There lies the rear secret of all
success. Doing the thing which
looks as II 1t couldn't be done-tap-
ping levels OF energy beyond those
you are accustomed to use-fOrcinE
yourself to exertion greater than
you are justified by experience in
recognizing as your possession; all
this goes u make you a success.
When l was very, very little
girl. my Joy in life was a beautiful
bicy Gle II got me frightfully out
OF breath to drive my machine up
an incline ana 1 was always making
excuses not to go out OF the city
itself
One day my father fairly ordered
me to come along with him on q
trip TO a neighbOrIug village And
he selected the hilltest route gently
rolling lndsana possessed. At the
bottom OF the first real 'twister"
1 baked Il can't 70 up that dad
dy I'd be all outSf breath when
/ got to the top" I whimpered.
Come on" ordered my father.
with unwonted sternness.
l came. And when l got to the
top. behold there lay ahead a steep
er. longer hill than the one up
which had just pedaled my
breathless. painting way. / wanted
to dismOInt or to turn and glide de-
liciously down the hill ! had Just
struggled up But there was my
father pedaling inexOrably and fast
climbing out OF ear-shot, | wasted
breath on a few shouts and then
accepted my fate.
Up that long. steep hill ! started
temples pounding, eyes fairly start
ing from their sockets. throat dry
and lungs heaving and tWisung
ana achInE Ii WA AKonR. ana
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
Keeping Your Health

muscles make it impossible for him
to do so.
The food question is found be-
hind a large percentage Of de-
formitieS.
Look for the cause while seeing
the effect.
Do not be so lost in horror at q
deformity that you cannot see that
IL need not have occurred, if
'Tf'' Is not a stopping point. but q
starting point.
II children had enough TO eat OF the
proper kind Of food. IL parents were
alive to the Importance of fresh air.
hyEienic clothing. correct habits,
etc, there would be fewer tubercu-
lous or deformed young people.
You know persons with twisted
Epines, but do you think OF the
wrong they may be suffering?
Needless deformity ia sinful.
That mainutrition should be re-
sponsibIe for marked physical de-
fects is a reflection upon the under
standing and sympathy of intelll-
gent individuals and communities.
Has your child one shoulder
higher than the other? Are both
hips at the same height
Docs the backbone twist from side
side or does it form the mid-IlnS
of the back?
Paralysis may cause severe and
permanent spinal curvature.
Fractures or injuries OF the legs
or hips may throw unnatural stress
upon the spine and lead TO conse-
quent deformlty.
Tuberculosis OF the spine IL q
menace to spinal strength.
But malnutrItion. weak muscles
and careless habits OF posture are
the main causes of the curvatures
noted during childhood and ado
lescence.
The gymnasium cannot take the
place OF the dining room in pre-
venting spinal curvature.
Posture in many ways 10 depend
ent upon appetite.
Muscular Inactivity IL said to Be
the most important factor In pro
ducing various abnormal curves.
Muscular control requires foo
for the body and mind.
A food problem turks in ever
curve OF the spine.
The Washington times., 1918-02-03

and to persevere"-thati is the cry
of my lonely soul. You in the
trenches, amid the roar of bat
tie and the falling OF your COM
rades, have that grace and
strength. While /, here in my
protected home-surrounded by
comfort and peace and love-shrink
from imaginary terrors, and cry
aloud for strength to help me
through the long nights and for
faith to be my companion through
the days.
Tell me more if you can, dearest
Tell me if you are suffering from
exposure Tell me how your COM
rades fare, Tell me more Of the
sweet singer, who cheers you all
at night, with his songs OF Home"
and "Mo'her!" Fcan see your dear
eyes fill with tears-you who are
so tender hearted-but. Oh! your
head is very high, and If your
heart aches for just a moment, 1t
is not with fear or regret, but with
pride because you are a soldier in
this fight for the whole worlds
freedomi
There is lots of "neighboring"
here. And because you are my
husband and in the ranks | am
looked upon as a sort of bureau
of private information. The
women all run in to me to get
the truth about the various
newspaper reports, Now my
dear Mrs. , you certainly
know if the English rolled up
that mile of German line" And
-"Do you suppose the French
have lost 1000 men as prisoners"
/ am supposed to be able to
take the map and place my finger
right on the spot where Haig is at
the current moment; and as for
Pershing! I don't know that they
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
By Garrett P. Serviss.

THE war has been teaching some
facts about the human ma
- chine that viii be useful when
peace comes. Fortunately, = man
is-,A machine that thinks about IT.
self. and consequently 10 able to DO
It's own repairing, and TO Judge for
itself how long and how fast Il
ought to run. When a motor burns
itself out BY running with no oil
you cannot kick the poor, innocent
machine for its stupidity; but when
q man IL guilty OF equivalent fool
ishness he ought to be kicked.
Now, one Of the things the war
has been teaching isa about shoW
long. at a time. human muscles can
keep on doing their best work. In
the munItion factories over IN Eng
land they found that when they re-
duced the number Of hours OF work
from % to SO per week the total
output per week increased nearly
ten per cent while the rate Of out
put per hour Increased A. much a.
% per cent. TINS was In the case
, Of hsavk work. = -
When. lighter work done BY
women. -waa reduced from $50 to 90
J. hours per week. the total output
was also notably Increased" From
these observations DR.. C. s. Sher-
rinEton drANs .Jhe conclusion that
there is, for manual labor. GER
tain length Of working week. or
working month. best suited for
satisfactory production in permA-
hence" Just what the length should
be depends upon the kind of work.
and has to be found out and meas
ured by the method OF experiment
once discovered, or established. BY
careful observation this ''optimurn."
or most favorable, number of work
ing hours per week or month be-
comes a valuable asset to both the
employer and the worker.
The whole subject rests upon the
study OF fatigue. a word that has .
scientific meaning differing from its
popular one. In the popular sense
when you are fAtigued you are
tired out" and that expression. like
an axiom in Euclid. admits of no
furthsr detnition-you know what
It ms&ns though you cant tell, But
the scientific conception Of fatigue
IL much more definite A muscle Il
fatigued when by its activity II has
produced q certain quantity OF
waste, or of fatigue substances"
that poison" II. and thereby more
or less pAralyZe its action for .
time.
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
70 NV Sweetheart Soldier FSss Ss shSIf

actually suspect me of having a
private cable to his headquarters,
but / know they think have in
formation of a mysterious and
sinister character which can only
be mentioned in whispers and be-
hind a discreet handl Thus you
see how your glory is reflected in
your wife!
| never knew there could be so
much neighboring: To the city
bred, who hardly know who lives
next door, this all comes as a
great revelation. There are many
interesting people to tell you of,
but they must wait upon another
time?
Toni~ht have an indescrib-
able feeling of weakness - not
physical, but darkenin" of the
spirit, never before experienced
and hard to understand The gen.
eral and | have been down to
the ed~e of the cd where the
river flows by. The sunset was
bri hit and many hucd The long
. golden path across field and
mountain seemed to BE- a radiant
entrance to tie Gate of Heaven,
an dthe little differing shadows
were like weary souls, finding
peace and refuge in that happy
land. Were they the souls of the
brave fighting men in France,
winging their way through pain
and death to the eternal fields of
God?
And now, beloved, my last word
must not be of death or darkness!
It must be of hore and faith and
love. and Oh! beloved, "the great
est of these is love"
Good night-my THOUGHTS 90
out to you in the dark, like wise
virgins, swinging loves lamp for
you. YOUR ANXIOUS WIFE.
The Washington times., 1918-02-03
Their Married Life
A NARRATIVE OF EVERY DAY AFFAIRS.
Helen Answers the Telephone and
Tells Laura That She Will Not
Forgive Her for Stumbling Her

IatinS anger, and she was able to
think.
We'll" was all she veuchsafsd
"oh, Helen, I couldn't help it, I
was afraid Of what yeu might say
and I didn't dare encourage you to
sit down for fear you would make
a break Of some kind"
81 didn't know that was in the
habit OF making breaks" Helen re-
turned. However, 1t doesn't make
any difference. Laura, not the least
in the world now"
You mean you won't understand
that you intend to be hurtF
Laura's idea that she could De
anything in the world and then s1-
plain 1t away aftSrWard with lev
words amused even while It In
furiatsd Helen.
1T mean that there II absolutely
no need OF our talking any more
about the matter, Laurai 1t was
direct snub for no particular rea-
son. and one 1 do not intend to
overlook. 1 could never forget 1t
and could never feel at liberty to
speak to you in public again with
out a repetition of your action It's
not my idea 81 friendship"
But Helen, you don't UNDER
stand. This mani Laura began
but Helen cut her short.
You needn't tell me anything
more, Laura; 1 don't want TO listen
am not interested in the man nor
in your reasons for not wanting me
to make breaks as you call X
before him. We have driftsd apart
anyway, in the last few years, and
we might Just as well end it right
here. Good-by, Laura" And Helen
hung up the receiver and turned
away.
She had intended in her first an
ger TO do this very thing. but no"
that she had actually done it there
was a soIemnity about breaking
long friendship that left a decided
reaction. But Il was too late to do
anything now. She had done this
thing impuIsively-or had been
forced into 1t, rather. by Warren
before she had had time to think II
out. and now she would abide by It,
We'll" Warren was saying. not
uitbout a tiaEs Of admiration in his
voice. you did go through with It.
didn't you7 I was testing you to
see II you actually had the nerve
You knew all along what / have
thought of Laura and the way she
has acted since her marriage"
Warren was giving Helen the
support now that he had denied her
a few minutes age. and she felt
the unfairness Of It all. He had
managed the entire situation and
she had been forced into doing a.
she had done. Whether or not she
would be sorry AfterwArd for her
impulstvensss Tor her euiek
ton. remained to be seen. II might
DO that II she had forgiven Laura
this time the worst possible thing
Tould have happened both to
L.aura's character and her own
pride, but stIll there remained the
faint regret that she had not given
Laura a chance to explain, no mat
ter how weak and wabbly the eI-
PLANTATION.
CWHtch for the next InstHIment
Of this highly interesting series.)