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each family is permitted one pound
and half per week.
Coffee seems to have disappeared
from the market. as no mention Is
made OF It in high cost Of living data
collected By the German government.
OF the vegetables consumed, nearly
two-thirds consist of cabbage. pota-
toes ere Il heavy item in the ordinary
as much as all the similar products
combined.
Housing also Is u serious problem in
Germany. Building has practically
ceased in the great cities. Only one
ninth many houses were built In
1916 as in 1912. and the houses are
much smaller The total number OF
houses erected In the forty-fve largest
cities In Germany was only 1000 dur
ing 1915. and fewer in 1917. The total
number Of houses erected in all Ger
many was much less than the number
built in any one of dozen American
cities.
In such cities as Berlin. Hamburg
ana Frankfort building has long since
ceased. Only in the great war indus
trial towns is there any construction OF
any Kind. 1t Is in these latter towns,
such as Essen and kiel. that there Is
any present shortage of houses. The
war has depleted the population OF
Berlin and Hamburg SO that they do
not suffer. even though they have less
ana poorer accommodations than
formerly.
So Germany has the spectacle OF in
dustrial towns packed to the point Of
discomfort. while her great cities are
partly filled. In Aix-la -Chapelle ono
house in twelve is idle: in Bremen
one In fifteen; in Berlin ono in sixteen;
in Hamburg. which with it's shipping
and export trade was rapidly ex-
panding hive of industry before tho
war. over per cent OF the houses are
absolutely vacant; In Bonn per cent
are idle. in Frankfort-on-Main SO pc.
cent.
No new houses are bui1t and the old
ones wear out, but tho population Is
being depleted faster than the houses.
But while the cities staEnate. work
men arc packed In the great munition
cities. Less than l per cent OF the
dwellings, are idle In eight OF the cities
where war industries thrive. Among
these arc Essen. Erfurt, KEEL Lubbock
Stettin. BrandenburS. konigsbcrg and
Magdcburg. Conditions at kiel arc
particularly deplorable. Only ono
Der of uninhabitable places Ia nor
mally higher than this.
a tremendous work faces the peo-
pic OF Germany when they return to
their homes. All Germany will then
need housing. The cheap homes OF
the working classes have been wear
Ing out while the war goes on. and
none is being replaced When the sol.
d'erS return there Will not be enough
houses TO 20 around.--Copyright 1918
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Books and Authors

fGF y he Rex saSs as;tsS
Hnf s's's?Ey
Hughes. SIN Wy rupert
PRONUNCIATION Of .@W H 1 MEANING ihe
Flint ehean5 'n says n the maass
tG nue Sa % tGd
'4 The Mr. word KD nps, ns@ to
notice NOTES of American readers in the English aus
9 1sr ot who had been detailed npm
i niGHs ns fTor, Surns
the Ts ', e, Of 1000 bs,s he is
SSt' is hs o2 na he to ssy
E ss the /" aaSor eSDsrn
and The to the be
s;s1.x sS %d n gss 5sa
t. i" md rs VIZ "ns', @SoSS
hFh irSqse ahe sDes he he sa%s
ing the real Var is 'S the ordnnssv
ntso1 Of G Say that DGnald
s 9dsnt an" arm dss!ng f OF az the
and ago ana . ssses
lew months later. continue to sell M stc.dii -,
as they did during the first year of the,r nnhli
s souen Mere Than Goooo copies have pS been
tHsaoihng me more thoughtful kind OF war book $
aanikey.s are always topic of discussion. MANY
ARA they think Of them ~ is to GSr sy sodi ss
mether tw Iro Massaohnsetts who wrote to his
would read a Student in Arms by Dor, In
9 w hack IS nsua aiITays
Oh fber the C.: bursting ahells raids etc But
that is the effect of on the inner man his
deliciously handled by Hankey that Wish 81 7
mad written the book myself. His thouphts 70
are the same that l have often thought This
book Will give people back homo an insight
into the philosophic side OF life at the front
The Quest of the Face is the title Of Stephen
Gra Graham new book just from the press. As in
note Is beautifully sounded in this work which
Is reminiscent in n way OF The Priest OF the
note to the entire work: I'VE are ali seekInP n
face 1t may he the dream face of tho ideal our
to be. or the face tina: could love or face
we once caught glimpse Of and then lost in
the crowds and the cares; We seek a face OF
siole to fall down before it in the devotion OF
utter sacrifice. Some seek it desperately others
seek it ever hopefully forget and remcn :
Others live their life in the consciousness or n
promise that they shall see the face at some
completely remote from some, and they live
their life hardly and darkly. but there are other
who are perpetually in the lift OF it. and they
see all the common sights of the world trans
figured by it. Each has his separate vision of
the lace And as there is an infinite number
ideal infinitely numerous and diverse Yet
as in truth we are all one all these faces IRE
one and ali the loveliness is one loneliness"
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Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
Leavening.
Copyright. 1913 by National Newspaper sorv,ea)

a' 4he s "a. IS n2o
nsa * Of sona ho1s II st, sSsnanE
fa ,,s u.xa tIr 1se! ,he same gas exhaled
"nig! makes soda water foam and champagne
spa.H5e N. "a me gas whieh puts zest in root
oshes me4lclnes se!dIitz po~de at"' Sa'"eS ana
~a hsknE noTaer :onsis,s Of saIerstus tsoda
some ACID c@nDound. such as cream OF tartar"
a Dhosnsa, or alum and for aS.o the or sake iss
~ h@@N.hg tneHs two essential ingredients In
aads t,arer 10 .ait IN The salt holders to keep
c ns ss @rI "h.n baking po~der comes into
sa @ h hs sae 'hs wo sas Win
Gr nf.~ssn ysas, ,aS=nInE and baking powder
ins u s, me yeas s requires hours
!. mia@r d lln"rence ' between yeast lcavenlnr
re usua BETTE, sHs When hayor yeast az s IS
IN. 's a.. agent na.,, :, -,
Viz sea ssa hsrss nn the SOuss
sns9S, 2: by,pTs1ue,s any could eat IN
sasi1sa ni.ss asaa,,y egg xhfte IS
,ure 80 a ,uhe Of water to foam up beautifuiiy
pewler ~, the albumin has actual Value
This, Egg white trick. however. is worth know
ing. Hopre%ives whose biscuits are dough a n
nothing more may get lighter and happier re-
suits ny including wee bit OF egg White in
recipe. whatever the cookbook Says VIII
out holding forth cook. i venture 10 sum
yest that tcaspoonful half Dc1 n mi nr
eEE White thoroughly mixed with the water
aFn 70 a'st@ da me ,o onr and STUFF Will make
Questions md Answers.
The SIN Does Not hbsorb.--Is the skin capa-
III oaaar 20 be e.,
sIin can throw off perspiration 1t can also ah
aorb anything applied TO it, My Understandable
a~aya ma. been that the skin is impervious to
~ destroy tho epidermis and pass through TIE
DTeaH. hut after hearing of the many cases or
rheumatism cured by mineral baths I am Left
iH 0ouh,. J. f.
An.wcr.--It is news to me that mineral baths
ever cure anything. The unbroken skin still
merits your original conhdence; It absorbs
~ steam. but rub as hard as you win YOU
caG't rub anything into IT.
The Eaby's Banda lady told me- was doin r
NyDng no, TO keep the wooden hands on my baby
mn! shc is six months old. stopped putting
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High wages in Germany are a myth
The average increase in wages in Ger
many is barely so per cent, and this
is an actual decrease If the purchasing
power OF money is taken into con-
sideration. These figures are taken
from the reports of the imperial Ger
man statistical office.
The highest increase is about 50 per
cent. which Ia the advance enjoyed by
metal workers in Prussia. In some
instances the increase is as low as 16
per cent. Weekly wages for women OF
less than $3.50 per week are still
common
The increase In the cost OF living
Is approximately 900 per cent. Any
wage increase of less than this means
that the German workman Is receiv-
ing less pay. Tho purchasing power OF
money i'm Germany has fallen to one
fourth it's prewar value, through the
increase in prices.
The German working people suffer
greatly from underputrition. They
are degcncrating, and. in spite Of their
so-calicd high wages" misery looks
out Of their eyes. The present So
called high wages" do not benefit
them at all. The workmcn are well
Off only when their wages, be they
high or low, enable them TO live in a
manner Mt for human beings.
The following weekly wages. for in
StaHce, arc pTeNalilnS rates among
metal workers: $1,000 for skilled adult
workers. $3.50 for male juvenile
workers. 1896 for female workers In
none OF these is the average wage
equal TO the cost OF living in any ono
OF tho nine large German cities Of
Berlin. Bologna. Dusseldorf. Elbcrfcld
Bremen, Bielefeld. Brcslau, Essen
Leipzig. In these cities the lowest
living cost. according TO the figures OF
the German government itself, is
sl+2f per week, and in Leipzig it
reached $1,000. and in Berlin, sl6S3
The only conclusion which is to be
drawn from the figures collected so
far is that the majority OF workmen's
and also salaried employees families
are living beyond their incomes. and
that, according to all the data fur
nished. conditions governing the cost
OF living seem TO have gone from bad
TO worse, and the ordinary German
family must so into debt TO procure
food.
Among the figures shown are those
Of ra,ioned foodstuffs Only one egg
per week. for instance, is permitted
to German workman. The total al
lowance of oleomargarine per family
of four persons is an ounce and 4 half
The effect of governmental rcgula-
tons concerning fats is shown In the
scanty allowance OF soap. Only three
eighths Of an ounce per week Is al
lowed to any one person. Five ounces
OF macaron per week are permitted
Sugar. however, seems TO he plentiful
or at least not particularly scarce. as
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If Americas treatment OF German prison.
ers of war is to conform to the Prussian
treaty OF 1893 only so long as our prisoners
IN Germany are not mistreated then that
convention might just as we'll be considered
abrogated at once There is too much evil
dence that American prisoners already have
been cruelty handled TO permit sentimental
barking back TO treaty made more than
100 years ago. OF course age makes no
difference TO this country in the observance
of its honor pT: word, bu, when i, is violated
every day b. the eaemy il ceases To be bind
ing. a touch OF retaliation now and then
will not be out Of place il bringing Germany
to liz senses
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The President upholds the Judgment OF the
food administration III fixing the basic price
for wheat, and will veto the agricultural ap-
preparation bill increasing the minimum price
to S2.40. The congressional politicians who
voted for the increase, however, will not suf-
fer any pangs because of the veto. They have
accomplished their purpose Of proving to the
wheat grower how much they love him, and
will now blame the President for heading off
the scheme TO prohteer on the consumers OF
the country TO the extent of several hundred
million dollars, for wheat at s2.40 as min
imum would have meant So increase in the
price Of a barrel OF -four.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
By HENRY EDWARD WARNER
The Heroine at Home.

Ino heroine at Home.
You've read. and SO have !. of course.
About the heroines of war
The noble missions Of the sex.
The victories they're striving tori,
The tireless zeal OF knitting bands.
The wounded by the women fed
saw u heroine last night
Putting little kid to bed.
From historys pages never cleaned
jewel brighter than tho decd
or some white-robed and Red-Crossed nurse
Attending in soldiers need!
A thousand times have multiplied
The simple sacrifice of these
] saw heroine last night
Teaching a baby on its knees.
Helen of Troy. and that one called
The Maid Of Orleans won their fans
BY valiant deeds; and Nightingale
Lent love the glory of her name
Life's Esthers and it's Jezebels
Have left their footprints in the sands
/ saw heroine last night
Folding weary mothers hands.
In sounding phrase sing the praise
or her who challenges the skies;
That Death Battalion fronted hell
With tgerish hate in women's eyes
But these things In flames
The picture I would rather keep
Is of my heroine at home,
And Now lay mo down to sleep"
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The Ace.

A thin wind shivers in the morning
miStS
And st!rs the poplars standing dark
ly by.
AS he with slow-cocked head and
quick. bright eye
Each strut and bolt examines; he de-
The engine coughs-the crowding wheel
he twists
Then mounts in roaring spirals, high
and high.
To straightcn out and vanish down
the sky,
While some far bugle blows him to the
lists.
The Ace Is gone! Beyond tho boldest
dream
OF ali that host Of captains Rone be-
To where the death lights Of adventure
CLEAN:
TO where tn eternal hazard waits: but
he
Who takes the air is OF the earth no
more,
And. daring space. fears not eternity!
Charles G. Jones, In Now York Tri-
bune.
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PINS HOPE ON AMERICANS
Premier Lloyd George Refuses 10 Pre-
dict the Outcome OF Great :.
Struggle,

LONDON. July 1o.-Speaklne at din
ner given by members of tho House Of
Commons last night in honor OF the
Rev. J. II. Jewett. d. D.. who returned
recently from New York. Premier Lloyd
George said
How the war will go It Is idle to
predict. Personally, I have always
been confdent-and am moro con-
fldent to-day, for reasons which to
enter here would be irrevelant But
one of the latest is the impression
made upon me by the Americans saw
in France few days ago."
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Rhubnrb Wine.

j. T. G.. Park.-The materials used
Tor making rhubarD wine are twelve
gallons OF rhuDarh crushed. two gal
Ions OF water and eight pounds of
granulatcd sugar. Place the crushed
rhubarb and water In n large stone
jar, cover IL and let stand In a COO!
place for one week; stir frequently.
AZ the end OF that time strain and add
the sugar. Place the mixture in u jar
and let stand until fermentation ceases.
Strain into 4 kcg. hung tightly and
keep for nine months.
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Rapid Shipbuilding.

WASHINGTON. July 10.-The output
of wooden hulls has been especially
gratifying to the Shipping Board. in
view OF the fact that wooden shipbuild-
ing has had to be revived virtually
from the ground up. Starting with the
idea of building two ships year on
each way. the board has found that
many yards can turn out three ships
a year.
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II Eluy be far-fet :hed conclusion that this
years vagaries of the weather have been
caused by the German espionage system, but
it is at least a suspicious circumstance that
the government has been compelled TO dis
miss Its chief weather expert because OF his
prot erman sympathies.
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manns view as to the hopelessness OF
purely military decision in favor OF Germany,
it is to be taken for granted that his sue
cessor will be merely, military power. leav-
ing the German people wholly without repre-
sentation in their effort to make themselves
heard through the government as regards the
question of peace.
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Following President Cartons open def
ancey in refusing goyernuent mediation, The
Western Union TELEGRAPH Conpt.y Z pursu-
ing is high handed policy ~ locking on, all
its employee who have affiliated themselves
with.a labor union. Such action hard upoI.
the heels Of the unions patriotic action in
calling OF its proposed strike ~ the bet.s.
OF the government places the company II
doubly bad iRh. before the public, and IT,
course Is in glazing contra5. 70 that y. o,la-
employers who have made their bus!neas pol
ictes conform with the nations wartime
needs. If ever government control were
needed from d disciplinary viewpoint, even
II not from that OF e1pediency, i, i III the
case OF this rccalctrant corpuration
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If householder has more coal in his bin
than he really needs the rationing officers OF
the fuel administration will take the excess
away from him. Now, If only they will NIL
up the bin of him who has none and slim
prospects of getting any, the people who
fear chilly winter will rise up and pronounce
them blessed.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost any topic.
excepting ieEni and medical sub
1eets, are answered free. A. all in
auiries arc answered directly by per
sonal letter q self nddresscd, stamped
envelope IL required. Address The
hlckmond, Va.
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What n
Prohibition
Congress Did

important phases or the business.
Last year Congress created the greatest whisk y
monopoly ever known when IL enacted Law
spirits. An immense stock hand. and
with all new sources Of supply closed, prices
naturally increased by leap and bounds. In
vestgation by The World has shown that al
ready tho manufacturers. jobbers and retailers
Of the beverages thus cornered by act OF Con-
gress have gained approx imately a billion of
dollars with much more IN sight. Most people
viii sympa ,hizc with tho trade commissions
reluctance TO deal with n matter so personal TO
many Senator'S and Representatives.. but what
will cause almost universal establishment is the
reflection that tho whisky monopoly its
big dividends to prohibition Congress.-New
York World.
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BontinE.


We've boat; It's a rowboat with an engine
hanging over the stern. 1t goes anywhere some
times
In the eftsoons, barnaclCs got on its bottom
A rowboat with barnacles- on it's bottom re-
quires to be turned and scraped and paint
ed We tried to roll 1t Tn and got stuck. then
iurred 1t sideways and rolled IL over, which
answered the purpose.
With gasoline blower blew all the paint
loose and scraped II off, then sandpapercd and
painted with white lead and copper. 1t was a
nice job. Did the sides the way, also the
Inside. painting that with green.
Then We rolled the boat back into the water
iitched on the engine. started her up and went
fishing We caught fish and thew 'em in the
boat.
Now the boat IS all covered with barnacIes
again and needs painting inside. You can't
wash fish and bait ont OF boat.
hire US to- do IL we'd resign. Amt IL funny
how hard a fellow will struggle doing the
thing he isn't paid for. and how he kicks the
other way?
All OF which. In a sort Of way, is COM
meatary life.
Whatever It is, had place to put Il in
Now that l want Il, where in thunder did
throw it the last time used Il? That. as Ham
let said. Is the question.
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this lady says II will provo bad for her health
and cause summer complaint II don't put them
bnck II. What would you do?
MRS A. II. c..
Answor-You did very weli stick to your
good resolve,
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Undesirable CitiEens.

1.-The man who borrows your lawn mower.
2.-The man who refuses to lend you his
lawn mower
S.-The man who hogs Q street car seat
4.-Tho man who stands oa your foot
6.-The baseball fan.
6.-The fellow who has no use for baseball
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Federal Trade Commi.,ion'. Report.

j. r. b.. iiopewell--lf you Will write
10 your Congressman. or to the Secrc-
tary Of the Federal Trade Comm ISIS ion.
Washington, d. c.. copy OF the report
you want will be mailed you.
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Charcoal Eph.s Daily Thought.

Tilt ain no tellin' contrary man whut.s
right" said Charcoal Eph, ruminatively. tkase
he Amt gwine admit nothin' twell he think OF
hit hesef. Try pickle, Mistah Jackson"
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A Freak.

Strange man. that Jings. Jinss Is abnormal
Notwithstanding loose in his belfry; dome
twisted"
why. I haven't noticed ANYTHING: what,
wrong with him."
Well, for one thing he's the only man in
town who doesn't know how to end tho war"
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beautiful, but IInpracticable

| yised sIltae '-s n., treatment wilson has ad-
his views 80 30 49," 80. ~ washington OF
Russia on. o. fe- ,.-,s.,, lens o. aSsistihg
4e..I ".aa IS believed, though lack
;ny - 49, 49, I'oa' c'A'e!h plates send
;nt.r1.,iIr.,tr SH-''i .! business men
70 insure ,iI.. - IN armed guards
,ersc, Cer,oan ire.,.,,o. - S'It,ts-. u coun-
70 rehspllIate ,rs,,s.,,.e - t'-e people
dlgtrug, o, ne ,,r,sTesi "!'n'u' e1cl'ing
good bro,b.r. r,,...e,. 1870 nag. Of the
the vlau i. 80 t.n.,,,r,,., - - conception
dream. and - ,o,1-.,I,1. a. H1oeEcent
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There naya.

You're SO disconnected. John! Don't you re-
member how used to be satisfied with love
in II cottage?'
Yep; but that was before we had the cot
tage, Mary"
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j Woman supporters Of the movement 70
secure the ballot by Federal amendment 70
the Constitution are contributing their
jewelry to the Golfers OF the Nationa! Womuu's
party to influence the result One Of the
contributors is quoted as saying: "Hhat's
our jeWelry worth to us unless American
women are made free?" Oh, nothing Of
course; for in losing her appreciation o, til.
priceless heritage Of status xanctined be-
fore all mankind in its power 10 influence
chest that is atta!nable in civilization. an.
wilf find herself discarding many u; ute'y
heretofore treasured jewels for ugly stones
In her strivings for the ballot as means to
secure more satisfying things in lite she .g
pursuing an ignis fatuus which VIII lure her
into boys Of discomfort undreamed Of
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The grocer maligned about his prunes an
pledge.
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the forced resignation Of DR. Won Kucl,I.
mann, German Foreign Minister serves 10
emphasize the complete surrender OF the raw
eminent into the hands OF the military noyccy
Its official expressions are ali dictated 4, c.,.
serali staff headquarters, which Is In fun gym
patty with Junkerdom's every asviratio,
The power that rules is determined II nee,
be, TO sacrifice the last German soldier ra,b.,
than abandon its hope of military decision
I'm Its favor. Hence, when Kuchlinann yoic.a
q warning against the possibility Of such :.
sdecision, he aroused the Indignation Of
SJunkerdom TO white heat, and was quickly
made to understand that he must give way 10
"a minister who would support Juukerdom's
views. Since there is not statesman Of
Msbility in Germany who dissents from KucbI.