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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
Renounces Baden Throne.

Basic, Switzerland, Nov 26-In a
proclamation issued in Karlsruhe
Grand Duke Friedrich of Baden says
he relieves officials and soldiers from
their oath of fidelity and renounceS
the throne for himself and his de-
scendants. in accord with his cousin
and heir, Prince Macmillan. formerly
German chancellor The provisional
peoples government of Baden, in an
nounclng the abdication to the people.
says the grand duke and his family
and their honor are under the pro
lection Of the Baden republic.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
Farmers Got S13e,3e7,ooo.

Washington, Nov 26-Farmers have
borrowed $139,37S,0OO from the twelve
federal farm loan banks since their
organization in March, 1917. In re-
porting this the farm loan board an
nounced that capital stock of the
Ranks. originally subscribed mainly by
the government, has increased from
100000 to S15,975,OOO.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
Certain Cure for CrOuD.

Mrs. Rose Middleton, of Green
vile, ILL.,, has had experience in the
treatment of this disease. She says,
When my children were small my
son had Group frequently. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy always
broke up these attacks Immediately,
and l was never without it in the
house. l have taken it myself for
coughs and colds with good results. I"
ADV
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
For Il Weak Stomach.

AS a general rule all you need to
do is to adopt diet suited to your
age and occupation and to keep your
bowels regular. When you feel that
you have eaten too much and when
constipated, take one Of Chamber
lain's Tablets.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
Burned Alive to Stop Typhus Sprea

bUTHeu NIIVe 10 SGD TyphUS spread
Salonika. Nov. 26.-The Bulgarians
during their occupation of eastern
Macedonia deported $1,000 Greek resi-
dents, according to official bulgarian
documents in the possession of NJ
Diaropoulos, subprefect of Demrlis-
sar. A very large number of those
deported, he says. succumbed 10 ia
mine. torture and enforced labor. At
Kitchevo a number of Greeks were
burned alive under the pretext that
hey had the typhus microbe
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
{" MOTHER KNOWS"

When feel scrappy and mean, mother
never scolds. She usually finds my
tongue is white, my breath bad, then
she says, ''Nlt Pet needs a Cascaret."
1 gladly take Cascarets because they
taste like candy. Next morning wake
up feeling dandy. Do You give your
children Cascarcts or nasty castor oil,
pills or calomcl! Cascarets never hurt
IA kids
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
Mauritania Starts on First Trip Over

MauFetanla starts on FIRST Trio Over
Liverpool. Nov. 2G-The Cunard
Line steamship MaNrrtan;a sailed from
Liverpool. bound for New York. The
vessel carried Il large number of pas
sengerS. Early in the war the liner
Mauretania was used by the British,
government as a hospital shin.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
a 500 600 Letters Arrive

New York. Nov. 26.-The greatest
shipment Of mail from American SOL
diers in France ever received. no less
than 100000 letters. came in on the
French steamer Rochambeau These
letters ito the folks back home" were
going to all parts of the United States
on every mail train. A SPECIAL force
of postal men was put TO work sorting
it. In this city every available carrier
Vas on duty to insure quick delivery.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
The Weather..

Forecast for this section Fair AMI
cool today and tomorrow: northwest
winds.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26

iieip but do my best. I've heard it
said that there are no happier families
than the Cardinal Bird families. and
certainly you are devoted to me in the
winter or in the summer-neyer 1eav-
ing ne"
and such beautiful white eggs,
speckled with brown as you had in the
nest" continued Mr.. Cardinal. "They
turned cut into four of the dearest lit
tie cardinal birds, too"
at was then too that you were so
devoted" said Mrs. Cardinal Bird.
You watched over the nest. you kept
/ danger away and never for a moment
did you think of anything else but Of
me and the little birdlings."
who could help it with such beau,
tlful mate?" asked Mr. Cardinal Bird.
And lie sang a glorious high-pitched
! song of joy, wonderful notes which
sang of freedom, Il happy home, a low
ing mate, some beautiful little bird
lings, with no cruel cage to shut him
in.
Mrs Cardinal Bird sang too. Her
voice was softer bus it was very love-
ty and very, very musical.
For the cardinal birds are very hap
ny when they are free and their little
family life is quite as perfect as any
to be found in the bird world or In
any kind of q world.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
Ebert Reoine Yields Control.

London. NOV. 26.-Thr newspapers
display Drominpntlv the G. ru":n adj
vices regarding the agreement be-
tveen the soldiers and wo"kmen'
cornell and the government.
II is regarded as Il development of
The greatest importance and rs fantA-
mount to the overthrow Of the Ebert
HaaSn combination and the adoption
IT !cas- Theoretically of the existing
Russian system
II is admitted the German councils
have moi yet developed HE eNtrava-
gance which led to the dj>integration
and anarchy in Russia. the councils
rot being dominated by the Bolsheyik
element.
Nevertheless the Lon,lnn Daily Tel
egraph remarks If is significant that
Germany should have adopted even
as q stop gap n measure which was
one of Lenine'S original and most
characteristic contributions to legisla-
tive doctrine
The London Daily Mail while point
ing out the analogy to the develop
ments in Russia, suggests that the
new step is a part Of big bluff
aimed at persuading the allies that
The old Germany is defunct.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26

Supreme Court Recess to Dec. 9.
WASHINGTON, Nov 26.-The supreme
court has recessed for Thanksgiving
until December g.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26

>j1s Soviet Sy,I;n is Forced
on GERMANY.
EBERT REGIME is OUSTEO
London Sees Overthrow of Existing
System and Adoption Of Russian
idea in New agreement"

Copenhagen. NOV. 70. All agree"
ment has been reached between III,
German soldiers and WorkAtit : r"uh'
ell and he government, il j. officially
announced i'll Berlin.
The agreement provides:
FirSt-All political power IS a. I've
III the hands of the German Socialist
republic and the soldiers and work
mems council.
Second Their aim is 10 defend ami
develop what has been arh eyed by
the revolution and To Suppress all
counter revolutionary activity.
Third-Pending The election Of rep
resentatives of the Soldic"~' H"d work
mems councils to an e,,rr@,iNe coun-
Gil in Berlin is to exercise lis func-
lions.
Frurth-The appointment and dis
miS>al Of all members of the various
legislative bodies of the republic ana
until the final constitution is establish
ed. of Prussia. are to be made by the
central executive council. which also
has the right of control.
Fifth-Before the cabinet appoints
assistant ministers the executive
council must be consulted.
Sixth-A convention of deputies
drawn from soldiers and wnrkmen'S
councils is to he summoned rs SION
as possible.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-26
AS YOUNG AS
UREKIDNEYS

The secret of youth is ELIMINATION
OF POISONS from your body This
done, you can live to be a hundred and
enjoy the good things OF life with as
much pep as you did when in the
springtimc OF youth. Keep yoIr DoGy
in good condition, that's the secret.
Watch the kidneys. The kidneys and
digestive organs are the main "a.ises.
Ihy Kidneys filter and purify Che blood.
All the blood passes through Your k ID
ncyS one" every three minutes. they
strain OF filter out the impurities. That
Is their work. Keep them clean and IN
proper working condition and you nav
nothing to fear. Drive the poisonous
wastes and deadly uric acid accumula-
tons from your system. Take GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules at inter-
walls and you viii always be in perfect
working order. You viii feel strong
and vigorous. Nerves and muscles will
be elastic and your face Will radiate
youth and health. GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules are imported d.
rect from the laboratories at Harlem
!tpI!ItIG-
They are not a patent medicine, but
q guaranteed remedy which has been
used by the sturdy Dutch for over 200
years ana which has helped them to
develop into one of the strongest and
hcaithiest races in the world. Get them
from your druggist. Do not take q
substitute. In sealed packages-three
Ff
The Washington times., 1918-04-21
Your Foot Puzzles the Ant

Continued from First Column
eyes for the blind bodies and wings for the MANNED
that is great consolation.
And to believe that the wicked, including the mentally
and physically crippled Kaiser and his brood will suffer In
fire eternay for wrong donehat also brings comfort to
many
Those deprived of the blessed consolation of simple
gous faith find comfort in the knowledge that the nation
above the individual the above the nation our solar
system above the individual planet and that Of in
finite space in which live with its millions of
important than little solar family group.
You cannot find consolation in any INDIVIDUAL
But you can find consolation in the reading of history
the studying of other wars in the fact that in spite Of
brutality and suffering progress has been constant
You know that cannibalism has passed. and religious
human sacrifices and murders in the Of religion
SURELY war will pass.
The French and Belgian cities will be rebuilt
The little ant city in the garden path will be rebuilt
Those that died. human and ants will be forgotten. In
few years they would have been dead anyhow.
The Kaiser and his and generals will die and rot
The world will be better and that world little grain Of
sand will roll along until the end of its days governed like
all the of infinite space and infinite time by ABSOLUTE
JUSTICE.
We are ants in the garden path That which destroys
or condemns us is above comprehension.
BUT JUSTICE ALONE RULES.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

ing knowledge of this in his next
definition.
A refining or rendering subtle
in thought, argument or the like;
subtlety." There are times, A.
L., when Webster is so obtuse that
l am tempted to write a dictionary
myself)
But just as We are losing hope he
begins to get a real grasp of his
subject. He pOurs out his next
definition with a conviction which
We accept.
"A refining or improving: A
state of being, or a thing, so re-
fHed.". / have added the italics to
emphasize certain important
words. We have now reached a
definition which might loosely be
rendered thus:
A state of being improved, or
refined"
Now, let US discover the exact
meaning of the word refined, and
we shall be getting somewhere.
Here it is:
Refined: Freed from impuri-
ties, alloy, etc; purified, polished,
cultured; free from vulgarity, ETC."
Yes, A. L.. We are getting some
where now. We are even ready for
Mr.. Webster's final definition of
the word refinement: "Purifcation
politeness, gentility, cultivation.
But at this point even he realizes
that there is still something lack
ing. "See delicacy," he adds,
sadly.
We see" deIicacy. We wander
through a labyrinth Of definition
before we see one that has a bear
ing on refinement, but at last we
come to it. Mice perception; fas-
tidious accuracy, sensitiveness.
scrupulouSness, tact, discrimina-
ton; refinement"
We have now about all the helm
that Mr.. Webster can give us. Put-
ting II together and applying It to
individuals let US see what IL
means
II seems to mean first that the
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

Dear Miss Jordan:
What is refinement? Can one
acquire IL? I see many girls
wearing beautiful clothes. but
that air OF refinement is miss
ing.
What is It that gives a per
son a refined appearance? A Il.
NIOU ask an interesting ques-
Y ton, A. z. Many minds, far
1 wiser than yours and mine,
have considered it and have an
swered it in many ways. Let US
see what we can make of it.
The first thing, of course, Is to
learn exactly what the word re
finement means. We turn to our
faithful and ever-present friend,
Webster. We are panied, but not
surprised, to discover that he
starts out with his tOo-frequent
vagueness. Listen TO him!
Refinement: Act or result OF
refining; state of being refined;
that which is refined"
At this point, A. L., the average
seeker atJer truth WOULD turn lIOLl
Mr.. Webster with marked irrita-
ton. He might even hastily decide
that he never wanted to consult
Mr.. Webster again.
Hunt Answer.
But you and / are not average
seekers. We are intelligent and
persistent We give Mr.. Webster
another chance. and our reward
comes swiftly; for he goes on:
Elegance, polish, culture" Mr..
Webster is doing better now, but
he becomes so pleased with him
self that he grows fatuous. He
adds, recklessly: ALSO an exam
pie Of this: as, a man of refine
ment, or of many refnements."
Let me confde to you right now,
A. H., that Mr.. Webster is still
shooting to one side of his target.
Apparently, he has not yet discov-
cred that a man, and a woman, too,
can lack elegance. polish and cul-
ture and still be refined.
He does not even show a dawn
The Washington times., 1918-04-21
By Elizabeth Jordan

refined person has gone through
some mental or spiritual process
which clears and purifes the heart
and soul, eliminating imperfectiOns
and getting rid OF the alloy Of hu-
man nature. In proportion as the
refining process is complete or in
complete, the individual is wholly
or only partly refined.
OF this refining process, A. L.,
the individual may be unconscious.
Also there are those who come into
the world with a refinement Of ply
steal and spiritual makeup, due to
generations who have gone before
them. But all this is general. We
will get down to a careful consid-
Grafton OF individual Beinement
and what it really means.
From what we have learned this
far We conclude that a refined per
son is a person free from vulgar
tiles OF manner or OF thought; with
deIicacy OF feeling; with perception
and understanding; with breeding
and with tact.
These are the first essentials OF
refinement. Thus far the questions
Of elegance or polish or culture do
not enter in. Thus far the woman
OF refinement may be ones laun-
dress or an English duchess. And
there are instances in which the
natural refinement Of an individual
laundress is far superior to that OF
an individual duchess.
To illustrate the same point,
take the case of two girls, work
ers. perhaps, in the same otfice'
One who has had many "advan-
tages," is, nevertheless, loud
voiced. aggressive and vulgar. She
pushes herself in where she IS not
wanted. She is tactless and i'll
bred.
The other, with little education
and no home training, is instIHe-
lively quiet, modest and unassum-
ing. She has the good breeding
that springs from consideration
for other human beings. She may
not know the rules of etiquette
but she does know the great law
The Washington times., 1918-04-21
A WISE YOUNG OWL.

NELSON MORRIS, the twenty.
six-year-old chairman Of q big meat
packing establishment, has Just come
to Washington to be a dOllar-a-year
mar.
Perhaps this is a very unimpor-
tant matter, but would like the folks
to know that Mr.. Morris grandfath-
er made many millions by being
thrifty and that Nelson believes
81 ,2SS a year is infinitely more than
enough for a man to support FAM
lily Of five; that he believes $40 year
enough to pay for a child's clothes;
that three shows a year are enough
toF anybody's entertainment.
Mr.. Morris is twenty-sjx years old
and unmarried.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

of human kindness, which includes
them all.
Acquiring 1t.
Speaking Of her, her friends
say: Mary is so refined" Mary
deserves the tribute. She is infin-
itely more refined than thousands
o. cultured men and women,
though they have the polish and
culture she has not.
Take a nature like Mary's.
Graft on it the culture, elegance,
the polish. Then, indeed, A. e.,
we have true refinement.
Here is the final answer to your
question: There is hope even for
the girl who lacks Mary's original
fineness. There is hope for the
vulgar girl.
She can teach herself to be quiet,
to be modest, TO dress in good Saste,
to consider others. to cultivate the
simple kindness Of manner Mary
has.
Any ambitious soul can refine
itself. Any ambitious girl can
make herself, to a degree at least,
into the sort Of girl she admires
and who is admired by others.
Her refined appearance" de-
ponds on the quiet good taste Of
her clothes, on her personal neat
ness, on her simple. natural man
ner on her strict avoidance OF any
thing loud or vulgar in her char
acter or conduct
II may be too late for her to ac-
quire culture, polish and elegance.
though she can always study and
work toward them. II is never too
late for her to learn to be clean
hearted, clean minded, modest and
gentle. II IS never too late for her
to reject the coarse and vulgar
things Of life and stand for thc--
that are fine and pure.
Every girl must make a choice.
Though she does not realize il,
every girl constantly reveals in her
daily manner and conduct the
choice she has made.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

In the Heard and Seen column Of
April Is, you say:
Personally. am going t1tthout
lunch ttVice tCeek. Why doHt YOU
Try IT.
My! What. a piker you are! l
go without my lunch SEVEN days
a week. Why don't YOU try THAT?
1t would have a tendency not only
to help win the war, but to reduce
that excess baggage" you carry in
the way Of surplus avordupois.
JAMES r. WICK.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21
A Wise Suggestion.

FLORENCE B. BURROWS, 1925
Grand road northwest, says:
The cars which run to Somerset,
Nd, and Great Falls, Nd, on the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company line are filed about o'clock
down town with passengers who
could conveniently take the Mount
Pleasant cars, therefore compelling
people who live in the vicinity nf
Somerset and Great Falls to wait
probably one-half hour for cars.
| suggest that they stop issuing
transfers from Somerset to Mount
Pleasant cars, and also that they
make an express car"
This suggestion will probably have
the Endorsement Of everyone on the
Wisconsin avenue line. l commend
It to the railroad officials and to the
Public Utility Commission.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

Seven Square Foot Rule Is Out Of
Gear.
Can you inform one of your con-
slant readers whether it would be
possible for patrons Of the Four
teenth street car line to invoke the
law regulating the seven square feet
of space for passengers?
The car on which rode to work
from u street this morning actually
registered 121 paid fares. 1t was
built to accommodate about forty
persons.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

o. C. N, of Congress Heights,
writes me thus regarding the hon
ors that suburb has showered on
nv colleague BILL" PRICE. The
Times has failed to mention the fact
that BILL" PRICE has for the
ninth consecutive year been re-elect-
ed president of the Congress
Heights Public Improvement Asso-
citation. Nobody else's name has
ever been mentioned for the office
in that time. President Taft, who
offered BILL" Price the position Of
Commissioner of the District of
Columbia, always referred to him
as 1.-The mayor Of Congress Heights, T"
and many people know him by that
title. He knows this good old town
as few other people and, above all,
he is always on the side Of the
masses.
Yes, and a fast man on getting
the inside HGlCs.
A man in this town asks me to
pan the dealers who weigh boxes
end wrapping paper" along with
butter, meat and other foods.
He said they weighed in four OF
FIVE ounces of paper every sale, and
/ came back at him and said four
ounces of paper would be a quarter
of a pound and that would be
SOME wrapping paper to go with
an ordinary package.
"All right" he said, an show
you"
Well, he produced a wrapping
paper from a ham and / declare il
weighed three ounces. So he was
paying for paper at ham prices.
rs there no law against this?"
/ he asked.
There certainly =. Dealers are
not allowed to give short weight and
very few of them do so. They must
not weigh in the box or the wrap
ping paper nor must they weigh
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

As Your Foot Crushes the Ants, so His Crushes
Human Beings. He Does Not See or Care.
What of the Power That Rules Above, to Which
This Planet Sun and Other Planets Are as an Ant Hill?
What Does That Power See?
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

F. A. VAN REUTH says that the
worst trouble the local rooming COM
mittee has is with people who list
rooms for rent and then rent them
without notifying the committee.
That means that applicants for
rooms are frequently sent to places
where dodgers have already taken
up the space.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21

This Picture Tells the Story of Your Garden Path
as You Walk Out This Spring.
And 1t Tells the Story of the Walk That the PruS-
sian King Is Taking in Europe.
The Washington times., 1918-04-21
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL WIN.

their own hand with the goods they
sell you.
If you find q dishonest dealer let
the superintendent Of weights,
measures and markets know.
His name is George Roberts and
his office is or the third floor Of the
District Building.
Speaking Of CONGRESSMAN
lJOHNSON'S charge that there is
no one in the District with back
bone enough to act as rent admins
TRAITOR, NORMAN S. BOWLES, 9Ol
14th street northwest, says:
II must admit that we citizens Of
the District lack backbone or we
would force Congress to recognize
US as actual citizens of the United
States with the rights and priv
leges Of citizens Of the several
| States, but it little becomes a mem
! Der of Congress to make such a
statement when the records of this
country show that the District has
, always met and passed its quota Of
men for all wars. l invite the gen
tleman to compare the records Of
his own State with those Of the Dis
trict in the matter Of volunteers for
tie present war, in the matter Of
purchasing W. S. s. and Liberty
bonds. Further, when it comes to
backbone it little becomes q man to
propose a law for one place, where
there Is no comeback on account Of
the lack Of a voice in the Govern
ment, when the same man would not
dare propose the same law for the
State and the people that send him
to Congress. It is a case Of try
it on the dog"
The south-bound car track on
Ninth street between s and U streets
Is becoming trench, and II the com
pany don't raise the outside rail soon
one OF their old boats will lay down
on its side. We can only hope that
| IL will not be one Of those middle
door anairs, for II an accident ever
happens to one Of those things it will
surely be a scrambled mass Of hu-
manity that is uncovered.
The clerk who attends to the card
index Of damage suits for the WREC0
certainly has a job.
For about fifteen years the hand
compositors in the Government
Printing once have been getting 50
cents an hour. During that time old
Mr.. H. c. OLiving has advanced at
least 80 per cent. Adding this so per
cent to the original 100 per cent gives
US $50, which $50 per cent 10 now so
cents, and this gives these same
printers an hourly rate Of about 81
cents an hour. based on prices IS
years ago. Thus, instead Of having
their wages keep pace with living
conditions they have been reduced
33h per cent.
Under an equitable adjustment
their wages should be advanced so
per cent and would be IS cents an
hour today.
Regarding Maurice Joyce and the
C. P. OIL do not think he was ever
employed as a stereotyper there
recall him as a eompositor in the
Job Room, and he had a process for
making faesimiles Of signatures,
etc., which he afterward greatly i'm
proved. Dom Pedro, Emperor OF
Brazil, visited the office one time,
and Joyce pleased him very much
by presenting him with a cut q his
signature, done in a very short time.
Yours, very respectfully,
GEO. N. RAMSEY,
&c 7 ST. N W.