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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-22
RIOT or TOPICAL FIN IN
"SCHOOL"

All the up-to-dateness and Ameri.
IAN flavor of the joke in the fun
,olumn of the daily newspaper, to-
ether with stage tang of the AL G
ield brand are found in the hilar-
ious skit school" which is on the
rogram of the AL G. Field Greater
Ninstrels this season. The introduc-
ton of gymnasiums. and of classes in
current events" in the average school
curriculum of these days has been
taken by the Dean of Minstrelsy as a
subject about which to weave his an
uual supply of topical jests. The set
ting has a background representing a
mammoth blackboard on which Is
drawn a map Of Europe in much alter
ed form, representing the net result II
the wishes of all the belligerents were
carried out. The Professor" lectures
to his class on the present situation
which gives an opportunity for time.
illness. and provides the American au-
dience with the chance to exercise the
sense Of humor 1t inherently possesses
even in exciting and critical times
The real schoolroom atmosphere i;
supplied by the presence OF the ty-:
cal boys. such as badly boys" SILLY
boy" mammals boy" good boy
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WHAT5S THE REASONl
Many Maysyille People In Poor Health
Without Knowing the Cause.

There are scores of people who
drag out miserable existence with
out realizing the cause of their suffer
ing. Day after day they are racked
with backache and headache; suffer
from enrvousness, dizziness, weak
ness, languor and depression. Per-
haps the kidneys have fallen behind
in their work of filtering the blood and
that may be the root Of the trouble
Look to your kidneys, assist them in
their work-give them the help they
need. You can use no more highly
recommended remedy than Doans
Kidney Pills-endorsed by people all
over the country and by your neigh
bors in Maysville.
Mrs. w. A. Schatzmann, COS
East Second Street, says: From
the benefit have received from Doan's
Kidney Pills, which | buy at Chans-
lor's Drug Store. have every reason
to recommend them. Whenever my
kidneys have been irregular in action
or l have suffered from weakness and
lameness in the small Of my back. !
have used Deans Kidney Pills. They
have always proven sufficient to quick
ly cure and attack"
Mrs. Schatzmann is only one o:
many Maysville people who have
gratefully endorsed Doan's Kidney
Pills II your back aches-if your
kidneys bother you, don't simply ash
for a kidney remedy-ask distinctly
for DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS. the
same that Mrs. Schatzmann uses-the
remedy backed by home testimony
COO all stores. Foster-Milburh Co.
Props. Buffalo. n. Y. when YOU
Back is Iame-Remer Der the Name
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-22


These in turn are carried back and
forth to homes by soldiers on fur
loughs or dismissed because OF physi-
cal disability. A sad instance Of this
occurred in neighboring town re-
Gently.
A young officer in training for
France came home to visit his mother
and father whose pride he was. A
young Hercules. square shouldered
and square jawed or splendid revol-
utionary fighting stock Of such as are
the hope of the nation he could laugh
at disease, but peril stalked by his
side. A short time after the gentle
mother succumbed to spinal menin-
gifts. and left helpless family
When the question of employing a
Visiting Nurse to help combat the raw
ages of tuberculosis was first consd-
cred here it seemed quite an under
taking to raise salary for that pur-
pose in a town of this size, but when
its obvious benefits were placed be-
fore our people it was easily done and
nobody felt it.
Then came the offer of the State
and Federal governments in regard to
the Sanitary Survey, and although a
considerable sum was to be raised it
was accomplished after aa few weeks
of earnest effort and nobody missed
the money. Then came the war Four
times that amount were raised in a
week for the Red Cross. Hundreds OF
thousands for the Liberty Loan. Many
thousands for the Y. NJ. c. A. and we
can do it again and again when tho
call comes and nobody make any
great sacrifice.
These things have shown us what
we can do. Now let us finish the Sur
vey, Have an able all time Count!
Health officer and his assistants and
two Visiting Nurses in Maysville am
Mason county. And let cur soldier
when he looks up at the flag tha'
floats above him lover there" feel thai
1t also. stands for the t. S. Public
Health Service in Mason county pro.
tecting his home. And when in the
lonely night watches he locks M a
the familiar stars with home sicl
longing let him feel that these faith
full guardians of the public welfare
are within call if sickness or trouble
comes to his loved ones
Any hour may now bring the It'd
ings that the great battle on the West
ern Front has begun, and perhaps a
few weeks afterward the shattered
and multilated remains Of what was
once our young American manhood
will begin to return to us.
Are we prepared to receive them
Not all of them came from homes o'
J plenty. Some came from homes
where they were the principal bread,
winner, and perhaps some from nc
homes at all
We let them go with thrills of pride
and gratitude. Shall we not hold out
a mnstering hand to them when they
return? Shall we not help them tC
grow strong and well and adapt them.
selves to life under vastly changed
conditions?
Let us now show our appreciation
of the supreme sacrifice that they
have made while making the worlt
safe for democracy"
They are fighting for the safety ant
sanctity of the home and for all the
institutions of our Christian civiiza,
ton.
Above all else let us enshrine with.
in our hearts and hold there In crate
full remembrance forever our sacred
duty to the soldiers and his child.
MRS. E. L. WORTHINGTON,
Chairman Health and Child Welfare
County Council of Defense.
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CHILD WELFARE IN WAR TINES
CONSERVE THE LITTLE ONES

All the nations of war including our
own declare they are fighting for the
good of posterity for the sake of the
future of the race, and yet in many
of them the children have been ire
parably injured in the process. Will
that be the fate of the children in our
country?
Already wars grim shadow is fall
ing aslant the paths Of some The go
ing forth of fathers, and of brothers
who were in many cases the chief
bread winner of the family and the
consequent depression and anxiety in
the home; the increasing price and
scarcity of foods as milk, sugar -four
and fats so necessary to the growth
of the young and tender; the high cost
of wool and cotton for clothing, anG
the scarcity of fuel, all conspire to
produce an abnormal condition.
Immediately upon the declaration OF
war the Children's Bureau began a
study of Child Welfare in the warning
countries. Four lines of investigation
were followed "a Child labor and
school exemDtions. (2) Public health
infant and maternity care and mortal
ity. (3) Delinquency. (4 Depend
ency.
The withdrawing of men from the
ordinary walks of life must create
similar problems here. We cannot es-
cape the obligations which other
countries have been forced to meet
and it will be the part of wisdom to
prepare at this date for the conditions
which we know will have to be met in
the near future.
In foreign countries eminent ex-
perts in all branches of medicine phil
anthropy and social service here given
their best thought to the solution OF
these subjects. 1t would be short
sighted policy for us to disregard the
results of their experience and we
must not be content with any form Of
relief measures which are not based
upOn the most advanced and liberia
ideas.
In England practically from the
first day Of the war extraordinary
measures have been taken to main
tain and increase all means. looking
b to the protection of young children.
The most important Of these was q
prant by Parliament Of fund at the
beginning CT the wa- to aid lcca
health authorities and "cluntarv ager
cies in the work Of safeguarding the
leolth e the .ublic, especially moth.
c.s and young children.
Throughout England has taken tn
stand that In war tine in spite Of the
General need for economy, no econo
my should be exercised in this d.
rection, and so free dispensaries were
everywhere established, local health
officers increased and the number o.
visiting nurses employed was dou
bled between 1914 and 1916.
England like all foreign countries
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-22

Is watching its infant mortality rate
and birth rate with as much concern
as its casualty rates. The birth rate in
England as elsewhere has fallen
markedly, therefore the success or
failure of the effort spoken of was
watched with much eagerness. The
fact Therefore that in 1916 after two
years Of war their infant mortality
was the lowest of any year on record
aroused enormous interest, and was
considered due principally to the re-
markable increase in the preventive
and protective measures which had
been employed to safe guard the pub
lie health
The U. s. and State governments
have offered the same or greater as
sistance to Mason county. Can we
let such an offer pass? Dare we, in
the verge of a world cataclysm, let
down the bars to disease, contagion
and death for these helpless little
ones?
Our government is endeavoring to
safe guard our environments by every
means known to modern science but
no such protection is proffered or is
possible elsewhere unless adequate
measures have been taken to SECURE
It.
This Mason county has done in past
few years through splendid work Of
the Mason County Health League.
A pioneer in this line in Kentucky
its efforts have been recognized by
the State and United States govern
ments and the opportunity given us to
secure the Sanitary Survey now near
ing the end of its first year. Much
has been done, much remains to be
done. No known means has yet been
devised to take county up bodily,
reconstruct it like a top, give 1t a
clean bill of health and present a
waiting public with a perfect finished
product. A very sick man is not usu-
ally cured by one visit from a physi-
clan and Kentucky in general, and
Mason county in particular, are very
sick, as regards the number of cases
of tuberculosis within their boundar-
les to say nothing of many other
kinds of Dreventable diseases.
Each death from tuberculosis
means ten incipient cases. There
we're twenty deaths from tuberculosis
in Maysville last year, which means
two hundred incipient cases of tuber-
'ulosis in our midst.
This condition will inevitably be
realty increased by the life of ex-
posture in the camps and trenches to
which our brave bows are necessarily
subjected and from which they are re-
turning. We cannot hone to escape
the experience of the other countries
at war, where the increase in tuber-
culosis is enormous. We can only
prepare to combat and alleviate 1t,
and be thankful our opportunity to do
so is so much better than those coun-
tries with the war already within
their borders.
In olden times war pestilence and
famine went hand in hand. War has
been forced upon us. Only God can
bless the harvest but thanks to mod
Urn medical science the prevention Of
Destilence lies largely In our own
hands.
Wherever large numbers Of men oil
widely differing conditions and Gus
toms are assembled together the dan
gers Of cantagion are multiplied
many times over. The germs Of many
diseases unknown to have existed OF
unreported and covered up, are
brought to the camp from different
sections by unconscious carriers.
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Use the
Telephone

The grocer. the butcher, the mer.
chant-anyOne you Wish-tliey are all
in reach at moments notice.
Whether weather conditions are
stormy, threatening or fair the tele.
phone is in waiting to save unneces.
sary footsteps.
Everybody Is your neighbOr; every
town, county and state Is next door.
Call Contract Department for install.
IatiOn information.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-22

fat boy" the janitor," etc. The
whole number makes one of the
brightest spots on the BILL and is al
ways received with especial express
sions of delight by the audience.
The AL G. Field Greater Minstrels
will appear at Washington Theater
Wednesday, February 81.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-22
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
flZ1 |s||'s||sI||' 1'||'

Time table effective Sunday Feb
ruary 10th.
No. II leaves Maysville 5:35 a. m.
daily except Sunday.
No. leaves Maysville $40 p. m.
except Sunday.
No. 2O9 leaves Maysville $40 D. m.
Sunday only.
No. 10 arrives in Maysville 9:45 q.
M, daily except Sunday.
No, 30 arrives in Maysville 2:35 D.
m, Sunday only.
No. 16 arrives in Maysville S:45 p.
H., daily except Sunday.
II. S. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-22

G. Frank Nash about your Insurance.
c. Frank Nash about your Insurance.
G. Frank Nash abvat your Insurance.
c. Frank Nash about your Insurance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-27

The President has said with the
wonderful ability which he has to ex-
press APPLY great thought in u single
phrase. that the world must be made
safe FOR democracy" In that thought
there is more than the establishment
of liberty and sclf-Eovcrnmcnt for all
nations. There is in 1t the hope of an
enduring peace.
We do no; know IN the annals of
history an instance where a people.
with truly democratic institutions. per-
united their government to wage n
war OF aggression. "A war of conquest
Faithful to their treaties. sympathetic
with others seeking acknowledgements
real dcmocracics, whether monarchiai
or republican in their forms Of govern
mcnt, desire peace with their ncigh bors
and with all mankind.
Were every people on earth able to
express its viii there would be no wars
OF aggression. and II there were no
wars OF aggression then there would be
n" wars, and lasting peace would come
TO this earth
The only way that people can cx-
press its Will is through democratic
institutions Therefore, when the world
Is made safe for democracy, when that
great principle prevails, universal
pcac" VIII be an accomplished fact
No nation or people will benefit moro
comes But i, has not yet come. \
great people. ruled in thought and
word wcll as in decd by the mos,
sinister government OF modern times is
StrainnG every nerve TO supplant
democracy by the autocracy which il
had been taught to worship
when will tho German pcoplc
awaken to the truth? when Will :hey
arise in their might and cas-, OF The
yoke and become their own masters?
And yet, ia spite OF the truths when
have been brought 10 light IN these
last four years. how many Americans
feel that our democracy is in peril.
thai our liberty needs protection, that
from the malignant forces which arc
seeking 30 impose fheir VIII upon tho
world. rs they have upon Germany and
her deceived ailics.
Let US understand once for all that
this is no way TO establish an alb
Stract principle OF right /, is a war
In which the future OF the United
States is at stale.
II any one has the idea that we are
lighting others battles and rot our
own. the sooner ne gets away from
that idea the Setter ii viii be for all
Of Us.
because the United states remained
neutral. Who. then, think you. would
he tho next victim OF those who are
seeking 10 he masters OF the whole
earth Would not this country. with
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-27
Books and Authors

The Century Company announces the follow
stakes Of the l% WIZ by r. o,hrop s1aidard amG
e the p pro%S os mGs and rrro rss h W
Sone up for ,, % nS close OF me
from The French of Henry A'alherbc the BOOK
Which Won II" io"S@nrt rrixG c, in Paris for
Fire; The, Golden Lrh. romance by Maria Maria
love story by Gertrude Hall
;;anrcmcnt with one Of III; most celebrate pub
iishims houses IL Paris l'nGhStaG Co. for The
!rhc Iron Ration. Mc*srs Iiachettc expect to
Sr T%5 9 POO" box S by we nr ne
l GS@ of the SoS Sh nI IRON %I maks the
been p,uhlshSd. niyins already Md been accer,sh
cation in .,mcrIcu.
H!c no1Eas W ,G has few had unusual
ons,rated once more tn" affection in which she
crcdcnee and fond its way into the news.
r pa That Der snm@' home at Hollis Maine
IN N AG srs ss y wss
MESSAGES pGurrd IL al day and in !, few days
from total strangers IN addition to those from
even IS oa and H tho op
ers OF her books VIII hg sln,! to know that the
familiar spots viii remain unchanged.
81 do not apologize for. nor am ashamed
IF ny S %Tm"n G" snST a 159 H. Jdhn IN
,erly and srieycusy nshanGd,of The German
OF the worlds public opL,i"n of having planned
AMI wilcd war of The Ieyoi,ins deeds com
rlitjcd IN Belgium and northern France of the
iufamy OF the l.uSiiania murders OF innu,ucr-
able Violations OF III" Hague convention and the
law OF nations, 0f ah"minable and pcridiouS
plotting in friendly countries and Shameless
abuse of their hospitality. OF crime hc;,pcd upon
crime in hi,d""us defiance Of the laws Of God
and men. cherish tho memories OF youth.
but these very memories max" me or! out in
pain "n1 wrath apainTt those who have be-
touied the spirtun! soil Of the old Germnny
in which they wcr" rooted. revere tho high
ideals and inc traditions of that old Germany
and tho time honorcd concept ions OF right con
due: which my parents and the teachers Of nv
youth bIdc treasure throughout life.
but AL the more burning * my resentment all
the more deeply grounded my hospitality.
against the I'rUSsinr caste who trampled those
ideals. traditions and conceptions in the dust
The Winged Warfare book OF R!shops"
Zane Grey writes 10 friend OF the author, Just
lifted III" bodily and b!e-N UP into the windy
skies. Never did I read mere record OF
aCniaVcrn cnts that was thrilling and stun
ming. 1t is Il hook OF nom ont Gus material with
vengeance. This air work fascinates me any
how, and If We're to over Id want 20 chase
Huns in that manner This is a great book
merely by rcaso" OF it's material. II it were fun
OF sensation ii would be almost uuhalievabla.
would rank il along with Under Fire as one OF
the remarkable books OF the war"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-27

THE Presidents address denouncing the
mob spirit, which has manifested itself
since we entered the in not "A few in
stances oil violence to suspected enemy
aliens. as we'll as to others not OF the alien
enemy class accused OF crime. is timely in
its warning against the play of passions of
which wartime conditions are so easily
provocative under stress OF public excitement
as fragrant crimnality. With splendid tact
IN he careful! avoidance OF exaggerated state
m"nt Of the conditions which induced his
frank uiterances, the President, wilhou,
specihc references, indicated in unmistakable
terms the growth of the lawless spirit in
America, ana vigorously characterized it as
serious blow at the heart of ordered law
and hEnan justice. if not arrested
contrasting mob action in own coun-
try WITH the unbrided reign of awless pas
SONS IN Germany's prosecution OF the war
tho President vchemcntly declared that mo
man VINO loves America. who really
cares Tor her fame and honor and character
or who is truly loyal to her institutions can
justify mob action while the courts of JUS
ice are open and the governments Of the
states and h" nation are ready and able to
90 tAcI duty This statement cannot be
contested, There is but one answer can be
mad" 10 it. and the answer condemns the
existence OF public sentiment that made
possible what has happened in different sec
tons OF tn" country. SO long ms our courts
, ana our governments stand ready with un-
diminished power TO administer ordered law
END justice. mob violence is not only without
INC smallest excuse remedy for any con-
G!tlon, bur If tolerated in the slightest degree
becomes a menace to the very security it
urges III cXicnuation Of its lawless acts. If
we lout our own laws, we belle our pro-
LESSONS Of being champions OF democracy and
HlScrcdit the heroic sacrifices of our boys in
! the trenches who daily arc giving up their
| lives in-support Of that principle as the com
! mon right of all mankind.
The time to Chez. the spirit is right now
| before II gains further Roadway under the
! contagious spread that is inscparablc from
| freed passions that feed upon the flames they
| cngendcr. To this duty the citizens Of every
community are called to unite in the creation
! Of sentiment which be depended on to
stamp out the first disccrnings in their midst
OF an inclination on the part Of any element
I OF the population to break loose from the
! restraints OF ordered law TO visit punishment
| upon any character OF crime Whatsoever
/ Any either attitude toward the law means to
| feed passions which ultimately will brca
| from under control and sweep away the yery
| bu!WarkS OF regulated society
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PhiIiinnInc Insurrcctinn.

i. u. =, Murion.-Thc Spanish Amer
lean War occurred in 1895. Formal
declarations OF war were issued by
Spain and the United States on April
"a and -, respectively. Spain sought
peace through the French ambassador
late in July and the peace protocol and
prclimir.i " arrangements were con-
cludcd. The treaty was signed Deccm-
Der 10 in Paris. and Tas ratified by the
United States Senate January t. 1899.
In the meantime, on June II, 1898, be-
fore the signing OF the protocol of
peace. AguinaIdo had proclaimed the
independence of the Philippines and
gradually extended his authority, while
the Americans held Manila, Manila Bay
and Cavite. President McKinley's
proclamation, December 81 1899. an
nounced the islands had been coded to
the United states and military rule was
to he extended over them. Hostilities
broke February (, 1899. and continued
captured. July 4, 1902, President Nc
Ninlcy proclaimed tho Philippine in
surrection at an end except in Moro
territory. soldier wounded Novem-
Der. 49, 1900. was wounded in the An
surrection.