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Tho Tide Changes

a Il last the current of war has definitely
"A turned against the central powers, cur
rent which had been running heavily against
the allies since the debacle Of Russia, the
surrender of Roumania and the beginning Of
unrestricted submarine campaigning. There
is reason TO believe that the crisis has been
passed, and from this time the military
strength OF the enemy will steadily decline,
whereas the strength of the allies will con-
tinue to grow until the end of the struggle
is reached.
1t is not necessary to boast in order to
record these facts. They speak for them
selves, as any close observer Of the clements
of the must know. Even SO, it would
be foolish to indulge the hope of early
finish. The promises to go on through
at least another year. whatever may be the
immediate outlook Even should Austria lie
down completely. which is too much to expect
at this time, Germany still would fight on, in
the hope of making tho best possible terms
However that may be. certain indsputable
facts are before which brighten the pros
poets materially. For example, the allies at
last have felt the full force Of the Teuton
armies. With tho surrender OF Russia and
Roumania Germany was permitted to con-
sodate hcr eastern and western armies.
These armies have been hurled with terrific
effect against the allied line, but they have
not broken through, nor are they likely to
smash the defense.
Again, Germany and Austria have had
many months in which to capitalize their
conquest Of Russia, yet this conquest has been
an empty dream, in so far food supplies
and war materials are concerned These two
nations are now on hunger basis with no
hope Of relief beyond their owr harvests, and
these harvcsts are yet distant. While the
Hllies lost powerful ally in Russia from Il
military standpoint, the central powers have
failed to gain anything of vaue from a ma
toral standpoint as consequence of that
loss.
The submarine campaign, whereby Ger
many confidently expected to force peace
terms from Great Britain and France by
starvation has signally failed. 1t has sunk
enormous allied tonnage, ii must be admitted
but it has not isolated the British Isles nor
has it interfcrcd in any sense with American
re-enforcements and little by little the under-
sea craft are being driven to cover or sunk.
America is now moving men to France ut
Il rate that is astonishing the whole world.
Nearly 1000, 600 Of troops are already
in Europe, and tho first million is to be fol-
lowed by second; the second by third
and. if necessary, the third by q fourth This
powerful force of fresh and high-spirited
tory ii has ovcrrun.
When the situation is sized as n whole
1t has in it elements of great satisfaction for
the allied powers, and when it is compared
with the outlook year six months
ago it cannot fail TO inspire the profoundcst
confidence to the future
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
FAMILIAR rAcEs-No. 1.
bfVHENRY EDWARD WARMER


Ihere is Mrs. John l.. Doubleface of Scrabtown-
on-the Greek,
VITA nose that's slightly Roman and profile
that is Greek;
Never was } housewife neater-p,tur,, ,,o.,or
And in all the homely traits she is as solid as
rock.
She's h9sAcss with a welcome in the smile
with which She'll greet
Any one whip comes to visit and she loves TO
them cat;
But WHEN she is with tho family--Good Lord
to hear her rave
You would understand Just why there IS M
singer in the grave!
In the morning She is nagging, and at night
she's nagging stills :.
IL there is for naEEing she'll inaeine
one, will,
Finding faults her only pleasure picking flaws
her great delight
And she finds them. and she picks them from
the mornjhg into night!
Wan and pale. ishe drags her miseries through
her gray days oe complaint,
seeing troubles where they aren't, sighting hor-
rors where they amt
But the minute some one comes to nav n visit
for n while,
Gee. YOU ought to see Old Lady Doubleface nut
on her smile!
Every one who knows her loves her. she 10 sucb
cheerful soul
And the truth is, she is mighty we'll worth low
ing, on the whole:
But the way she keeps her sunshine for tho visi
tors. l think,
Is enough to justify her husbands patronage of
drink,
Here's to Mrs. John L. Doubleface May she
live long see
That the homeiie makes pleasant place to
start charity;
And if shell invest at home she'll find good
cheer Will pay her more
Than her prongatc investment with the caller
at the door.
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Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.
]. Clean Hnnds.
copyright 1918 by rational Newspaper Service

fiood poisoning, which doctors call senti
Ceinia, Is never caused by chemical ubstanrces
UEeS' rust metals, oils. or other materials used
~ various industries 1t is caused hy germ In
lection through some wound or puncti,re nnr
mans iriiiihS IN itself, perhaps mere abra Sion
OF t!ic SKIN. Visible dire the hands shoulJ
hot, De confused with invisible conta nination
"ttE Net cream IN a sanitary sense. Well mani.
cured hands arc vlaibiy clean yet they nav IA.
Swa!niUg win germs capable of cnusine in fnn
tlph or biood poisoning IL they happen 10 lind
an opening through the protective whole Kin
Since macninists Il st began machining nine.
ihey nave Dbsiinatcly clung the notion thai
the oil or the visible dirt that goes win their
ana scpiicenia they often have.
scientific Investigations in Il large Cleveland
shop showed that the oil used in ma chine ,yor.
did carry Infection Thus Machinist A. with :,
few bciis or trihing testers on hand or arm IN
consciously Sowcd puS-gc in the oil. and the
contaminated nuid worked round to Mnchinist
Il and found him easy meat. owing to n sIipht
|! ihcreupon laid OF for few weeks and blame ID
the. oil FOR his infection. lie was right in n
way. though he failed realize that 4 ha -
poisoned the oil and \ himself little dreamed
what harm he was doing his fellows.
The Cleveland investigator, Marvin D. Shie
\. l., suggested that when oil in such work
circuatss through several machines 10 be used
able disinfectant to prevent such trouble as
bos and wound infections. He found that the
prevalence of wound infections in large ma :
chine shop reduced from per cent TO less
than 0.5 per cent by the use of cresol disin-
fectant in the oil and the cutting mixture, and
boils practically disappeared. The United States
Public Health Service Washington, d. c.. has
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Trying Out Prohibition

IT HERE is one circumstance in the deter
L mination OF Congress to enact prohibition
as war measure from which even the wet
interests may take comfort. This legislation,
which seems destined to reach the statute
books within a very few days, unless the
President vetoes it, will give the American
people Il fair opportunity to satisfy them
selves both as to the practicability of nation
wide prohibition and to their own willing
ness TO make it permanent institution in
this country. II the nation, after year or
so OF statutory dryncss, rcvolts against it,
finds that it is an encroachmcnt upon per-
sonal liberty and that it cannot be made en-
forceable however many laws may be written
or however wide may be the governments
espionage, then it will have time to reject
the pending nationwide amendment
IF, on the contrary, the legislation is vim
dicated by experience, if the countrys appe-
tito for alcoholic liquors becomes reconcilcd
20 abstinence and If 1t is found that enforce
ment OF prohibition is both possible and prac-
ticable. then the nationwide amendment may
be ratified. The wartime enactment there
fore, may be viewed as an experiment. It
will work hardship upon many interests Ii
Will drive many people ont OF business The
breweries will turn to some other line OF
manufacture close up shop entirely. lust
rs tho distilleries already have done The
zinc growers Will have to find some other
way Of capitalizinS their Investments All
this is true, but at the same timc. the United
States will have been given the chance to
try out a reform in temporary way without
having to pledge itself to 4 permanent
enactment
One powerful argument against the
nation wide amendment is the fact that once
it is ratified by three-fourths OF the States.
it will take three fourths of the same States
to repeal it. In other words, if ratification
should be ordered and if the country should
realize that great economic and social
blunder had been made, one moro than one
fourth OF the States could prevent the
remedying of that blunder
II the nation goes upon dry basis for
the period OF the war il will be in a position
to satisfy itself in advance whether or not it
likes prohibition, decide if it can be made
effective, if other evils have not sprung IN
more TO be dreaded than the lcgaliZed mann
facture and sale of alcoholic drinks and if
il would be wise. in the circumstances. TO
adopt an amendment which would take half
a century OF campaigning 10 repeal
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In the midst OF war two incidents
direct the attention of the nation to
the child in our midst. The Supreme
Court has declared unconstitutional the
Child Labor Law. In measure Off
setting the removal Of this barrier is
the inauguration of the National Child
Welfare Bureau.N for the conservation
Of child life.
The fatalities in the ranks OF child
life are far in excess of those OF war.
The London Prudential Insurance Com
pany in published statement isouui
recently shows that out of totd
of 2,000.0Oo British soldiers insured.
the losses during the present war havt.
totalcd thirty per 1000 per annum {;
but since the deaths in time Of peace
among men OF the same age amount to
ten per 1000 per annum. we must de-
duct the normal mortality from the
war losses which leaves the war re,
sponsiblc for only twenty deaths per
year in each group of LOCO men In the
army. Twenty deaths per 1000 is two
deaths per loo, or . per cent, represent
ing the toll Of war.
One baby in seven dies before the
end of the first year: over fourteen
babies in each 100 die the first year.
where only two soldiers out of 100 die
each year. The soldier Drawing disease
in camp and facing death on the bat
tlcfield has Il seven time better chance
of life than the baby born in the midst
of supposedly civilized society. More
than $4,000 out of the 100000 born
every year in the United States die be-
fore they are one year old. OF the same
number OF soldiers only $4,000 will
die in 4 year as a result OF their eX-
posture to all 81 the risks and vicissi-
tudes of war. according to the present
ratio.
Statistics show that in the whole
world 3.2A3.o5s babies under one year
of age die annually. Add 10 these tho
more than 100000 a year tina, rep
resent the kaiscr's slaughter OF the in
nocents by famine. murder and mutiia-
ton in the countries mis- armies and
those of his noble ally" the Turk,
have overrun. and wc have the appall-
ing figure OF over 4.25oooO babies dying
each year since the beginning OF tho
years baby has died every seven sec
bies By war ana Ignorance on ono
rate on the Other form threatening
TO the future OF nations and OF the
human race itself.
The successful nation must save and
train it's children to do a larger part
Of the worlds work, and the tasks are
increasing bccause many OF the work
ers have been killed or incapacitatcd
by the war The var has also changed
the ideals OF many peoples.
Hundreds OF million who have lived
in the most pr!m tive conditions will
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49,, t ERASMUS" yesterday stole
IN i trG5f Of 6Fays kHtsG Ghsh vas exhbon
on Main street One of the clerks ran him do wn
and caught him after lively chase dur: n q
which the little mig held on to the kettle brave.
~. although 1t was nearly large a he was
and probably weighed more.
The only July frolc yet announced is to
take PLACE at Glen Allen. and VIII BIO in the
nature of quiet picnic " " ~
There will be Conservative barbecue =,
Iioddins old tavern. Bacon Quarter Branch to-
day. John w. Beveridre, chairman of the com
mittee VIII be in charge and John wise will
speak "
a, fine lot of new wheat 600 bushels, was
sold on saturday by Simpson, Warner & Bass
at So per busnel
AZ meeting Of the tobacco trade held on
Saturday at the Chamber of Commences rooms
David j. Burr. L; H.. Frayser and Samuel ii.
to Washington to represent the Richmond to-
bacco interests. w
The Conservatives Of Chesterfield County in
meeting held in Manchester SntIirdaw nnn, =
mated CAPTAIN w. j. Clopton and S. Brooks for
the Legislature. ~
After long discussion Saturday the Son
ate finally confirmed the nominate ion OF Colonel
John f. milford to he collector of the Th rn
Virginia District uhe Richmond district, and
will take charge of the office in this CITY some
time this week. -
There were warm times In Washington on
Saturday. There n street fight 6etween
Ex-Mayor Wallock and his successor in Office.
The fight came about over question OF We
r rae between the gentlemen Walocls knocked
under $4,000 bond. Two other fights dsin
affars) between friends of tho mayoraliw he'll
ligerents also took place.
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RuIcr'a Titles.

T. V. w, observation-disclosures
speaking, ruler who has several titles
holds them becaIsa. in addition to be-
ing sovereign Of the country at large.
smaller part or parts of it. There may
be different reasons for this The Ger
man Emperor. for instance. is Ger
man Emperor and King Of Prussia"
as German Emperor. and the Kaiser is
not only the ve"itrd Of the states
that make up Tic German Empire. br'
Prussia. jus: as ludwig Ill is heredi-
tary ruler of the King dom of Bavaria :
similarly he is Count oi iohcnzollern.
not given up when the counts of Ho-
henzollern added other possessions and
titles He has many titles besides
those mentioned
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CANADIAN GIRLS GAY
MOSS FOR MORE Da
Curator Of Natural Hist
Heads Mission Into
DrunByyick.

WASHINGTON, June 30
to a report by the st. John
Trade, New Brunswick. Can
mitted by Consul Henry S. c.
quantities of sphagnum mos.
found at Musquash and
Lake. near ST. Johns. This
properly treated, is used f.
dressings, and girl students
ering 1t under the directic
liam Mcintosh, curat tor of {
History Society.
This moss Is known as
bog moss" says Mr.. Cul|
leaves contain abundant al
sue. composed of colorless
plants grow only in swG
water, where by annual
build up layers OF peat
this moss are being q
derstand. for the hospi
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Much Ado About Nothing
by ROY X. MOULTON,

The attorney had pleaded earnestly for the
uHT
hour through the business district. but he could
ave oa nynns TO say "o Before sentence
is passed upon you?" asked the judge of the fair
she it ws hs
Town and nd, vas trying to get it home before
That o viii Of do interruptcd the court, The
case is dismissed for your husbands sake if
Now they are ire talking Of taxing the nreak s
be to take breakfast in bed.
Their trench companions do not call our boys
and hsy do not ,nsn
Tbe se ,,ocS The last of The famous old Mason
and Dixon line.
In >Pennsylvania: where they arc still allowed
to sell The stuff that warns the cookies Of the
ing the bartender a two,gallon lNb. ordered him
did but When -" the sustomsr asked to have he
amount charged, he Immediately began to, ht
yelled whereat he poured the li1uor back into
s % TO- sea the ha es en @ back
of the saloon broke the neck of the jug. and
nous nous sponge r%' which still held enough of the
precious fluid for two or three celebrations
The ney, great emane,nator to arrive arrive wi, viii
en ' be ' put in the can With ono hand inside Of
ten minutcs--osborne tKanD Farmer.
THIS country viii learn to fix The cuff buttons on
before putting the shirt on Tina, is real ell
cheney.
1t is more blessed TO give than to receive
especially If it is sour tip on the stock market.
1t has been a long time since the palpita ting
Tord has had A., PiGrIe s from M1s
ing fine time. Wish YOU were here.
The House OF Hangover Is going TO get an
awful joic when this country goes dry.
The Terrible Turk was a pker when ccm-
pared to the Horrcndous Hun. Now the Turk
seems almost like fat little old pacifs,.
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~ the present rentals. convenient family
hat should include one room only. with remov-
able partitions according to number in family
tcn piece follows:
y piano. collapsible dining table with
Set-in chairs that can be pulled out: said piano
to be rugged as folding bed for night its two
pane" 10 come out with foidin: legs as cots
for the >ldren: in rear Of said niano \ water
i!Sht compartment 70 he used bath tub and
IN the base, front Of strings. kitchencttc com
picte' In luxurious families, lack of piano
Sn"u'" oe stre'ched with green cloth and have
six pool pockets. Chcmore for NathD
Inventors please submit designs direct with
return postage
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linpc Ahead.

The savage mind, approaching the Great.
Truth that the female OF the species is more
deadly 'han the male. hence stronger. more
Nirile-the savage mind. l say seeing all this
allows Nature To dictate his course of action
and permits the woman to do the work.
All of which is not only exceedingly pleasant
nut in the political evolution of the times may
become thoroughly practical as, in the develop
'nent Of war we become more savage
Therefore, brethren. cease repining and hope
on: We may yet enjoy living
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talk OF Japanese Macedonian campaign,
propose peaceful education of the Slavs
back to the fighting point look on while Aus
tria- Hungary is ripe for revolution--apd do
nothing. 1t will be we'll to realize that vic
tory after all may not come in the west, oven
with the inevitable defeat Of the Kaisers
armies, and that quick, concerted and de-
cisive action elsewhere is imperative If
Berlin is not to reap the fruit of the Russian
collapse.
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LOS ANGELES G.
HELPING
City Converts Its NJ
Giycerin, Fu
FcrtIlixc

Los ANGELES. CAL,
erin enough for I,22t
"5-millimetor type, fat
pounds of soap and feI
acres of land is produ
the garbage of Los A -
ounce of table waste
the war, according to
mitted' to-day to the Los
Der of Commerce, conn
baEe situation with tin;
ago.
Less than one-third as
is being collected as
ago. and this is in the 4
that the backyard chick
been increased 90 per "a
year. More table scrar
converted into eggs and
than ever before. while ;
Of garbage has been dwiD,
Tor n year.
Los Angeles was one OF
10 respond to the food a
appeal to save fats and fe
large cities are not yet cor
garbage into war materia
OF which 1t is estimated
pounds Of glycerin. 46.t
OF soap and 10000 tons Of
wasted annually through
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-01

Another party Of American Congressman
will visit the European battle fronts in July
and August. The more the better Alter
Secng conditions at the front, where pa
triotsm expresses itself in action rather than
a wind iamming, they will have clearer ideas
If the duty OF Congressman TO strengthen the
government i'll its efforts to win the war.
OF them need to have their vision
troadened.
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For partnership arrangement, the Ger
man deity seems to have fallen down on his
weather under takings in support OF the
Kaisers ambition to rule the world. y cold
wave has just brought crop catastrophe in
many parts of Germany, thereby adding to
the acuteness of the hunger problem. AS
Elijah said unto the priests of Baal, perhaps
tAts German deity lis talking or lie is pur-
suing, or he is in journey, or peradventure
lie sleepeth, and must be awaked
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+. B., Richmond.--The altitude rec
ord for an airplane is held by II. G..
Hawker, an English aviator. who
reached height OF 23.6o2 feet on April
&c. 1916, in Hendon. England. Lieutcn-
ant Brachpapa. OF the Italian army.
with n pilot, reached a height of 1925
meters G3.04S fcrD on December 1S.
1917. On July II. 1914. n German pilot
namel Oclrichs attained a height of
25.156 feet, but %as not officially passed
upon by the Federation Aeronautique
international in Paris, owing to the
outbreak of tho war and it does not
stand as the record.
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MNot AfrnId nf tllc DryiI."

C. a. T., Gladeviiie.--The above ex-
preston is attributed 10 Henry Graf
tan, an lrisa statesman. who in the
closing hours OF his lie is reported to
have said: Il am peri; city resigned. j
am surrounded by my family. have
served my country. have reliance
upon God and i IA EDt afraid OF the
devil" He was born IN TAG and died
IN 1920, and was barred in Westminster
Abbey. close, 10 the g1ves of Fitt and
Fox.
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The Flemish ! ansurEe.

r. 5. D, WOOdstot<.-The FIcmI.h
language is form II low German.
spoken by a large amber uf the in
habitants OF Belgium, especially in the
provinces OF East Flat ders. West Elan
ders, Antwerp, L!m0c.s and Brabant.
and in parts OF the Nthcrlanis J. is
closely related 10 the official language
of the Hollandcrs, hut retains several
OF spelling and pIonunci-
alton not found in motern Dutch.
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information Bureau

Inquiries rcSnrdlai, almost my topic.
excepting legal md medical sub
fcctk, nrc anAwcrct free. As nil in
Guiries are nnswcrtd directly by per-
Bonai letter sclTtiddrcsscd. stamped
envelope is rcquin.d. Address The
Information bureau.
j. richmond, Sn.
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If the country in the coming elections fails
10 return a Democratic Congress, it will not
DE q rebuke TO the administration, but rather
will mean that the voters appraise the present
congress as not OF the true Democratic
brand Particularly in the matter of sump-
'uary legislation, under false pretexts OF war
necessity, and in disregard of the rights of
he States, has it abandoned fundamental
democracy and surrendered some Of its most
Precious doctrines.
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When Foreign Secretary Dr.. Won Kuehl-
mann called attention to what happened to
.(apoleon in his ambition to rule the world
it is not to be wondered that the Kaiser be-
came indignant and sent furious telegram"
announcing the speech. The Kaiser con-
aiders that he is dvinely appointed 10 sue
coed where Napoleon failed by avoiding the
mistakes OF the latter, and thus TO demon
strate TO tho world that, by comparison. Ma
0olcon was greatly his inferior in the art
Il war.
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Pooling Stock. etc.

Subscriber Newport News.-Pooling
the stock CT corporation Is done for
various reasons. Sometimes in organ
iZing or reorganizinr n company the
largest stockholders form pool agree
ment by which they arc TO sell none
of their holdings for specified time.
The purpose of this is TO pi lvcnt large
selling that will deprcss the price.
Som etimes stock Is pooled for the pur-
pose of maintaining CONTROL and nrc
venting Of TIM stockholde Inn SELL
ing enough to give outsid rests n
dominating influence in nnanv
Som etimes n majority of st nooied
and power to vote IL give ;ndi
Nioual OF syhu'r"'e' so as raliZe
mahaSemeHt i1!shonest con-