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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
THAT GOOD OLD RAIL FENCE
Ancient and Honorable and Convent
ent Institution That Held Hon
ored Place on the Farm.

Among the once necessaries OF farm
life that reflected prOdigallty In the
use OF valuable timber was the old
rail fence. observes the Columbus Dis
patch. Like many other almost by
cones Of rural life, its place In farm
wastefulness now Is well established
and yet IL had its uses for which the
present straight line wire fencing can
not qualify.
The old rail fences serrated
strerhes were riIH tsOmss OF small AMI
nal life that now are rapidly dlsap-
pearing. Around Its timbers there grew
the uncultivated blackberry. with its
sister, the raspberry, and among its
recesses there thriyed the elder whose
fruit once was coveted pie material
and whose blossoms were the founda-
ton for elderberry wine that matrons
served Of a winter evening when the
neighbors. gathered.
The rail fence. with its invariable
underground, was the favOrite protec-
ton for Bob White In winter. and
aAOih IT'S tOp hc SinS III Nlt NdTucT
seasons. Beneath. the little ground
squirrel burrowed. From safe re-
treat he chartered IL some intruder
came near TO annoy him as he was
busily engaged In gathering his store
Of food for the snow time.
To the harvest hand IL afforded pro-
lection at the end Of the long row for
a brief respite and its corners formed
shaded hooks under which the water
jug might be kept.
And from what royal timber was
this old fence constructed! Black
walnut logs, chestnut logs and the
smooth lengths of the ash tree were
cleft by numerous rail splitters for
the "seyen high" fence that stood the
storms Of decades. There was many
black walnut rail. whose timber
would make the manufacturer Of gun
stocks chOrtle with satisfaction had
he such present supply of wood at
his command.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
Fishing In Japan.

japanese fishermen catch their fish
In e way very different from our fish
ermen. The fisherman win sit in his
little boat and have with him eight or
ten ugly black birds. almost the size
Of a goose, called cormorants. These
birds live altogether on fish. They are
trained to obey their owners voice.
BE makes them dive into the water
after the fish and they are so quick
and clever and sharp-eyed that they
hardly ever come up out Of the water
without fish In their beak. A ring Is
placed around their thrOats to prevent
them from swallowing their booty, but
It Is not so tight that 1t prevents them
from breathing. When the man is
through fishing he unfastens this ring
and lets his birds eat some Of the
smaller fish which they have caught.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
individuality In Groves.

To many people a grove is a grove.
and all groves are alike. There is as
marked a difference between different
forests as between different cOmmuni-
ties A grove of pines without un-
derbrush, carpeted with the hne-fin-
gered russell leaves Of the pine, and
OdorOus Of resinous gums, has scarce
ly trace Of likeness TO a maple
woods, either in the insects, the birds,
The shrubs, the light and shade, or the
sound of its leaves. At any
nte, the first pines must have grown
On the sea shore, and learned their
Inst accents from the surf and the
waves; and their posterity have borne
Il inland to the mOuntains.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
Our Sister In Typhoid.

In his Past and Present" that open
Ing gun Of the midnineteenth century
radical campaign, Thomas Carlyle tells
a grisly story of a poor Irish widow
in Edinburgh, who begged for help.
"She was refused. till her strength
and heart failed her; she sank down
in typhus fever; died. and infected her
lane with fever so that IL other per-
sons died Of fever there In conse-
quence. The fOrlorn Irish widow ap-
plies to her fellow creatures. Behold,
/ am sinking. 1 am your sister; one
God made u.s. They answer, No, i'm
possible; thou art no sister Of ours
But she proves her sisterhoOd; ner
typhus fever kills them; they are actu-
ally her brothers though denying 1t"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
Joy Of carryina a Cane.

To go a journey without a walking
stick much would be lost; indeed, 1t
would be folly. A stick is the fiywheei
Of the engine. Something is needed to
whack things with. little stones. wOrmy
apples, and so forth, on the road. II can
he changed from one hand to the other.
which Is a great help. Then II one
slips a trifle ON dnwngrade turn il is
a frightened arm thrown out To- steady
one. Ii Is the pilgrims staff. On the
upgrades it assists climbing. II Is a
weapon Of defense II such should ever
he needed. II is badge of dignity,
dress sword. II is the scepter Of walk
Ing.-From Walking Stick Papers"
BY Robert COrtes Halliday.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
Onions a pisinfectant.

Much has been said about the vir'
'ueS of the onion, but few know of its
nSe as a disinfectant.
An onion cut in half and set in a
room viii attract to itself all manner
NJ germs. leaving the air sweet and
pure: IL Is therefore most valuable in
s;,Sp< Of infection. You should take
tare. however. 10 burn the onion after
ward.
No nart Of an onion should ever
he nsed for domestic purposes after
having been allowed 10 lie about over
hight. The eating of raw onions is a
great peTsohal protective in time of
epidemic. and IL taken with cucumbers
the breath is left innocent Of any OBJ
jectionable odOr.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
chrysanthemum in Japan.

Back in the sixteenth year Of the
reign Of Emperor Kwammu was the
first poem written TO the chrysanthe-
mum, or kiku. but away back in Japa-
nesc mythology the flower was rever-
enced above all others. Originally IL
was called the kuku. presided over by
the goddess Kul,u Hima. The great
feast was first kept by Emperor Mura-
kami in 1911. And still ihe guests
follow the empress through her gar
dpns on the ninth day of the ninth
month. Iunariplly speaking. and rever-
emily watch the crimson crowns poised
Oh slender stems beneath their siIken
coverings.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
Reeehers Poetic Fancy.

Ike best a forest Of mingled trees
ash, maple, oak, beech. hickory and
evergreens with birches growing along
the edges Of the brook that carries
itself through the roots and stones to
ward the willows that grow In yonder
meadow. II should be deep and SOM
Der, In some directions running on into
shadowy recesses and coverts beyond
all footsteps. In such a wood there Is
endless variety. II win breathe as
many voices TO your fancy as might be
brought from any organ beneath the
pressure Of Handel's hands. Handel
and Beethoven always remind, me Of
forests.--Henry Ward Beecher.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
SANTA FEES PROUD POSITION
Boast Is That one Mnst Go to New
Mexico to Find the Real
American Art

The new museum 6f SANTA Re claims
that zone must ga 20, New. Mexico to
in0 an An,crican ervhiJecture and an
Ame-,r"n ART The herfaced houses
AZ the ruehl"s. the EIancIsrau mis-
SENS. are inc' n!pus. for they have
been prrdacpd ny The environment. the
1ntive building material. and the ell
nE;ie. In Santa Fe through the ef-
ports of the S..ho0l Of American Re
searrh. there has been fostered a rem
aisssnee af this a6dekf TherS6n
architecture. one Of ne falrest results
heinz the Museum hiiflding, or Tenn
ME Of ~. Francis md the Martyrs.
Six Of the ancient Franciscan mis-
sion churches. 200 years old. are. re-
produced In the facade. without de-
stroying the unity II its appearance;
they. are AcOma. San Felipe, COchti,
Laguna. Santa Ana and PecOs. The
outlines are hard. stiff plumb lines or
levels. There are no exact repeti;ions
or parallelisms. such as mark the
California mission style. The mas
sive doors Of Santa Clara have been
reproduced. There are cloisters and.
OF course, a patio. The new museum
Is an art gallery. part Of the Museum
Of New Mexico. whose priceless archie
illogical and historical collections are
housed in the Palace Of the Governors.
Here are Taos and Santa Fe art colo
MES, numbering about 40 artists Of In
ternational note.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
LATIN QUARTER" OF TOKYO
an Kinds Of schools and Colleges for
the Seeker Of Knowledge TO Be
Found There. a

Tokyo, considered the educational
center Of the country, vfbrates with
s+udent life. In addition to Its Inn.
Arial university, there are two large
nriyate universities with. over 1900
students, various technical schools
commercial schools, normal colleges,
high schools, middle schools, a foreign
language school, Buddhist and mission
.ry schools and 2s4 primary schools.
Gertrude Emerson writes In Asia
Magazine.
The presence Of thousands Of young
Students from distant parts Of the
country who have answered the lure
Of the capital has brought about q
curious housing problem. Many
schools provide their own dormitories;
most Of the provinces support one, and
certain philahthropic persons make
contributions. The greater number OF
these Tokyo dormitories and boarding
houses are located In the quarter Of
Kanda, or the Latin Quarter" as the
Students themselves euphemistically
all il. limbo Cho. the principal thor
ughfare, with its rows and rows Of
Bule open-faced secondhand hook
sps catering to the promiscuous stu
Ssnt taste, almost rivals the Quais OF
Psris. A tour of inspection will throw
an interesting side light on young
Japan's mental furniture. There is
invariably a section devoted to foreign
books, most English TRANSACTIONS of
such writer's as Maupassant, lola,
Raudelaire, Maeterlinck, and the Rus
SLAMS; IbSen, Oscar Wilde. Shaw and,
by the way of showing the open mind
edpess Of the age, Schopenhauer and
Conan Doyle very frequently side by
side on the same shelf. Then there
are volumes Of theology and innumer-
able self Helps to Practical English"
1t is a curious, indigestible, Ill assert
ed mass of literary material-this
that the japanese student avidly swal-
lows. like a prescribed dose, convinced
that with one gulp he will become mas
ter Of all Western wisdom.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
Man Has Much TO Learn.

Man thinks he is pretty smart fei-
low now. And so he is, but 1t must be
somewhat Of bump to his pride when
he considers how long 1t took him to
learn the few things that he knows.
For IL is really only a few things
that man yet knows compared TO the
things that surely he is destined yet to
know. 1t is true that he has invaded
both the kingdoms Of the fishes and
the birds, that he can navigate the I'M
der waters Of the seas and the upper
winds Of the air. but these are prob
ably small achievements in view of
that which ii is possible for him to
achieve in the future.-Los Angeles
Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
MADE TIME OF GAY REUNION
Seating the Bounds" In Virginia, q
Least, Drew Together Neigh
bors From Far and Near.

Beating the bounds" was q spe-
eially important duty In the colonies,
where land surveys were imperfect.
land grants irregular. and the bound
aries OF each mans farm or planta-
ton at first very uncertain. In VIZ
ginia this beating the bounds was
called "processiOning." Landmarks
were renewed that were becoming OBJ
liberated; blaZes on a tree would be
somewhat grown oter they were
deeply recut; piles OF great stones
containing a certain number for des-
ignation were sometimes scattered
the original number would be re
stored. Special trees would be found
fallen or cut down; new marking
trees would be planted. usually pear
trees, as they were long-lived. Dis
puted boundaries were decided upon
and announced to all the persons pres
ent, some Of whom at the next PRO
cessioning" would even be able to
testify as to the correct line. This
processionlng took place between
Easter and Whitsuntide. that lovely
season Of the year in Virginia; and
must have proved a pleasant reunion
Of neighbors, a May-party. In New
England this was called ''perambu-
lating the bounds" and the surveyors
who took charge were called ''peram-
bulators" or "bOundsgoers."-
Morse Earle in Child Life in Colonial
DAYS.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
An6uencA.

The world Is only Just beginning to
understand the extent to which indi-
viduals and nations may be and have
been swayed by silent mental infiu-
ence. A man prefers. Of course, to be
lIeve that he Is the master Of his own
conclusions and the arbiteP Of his
own conduct; but let anyone ask him
self how he. arrived at any given con-
elusion or decided upon a certain line
Of condtct. and unless he can own 70
an intelligent conception OF divine
principle upon which he relies for
guidance, he win have to admit. II he
is equal to the analysis, that he has
been swayed throughout his career BY
Influences not his Own.-Christikn Sci
ence Monitor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23
Liberty /, ResponslbIIIty.

Peace and order and security and
liberty are safe so long as love OF
country burns In the heart Of the peo-
pie. 1t should not be forgotten. how
ever, that liberty does not mean law
IeSsness. Liberty to make our own
laws does not give us license to break
men, Liberty to make our own laws
commands duty TO observe them our
selves and to enforce obedience among
al others within their jurisdiction.
Liberty is responsibility. and RESPONSE
unity Is duty. and that duty is to pre-:
serve the exceptional liberty we en-
Joy within the law and for the law
and by the law.-McKinley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
Modesty

AS we boast of things we did,
as we whoop around and sing,
telling how we put the lid on
the Huns anointed king, we
should not forget, l wot, that
the British also fought and the
French and Belgians shot up
the foe like everything. Let-us
make a joyful noise, after all the
woe and wreck; let's insist that
we're the boys who can put up
ice, by heck; but the British
and the French also held the
reeking trench in the blood and
powder stencil, and the Belgians
were on deck. l indorse the
harmless brags we are making
nowadays; with the rest I'm
waving flags, yelling till I
break my stays; for we've nobly
done our bits; but the French
men and the Brits also made the
Hun throw fits in some fifty
seven ways. With the allies we
shall go, terms of peace to wisely
frame; and we're talking just as
though it were ours to boss the
game; we're deserving cordial
thanks-but the Britons and the
Franks also faced the Prussian
ranks; to forget it were a shame.
l take part in all the fuss, and l
steer and snort and prance, and
I-shoot my blunderbus and get
stewed at every chance; but l
can't forget how we'll Britons
fought through all that hell, how
for honor Belgians fell, with the
loyal sons of France.
WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25

Elvidge, "The Zero Hour: Madge
Kennedy, "a Perfect Lady: Wallace
Reid, 1.-The Man From Funeral Range;
Dorothy Gish, Battling Jane and
The Hollow of Her Hand
AVENUE GRAND-"Battling Jane.
THE He'll Cat" When Do We Eat?'
1.-The Heart of Wetonah,' THE Road
to France" and The Man From Flu
neral Range"
SAVOY-"The Border Wireless" "A
Perfect Lady," when Do We Eat?
1.-The Road to France" TOO Fat to
Fight" and Such a, Little Pirate"
PALACE-Douglas Fairbanks, in
Arizona" .
METRoPoL1TAN-Alice Brady; in
.In the Hollow of Her Hand" and Tom
Moore, in Go west. Young Man"
KNICKERBOCkER Brady: in
"In the Hollow of Her Hand, and Elsie
Ferguson, in "Under the Greenwood
Tree"
Racing Strain; Norma Talmadge. in
'.The Heart of Wetonah," and Evelyn
Nesbitt, in Her Mistake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
NEXT WEEKS PHoTOPLAYS.

RIALTO-"Mickey," Mack Sennett
masterpiece of thrills and punches;
mad races between trains and motors,
chases on horseback, splendid ball
room scenes and episodes at the race
track.
COLUMBIA-Julia Arthur pictured
in film presentation of THE Cavell
Case" and Vivian Martin as the pic
ture star of Jane Goes a-Wooing."
Strand-Mitchell Lewis, in "The
Code of the Yukon" a gripping story
of life in the great north country.
GARDEN-Mme. ALA NaZimova, in
Eye for Eye; Emmy Wehlen, in
Sylvia on a Spree" and Marie Wal
camp. in Tongues of Flame
APOIIO-Clara kimb:tH Young in
The Road Through the Dalh h. ..-.e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
MR.. STETTINIUS RETURNS,
Will Make Report to War Depart
ment on Work Abroad.

Edward Il. Stettinius. second assist
ant Secretary Of War and American
aneinber of the Interailied Munitions
Council. formed for the purpose of
IiHifying allied shipments of war
supplies and artillery to save ship
tonnage. has returned to New
York on the steamship Cedric. Mr.
s:ettinius. Who was formerly part
1ier in the firm of ]. +. Morgan &
20. has been abroad since July,
md will return to Europe about
January 10. after making a report to
Tie War department. He left for
Washington soon after his arrival.
Mr. Stettinius praised the spirit of
The American troops. He said 1t was
'wonderful' and that it could not be
]teaten. but that now many of the boys
want TO get back home. and they could
a'ot be blamed
Absolute unity prevailed among
Great Britain. France and Italy, he
declared, and all of those countries
showed no lack of appreciation of the
remarkable efforts of the United
EtalsS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
Women to Take Part.
50 ARRESTS FOR SHOPLIFTING.
JAG Charges of Theft Are Preferred
Against Offenders.

Detective Frederick NJ. Cornwell,
chief Of Maj. Pullmar's shoplifter
squad, reported a total of ninety
three arrests and 146 charges of theft
preferred against offenders.
The only one of the. ninety-three
persons arrested who had a previous
police record, Mr.. Cornwell stated
was a handsomely gowned woman.
she was arrested last year for shop
lifting and forfeited collateral
Il kept my word not to repeat the
taking OF other peoples property
Until today" she told Mr.. Cornwell,
nut had a hard struggle.
And today she added. Il picked
up 4 cheap collar, something l never
wear. and what made me do it
cannot understand. l just simply was
unable to resist the temptation"
She forfeited sou collateral in Po-
lice Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
"a Tailor-Made Man."

New Year week at the New Ma
tional Theater Cohan & Harris Will
present "a Tailor-Made Man," with
Grant Mitchell and the original New
York cast and production after run
of fifty-one consecutive weeks In
New York, four months in Chicago
and eighteen weeks in Boston. The
organization is the largest ever as
sembled for the presentation of
comedy. The company comprises
fifty players, including Gladys Gill
bert. Minna Gale Haynes, Mary Mar
tin, Grace Nolan, Lolita Llnthlcum,
Nancy Power, Frank Burbeck, ROW
land Blackstone, Frank Bertrand,
Dore Davidson, L. II. CONFESS,
Charles Horne and \. Z. Kaye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
WARNS AGAINST CANDLES.

Chief Wagner and other officials of
the fire department have renewed a
warning against carelessness in
lighting candles on Christmas trees.
They urge parents to remain close
to the trees when they are so illumi-
mated and suggest it is dangerous to
leave them in the care of children or
unattended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
PAPER ISSUED FOR SOLDIERS.
First Ever Published in English in
Northern Russia.

The American Sentinel. the first pa
per ever published in the English Ian
guage in northern Russia, is Keeping
the American soldiers operating in
that part of the world posted on news
from home.
The Sentinel is issued for their ben
eft by the American Red Cross. ac-
cording to information from Arch
angel to national headquarters here,
and is a four page sheet, the first is
sue containing President Wilson's
most recent address to Congress. The
Red Cross gets it's news matter
through the cooperation of the COM
mittee on public information here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
DESIRE TO RETURN TO q. S.
Many Allied Soldiers Indicate
Wish to Red Cross Workers.

Hundreds of allied soldiers of diff
ferent Municipalities are expressing
their desire to return to the United
States at the earliest possible mo-
ment, according to advices received
from Palermo, Sicily, by Red Cross
national headquarters here. In addi-
ton to the Italians, a few days ago
500 SerbianS, every one of them a
naturalized citizen of the United
States. and including one big, negro.
passed through Palermo.
Each of them expressed to Red
Cross workers his determination to
return, the colored man adding that
he was game to swim if necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
LYceu1n.

Lew Talbot's Lid Lifters" will be
featured celebrities are Harry Lang,
comedian; Bonnie Lloyd. Soubrette,
and Dolly Meden. prima donna. Others
are Jimmie Gala CHER. Harry Keller.
Harry Boorum and Penny and Will
EinS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
Gayety.

The great Star and Garter show
comes to the Gayety Theater next
week with a cast of old favorites. in
Guiding Charles Burns, Will BOWS,
RAY Read. Al Lawrence. Florence
barley, Ruth Clark. Babe de Palmer
and a score of girls who make the
chorus one of the outstanding fea-
lures of the show. Two new musical
burlesques are to be offered. Art for
Arts Sake" and ''Hingie Tingle." Sew
eral high-class vaudeville specialties
will be introduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-25
TO START BIG DRIVE FOR
JEWISH FUND TOMORROW
Senator Salisbury and Others to
Speak at Mass Meeting at
Eighth Street Temple.

Officially opening the campaign for
$4,000. Washington's quota of the
fund for the Jewish Welfare Relief
committee. Senator Willard Sauls-
bury and District Commissioner
Brownlow will address a mass meet
ing tomorrow evening in the Eighth
Street Temple. Jews are especially
urged by the committee to be present.
1t is expected that Il number of other
well known speakers will address the
meeting. II is the intense desire of
the committee that the campaign will
get off ION the right foot and that
the meeting tomorrow will engender
such enthusiasm and give it such
momentum as will carry the drive
through to complete success.
Simon Lyon. chairman of the local
'ommittee. sent out a number of invi-
'Iations to prominent Westinghouse
of all religious faiths. to attend the
Erecting. He urged all the members
of the executive committee to attend
accompanied by as many of their
friends as they could induce to come
out.
Women to Take Part.
Mr.. Lyon said that women. who usu-
ALLY make the annual drive a success
are expected to take an important
part in this years campaign, though
the customary tag day will not fea-
ture the drive.
1t Is expected that all the teams will
get into action tomorrow. Mr.. Lyon
explained that though the committees
were organized, for the purpose of
canvassing the city. some time ago
they have. SO far. done no work, be-
cause of their devotion to the Red
cross campaign.