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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
PLAY SPELL IS NECESSITY
Why All Work and No Play Makes
Jack Dull Boy.

"All work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy" is an old saying which has
lived because Of it's truth. 1t is quite
as true of the older boy as of the
younger. Everyone needs recreation,
d play spell. Neither mind nor body
can be kept constantly under tension
without exacting heavy penalty, says
writer in the Milwaukee Journal.
The vacation is needed and pays In
renewed vigor Of body and mind.
Keeping the spirit of play, one keeps
from growing old too quickly. Many
a tritling annoyance can be turned
away with merry heart that has
readiness to see the amusing side of
thing. If one is in good enough health
and spirits to see the funny side. A
happy. cheerful temper promotes good
health, and good health promotes
happy, cheerful temper. Do not be
forever afraid of seeming foolish when
you play. 1t is good for you to relax,
to be inconsequential, to let spirit
Of play run riot for time. Being
always on ones dignity takes from the
genial spirit and ages one too early.
Being in merry spirit help you do your
work easier. A task is lighter for the
hearts being light.
The more serious your occupation,
the heavier your cares. the more you
need a play spell. However great you
may be, however important your occu-
patton, forget them both for a time.
Let yourself loose from the tension Of
cares and become a child in spirit.
You will live longer and do better
work for 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
GERMANS LOSE $4,000 PRISONERS AND 1900 GUNS
HOW
To Keep q House Clear
of Useless Things
wv yHEN piece of furniture be-

" HEN piece of furniture be-
AM/ comes worn OF broken or for
" any reason unfit for use. the
housekeeper should deter
mine at once whether it is worth re-
pairing and keeping for further use. 1t
is the same with old clothing. discard
ed draperies and other Accommodations.
cleaned and repaired and put away for
future use, then they are not worth
the space they occupy and should Ell
ther be given to somebody who can
use them or sold for whatever they
will bring.
For convenience, as well as for clean
illness, any piece of furniture should be
thoroughly clean wien put away. If
1t is not, stains and odors and dust.
will go deeper and deeper into it until
in many cases articles become useless
even while stored away awaiting the
time when they will be needed.
A woman who has a hobby of keep
ing all the frills and furbelows of her
girlhOod has shocked some of her
friends by dragging from trunks and
closets for their inspection laces, gowns
or linens which were put away with
out removing stains or in soiled con-
dition. After being kept for years in
this way the articles lost whatever
beauty they originally possessed.
A careful housekeeper hit upon a
clever idea to rid her house of all ar
ticles which did not justify their posi-
ton in her house either because of
their usefulness or their beauty. She
removed to the storeroom all articles
of whose value she was doubtful. She
allowed them to remain in this store
room for month, at the end of which
time she was able to determine wheth-
er any of them justified being rein
stated in her home. She was surprised
that so few of them were found worth
retaining. Some such idea can be car
ried out to advantage by almost every
hOuSekeeper.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15

After making a careful survey Of the
world sugar situation the U. S. Food
Administration has asked the Ameri-
can public to USE NO MORE THAN
TWO POUNDS OF SUGAR PER PER
SON A MONTH until January l. 1919.
Increased sugar demands from the
Allied nations-where the present sug-
ar ration is already reduced to the
lowest possible level-and the need OF
keeping our army and navy supplied
are two of the leading causes of the
curtailment Of Americas sugar ration.
Americans are requested to make
two pounds Of sugar per person (half
q pound a week. serve for all sugar
uses in the misunderstanding cook
ing and oil sugar served at the table.
Public eating places, as well as
housewives, will be required to limit
their use of sugar to two pounds for
every ninety meals served. In the
u. 8. Food Administrators cafeteria
ut Washington, where employees of the
Food Administration take their noon
meal, one pound Of sugar Is used for
every 120 meals served.
The U. 8. Food Administration Is
confident that the American public will
heartily agree to reduce household use
Of sugar here to a level more nearly
equal to the present restrictions
among the Allied nations.
The situation which the United
States faces in Its efforts to maintain
Q fair distribution Of sugar to the Al.
lied world II - follows:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
How MenthoI Is Manufactured,

A good part of the worlds pepper
mint comes from Japan. and 1t Is from
peppermint that we get menthol, which
Is so widely used as local anesthetlc
In the treatment Of headache.
The preliminary steps in the manu-
facture of menthol are carried out by
the japanese farmers themselves,
with the aid Of stills Of a simple de-
sign. The peppermint plants are first
dried In sheds. or under cover from
the sun. for 80 days. Then they are
placed In the stills, where they under
90 process of steaming. The result
Ing vapors are led Off through pipes
into cooling chambers. are condensed,
and deposited as crude peppermint oil.
The crude peppermint Is shipped to
Yokohama and Kobe. where factories
subject It to a process of fractional
aistillation to obtain the full content
pf menthol.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
WORLD SHORTAGE
IN BEET SUGAR
Crops Are 40 Per Cent. Less
Than Pre-War Average-Cen-
trail Powers Hit Hardest.
CANE SUGAR IS ISOLATED.
Allied Beet Production Falls One-third
In Rigid War Economy
Practiced.

The world today Is producing forty
per cent. less beet sugar than the pre-
war average.
Counting the American, Allied and
German-Austrian crops, as well as the
neutrals. the U. S. Food Admlnistra-
ton has estimated that the world
shortage created by the light crop of
1917-191S is at least three and half
million tons.
That the 1917-l91S crop of cane sug-
ar was two million tons in excess of
the previous year does not relieve the
general shortage.
Cuba and Java produce one-half of
the world cane crop, and the Java sug-
ar is too far removed from America to
transport when shipping is badly need
ed to transport and maintain the mill
tary forces in France.
In Java large part Of the old sugar
crop Is still awaiting shipment. Since
it requires $50 to 160 days for each
boat that Is sent to Java, the possibili-
ties Of obtaining adequate shipments
Of Java sugar this season are remote.
Allies Production Falls.
Taking the Allied nations as group,
official reports show that beet sugar
production is less by one-third than the
pre-war average.
French beet sugar industry has suf-
fered most by the war. The French
yield Of beet sugar is now only 29l
per cent. of the pre-war average.
For the five years preceding the out
break of hostilities in Europe, France
produced an average of 1882 tons OF
sugar each year. For 1918 the
French production was 219,4l6 tons.
With 81 factories operating, as com
pared with more than 200 that were
I'm existence before the war and before
the general campaign Of destructive
ness launched by the German armies,
France nevertheless managed to manu-
facture more beet sugar In 1917-1S
than In 1851. when the total output
was 2O2,4l tons.
Italy In 1917-1S produced 100 800
tons of beet sugar, which was $4,000
tons less than the previous year and
11O,25O less than the annual output Of
sugar for the five year pre-war Pc
Rod.
One Of the great difficulties expert
enced In Italy's beet sugar industry
was finding sufficient labor to handle
the crop. Thousands Of men usually
employed In beet sugar production
were called for military service. The
yield per acre amounted to approx
mately half Of the usual quantity Of
heets harvested.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
FRANCE AND BELGIUM
GET AMERICAN SUGAR

Ninety-five per cent. of all refined
sugar sent from the United States to
the Allied nations went to France and
Belgium during the first five months
of this year.
France got ~ per cent, or nearly
80, 600, 900 pounds, and Belgium receiv-
ed nearly 100000 pounds, or % per
cent
In each country this sugar was dOled
out by strict rationing organization.
The entire amount to the Allies in
these five months-23,79 1 tons. almost
half of which was shipped In Mays
only about one-half Of l per cent. Of
our total annual consumption.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
SUGAR SHORTAGE HITS
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

In Spain and Portugal sugar prices
are soaring. Both countries have been
seriously affected by the short beet
sugar crop In Europe and the lack Of
ocean tonnage to move stocks of cane
sugar isolated In far away ports.
Granulated sugar. home grown. was
being sold In Barcelona, Spain, during
the early summer at 10 cents pound.
The price OF brown sugar in Lisbon.
Portugal, fixed by governmental order.
was $1.04 to SLIP pound.
BY comparison the price Of beet
sugar In Sweden Is IA cents pound.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
Top Price for Calves.

r. NJ. Wilson shipped II calves to
narket from his farm near Emporia.
nd, and from the consignment he re-
eelyed $4,000. which Is the top price In
TIE history Of Madison county. Each
Of the calves brought II cents per
pound. or an average OF $50 each.
hey were all fourteen months old.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
SUGAR EXPORTS SMALL
TO NEUTRAL NATIONS

Only 797 tons of refined sugar wer,
shipped from America to neutral ma
lions during the first five months OF
this year. This amounted to only g.:
per cent. Of the total exports to all
countries. Mexico received more thar
half the amount we exported to neu
trails
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
U.B0AT MYSTERY SOLVED
ewbmarine Reported In Gulf Of Mexico
Turns Out to Be Whale.

The mystery Of the recently report
Cd submarine in the Gulf Of Mexico, 1t
Is now believed, has been solved. Of
fbers on a steamer plying between
0sba and Gulfport report they sighted
Z whale Go miles off Sandy Light, at
~ mouth of Mobile bay. When sight
"a the whale was asleep. looking not
mike a submarine, the big fin some
yhat resembling a periscope. The YES
- bumped into 1t and the whale dis
Opeared.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-08-15
ENEMY BLINDED
BY HIS own GAS
New Hun Weapon Proves to Be
Double-Edged.
ARE SORRY They STARTED IT

to Teut Savages Than to Troops on
Whom II Is Directed-Remains
Active in Vicinity Where Shell Elk.
plodes for Long Period-Huns Suf.
Tor Severely From Own Poison.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-12

pounds. So he conceived brilliant
idea He got two sets of boxing gloves
and hung them in convenient place.
Whenever any patron became n little
boisterous or insulting the boss would
invite him to put on the gloves and
Tets see who's the better man.
Within short time the proprietor's
fame as a knockout artist spread
beyond the confines OF the neighbor-
hood. One man after another, trres-
pective of weight or height, was floor
ed for the complete count. Soon
rowdies from other sections, hearing
about the wonderful battler. went to
his place and purposely started argu.
ments figuring they could show him
up. But each met the same fate; each
was fioored by the first or second
punch.
This kept I'm for several months.
By that time the whole town had
heard about the remarkable "pugi-
list" Then some persons decided that
there must be trick In II and start
ed an investigation. One night, when
the room, one of ths members of the
investiga ting party took the four
gloves from their places on the wall
and made hurried examination.
Yes, you've guessed 1t. The gloves
which the victim used were all right.
but each of those which the proprietor
welded packed slab OF iron right
under the cover.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-12
eyrp

When eight bells struck last night
in MIR. Rowseys bowling emporium,
better known as the Palace alleys,
only two of the Tigers had shown up,
and with visions of three straight de-
feats staring them in the face, the
fray with the Indians commenced.
But Dame fortune cast her smile on
the bearcats and after the smoke of
the heavy artillery had cleared away,
the count was two and one for them.
Goodrich was unable to be on hand
for the entertainment and Peggy But
Ter took charge of the boys. Incident
~. Roy rolled a good game. he usual
" does. Captain c. II. Cosby, turned
in three century mark scores or bet
ter. which Ia the first time that this
the league games Mr.. c. III. Cosby
spilled 1o4 pins for the high single
mark and 307 for the total of three
games. He was in excellent form.
Arthur Sieg was also a big factor
in bringing home the bacon for the
Tigers. Although he did not roll in
until the second game. he made up
for his hardness by the large num-
Der of pins to his credit when the
curtain dropped for the night. Heavy
artillery was certainly in form last
night.
Ed Chester did not put up his usual
game. 1t is rurnorei that he has baen
indulgtng quite consistently OF late in
the popular indor game of work. ana
was somewhat out of practice.
II the Tigers keep up their consist
~nt work of late, they will be out OF
the ceiler yet
The score in hooverixsd form:
pwAAce Dwcxkxyau Ie@nxze
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-12

One of the stories that Jim Hall.
the great Australian warrior used to
tell on himself was that which con-
cerned battle which ne won largely
by his wits.
Hall was In Memphis, Tenn. when
one of the big boxing promoters there
asked IL he would go on the next night
with prominent heavyweight battler
known as Jim LAwler. Just then Hall
was in poor pugilistic condition. He
hadn't engaged In a bout for several
months. hadn't done any training. had
taken things easy and was rather soft
and fiabby. But he needed the money
and agreed to fight LAWYER.
"I knew 7 had one chance to pull
through with victory" related Hall
afterwards. II figured that my con-
dition was such that / couldn't have
stood up under more than FIVE rounds
of battling with so aggressive a Fellow
as LAWYER. So decided to put every
thing ] had into the first few rounds
and take the chance of flooring Law
Ter before I Slapped the little endur-
ance had"
So Hall. in Keeping with his pro-
gramme, opened up with a furious
attack on Lawler with the bang or
the first bell. He rushed the Amerf-
can battler around the ring and tried
repeatedly TO slip over "a knockout
wallop. But Lawler was fast and
succeeded for the first three rounds in
keeping out of the way OF Halls heavy
swings. BY THAI time Hall realized
that If he was to win it would have
to be in the fourth round or never
Hall was blowing> like a purpose and
his strength and speed were almost
gone as the fourth round began.
Hall tricked Lawler into-a corner,
Tented him into dropping his guard
and then, putting the last ounce or
his strength into it, sent a punch
crashing to LAWYERS jaw.
IIawIer dropped to the mat but at
the count of six began to struggle to
his feet. He was badly used up by
Halls punches but he was a game
fellow. Hall saw that LAWYER Ger
tainly would beat the count, and
KNOWING that he (HalD was so AL
an" himself that he couldn't have
gone On with the scrap much farther,
he stage whispered to the referee:
Hey don't count so fast. Slow up.
II you don't that fellow won't be able
TO get back to his feet. I owe him
a good licking and can't give it to him
If YOU count him out"
rawler, almost on his feet. heard
Hall and then quietly slipped back to
the floor and remained there without
moving until the fatal ten had been
chanted
Here Is another sample OF how box
ing contests are won by trickery---but
or a different kind:
Years ago a fellow who knew a
little about the ring game opened up
an eating and drinking place IN one
of the toughest sections of New YORK
The cafe was freauented largely by
rashouse men who were OF the rough,
fighting type. Whenever one of them
drank a little too freely he was sure
TO start an argument and the general
custom in those DAYS WIS to pick out
the owner of the place an the target
for the verbal, or physical, abuse.
The proprietor of the cafe in ques-
ton wasn't very husky and wouldn't
have stood much chance in fair con-
test with most of his customers be-
cause they were huskies who out
weighed him from thirty To eighty
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-12
LEE CAMP HOLDS
ITS ANNUAL MEMORIAL
Has Lost Fifteen Members BY Death
Since Last Years .-.
Celebration.

Memorial services for those Con-
federate veterans who had died dur
Ing the last year were held by the
r. r. Lee hall last night in an in
formal but exceedingly beautiful man
fSaE Because of the iuolemency of the
weather only a few of the members
Of the encampment WIRE present, and
the program that had been prepared
for that occasion was curtal1ed to a
large extent The friends of the de-
parted comrades outside Of the mem
hers OF the camp found 1t impossible
to attend.
In the absence of all three OF the
chapIins. w +. Freeman was asked to
preside at the services. and following
his beautiful tribute to the comrades
who ha6 answered the last roll call.
the names of each were read. In a
reminiscent mood stories of her6lsm
and sacrifice were told in which those
whose memory they were commence
rating had played the leading part,
Fifteen Of the members had died
during the year. Their names follow;
J. Preston Cooke, A. X Dabney.
Henry Il. Gary william 4. Moore,
Charles r. Palmer. w Ben Palmer,
Thomas +. Richardson, James r. Rob
inyon James A Scott William G.
Smith. Frank T. Sutton. Nathaniel Tai
Icy Jr.. Thomas J. Todd, A. C. Wren,
and George NJ Wilson.
The annual sermon for the mem
hers Of the camp Will he preached at
the First Baptist church next Sunday
evening at O'Clock by Rev. George w.
Mcdaniel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-12
RICHMOND AND
RIM. CUNTS TONIGHT

Richmond Y. M. c. A. quint will
line up against Randolph Macon col
lege FIVE tonight on the association
floor. A hard game IL anticipated,
as the collegians are anxious to even
up for the defeat by the locals earlier
in the season. The Y, quint has been
going strong, having won five out Of
seven games and have scored three
hundred odd points to date. The line
up will he:
Y. NJ. G. A.~-Woodward tCaptain) /.
Bell. forwards; Wallestein, center:
Ehmig, Beckner, guards.
Randolph Macon coIlege~-Oast, Coes
eerwads; Thomas, center; esr.ooe eC@p-
tair), Hudgins. guards.
Referee-Hargrove (V. p. ~
The Y. reserves will line up against
the Randolph Macon seconds in the
preliminary game and they are espe-
cially desirous OF winning this en-
counter. as the college seconds de-
Seated them I'm Ashland on the Same
night the Y. regulars trimmed the
Randolph Macon varsity. Out OF four
games played 80 far, the reserves have
won three. The lineup;
Reserves--Hundley Waldrup. for
wards: King or Fletcher, center
Latham or Moody. Ward, guards.
Randolph Macon Seconds-Thomp
son, Scott, forwards; Talbot, center;
Tyler, Davis guards.
An added feature OF the evening
will be music by the Oak City Jubilee
singers (colored).
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-12
TECH BASKETBALL IS
GETTING INTO SHAPE

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Bernisr has been putting his Tech
basket ball squad through the PAGES
since the opening of college after the
Christmas holidays, and the material
is beginning to shape up so that a
fairly good line on the men can be
had OF last years fast team, Bernier
has three letter men to build on--Ben
Cooke, the captain of this years team,
il the best point scorer OF all the
South Atlantic teams; Wrenn, the
speedy forward. and Bin Wharton. Of
Richmond, who played such spien-
did all around game last year. These
three men will have to stand
the brunt OF the work, as Tech lost
heavily by men going into service.
notably, George Cooke, considered the
best basket bali player ever turned
out by the Biacksburg institution;
Pat Logan Last years captain. and
Monk" Younger. the steady guard +;
Wiegal. Benner and Polly" Wall have
also responded to the call There are
several other good men in college
VINO are not eligible owing to arrears
III &AtAuBTflAG WUIA 8xfrs kSA bSDA W etAS
SQUAD, namely, ~Bob" Godsey. the
crack fuIibaek on last years. football
team: Pap" Ysyton, the fAsAous drop
kicker, and winston. q new man from
| Bristol. Coach Bernier In a. opttrnis-
tic as usual. ana stated today that
Tech would be represented By another
| '@whiriwtnd Of speed" Oh the basket
b&M court
Ameas xis> nSv Msn thmA Dsrn&se
10 dSssio1lny - SDrSnU Oh tAs IsvSps
Of the winter past1sns - George PAP
rtsh, the fourth member Of that noted
athletic family OF Bristol All those
who have bean watching this big
rsngy fellow IN praceice ray that he
will make the 6sst center seen gr
TechlAnd for soma time. He 10 fast
and possesses an uncanny way of ring
ing them through the net. His de.
fensive game il also good. The guard
positions have given Bernier ground
to worry, but he seems to have I'M
earthed a speed marvel in Phil
Brooks, and 1t seems likely that he
will play him IN that position instead
; OF forward, where he played at Au-
gusta. Military academy. Bob Thorn.
lton. q Roanoke boy, 10 showing W
we'll at guard. Walker who played
ON the Salem High school champion.
ship team, is making a bid for a for
ward position. The real wonder oi
the squad ia Crisp. the big one -hanc
boy who played such q strong game
at tackle last fall. Crisp has a riva,
in Nicely, of Dartmouth. as a football
player. but he goes Nicely one better
when he tackles the, winter pastime
All who have seen this one-hand mar.
vel on the floor acclaim him a smooth
working basket ball artist. The los,
of his right hand does not seem t
interfere with his handling the ball
for he rarely fumbIes and can shoe
goals better than the majority o.
; players. Among the other men whs
are showing up we'll are: Miller
Holmes. Andrews, jeffrey, Bloxton
Watkins. VIII and Mccain.
Manager DUNCAN has not an,
nounced his schedule. owing to tn,
difhculty in arranging trips for tn,
team. Several teams are still open
, and it ia hoped that an announcement
can be made in a few days. Tech will
!; open here Saturday fternon witt
Dcieville academy.