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The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
Exceptional Book offered.

Dr.. Russell H. Conwell is familiariy
known to thousands who have either
listened to his famous lecture, Acres
of Diamonds" or have read It in
book form. A companion volume to
that little inspirational classic lately
appeared in Observation: Every
Man His Own University published
by the Harpers.
In the habit of observation DIR. Con-
well points out the key to success,
and in q series Of chapters, replete
with apt anecdotes and illustrations,
he presses home the fact that in
every man are latent capabilities
which through persistent seif-culture
may be developed to an astonishing
degree.
The mastering Of environment. the
control OF the will, the stimulus OF
good society and great books, the
habit Of clear thinking and the re-
solys 70 SUCCEED. ere suaong he fac-
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BOOKDOM
By Loniac

Perhaps the simplest and effective and certainly
famous is the written by Robert Louis Stevenson An
reader has asked that reprint it, something
glad do
The day and brings the petty round irritating
and duties.
Help to play the
Help perform them with laughter and kind faces Let
cheerfulness abound, with industry.
Give blthely business all this day; bring
resting BEDS and and undhouoed and grant
in the end the gift of sleep.
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There's a picture Of the President
That was sent across the sea,
And q picture Of my WIFE
She is smiling down at me-
And there hangs a Mttle picture
OF Christ In dying pain
II was sent me by n nun who lives
Away on m Lorraine.
Then. loi the sergeant, drafting.
Rises up before my view.
The camp at Nineoia.
With all its motley crew.
And then the crowded transport,
With scarcely room 10 stand,
And I see again the iceberEs
On the banks Of Newfoundland
But they fade before my vison
Like pictures on q reel,
A little pair OF chubby hands
About my neck I feel.
A soft round cheek IL pressed 10 mine.
7 stroke q pretty head.
And she whispers. ''Mita n sorry
You II shooten men down dead"
I turn 10 wipe q tear away,
When q boy with golden hair
EslHcs Up peloFt me-
Like a bird upon the air.
His voice q low and mellow.
And he says In accents clear:
I'm a. much alive as ever.
Daddy; don't you have q fear"
His smile is sweet as ever.
His eyes are keen and blue.
With little laugh he whispers,
Il have come TO say TO you
That this life is but a phantom
OF the life you're yet 10 see"
The babes / thought were buried
Are In the trench with me.
Then voices in the distance
Cry out, The Huns. the Huns"
The stamp Of hurryIng feet are
drowned
Amid the noise OF guns.
As / seize my mask and helmet
To obey the bugle call.
notice blood drops trickling
From the Christ upon the wall.
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tors that are discussed at length
and elaborated with pith and point.
Waiting.
Dear friend, the door will be ajar-
Will ever be ajar to you;
There never shall be bolt nor bar,
When your desire and presence sue
II first I reach the Heavenly Gate
Loves promised blessing to renew
shall but ask that may wait,
And keep the door ajar-for you.
(From "A Garden Of Remembrance .
by James T. White).
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An American In the Making.

This is an unique study Of particu-
lar example of immigration and the
development Of an American citizen
from a foreign-born lad, brought up
in America under none too promising
conditions. The boy was Rumanian,
and the processes by which he be-
came an American in every best sense
Of the word were prolonged and
varied. But he did make a fine type
of citizen, and his life-story shows
what can be made to come forth from
our alien population. The book is pub
lished by Harpers. Its author Is NJ. e.
Ravage.
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A LINE o. CHEER
EACu nav n TIE TAp
BY John KendrIek Bangs.
THE JOY OF AGE.


In growing stock Of years nothing
fnd
To irk my soul. or sgitate nv mind.
look upon them as possessions all,
And each a storehouse. pleasant TO
recall.
OF happy memories Of golden ways
The best OF savings OF my span OF
days.
As for the future, as the end draws
I have no thought Of a foreboding
fear.
But rather Joy that I shall shortly
What hes beyond the Gates of My-
sospyushs. a2l
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Editor-I can't tell you how glad am that we are
to have no heatless Mondays and that shall
longer be bothered by my husband hanging around
the house Monday. l am too busy to tell you what
nuisance he was, trying to help in the household
work Thank heaven he will have to attend to his own
business and not mine hereafter-Mrs. NJ c. G.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Green Trails.
One OF the most pleasing Of The
nature books Walter Prichard
Eaton-widely known as a lover of
the natural. with a genius for de-
scription-has yet written. These
essays will touch a responsive
chord in the hearts of everyone
with a love for the open road !;
they will bring comfort and quiet
peace to some troubled by hustle
and turmoil. They are cases in a
desert OF war horrors. and they will
be welcomed by a large group of
readers who love really good
books.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

A prizefght was held in Cleveland last week and
the fight promoters designated the night as Thrift
Night" speeches being made before the scrap to explain
W. S. S. The idea of thrift by paying couple of dol
lars for prizefght ticket and buying accent war
stamp originated in Scotland-No?
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overburden or kill him. we want him to have at
his service all the help there is in the demon-
strated brains of our countrymen.
We may we'll ponder over the words of this
distinguished citizen with profit to ourselves sand
our country.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Pennsylvania manufacturers of hosiery have de-
cided to taboo loud hosiery. But the loudness can
be secured by painting the shanks.
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DEFENDS BAKER.
Ohio Resident Asserts He Is At
tackled by Interests.

Editor The Washington Herald: No
doubt he stands In the way OF certain
interests. In the way of those who
desire to out-Prussianize Prussia after
this war. Who deep down sneer al
our President when he urges the need
Of permanent international tnsutu'
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Sending out a cry for workmen, the B. & o. offers
s. per day e hour) for aborers The laborer
at s. per day is almighty uncommon.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

D. Appleton and Company will
publish next month a Spanish edi-
tion Of that popular war book.
Arthur Guy Empey's "Over the
Top" It's title In Spanish will be
"Al Asalto."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17


Q.-Do you recall what writer per-
ished in the destruction Of the Lusi-
tania! K. n.
ALBERT Hubbard and his wife.
Alice Hubbard, both writers, lost their
lives on the Lusitania- (
'Q.-What American novelist. after a
visit to the slums Of London, wrote a
book embodying his experiences, call
ed THE Abyssr' K. D. H
A-Jack London.
Q.-who Is ABE Martini" L. L H.
A.-Abe Martin is the character
sobriYet under which Frank McKin-
ney Hubbard. an Indianapolis news
paper man, writes
Odd not some poet select his own
burial place and design his own
sepulcher? G. X. Barnes.
Await Whitman selected his own
burial place and designed his own
tomb. Harleigh Cemetery. q mile or
two outside of Camden, N. J., Is the
place he selected for his burial On
steep hillside clothed by natural
forest trees-oaks, beeches, and hick-
ories-he prepared his sepulcher, de-
signing Il himself and coming fire.
quently. until too infirm to do so long
er, to supervise the work OF construc-
ton, which was completed but a little
time before his death. The tomb is q
capacious vault of ponderous, rough
fooled blocks Of granite, surmounted
by a triangular mass, weighing sew
eral tons. which is craven with his
name. The massive stone door stands
ajar, and through 1t may be seen the
sealed crypts which contain the ashes
OF the poet. who long resided in this
city, and some Of his kindred.
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Price, $500 net.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

The superintendent of the railway that moved
coal 268 miles in twentythree days last fall is to
be sent to France the superintendent of the Amer
railways there. We hope he doesn't start for
France in one of his coal cars
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Austria has never recognized our declaration of war;
Peace with no bloodshed on either side would make
bright spot in history.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Let the German workmen know who are p1ac-
ing them in battle, says Trotzky. They know
same fellows who place them up against wall and
shoot them when they don't want to work
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

deserter from Camp Dix has been sentenced
to fifteen years at hard labor It's pointer for de-
serters from camp. But the death penalty for de-
serton from the fighting ranks stands
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

An American nonsinkable ship is going out to dare
the U-boats test. To make the test perfect mark
the ship with Red Cross Germany makes her big
scores such a target.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

A Cleveland woman has sued for divorce because
her husband wore strange ring he wouldn't account
for Maybe he wore it to cure rheumatism
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

United Press is dead right in announcing that
we'll make peace with Austria if she breaks with
Germany. Ali there's the rub And it's large
rub.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

The gloomy side of our war news is going to be
turned toward US, for some time. Well be told how
many of our boys lost but not what they did to
the enemy before they went under.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Russia got Rumania into the war. If the latter
has now taken Bessarabia, it Is exact justice.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Bertrand Russell, noted British pacifst, gets six
months in London prison for saying things deroga-
tory to America Bertrand ought to have done his
spoutng in the United States Senate.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
Carolyn of the Corners.

Carolyn is little girl, whose father
and mother are believed to have been
lost from a Summarized ship in the
Mediterranean, and who goes to The
Corners, at Sunrise Cove, to live with
her guardian, Joseph Stagg.
Carolyn has mongrel dog, Prince,
whom she takes with her. for she and
Prince love each other. There is some
little difficulty about the cog, because
Aunt Rose Kennedy. Stages house.
keeper, Is exceedingly particular and
precise. But later, when Prince saves
Carolyn and a boy who had taken her
on the ice in her sled, and who mar
rowly escaped drowning when the ice
breaks up, the dog is well received by
the whole community.
The book, from the pen of Ruth Rel-
more Endicott, is published by Dodd,
Mead & Company. 1t deals with Caro-
lyn's daily life at The Corners, and is
told in the somewhat saccharine vein
peculiar to stories OF GOOD little girls
who make everybody love them.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Berlin folks had a great celebration over the
Ukraine peace pact 1t made 'em feel bully to
learn that there's still people earth that has
any faith in a German treaty.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Zane Grey's The U. P. TraiP'
(Harper's) is distinguished by be-
ing one OF the very first books to
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
How to Develop Personality.

This volume by Clare Tree Major
deals with physical personality,
vocal personality, self-expression
and mental power. 1t is a wonder
full little guide to the method of
developing the best in ones self.
1t has an introduction by Sir Her
bert Tree and the endorsement of
people like Edith Wynne Mattheson
and Frederick l. Collins. 1t will
mean a lot to the young man and
woman starting out on a career,
and will be rich in hints even to
seasoned business men and profess
SIGNALS. 1t is published by 1. Y.
Crowell & Company.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Jeffery Farnol has written an ac-
count Of Great Britain at War"
which Little, Brown and Company
announce for early publication.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
QUEsTIoNERs ANSWERED.

carry an ofiicial war savings stamp
advertisement on its Jacket
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson, author
Of Garry On" who recently spent
few weeks on sick leave in this
country. has arrived safely back in
London.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
NEWSIE NOTES.

Edna Ferber. of the famous
Emma McChesney" stories will
presently sail for France, where
she will stay for several months.
Halworthy Hall. author Of Dor
mie One" who is in real life Harold
E. Porter. has recently received his
commission as a captain in the
officers Reserve Corps. He is q
golfing enthusiast.
Gertrude Atherton. as president
of the Authors League Fund, is
appealing to authors all over the
country to contribute to the fund of
s5o,0o0 which is wanted to help the
authors affected by the war.
Margaret Deland has sailed for
France. She went under the
auspices OF the Y. NJ. c. A. to help
in their work overseas At the
same time she will write on certain
phases of the war; articles will ap-
pear in Harper's Magazine during
the coming months.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

'o.-What American novelist, after a
visit to the slums Of London. wrote a
book embodying his experiences, call
ed THE Abyssr' K. D. H
A-Jack London
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Q.-Do you recall what writer per-
ished in the destruction Of the Lusi-
tania! K. n.
ALBERT Hubbard and his wife,
Alice Hubbard, both writers, lost their
lives on the Lusitania-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-29
THE SPORTING SPIRIT.

In Brand Wnitlocks articles Belgium in Every
bodys magazine. there is illuminating commentary
on sports and their influence on character.
Almost Is much has been said Of Ger
man discipline as Of German organization.
There is Of course. much OF both in Ger
many but the discipline mostly Of the
military kind. There seems to be little self
discipline.
There sports in Germany, and the
sense o fair play is not developed; the idea Of
playing the game does not exist. is said
that German school boys see nothing out of
the way in Switching informing.
encouraged 20 Go So
Doesn't that explain numberless things that we
haven't been able understand the the
Germans during this war? They have sports. Their
young do not play the vigorous give-and take
that develop strength of mind and character
along with strength Of body. There are no national
sports like baseball football There is scarcely any
tennis. There are no college track meets There IS
little athletic competition Of Instead of sports
they drink and take walks Those pastimes
may enough "a their way. they develop
two great outdoor-sport nations British and
the Americans
We and British friends have been accused OF
being spOrtcrazy. The Germans particularly criti-
cised for wasting much time" athletic games
when might be training minds. We may have
overdone it, but the results speak
the supreme game Of war the sporting nations fight
clean 1t is the nation without sports that has the
dirty fighting" and set the standard of this
lowest mark since Europe above sheer savagery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-29
THE MELTING POT
"Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
as EssAY OF HorFI KEEPERs.p

ESSAY HOTEL KEEPERS"
Far be gloss
The failings of old Captain Kidd;
1t is painfully clear that this buccaneer
Maiciousy he
He would scuttle ship midocean,
With epithets brutally
whole shark-dotted blue
With gulp OF
His uncanny; his greed intense,
He scoundrely guy.
But he charged thirty-hve
For a and a halfs
We defend the example
He prospered by theft wholly berer
OF any culpable aims
When picked bank be looted
He would careessy ride through the
a
And large seven-shot fory-four
He murdered robbed with hideous laugh
That made the daring
But he charged any a
For beggary thirty-cent steak!
holding bandits
help thinking somehow.
That their various though crimes
Would hardly much
both OF them often took chances
lynchings shootings and SIGH.
The pirate hung and the robber died
And neither they tell got rich.
couldn't plundering gents
Who adding day their
a
For order Of seventeen beans.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-29
nm GERMANS IEARN ENGLISH.

The wave of ant-Gerrlanism that is sweeping the
country resulting antagonsm almost everywhere
TO the study the German language and literature.
This movement though liable abuses and then.
on the whole is commendable. tends straighteu
out our estimate of Germany and things German. We
used have a rdicuiously exaggerated idea Of Ger
man culture
The reason had it that believed what the
Germans said themselves That deusion pass
ing The blight under which the German language has
fallen helps 10 hasten passing.
Having zone 10 one extreme. perhaps we are now
gong to the other and deprecating things German as
extravaganJy as we once praised them. But this is a
natural process Eventually shall swing the
sane. middle viewpoint which We distinguish
clearly between the aood and the bad German life.
literature. art government etc. choosing the and
accepting the other without prejudice That calm view
point Will come OF its accord. in calmer times
For the present well criticism its
There are certainly good arguments for the pres
en study OF German along the OLD lines this coun-
try. that German is stin taught in French
schools but the situation there different France
IS Germanys next-dcor neichhor The French explain
that they are obliged 90 know the German language
order understand wha. those dangerous enemies
next door are doins The only possible parallel in
America would DE the general study OF German for
The sake of knowing what IS being said and done BY
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-29
DISASOW DISLOYALTY
CHARGE.

To the Editor of The News-Times:
The Associated Bible Students Of
this city, the local class Of the In
ternatiOnaI Bible Students associa-
ton, wish to announce TO the public
that they are in no sense pro-Ger-
man and are not opposed 10 the war
in any form. We have believed for
some time that this war was COM
ing, that Bible prophecy so taught.
and that prophecy taught il would
start in 1914.
We believe that Pres't Wilson is
can be no greater policy than the
one he has chosen, the policy of
humanity"
We understood that the Kingdom
News was passed by the United
States censors and we did not under
stand that it contained anything
which could be construed as pro-
German. If we had we would not
have distributed them. as we do not
want 10 do a thing that will hinder
the prosecution of this war. nor do
we want TO interfere with the gov
eminent or it's laws. We did not
distribute any Of these papers after
the day we heard that there was
some objection to them. which was
Monday. April p.
We wish to say that the chief of
police, assistant CHEZ OF police. and
the federal representative from In
dianapOlis conducted themselves
gentlemanly while We were in their
presence, requesting Us 10 leave
these papers with them until the
department OF justice at Washing
ton decides as 10 their contents. and
we willingly agreed, because we do
not want 20 have anything to do
with any pro-German propaganda.
We have complied with all the rul-
ings OF the government in the past
and intend 10 do the same in the
future.
ASSOCIATED BIBLE STUDENTS
OF SOITTH REND
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-29

German immigrants ard what is printed in
German language newspa2er and that seems hardly
worth the trouble Besides don't want Germanize
Amercans-we want TO Amercanize Germans.
The business often given is Of little more
weight. After the war. told, shall want
do business with the Germans again. and will there
fore find the language valuable And the obvious
is. Let the Germans learn English" They speak II
readily enough the battle front when they sesk
to deceive troops. They speak it if they
do business with hereafter.
English Is already the dominating language Of the
world 1t spoken by far greater numbers than Ger
is. II is universally recognized outside. Ger
many superior German the richness Of its
literature. and its usefulness a spoken tongue.
easily learned by all races
Wherefore. repeat. let Germans. here and every
where else learn English.
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APRIL % 1918
THE PARADE PROPHETIC


II was labor. plain, rough-handed. seamy-faced.
rugged knit. determined, wellmeanng labor that
turned Saturday night 10000 Whereabouts pro-
South Bend more effectively than o
Liberty day Acrl 6th that they are solid behind Amer
lea fight conservation OF
democracy.
Talk about the big parade the opening of the third
Liberty loan drive II was magnificent The wealth of
city that TOO industry. commerce, fraternal-
ism. abor-everythins mixed there to prophesy the
countys enthusiasm. The parade Saturday night
the who have kept up that enthusiasm and come
across There others who have also. doubtful
# any body OF men have responded numerically.
in proportion to numbers these They are the men
Of whom the polished and high-browed, have
always regarded with degree of askance their
ascendency the attainment human rights. render
them meracing.
To mind the labor parade Saturday night
prophetic. The who work determined TO go
the line with America, lay their upon her
night finish with respective
spheres OF each that democracy may be safe and
institutions preserved, labor America will
again what has the past. Returning peace
will a day OF reckoning, and in the midst Of
readjusment that justice will
be given a definition. evolution from
within while lighting the without for the free
and unhampered privileges OF such evolution.
Mark the labor movement throughout the world
unorganzed labor alke-patriotism wiping
the distinction has wiped out for
years the seeming understanding on the
part Of both that freedom and democracy once made
safe. with their full cooperation, they will
insist upon their proper recognition capitalism's
side Our economics to undergo a quite complete
revision. Study it in England Study France Even
the bolshevikism of Russia has lessons in it,
That parade Saturday night the most impress
sive prophetic thing. that since the
outbreak Of the II a handwriting the wall.
the advance guard OF the democracy, of which
poets long have sung for which philosophers
have prayed We must and shall crush Prussiansm.
yes dollar drop blood
and then again world free shall allotted
task Of pushing walls o horizon that
has been depressing the major numbers among our
selves
Life liberty and the pursuit Of happiness" to
find other spheres of recognition. that life
privilege or pursuing happiness, with seeming protec-
ton only when that happiness is pursued by pursuing
great wealth This is not Condemning the legitimate
accumulation OF property essential to sustenance
or life and preparation for the rainy day May Amer
icanism such privilege aside, but no man
has right 10 drive rough-shod over his feIlowman
grinding him poverty. 7eprivng him O the full
rewards OF his labors-vyhile preparations that
rainy day -gerates itself great surplus
be wasted perhaps generations yet unborn
We are approaching the human element in our w
dustrial financial political. life
as We have never approached il before. and he who
cannot see and does not hear, cannot speak: we'll
he is blind and deaf and dumb.
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