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Cheating Vulture of Famine
ny CARL VROOMAN,
Assistant Secretary OF Agriculture.

The farmers and the housewives OF the United
the Sorld waf The Happiness the % m HtsH
comfort. the spiritual status Of the nations of
ana ss aS ho Ff prodSea o as
hS fsn IT. Thfs arc in
he need for heroism. for sscrihce. for service
@ s Ii' essis ana mat may "ea" SELF
Last April the soldiers in the fight for food
'rhey made that charge with dash and disr ss
at i win IL Sa of m
nsl emsr The T N Legion nor the old
The. There is ! enough food in sight to feed the
war must be won: Lloyd George is quoted as
he s 50 nat Il @
We're then asked TO- state The next sreates, need
still asked to state The next greatest need he
Yet that is not exactly what tho Premier of
Great Britain meant Ships are Of no avail ex-
indomi,sbie little weishman meant Was, bread"
and nd, again bread" and stilI bread"
= keep the world soinE 9nth another harvest
b But nv Ne msy %
That flesh and blood can endure so long; but.
The farmers of America have made glorious
war was declared 100000 of Them were re' mobi.
Tor no the Taey NO p4ss
They we're told that the nation needed them to
IN doing e so o'l miions Of them s G raked bank
ruptcy and. despite the good fortune that at
tended their efforts. tens of thousands OF them
actually incurred bankruptcy or impaired for
tune The Department or Agriculture was not
ting on war basis until three months after
war was declared. There was then no legal
AS a result of the farmers patriotic EFFORT
there was harvested from our fields the greatest
corn crops ever grown and, believe, the
greatest single force ever exerted in hum n
welfare. We have doubt that the full sig
nhcance OF it was realized at Wilhelm strasse.
and we like to think that the Kaiser. on his
tottering throne of skulls, eventually will go
down beneath continuing food of golden
grain.
But. even So the task OF keeping the armies
! OF freedom with full stomachs and in high
Snirt Ia grim and relent LEGS task. For, keep
heart in soldier, there must be the feeling
that not only will he himself be fed. but that
the loved ones back home will he fed-and the
yuiture OF famine was hovering low oyer many
lean housewife came to the rescue.--Copyright,
1918.
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RemONcr.--l
Pilatory ,sppiiosi,en Without Your approval val
Answer.--rhe safest and most satisfactory In
the long run IL safety razor notninE else
oRnioss Differ still o WI, VII! try my luck
no answer in your department ! asked 4 II
dimerenes Of opinion in this Community. !!
SSs
lot of little DimDlsS under the Mis- is!n' p. H. O.
j., An n permits only few answers
many to answer here cerny sabys ~ dapen
heaa se as i 3
tshwives would be afraid : to Leave wet diaper
lshwife argues that the exposure" incident 10
n"Ples have nG1ng TO do w1h e purity Of
:, Glove habit.-l am IN tho habit Of eating
septic and regulator OF The liver. Is there any
Answ We like other condiments, a. are
5rl!ans 10 the ages!iys organs ard tie sri
esatng eee I is not ot heahfn h or
o S%pny rSsSn e. time have
one against poison ivy. Would you mind
P psasns e o go "a
Ans, Answer-Ha,s druggist prepare about four
strength). OF this. take fve drops in q wine
and increase the dose drop day till thirty
drops taken three times cay, then discontinue
i No rrinns 1terrnpt!ens-rlease tell me how
exercises and set;ins-up exercises after the
periods. L. D.
Answer.-Ths exercises should not be inter-
rupted for any such You have the
wrong idea-your almanac must be an ancient
Succoring John and Margin sympathy for
John and Mary, whose distressing predica ment
was SO sympat ctically set forth in your column
several weeks ago, oncr my experience
Every time felt the hateful blush coming
put a bold face for the time being This
gave inc certain sense OF Independence and
helped me to forget myself ] had do some
thing for !. too, was desperate. Tell John and
Mayor Mary. anyway--to try my little scheme
and see il it doesn't suppress the blush. A. s.
Answer-All right. Mary. try this on
your sympathetic nervous system and let us
know how you like the air. 1t sounds all right
War Paint Idea.-Have you any informa ton
concerning face powders and similar cosmetics
particularly which safe and which are not:
MRS. w. NJ. $.
An mrwr free pamphlet entitled Cosmetics
Health reports T. s. Public Health service)
may be had by Applying TO the Superintc nde mt
of Documents, Washington, p. c.
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Problems Discussed b,
Authoritative Writcrs-A Daily Editorial Feature
SWAMPS, DERERTS AND SOLDIERS
by ALFRED b. WILLIAMS.

Secretary OF the Interior Lane has be-
sun an active campaign TO proViSa e
great war. He is, extremely anxious
| that the project and the appropriations
for It be ready in time TO offer the men
employment in the preliminary work
and canal construction. building homes
and breaking UP ground as soon as
they are released from service. Aus
,raiia already has organized a similar
plan. and has appropriated 100000. 900
tor purchase of land. There are hints
That Italy, having no available land of
t. buy in this country and send col
onies OF her soldiers here.
Our Congress thus far has manifest
Secretary Lanes letters regarding it
evoked answers from twenty-one of
me ninety-six Senators and thirty OF
lather perfunctory Among the few
Southern members who answered are
Representatives Montague and Siemp,
or Virginia. and Pou, OF North Caro-
INA. however, the general habit OF
members OF both Houses is 10 delay
serious attention to general legislation
until 1t Is reported from committee.
Every congressional waste basket Is
crammed In these busy times with let
ters and circulars from officials and
G S,t;s OF all grades. urging, imme.
propositions. Debate already has Civ
en- assurance that Secretary Lanes
measure VIII be successful. a propo-
sal 10 allow soldiers under twenty-one
10 pre-empt homesteads and take up
public land evidently was sanctioned
cordially by large majorities in each
House. The objection TO Il was that
the young men probably would be pere
suaded by speculators and cattlemen TO
take up tracts they could not or would
not use and sell their rights Mt low
prices. Evidently when the time
comes Congress will grant any money
mat may be asked 10 give the soldiers
Iano, 100 to $40 acres. and TO include
among the bcneficiaries those OF c!Sh-
teen' nineteen and twenty years at
tlrne or beginning service or who have
enllsted younger. Also. 1t is evident
tnat secretary Lane and the admins
Iralon forces sympathize thoroughly
WIN the suggestion tina, soldiers from
the South. of both colors, be given on
portuntty. If possible. TO secure their
iand and settle in that section.
IN seventeen Western States there
are between 20.000,00O and 30 900 ooT,
acres OF government land. Nearly Mi
OF ~ ~ desert, but most OF the desert
can be irrigated. Practical experience
proves mat IL can be irrigated al
cost OF 800 an acre, and will pro-
duce nifty -, bushels OF wheat to
SS'ooo'oo0 acres OF swamp land. Most
OF II can be made Immediately avail
able for farm land by open or tiie
drainage at cost of much less than ssS
an acre Virginia and her near-neirh-
LOTS nave In swamp: Virginia, 1921
coo acres: North Carolina asa or,o
acres; South Carolina, $4,000 acres.
Alabama. 1.i7s.oo0 acres; Tennessee
$4,000 acres: Georgia. $4,000 acres
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Destructive Of Democracy.


To the Editor of The Times. pisna,cb
msjo5I,y Of sso.osSo !ne s e~!'4S sslseS.
~ measures aGe e tSe ensd Mis9 o.,
me war but declining TO regard wo.
Han suHrase as one OF those measures.
Would it not be better 10 leave .s.
settlement OF this eAtraneous question
90 calm and clear minds when the war
With better judgment then Than now.
S %nen we are engaged in the tremen.
nous task Of borrowing billions Of dol
Its ana raising armies Of millions OF
men. The disputed question is whether
woman suffrage should come from nh =
sesefai H States or by Federal amend
OF 4 until after We have freed the
world from the terror of the nun NJ =
,,a 10 which a nommentator adds: Dis
tIactlon and division in place Of con
csntration and concord would be the
s ssyy Of this untImely and unneces-
aeiSa! suSmfssion Of th he a soSsa .ns
SNa nn,n , In Ssyery great state Of the
where there should be union "'s Of
thought purpose and effort in me
business of eonquermG Iernsny." -
Shields, OF tennessee. " says: we en caor
not reasonably expect the proposed
amendment TO be ratified in less INA :,
would divert. the minds and energies
or the people from the one great
absorbing subject before US by in
better TO leave the issue until peace
comes, when those who have fought
join in it's settlement. bringing to IL
the wider view and convictions Of their
hrs.tried sNperience"
ifraEe party OF New York declares:
me measure appears to us destruc-
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Considerable tracts, especialIv 4,
ar saye s aSS 5EJsS5'ds SSss
probably could not be drained, because
they are too near sea level. In The
other States most OF such land can bs
II 100000 OF the Southern soldier,
elect to take land. they viii need iGo
100000 acres. That Will require ali The Tie
over land we have. The soye ern Ss,t
VIII need large tracts ut cheap nrices
The me idea is 10 settle the soidlers in
u uais nr , OF IRON hfiy to $50 indlvld.
to itself. but treated equally. This Of
course. Is TO give the men the pleas.
VIII n nn,n aa,Famsnses OF community life
Win nutua! assistance. association and
companionship. The secretarys NAV
us now understood. Is that each farm
~ 10 ne provided with suitable build
ior on easy terms and long time, and
me iand 70 be ready for Immediate cul.
snidisp. lf these plans succeed. the
ed as soldiers never have been re-
Warded In any country. provided with
ssIna ana means 10 establish them.
as independent. self-supportinR. land,
owning citizens. They would BIZ
s,Ven opportunity. also to add enor-
wealth Of the p matIae r6 power and
make an armed and invincibio fortress
OF conservatism, sound morals and sub
SNn"St1a pTOSf
IT IL one OF the marvellous facts of
nature mat swamp lands. continually
soaked by water until drained, and des.
e r;as, never touched by water unit, ir.
riSated. are made wonderfully fertile
1y precisely opposite causes. In the
desert The original strength and eIe.
fnents OF the soil arc retained. becauss
never diluted or washed away or tar.
ca 10 promote growth. In the swami
vegetation rotted and undisturbed
thloush ages makes world Of unlim-
ited productive power when treated
with sunlight and allowed 10 dry. The
1pportuhity now Is to put the trcmen.
Gous man and thought power OF the
dissolNinS army on desert, swamp and
other noT waste land and leave moth
Ing wasting.
me south can have It's share in this
Intelligent organization for co-opera.
,ion with the government. state feris
iatFe and executive powers and the
people must work together When tse
tiine comes and II may be within
tew months. the government must know
wherc' when and how il can ind land
IN great tracts and at what prices and
must pc aDic 10 command every pub
nc ana private force for informa tion.
deveiopineni and systematic activity.
Al or US can realize the enormous loss
,hat would be Involved to any section
u! having the cream and flower OF lis
young manhood drawn from IT. We
can understand, Also. the vital imnor
tancc OF having the boys back from
the war got at work, with hone and
right In front OF them and made hon.
orablE self-sustaining at the frst NOS.
F!blc instant
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rises hope in the hearts OF those SO often
disappointed that remedy OF this almost
unbearable railroad situation may be found
What the private owners OF the railroad lines
persistently have refused to do at the earnest
and repeated solicitation of Ricfrnond's bust
ness men and organizations, the Federal au-
thorities now may order them to do. Rich
mond and the whole, southeastern section Of
the State are growing daily in Importance
and the railroad schedules, made up years
ago, which ignored Richmond except as
way station, can no longer be tolerated
Until this condition is remeded government
as we'll as private enterprises will continue
to suffer.
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Books and Authors

Two books OF very different char
acter are to be issued this fall from the
pen Of Rudyard KiplIng. The first is
early in October, and will contain. Mr.
kipiing's most recent work in VERGE
me other book is entitled The Eyes
purportins TO have been written by an
Eas, Indian serving in France to his
people at homo. II has all the India
feeling that Mr.. Kipling has made his
own, and every one who has lDnged for
new kiplinE book on India, touching
his old Indian chord, will be interested
In II.
Right Above Race" Otto II. Kahn's
confession OF u German American's pa
triotic faith In the allied cause. will
shortly appear in an English edition.
with an Introduction by Colonel Roose-
yelt. II is also TO be published in
FRANCE with an Introduction by NJ
Tnrdieu. and in Spain with an intro
duction by Itomanoncz. Colonel Roose-
Welt calls the book ''one OF the best
snIy mas aphsarsd a ,Se ho The war Not
able plea for Amcricanism and for put
ting the war through. but it is also
no less admirable plea for treating our
internal affairs on the basis Of com,
mon sense and high idcaiism ] should
like to see the book circulated through
out the United States as a tract on
sound Amcricanism.
The Bookman enters upon q new era
Der. 1915. 1t has, indeed, outlived all
its competitors. and remains to-day
alone in It's field-the one American
monthly magazine ministerinE to the
tion to the most significant and most
entertaining things in current litera-
ture. 1t is the belief Of it's new own.
ers, George ii. Doran Company, that
these momentous times present to the
magazine an opportunity for greater
usefulness than ever before The
pages of this issue reflect to remark
able degree the inewly-awakencd In
readers in the events that arc taking
place In all parts of the world. As an
interpreter Of the newer currents IN
literature which are evidences OF the
the Bookman presents to the intel.
ligent reader most interesting ana
authoritative outlook upon current
literature.
The American Review OF Reviews for
September Is chock-full of interesting
reading. After the article by Frank
towards an allied victory. the features
of special interest In this number are:
Gas in This War" by DR.. Charles Bas-
kerville: 'FabricatinE' Farmers" by
Agriculture: two articles telling how
to save coal and improve health at the
Huntington and George H.; Gushing;
rop Stoddard; GIVE Us Back Our Can
ais" by John w. Harrington; EN- :
pioyment Maningementf q eY Science"
Death OF the Mortgage" by James l..
HILL Americas greatest war plan Is
the chief topic of this months Prog y
ress OF the World" The frontispieGe
DOUGLAS HaiR.
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Little PeouIa.

stole 80 gently on their dance,
Their pigmy dance IN red sunrise.
I caught the warm and tender glance
Each gallant gave his dear ones eyes.
Wee ladies' clad in fine bat's-wing,
heel;
Behind them swords and fans they fling.
And foot it blithely down the reel,
They sighed and ogled. whispered.
In meetings of the swaylng dance
They Ned not, but were swiftly missed.
Like love from out a well -known
glance.
sprang; tho flashing swords were
Mere !. sI .a stalks from tulips
The fans that sparkled on the stone & (.
Were turned to sprays Of slitlering;
va Capital. NJ eS ,Sg n l5gSl'p'T,F "
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Won Ludendorh boasts that I'VE will setpo
the Americans as we settled the Russians. +"
This is the first news that the Russians have
been settled. True, they were defeated by
,trlckery and their armies disbanded, but they
nave been far from setted-so far, indeed
ithat they are the most unsettled people on
the face OF the globe. But the time Of settle.
,ment is coming, and when il does there viii,
be settlement with Germany in which III.
scrap OF paper. known as the Brest Ljtovsk
treaty, will have no more weight than tho
traitors who signed it.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
By HENRY EDWARD WARNER
The kI-Zar.

The kI-Zar.
There's beast that's called the Ki-Zar and
He roams the Earth at will
His speciality is tapping blood.
His pleasure is to kill;
And all who've seen the Ki-Zar say
He is ugly beast,
With fanEs that hang and claws that reach
A thousand miles at least
The Ki-zar roams and roars and rocks
The mountains with his yell
He quotes lot from Heaven. though
His doctrines come from He'll.
He towers above the lesser beasts
AS giants did OF yore. :,
And all the Pgmies tremble when
They hear the ki-Zar roar!
Ten thousand tons OF stone no hurls
BY dipping with his tail.
And desolations sprinkicd on
The awful ki-Zar's trail!
And when the ki-Zar's subjects bend
suppIicating knee.
He fangs another bunch Of them y
And doubles up with Clee! >.
q
But all alone the Ki-Zar sits -
When all his noise is done,
And fearsome he is, he pales
Before the sinking sun;
And they who know, say when it's dark
The awful Ki-Zar screams
And groans with nightmare ALL the night,
He has such jolting Dreams!
who would be Ki-Zar bold
TO ravage all the day
And scream at night because the ghosts
OF Nightmares strew his way?
To start and jump and leap and cry
When he should sleep, I'll swear,
Must make the ki-Zar's cave most
Un-com-fort-a- able liar!
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Whatever may be disclosed by the investi-
CATION ordered by President Wilson of~the
New York Stacker roundup, if from 5000 to
1000 loafers and towards have been indicted
into the military service, then it would seem
to have been justified by its results, whether
or not the methods were commendahle For
the sake of putting these civilian sneaks
where they belong, the other thousands of
honest citizens who were detained temper
iarily and +A!justN can we'll afford to overlook
the atfrdnt to their dignity.
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Facing for the Hindenburg Line

7 Attest reports from the front show that
- the Germans are accelerating their with
drawal over the whole Of the l5o-mile front
from pres TO Rheims Apparently, they have
become definitely reconcilcd to the necessity
OF surrendering all of the territory taken by
them since the launching of their great Of
fenslve last March. and now are mainly con-
cerned with getting back safely behind the
old fortified Hndenburg positions, where they
nope to be able to make permanent stand
during the coming winter. With the allies
pressing hard on their heels, 1t is realized
that no time is to be lost in getting back to
this admittedly strong defensive position.
once behind these tntrenchmelts the enemy
expects to be able to make such a determined
stand as will end the present war Of move
ment aud force return to trench warfare
during the further progress of the years
| campaign.
There are many reasons for believing that
General Foch has made up his mind to fore
stall this enemy purpose, and will press the
offensive more vigorously than ever from this
| time on, using every available weapon at his
command to prevent the stand the enemy con-
! templates Not to make the most of the
present opportunity to strike with all his
| power while the enemy is weakened and his
| forces demoralized, would be violative Of Gen
eral Foch's guiding precept that 1.-The whole
! art OF war consists in attacking with telling
| effect on the enemy" His whole strategy in
the present offensive has been directed to
| forcing the insecurity OF the positions to
| which the Germans are now fastening Tho
success OF the British in advancing beyond
the old line in the north shows that it is by
no means invulnerable elsewhere
| Hence. 1t is a reasonable guess that Cen
| oral Foch has determined to break through
these positions and force the enemy to a
! general retreat, which will require his utmost
| skill TO avoid rout. For this purpose it is
| believed that he Is making ready to use the
! full strength OF the American army in launch
| ing the decisive blow that w1l send the enemy
! Keeling backward in precptate haste toward
| the Rhine TO avert irretrievable disaster. If
| this attempt should prove successful, the
| enemy troops will become SO demoralized that
| they will not rally on any position, and no
| where will they be able to interpose a barrier
| TO the forward sweep Of the victorious allies
| we shall then have war OF movement in
J which, with a prepondersnce OF mobile re-
| serves, the allies will score victory after vic
tory uhtii the enemy is thoroughly exhausted.
| TINS docs not necessarily mean that he will
be completely vanqushcd this year, but il
will be the beginning OF the end. which can
not be postponed beyond the summer of 1919.
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Politics and war do not seem to mix truth
of which assertion is furnished by the fact
that out Of $4,000 applications sent out by
the Secretary of State Of Massachusetts less
than 1000 were returned, and of these only
two were from soldiers overseas. The minor
matter of who shall or shall not occupy this
or that political office finds no place in the
mind OF the man who is preparing with all
his energy 10 whip the Hun.
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fhat instinct which impels us to abhor in
d1Ndual assassination is born Of common
sense applied to the impulse of self-preserva-
,tion. We realize that once we allow each
lndlVloual TO act on personal passion or
opinion regardless of Law. not one OF us would
pc safe. Lenine has had brought home to
him With bullets the lesson his added brain
and distorted understanding could not ac-
quire. sancttonins assassination as a politi-
cal method. he LIS promptly a victim of his
own teaching. Fortunately. this happens
usually.
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Great Britain is growing weary of the ire
sponsihle outbhrsts OF the Russian Bolsheviki,
and has threatened to declare members Of
its Soviet government outlaws before the
world il proper satisfaction is not given for
recent outrages. Too much 1enency already
has been shown toward these Slav Missionaries,
and IL Britains grim course is followed by
other allied nations which have suffered at
their hands, it may hasten the return Of
sanity to the Russian mind
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tive OF democracy. II Ia lamentab,.
attempt to override tho will OF the
people as expressed at the poIIs In
their respective States Woman suf
rage has been submitted 10 the peo.
pic ten times since 1914. and has had
nine defeats aud only one victory
York. REf'0RDEp
Isichm,rh. September ? 1916.
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Germanys proposals on which Berlin dis
patches suggest request for an early winter
armistice may be based. while showing some
ehect OF military defeats, do not indicate
return OF sanity. Perhaps by the time win
ter arrives the allies will have advanced to
point where the Kaiser will be constrained to
ask for an armistice on their terms
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Heat and Aciduinted water.

p. a. NJ, PennIman,--Heat to some
passing an electric current through
calculated water, since the passage OF
an electric current always meets with
degree boing determined by the ma-
terjal and amount OF the oonduetor
used. The heating may DO lesscned by
Increasing the proportion OF Acid to