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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-08

The news was flashed over the
wires last Thursday morning that the
great State Of Ohio was listed at last
in the dry column. In the afternoon
of the same date the extras came out
announcing The fact that the war was
over The prayers Of those who have
been sending up their appeals for q
world wide democracy, and saloon
less state, are answered, and when
tile boys who have conducted them
selves SO gallantly IN this titanic
struggle, come marching home with
their honor rolls, we will have a clean
city to welcome them home to. Let
us be prepared to receive them, and
arrange great demonstration that
We may hecomingly show our appre-
iation Of the wonderful work they
have accomplished, bringing honor to
the race.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-08
Local Items

NOTICE Store your furniture
with Fred p. Johnson, 213 Brook
lyn avenue, Bell Main 4103.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-08

DR.. Campbell MacRae Lesyisha
3. d., was the special preacher al
the evening service last Sunday. He
spoke most eonvincingly from the ex.
hortation of st. Peter: "Be ye all of
one mind; love as brethren; be cour
teous, be pitiful.. Christian Chari
ty' being the subject Of his sermon
Love- he said, twas the best thing
IN the world most worthy to be de
sired out Of which the christiar
graces of unity, pity, compassion an,
blessing or happiness grow" Df
Lewishall spoke feelingly as one pos
sessing large experience and wide
knowledge Of both books and men. III
was a great refreshment of mind to
follow him. II was spiritual bless
ing to hear him.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-08
EAkER STREET NOTES

| was glad when they said unto me,
"Let Us SO into the mouse Of the
Lord
The morning services last Sunday
were well attended, and all seemed
pleased TO agar have the privilege OF
returning to me house of worship.
Miss Rhoda James electrified the
congregation with her sweet singing,
and then led US to throne Of grace
with q short practical sermon, .ilied
with truths that will help us to live
better lives. One young man joined
the church. The sacrament was adj
iministered, and we enjoyed day of
feasting after an enforced rest.
/ Services Sunday Is follows: Tho
adult classes Of the Sunday School
will meet promptly at nine O'Clock
| ii the regular Sunday school sessions.
IT the ban is lifted for the children,
we hope to see them present also.
Miss Mamie Banks Ia sparinf, no
pains to have our school classed with
the best schools Of the city, and she
desires the support Oh the entire
church In her efforts. Morning wor-
ship at 1890 The C. NJ. f. Con
ference IL holding its annual sessions
in Dayton, and will send us one Of
/
their ministers to preach for US Sum
Iday morning.
The League services will be held at
the regular hour, 6 D. m. Be on time.
At the evening hour Of Worship an
ether minister from the G nj. n.
Conference will deliver the message.
Let US pack the house both morning
and evening and hear the good old
gospel sermons delivered by our visi-
tors.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-08

SuiiASu t1lSll pidiAS LOT IA me UlItleIe
at the Parish hall. The date will be
announced in cur next News
The st. Cecilia Guild was quite
well attended at their last meeting.
After the business session the vicar
gave heart to heart talk to the
young ladies who responded adnlira.
bly,. The members have come with
new resolves and hopes, and mean u
renew their past activity and sur,
pass the results Of their past ac-
tivity.
DR. Lewishall made them a short
but semi-humorous address pointed
with morals and laden with thought,
Mr.. Frank D. Parsons is prepar-
ing an entertainment in behalf Of the
Mems club. All those who have
promised to join in and assist him
are requested to be present at the
Parish Hall, Monday evening next, Al
1915 o'clock. Please be on time, as
matters of Importance are to be TAX
en- up.
| Tho 4-eeanrar nt the ex sciltive
board, Mr.. j. G. Hickersoia raporte@
an unusually good financial month
.,ui f.sen.or7aYfgad rsrfaiu nrouee Slre.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-08

The Woman's Auxiliary has re
sumed their plans for fine dinner
at the Parish hall. The date will be
announced in cur next News"
Evening star., 1918-04-07

on that basis. but they don't seem to
think the business of farming IL to be
measured by the standards OF other
businesses. A farm is not like yacht,
which a man with lot Of money
might feel Justified in keeping purely
for pleasure. A farm IS a factory, and
a man who operates q factory and
doesn't make 1t pay is a failure. How
can he be a success. then. as a farmer
II his farming fails to meet the test
Of business success by returning a
pro1t?
But I realize that this logic doesn't
apply to the present situation. A pa
triotic factory owner, with money
enough SO he could afford to do 80,
would be justified in running his fac
tory at q loss. II thereby he could help
win the war. So. OF course, q man
could be q successful war gardener.
even II the vegetables he grew cost him
twice as much as they could be bought
for in market. Mary was right. My
logic had grown cross-eyed.
And so. while I am going to try my
best 70 make the thing pay. am going
to measure my success by the amount
Of stun grow. not by what 1t costs me
to grow 1t. After my spirit had been
thoroughly chastened and / had given
voice to my repentance. Mary softened q
bit and offered some crumbs Of COM
fort. She suggested that wasn't going
to wear out that $3.50 worth Of tools al
In one year. / haven't thought Of It that
Evening star., 1918-04-07
e Adventures Of War Gardener In WASHINGTON

get the manure now I will have choice
OF two methods. ] can top-dress with it
aIter the seeds are planted and work
1t into the soil as I cultivate, or 1 can
spread the manure and work it in by re-
spading before 1 plant. That would in
be the better way and would not Sc
riously delay the planting. Now that
the ground is broken, to respade it
would not be more than half the task
proved condition in which it would get
the soil likely would repay me for the
work.
The easy way would be to use COM
mercial fertilizer could do that and
get by with it without Mary knowing
l had been Stacker but / can't get
the consent Of my own conscience In
the first place fertilizers are scarce
and all are needed for commercial
farming and gardening. If am going
to make a garden chiefly to help win
the war I mustn't start by drawing
needlessly on the limited stocks of
chemical fertilizers. The second con-
sideration is that my soil is so desti-
tute Of organic matter that I don't be-
lieve commercial fertilizers would fill
the bill
1t seems that before you may grow
vegetables with which to feed yourself
billions of bacteria, the presence of
which in the soil is necessary in order
to make plant food available to the
plants. These bacteria will not stay
on the job and work for you unless you
set a bountiful table to their liking.
They will not eat the chemicals in
commercial fertilizer, but insist on a
vegetable diet. If I had sod or any
kind of a growing crop to turn under
1t would answer the purpose, but as
l haven't. stable manure seems the
only possible way to supply this "or-
ganic matter" which the bacteria in
sist upon having.
You'll notice that have been study
ing up on this garden subject. and you
may suspect me of an ambition to put
on scientific airs But it seems to me
that II am going to do the thing 1t
will pay me to learn all I can about it.
When I was a boy at home and helped
make garden I wasn't interested in
the scientific phase OF 1t, or in any
other phase except when 1t came to
eating the sugar corn and other good
things we grew. We never heard OF
soil bacteria, but we did know that
nothing else would produce such good
garden crops as well composted stable
manure. So I reckon I'll get the ma
nure and that I'll go to work and spade
1t all in before I plant my seeds. I'm
Just bound to make that Turner person
next door repent OF his ribald remarks
offered to write Mr.. Hoover and let
him decide what we should grow, but
Mary vetoed the plan. l think she was
afraid he'd decide against her, and she'd
rather give in and then pretend 1t was
'''' ~ THE WAR GARDENER. :
lTo BE CoNTINuED.l
Evening star., 1918-04-07

said. Congress hasn't taken any time
away from you: it's just switched 1t.
that's ALL
"Yes, I knows how dat goes" Conrad
replied. Its like one time at the fair
1 bet which shell q little pea was under
because I just thought 1t had been
switched on me. but when l investi-
gates fully finds its disappeared alto
gether. And dat's what Congress
done: it's just took this hour away
from me, dat's all"
The second messenger shufned his
feet and broached new phase OF the
topic.
IF Congress. goin' to make arrange
ments with the sun to go down an
hour earlier. I wish it would make
them same arrangements with the
moon to come up hour later" he said.
"Dere was a very short dark space be-
tween the comin's and COINS of the
moon and the sun last summer and. as
result. my family had very. very little
"I'll see what can be done. boys" the
Observer said. and they disappeared.
ut is popular with all classes" the
YES. very" the Observer agreed.
Just then the door opened and the
oficial clock winder in the Observers
building entered to set the clock ahead.
"Just my luck" he said. mo master
clock in this building and have to sot
every one of these clocks ahead Rn
homr; Only a thousand Of them in the
building"
Evening star., 1918-04-07

'Is the new plan POPULAR" the OBJ
server asked.
WELL" the clockwinder replied. "it is
running pretty well along partisan
lines. Quite a number Of folks who
believe in high tariff don't seem to be
lining up with the scheme. One OF
them grouchily told me that 1T was just
a futile endeavor Of the administration
to catch up with the lost time on the
shipbuilding program"
Men of all parties love the move
ment," the stranger confided.
Shortly after six o'clock (regular)
and sexen o'clock (new) the Observer
arose and started home. 1t was the
night before Easter and he wanted to
get home early. He had promised. In
fact, that he would be there early.
'T'll Just 60 with you," the stranger
said, clepping his hat on his head and
springfng to his feet.
Friends of the Observer at the club
detained him long. They argued that
he had Just gained an hour and he had
much time to wait. He fingered an
hour and a half
Then he bethought himself and won
dered how in the world he would ,ex-
plain to the head Of the house.
Flowers" whispered the mysterious
stranger.
The Observer leisurely walked up to
a flower store, for had he not gained
an hour, and made ready to buy flowers.
The store was crowded and none hur-
ried, for. indeed. had many Of them
not gained an hour already? To be
Evening star., 1918-04-07
The Observer Has Some Trouble With Mysterious Stranger

sure. But. having waited long. the
Observer did not dare leave without
the flowers, so he finally got them.
When he emerged from the florists
he saw the clock said S:15 o'clock and
another 9:15 o'clock.
I'm going by the s:15 clock" the
Observer said.
"You are not" the stranger said
You started by the new time and you
must stand by 1T. Although the law 10
not in effect yet, IL you are going to
resort to technicalities, it certainly -
in effect, morally, in SO far as you are
concerned" -----.--ss
The Observer swiftly caught iyfnH
car and urged the conductor to ten
him il he would be able to reach the
Mount Pleasant neighborhood by s:15
o'clock. -----..-s-zs
Say" the conductor said. don't be
kidding me. Everybody has been hand
ing me that kind Of gun all evening.
They say Congress has changed the
running time of the clocks. Maybe 30,
but Congress nor nothing else Is gotug
to change the running time of my car.
We starts when we leaves. and we gets
there when we stops, see?"
THE new plan is going to be wone
derful thing for the street raffwayE
the stranger whispered. as the Observer
QuCkeQ past lno COHQuCtOT 70 SAletys-
II wish you'd leave me alone" the
Observer said. II haven't had pleasant
moment since you began tagging me.
Get out of my sight and let me forget
this clock business. 1t will settle itself
in few days and then / shall be 9lt
right"
''Oh, how can you, when / am "a
happy?" the mysterious one said. '-ThtS
daylight-saving bill means more to me
than anything that has come into my
life in a long time. 1t will broaden my
power SO much; it will put me in touck
with many new people; 1t will make
me rich beyond all conjecture"
By this time the passengers were be-
ginning to notice the commotion tbs
stranger was causing, and 1t behooveA
the Observer to act with hrmness, but
care. 1t seemed necessary. hrsr thaS.
now that he was thrown into the manso
company in public and was, in q way,
responsible for his actions, he shouM
learn his identity. Bracing hfmso}f
therefore, he demanded. in a low vcacoe
to know who the man was.
.'Oh. me!' calculated the stran41ks
Don't you know me?"
II do not, nor do care to, except 66
a safety first Device" the obssrvsE
said.
WELL" he said, II am the man W1e
makes all Of the time clocks In III
world. Punch me now, II you will, b1fss
sooner or later. under the new laue.l
you'll punch my clocks" -.
And then. with a maniacal laugh, g u
stranger leSped through an open -N1MS!
dow near the motorman and di1eD~;
peared. THE OBSERVER
Evening star., 1918-04-07

you-she has two sons in our flne
Army over here), who writes to me
from home. One Of these is your boy g
moral health. the other is his physical
health.
Doubtless your boy in his American
home was good lad; every mother
knows her boy to be a good boy. unless
some one leads him from the path of
righteousness. Well. boys are less like
ly to be led morally astray here in the
war zone than in the home towns of
America.
The influence which most frequently
has led American boys astray has been
that of old John Barleycorn. Tempta-
tion to drink intoxicants Is conspicu-
ously absent from the nghting zone in
France.
The French peasant, although he
drinks light wines. is among the most
temperate Of human beings. So no mat
ter what lecturers have told you, the
enyironment,in which your boy is stay
ing tends toward temperance, not to-
ward inebriety. An officer who drinks
drinks much certainly will show it) Is
sure to be regarded as an offender and
to be tried and punished at once.
II the officers who drink are punished
severely you may be sure that the men
under them will be treated with. sim
liar 'frmness Drastice action inyari-
ably follows alcoholic excess and will
continue SO to do, not as a punishment,
but as deterrent, as part OF the great
scheme of conservation of man-power.
which must be kept in operation II we
are to win the war. From the mill
tary point of view we cannot tolerate
alcohol among our soldiers.
War is merci1ess: men must be COM
petent; the drinking man makes bad
soldier, according to the efficient Amer.
lean idea, no matter how much Ger
many may believe in feeding up hel
men on alcohol in order to screw to the
striking point their fighting courage.
The anti-alcoholic effort which is eff.
fective in the world has not been thai
of moralists. after all, dear mother; II
has been that of efficient men who have
wished to conserve man-power. The
Army won't stand alcohol because Il
Evening star., 1918-04-07
mysterious stranger slid
quickly through the door of the
Observers office and chuck1ed

F1HE mysterious stranger slid
quickly through the door of the
Observers office and chuck1ed
q gleefully.
"I am the advance agent of the new
daylight saving method" he said. Il
bring you good tidings and great joy.
I will save you time and money. This
bill which Congress has just passed
will make us all happier and brighter.
Three cheers for Congress-
Three groans for Congress-" the OBJ
server said. Haven't 1 enough trou-
bles as it is without having my time
tampered with? Even with time run
ming smoothly as it had for centuries,
and my vest-pocket turnip nicely ad-
justed to it, l seldom found time to
think. An hour off or an hour on means
nothing to me. I don't know when the
sun comes up or goes down. This bill
will only add to my troubles"
"Oh. no." said the stranger. "It won't
do anything Of the kind. And to show
you that it won't, TIL just remain with
you tonight. while the new order of
things is going into effect. and show
you that nothing but sunshine will
come out of the new plan"
IF you remain, be quiet and don't in
is money, and I don't like to have peo-
pie flddling with either"
The stranger sat his tall hat in
corner and then appropriated a large
chair.
The door opened and the Observers
two colored messengers entered
Excuse us. boss" they said in uni
saving bill?"
"Tm awfully busy now" the Observer
said, "and 1 don't want to be bothered
But why should light saving bill con-
Germ you dark persons, anyhow
Concern me a lot" snickered one of
them. "Gettin' down to work an hour
earlier and gettin' off at the same old
time don't make no hit with me-"
"But you don't get of at the same old
time," the Observer explained.
you mean to say that when we now
get Off at o'clock we'll get OF at 6
under this bill?"
That's it."
when my old watch hands point to 6
o'clock, I'm done. finishedm
ooh, no, when they point at Z, then It
really will be 6, and you'll be Off"
The messenger grinned.
-"Oh, yes, when 1t points at it really
is 6; and, suppose. when I gets a dol
lar bill marked one 1t really Is two.
Congress just says to me, Conrad, you
don't know what time 1t is,' and then
just tips my hat and says, Congress.
you're right
Don't be silly. Conrad" the observer
Evening star., 1918-04-07

way. The tools, of course, will last for
years. II I take care of them the de-
probation ought not to be more than 10
per cent year. On that basis my out
lay for tools this year will be only 35
cents. 1t will not require the growing of
many vegetables to give me that back.
The same reasoning will apply to some
extent to fertilizer, and it inclines me to
go stronger in buying fertilizer than I had
felt would be warranted. l was told the
other day where 1. could buy some good
stable manure for $3.50 wagon load.
/ think I'll get couple of loads. That
much manure would put my soil in fine
condition for this year, and l would
continue to get benefit from it for several
years to come.
There isn't any doubt that I've got to
put something in the way Of fertilizer
on that soil. II / am to grow anything
at all. There isn't enough fertility
there now. Judge. to sprout a bean. I
am not surprised, now that I have the
ground spaded, that never was able
to get any grass to grow.
I realize that I should have had the
manure to spade in when I spaded the
garden, but I don't see that because
started of with a mistake is any, rea-
son why I should perpetuats It. Il ]
Evening star., 1918-04-07

have, or presently will, come across the
sea, to fight here, where I am writing
somewhere in France-who have or will
have sons among them or who have or
will have daughters loving them. en-
couraging them. hoping for them, trust
ing them and waiting for them-waiting
to receive them as vfctors. II they re-
turn, or to mourn them proudly If they
gloriously fall.
1t is a letter of fine reinsurance that
find myself SO situated as to write. Please
read it and believe 1t. II it conflicts with
some OF the sad stuff which you have
not that. for it is written from the heart
and back Of it Is, am sure. far strong
er sense Of real responsibility. Of con-
scfenttousness, than that which could
have animated those who have misled
some OF you. / am not watching any
clock" designed spectacularly to show
the growth of funds as I select my words.
Therefore I shall try to tell not just the
best or Just the worst about your sons
and their surroundings, but to tell the
truth about them.
They are quite all right. those. sons of
yours. and their surroundings are as good
as humanity Is possible.
Your boys have taken up their real
mems work for the good cause of the
decent world and civilization as am sure
you have desired them to. They will put
1t through to fine end, as l am sure
that you would have them do. In doing
chances that real men ever have been
forced to take when evil threateningly
has stalked through the world. But they
are having no unnecessary perils thrust
upon them.
Their lives here in the war zone are
quite free from almost all those dangers
which good mothers dread. perhaps (and
justifiably) much more than they dread
death by battle for their sons. A soldier
gone to war accepts certain risk of
death-but do not believe the croakers
that tell you that your sons here risk
their souls. Far more boys from our
America will find their souls in this great
war. dear mother, than will lose them
in it.
Two things you are worrying about, I
am informed by q wise woman Zone of
Evening star., 1918-04-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: An Interview +
Obtained In France T
Observation-Disclosures

article
prevailing the American
Ed
soldiers mothe make
things has
morals Of
Evening star., 1918-04-07

nying much in order to supply the
Army and supplant the energy which 1t
has taken from the country. writing
words of cheer. helping in hospitals.
these things encourage our Army to
strive harder to win.
There will be disappointments. as
there will be triumphs. If bad news
comes it should be to all stimulus to
fight through the lifetime of a genera
ton II need be.
with the country and the Army
working together in increasingly Eff
cient cooperation, the end for which
we all are fighting will be accomplish
ed In good time"
Copyright, 1913. by the Edward Marshan Syn
dicate. lnc.)
A Letter to Mother"
BY EDWARD MARSHALL.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WITH THE AMERICAN ExPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, SOMEWHERE
IN FRANCE, March %, 1918.
TN EAR MOTHER: Don't be worrying
u about the morals or the health Of
your soldier son in France.
When 1 write those words, Dear Moth
er," do not address them to my own dear
mother, who suffered the pain of having a
young husband wounded several times in
our civil war and that Of having son,
myself. badly wounded in our Spanish
he f,y1Ixy hos han
the horror of this greatest war of all, and
SO she does not need my letters now. But
am writing to the great collective moth
erhood in my beloved nation-the tens of
thousands OF dear mothers whose sons