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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
BOOK REVIEW

III the political capers OF the Bolsne-
Wiki have exasperated you beyond pa
thence tand of course they have) 90 TO
the city library and ask for Anton
Tchekoff's House With the Mezza-
nine and Other Stories" You will
swear less at the breakfast table as
you read the morning paper.
Tchekoff is not a political economist.
He is a story-teller. But his stories
illuminate effectively the political his
tory of Russia since the revolution by
explaining the (nowl Bolsheviki.
The House With the Mezzanine'
and the other short stories included in
the volume recently added to the city
library shelves reveal the character and
the outlook of the Russian peasant in
such way as to make the confusing
news from Brest-Litovsk and Petro-
grad seem natural. If Tchekoff has
properly interpreted him the moujik
Is simple, Ignorant, essentially peace
full person. concerned chiefly with the
basic problems of food and shelter and
unaware Of anything important beyond
ms iidiio" toIIZoli. "A uTedLleF, OPP
pressed by injustice close at hand and
apparently easily removable, it is not
strange that the Russian peasant
should reject foreign war as fruit
less thing and regard world politics
as matter of no Importance to him.
The explanatory qualities of Tche-
koff's stories give them an immediate
claim upon the attention of American
readers. They have, however, greater
qualities as literature which would
make them worth reading in any cir
cumstances. Tchekoff writes, with
the finest art, simple tales of simple
people which have few equals in con
temporary American literature.
The stories do not deal exclusively
with the peasant class. In THE Lady
With the Toy Dog" a seaside liason
involving somewhat elderly and
somewhat rakish gentleman weary OF
Wife and a charming young married
woman. develops into a secret love OF
| genuine beauty and enforced pathos
Pathetic, too, in the calm Russian way
is the story which gives it's title tc
the volume.
| The provincial bourgeoisie is ruth.
lessly pictured as sordid, narrow ant
drab in MY Life" a masterpiece O
humble tragedy.
| The peasant is revealed in I'm Exile
and the common soldier in "Goussiev,'
| both ante-bellum stories.
AS a light upon present Russian af
fairs or as literature this book il
worth reading. But be sure that /
you succumb hunger for Tchekof
will ever after possess you.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
Some of Huns Methods
to Increase Population

The question which is presented to
Germany of increasing her population
for war purposes has been answered in
many ways The first, in order of time,
was the authorized and systematic raw
fishing of the women of Belgium and
OF France and the sending of the Off
spring from this official and bestial de-
bauchery into Germany to form part of
the future defense Of the fatherand."
The deportation of the men of Bel
GUM is another phase. These men will.
of course, never return if Germany can
prevent it, and SO will constitute an ef-
fective increase in the male popula-
ton. But they will either voluntarily
or through compulsion form some sort
Of liason with the surplus women Of
Germany and produce offspring which
IN 20 years will be available fodder for
powder. AS the excess of Germany's
female population is now great and
will be still greater after the war, this
will prove also a ready means for pro-
viding for this surplus.--J. b. w, Gard
iner in The Worlds Work for Febru-
0rV,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
Babies!
Have They Held Back War
EnliStments :?

In the February American Maya
zine a father writing about his child,
soon 10 come, says:
so the days have gone by, each one
bringing the boy n little nearer: each
taking away some friend who has been
a part of my daily life. Night times
when I have sat with Her in front OF
our wood fire, and held her hand and
talked about the boy, I have said &c
myself: Here is where / belong. TIC
leave her now. with her great sacrifice
before her, to leave her to fight it al
out alone. while I'm off in some train
ing campit would be heartless.
couldn't think of it. / mustn't ever
let her know that am dreaming OF
1t. She mustn't have that worry add
ed to the other burden, not for one
minute
And then morning would come, and
/ would go down to the office. A diff
ferent office it is from what 1t was:
half the fellows ARE gone: and every
day one Of them drops In with his uni
form on. and something in his face
some new seriousness. mixed with q
sort of peace. as though his conscienc,
was clearer than ever before in his
life--something that makes me envy
him all over.
And I say to myself. There were
babies in Poland and Belgium Fol-
thousands of years there have beer
babies: and every mother who brought
one into the world has done it in fear
and trembling, wondering whether he
her son, would one day be fed to the
cannon! They're fighting over Their,
in France to make the world safe fol
babies I'd say, and the mothers OF
babies. And here l sit, as though !
had died 20 years ago.
so the tug Of war has gone on in.
side me. My own little wife and
mother, and the wives and mothers OF
the world. The babies of Belgium and
Poland and France, and my own little
fellow, whose hands I can feel even
now
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
And Here's Another
War Poem.

Grace E. kenfield of Missoula, Is the
author of the following war verses:
Some day. when Kaiser Wilhelm
Is made to understand
That all his fiendish plots
Are known in every land;
Some day, when all his scheming
Its fatal end has seen,
Old Germany and her allies
Will know what fools they've been.
They talk of France and Russia,
OF America, too proud to fight"
Say England is bull-headed--
They lie, with all their might.
But the time has come to show them
That medieval days have passed.
That the killing of helpless children
Cannot forever last.
Oh, some day soon we'll show them
Their system is all wrong.
We are coming Kaiser Wilhelm.
Ten hundred thousand strong.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
Control Is Overcoming
Enormous Freight Waste
BY II. II. Windsor in Popular Me-
chanlcs.

BY II. II. Windsor in Popular Me-
chanics.
Up to few months ago there was
enormous waste in the use of freight
cars. 1t was an impressive sight to
watch a train of so or more cars sweep
by but perhaps not more than 10 OF
these cars We're loaded to capacity.
Where they Were capable of loading
40 tons they held only 10 or 20 tons
Nearly all the costs of operating this
train We're the same whether it trans
ported 500 or 2,5os tons. Now load
Ing is required to the limit of the car
Where formerly one freight ear was
sent out each night from all large
cities to each town along the line. with
aften only a few thousand pounds in
car now the freight Is held until a
fair sized load Is accumulated. In
some cases this means that Podun<
receives only one, two or three cars
per week. where formerly it had one
every day, but shippers are finding
they can adapt themselves to the
scheme with little hardship. and the
saving. taking the country as a whole,
is tremendous. Now a country dealer,
instead of waiting until his supply of
some commodity is down to two days
supply before ordering, anticipates his
wants and orders a week ahead.
Retail dealers are cutting down de-
livery service, and instead of rushing a
man, horse and wagon to the far end
OF town with a yeast cake. or bunch of
parsley. on n frantic IS. o. S." from
Mrs. Jones, have established a sched-
ule providing so msny deliveries each
day at certain hours. And Mrs. Jones
is discovering she can just as well in
clude the yeast cake when giving the
usual daily order. When 1t is stated
one of the largest firms in one of our
large cities adds 10 per cent to every
thing 1t sells to cover the. cost of de-
livery alone, some idea viii be had of
the saving possible, taking the country
as a whole. even in the smaller towns.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
Talk Of the To,Un
o'lou0hlin Pitches
in y. 8. Uniform.

Carl OLoughlin. formerly an in
structor at Loyola high school hero
and well known in western Montana
as baseball pitcher. Is enjoying life
in the army and, incidentally, is vim
ming new laurels as ball player. He
is in the Attn Aero squadron, stationed
at Waco. Texas. In a letter to friends
here he writes:
I have been q soldier for nearly
two months now and 1 can assure you
that life has taken on a new appear.
ance since December 10, the date OF
my enlistment. / always understood
that life in the army was hardly a
joke, that it entailed many a sacrifice.
Hence my civilian pride was not dam
aged to any great extent as step by
step l have been initiated into the
great American order Of 'Sammees.'
A good many young fellows are dis
eouraged and disgruntled at first by
the inconvenience they meet with in
the service. But I am convinced that
there is but one course open to a SOL
dier worthy of the uniform, and that
is to do his duty"
After telling of the confusion in the
receiving camp at Camp Kelley, Texas,
O'Loughlin says:
Here at Waco things are greatly
improved. However, we had some ex-
periences of a rather unpleasant char
acter. We We're visited by genuine,
Simon-pure blizzard (not our gentle
Missonla variety. but the real thing.N
This was followed by some rainstorm.
Many of the tents were blown down,
and as then we had no flooring, the
mud was something awful. The past
| week. however. the weather has been
/ fine, SO much so, that had the honor
OF pitching the 47th Aero squadron to
a So victory over our nearest neigh
| Dor. the 46th Aero squadron.
| II had the pleasure Of hearing mass
| at the Y. M. e. A. building last SUM-
day. The boys are faithful to their
religious duties. We have not X.
of C. hall in this section of the camp,
so the Y. NJ. c. A. kindly gave us the
use of their hail.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
TAKING NO CHANGES.

The defeat of John T. Adams
of Iowa for the craftsmanship of
the Republican National Commit
tee, will be taken as a fairly good
index that the Republican party
and, perhaps, the Democratic
party as well, will not take
chances this year in the choice
of candidates who will be COM
PEELED to make campaigns of eX-
plantations or defense on issues
involving patriotism and the war.
No sane man doubts the quality
Of Mr.. Adams patriotism in con-
flict where the interests of the
nation are at stake. He comes
from several generations of pure
American stock. The point at is
sue relates to the sympathy of
Mr.. Adams as between the war
ring nations, before the United
States got into The bloody game.
II was shown that Mr.. Adams,
while visiting in Europe two
years ago, wrote a newspaper
article in which he gave his view
that the war had been forced
upon Germany by England, be-
cause of the latter's jealousy of
Germany's great commercial
growth.
Mr.. Adams, of course, had an
entire right to express that view,
II ne saw it that way. That, how
ever, does not mean that with our
own nation involved in the con-
flict, he would be anything but a
thoroughly energetic American
patriot and q war worker. Ger
tainly he is an able man.
Il The Republican National Com.
Smittee, however, understanding
the temper Of the people, right,
decided that the choice of Mr.
Adams 70 its craftsmanship woult
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
Missoula Man Writes
War Song for Army.

w. A. Furnish, 1917 Johnson street,
Missoula, has written for the boys at
the front a war song which has at
tracted a great deal OF attention. Sew
eral hundred copies of the song were
sent recently to Camp Lewis, where
the Sammees adopted it. The words,
to be sung to the tune of Marching
Through Georgia" follow:
Bring the fife and drum and flag,
Well sing different song,
We're going to whip the Kaiser
And as we march along,
To clear the world for liberty
To right an awful wrong,
Make free world a good world and
wise.
CHORUS.
Hurrah, hurrah. We'll reach across the
Kill lot Of plutocrats ana set the
peasants free.
We will carry this righteous war
Across the land. and see
The last of such jokes as the Kaiser.
All our men are fighting men,
You'll not find any drones,
They'll make road for truth and right
Paved with the kaiser's bones,
Free this world Of despots bold
And save the Belgians' homes.
And bring back the scalp of the Kaiser.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
A BLUFF.

The submarine blockade" said n
government official at dinner, sis Il
bluff 1t does harm, of course: it does
untold harm, but as blockade it is a
bluff.
THE hluffing. Dragging submarines
remind me of the hen.
"A hen. you know, set out to see the
world. and met a crow in a remote
forest
But, madam said the crow. are
you not afraid, without wings, of los
ing your way in all this dense tangle"
Afraid? Oh, MOI said the hen.
Every little way lay an egg to guide
myself back by "-Washington Star.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
A SCHOOL GARDENER? SURE!

We beg to emphasize the i'm
portance Of having a school
gardener this year, and at this
time, we do not discover any
valid reason why we should not
have one. Certainly there is no
lack Of funds, but even so, the in
vestment would be small COM
pared with the returns.
The profits of the school gar
dens and potato plat work at
Great Falls last year reached
$4,000. This year, everywhere in
our nation, from the great cities
to the smallest hamlet, there is to
be concentrated effort to pro-
duce food. il we fail to produce
and do not save, we lose the war.
That is just as certain as any
thing can be.
Our boys and girls are eager to
do their share, but to get results
they must work under a garden
supervisor. That, too, is plain.
Gardening cannot be taught
wholly from books. While one
teacher can look after thirty-five
boys and girls during the year, a
school gardener can direct sew
eral hundred Of the kids under
an organization like that at Great
Falls or at Lewistown, or at sew
eral other Montana towns.
This is not merely patriotic
duty, but it will be fine in every
way for the boys and girls. Dem
constructions in cold pack canning
of vegetables and fruits might be
arranged as part of the garden
plan. " :.
Let the school trustees 20 to it!
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
Housewives Appeal
for Mullemer Recipe.

So many requests have been received
for a second printing OF the potato
crust recipe evolved by Charles Mule
mer of the Palace hotel, that it Is Of
fered again. Here 1t is:
Take one pound Of potatoes and
steam until well done. Mash potatoes
and pour into a pot on the stove and
stir until good and dry. Put in
tablespoon of flour one teaspoon OF
butter one egg yolk, a pinch OF salt
and teaspoon Of sugar. Mix well and
let it cool. Roll like other pie dough.
Bake the crust three quarters Of an
hour before you put in the fruit.
This crust can be used for all fruit
and cream pies. but not for custard or
pumpkin pies.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
SINGING OF WIRES.

The singing of telegraph wires is
sometimes regarded as weather
prognostic. though opinions differ as
to the kind of weather it foretells.
There has been much discussion as to
the cause of this sound. Probably it
is simply the Aeolian harp effect, and
Its occurrence depends chiefly upon
the direction of the wind In relation to
the direction in which the wires run.
Popular Science Monthly explains.
Variations in the pitch of the sound
depend upon changes in the tension Of
the wires with varying temperature.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
WhafMyParents
Wanted Me Be
ORViLLE WRIGHT,

1t was quite natural that my brother
Wilbur and | should be interested in
science and invention, for my father a
poor clergyman who was ordained Il
bishop because of his recognized ahili-
ties, had a keenly developed taste for
science and mechanics. He invented n
typewriter, but never perfected it to
his satisfaction. My mother, college
bred woman, was the best matherna-
tcian in her class. Her CHEZ delight
was TO encourage her children in stu
diouS habits. One of my brothers in
vented an improved hay press. which
he put on the market. My sister,
Catherine, was n graduate of Oberlin
college and Il teacher OF Latin in the
Dayton schools.
/ was born in Dayton. Ohio. in 1871,
and my interest in flying can be said
TO date from the autumn of 1878. One
evening my father came into the house
with an object partly concealed in
his hands and before my brother and
l could see what it was he tossed it
into the air. Instead of falling to the
ground, as we expected, this thing
flew across the room until it struck
the ceiling, when it fluttered while
and finally sank to the floor. This
was a little toy known to scientists
as .helicoptere," but which we, with
sublime disregard of science, i'm
mediately dubbed bat" 1t was a
light form of cork and bamboo COW
cred with paper, forming two screws
driven in opposite directions by rub
Der bands.
A toy so delicate lasted only a
short time in the hands of two small
boys, but its memory was abiding.
We began making heiicopteres of
increasing size until, thinking our
selves too old. for such toys. we
turned to kite making and kite flying.
Also, like many other boys. We were
enthusiastic on the subject of hi
cycles. Wilbur and I made our own
with home made tools and created
considerable amusement by appear
ing on a tandum which we had made
out of two old fashioned high wheels
connected by a fifteen-foot gas pipe.
Later. we made and repaired bicycles
for a livelihood.
The mental atmosphere Of our home
was stimulating and conducive to
original work. Our own library OF
more than two thousand volumes con-
tanned many works which treated Of
scientific and mechanical devices.
We boys were fond of reading and
eagerly devoured every book of this
class, encouraged in both reading and
experimenting by our parents.
Our early interest in the helicoptere
toy was revived by our reading of
the experiments of Otto Lilienthal, a
German inventor who had made some
successful flights in a gliding ma
chine.
But until we heard of the death of
I.ilienthal aerial navigation did not
attract our mature and serious con-
sideration. We then studied every
work on the subject we could get
and found that in the field of aviation
there were two schools. The first
gave chief attention to power flight
and the second to soaring flight.
Our sympathies We're with the lat
ter school. partly from Impotence at
the wastefuf extravaganza of mount
ing delicate and costly machinery on
wings which no one knew how to
manage and partly. no doubt. from
|, the extraordinary charm and enshnsi-
asm with which the apostles Of soar
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
STARS FROM BOTTOM OF WELL.

That stars are visible in the day
time from the bottom of n deep shaft
or we'll has been generally believed
since the days Of Aristotle. hut there
is not the slightest foundation for tina
idea, says Popular Science Monthly.
Baron Humboldt. who spent a good
deal Of time in mines himself and ques-
toned miners in various parts of the
world. found no evidence in support
of this belief. and it has since been
thoroughly exploded. But like many
other exploded ideas 1t flourishes
just as vigorously as ever.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
THE DAILY mSSOuLlAN
eSTAellsHep 1879
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1918.
AN EASY WAY OUT.

Actually, we are amazed that
the Non-Partisan league does not
see the solution of its problem
and apply it without delay. 1t is
SO simple. 1t is only necessary
to remove Townley and his bale
full influence to rid itself Of all at
lacks from citizens who place pa
triotism above politics.
We know, Of course, that the
rank and file of membership in
the league is loyal to our govern
ment, in every respect; but we
know, also, that Mr.. Townley has
placed upon himself the brand Of
disloyalty and that it cannot be
burned out by any protestation
or disavowal. We know, too, that
he is former member Of the So
cialist party, and is still radical
Socialist at heart and that his
close lieutenants are like him.
II is as plain as print that the
league cannot extend it's growth
or influence under Townley's
leadership. As the death list
comes, the waves Of patriotism
and anger will arise higher and
higher, finally to dash Mr.. Town
ley upon the rocks.
We say again that we not only
have no criticism to offer of the
efforts Of the Equity and of its
members in the Non-Partisan
league TO help their economic
condition. They may market
their goods as they please and
purchase likewise, and if they
choose to organize and pay $40
for membership, that too, is their
right and is their own business.
They may cooperate for their
own interests just as union labor
co-operates or as business men
cooperate. They may use their
organization to elect to office
such men as command their full
confidence and will work for
their interests. The farmers of
this country have endured many
forms of injustice, dating back to
a quarter Of a century ago, when
they were preyed on by the rail
roads and trusts. Their position
has been greatly strengthened by
their own efforts, and if they
choose to establish banks, mer-
camille houses, elevators, rail
roads, or even churches, let them
60 ahead. We will offer no re-
sistance to any economic plan
within the laws Of the country
that they may choose to try. ANY
business or cooperative venture
they may try must stand on its
own bottom and succeed or faiL"n
its own merits. The only condi-
ton is that it must not become an
injustice or burden to other
people.
Our objection to the Non-Parti-
san league rests simply and sole
ly on the case of Mr.. Townley.
We do not think the farmers in
this critical hour of our nations
life can afford to carry a leader
with Mr.. fownley's record for dis
loyal utterances and his general
character as a political charlatan,
and if Mr.. Townley really has the
welfare Of this organization at
heart, he will resign his office
for the good of his followers. In
less he retires, the league must
carry the stigma of Townleyism
and that, we think, will make
hard shedding for it from now on.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18

ing flight set forth the beauties Of
sailing tnrough the. air on fixed wings.
deriving the motive power from the
wind itself. We began our first Gid
ing experiments in October. 1900. at
Kitty Hawk. n. c. We had taken up
aeronautics merely as a sport. But
we soon found the work SO fascinat-
ing that we were drawn into 1t deeper
and deeper and spent less and less
time in our bicycle shop in Dayton.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
HOW TO GET RICH.

"The methods of practicing economy
are very simple" wrote DIR. Samuel
Smiles. an authority on the subject
spend less than You earn. That is
the first rule. A portion should al.
ways be set aside for the future"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
COLLEGE MEN OFF TO WAR.

Only six Of the IS Harvard students
who won their H" last year are still
in the university. The rest are ''ir
the war" More than so Yale pro.
|.fessors and instructors are engaged i,
war service
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18

Knife wounds heal more quickly
than those caused by q sharp tongue.