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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
Letter from the Dead.

On the body Of a British soldier
recently killed at the front, was found
the following letter addressed to his
mother: Il am dead; have lived
my life. fought the good fight, and
given my life willingly and happily
for your sakes on the altar of duty
The fighting will be severe. the suf
iering great; but, mother darling
every child whom God receiveth He
scourgeth II is only part OF the imi
tation OF our blessed Lords life-jusl
a weak. unworthy imitation-but the
best a poor. puny. sinful child car
make plead with you not to worry
Put all your faith. your hope, youl
trust in the God OF love-
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applieaats for Insurance Often
Rejected

An examining physician for one Of the
prominent life insurance companies, in an
interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
SO many applicants for insurance are re-
iected is because kidney trouble is 80 com
mon to the American people. and the large
majority of those whose applications are
declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease.
Judging from report from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence Of DR.. kiimer's Swamp Root is
coon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
We find that Swamp Root is strictly
an herbal compound and We would sd-
wise our readers who feel in need of such a
remedy to give it . trial 1t is on sale
At all drug stores in bottles Of two sizes,
medium and large.
However. If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents TO Dr.
kilmer 4 Co. Binghsmton. n. v. for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin is sunburned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
n bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint Of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion. and complexion
beautifier. at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face. neck, arms
and hands each day and see how freck-
les, sunburn. windburn and tan disap-
pear and how clear, soft and white the
skin becomes. Yes! II is harmless
Adv.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

medicine for woman's ailments / ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW. R No. l.
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit Of this
medicine and wrote this letter in order
that other suffering women may find
relief a. she did.
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day to day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham' g Vege-
table Compound. a trial. For special
advice in regard to such ailments write
to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn,
Mass. The result of its forty years
experience 10 ct your service.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
Automatic Water Pan for Furnace.

An extra large water pan, illus
trated in Poplar Mechanics Magazine.
is now being installed in furnaces Of a
certain make. which is equipped to fill
automatically when almost empty.
The pan holds seven gallons. and one
end makes a contact with the fire pot.
so that evaporation is very rapid
Water is supplied through a pipe, the
flow being governed by a fioat-con-
trolled valve.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

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,noS.a and ,h. orara,. frn,, o. ~
go ,,.;,h . ,nna.ra,a 80 g. ., -.
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.ne June uiop "in'' usual. o''
uoin non'h 10 siA "eehs ai'er VI.
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y Ier.lli.eo anu o.her "eaki! oe.er
opeu 'ral's uIop oh-anu before lhe
p,as nesin " naiue" 'ef IN. Jun.
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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
Most varieties Of peaches,

Most varieties Of peaches, As
well us other fruits. for that
matter. under favorable condi-
tions often set much more fruit
than the tree can possibly de-
veiop TO good degree of per
fection for commercial purposes.
The natural tendency of the tree
is to perpetuate its kind. To
this end. left to Itself, II devel-
ops the largest possible number
OF seeds, with each seed pos
sessing the possibility Of q new
tree.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
Soothe ttchino Scalps.

On retiring gently rub spots Of dan
druff and itching with Cuticura ONT
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. X.
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap IS, Ointment IS and 50.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
Total losS.

What is the uniuckiest stone?-
The diamond" replied young Cub
WITT.
I've never heard the diamond called
unlucky before.
1T seems TO be so in my case I've
bought engagement fings for three
girls who married other fellows and
forgot to return the rings Birming-
ham Age-Herald
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
FRECKLES


There's no longer the slightest need OF feeling
ashamed of your freckles. as Othine-double
strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce Of Othine-doubie
sfrength-from your druggist. and apply q litue
Of II night and morning and you should soon see
that the worst freckes have begun to dis
appear. while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tireiy. II In seldom that more than one ounce
h needed 10 completely clear the skin and gain
Q beautiful clear oomplexion-
D sure to SSH for the double strength Othine.
a. this is sold under guarantee Of money back
n Il fails to remove freck les.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

~ "coA ~ oAuc0 Z
could hardly get
around to DO my
work, and - | had
four In my family
and three bosrders
it made it very hard
for me. Lydia E
Pinkham's Vege-
table Com pound
was recommended
to me. I took il
and it has restored
my health. 1t 10
rertainlv the ho~f
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
u. S. Can Never Be Crushed.


These grea, objects can be put into
a single septence. What we seek is
the reign Of law. based upon the con-
sent Of the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion of mankind.
These great ends cannot he
achieved By debating and seeking 20
reconcile and accommodate what
statesmen may wish. with their prof.
ects for balances Of power and Of ma
tional opportunity. They can be
reached only BY the determination Of
what the thinking people Of the world
desire with their longing hope for
Justice and for social freedom and op-
portunity.
81 can fancy that the air Of this
place carries the accents Of such prin-
c,ples with q prouder kindness. Here
where started forces which the great
nation against which they were pri.
,nsrtly directed ut FIRST regarded as q
revolt against Its authority but which
has long since seen TO have been q
step In the liberation Of Its own PEG
p,e % well As Of the people OF the
United Srates-aBd ] stand here nov
TO sp<ak, SPEAK proudly and with con
a0<nt hope-of the spread Of this re
volt. this liberation TO me great STATE
of me world itself. The blinded rul
ers OF Prussia have aroused forces they
kpew little of-forces which, onct
aroused. can never be crushed to earl
sRsin-for they hsve at their heart n
inspiration and . purpose which an
desthless and Of the very stun Of tn
umpA."
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

self-closing door spring adds to
the anger Of a man who wants to
slam the door.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

Washington, July She first Of
the 1,ll5 locomotives ordered By the
railroad administration In May has
been completed.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

In jealousy there is more selflove
than love.-Ia ROchefoucault.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

Most people who keep diaries for
any length of time keep them for sale
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

A girl may be intellectual and yet
retain her appetite for ice cream soda
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

MxtUve Craze Vine Bvds.
Sixty buds On the mature grape vine
Is enough. These will produce Q h0-
dred eunches ef grapes
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
" BEST MEDICINE
10 FOR I WOMEN"
What Lydia E Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did
For Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio.-"I suffered from
irregularities. pains in my side and was
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

Coffee is like the earth when it is
ground
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

Scanda, often s;inKs itself.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

Armour 4 Company
Cudahy Packing Co.
Morris 4 Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

tie placards that say perfectly, adequately,
Please"
And this is the kind of publicity the girls
give to their drills:
We have all seen the result of military
drill on the boys who have been in train
ing only a short time, and we believe it
Will make US stronger and fit US to do our
work better than ever before.
Are you weary when your days work is
over? YOU NEED EXERCISE. We all
need it to keep Us physically fit and to pre-
pare US for the work that is ahead of us
next winter.
Let's make this such big military af-
fair for girls that when Detroit has her
next parade we will startle the city by our
drilling
Who says women can't salute? Who
says women can't parade as we'll as men?
Go to it-let'S show them
That is the spirit that is making American
women grasp their present opportunity so firm
ly and do their work so we'll
1t seems incredible in such a prosper
Gus town. counted seventy-three automobiles
parked in the wide street under nv window
last nlght-that the morale of women workers
can ever need the attention that it gets in
France and England But the problem is the
same
1t is up to American women to keep things
up to as near 100 per cent output as possible
and keep the girls on their Jobs and hapuv.
The girl VINO IS too tired to 90 anywhere and
the girl who keeps her production down so that
she won't be cut again both Of them our
problem
Go To It-Let's Show Them.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Women to Consider
Problems Of Men

Miss Van kleeck sits with the War Policies
Board not only when questions of special in
terest to women are considered but at all
other times as well. Her appointment means
that any industrial question affecting men as
we'll as women will have equal consideration
by women. 1t is the first time that any woman
has held such position. 1t means that wom-
an has been given a voice in shaping the labor
policy of the country.
Besides Miss Van Klceck and Miss Ander-
son the woman's division is entitled to five
specialists. The division will work through
existing agencies such the training and
dilution section [dilution is the term used for
the gradual seeping and trickling of women
into mems industrial jobs, as opposed to sud
den and wholesale substitution. Training is
often necessary to fit the women to take places
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Show Em!" Say Detroit Munition Workers

ago. The rate then was So hundred When
many of the men got to making $21 day the
rate cut in two. The men quit and girls
put in. Even at that expert girls can
make $40 day now, doing an hours less work
than the men,
But added the worker, ''these expert girls
are limiting themselves to SO day now. They
are afraid of being cut again"
Here is chance for some patriotic talk to
the employer or the workers-choose your own
point Of view.
Of course, every and then the labor
market in Detroit is flooded with girls who
have heard of the high pay, and for a time
there is oversuppy of labor for the fac
tories. Household and other Jobs are then filled
from this oversupply until a new contract
in some factory again takes every girl in
sight
The timekeeper inspector and foreman all
get bonus based on the amount Of work done
by the girls under them
Il had some trouble with my pay check the
first week. said this girl, "and complained
about it to my foreman, He said, oh, it will
be all right, guess. but you can't expect to get
it surely. There was one bonus coming to me
week'-he said this very casually-'that
never did get
"How much was it," I asked him. Forty
Jol1o Lo i
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

cordingy the girls are let out at 4:30 to give
them chance at a seat in the cars. Here is
a suggestion to New York employers.
The value of real recreation to a very
tired girl is something that does not seem to
have hit some employers yet, in the big new
plants particularly. But in the older places
good work has been done for years, by private
management and by the Y. W. C. A. You read
in the papers of Saturday and Sunday excur-
sons to Belle Isle and other places on the
river. Groups of girls, two and three hundred
strong, drill under regular army officers from
Fort Wayne, in the long daylight hours from
$50 till o'clock or so.
There are, to take just one short schedule of
the Y. W. c. A. federated clubs, launch rides
car rides, moonlight rides, with dancing and
programmes by the Y. W. C. A. Glee Club,
hayrack rides, corn roasts, hikes and campfire
suppers, all-day Sunday picnics and parties &C
pretty new Y. W. c. A. annex opposite the
Y. NJ. c. A. To these entertainments soldiers
and sailors (also "friends not in uniform) are
invited
Detroit is full of good advertising. The tee-
phone in the hotel has pad for complaints:
while you waiting for number, with pen
Gil in hand, you can write down what you think
Of the service. The parks have no gaspipe
fences or Keep Off the Grass signs; just lit
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

that women can accomplish, and should ac-
compish, with the fullest effectiveness.
The method Of procedure is to obtain sigma
lures to the petition designating woman
candidate Of or d per cent Of the enrolled
voters Of the election district. The petition
form was printed on this page of The Tribune
Sunday, July 21, and may be obtained from
the Woman Suffrage party at 3 East Thirty
eighth Street.
When the signatures have been obtained and
witnessed before notary they must be mailed
to the Board of Elections in the Municipal
Building by August g.
In the Republican party believe there is
in the Democratic party there is one for every
fifteen or twenty. Few care to take the
trouble to nominate for these positions by peti-
ton, so that when the last day comes for filing
the nominating petitions there always a
number of vacancies which are later filled by
appointment.
This, Of course, means that such members
Of the county committees are not really repre-
scntatives of the voters. 1t means also that
women who will become committeeman have an
excellent chance Of being elected.
These the political jobs of in
telligence ought to fill. The bigger opportun-
ties which are thrown our way are likely to be
either sops to our vanity or bats to the voter.
To seek them is to court failure or to put on
the shackes of gratitude.
KATRINA ELY TIFFANY.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

for materials is the same, but the price paid
for labor differs. The firm that pays living
wage is thus put at disadvantage competing
with the firm that does not. For example, in
the boot and shoe workers organizations the
union factories pay higher wages than do non
union factories, but pay just as much for
their materials-which obviously increases the
cost of production and diminshes profits And
not only is the employer in union factory
thus put to disadvantage but also the en-
ploye in the non-union factory, who must HIM
self pay the same price for maintaining life
3ut of smaller purse
This, where women are employed concerns
the woman's division of the Labor Bureau be-
cause it concerns the health and welfare of
women-which is the health and welfare of
the nation.
1t is essential for the government to tackle
this question sooner or later in order to get
full production to help win the war
The woman's division will stand on govern
ment policies for collective bargaining. The
government cannot deal with people unless
they are organized. Women as a rule have
been loosely organized in the past But wom-
ems unions are going to be strengthened and
increased In some instances this has hap
pened already, for example among the ma
chinists, who have recruited many new women
workers.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
a 4Drimer in ]9olitirs

Ed'tor's Note-Irs. Tifany, delegate from,
"tsSc~ County, 2Vas asked 10 be permanent
eo"'n1n OF the unofficial Democratic con-
"e1t'on at Saratoga She refused, saying that
S". dtd not wlsh complimentary appointment
~iach o5rtously hod been offered because of
he sea-
Women should go into politics with the spirit
VI pubic service. Few politicians seem to have
,o@ed at it IN that light, yet it is the only
Ast IN which | can see it,
ne political parties are now laboring un-
ue 'he delusion that the thing to do is put
10 In the llmelight in celebration of our en-
'Hhchisement-but it is mistake. We ought
~ " be put IN at the top; should
eohe IN ION the ground floor" and work our
wy up.
'iYing an important political job to wom-
q. at thls time is in most cases like buying a
~ IN a poke. No one knows whether she
"a De efficient or not, because 80 far no
"snan has been tried out in this kind Of
"sK. And it is fallacy to suppose that she
"1 serve az vote catcher, because only
'sy Few women are known throughout the
sete, and women will not necessarily vote for
"ne one they never heard Of Just because che
sa woman.
is time now, until August 6, to put in
'sgnating petitions for candidates for county
"hmttses. That is where women should
we. 1t is no more overwhelming task
nm being a member Of hospital board and
"snding its meetings. Moreover, it is task
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

Associated with her is Miss Mary Anderson
Miss Anderson is a lf-made man She
worked for eighteen years in a shoe factory in
lineage, then became a member of the Boot
and Shoe Workers General Executive Board,
and later still organizer for the National
Womens Trade Union League Miss Ander-
son knows her business from the inside out,
and these are some of the issues that she
thinks ought to concern the woman's division
of the Department of Labor;
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
By ELIZABETH PORTER WYCKOFF

Detroit Mlch., Special Correspondence
COMEBODY estimated the number of girls
employed in Detroit factories before the
war at $4,000.
NOW there are so many going into munitions
and war manufacturing nobody knows how
many there are One factory had three hun
dred girls in April Now it has two thousand
on Its payroll The total in many factories is
probably increased in like proportions.
Wages are enormously high for women I
talked with one girl who has been doing weld
ing OF shells for several months and makes
80 day She works with an oxy-acetylene
torch and wears big goggles, for the light of
the flame is terribly bright.
Aren't you nervous working all day with
that fame?' I asked her.
"Oh, no, not after got used to it. It's nice
work" she said.
She has helper who sits opposite her and
hSes the shells as they come to her so that TIE
edges are evenly together and ready to weld.
Inc girls get day rate of So cents an hour
II because Of accidents to the apparatus, etc,
@e piece rate totals an amount under the day
rate they get the day rate, anyhow The piece
rate IS S1.75 a hundred. Three hundred and
eighty shells mean IS day, which the girls
seem to earn very easily. The helper gets 25
per cent of the welders pay.
Men were employed on this work not long
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Real Industrial CITIZENSHIP

Replacement of Men by Women
When it is necessary to employ women on
work hitherto done by men, care should bv
taken to make sure that the task is adapted to
their strength. The standards of wages pre-
valllng for men in the process should not be
lowered where women render equivalent SER
vice.
Tenement House Work
No work shall be given out to be done in
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

Girls in this plant work in the paint shop
doing what Detroit calls ''camoufooging I
saw acres of yellow, brown and black spot
ted ammunition carriers that they finish in this
way. The average wage is s. day. They
also work on drill presses, inspecting, welding
and riveting. The riveting is hard noisy and
dirty. but very profitable
In few cases men have taught their Jobs on
special machines to individual girls who tooS
over the machines when the men went to war
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

high wages small things like poor lunchroom
accommodations do not worry them much.
The girls wear overalls at their work. They
work nine hours, but one hour is counted over
time and pays time and a half The men work
in ten hour shifts.
One significant concession is made to the
girls. Detroit is very much spread out and
any factory you pick out is miles from every
where else. The street car company is appar-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

that are slowly vacated by the menl, the en-
ployment section, the education and informa-
ton sections and the section on investigation.
Women in the past have only been taken
of they have made themselves felt
Because of the war woman labor has increased
from about eight million in productive indus
try in 1910 to, roughly speaking, eleven million
to-day.
The poor working girl" eleven million
strong, has found somebody to look out for her
1t is the woman's division of the Department
of LABOR.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

rooms used for living purposes or in rooms
directly connected with living rooms.
Personnel Of
The Division
Miss Van kleeck is a graduate of Smith
College, and has been director of the Division
of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage
Foundation and chief of the women's branch
of the Ordnance Department.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

Hours and wages ought to be stipulated in
government contracts. Women's trade unions
ought to be strengthened. For equal work
women should receive equal pay.
To-day the government specifies the cost of
material in its contracts, but wages and hours
are not specified They ought to be, for spec-
fications on labor would do a great deal to in
crease production by stilling unrest. The price
that the manufacturer and his competitor pay