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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
HAS SOMETHING OF A JOB
Bin 10 Finding That Thinking Up an
Explanation 10 by No Means
an Easy Task.

BIZ Dudley and eleven other pino-
chile players who are members Of q
progressive pinochle club left their
South side homes to go to Beech
Grove the other night. While at Foun-
tain square waiting for the Beech
Grove car Bill and Joe Beck got too
far away from the car TO catch 1t and
the other ten went TO Beech Grove.
Then Bill got an idea and he and Beck
stole home to where Bills car rested
for his wife won't let him take IL out
after dark. They opened the garage
door noIselessly. pushed the car out
and down the street for a block and
then stepped on the starter. They
got to Beech Grove before the rest
OF the club did.
Bill and his friend Beck drove home
after the club meeting and repeated
the performance In getting the car
back In the garage. Then he went into
the house. Presently the crowd came
along and yelled at Bill through the
window. OF course. that entailed ex-
plantations on Bills part to his wife "a
to how he got home first. The other
members Of the club say Bill has not
yet been able TO explain TO his wife
how he beat them home.-Indlanapo
News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
SIMPLE WAY TO FIND OUT
Pussy Passenger Told Just How He
Could Ascertain II Car Was
Moving, or Not.

In the midst OF Nebraska SnOwdrifts
q train got stalled so that the wheels
would not move forward or back.
There II stood for six hours while the
conductor walked four miles to the
nearest station and got section crew
10 dig the train out.
Aboard that train fidgeted a hungry
farmer with Populist brown whiSkerS
He collected the individual opinions Of
everybody in the coach as to when
the train was going TO move on; and
st1ll he fdgeted.
At last the conductor returned.
"See here" sIgnalled the farmer as
the conductor hurried through The
aisle. Are We gOing?"
Are We gOingT" clustered the con-
ductOr. you raise the window and
put your head out. II the zephyrs fan
your whiskers we're going; II not, the
wheels Of this train are probably
frozen to the track"
The car rOared with laughter as the
disgruntled whlskers retreated into
the adjoining coach.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
MEANS END OF ALL THINGS
Number go Originally Newspaper
Symbol, Has Come TO Have Sig
ulheanee Of Dire Import.

By frequent reference to Il. noted
BY newspaper readers. doubtless the
meaning Of that cabalistic symbol So
has become familiar to many, but tbs
incident and explanation Is printed In
connection with the obsequies Of Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, In the Montreal La
Patrie. "What does that signifyr
was asked by thousands who filed past
the casket Of Sir wilfrfd Laurier and
had remarked the bouquet Of flowers
upon which lay the symbol so In red
figures. This noral tribute was given
BY members Of the press gallery In the
Dominion parliament. For them this
number means the same rs the words
which the great departed pronounced
some days after being stricken by his
malady: 1T is ended (C'est fini.)
The origin Of this conventional symbol
has been lost In the traditions Of jour
nalism, but after each night and at
the end OF every day the conventional
80" traversed the continent from end
to end. Editors in time adopted the
sign 80" to inform the stan, the
various news departments and the
composing room that all the copy"
was finished and that there would be
nothing additional. Finally, for news
paper men, the number 80" became
the symbol Of the end Of all things OF
sArth, and even OF life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
SUBSEA VESSELS AN OLD IDEA
Inventors Had Thoughts Of Such craft
Centuries Ago, ~ Ancient
Records Give Proof.

Not In 1890. when Lord verulam
first made a vague allusion to the
subject, but In 1913. II seems, was
first mention made Of the submarine
and then at some considerable length
In a memoir published at 'sThe Brazen
Serpent, In Paul's Churchyard." And
with this discovery comes another,
that the submarine, or "Ark for Sub
marine Navigation" as the author,
John wilkins, terms II, had been tried
and found a practical possibility In
the days Of the civil wars. "Cornelous
.Drebie" had experimental with "the
contrivance," here In England" and
found II feasible" There is some
thing captivatingiy Ellzabethan about
this John wilkins, chaplain to the
Prince Elector Palatine," and his far
sighted consideration Of the subma-
rine as a war auxiliary. Londoners
became acquainted with him one
March evening recently. as they
opened their Pail Mall Gazettes and
dipped into the contents. Cornelius
Dreble. and his continuance" arouse
q tantalizing curiosity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
New spIint Works Well.

The treatment Of broken and other
wise injured arms has been somewhat
facilitated by the invention OF a new
splint. which is a mechanical device
ready for instant use in any case win
out regard to its character. II Is
war, where a great number OF cass
are to be treated as quickly as possible
that this new device will be OF inc
greatest value. II Is adjusted 10 the
body of the patient. 1t can be useo
on either arm and may be adjusted 70
any position in which it may be DE-
sired to hold the injured arm. II
a combination Of metal rods. with SUIT
able Joints and hinges, so that the arm
is properly supported and protected |"
all times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
Live Stock for belgium.

No one in Belgium rejoiced more
heartily when the Germans were
driven out than the small farmers
whose lot under the invaders had been
made intolerable by the constant req
uisitioning Of produce and stock by
the enemy. A British farmer, who
has Just returned from the wide agri-
cultural district around Menin, reports
that the country II now practically
devoid Of live stock and that tillage
and farm operations generally are at
q standstill In consequence. Efforts are
being made by the agricultural relief
Of allies committee to replace the ami
mails In that nelghborhood killed or
stolen by the Germans with good Brit
ish stock and first consignment Of
dairy cattle VIII be forwarded In the
course Of d few weeks. These animals
VIII. Il is hoped, play q valuable part
In restocking the farms Of the peas
ants which lay across the path Of the
Germans In their march toward
Calais.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
ASIA GREAT DANGER POINT
Is Today, and Has Been for All Time.
the Home Of Plague and
PestiIenee

Asia Is the home Of plague and
many other pests The facilities for
travel have brought Asia and our Pa
cific coast together. while the posses
sion OF the Philippines has multiplied
the occasions for intercourse with the
far east Thus, says the Journal OF
the American Medical Association, the
diseases OF Asia threaten the lives
and health Of the American popula-
ton. and the situation has been ag-
gravated by the conditions Of war.
With the unvarying persistence Of bu-
bonic plague in Asia, II seems timely
to lay further stress on these pointA
The obstacles in the way Of success
fully graphing with the plague prob
lem in Asia are almost insurmount-
able. The natives object to whole
sale incubation and rat destruction:
hence the only effective mode Of pro
cedure is most difficult to carry out
Religious scruples against the slaugh-
ter Of animals, even vermin. are prev
alent throughout India. Consequently
Il may be taken for granted that
plague viii continue to persist In
Asia, and as Il is extremely rife
in the two great ports Of that con-
tinent, Hong Kong and Bombay. Il 70
not an impossibility that It win be con-
veyed thence TO American ports on the
Pacific coast. While there Is no doubt
that our health authorities are awake
to the danger, IL Is well to know
that the danger exists In Asia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
HER IDEA VERY MUCH WRONG
Hired Girl MADE Trouble BY Sticking
10 the Preeep1 ~5ettsf Lats
Than Never"

Commander John @. Towers, VINO q
In charge Of the navy's transatlantic
flight plans. said At q New Yofk ban
quet:
'rhe better late than never method
doesn't 60 In aviation any better than
II went In the Jones case
-Jones was q drummer and his wife
during one OF his trips gave birth to q
son and seemed In q pretty bad way In
consequence, so a telegram 10 that ef-
feet was given to the hired gifi for DIS
patch TO Jones, but the girl put It In
her apron pocket and forgot all about
Il.
swell, by luck, the next day Jones
came home. His wife was then much
better. He saw his son and departed
again wen pleased
"A couple Of weeks passed when the
hired girl found the forgotten telegram
in her pocket and m a panic sent Il or
to Jones, saying nothing to anybody
about her remissness. And that n how
II came about that Jones was horrined
at dinner at his hotel that evening b
get q wire which said:
",Another addition, son; your wife
very IN; return at once
".AnotherT poor Jones groaned.
TmpossibleP Then he added. What
terrible thingI Her condition must
indeed be very grave
HE took the express and got home
the next morning In q state Of frenzy.
The hired girl confessed all.
81 thought II was better to send the
telegram late than never. Mr.. Jones'
she said"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
HEALTH INSURANCE ON WAY
Many Reasons Ter Assuming That the
Nation 10 About Ready 10 Take
important Step.

II n only fair to assume that our
country Il steadily moving IN the Dr.
rection Of compulsory sickness or
health Insurance. The reasons for this
assumption are many, but among
the most important are the following:
(1) The force OF the example Of Eng
land and Of eight other European coun-
tries with whose social insurance laws
the people Of this country are rapidly
becoming familiar; (2) the general ia
vor with which the proposed legisla-
don Is regarded by the extremely ac-
tive and influential body Of social
workers In the United States; (3) the
appointment Of no less than eight
commissions to investigate health and
other forms Of social Insurance !;
90 the support OF the movement by
numerous public health administrators
and experts; (5) the gradual but IRE
sistible swing Of organized labor from
opposition to support; (6) the present
sympathetic attitude Of the leading po-
litical parties toward the demands of
labor; (7) the willingness of labor. Of
hcfally expressed through state labor
declarations, to assume half the cost OF
the proposed Insurance. and (S) the
readiness Of various state legislatures
to act upon social reform measures
which do not threaten to add to the
troubles Of the overburdened taxpayer
and incidentally to those Of the legis-
lator.
These reasons. declares Modern Hos
pltal In an editorial on the subject.
are clearly indicative OF the fact that
the trend Of the country's thought Is in
the direction Of health insurance.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03

A charming little incident has taken
place in Doctor Johnson's house. Cough
square. A psrty Of soldiers visited the
Mecca and they got q colored member
Of the party to read aloud from the IA
nous dictionary. He did 30 In excel
lent style. An inquiry revealed the
fact that he was a native OF Jamaica.
All lovers Of Johnson will remember it
was Francis Barber Of Jamaica who
was the doctors faithful servant. to
whom he Seft a handsome beQuest.
And Barber once went to sea The
coincidence OF a Jamaican sailor read
ing aloud the dictionary I'm the old
house was certainly curious-London
Daily Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
HOW LANGUAGE IS ENRICHED


II 70 necessary that the languags
q q nation should be refreshed and
strengthened now and then by the In
PRODUCTION OF new words and phrases
and. ~ belts democracy, these spring
from the soil; not one OF them de
sends upon ms from the Olymplan
heights. observes the New York Her.
aid. Neither scientific nor scholastic
bodies ever enrich the common tongue
with expressions so apt and full Of
meaning that they gain Immediate and
enduring vogue. The slang Of the un-
dergraduate collegian Is pitifully In
ept and meager.
For anything that can give a new
'zest to the vulgate we must look to
the stage. the gambling house and even
to the opium den and thieves resort.
Returning soldiers win certainly bring
with them much OF the argot Of field
and trench Of which coolies" IL q
sample. The word ~joint" rs applied
to Ubiquitous and other resorts comes
from the joint Of bamboo from which
an opium pipe Is made. ~Dope" was
originally the slang term for opium
hence dope" and "dopy." Innumer-
able are the verbal products Of the
gambling house. Among the common
esf % them are -four flushing" keep
ing tab" standing pat" and "down to
cases" To "give the Office" or of
Zee" some one Is a very old bit of
London thieves slang.
The cause Of all this Is quite APP
parent to the thinking mind. Persons
Of education and cultivation have q
vocabulary Of their own sufficiently
large and varied to enable them to ex-
press themselves without going be
yond its limits. Those who are lack
Ing In education sometimes coin words
In an emergency that prove 30 express
sive that they acquire general cur
rency.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
NOTHING SACRED TO YARKs
Ancient EdFnees, With Their Historic
Memories, Have No Power to Over
awe American Soidiera

You can't awe a Yank. You can
feast his eye and his mind on history
and castles and things that are so old
they are sacred. But you can't awe
him, Stephen Doughton writes In
Chamberiain's. You can, as has been
done, for instance, take him to War
wick castle and show him the moat.
the portcullis, Caesars tower and won
ders that date from 300 A. ID. Then
when he sees the broad rampant on the
castle wall he thinks what fine place
II would be to dance. and he does.
Recently q hundred Yanks on leave
In England made a two-day tour. They
played baseball at the home Of the
late William Shakespeare. Stanford
on-Avon; visited bennington Spa,
Coventry, Warwick castle and the
ruins of the famous Kenilworth castle.
Just to add a sort Of finishing Ameri-
can touch to the tour'they had peanuts
ut warwick-think OF IL, peanuts at
sacred Warwick.
But lest the Yanks be falsely &C
cused of carrying peanuts to Warwick
let II be noted that Harry Gordon
Seltridge, q former Chicagoan. now
department store man In London, sent
I'D so pounds Of the delectable COOLERS
lust TO make the boys feel at home
while gallivanting about the castles
moats and ramparts and towers and
places.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
H0ME-MAklNG NOT so EASY
Housewife Seems TO Be Right when
che Condemns Ideas Fornuisted
BY the Theorists.

Z am always amused" said the
housewife. according to the New York
Evening Post. sat the proposition We
50 often read and hear that munltion
and factory girls enter domestic serv-
Ice. The theorists seem to imagine
that such q change can be accom-
plished right about faee-overnight.
IN the twinkling Of an eye. Good house
work. OF the sort that should be our
standard, Is not SO easy as all that.
While don't consider that housework
requires lifelong trimming. yet never
have I taken q girl from q factory
who knew the difference between a
cloth for washing dishes and one. for
wiping floors. As a rule factory girl
Is ignorant Of the simplest sanitary
essentials that stand for home max
Ing. Cooking she may be taught, and
cleaning she may learn, but the basic
principles and habit are not picked up
so readily. Many a time have I said
to q maid: Had you gone to kinder
garten you would never have piled
your dishes and saucers Ike that 1t
was at q kindergarten conference In
California, you may recall, where II
was said that no convicted criminal In
that state had had Kindergarten train
Ing. .Besides their uncertain help In
the homes Of others think how want
ing In their own homes-when they get
them-these young factory girls will
be-unless they pick up considerably
more knowledge about domestic ways
and means"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
Find for Au,oaraph Elsnd.

The visitors book at the Hotel NE
jestic or the Hotel Astoria. at Paris =
an interesting record OF the signarure
Of well-known men. Nearly eTeryOD'
who is anyone has written his name u
one or the other and besides being
proof positive OF the universal illesiOr
fly OF the writing Of celebrities W.
books would be worth their Weignt
gold TO autograph nends. 1t has Dc
suggested that when the conference
over and the various British, Fre1e-
United States. italian. Siamese, -
anese, Russian. Czecho-SlOvak. POM
and other celebrities scatter to nc
own places. the books might Dc -
to auction. 4 page at q time, 10 n'~
to derry the expenses.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
e.nov, o,d Ian Cana.

The city Of Augsburg has seen the
last OF that famous INN. -Drei Mob
rem" or preferably. In sonorous
French. 1,hotel des Trois Maures."
The Bayarian revolution has demol-
ished II with the famous nom and
1replace IN which the finsncier Pug
ger. TO save his life. Lit q fire with
an those q o. Us" awkward re
minders q Q monsrch's Indebtedness.
II was IN this hostelry. too. that Marie
Antoinatts pot mp on her way TO
Frsnce % become the wife OF the
dauphia- Over the Intel OF the 'Trols
MaureB' were carved the lilies Of
France In commemoration Of the
event Now the INN and the lilies have
disappeared in another such cataclysm
a. swept Marie Antolnette to the gull
lotine. some hundred and tWenty-odd
years ago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
WHIPPET TANK bad ACTOR,
Instrument o. Warfare That 70,
seisent Reasons Was Dreaded
BY the I<aiser's Huns

II was with the "whlppet" ,b.,
Imagination touched the "tanksa -
whippet-sO named l suppose f,nr
the speedy dog which chases rahAIt.
to earth-is the pacing dromedarv :,
tankdOm. She Is lIght-only "a
tons I should guess-and instead :,
accommodating man JOnahIike in h..
entrails, carries a cab like a Gamer,
hump. from which one can look sora
times perpendlcularly. behind. Tn.
whippet has two engines, one for each
Of her paw series, and that accupD,.
for her eccentric motion. As she ruD-
her eight. ten. up to a Conceivable N
miles, an hour, she squeals raucouSlv
AT a rock or u stump-bOth bad "a,
tanks. which can be "hung m- On
their "bellies"-she whlrls with urba
hevable rapIdity. till your eyes ara
looking one way and your stomsrb
another. Then she rumbles gaily owe,
the field seeking for trees under -
inches through to practice on, sees ,
trench. rises on her hind Quarters
drops below skyline with a teeth.
shaking bump, grips the further bank
rolls up screaming and charges OF
for more.
A bank attracts her. She noses II
until she finds an angle not quite but
almost perpendicular, and sticking her
nails In the sod. worms, up, while You
cling to the machine gun, and look at
grass which Is both back Of and below
you. And as she goes she spIts oil
blows dust and fiattens the world be.
hind her. II an enemy, you may
escape her by lying on the bottom ola
trench you can smash her with a shel
il you can catch her on the wing
which is not easy; but the preferable
place with a whippet Is on top. Never
was devised a more dangerous. humOr.
Gus. human engine of warfare than
this.-Henry SeIdeI Candy. In Yale Re.
view.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
onr mans BEST INVESTMENT
-speciai' Account Opened by Man
ager Of Big Enterprises Has
Paid BIG Dividends

An American business man had be.
come convinced o. the reasonableness
OF the doctrine Of mans stewardship.
he had thought it all out and decided
that Il might be q good thing to ny
the experiment. His various business
enterprises had prospered; his income
was constantly Increasing; he GER
tainly could do things which he might
have done but had not One night he
lay awake bordering the whole mat
ter. and before going TO sleep prayed
over Il Then he made up his mind.
says the Christian Herald Next morn
ing he instructed his bookkeeper to
open IN the ledger q new account In
his name. and marked special" to
which the bookkeeper should regular
" carry one-tenth OF all the profits.
he warned him never to fail to have
the Special" account ready when
called for.
And that business mans Special
has never failed. II has been TO him
q wonderful revelation Of the capacity
Of q maa Immersed 10 big enterprises
for DOR g good on large scale as q
side n1e. It has helped TO build
churchss, to promote the gospel, to
support missionaries, TO maintain and
train orphans. 20 bring gladness to
homes Of suffering and TO many shut
ins. He has had a hand In a hun
dred noble enterprises for Christ and
humanity. And the most extraordi-
nary thing about II Is that II has
given him a new zest for business.
having. as he himself would say rev
erently, God as silent partner. II
has not only been q means OF bless
ing his business. but II has purified
his whole life. ennobled his charac-
ter and made him ten times a better
man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
Return % the or.

The OK as q beast Of burden In com
ing into its own again In the farming
communities OF Maine and the oxsling
and apparatus used By blacksmiths In
shoeing the animals. long ago thrown
into the discard. is in use again. The
sling consists OF q rude frame Of tim
Der into which the animal II fastened
by q pillory. Straps are then drawn
under the body. the ends being made
fast to upper timbsrs Of the frame.
In blacksmith shops 20 years ago the
sings were common. Oxen are less
expensive TO feed than horses and are
equally a. useful on small farms and
the rising value Of feed Il having
much 30 do with the comeback Of the
OK as work animal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
Life In Archanael.

The girl problem Is as serious In
Archangel, Russia. as In any big MILL
tary center, says Miss Elizabeth Boies,
director OF Y. w. c. A. work In Rus
sia, who Is home on a short leave of
absence.
'AIany girls from central Russia
went ND to Archangel TO spend the
summer because Of the heat and OF
the food shortage and when military
operations were begun IN the terri
tory surrounding they were unable to
20 home. They were virtually refu-
gees without goloshes. furs and the
heavy winter clothing necessary In
that northern region. With the COM
ink Of the expeditionary force the
housing question became a serious
one. We 7. w. C. A. secretaries have
fairly comfortable qdarters-rooms
with beds In and lighted with cleo
tricity. To be sure there are several
Of us In each room.
MANY girl clerical and stenographic
workers were needed Of course at army
headquarters and ut the postof1ce.
This offered employment to some OF
the refugees and women are doing ev-
erything I'm Archangel. even to rum
ming tramcars and trucking. They
need organized recreation and that In
what we are trying to give them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
The ElshIno Warm.

william Brake Is a little fellow Nv
ing In Eastern avenue. Birds. fishing
worms. crickets and spiders are
strange creations to him this year and
he has not been fully able to deter
mine Just what kind Of noises they
make when happy and when angry. A
few days ago William was watching a
neighbor woman prepare ground for
aowers- An unusually large fishing
worm came TO the surface.
what Is thatY" william asked ex-
citediy.
That n q fishing worm"
well. I thought I heard her going
tweet.' 'tveet' q while ago when you
commenced digging" he said. and ran
20 tell his mamma Of the strange
snimaI--Indianapolis News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-05-03
Trey ws- Prepared.

M wife q an Indianapolis mer-
chant vas recently quite sick. One
day after she had improved q bit
and her seven-year-old son had been
permitted In her room for a little
yisit she voiced the thought that had
worried her al the time while she
had been in. TED she asked, -whas
would Jon have done n mother had
dIedfs
Back came Teddy's startling an
sser: -oh. the girls could have eons
% grandnother,s 70 I've ana para and
Ewe'd have gotten rs q new vita
r1ght susy.