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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
EVIL Away, 70 Be Eounht.

There can be no compromise with
evil. 1t never is right to license wrong,
whatever golden returns 1t may ofrer
or however difficult II may he to get
rid Of IT. In our social life and in our
personal life, wherever evil shows its
hand there must be battle, not COM
promise
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22

Finland occupies about ~ nm
square miles Of territory, OF VIII
l25,6S9 square miles are land. This
territory, which is slightly larger tha,
Norway, has a population Of or,v
3,OS4,OOO people. II is said that i
literacy is almost unknown.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
Eew May See Her FACE.

The Mohammedan woman may
show her face only to men whom she
may not marry. This means that a
man may see the face Of his mother,
wife, sisters, daughters, aunts, and
none other Of the women Of his class.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
Good NIahtn Is Too Long.

The countryman's How dO7" OF
How beT' Is Outclassed by the London
printing trades Good" or Good.
GeOrge"-omitting the might" and the
rning."-London Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
Measure Of Greatness.

Great men, great events, great
epOchs, It has been said, grow as we
recede from them; ana the rate at
which they grow in the estimation OF
men is in some sort a measure OF their
greatness.-Principal Sharp.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
Deadly Arabian sIroeoo.

The sirocco or sand storm Of the
Arabian desert Is exceedingly treach-
erous. It often digs pits two hundred
feet deep. scattering the sand for
miles around.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
Four Into One

"A monthly holiday, closed all day
every Wednesday is also to be observ-
ed from April to September."-Glas-
Cow Evening Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
Two Fatalities.

The freight train caused the explo-
sion by hitting a truck loaded with
acetylene tanks. The truck and driv-
er was killed.-BuffalO News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22

sunny corner outside suite, i've
rooms Can be seen by phone after Z
p. m. Bay 3161-L."-YancOuver Oh.
CD Province.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
New Meter Records Steam

A recording meter has been invented
to measure the amount Of steam used
IN an Industrial plant and check waste.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
To Prevrnt Elm

Paint paper lamp shades with solu-
ton Of alum. They will not catch
fire so easily.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-22
Optimistic Thouuht

What a glorious creature was he who
first discovered DEMONSTRATING.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-05
PARIS. Sept. z.

PARIS, Sept. Z.
11HE Singers, descendants of the late Isaac singer
who had nine wives, seem to be undergoing
e an extraordinary outbreak Of the spirit OF ro-
nance they inherited from that famous American an
castor Within the week smart society in England
and France and, of course, in the States has had
three marriage announcements from notable members
of the always interesting and impressionabe family.
The most spectacular Singer at this moment is, OF
course the genial and enormously wealthy Paris
singer who gave his English castle at Paingnton
to British and American wounded soldiers, and whose
contributions to French and American war funds have
run into huge sums
Mr. Singer was married several years ago to a beau
tfu Australian lady who has become OF the great
hostesses of the Riviera. She divorced him last Win
ter and for months he has been constantly in
the company of very beautiful English woman who,
society now says really his second wife This report
has made quite bit of excitement wherever the
fully expected that Isadora Duncan would become the
second Mrs Singer. But of that later.
The second interesting announcement concerns q
niece of Singer and granddaughter old Isaac
of-thenine-wives the Princess de Broglie charming
young widow, who is to marry equally young Eng
fish army officer Captain the Honorable Reginald Eel
loves son and heir of Baron de Ramsay of Ramsay
Abbey Huntington, England. This is really truly
war romance and has as many thrills as a movie or
these, Also later.
Singer of the generation as the Princess has
already married Madame Simone Puget vounp and
lovely widow Of the French poet Andre Puget and IA
spending his honeymoon in the south OF France
As may be supposed, these three romances have
provided French, English and American society with
some rare and racy titbts of gossip for the Singer
men, and women, too are Internationally famous ana
Of great social prominence.
There. too they have a very pictureso,,a ,a ~,
ground for are they not descended from the founder
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-05

her way toward her husbands camp. She was suD
pected and would have been turned back but for
the Kindness Of young American wearing the French
uniform She told Lieut. Singer her tale and he ~
cured soldiers uniform for her and put her in
train as his orderly. And SO she reached her hus-
bands post and him once more.
Alas. few days later Puget killed. Hin
widow turned to nursing to hide her grief and one
OF the hospitals was given charge of Lieut. Singer,
who had been terribly gassed. Well, they fell In
love, but Simone would not marry until peace was
declared
Their engagement announced and she came
to this country to meet his family With peace here
there was nothing to prevent marriage and the
cables brought word few days ago that the last Of
the marrying Singers had captured the beautiful
Simone Puget.
And SO ends the tale of Isaac Singers descendants
The three are all headed toward happiness aad the
smart world wishes them we'll
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-05

Peace came and the English captain had not told
MS love. He knew of the widows large fortune, also
of her sorrow He met her the victory ball in Paris
and urged her to to London for the victory ball
there. She went, and it there that the captain
told his love and accepted.
When she marres the captain the Princess will
lose her title become Mrs Feowes, with the pos.
sibty later of becoming the Baroness de Ramsay.
Her lovers family is connected with the house
of Marlborough and other distinguished families,
which the amusing episode that happened years
ago the Prncess's grandfather Having taken a
fine old house for season, Isaac Singer issued
invitations to all the surrounding gentry for gar
den party. No one came. He then invited the SER
wants of the gentry and every came! And how
the old gentleman did laugh!
At this moment the future looks indeed happy for
the little Princess. We can therefore leave her and
turn to our third and last tale Of Singer love- In the
early days of the war, the French army would not
permit wives visit their husbands in camp. Andre
Puget poet and newly made bridegroom. liter
ally driven away from his lovely bride Simone When
word came that Andre had been wounded, the bride
wept no more. but disguised as peasant girl, made
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-05
interesting Manifestations
of Heredity In the
Family of the Famous
American Millionaire
Who Married Nine
Wives Before
His Own Romantic
Spirit Died

Of the Singer Sewing Machine, the
man for whom the giant Singer
building is named, and who col
lected wives as intensively as men
of the A. e. F. collected German
war helmets?
Isaac Singer did not always make
machines. We first hear of him as
a strolling actor. Back In the early
thirties, with Mary and Olive Lo-
gan and their family, he travelled
from State to State. Down In Vir-
ginia he met pretty
Virginian named Mary
Eastwood. He became
tengaged to her, but In
travelling around forgot
to marry her for ten
years. In the meantime,
as 1t happened, he
i had married two other
y wives, but being of an
impressionable nature
and of the marrying
habit he was on the
lookout for a third Mrs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-05

IN 1914, when war broke out and
and his wife turned her Riviera
villa into a hospital for French
wounded and the marble castle
at Paignton was turned over to
the Red Cross, Mr.. Singers
wealth was at the disposal Of all
war charities.
When America went into the
fight he returned to his native
land and poured his wealth out
on his fellow countrymen. The
biggest thing he planned for
American wounded was the mar
velous country club near Palm
Beach for the benefit Of she'll
shock patients. When the armsi-
tice was signed this project had
cost Mr.. Singer $750,000. His
wife. left in France, secured a
divorce, and Isadora Duncan
again appeared as a possible
successor. But Mr.. Singer sud-
denly betook himself to Palm
Beach, where he spent much of
his time overlooking his club
colony, and 1t was noticed that
handsome English woman was
his constant companion. Society
said then and says to-day that
this lady is Mrs. Paris Singer.
Neither the lady nor Mr.. Singer
denies It.
What a romance this is! It
combines mystery with love and
beauty and great luxury. The
impression Is that Singer il
merely having fun with his
friends. Society reasons in this
way. A well-known dowager
who has buried three husbands
and married off six daughters
says:
Paris Singer at heart Is a
great romancist. He knows that
pltiless publicity robs marriage
OF all charm, and SO he marries
his lady on the quiet, HES him
self to beautiful Florida for a
secret honeymoon among the
palms and roses, and cares not
a whoop what we say or Think"
That's right, I am sure" re-
spends a cynical bachelor. Paris
was never SO happy in his life
as he Is to-day while he is keen
ing us al guessing"
And so we, as we'll as the
world, will leave him en- route
to-day For California to continue.
society says. his honeymoon by
the shores of the golden Pacific.
Let us now see how the sec
ond romance had its being.
When war broke out the Prince
ana Princess de Broglie were
lNlng IN the beautiful old family
chateau on the banks of the
Loire near Tours, once the home
OF Diane de Poiters, fayorite of
King Henry II. The Prince died
ana the young widow, grand.
daughter of old Isaac and only
daughter of Isabella Duchesse
Decazes, gave herself up to war
work. "A
One day, while working in a
thSu uHueT lombard
ment, she was rescued from a
serious position by bonny Eng.
fish officer, later presented as
Captain Fellowes. For months
the Princess, in her nurses garb,
worked in the most dangerous
places, and always the English
man bobbed up at just the right
moment. Paris says that the
two lovers missed being hit by
bombs no less than thirteen
timesi
Peace came and the English
his love. He knew of the widow
OF her sorrow. He met her at tn,
and urged her to go to London
there. She went, and 1t was til
told his love and was accepted.
When she marries the capita
lose her title and become Mrs. Fl
sibility later of becoming the Bar
Her lovers family is come
of Marlborough and other di'
which recalls the amusing episode
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-05

A Profile
of Mrs.
Frederick
Singer
and a
Photograph
of Herself
and Her
Husband.
Widow of
the French
Poet,
Andre Puget,
the New
Mrs. Singers
Romance
IL One of
the Late
Wars Best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
Coal Miners Converted To the Six-Hour Day

10 ITUMINOUS coal miners are lO not going to be left behind when so many others are demanding less work and more psy. The con- vcntion of United Mine Workers of America, in session at Cleveland, adopted demands for 60 per cent in- crease in pay, six-hour day under ground, fiye-day week, time and a half for overtime, double time on Sun days and holidays and important inn provements in conditions of labor"
 If no agreement with the operators is reached. we are promised a general strike of all bituminous coal miners in the United States, beginning Novem- ber l, which may include the Canadian district.
 Acting President Lewis says he is confident an agreement viii be reached, unless the operators see fiji tc disturb the entire domestic eqailib-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

When S man has more money than brains nature fixes things ua so that he hasn't brains enough to fSel em barrassed over the situation.
 There may be few things wo- man doesn't know. But they are rot the kind of things a man could tell her.
 It isn't a desire for health tha. makes woman take up physical cul- ture. 1t is desire to increase or ae- crease her circumference.
 The reason why woman would rather stay home and cook meal than dress up and go out for meal is be- cause if you warn fly that he had better keep away from you he will dis appear and won't bother you again.
 When Friend Wife wants to go tc the movies, Friend Husband knocks the movies. But when Friend Wifi, wants to attend a $1.50 show, Friend Husband boosts the movies.
 Give more thought to your owr faults and you won't have so mucf time to knock the faults of other peo. pie.
 Don't whine. You should he tickle to death that you are not getting al that is coming to you.
 In spite of all our pretensions, u ;s q mighty good thing for most of ui that the walls of our homes are no tranSpartent.
 There is hope for a man until ht begins to act like he was ashamed O the fact that he has hair on thesbaci of his hands.
 Cheer up They have quit wearinS See skirts. But it isn't hard t. tell whether the ribbon in corse cover is pink or baby blue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
Taking Out the Joy

Some one is always taking the joy
 out of life" said William J. Waldrop. clerk of the circuit court. Tt happened this way An insurance company has just moved into the large building op- posite our office and several members of my staff have been much interested in their movements. Now they have a host of pretty stenographers and one day we received call telling us not to
 distract their employees
 I couldn't figure it out at all, so an investigation was started round the of flee.
 Where did it end? Well, nowhere,
 but I have shrewd suspicion where il | ought to, for now I come to think of 1 it, one of our own girls stepped out of the ffice just before that phone call came. I heard later that she was using | the phone in a downstairs office. guess the motive was just jealousy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Plenty of Attractions

T varied my summer outing by spena- ing six weeks or more at Lake Chau- tauqua," said J. W. Donnelly T had heard so much about the famous inst1- tuition that I thought possibly my wife and I were missing something by not visiting it. So we made up our minds to give it a stryout, and we were both charmed with the experience. It is true that there is so much to do and hear that it is not a very restful place unless one just makes up his mind to cut out all lectures and entertainments. But this is hard to do, as nearly all of the celeb rites find their way to Chautauqua during the season, and it's hard to be in the neighborhood of a man or woman of international reputation without goins out to hear them in their specialties. l should say that there was an average of at least 10000 people on the grounds during the summer. I thought I had left drives behind me, but ran into one for $6oo,0o0 to put the place on it's feet. When left the $500, 900 mark had nearly been reached"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
PERSHING'S EARLY DAYS

school buildings. He was a devout superintendent of its Sunday school, and it is reported at times even filled the pulpit One of the oldest inlabit ants of Iaclede writes me that he dis stinctly recalls the sight of the Pershing family regularly to be seen on Sundays on their way to church, MT. Pershing with the General and Jim in advance. and Mrs. Pershing and the girls fol- lowing"
 Most great men have great mothers. General Pershing is no exception. His mother was Ann Elizabeth Thompson, who was born near Nashville, Tenn. A resemblance almost wierd appears in her likeness to her first born. She had brothers in the southern army, but with her husband she herself was staunchly loyal to the north. She risked her life by raising the first flag i'll Linn county, Mo, and with her hus- band and children first observed Memo7 rial Day by personally decorating thS graves of the fallen union soldiers in3 that county. One of her children risas( and calls her blessed in the following tribute: She was always an inspiration to her family, and her ambition for them, especially in an educa tional way was unbounded''
 Into this family was born John Joseph Pershing, the eldest of nine children, six ofNwhom lived to maturity As boy he was known as tow head, having dark eyes, firm m-set mouth. and, a sturdy erect frame that was in dicative of his strength and quiet bearing His boyhood associates write me that he was a leader among his friends, in school and out. As a stud ent he was steady, persistent, depend able rather than brilliant. "He was always ready to take the part of the smaller boys when they were imposed upon by the larger ones.", "He always knew the best places to find hazel nuts and the deepest swimming holes in the Locust, Muddy and Turkey creeks. Many time we went swim ming together in Pratt's Pond" One of the best tributes to the clean life and earnest efforts of the boy Pershing is recorded in letter sent me q year ago by one of his early chums. He was liked by everybody, although he was quiet little fellow."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25

'rium of the country by refusing to negotiate on the basis of our pro- gramme." Even though the operators may think these terms unjust, it will be nobody's fault but their own if the indignant miners strike and paralyze the bituminous coal industry. This is called, in sporting circles, passing the buck" with a vengeance.
 So far as the local coal situation is Iconcerned, the agreement made by the mine workers of the Birmingham district with the United States Fuel Administration will not expire until the treaty of peace is ratified and the war is proclaimed officially at an end by President Wilson. This agreement, is, therefore, still in effect, and in the first provision it is stipulated that no mine worker shall interfere with the operation of a mine or knowingly do anything that will reduce its out put. The agreement is equally. bind ing on the coal operators to fulfill other obligations.
 Demanding more wages for less work may look like a short cut to the millennium, but it is merely inviting economic disaster. If laborer wishes to toll from 9 to 12 in the morning and from 1 to in the after noon, with nothing to do on Saturday and Sunday, he may feel that he is merely enjoying privileges to which he is entitled, but the important work of this world isn't done in that way. Men who do things worth while do not watch the clock; they don't limit their hours of work to six, eight, or even 10, and they will usually be found putting in six days week, if not seven
 If the progress of the world had depended on a six-hour day and a five-day week for every worker, we might still be waiting for somebody to invent the steam engine and the telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
Let Them Befch

As l was on my way home the other day on the East Lake street car, a man touched me on theAshoulder and said: Don't you get awfully tired of riding through all this smoker" said John c. Moses. II was of course interested in the man, for I rsalized at once he was not a resident of Birmingham by the question, and told him we didn't notice it at all, for we knew when there was no smoke here there was little business. He stated that he could smell the smoke all the time and just wondered how the people in this district could live n it. He told me he was from the eastern sec- tion of Florida. How ever, he declar ed he liked the Birmingham district very much with the exception of all the smoke and dirt. He didn't realize that smokeless stacks in this district indi- cated idle plants and business depres- sion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
DANNUNZIOTIC

upon your brethren. Fire first upon mel"
 This was too much for Gen. Pittaluga He capitulated without firing a shot or potting q breast.
 "Evviva Plume" the General cried
 "Evviva Pittaluga! Evviva d'Annun- zit," the followers of the twain shout ed.
 And Babriele d'Annunzio buttoning up his shirt, entered and took possession of tho deoted city.
 It is all very fine, to be sure. But in this workaday world of practical re- construction there should be a limit to heroics and poetics as decisive of des- tiny. Especially is there need of such a limitation among so heroic and poetic a people as the Italians.
 It would seem to be time for those who are really responsible for Italy's destiny to demonstrate to the "abso- lute master of Plume" just where poetic license ends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25

Everett T. Tomlinson, in Leslie's.
 NG was born September 1a' 1860,
 near Laclede, Mo. The old quarrel of the seven cities for the honor of being the birthplace of Homer threatens to break forth in new form over the place where Pershing first saw the light The oldest inhabitants of Laclede are pointing proudly and positively to the spot in their village on which stood the little house in which General Pershing was born. The neighboring township of Meadv1lle, however, with equal pride is preparing marker for his birthplace, which they veciferous1y declare is within their bounds I have letter from Grand ma' Warren, who was present when the future General arrived. She first washed and dressed him and was frequent visitor in the Pershing house. hold while he was a baby. She ought to know, and is positive that she does know, that the General was born in Meadville, and a year later vent with hlS Iauner ana fnOliler 10 Also III i<sIS- lede General Pershing himself dis cretely states that he was born near Lao1ede." Without question he pass ed his boyhood In that place, which sixty years ago was almost a frontier settlement, having as many blacks as whites among its inhabitants
 His father was section foreman at that time on the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad. He was atman of marvellous energy and speedily pushed ahead. After a brief service as sutler in the northern army, he became the post master and foremost merchant of the village Afterward he was travelling salesman for a clothing house of St Joseph, and later made his home in Chicago, where he was engaged in the wholesale clothing business. Several times he met misfortune, but, undaunt- ed by failure, he speedily recovered himself He originally came from western Pennsylvania, his ancestors having emtgrated from Alsace- -I1or- raine
 In I.aclede the senior Pershing, as a member of the board of education, pushed through reorganization of the educational system of the village. and was chiefly responsible for the new