The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-01-10

some scraps OF odds and ends, ne
had a face again. Today he sat up
in bed and was chewing gum. At a
distance Of 20 feet his face looked
quite normal"
Stray dogs roaming the streets,
bowling and making the nights
hideous was the experience OF the
people in the Northern end Of our
little town recently. A good double
barreled shot gun, used in the right
manner, would be q sure cure to rid
ourselves or this nuisance.
LIN conversation with one OF our
young men who u now employed in
greater New York city, we learn
that some people are still receiving
ed. He gets an average OF $35 per
meals at restaurant. His meals
cost about 80 cents per day, lodging
$500 per week, together with laun-
dry work, totals about $1,000 per
week, leaving the neat sum of $23
per week OF course, 1t Is Govern
ment work. Speaking or the fnflu-
enza situation, he says the air is
cold and clear, and nothing is heard
of the epidemic that Is now raging in
the rural districts. Letters from
Vermont have encouraging news Of
SHOWS and cold weather, with no
news OF influenza.
We notice items i'm different pa
pers, that, owing to the unreason-
ably high prices of milk and other
foodstuffs, many children in New
York schools have but little cloth
ing, and faint for lack of food.
Many are dying from pneumonia and
starvation. And yet all eyes are
turned to the War-stricken countries,
sending food, money and raiment in
that Charity begins at home" Too
much stress cannot be laid on the
fact that IL we look around us we
will easily find the needy and starry
ing. A lady in New York city writes
that many Of her pupils come to
school poorly clad and with scanty
luncheon, having had nothing to eat
for breakfast. Some of her pupils
have tainted i'm the cIassrQoms,
others have contracted pneumonia
mainly from lack of nourishment,
On account of the high prices of food
things, and yet every week ship
loads of provisions and thousands OF
dollars 60 to the war stricken peo-
pie OF Europe. lin letter from Vir-
ginia last week, the writer says,
1--WE wanted to have chicken for
dinner, but decided to sell it and
W@mw
children OF Europe"
I'm letter from Cuba, the writer
says: There Is little red bug on
plants, too small to be seen by the
naked eye, but it makes itself felt.
Probably you have taken a walk
presently you find you are covered
with itching spots like hives or ticks.
The red bugs have penetrated the
skin, and oh! what a grand time
Follows, especially at night, or when
you get warm. / think / have
scratched off all of my original
surface since my arrival here.
There are all kinds and sizes OF ants
and they are pests in different ways.
I spend more time trying to get rid
of them than anything else One day
my husband put on his hat, took it
Off more quickly, and called me.
His head was swarming with red
ants, and they burn like fire when
they touch you. There we're thou
sands of them. He had been using
olive oil on his hair for dandruff
Naturally the oil came off on the
sweat bands of his hat. He had
hung the hat ON the wall, and ten
minutes later the above happened.
examine everything before I put on
any clothing. We must either paint
the legs of tables, beds, cupboards,
etc., with creoline, or stand them in
saucers of water and kerosene.
Nothing must touch the floor or
walls, ON account or ants"
1t is interesting to know that the
U. S. Government is trying to Sc
cure employment for all the wound
ed soldiers who can do any work at
all. Those who are minus an arm,
leg or even both limbs, work to suit
them is secured. A magazine called
Garry On, is published by Garry On
Publishing Co., 81 Fourth Ave-, New
York city. 1t tells all about this
plan and other things. 1t has been
sent out free for the asking, and no
doubt will continue thus, i'm order
to circulate more largely Send for
sample copies to the address given
above.
There is a paper printed at the
Walter Reed Reconstruction Hospi-
tai mt Washington, by crippled SOL
diers who do all the editing, type
setting, in fact, all the work con-
nected with the newspaper. 1t is
named The Come Back, and is very
interesting sheet
J. ALBERT ZEPP, Manchester, Md.