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always we can work." she went on.
thoughtfully. with that marvelously
sweet smile which continually lights
her pleasing and extraordinarily ex-
pressive face. 1.-The ability to work
is mans best heritage. Work is the
great wellspring of happiness. And
all can work
what Is a handicap" 1t is hard for
mo to understand the expressions of
despair with which some folk refer.
for instance. to the soldiers returning
from this war whose fortune 1t has
been to suffer and who through their
suffering are Handicapped Sympa-
thy Is splendid and desirable; despair
Is sin. A handicap Is a new urge to
work. Heed 1t and fnd a greater
happiness than the unhandicapped can
know, for he whose work succeeds. no
matter how primary It may be. wins
happiness therefrom, and he whose
handicap is great must make his work
succeed. Making 1t succeed he con-
tinually will win worthy victories.
The successful doing. by one handi-
capped. of tasks which might be easy
for the normal may make the handi-
capped ones life a real triumphal
progress. Sometimes I wonder IL we
Evening star., 1919-04-27

Entitled to?" she answered 81 do
not like the question. The man who
has fought in such war as, this and,
through his fighting. suffered. wheth-
er or not he wished to fight, has had
payment in advance amounting to a
recompense for much which otherwise
might have been thought disaster ir-
retrievable. His has been a sacrifice
for others. For such sacrifice always
there is recompense. No matter what
he may have lost, he has gained more
than full ensation-gained it
within himself.
Through physical handicaps one
wins spiritual strength. Many who
have had the opportunity to learn the
facts by grim experience have told
me this. and I, myself, have learned
it we'll. have had letters from SO
many wounded soldiers and with
many I have spoken face to face.
Through their own suffering they have
developed capacity for understand
ing and mitigating others suffering,
which is the greatest privilege tho
good God gives US.
seem to have gained certain deter
mination to do everything they can
toward freeing the unfortunate.
wherever they may be, whoever they
may be, from the bonds of their in
tolerable fate. Men who have been
given that divine resolve have not
lost. but gained through their service
in the war; whether or not they have
been physically handicapped as re-
suit of it.
And they know, or learn that they
can keep on serving in the battle for
mankind. 1t does not begin with war
nor end with it. 1t is not fought alone
with artillery, rifles, bombs and bayO-
nets. 1t progresses always and it's
greatest weapon is the human mind.
Blindness or an artificial limb need
not make the mind limp nor leave the
understanding sightless.
Most men understand this. 1t is
amazing! How many Of the brave
boys who have returned 'irrevocably
harmed from over there face the
future with dauntless courage.
Their mere determination not to let
their difficulties master them is VIC
tory and proves their harm not to
have been irrevocable.'
After seconds pause Miss Keller
laughed-it was merry laugh-andN
followed by:
ut is astonishing how bugbears
sidestep when one looks them in tho
face.
"Such looks are not denied the
blind" she went on very seriously.
I'VE physically sightless can outstare
a bugbear with the keenest sighted
of, you all. When bugbear faces you.
whether you are physically blind or
physically seeing, glare at him with
the eyes Of brave soul and make 4
rush for him He will turn tail and
run"
Then there came another little pause
followed by the thought-statement:
IL
Evening star., 1919-04-27

Happiness cannot come from with
out. 1t must come from within. 1t Is
not that which we see or touch or feel
or that which others do for us which
makes us happy it is that which we
think and feel and do. first. as Henry
Ford says, for the other fellow and
then for our own selves
Evening star., 1919-04-27
Take a
BY EDWARD MARSHALL.
pecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK. April 22, 1919.
came as a surprise in the midst of
days like these to hear her Urging
love and gratitude in the abstract
for we have been thinking about
hate and loss. in abstract and concrete,
so long.
At time when a dreadful violence
has slaughtered men by millions, has
cost the world enough of money to
have banished poverty forever, but
instead has fastened poverty upon en-
suing generations through terrify-
ing future vista; at a time when we
scarce have ceased our gasping at the
doom to such death as even war-mad
rulers hitherto reserved, for fighting
men. of women and those little chill
dren whom Christ called to His side
at a time when military interven-
tion." which means the threat of
death. is suggested casually as the
logical persuasive force with which
to emphasize each of our arguments
with those who do not think as we
do-at such a time it came as a sur
prise to hear her talking Of the
glory Of the meek. the loneliness OF
gentleness
Evening star., 1919-04-27
SOulS-Eye VieW," Says Helen Keller

light brilliant to his seeing eyes and
Srevealing to him all the beauties Of
the world, but is brought back blind
ed, entitled to complaint" asked.
Evening star., 1919-04-27

"The trouble with the world" she
said to me. lis that 1t does not love
enough. is that 1t uses foce when
gentleness would win and force must
lose. is that we do not thank enough
for the blessings which the good
God gives to our unworthiness. We
all lack SO in gratitude I know I
do"
The sweet-faced young woman who
declared the worlds fault and her
own to be that neither it nor she
gives thanks enough for mercies
granted (and meant it with a splen-
did earnestness) was Helen Keller,
"blind," deaf" and dumb. the most
famous sufferer from these dreadful
disabilities known to human history,
and famous purely through the vic
tories which she has won over them
and in spite of them. I shrank be-
fore her words because they tore a
veil from my own soul and barred
within ingratitude at which l did not
like to look Perhaps they may in
duce tiny sense of shame among
some who will read them here--a tiny
sense of shame and a resolution to
be more appreciative.
"Out of the sorrow of the worlds
vast war must come great happi-
ness" said this celebrated conqueror
Of unconquerable bodily affiicton.
"If nature sends US a cold winter she
sends us soon warm summer. A year
is never wholly winter. All sorrows.
i believe. inevitably have their com
pensating joys. The proof that God
is good lies in the fact that while
humanity always Is granted recon-
pense for sorrow in great joy. it is
not true that all and always we must
pay for JOY with sorrow. JOY is the
greater part of human life. That I
have learned"
The tremendous lesson of this sem
tence from her lips. which. despite her
utter lack of sight and utter lack of
hearing laboriously and wonderfully.
have relearned the speech which was
snatched from them by the illness
which so terribly assailed her in mere
babyhood. must make normal hu-
man being hesitate forever before the
mere thought of complaint. Joy"
she says. lis the greater part Of hu-
man life!" No one who watched her
as she spoke the words could have
doubted the great power Of intellect
alert behind her sightless but truly
lovely eyes-the power Of intellect
which gives her the real right to
teach---to preach to all the rest of u.s.
IL you care to put 1t thus.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
CROCERS Want
KENYON BILL
TO BE PASSED
ACCUSE PACKERS OF FOSTERING
OPPOSITION TO MEASURE so
AS TO HURT STOCK RAISING IN
SOUTH.

1.-The packers are making an effor'
to fight the cattle and hog raisers OF
the SOUTH" says Senator Harris. OF
Georgia @They are alleging that the
proposed legislation in congress will
destroy this thriving industry in Gcor-
gia and other southern states"
81 have come to the conclusion re-
garding the packers by carefully ex-
aiming the hundreds of kilograms
and letters which I received from
Georgia." continued Senator Harris.
mo one would think of saying that
all of the people of Georgia who are
opposed to the Kenyon and Kendrick
bills are influenced by propaganda
from the packers. but my statement
that agents OF the packers are at wors
in Georgia is true as evidenced by
the letter of j. r.. Wilcox. of Fix
gerald. which read in the senate. me
name of Mr.. Wilcox was signed to a
telegram protesting against the bills.
without his knowledge and he did not
know the message had been sent unsis
! acknowledged its receipt.
'.One OF the bills has been intro
duced by Senator Kendrick. OF Wyo-
ming. one of the largest cattle pro-
ducers in that section of the country.
It is not supposed that the Wyoming
senator would espouse such a measure
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
WHAT ONE BOY DID.

Ten years when j. c. Smith. of DeFuniak
Springs county agent for Walton county he
visited school in the northern part of the county
and extended invitation boys between ten
and eighteen years OF age join the corn club.
A. f. Johnson. then is. of the boys to
enroll He prepared of land for corn ac-
cordng to the instructions of the county agent and
being impressed with the plans. for instruc-
tons during the season how conduct a two
demonstration In
The yield of corn on his was 40
bushels. which than three times the
average yield for Walton county The yield of cot
ton on the two acres was one bale weighing 500
pounds.
The crop OF sold for $40 and the bale
or cotton for $40. making total OF $40. Seeing
the value OF using good methods of cultivation it
gave the club member desire farm SO
the $40 spent first payment a farm. He
worked two years the farm and paid for it, en-
deavoring all the time to make the entire farm a
demonstration along the same line of the club work
Mr.. Johnson. now a mature man. since leaving
his farm has attended school and taught school and
served twelve months in the army. At present he
is attending the university complete his course
in agriculture. In discussing his work with c. L.
Harrington. State Boys Club Agent. Mr.. Johnson
made the following statement: TT the in
spiraticn / received in the boys corn club that
brought to the university study agriculture.
In my teaching have been able interest many
boys in club work because of the personal exper-
fence had. I anxious to get back to farming
or teaching agricultural school where can
again encourage boys on the farms.
MY success q club member was not with
out results. for my father. after having seen the
results. put in seed breeding plants under the
supervision Of the county agent. and has greatly
improved his seed and cotton"
Practically every farm boy has natural
ability than he is given credit for Many however.
fail 20 spend efforts along that VIII
give greatest service bring return
Holmes County Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23

il it meant ruin to his large interests.
Cattle raisers all over the country de-
manded legislation.
The packers are paying three cents
per pound less for hogs in Georgia
tnan in any other section OF the coun-
try. The federal trade commission Is
now investigating this discrimination
under a resolution which / introduced
into the senate. The cattle and hog
raising IS fast growing in Georgia and
the facts to be shown by the investi-
cation should prove of great ben fit
in shedding more light on the reasons
for the difference in prices for hogs.
The proposed legislation to rc..l-
late tie packers has a far reaching cf-
feet and interest to every person in
Georgia, and when the measures are
taken up for discussion and final ac-
ton, the interests OF the cattl. and
log s-owing people will be fully PRO-
tecte5.'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
EscAMsiA NEEDS ROAD CLUB.

Recently q writer in the Vox Popun column OF
The Journal. called attention to the condition of
roads near Pensacola citing certain stretches of
road, some in good and some in bad condition, and
among other things says: II have, of late, ridden
driven pretty well the roads of the county.
There thing that all drivers will testify
to. and tina. l.. wherever he finds piece of - vel
road he finds good road. If the labor and money
expended claying the roads had been spert in
browning them off with about or two inches
of gravel. roads would have been good
Take the Pensacola Flomaton road. the first
road graded in the county. between Flomaton and
Century, there is gravel pretty well scattered on
the road. In all kinds of weather you can travel
this and find bad Dogs, bumps holes"
recent copy of the Municipal and Public
Works Journal calls attention to the wonderful
macadam of France. which experts declare
would not stand the heavy strain laid upon them
by the war, yet which served every purpose, and
stood every test
This publication urges upon the people of the
United States to be wary of those who promot-
ing good roads for the purpose of selling certain
kinds of brick. or cement. road machinery, and
declares much money is lost in the United
States these promoters.
Which brings back the neces-
sity of Good Roads Club for Pensacola and Escam-
bia county. 1t is most desirable that this county
should have good highways and that these should
be of a permanent kind
The Industrial Index recently published the
following from the Times nion
You F1oridans who have been forced to
travel over broken shell roads. just thank your
lucky stars they not clay.
Shell gets full of holes that you get a
| cramp in your wrist trying guide the
around them-but the shell don't slippery
and skddy and shell don't stick to your wheels
when they wet.
Well (getting back to clay roads, the par
ty found the road from Greenville to Anderson
lumpy bumpy clay Nasty going of the
way. From Anderson to Athens lumpy. bumpy
and badly rutted caused by hauling farm crops
From Athens to Atlanta mighty poor roads
within eight ten miles of Atlanta and from
there on splendid
And then the question arose, Are clay
roads hard roads?' and the answer was You
bet they are-they're hard drive over unless
they are thoroughly maintained"
Now all this is knocking Georgia.
South Carolina, either: just a sorter knock
on clay the same kind OF knock that shell de-
serves Neit.-er shell clay are permanent
materials and county real right to
brag on her roads until permanent roads are
obtained.
What we need in West Florida more than any
thing else at this time is good. permanent roads
Five million dollars has apportioned Florida
by the federal the bxilding OF per-
manent highways. Escambia county should have
its share OF this apportionment. and good roads
club studying the question inteIgently and work
ing for permanent highways would q good thing
Cor this county,.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
THE GREATEST MOTHER

THE American Red Cross is spoken OF as tn
Greatest Mother the American soldier ana saiior
No prouder mother lived than she when con
templating the spirit service the unselfishness
,na ,narhood and the prowess OF her millions 81
or the Red Cross. the reconstruction magazine
Carry On. in it's last issue. says;
And after we had in the war awhile
and our soldiers began to be disabled py SICK
ness and disease and then later they began 10
return with the frightful disabilities OF war
wounds this mothers heart was filled with SAD
ness and she yearned to shower pity upon THESE
disabled soldiers But the stoichm. the cneer
fuIness of most of the sufferers, the grit ana
determination to make good once more in spite
OF the handicaps, revealed new side to the
character of the American soldier and the sriei
OF our people turned to pride and JOY.
They realized that these disabled men were not
down and out, not seeking a soft berth
and charity in the form OF being kept for the
rest or their lives by the government, but were
only asking a chance to be physically restored
as far as possible and RETAINED for new work
whenever necessary
over there the Red Cross was your friend
IL was the friend of the soldiers over here And
II was the friend, helper and comforter OF the
soldiers families while they were away from
home Today and for years to come the Ameri-
can Red Cross stands ready to be your friend
and counsellor. You men who are fighting to
overcome the handicaps the result of the war
will find in every community Red Cross COM
way.
This message is promises promise from
that mother of all solders-the American Red
Cross She proud of you, of your spunk and
determination do 1t yourself, but IL you ever
need her she is waiting with open arms to give
you the aid the incentive, the comfort that you
crave.
In Pensacola. the Red Cross stands in need of
no word of praise From the moment that HOSTILE
ties were declared until the present moment. the
Ioea TedC eros in has ste O
soldier and sailor, and back of the community, in
. way not only uplifting and inspiring but which
gave practical aid to those in need.
During the the local Red Cross established
. wonderful record which reached its height, per-
haps. during the emergency relief campaign which
held in Pensacola last fall. when the local
ganization only took charge of the relief work.
but a tremendous aid in financing the cam
paign.
The impetus which has been given local Red
Cross work by visits from Red Cross officials, will
help in continuing the work here
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
a CALL TO ARMS.

The Tampa Times. call tho people of
Tampa to attend meeting to determine whether
or that city should enter the lists for the
tenniaI exposition says. editorialy II it sue
cess 1t win attract crowds OF people from all
parts Of the union and some from foreign lands
These people must be housed and fed while here.
There but cities in the state which hope
this with any degree of Jacksonville
will be taxed to the utmost. OF the two Jackson
VILE has the advantage In size. but labors under
disadvantage In location"
Pensacola Iabors under such advantages
as pointed by the Tampa Times; therefore
the exposition should properly be held here
Tampa has freely acknowledged that the city
is adequately prepared handle the great
crowds which will assemble in the centennial city.
Jacksonville has made bid for the centennial Of
fering the buildings of the state fair special
inducement.
But Pensacola has all the world
to offer. buildings as be duplicated
anywhere in the state, which easily be secured
from the United States government, for this his
torical centennial.
That it will not be possible hold the
freely acknowledged. And that OF the greatest
needs for the exposition will be buildings is fore
gone conclusion.
Pensacola has immense million dollar build
ings already erected government expense. and
that alone, from financial standpoint. makes this
city the logical place for the centennial
But. than this, the centennial celebra-
ton belongs this city.
Not only was the centennial born in Pensa-
COLA not only were the historical events which it
will commemorate enacted here, but the idea of
the celebration born here, and it belongs here.
The resolutions which fostered and adver
tised il. were introduced into the legislature by
Pensacolians and else has any possible
right it. II Pensacola stand back and al
low either Tampa Jacksonville to take over this
celebration. then city that gets it deserves it.
pride here; there ought be too strong sense of
Justice to permit any such thing.
AS for the natural advantages of Pensacola.
people who have travelled the world declare
that Pensacola is more beautifully situated than
any other city the country. It's bay and con-
tributing waters are beyond compare in beauty
well width depth: its wide streets and beau
tifully boulevardes surprise to all who
here; its climate is unsurpassed its points of
interest innumerable.
This a fair intend to hold. it
lis a world fair. The products of all the world can
be brought here easily and more economically
than Jacksonville Tampa, owing to our geo
graphical location.
The resources of the United States be dis
played here, and should assembled here, in the
Oldest city in the United States the first settle
ment of which ante-dates that of ST. Augustine by
four years. and where the ceremonies took place
which of Florida possession of the United
States government.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
ITALIAN TRADE
WILL PASS THE
BILLION MARX

Rome, Aug. 21.--From present indi
cation, American trade with Italy thi
Year may reach the billion dollal
mark. says the Popolo Romano. Du;
ing the first three months OF 1911
American imports into Italy amounti
to approximately s220,0o0.000. whe
Italy's exports to America reachedto
ss.ooo,0oo. The statements shows that
If the present rate OF trade be KAN
tanned a record of commerce between
the two countries will be attained.
America Is by far the greatest seller
to Italy. A poor second is Great
Britain. with a total OF $4,000, o0t for
the first three months and Argentina
next, with $65,O00.000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
Itching, Scratching, Skin Diseases
That Burn Like Flames Of Fire

for pimples. blotches, sores. boils. rough
red and scaly skin, is to purify the
blood and remove the tiny germs OF
pollution that break through and
manifest their presence on the surface
OF the skin.
People In all parts Of the country
have written us how they were COM
pleteiy rid of every trace of these
disorders by the use of S. 8. S., the
matchless, purely vegetable blood puri-
fier. s. s. S. goes direct to the center
of the blood supply. and strengthens
and builds. up the circulation. giving a
clear and rudy complexion that in
dicates a healthy condition of the
skin. Write today for free medical ad-
vice regarding your case. Address
Swift Specific Co.. 443 Swift Labora-
tory, Atlanta. Ga.--Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
Here Is a Sensible Treatment
That Gets Prompt Results

For real. downright, harrassing.
discomfort, very few disorders can APP
proach so-called skin diseases, such
as Eczema, letter. Boils, eruptions,
scaly irritations and similar skin
troubles. Notwithstanding the lavish
use of salves, lotions. washes and other
treatments. applied externally to tho
irritated parts.
No one every heard of a person being
afflicted with any form OF skin diseases
whose blood was in good condition.
Therefore. it is but logical to conclude
that the proper method of treatment
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-23
Why Not Fix Prices?

Why Not Fix Prices?
Inc behef is now almost universal among the
peoples of the world that high prices due
profeering and that prosecution of the profiteers
or the fixing of few prices will drop back on
the pref lr level of prices overnight says Homer
oy TO Inerly of the price section of the war
board In the Nations Business for September.
If congress starts to fix prices, it must fix
thousands of prices. If fixes retail prices it must
fix wholesale prices else the retailer will be
forced out OF business. If it fixes wholesale prices
it must fix costs, for the supreme court will not
issue writ of mandamus to compel a manufac-
turer to produce at loss If it fixes costs at a
lower level it inevitably fix wages at a Lowell
level, for wages are the ultimate basis of cost
Wages are the chief element in the expense of put
ting raw materials the market and wages are
the chief factor in fabricating these materials
into finished products. Thus the end of the eiean-
tic price fixing undertaking would be lowering Of
wages. Lower prices bought by lower wages would
be fruit1ess trade