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The sun., 1919-09-28
By BARRETT H. CLARK.

TRY as you will to ignore him, you
Il cannot escape the deadly logic Of
Bernard Shaw. During the war we pre-
ferred to ignore him; in his own country
he was to certain extent gagged; that
he was not informed or shot for Hsedition'
is largely due, I am convinced, to belief
on the part of the authorities that the
great public would not take him seriously.
Now that we may read his latest remarks
on the war with little of the GOODNESS
that has characterized the great Irish
mans attitude throughout the past five
years, we perceive that he has been right
from the beginning. The only point is
that his Common Sense About the War
was common sense; and we were too
stupid to accept it at its face value
Shaw kept his head; we were carried
along by the war fever. The whole truth
cannot be told in war time. "You cannot
make war on war and on your neighbor
at the same time; Shaw himself recog-
nized this. He attempted to tell part and
he was silenced. Now that the truth can
do no harm we allow it to be circulated.
The new Shaw book Of plays is called
HeartbreGk House, Great Catherine, and
PIaylets Of the War. A queer eombina-
ton, this volume of six prefaces and six
plays. The best things in the book are
Great Catherine and the preface to Heart
break House. This preface, taken with
Common Sense About the War and the
recent pamphlet on the peace conference,
constitute Shaw's principal contribution
to the political literature Of the war.
political seience"-this is the burden
of the new prefaee-"has been as reck-
lessly neglected by governments and cleo
torates during my ifetirae as sanitary
science was in the days of Charles the
Second. In international relations diplo-
macy has been boyishly lawless affair of
family intrigues, commercial and terri
tOrial brigandage, torpors of pseudo-good
nature produced by laziness, and spasms
Of ferocious activity produced by terror.
But in these islands we have muddled
through. Nature gave us longer credit
than she gave to France or Germany OF
Russia 1t was all preventable- by the
application of common sense. In effect
Bernard Shaw declares that if the great
statesmen of Europe had all been as wise
as himself during the past fifty years
there would have been no war. Person.
ally, believe this. 1t is only because OF
the sort Of shortsightedness which was SC
beautifully in evidence at the peace con.
ference, the selfshness of Clemenceau
the jingoistic idiocy of an Orlando, thaI
Europe was allowed to become involvel
in war that destroyed generation OF
young men. "The earth is still bursting
with the dead bodies of the victors.r
The sun., 1919-09-28

a German officer answering to that de-
scription existed"
This little skit, slight as it is, is the
only play in the volume that bears di-
rectly and clearly upon the all-important
preface. 1t actually Eliminates.
HEARTBREAK HOUSE, GREAT CATH
ERNIE, AND PLAYLETS OF THE
WAR. By BERNARD SHAW. Brentano Is.
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the Book World of The Sun. September %, 1918

congenital bullheadedness went a per-
sistent misinterpretation Of the laws Of
science, those great laws which we're dis
covered toward the middle of the last cen
fury. We were taught, declares Shaw,
that, "Such Pigments as mind, choice, pur-
pose, conscience, viii, and SO forth are
mere illusions. We taught Prussia
this religion, and Prussia bettered our
instruction so effectively that we presently
found ourselves confronted with the ne
cessity Of destroying Prussia to prevent
Prussia destroying us. And that has just
ended in each destroying the other to an
extent doubtfully reparable in our time"
Science went mad; no consideration for
sentimental ethics" stayed the hand Of
the reformer or the scientist; conscience,
relgion-in the broadcast sense-these
were vehemently discarded. And Heart
break House-cultured, effete, Europe
allowed the affairs Of the world TO pass
into the hands of the incompetent and the
shortsighted, the lingo, the political shy
ster and the so-ealled governing classes"
Heartbreak House was therefore reduced
when war came, to the necessity, the op
portunity of doing the only thing it was
able to do: to die nobly.
II.
Those of you who believe Shaw to be
no more than cruel, jeering cynic had
better read what he has to say of the
young men "'who stuck it, and hated it,
to the end"
But it is comparatively easy to die, par
ticularly when he who is called upon to
make the supreme sacrifice is unable to
cope with the problems Of life, The great
difficulty is to live; "that," declares Shaw,
explains why, at bottom, peace is not
only better than war but infinitely more
arduous." A little later he adds: 'Does
it not seem as if, after all, the glory of
death were cheaper than the glory of
lfef If it is not easier to attain, why do
so many more men attain it'll"
l reluctantly leave the preface and turn
to the play. 1t is a sad disappointment.
Heartbreak House is "a fantasia in the
Russian manner on English themes"
Shaw is a tremendous admirer of Tche-
koy's plays. He has done dangerous
I thing: he has copied the Russians tech
nique, which was, l am sure, the out
growth of Tehekov's own peculiar tenn
permanent, a temperament far removed
from Shaw's. Shaw has sedulously pre-
served the dull exterior finish of The
Cherry Orchard, and faithfully repro
duced the inconsequential methods of the
Russian dramatist in his exhibition OF
character. Put dramatic parsonage on
the stage, let him talk trivially about him
self and his thoughts land the author's)
allow other characters to come and. go
allow him to fit through the act at will
raise your curtain when you feel like it
and let it drop when-or long after-th,
audience yawns, this, it seems to me, i:
the way to copy Tehekov. 1 dom
say this is what Tehekov did; it is merely
the way for any one else to do who is
beguiled into thinking he can write q
Tchekov play.
The sun., 1919-09-28
III

Great Catherine is fairly familiar to us
in this country; it has been printed and
produced, criticised and discussed I
shall say no more of it than to remark
that it is in the highest vein of Shavian
fun. 1t is one of the finest pseudo
historical burlesques 1 have ever seen.
: O'FlGherty Y. C. is a by-product of
Arms and the Man; it has also been
printed and produced here. 1t is not
significant; but the short preface is well
worth reading. must quote one brief
passage: "On the smoldering ruins of
Dublin the appeals to remember Louvain
were presently supplemented by a fresh
appeal. Irishmen, do you wish to have
the horrors OF war brought TO your own
hearth and honest Dublin laughed
sourly" And again: FINALLY the Brit
ish blockade won the war; but the won
der is that the British blockhead did not
lose it."
augustus Does His Bit, very slight
sketch, is very amusing. 1t might be
called a by-product of Shaw's Press
Cuttings, little play that appeared
about ten years ago. 1t is broad satire
on the incompetent governing classes.
Col. Augustus, a nineompoop who has
been sent back to England for disobey
ing orders, is set to recruiting and makes
a thorough mess of it, He declares that
his extraordinary merits were recognized
not by his own countrymen but by a
German officer: "The colonel of the
Pomeranian regiment which captured me,
after learning what I had done, and
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24

tions indicates that 50 pounds of seed per acre is ample, better quality being obtained where the seeding is not too heavy. Yields of wheat on the Mesa experiment farm have ranged from 45 to 50 bushels per acre, the average being cut down by several test plots seeded in January. This season plant ings have ranged from % to 90 pounds per acre.
 Abruzzi rye. developed to withstand warm climatic conditions. is being grown on the Mesa experiment farm, the first time it has been grown in the state. The crop is magnificent, having long straw and large, well filled heads. One plot of Abruzzi rye is grown in combination with vetch.
 Working on Cotton
 A nice line of experimental work on cotton is under way, the tests includ- ing trials of nitrate of soda, acid phos- phate, cotton seed meal, stable manure and other fertilizers in various combi- nations. Considerable interest has ben recently shown in intercropping cotton with legumes, usually cowpeas. In order to ascertain the possible value of such a method, one plot of cotton has every third row in cowpeas that are uninoculated, two plots have k similar treatment except that the cow peas are inOculated with different commercial legume cultures, and one plot has every third row left blank, to ascertain what possible benefits might be due to the spacing method rather than the cowpeas. These plots will be extremely interesting to cotton raisers throughout the entire season.
 Cowpeas. one of the most valuable legumes for warm regions, have not long been grown in Arizona in com mercial quantities. The agronomy de- partment has made a rather extensive variety test of cowpeas for the last three years, and have now culled out until some very promising seed will be available for general distribution in the near future. Fortunately, about the heaviest producer of forage has also proven the heaviest producer of seed This variety. Red Ripper. while not nearly mature, already outstrips the common Whippoorwill, Brabham, Croft and Two-crop Clay.
 To Prof. Thompson must also go the credit for introducing a new and prom ising type of silo to Arizona. This silo known as the metal lath construction was designed by Hon. E. H. Webster while chief of the dairy division of tht United States department of agricul- ture. Metal lath is tackled on the in. side of upright studding and plasteret The studding is then removed, afte which the silo is reinforced on the out side with heavy wire, two coats O plaster being then applied to the out side. The result is an exceptional, smooth job, having a fairly thin wal of rich concrete. The advantages o this type are a fairly low cost, an the need for very little skilled work manship. One of these silos is to b found on the experiment farm at Mesa and Prof. Thompson will be on han next Saturday to explain it's merits t visitors.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24
DAMASCUS OLD
 MUNITIONS CENTER
Literarv Digestl

In taking Damascus, the Allies cap tured what was once the worlds most important munition center. Before the use of gunpowder, weapons of steel, such as sword and spear, were the soldiers chief reliance; and in making and distributing the finer grades of steel Damascus led the world. The knight who owned a Damascus blade had the very best thing of it's kind, still unsurpassed, though the sword has gone out of fashion. According to writer in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, this high grade steel came originally from India and was the result of a process devised and de- yeloped by Hindu officers.
 One of the many articles which contributed to the world importance of Indian trade was the famous h. dian steel,' he writes. Tt appeared in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, under the names of damascene, or Damascus steel By another trade route through Persia and the Cau- casus it found it's way to Russia.
 The iron and steel industry was highly developed in ancient India. A witness to this exists not only in the
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24
TELLS RESULTS 1T EXPERIMENT
 AT STATE FARM

Prof. C. E. Thompson. agronomist of the Arizona experiment station, tells of a very interesting demonstration os che effectiveness of the formalin treat ment for wheat smut. A plot of wheat grown on the experiment farm near Mesa last year was very slightly smut ty, about one per cent of the beads being affected. As a test of the eff cacy of the formalin treatment part of this seed, which was for replanting, was treated by dipping in a solution of one pint of formalin in forty gallons If water, covering the wet grain for an hour with canvas and drying as quickly as possible. The remainder of the seed was untreated, and both plots are now nearly ready for harvest. Where the seed were treated no smut is to be found, while the untreated plot contains about 55 per cent of smutted heads. Prof Thompson says:
 "In one district in the northwest over one hundred threshing machines were destroyed by smut explosions in ore year in a territory no bigger than the cultivated area in the Salt River valley. Aside from the tremendous loss in machines nearly every farmer lost at least 20 per cent of his crop while some lost as much as half. While we have never had a very widesphead smut infestation in Arizona, it is none too early to guard against the serious entrance of the disease, and the only safe method is to treat every wheat seed sown. Smut can be carried in soil for time, and is distributed wide spread through threshing machines and other harvesting implements"
 In describing other work under the supervision of the agrononIy depart ment which can be seen at the Mesa experiment farm at the time of the big field meeting today, Prof. Thomp- son mentioned a test of different rates of planting. On soil of medium tex ture and free from Johnson grass and Bermuda, 50 pounds of wheat per acre is a sufficient rate of seeding. The important things in raising wheat or such land are deep, thoroughly pre- pared seed-beds, abundant moisture il the ground and no irrigation in the earlier stages of growth, timely seed ing, not later than December, and i
 wheat is not to be pastured, not ear Her than Thanksgiving, and a fairly light seeding. Work done by the az ronomy department under such condi
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24

from which the damascene blades
 were manufactured. Some of such cakes were investigated by Reaumur, but he found nobody in Paris who could forge them. Some others were presented to the Royal Society by
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24

Doctor Scott of Bombay, and brought to this country by Doctor Pearson. Faraday took keen interest in them, and his investigation of alloy stecb conducted in conjunction with Stodart, was the result
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24

Subsequent researches of General Anossoff, Professor Techernoff, and the author led to show that damascene steel was a very pure high carbon crucible steel with excellent mechan- ical qualities and a splendid watering 5
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24

famous wrought iron pillar of Delhi, but in many other specimens, some of them at least being undoubtedly high carbon crucible steels.
 ''To this last category belonged the wootz, or small cakes of carbon steer,
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24
DEVISE SYSTEM ID
 FOLLOW UP CHECKS

A better method of keeping track of checks deposited for collection in the local banks has been adopted by some of the leading banks.
 The depositor is asked to put on his deposit slip the bank number (which appears on each check) the name of the man or firm who drew the check, as well as the amount Thus, an en- try on the deposit slip might read 91-2-J. Jones-S4700.
 This would indicate that it was a check drawn by J. Jones on the Valley Bank for the sum of s47.0o. If this check was deposited at another bank, and was lost in the mail in transmit ting for payment it could be easily traced.
 Commercial firms, of course, already keep an account of the checks received, their origin and amount but this prac- tice helps the bank to facilitate the forwarding of checks for collection.
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Arizona republican., 1919-05-24
NC1, First Built, Now a Wreck

This giant seapIane, almost within sight of the end of it's second leg across the Atlantic came to grief, after being rescued by a torpedo boat destroyer near the Azores. She and the NC3 were dis-assem- bled and shipped back to the United States. The NC4 continued the flight.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24

The marriage of Miss Helen Hazel Clark to Major Layson Atkins, engi- neer corps, U. s. A., took place at Washington recently. Mrs. Atkins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Edgar E. Clark. MT. Clark is a member of the interstate commerce commission.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-24
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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-21
Dialect Was once Good English

A dialect is folk-speech, form OF
the mother tongue spoken by people
of native stock, long settled in the dis
trict where it prevails. 1t is of quite
an ancient and respectable descent as
the accepted speech. Accident has re-
duced il to the condition of a local
or provincial idiOm. 1t has diverged
from the standard literary language.
or the latter has diverged from it.
For dialects, as is well known, are
conservative, and cling to many vO-
cables, infections, syntactical usages
and RECOMMENDATIONS which are nearer
to the primitive tongue than those
which have displaced them In the &C
cepted speech.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-21
THE SHADOW
BY ANNIE A. CURTIS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Copyright, 1919 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

MOIIie Harrison, with dark curly
hair, bewitching brown eyes and known
throughout the village of Bend as 1.-THE
Crettiest girl in town" settled herself
snugly inEhe big morris chair with her
knitting in her lap. Had it net been
that she, too, knew of her beauty, her
personality might have been equal to
1t. But MoIlle, with her lovely clothes,
had always considered herself a little
shove the other girls of her community
and associated with but one girl. That
girl was Hazel Jaynes, daughter of the
only physician In the town.
HOh, horrors !" said MOllie to her
mother. looking out the window, there
comes that Dick Holmes suppose he
will stay all the afternoon"
Just then Dick rang the bell. and
MoIIie's mother ushered him into the
parlor where Noble was sitting.
"why. Eello, Dick. didn't expect
you this afternoon" said Molue- Il
have the afternoon to myself, 50 ] de-
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-21
In q Minute

We do a good many things in a min
ute. For instance, we are whirled on
the outside of the earth just 13 miles
and have gone around the sun l.OSs
miles: n ray of light has travelled H.
100000 miles; the lowest sound your
ear can catch has made 900 vibra-
tons the highest tome 99safSno ~
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-21

cided would spend it~with you" re-
piled Dick. II have been very busy !;
am knitting a sweater" Il suppose
1t is for that fellow from the city. :"
said Dick, laughingly, as he handed
her q large box of chocolates. "IhanR
you. Dick. but have eaten SO many
sweets today believe will keep these
until later" and Mollie placed the box
on the piano.
Their conversation was pleasant un-
til Dick said, "Now, Mollie, l would
like to talk with you on a very serious
question. l love you and ask you to
be my wife. l think have sufficient
means to make home for you, VIII
you take the question seriously and de-
eide the matter?" Before leaving
Dick invited her to attend ball with
him the following evening.
After Dick left that evening. Mollie
had a long talk with her mother con-
corning Dicks welfare. Mrs. Harri-
son approved of Dicks company and
considered him a gentleman in every
way.
81 am going to test his love for me
some day, mother said Mollie, haught-
lily. Remember, Mollie, that may
mean broken heart" said her mother
Ia a thoughtful tone.
The next evening, Mollie, as light
hearted as bird, dressed for the ball.
Her gown of deep pink with it's silver
trimmings brought out her beauty as
never before. Although there were
girls from far and near, Mollie was the
loveliest. All went we'll until Moll1e
refused Dick the "GOod Night" waltz
and gave her order to the fellow from
the city," However, Dick in a good
natured way overlooked this and enjoy
ed the waltz with Martha Irving,
whose gentle manner had always pleas
ed him. When Dick left Mollie at her
home that evening he asked to spend
friday evening at her home, and, to
his great surprise, Mollie said she
would be pleased to have him. Little
did he realize Mollie's deceit and what
a reception he would GET
''Mother" said Mollie, II can never
think enough of Dick to marry him.
NY nature calls for man of different
nature"
"Well, dear, If that is the way you
feel, tell Dick so and do not keep him
in suspense" replied her mother.
Gle will find out soon enough" said
Mollie, as she tossed her head pertly.
Friday evening, Dick who was as
true-as his word, entered the yard at
Mol1ie's home and noticed light in
the parlor. What did he see? Could
he believe his own eyes? For there
was the shadow of Mollie and mas
culjne figure with his arms around her,
embracing her. cts the fellow from
the city," said Dick, as he turned and
walked toward his home. Then Mol
lies sutton took off her masculine dress,
and the tears rolled down her cheek
as she laughed at her success.
perhaps he thought your gentleman
friend very impolite not to remove his
hat, but my hair would have given me
away" said Hazel Jaynesr
Hazel. you're a trump. I bet he
will never come to see me again" said
M0llie
About a month later Mollie read the
of the engagement of
Richard Holmes and Martha Irving.
But as yet Mollie has no other suitOrs.
because she IS known as tricky" and
she Low realizes that her mother was
right when she told her she would have
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-21

Thousands suffer and thousands
more are destined to suffer from
that most insidious of diseases.
catarrh. Ninety seven per cent or
the people have .catarrh. 1t is not
confined to the head, nose and
throat as many suppose. Catarrhal
Inflammation may attack the stom-
ach, bowels or any portion of the
body where there are mucous lin
ings. 1t is no respector of persons
or position. Everyone is liable to
attack.
Mrs. Mary Fricke, 507 Bornman
ST., Belleville, ILL.,, was one of it's
victims. She says: Il have weighed
as little as 100 pounds. For years
I suffered with my stomach cramps
and severe headaches. After read
ing DR.. Hartman's Health Book, I
decided to try Peruna. The first
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-21

bottle brought good results. but as
1 was bound to get well, took
twelve.
Fifteen years ago. I started with
Peruna and I wouldn't be without
it. My weight is now around 200
pounds and I am hale and hearty
at the age of 63. I can do as much
work as my daughter"
years in the American family has
proved it's worth. If you are sick,
do not give up. try Peruna. Write
The Peruna Company. Dept. B, CO.
lumbus, Ohio, for DR.. Hartman's
Health Book. 1t is free. Peruna is
let's. Insist upon having DR.. Hart
mans Famous Peruna Tonic. Ask
your dealer for a Peruna Almanaes
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-21
Of the Nation.

We womanhood There need greater than
ever strong Apparently the is not sturdy
formerly victims of GENERALIZATION and less
able 70 resist disease.