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SIMON BENSON.
Tilton General Hospital
Camp Dix Annex, n. J.
Nov 80, 1914.
TO THE JOURNAL
AMERICAN,
800 South street, n. Y, c.
Dear Sir:
Could you be so kind as 10
inform me as 10 whom / should
address a protest concerning the
appropriation of money for the
erection of a building to be used
for viviSection of animals?
Thanking you in advance, /
remain, sincerely yours,
SGT. JOSEPH FORNERO.
Nov. II, 1914
AMERICAN WEEKLY
MAGAZINE
OBS f. 45th street,
New York. n. y
Dear Sirs:
May Join the vast number Of
readers who appreciate the great
amount of good done for great
and Just cause through the arti-
Gle published in your magazine
of Oct. 26-"Torture of Mans
Best Friend"
Many are forming local So
cieties and for the first time
have been made aware of this
infamous practice
Wishing you every success and
hoping 10 see other articles of
this nature in the future, /
remain,
Sincerely yours.
MRS. T. o. PECK.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.
Nov 9. 1914.
Mr.. LIONEL CALHOUN
MORSE:
Dear Sir:
l have read your article in
the Oct. % issue of the Amer
lean Weekly about the vivisec-
ton of animals and especially
dogs.
You say, as a result Of bill
pending in Congress, there is an
opportunity of dog lovers of the
country TO express their senti-
ments on this very important
matter and l am wondering If
YOU will be kind enough to tell
me how to 60 about it,
! have always loved animals
and especially dogs, which, like
you, / feel TO be mans best
friend. / think their capacity
for love and loyalty deserves our
highest appreciation and not
torture by vtvisection.
I shall appreciate, very much,
your reply.
Sincerely.
MRS. j. {. BROOKINGS.
Baltimore.
Nov. ), 1914.
Editor of the American
Weekly.
Dear Sir:
want 10 congratulate you on
the article" Torture the Re-
ward of Mans Best Friend, by
Lionel c. Noise in the Oct. %
issue of your magazine.
II takes courage TO speak in
behalf of the helpless and ! am
sure your article has aroused
the opposition of powerful sur
gical interests. Therefore those
of us who feel sympathy for
suffering should show our APP
prevail.
Even suppoSing that [ he
bodies of human beings derive
some benefit from the torture
10 which we relentlessly sub
ject our dumb kindred. and I'm
not sure this is the case. our
characters are hardened by IL
and we learn, even to hurt
each other.
For MANY wars We have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-28

The noAts raH up The dock,
The dock ifrHrk one
Ard dotpH bed raee-
Hes finding usifs babsr
Most suery place!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-28

made the effort in schools TO
harden the minds of children
by experimentation on small
animals. 1t would be better If
we used the small animals TO
develop their compassion.
Thank you. therefore, for
calling the matter TO the at
tention of the public. Thousands
of persons in Baltimore prob
ably have never heard Of vlvi-
Section and you are helping 10
diSpel their ignorance.
Very truly,
MILDRED Is. MILLER.
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OLEMA, MARIN CO., Cal,

OLEMA, MARIN CO., Cal,
Nov. IS, 1914.
EDITOR,
AMERICAN WEEKLY,
New York City, n. y.
My dear sir:
shall be so glad if you can
send me one-half dozen copies
of the Oct. % America an
Weekly. i want il on account
of the anti-vivisection pictures
and article in order to send ii
where / think il might do some
good 10 put a stop TO such
sadistic practice, which is
worthy of Nazi or a Jap, but
hardly TO be expected among
people of presumably more
merciful outlook.
No one questions the need of
vivisection to a certain extent,
but to turn their poor helpless
victims loose TO die in the gutter
leaves one speeches..
DOROTHY q. FISHER.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis,
Nov. l, 1914.
EDITOR.
THE MILWAUKEE
SENTINEL,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Dear. sir:
Although you can not per-
sonally be considered response
bic for the article, Torture.
the Reward of Mans Best
Friend" which appeared in the
American Weekly, it seem per-
MISSILE and logical to address
these comments TO you. At
least ii is more logical than
were the contents of the article
In question.
The author of the article,
Lionel Calhoun Noise, takes
jab at science from behind a
shelter of prejudice and igno-
rance, to which he adds a good
dose of-well, let us call it mis-
representation. He may be the
greatest mind in the anti-vivi-
sectoniSt camp for all l know,
and for all / care; but if he and
his kind had only a small por-
ton of courage relative to their
instructed "wishful thinking
on the subject, they would come
out and face the issue face to
face with the opposition.
If any of the Milwaukee anti
vivisectionistS should fee the
urge - the call of duty - suffi-
GENTLY strong to face such an
issue in the public. this writer
is willing TO ia k g them on -
Slngly or in groups.
Very truly yours,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-28

IO-C TEs DETRoI IIsts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

things might be cured by naturopathy
that is, by lying in the sun in loose
garments, living on raw carrots, let
tuce, nuts and uncooked fruits, and
avoiding tobacco and intoxicants.
Or. Morgan, a practicing physician
with a private clientele az Manchester
believed in naturopathy. But, II dc
veloped al the inquest which followed
the double shooting. she supplemented
the theories by reading tea cups, gaz-
ing into crystal balls, spreading the
doctrine of reincarnation and con-
Quoting bizarre seances on a Chinese
carpet.
Mr. Ashworth had invested almost
$4,000 in the establishment. a land
scaped estate known as Starkie
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

visited Starkie House on a routine in
spection. He was ushered into the
Chinese Room, laid with the magic
carpet, and invited to sit in the circle.
"All worries vanish when you stand
in the center" DR. Morgan told him.
Or. Morgan did everything she
could TO make her charges believe she
was endowed with supernatural
understanding. She told them she
could read their thoughts and their
dreams.
Miss Ryder. Harrop, testifying at
the inquest. explained how DR.. Nor.
gan impressed her psychic" powers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

in the center. Or.
Morgan believed
il possessed mys-
teal power.
AS described
by pretty au-
burn-h haired Gym
thia Renee Ry-
der Harrop, p,
assistant at the
clinic, DR.. Nor
gan urged tn G
patients 10 sit
within the circle
because "the pea
cock drew out
the vanity from
them a n d the
dragon drew out
the evil.
Shortly before
the shooting, a
police officer
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IL q u = q. ne OD-
jected thoroughly
10 Or. Nlorgan's
innovations, par
ticularly tn o G
c on c ern ing the
magic carpet, ard
said so.
The carpet was
an Oriental rug
which DR.. Morgan
bought at NJ a n
chester for more
than $500. 1t was
of exotic design,
in the traditional
Chinese manner,
with a peacock
and a dragon en-
closed in a circle
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LONDON

LONDON.
aNTO a magic carpet tragedy was
woven a few days ago az Arlington,
y Cheshire, where the wealthy lin
Cered cat the English equivalent OF
S4S 10 SEQ a week. for treatment of
their ills by diets OF vegetables,
theosophy and spiritualism.
Nobody knows quite how, for those
who could tell are dead But an in.
quest jury decided that William Percy
Ashworth. 81, financial hacker of the
venture, murdered Or. Janet S. Nor
gan, 50, the medical superintendent,
and shot and killed himself.
The two had quarreled over admin
istration of the retreat, which was
dedicated to the principle that all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

Soon after the incident of the poker
and the shovel, Mr. Ashworth left
his home 10 go TO Starkie House.
The next day Miss Ryder-HarTOp
found both Dr. Morgan and Mr.. Ash
worth dead in a storeroom on the
estate. She had bullet wound in
her neck. He was shot in the mouth.
The jury reached the verdict Of
murder and suicide, adding that the
murder was committed under great
provocation" and that Mr.. Ashworth
ended his life while the balance of his
mind was disturbed" And all because
of tragic magic carpet.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY AZ
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upon her patients. 1t was trickery
II have known her 10 go down
stairs" she said, "and listen TO what
the patients were saying in the lounge
upstairs. From downstairs you can
hear quite lot. have also known
her to listen TO phone conversations
To gain further information for her
pose as mind-reader, thereby making
the revelations of the tea leaves and
the crystal ball convincing, DR.. Nor
gan sent Miss Ryder-Harrop TO spy
on the patrons. She followed them,
the girl assistant said, and caves
dropped on their conversations, re-
porting back to DR.. Morgan.
Meanwhile, according to- witnesses,
DR.. Morgan developed violent tenn
per- Sometimes she steFmed into
rooms of staff members.
"Once she slapped me in the face
with half pound of margarine"
Miss RyderHarrop told the jury.
In protest, some Of the personnel
quit, others complained TO Mrs. Ash
worth. Mr.. Ashworth thereupon
demonstrated with Dr. Morgan. He
made it clear that she would have 10
treat the staff with more cOnSfdeTa-
ton and discontinue the unorthodoX
interludes on the magic carpet.
DR.. Morgan refused TO cooperate
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

session W 1t n d.
Morgan. She LEFT
but returned til @
same Jig 1t b Y
climbing through a
window Mrs. Ash
worth was present
at the time and told
the jury about it
this way:
"She said, This
is a 100 per cent
flop, Percy A III
then she tried 10 hit
my husband with a
pok er. 1t W a s
wrested away from
her and she went
after him with n
shovel. Some of the
attendants grabbed
that, too, and she
struck out at me.
The situation
preyed on Mr.. Ash
worth's mind, his
widow testified, so
much so that he
once told her: "If
/ have TO stand any
more of this ii Will
Kill me-"
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and q lew Weeks IdIeT SIC
was removed from the
board of directors by the
shareholders.
The chastisemont didn't
work. The unpleasant
ness continued and Nj.
Ashworth went 10 Star
kie House for anothC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

Turning battleship 81 G-E motors teamed up for
21thousandon pull to turn the capszed Oklahoma right side
up at Pearl Harbor Electric action on every 'front.'
In weapons and in tools to repair them.in the field
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

Cannon shoots through doughnut motor In the of this
fighter pane right in the middle of the GE motor that
feathers the propeller is 37mm Building motor
with hole where the shaft ought to be brain twster but
GE engineers solved this problem with electric motor
shaped like doughnut
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

This Tom Thumb motor loads the guns bombers and
fighters Other electric motors raise and lower Wheels open
bomb bay doors War requires than different motor
models keeping e research and engineering busy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

Pushbutton doormen for LISTS. Push button, and out
pops tank It's quite that simple but the doors and ramp
on an LIST opened at the push of button by electric
motors. On an LIST, there lao electric motors
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Insurance Fund

So the idea has been advanced,
that an international insurance fund
be set up to protect agricultural in
come throughout the world from the
extremes of the economic cycle.
This fund would perform three ex-
tremely Simportant functions:
l. 1t would obtain from participant
ing countries periodic reports on
production, inventories. current
marketings and probable demand
for agricultural commodities which
enter foreign trade in largest vol
umes. These data would make pos
sible the determination of normal
production, consumption, price lev
els and trends, and would form the
basis for Intelligent international
and national planning in relation to
the commodities covered;
3 Tic fund would stockpile agri-
cultural commodities that are i'm
portant in world trade when crops
were good, and distribute these
when crops were poor, thus creating
more even flow OF materials enter
ing world trade This would have a
Stabilizing influence to world COM
mercial relations. And,
3. The fund would accumulate
cash through assessments on nation
al governments, when income was
high. and distribute cash when in
come was low, thus helping to main
tain more stable income and pur-
chasing power for the great mass
of producers of agricultural prod
ucts throughout the world.
This idea has been worked out in
some detail by Dr. Morris A. Cope
land, chief of the munitions division,
bureau of planning and statistics of
the War Production board.
Probably by the time DR.. Cope
lands plan has reached the diplo-
matte level it will be something al
together different. But until some
thing like this is done, the danger
of chaotic world agricultural con-
ditions will be a. distinct threat-not
just to foreign farmers-but to
every American farmer as well.
If, through his farm organiza-
tons, the American farmer should
take an interest in international in
come stability, on a reasonably high
level, he would be moving in the
direction of self-protection.
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The Dark Ages

Roughly speaking, the Dark
Ages extended from the fall Of
the Western Roman Empire in the
fifth century to the revival Of
learning in the 18th century-al-
together about seven centuries.
During a good part of that period
learning was at its lowest ebb in
Europe.
Civilization had been put in re-
verse by the masses of barbarians
who swept down from northern
Europe to over-run the former
seats of learning.
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YOUR government asks you to
take a marketing bag with you
when you go to the groccr's and
to take as many packages as
possible without paper wrappings.
Paper bags are becoming van
ishlng item! Provide yourself with
crocheted string bag. This one
is made of bedsprcad crochet cot
ton so it's strong and durable.
When not in use, it folds up into
tiny compact ball.
To obtain complete crocheting directions
for the Folding Shopping Bag pattern No
574G) send l6 cents in coin. your name
address and the pattern number.
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CHAPTER vi

At the desk of the Chief Medical
Examiner, he was informed, casu-
ally, that he had been accepted for
General Military Service.
1t was a little difficult to realize
it. He was dazed. He felt that his
dyspepsia had been insulted. He
still suffered from chronic indiges-
ton no matter how lightly it was
regarded.
All except three of the Springville
contingent were accepted. Freddie
and Jack were among the successful
ones - or unsuccessful - whichever
way you looked at it, matter de-
pending on how far your patriotism
went.
After retrieving their clothes and
hiding their nakedness, they were
marched outside. Lined up in the
open, they took the oath of enlist
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ment. Mr.. Wrinkle felt very solemn
about swearing to bear true faith and
allegiance to this country.
In the clothing depot they were
turned over to a, little Sergeant no
larger than Mr. Wrinkle. He had
wizened face and great many serv-
ice stripes on his sleeve. In a dry
good-humored voice he instructed
them to change into something more
appropriate to their surroundings
and new standing.
Sergeant Czeideskrowski took
them, with more new soldiers from
other contingentS, to a receiving bar
racks in the Reception Center. Here
they would stay for several days,
and here Mr.. Wrinkle saw what his
future bedroom was like.
He was appalled,.
Not that the quarters weren't
good. Indeed, they were better than
those any other Army in the world
could boast.
Even in his somewhat depressed
state Mr.. Wrinkle ate moro ti1un he
usually did al home. !.hich he k. cW
would not please Amy. II" d.jn.t
me Ition anything about THIS when
the Alphabet, in mot. rlIkc fashion,
saw TO it that they filed out post
cards to their families Announcing
the good news OF their being in the
Army.
Finally. for that day. came in
struction in bed making. Alter an
hour of experimenting. during which
most of them believed he could make
his bed perfectly in the dark, Ser
gcant CzeidcSkroWSki observed that
none of them would pass inspection,
but their efforts would do for them
to sleep that night
Lying in the darkness, with some
of the men talking back and forth
in whispers, MI. Wrinkle felt unnat-
ural. He was no longer Wilbert
Wrinkle, captain of his own soul or
body. He belonged to an immense,
fearsome, mysterious organization
called the Army whose purpose was
to fight other men to the death.
Mr.. Wrinkle fell in line with the
other men on the company street.
1t was barely light. 1t was cold.
All about were the dim outlines of
buildings. A vast rustic of men and
their movements and voices spread
in all directions, ghostly and weird
Shivering, Mr. Wrinkle wondered
if this could be only a bad dream.
SUI ely he would soon awaken in his
own warm bed with Amy beside
him, telling him it was time to get
up after good nights rest instead
of the fifteen minutes nap he felt
he had.
Instead, he heard Sergeant Geld
eskrowski calling his name in the
roll.
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4M1M0huMa1z.I!l y:
U1hz=zzz=a' % %

To remove face powder from a
satin or velvet dress, brush lightly
with a wooden cloth.
To tell at glance which are
your good handkerchief, iron
them into triangles and plain
ones into squares.
For cleaning a coffee-stained
percolator, put in cup of salt,
fill with water, and let the mixture
percolate as for coffee.
When your old broom is worn to
the hilt, cut the straws evenly
across, cover them with an old felt
hat or old wooden sock and use il
to polish the floors.
Squirt kerosene on nuts and
bolts that are to be loosened, once
each day for several days, before
the machine is to be worked on.
They'll come off much easier.
To help in remodeling dated gar
ments, try grandmother's custom
of having a piece bag" In it
put all saved zippers, bits of rib
bon and lace, and scraps of fabric.
Never knot the ends of your
thread when darning socks as the
knot may provo uncomfortable to
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w. NJ. RELEASE

But he was sure there was some
thing to express the situation in
which he found himself, and that he
would ultimately run across it. He
decided to be on the lookout for it.
Private Tindall came in shortly
after five, looking hot and not cut
ting very attractive figure in his
soiled dungarees. His thin line Of
mustache did not seem to fit this
garment at all. Several of the men
wanted to know what he had had
to do.
Freddie glared at them disgusted-
~. II washed floors," he snarled.
"Me!"
Jack led the laugh that followed.
Freddie STROBE over to him and
without word, drew back his fist
and hit him.
Jack sat down on a cot, not hurt
but angry.
Mr.. Wrinkle had time to think that
it was a good thing he had finished
his letter mentioning Jack before
the boy rose, again to battle Fred
die.
From the doorway the voice of
Alphabet was heard: For fighting
you'd be surprised what there is,
Private Tindall But this time we'll
make it just the garbage detail for
tomorrow"
After the Alphabet had written in
his notebook and gone away, Fred
die promised, I'm going to kill
him. From A to T."
IF I don't get you first" Jack
muttered.
YOU" Freddie demanded, land
what other part of the Army? You
and Pop, maybe?"
Mr.. Wrinkle reflected that this was
not the right outlook at all. 1t was
hardly the true spirit of the reason
they were here.
Mr.. Wrinkle did not find friend of
his own age until he was shipped on
a train to his Replacement Training
Center. Camp Squibb was a thou
sand miles away from home. Mr..
Wrinkle understood that this great
distance was for the purpose of get
ting him away from family ties.
He was no happier at this than
was Freddie Tindall when it was
learned that Sergeant Czeideskrow-
ski was to accompany and stay with
them. 1t seemed that the Alphabet
had been champing at the bit for
having been put in what he re-
ferred to as the "desk job" of re-
ceiving draftees. He wanted active
duty, and now he looked at it as
step toward this when he was as
signed to new training troops.
Camp Squibb was a great deal
like their first camp, except that it
was much larger, stretching for
miles across the flat bare land. It
was the general belief that no one
knew how large it was, nor where it
began and ended. 1t had simply
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tude toward consumers.
In 1910, the industrial commits
sion, the first congressional body to
investigate monopolies, held that
great combinations of industry were
here to stay, and that it would be
inadvisable to "bust" them. Con-
troll in the public interest was
recommended. There may be some
question as to how effective social
controls have been, but the great
combinations are still here.
We have reached a similar point
now in relation to international car
tells. We are not going to break
them up, no matter how much our
liberals may desire it. In fact, we
are going to assist in the organiza-
ton of cartels, possibly before the
war ends
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Farmers Must Decide

Farmers Must Decide
Obviously, it is time for farmers
to begin to think internationally in
respect to agriculture, for if they
don't, the food professors will do
their thinking for them. Let US take
a brief look at the wheat market,
for that is still the chief farm prod
uct in international trade.
Lee Marshall, VIA director of
distribution, on a recent visit to Kan
sas boosted that on July we would
enter the crop year with a carry
over of about 800, 100000 bushels of
wheat compared with about 4O,OOO,-
600 bushels on July l, 1918, during
the last year of World War I. But
what happened after the last war?
Almost every nation during the war
increased its wheat acreage, and
after the war SURPRISES began to
pile up year after year until the
price of wheat was so low, no
wheat farmer could operate profit
ably. We may dispose of this sur
plus to hungry Europe, but world
wheat productive capacity is today
far beyond world economic power
to purchase.
Now we are seeking security OF
farm income. If there is world
surplus of wheat after the war, as
there is very likely to be after a
few years of rebuilding, it will re-
quire lot more than passing
few laws to keep wheat at parity.
Depression for wheat farmers would
be like an infection which recog-
nized no national boundaries.
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A BIG coverall apron for sum-
mer has basket" pocket of
dark green and bright red cher
rles, green leaves and basket han
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To obtain complete applique pattern and
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