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THE HOUSTON 'POST THURSDAY MORNING . OCTOBER 24 1918.
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v Houston Texas Thursday October 24 1918
EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
. Will
vewar
there be Christmas shopping
this)
Certainly there will be.
A -Christmas Is something that not even war
w
. can destroy and the Christmas spirit must
have its opportunities for expression." To
attempt to suspend or abolish Christmas
'even for a war year would be Impossible
; for humanity can not do without it. Indeed
' the world needs the strongest manifestation
possible of the ChrhHmas spirit In tlmo of
V.. tragedy like this.
.' What would the Sons of Liberty over In
the'lcy trenches of Europe think if on Christ-
mas morning there were no tokens and me 9-
: -. sages of love and greeting from home? They
' . : would Indeed' feel like exiles.
f And bow would the boys In the army
tamps feel if no tokens and messages of love I Atlanta a day or two ago discussed Impor-
and gratitude should reach them? Itant subjects. The speakers agreed that
What would the little children think if it
should be a Christmas of empty stockings?
i These things are not to be. There will be
Christmas and Christmas greetings and
Christmas presents and of course there
Will be Christmas shopping and Early Christ -
'ma Shopping.
To make Christmas a time of memory of
love of rejoicing of good will of unselfish -
ness of happiness it will not be necessary
to indulge in wanton extravagance to throw
away good money or to deny the needs of
ihe country or of the people In it
' There is such a thing as having a sane
- and happy Christmas and that Is the kind of
.War' Christmas the country needs and will
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V' The Importance of Early Christmas Shop-
--. ping must not be overlooked; for this time
.it Is not necessary to stress the eleventh
iiAH. ilh nnAn nnnp tlroH o 1 A Tlr In Antfiy
to get your sympathies enlisted.
The imperative reason for Early Christmas
Shopping is this: There is but a limited time
In which Christmas packages can be for
warded In order to nsach the soldiers fn
; France.
i ' Any delay on that score will mean that
your absent soldier "Over There" whether
' ie be son brother husband sweetheart or
friend will enjoy Christmas only by watch-1
r Ting the happiness of comrades whose home
people were prompt in making their pur-1
chases and forwarding them.
fv The Post will next week in a special edition
Sire complete information respecting the for -
warding of Christmas packages to soldiers
;;1b Europe and will otherwise endeavor to
' aid Its readers in makinar the country's War
.' Christmas a day of happiness and good will
tor everybody over here our soldiers "over
there" and for as many of the little warl
victims of our allies as can possibly he I
reached. I
f But there is to be a sane happy Christmas J
one. not featured by waste and extravagance I
Yarid the shopping will have to be done early!
If our boys overseas are to share in it
; A FIFTH LOAN LN PREPARATION.
. Washington announces that preparations
are already being made for the fifth war
: ; rloan aud that it will be designated as the
': "Victory Loan. It will be offered In the
SDTing. say March or Aorll. nosslblv earlier.
v fS; X Whether the war should' end at 'once or
proceed tnrougn next year win have no Dear-
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?f.u win nave 10 De noaiea oecause we
be floated because the
h money to be derived from it will have been
; spent already by the time the campaign for
ithn sale of the bonds opens.
lithe readers would read carefully the war would be constitutional and It was In defer-
.yWMSa that comes out of Washington they enc0 to such belief that the legislative ma-
.'yi would see that the vast ship construction en- jority strongly prohibition as it was en-
terprlse must be carried through. It is a
i peace measure quite as much as a war meas-l
:'Vfe tot the tonnage destroyed is far from
having been replaced and )he cbnstructlon I
program means that the United States Will J
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fiave Booieming 11 uiu xioi nave ueiyrw iuu 1
war viz. a merchant marine paid for and
owned by the public.
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WW .armiet? win ne quite as Dig a nm as
' arrvine thnm over. I
fNdt only that conditions in Europe are
to require the maintenance of a large
Itary force overseas until the many read-
Juatments made necessary by the war shall
liars been completed.
' t.- Very likely much of this burden will fall
. Upon the United States since our losses have
' not been so heavy as those of other bel-
' liferents. So soon as English French Bel-
ian and Italian soldiers can return to their
'' tomes" the strongest political social and
economic reasons exist to require It
i rm uuit uu. iu. m pwuuai wuuiuuiu
easting in Europe probably American troops
S stabilizing fore) Will be more acceptable
f.wasv the soldiers ot any other nation mis
i Hvespepiaiiy true K Germany Russia me
Balkans and Austria-Hungary are to pe tem-
i porarflr occupied. ' ; 'v.V ;
With peace signed. American sotctiers wui
not b vawelcoms In all .ths nations la
wbich military occupation may have to
tlnns temporarily
: Even though tbs TJnited..SUts be a bel-
i gerent In the absence of any neutral of I
' e nrst-clase. it must acts as1 arbltiar to' all"
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extent trscaua. ( tt. iMeswislfyf-c in -xi-ry tlosanitiea l
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tfcB u wUI toT 40 occup5r 1B th !flal
economic tecorttructlon that must follow th
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The nation will have to finance thoaa nw
trponBtbllltlet. Thoro la no longer ny Wo -
latlon hers. Wo are amtlgtioua to OTOryitooa ana uinctent majoriiy. mi no time
. or .mall in the whole world
We entered the war unfurllnn the banner of
. t j tvlth that hannw nnat.
a wuriu aouiutmwj. -
tag In every land and clime the United
States must accept the leadership and must
exemplify those lofty Ideals wbich we have
loved so dtarly to preach.
And the United States is the only con
slderable reservoir of mobile capital in the
aiin kv in alrl nthar natlnna In the
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work of economic reconstruction
We must have the vision to sense these
great responsibilities and the faith and cour
age to bear them. Only through the kindly
offlcee of the United States helping every
where and taking nothing .can the scars of
Great War be quickly erased and1 the
the
I quarYels and hatreds composed. I
It will be in meeting splendidly anS un -
selfishly all these lofty obligations that the
United States must find the noblest recom-
ponse possible for the great sacrifices which
have been made.
In this way only can the nation adequately
honor the memory of its fallen sons.
So when the Victory Loan and those to
fow sbll be offered' the people must show
themselves worthy not only of their price-
less American citizenship but of the victory
which has been achieved.
AFTER-WAR
PROSPERITY
IN THE
SOUTH.
The Southern Trade conference held in
after the war the South's chief staple prod
I acta cotton cotton goods cotton seed prod'
I acts naval stores and lumber would be In
I great demand.
I It la worth while to emphasize the truth
1 of this for it is unquestionably true that the
I South is going to suffer far less in the com
ling readjustment period than any other part
1 of the country.
The law of averages or the law of com
I pensation will assert itself. The South be-
I Ing an . agricultural country and chief pro -
I ducer of cotton suffered a frightful shock
I when the war suddenly started In 1914.
I Since that time cotton has reached new high
I levels and where good! yields have been en-
I joyed the producers have grown rich.
80 we have seen since the great outpour-1
I Ing a war money has been upon the North-
1 a
lent sections of the country because the
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pate heavily in the war orders.
In the early peace period however the
shifting ot Northern industry from war to
peace actlvltiea Is apt to produce unemploy-
ment temporarily and perhaps business em
barrassment.
This will not be generally true of the
South for just as soon as Europe can put
I some orders In American markets cotton
and cotton prodMcts will begin to soar in
I price.
Europe Is badly in need of clothing. Got-
Imany and her allies are practically naked
I but England France and Russia are scarcely I
less anxious to have unrestricted access to
1 American cotton ports. We shall have an
I Immediate keen export demand for nearly
I all our staule products and this demand is
I likely to prevail at high levels for several
I years.
It will be a day ot real prosperity for the
South for it will mean an abundant tide of
dollars flowing in to neutralize the heavy
withdrawal of Federal reserve note circula-j
Uon that will necessarily ensue during the
period of post-bellum deflation.
STATUTORY STATEWIDE UNCONSTI
TUTIONAL.
The decision of the court of criminal ap
peals holding unconstitutional the so-called
Statewide prohibition law enacted at the last
called session causes no great surprise.
For many years the weight of legal opin
ion was against a Statewide prohibitory stat
ute for the very reason as set forth by the
majority of the court viz.. that It would
conmci wun me local opuon anicte 01 me
constitution.
I of recent years however there have come
jforward quite a number of lawyers of recog-
nized ability who believed such a statute
acted) the Statewide statute.
The effect of the decision will not be very
widespread since the sone law which al-
ready has been upheld by the same court.
will keep the counties in which the principal
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cjues are located Ilrmiy in We dry column. I
These contained the majority of the saloons
UllUer OlQ COI1U1UOUB.
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wot only that tne almost prohibitive tax
soon to be imposed upon distilled liquors
mi ik. ek.it.tnwn nr .riiu .i.hiii.j rn I
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December 1. will leave verv little nrofit in
the business on the one hand and very little
stock to do business with on the other.
The additional fact that the legislature to
convene in January is sure to Bubmit a pro-1
hibitive constitutional amendment which In
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very terms may be self-enacting will
serve to restrain men from investing much
new money in the saloon business.
So altogether the decision serves more to
settle an old doubt and an old dispute than
It does toward restoring the retail liquor
miine. lnera were manv DroiiiDiTioniqta nr
standing as lawyers who believed the statute
was not constitutional and there were anti
lawyers who believed it was.
Wood row Haa Conserving Paper.
(From the Indianapolis Star.)
It is hard to make any sense out of these mod
ern diplomatic notes because they don't start out
intelligently with "Your favor received and con-
coB-jtentt 5uiy noted.
Remedy May Be Worth It
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t lvalue of whiskey in the freatment of Span
Early Morning Observation
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iy Oteroe M. Bailey.
I ; Th .Cincinnati Enquirar's poll showa that Cov-
jernor Jim Co is omg to M re-iet4 by
for Ohio to be plajring the idiot
It ta oat stand
" E-quirer's poll
Even Aahtabula aod ftark
aaatn. Of aavin count
ing republican thftutd be
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Profiteering in war it merely a low form of
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Governor Capper of Kansas is being asked to
I release all the barbers In the Kansas oonitentiarv.
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so great it (he need fpr journeyman barbers sad
he won't do it. Capper knows that the ratio in
a..si- 1 .4 -fii.sa . -
wnicn nanus loirs wmaaers win ma aemocrauc
vote grow and he is afraid to risk hit wretched
party to a trimmed and scraped electorate.
The Ocrmnn government can aave time by de-
kaisrrixing the empire at once because that will
1 The painters and sculptors are not going to be
idle in the future. There- will have to be por
traits and statues 01 roch Haig l'ersbing Pa-
tuin JotTre and other immortals in all the civil
ized countries of the world. And when Germany
becomes a civilized country there will be a de
mand for them there.
iris speaker 13 going in it an aviator.' A pio
neer probably for aerial baseball which it going
to be the game of the future.
Robert Lee Rullard just nominated a lieutenant
general of the United Slates army is an Alabama
boy born in 1(61 and named for Robert E. Lee
the Noble. Even f the right of local self-govern
ment has perished something happens every now
and then to give the old Rcbs a chance to yell.
Still tome of the Then who are shouting loud
est "On to Berlin!" don t buy bonds enough to
more two pounds of shot to the seaboard.
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New Orleans went over her quota of $48000-
000 and 50000 people there participated in the
loan. The people who told us New Orleans was
dead were lying about it. When we said she was
merely suffering a slight attack of catalepsy our
reputation as a diagnostician was secure.
The trounce must precede the truce and we
must muss 'em up and administer the slat-fracture
before we permit thein to say what they expect.
Germany ought to have gumption enough to
cut out the talk about peace and "honor" and
make short shrift of the Hohenzollera bunch.
That would simplify her internal problem as noth
ing else could and would elicit the maximum of
possible consideration from the allies.
Germany is extremely anxious to save her face
and in the process of doing so will get it smashed
worse
zollern.
AU for the alleged honor of the Hohen-
The appalling fact that in many of the States
considerable number of men and women will
vote the republican ticket demands that heavier
taxes for public education be levied. The churches
must work harder too until such forms of igno
rance and wickedness are eradicated.
Judging from the events and incidents of the
latest Liberty Loan the Ancient and Amalga
mated Order of Come-Acrossers boasts an in
creasing membership.
Perhaps the Hellenic Fruit Exchange of Hous-
inn cnn 9rrn. fr j .ii ..j.. I
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10 lane sucn action as io guarantee ina: prices I
shall never rise higher then one dollar for da I
grape two dollars for da banan an' fo' dollar secx
bit for da Ben Daveesa ap.
i he statewide decision will enable the folk in
thirty or forty counties to get a few gulps of
warwhoop without walking seven milts after mid
night to a cavo where the bootlegger fives.
It seems that the Czecho-Slovaks and other peo-
plet of Central and Eastern Europe are willing I
to Federate after they shall have secured local!
self-government and State rights. Evidently they
require a great deal more' of democracy than we
do in this country.
uo we understand that the county commis
sioners are asked to put $200000 on the roads
to Richmondand Spring? Or will the. bootlegger
combine stand pat and hold to their monopoly?
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In view of the circumstaocetbat our patrols
report the tantalizing odors' of country sausage
in several portions of the city we believe it im-
proper for one at this time to permit his gas-
tronbmic retrospection to go further back than
watermelons.
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fore you will hear men bawling on the highways
Cotton cotton everywhere and not a shirt by
jinks I
We believe it possible for the allied armies to
occupy Berlin without disagreement. There is
glory enough for all there and the Texas boys
will be satisfied to occupy the post office depart
ment and to patrol the breweries to kc-p down
disorder.
The court of. appeals has knocked oit the
Statewide prohibition law. This constitutes a
slight ritt in tne clouds but all the instruments
and apparata of politic?! meteorology point to the
inevitable deluge that is coming on.
Of course the United State in' nnr fuitkn... n
liW.t .nrinHin of thzt nth.r .1. ' . ..
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scorns the tbeorv of retribution. For ih.
dered babiet and outraged women of France and
n.;m .k. mt . in . -i.:
for money I
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damages.
Miss Lou Stallman going to Rive a course
ol lectures on rood and Dietetics at the lew
tea room. If this series is to embrace a proper
treatment of "Liver and Onions" it will have to
be in poetry and we want to hear it.
It is either surrender or serve as an ahvil for
an allied' hammer of crushing weight that will not
f r.a tn . afttttr. TTl Rtnft.ll pra is riirk. t. ...
nd it i rfmain unlil our Arkansas drnnrll
are tpittinj. tobacco juice on the floors of the
reichstaa.
We tuppose that fifteen Americans could lick
200 Germans with cornstalks but history does
not record that anybody wat ever able to get the
I German to fight with cornstalks. So we shall I
have to give 'em cold steer and use the big guns.
Bill Is Some Siren.
(Front the Washington Post.)
Kaiser Bill will soon be telling; hia loval rfunea
that he has skillfully lured the Americans across
tne KDine. - . .f
One Effect of Prohibition.
(From the Los Angeles Times.!
With prohibition ii ' California there will be
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fewer guides in the mountain 'country whtj. look I
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From a .Woman's Viewpoint
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Hoar deaalate. van must fed hh oi bo
far ewar-7-l It ti treat bort to lose
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Lose him" repeated the gray-haired woman
an ii i ii ni new rirL inn m m 1 11111 vw 1 11 1- 11 mi k.h
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mit unhed . .enly bHtened-
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fice at ih marrnirj "No. ray der X Hd ot
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I It wat bara Hio one will ever knew sow aaro
leicept the other mothers who have seat their
I sons away but he was so fine and splendid so
brave and courageous and when I looked Into his
I ki.k lh th. r..rirt!m
tnd listened te hit assurance of pride 1 that his
"-"I't " w I
wa the Drivllrre if need be to aive his life for
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i the country be loved I could net do. lest than
it rive to he as hraa at ha.
And so I gave hini that is the Way I feel. 1
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gave him and he gave nlmseit to his country
him
both of ut have made the greatett possible .sen
dee and I only pray God will keep my spirit
unbroken ana my courage strong ana again tne
dark ryes were clouded with tears as the looked
tint gentle gTay-haired woman through a win-
dow nearby a window that opened toward the
faraway land where her son was fighting in hit
country t army.
Such stories at these are wonderful lessons for
all of us who will accept them.
Here is .the spirit that we should each and
everyone ttrive to develop.
Whatever we must do today whether we are
railed upon to make the greatest sacrifice of all
or whether the sacrifice be something small we
should try to feel and show the right spirit.
Many of the things we are called upon to do
today are hard life is very very hard these war
time days but whatever we do let's try to do it
a fine and courageous way with no complaint
Alwayt we have known that 'twas not so much
the gift that counted but the spirit In which the
gift wat given and that is at true now at ever
it was.
No one of ut can escape tacr'fice of some
sort for thousands upon thousands the sacrifices
they must make are the very greatest that lie
within the power of human beings to make but
whether they are great or small let's try to have
the courage to meet whatever must be met in a
fine and splendid way.
The mothers and fathers of the land are giving
Iso courageously that we who are called upon for
I lesser gifts should respond with eagerness and
willingness and consider it a great and holy
privilege to serve our country in her hour of
need.
A Half Truth
(From Iht Cmcmntti Times-Star.)
The world it dying of machinery; that it the
gTeat disease that is the plague that will tweep
away and destroy civilization ; man will have to
rise against it sooner or later.'
This is what George Moore taid in that very
impudent and interesting book "Confetsioni of
a Young Man wmcn was not written yesieraay.
And of course George Moore Was regarding n'Iiane anj opened the screen door and went in
dying world and itt machinery whimsically. Tbel) hii m0her was stirring a cake in a brown
flame he haa caught trom irutns rorcn imme-ijjg!
diately was dissipated in a characteristic corusca-I
tion. Moore's plaint was that machinery had I
painted the platet before him and had painted
them abominably lit longed for a renascence
01 nanaicraii so max in nis ruic us an uiiuuai i
rnnuimrr. h.- mitfht have the artisticallv beautiful
instead of the mechanically ugly gradually re- I
vealed to him.
Hut Moore SDoke more wisely than he knew.
1 hit srcat war is in tact a revelation ot tne ter-
riblv destructive ability of machinery. The world
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been grievously wounded by machinery. The tasktalce lhem ou put tm?m jn thc giaSs of water
ot America ano ner auies toaay is to kiu me i
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soulless niunaicr ui j-icuijlciisiciu. mc uuu nu
it will be the task of the inevitable League of I
. ... tkar Pranlr.nrf.in nr snnlh.r W I
not evolve a similar creature of "reeking tube and
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... w.;ii. .Anfmniln. th. lunrU tmt.v MIli. I
lari.m Hrrlare thai it shall mntinur fo be used 1
I for the destruction of man. Civilization con-
I tends that it shall be man's servant and not hit
destroyer that it shall minister to his wants and
to his happiness.
The Rising Cost of Foodstuffs
(From the Manufacturers Record.)
Our ' production of foodstuffs has for years
been declining as compared with the increase of
population. For years the Manufacturers Record
has warned the nation that without some broad
nlan fnr hrinrnntr about increased food nroduction I
there would of necessity become a great increase
in the cost of food. The war has only hastened
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and intensified the situation. We must go back
to fundamental things and get at the root of the
evil or we thall see a continued increase in the
cost of foodstuffs.
We must build improved highways in order to
lessen the cost of distributing foodstuffs and en-
farm laborer to stav on the farms.
We must hriflor in Chinese laborers to hclo fill
up the vacuum created by existing conditions or
we thall see a steady retrograde movement in
American agriculture with its concurrent ad-
vance In the cost of living.
Everv man who opposes the bringing in of Chi
nese tarmers is ncipmg 10 iwcusiiy mis acui
condition and to the best of his ability adding to
the cost of foodstuffs for the nation and for our
allies. '
Business as Well as Sentiment
(From the New York Morning Telegraph.)
A Liberty Bond is a business as well as a senti
mental proposition. It is more than ever a busi-
ness proposition with the Germans getting; ready
to evacuate Belgium ; with the Turkish empire
in a state of collapse and with Austria-Hungary
on her last legs". No future fact is more certaiiyly
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astured wan xnc - -
eral bond will be selling above par within an-
other twelve months. The fact that some of the
issues have fallen below par hat nothing' to do j
with the government'i ability to pay or with the I
value of the security it is due to economic ana I
industrial corWitions incident to the war -in time I
of peace a Federal bond bearing 4 t-4 per cent
interest is a little better than gilt edged. Previous
to the war 3 per cent bonds were quoted at more
ikao. too .'In lending money to the eovemment
now the -citizen is not only getting back an amount
eo.ua! to what he puts up an equal amdnnt in
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the form ot' a promise 10 pay uui ne is aiso cer
tain pt
a prom in addition to tne interest ai-1
lowed.
It it the oreatest opportunity that ever came I
to a tantty ana economic people.
Out With Them I .
(From t Brooklyn Eagle.)
How tharoer than a- serpent's tooth it is to
have a tactless child. Kaiser Wilhelm a .reflec
tion that the crown prince would be even less Be
centable to the allies than himself is 'significant I
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The whole brood of HohenzOllerns is aosgespielt
As to That New pvereoat
(From th Cleveland Plain' Dealer.)
Wear '.last winter's .overcoat and buy a Liberty
Bond. -with the price of a new one. But if yon
new to put its affairs in charge b
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can boy a new one ana a oond too senfl last corn meal ana Dacon ana rjuiter was tne oesx ens n u"11 m a.v f so n m n 't
winter's overceat to ihe Belgians; .. ' tta the World but now I wish A had-put an egg tSSXfSi TWa'Sa.
V- j : mm in it. Amen. . . . f ' . . . -i'"'.! -
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Tampering With" Trifles
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ByiidsJ Mortlmir Lewis
sol THE FLACK TO FIGHT.
I My olhr says shy brother Is some place xaileo
I "Over There." h
Over There.
I Wherever that Jt and the site with her hand on
i my nair
- . ... .
An "".. nu" "
L btg an tall ;
I CL. Ikat k al aha.sis sa Kyita aafft HMM 511
I Muntrv r.ll
1
I An' she tays he went right sway went -uver
I there to Hint:
1 An my pa ne am 1 raw 01 mm nc ui
right ;
I Du' m7 P used to lick him when he
fit boys
I think
I ovtr re
But fightin' "Over There" It right.
growed-upt is querr. .
I The other day a
grrat big boy he went and
I th owed a stone
1. . . . ..
An' hit nyr doS an' then today when I ketciica
him alone
I ast him what he done it for an" punched him
on the nose
An' we rolled all around the street and tore
each other's clothes : 4
I An
hit ma run and my ma run an' they pulled
us apart
An"
my ma said it looked like I would like to
break her heart ;
An'
then tonieht she told my pa. thest like I
knowed she would
An' he said that next -tune 1 fit he d lick an
lick me good.
They wouldn't let my brother fight an' so he
went away
To where he dastcd fight an' I will do like him
some day ;
When I cet blsr III run away an 111 go "Over
There"
An' then if someone chunks mv doe I will not
need to care.
Bout what my pa or ma. will say; they'll say
that I done right
When I chase him about a mile an make hint
turn an' fight ;
An' mv ma will tell little boys 'bout what I done
an she
Will .tell them that when they get big she hopes
they II like me.
PATSY XILDARE OUTLAW.
Because it was Saturday morn I would have
got up and started early only that I wanted to
see what kind of soup my father would bring
home and it was not soup at all. It was beans.
I just love surprises and beans.
If my mother could get a day off from heaven
and come marching in with my father same morn
ing I don't believe any one in the world but
one little Irish girl could be as happy as I would
be. There was a little piece of fat meat in the
beans and that went to Rowdy and tome bread
and milk too and then I took enough money
to if I wanted an all-day sucker or a pickle or
.. w""l;" " ' ...
something for lunch and me and Rowdy rambled.
We did not go to
Kockruddcrsrs or to 111c
wpoden leggers because when we got to that part
of the road where we saw the man that almost
had a fight with the other man because the other
man's cows got into the first man's lot we
crawled through the bart and went down the
an(j wnen she MW whc. it was she got up
an)j went OTer f0 tne clock Bhelf and got her
teeth out 0f a gUst of water and put them in her
I f aee gn(j miled at me. She can not smile till
K hef teeUj in j do nQt know how she
gets her teeth out all In one piece that way.
I have fooled with Rowdy's and mine a lot and
I can not tret even one of them put. I expect
maybe when folks Ret old their teeth kinda shrink
:w from their aoonM and come out easy which
must be nice when they ache for then she can
. . . ... k:t if .k.
and let them ache till the water boils it snc
wants to I would have liked to have stirred the
rake if hc had asked hlC. but I W3S hOt HOlUt!
to ask her to let me but she let me scrape the
bowl when she had out the cake in the pan and
ttir nan in the o veil .
First t licked the wooden spoon and then I
net that on the table and used my thumb and
licked that. It Was very satisfactory. Then the
man's mother wanted to know what I would like
to have for dinner and I told her I liked the
corn meal she made the other time so she said
all rieht and she boiled some and tried some
bacon real brown and then she went to the door
and pulled a rope which made a pell ring and
I would have liked to do mat too only sne aia
not asK me.
Then the man came and he kicked the dirt otf
his feet and washed his face and hands belorc
he came in the way Barney does and he was so
glad to see me that he shook hands and then
Kowdy put up one paw and tne man snooK nanus
with him. That is the first time Rowdy ever
I. .v 1 1 . t 1 . : . 1 1. . 1 J . 1
snook nanas Dut ne saw me aw 11 aim w uc
it. Rowdv has associated with the Irish tor a
long time and you can not associate with the
Irish without becoming polite and anyhow dogs
are mott always polite.
When we were at the table and I was Roinir to
start feeding mv face the man said a prayer and
as soon as Kowdy saw us with our heads oeni
over and our hands folded he kneeled ud. and
crossed his pawa on the table Hke he does when
I pray to God hollered be His nam; and my
mother which art in heaven and the woman said
he was almost human and if you could forget
some humans you know and remember others that
would be quite a compliment for the ones you
could remember.
Then the woman said "Dont you say grace-
before you eat. Patsy?" I said "Who is Grace?"
She said "I mean don't you thank God for your
viltles? I said. "What arc vittles f Jhe said
"The vittles you eat. I said
vittles. I lust eat soup and corn meal and things I
like that." Then -the man lauched. and she
laughed tilt her teeth dropped down and she had warp and woot ot our charactc but also in the
to put them up again and she said "I mean fiber of our physic.-.l being. Similarly if you
don t ybu thank God every time you eat for-the send a current of hope of love -of joy or gen-
things you have got to eat ?" erosity of nobility down through the nervous
1 said. "No. he knows 1 ara inanktui an .tne 1
time for everything and 1 love him too much
to be thanking him and bothering him three times
a day."
Then they both Iauched. and the woman filled
a bowl with corn meal and broke up a whole lot
q brQwn ba;on n Jt and fhn she
me Sp00n an(1 tolj me t0 try jt aod they both
watched me while I did. and it was so good that
j rubbed my stummick and I asked her if she
would fix some just like it for Rowdy and 5he
diq but she said it was pretty vaiuanie tood to
feed a dog; but I told her he' was a valuable dog
and that I had some money and I would pay her
for her old corn rheal and bacon and butter- but
she patted my shoulder and said never mind and
she said if she had thought ot. it she would have
fried an egg good and crisp too and put that in.
T asked the man it he had licked the man
whose cowt aot in his lot. and he said he hadn't
but he guessed he was going to have it to do
and I told him that it he would do U right away
and would let me bo alone I
vould lend him
little savage but he did not lay I neded a spank
. . ' -w v - .7. 0 . " - .-
ing or mat ne snouio. tninic my mouier woum
turn over in ner grave.
I rode the horse for him while he worked
fill it was time for supper and we had bread and
milk and cake for supper and the woman -said I
would have to stay all nii;ht sometime so I told
her I . would stay right new and I did not do
. 1 . . 1. 1
any praying because the man made-us- all kneel
down and he read out of a Bible and prayed till
God must have been tiggetty and me and Rowdy
bad .a white bed in So.t 'they call the spar?
room. -i
I .wish she hid not told me about the. fried
egg; It sne had. not J WOOId tiSVC thought tne
UtHe; Stories for Bedtime' f; ;
' . .
''.'' ByThiw W.' BMrB''
When RedJy t6m discovered whal. b3 beceanj
f Jerry Mmkrsf'. Reddy straightway . lost hit ;
temper. Of all foolish things in thit world Both-
ling wat quite so footish at feting one's temper.
i it- is aomellmea niM wnrl. hAwMrr. I nmn tni
. i . - -
I ..i
jicuuy iuuna oic i me o. w
I J-n.Hna -I :.t- V - svt-.a. 1 t it .
-- v-'i n ln.i . . in in.. w.
that Jerry Muskrat had so fooled him' he flfW
iuui . no m os grown
his teeth and
made ugly sounding little snarls down In hit
heart. Without stopping to really ask. he sprang
forward with the idea of digging Jerry out. He
was so angry that be felt that he must do some
thing;.
Just In time common tense whispered to hlrat
"You know well enough that you can't dig him
out so what is the use of trying?"
Keddy paused and tried to swallow his anger.
That is perfectly tftie." muttered Reddy. "There
' ' n0 knewlng
JTs how far that
tunnel goes. Be-
sides it is very
wet down here
and I would get
myself all mud-
dy for nothing.
The thing for
me to do is not
to let Jerry
Muskrat know
that I knew
about this hole
of hit. Then
all I will have
to do will be to
watch it end
sooner or later
1 iii . . . k
Reddy Straightway Lost Hia h!m- He in
Temper. there novr 8mi
he will have to come out some time. A little
patience a little watchful waiting; is all that it
necessary. I. think Mr. Jerry Muskrat that this
is the time I have got you." '
Keddy lumped tin on the bank and chose a
comfortable place where he could lie down and
it i II keep his eyes fixed on the entrance to Jerry
aiuskrat s tunnel. He was quite sure that Jerry
could not possibly see him even if he were tue-
I picious and looked all around before coming out.
ihe longer he lay there the more glad he felt
that lie had not let his temper get the befst of
him and so give him away. Wisdom had over
come temper and Reddy was glad of it. He knew '
right down in his heart that his chances of suc
cess were much (rreater than they would have
been had he foolishly tried to dig Jerry out.
All the time Jerry Muskrat wat snug and safe
in the little chamber way up in the bank where
he had begun to store away the carrots which
he had stolen from Farmer Rrown'a Harden. Ha
didn't know he had stolon them so Be shouldn't
be blamed for that. You see the little people of
the Green Meadows and the Green Foeest think
"7 lla"c. - wuaievrr tney may una
that somebody else has not already taken. So
when h take thing from gardens and orchards
1.1. A - t-. . a
they do not know that they are stealing. Please
remember this if they ever bother you ui this way.
(Lopyrignr 1910 by I. W. Uurgetl)
Some postscript ; '
Japanese are making an Imitation silk from
New Zealand hemp.
Firemen's helmets carrying storage battery fed
electric lights in front have been invented in
England.
For motorists or campers an Ohio man has
patented a two-gallon pail that folds flat like an
opera hat.
The Rovernment of France has opened a School
of medicine and one of agriculture in French
West Africa.
To make persons appear two inches taller a
I Chicago man has
invented metal torms to be
placed in shoes.
A cnmnetilive tet nf millnnw mai-hliiM in
England open to trie world was won bv one of
Swedish invention.
A novel rolling pin is made of (lass and has
a wooden handle so formed that it can be used
with one hand.
An Englishman has invented combs to be sewed
t women's hats to hold them in place without
lie use ot pins.
A motor vehicle trailer has been specially de
signed to carrv a reserve stock of furl in a hr-
rcl shaped tank.
Doing Her Bit.
(From the Ohio State Jiurnal.)
That wonderful Helen Keller wanted to sell a
Liberty Bond as a part of her contribution to
1 .v. . -.: v. c .
"-. "-" " mcauou
had bought a bond of Geraldine Farrar she wrote
lum asking him to buy a bond of her. Of
course Mr. McAdoo did as asked for it must
be a great honor to serve Helen Keller in any
way. Kate Douglass Wiggin the great author.
noticing the request of Miss Keller telegraphed
lier "a thousand for a bond" and hoped other
may do likewise. Here is a noble woman out of
a "world of darkness and silence wan tine an
opportunity to help the cause of liberty and
I peace.
Helen Keller who can neither hear nor
1 s-e
simply a soul warmed by divine grace
and love and she wants to sell a bond to help
the boys win the war across the sea. How much
her example ought to inspire every man and
woman to buy bonds I There are man v left
who can but don't.'
Character Formed By Thought.
(From "Love's Way" by Orison Swett Marden.)
Every bit of passion every excited atate of
ind. every discouraged or despondent thought
! . 4VMJ
I never et anylalj vibrations of anger hatred revenge jealousy.
avarice or any sort of meanness will 5e
Sie
corded with scientific accuracy not only in
system ic win never siup umu 11 nas set every
cell in your body into the same sort of vibration
stamping hope and joy and' generosity and noble-'
ness on every tissue of the body and every faculty
ot the mind tvery nerve every atom ui your
body will take on the character and the quality
ot tne inougut monvj or mooa wnicu act it in
motion. '
Local Railway Time Table
GRAND CENTRAL STATION.
Southern Paclltc Lines Houston aod Texas Central for
inatiu. IiuIIhh and other Northern PoiutKLeaTpa B
am.: D:lu l'-u- 11:15 p.m. Arrives U:30 an. ; 7:10
a.m.; :-') . . . .....
UulveMloD. iiamsiram ano sun anionic roe nan ad.
tjuio unit the Mt Iare :40 a rt. (Sunset l.lmltetli;
ll:l)n. a.m.; ii:u p.m. ornvw u..u ii.bi. muovav uai
lU'di; T:0U a.m.: :00 D.m. uairaaton Ditiaioa lyeavea
K UI) a.m.: 1:00 p.m.: 6:110 p in. Arrival 8:6(1 a.m.: 1 M
uiu; 11:00 p.m. Motor (tor for Seabrook leaves at 11:00
Sm. untl o:uu p.m.; vivwi-ir ui.iwua ith. V.iiM a.ai.;
:0) p.m. Arrive l:M p.m.: 6:10 p.m.
Texas ana new uneuna i-i.i a w p.m.; a.m. :
Un - ;UU p.m.; b:vi p.m.; i:w .
San Antonio and Arnua Pats LeaTC 0:08 a s. r 0:50
V!7n- Eat aud Weirt Texaa for tnfalii. Bhtwvei
Arrives v:w a.m. 1 1:10 p.m. t
vaporl
AnrlrM
ni other points Usares l:3U a.m.; a:oo p.
;:U0 a.tn.; 6:K P.m.
UNION
STATION.
Internatlonsl and Great . Northern for Trrarkana and .
ut LuifM lave li:wi a.m. launsnin. npeciaii: a
t. . ..In.. (i'lR 'n m IMnnuhiu. druu-Ulk
(i:05 a.m.;
D.m.
LoiMTiew-Xciarkaim Tralpa XeaT.
Uo a'.niU
. k
fl:Ho.p-m. Arrive .( a.m.;
feSS SJ ArWffs.W: ViSTiZ
dumbla. lWiorf and Velaaeo lavaT:45 a.m.
-rtTylSiJS Xl&
f. Arrive. 11:00 a.m.: 2:60 p.m. i.
Iflffl-.OTS p m. lxTnZ
Mnar Colorado and Santa Leave. :30 a.m. (Santa r
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