Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1918 — Page 2

Would Eliminate Non-Essentials in Endeavor to Win War From Germany

at the building of ships, engines and airplanes. We should make the skies over the German trenches black with our planes. We should not give the men of the German army time to sleep—keep them dodging bombs. This is no dream. We should have men, material and power.

Standard Dress Idea Received With Disfavor By Women of England"

Now we have the staggering proposal that the harassed British government should enforce a standard dress for women. The greatly daring author of the idea proposes, in short, that the dear sex, whose sartorial eccentricities make men’s hearts heavy and their pockets light, should be uniformed. , Imagination reels at the thought! Can you conjure up a world in which all women are dressed alike? It would be a world robbed of much of its glamor for men —a drab, colorless world, in which a man would find it difficult on occasion to distinguish his aunt from his mother-in-law. This very courageous patriot suggests that the government should issue details of three standard patterns of costumes, or “uniforms,” and allow only a limited number of colored fabrics to be manufactured. He is apparently unaware that owing to difficulties in regard to dyes there is only a limited number of colored fabrics already. A stately and beautiful lady in a large dressmaking establishment told me so, and at the same time volunteered the opinion that any serious interference with ■women in the matter of dress would lead to trouble compared with which the suffragist shindies of a few years ago would seem like harmless effervescences. What the lady said was something like that, but of course she may have been exaggerating. All the same, I am convinced that in a matter of this kind we should look before we standardize. All the women I interviewed on the subject—and I interviewed a good many —declared that women would not stand any standardizing of their dress. They were willing to ’help in any other way to administei the final knockout blow to the Boche, but restricted fashions and dressing to order —No! If the government dared, they said, to dictate to women what they should wear —-well, something unpleasant would happen I

Excellent Reasons Why We Must Feed Our Soldiers and Our Allies

Another great battle we at home have to fight is to avoid wasting the food and the supplies that our men and our allies at the front must have to win the war. Many men and women will gladly fight, or-give to win the war, but will not deny their own stomachs. Many a man thinks or claims that he thinks, that France ought to supply all her fighters and ours with food. Heretofore, they say, armies lived off the country in which they fought. What may be true of the past is not true of today’s war. How much food could we raise or would we raise, if a victorious German army was twenty miles away, pressing hard upon us to come here where we are today? And if the-French sent an army over to help us hold back the enemy, how could we feed them, if we could not feed ourselves? What use would the French army be unless they brought their supplies with them? Remember that the French are fighting with their back to the ocean. Thus the supplies that they get must come from over the ocean. Then there ai£ others who will say, if we have to feed the fighters in France, why not feed them on corn and the foods that are plentiful, and let us at home have the flour and the sugar. Pork is the heat giver, sugar the stimulant, and both are necessary to the life and health of the soldier.

Deaths From Rattlesnake Bites Are Very Rare in United States

Of the poisonous snakes-’inhabiting the United States, the rattlesnake is perhaps the deadliest and undoubtedly the best known. There are a number of Varieties of this reptile. Although rattlesnakes are found in all sections of the country, the majority of them are in the arid and semiarid regions of the Southwest. The most common kind in Colorado is the prairie rattlesnake. Practically all people enjoying the outdoors are more or less afraid of getting bitten by a rattlesnake. And yet considering the number of these reptiles, the number of casualties is very small. In fact, death from snake bite is extremely rare. There is no between losses in this country and those in India, where official figures report 22,000 deaths annually. This difference is no doubt largely due to the fact that here a large portion of the population does not evince a general inclination to go bare-legged through stretches of serpent-infested territory. Adults bitten by the smaller varieties of snakes have frequently recovered without medical assistance. In recent years the majority of recorded fatalities from rattlesnake bite have resulted from careless handling of captive specimens

Former Governor of Kansu

By W. R. STUBBS.

How to win the war is the one overshadowing question in Amen&htoday. It is a question of whether the sword shall govern the earth or that there shall be governments of free opportunities. M e must • have food, and the farmers must produce it. We must have transportation. must build more ships and more railway engines and cars. • Take the men engaged Mi industries not essential to the war and put them into necessary war industries. Hundreds of thousands of persons are building autos for pleasure riding. These men should be put to work

By F. J. HOWARD.

By CHARLES F. JONES

By ALFRED WESTFALL

Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins

London, England

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OPEN THEIR ARMS TO OUR OFFICERS

British Go Out of Way to Extend Courtesies to Army and Navy Men. FRIENDLY GUIDES AT HAND Ohio Man Tells of Getting Cards to Parliament From Joe Develin —Describes Air Raid in London. New York. —The eagerness of the English and Irish to do favors to wandering Americans on leave from military duty abroad, and the general klndnefwi met with everywhere “over there” is told in a letter of an American naval officer, living in Ohio, now in the war zone. He and a friend, who had been shown friendliness by strangers they had met by accident, found on two occasions that the men who had extended such courtesy were persons of considerable distinction. The officers wrote: “Now that I look back over it, it seems that my spare time wag very well spent. I utilized every moment of it. I met hosts of people and made many friends. Every one seemed bent on entertaining us, and I can vouch for their success fn this. “On one occasion not long before I left Lady Curzon held a reception for Admiral Sims, his staff, and other American officers, and it was my good fortune to be introduced to David Lloyd George. Sir William Robertson and Balfour were among some of the

other celebrities. The premier is a most impressive man, not in stature, for he was much shorter than I believed him to be, but in his fine face, personality, and sincerity of speech. He, I think, is very wonderful. Got Cards to Parliament. “On the day that the houses of par* lament opened, some months ago, it rvas rumored that the premier would tpeak in the house of commons. So Lieutenant Jackson and I hurried down to WestSßinster at about 5:30 in the afternoon, determined, by hook or i crook, to get tickets to the gallery. A 1 dignified “bobble” pointed out some member of Parliament to us, and having decided on one because of his small stature and kindly face, Jackson and I swooped down upon him, one on either side. We soberly explained to him with dramatic little touches —thanks to Jackson —how much our hearts were set on getting tickets. He stood smiling at us, a very short, thick-set little man, with an enormous head and a fine, honest face, and then said, ‘Have ye just come over-r fr-r-rom Amer-r-r----rica?’ We told him how long we had

been across and he said that he had one ticket only, but that he thought that he could find another for us. He signed his ticket—Joe Develin. He was the great Irish Unionist, a man as big in mindas he is small in stature. He soon returned with another member, whom he introduced. This was John Burns, the Labor leader. “That was a notable afternoon in the house of commons. Asquith, with his beautiful and precise oratory, but seeming to lack that sincerity of purpose and speech which is dominant with Lloyd George, asked questions of the premier, the answers to which would apparently have given valuable information to the enemy, and the premier’s tense, flashing reply caused some few dramatic moments. “Then there were the air raids. These proved very exciting at first, but finally they lost their interest for me and became so commonplace that I paid little attention to them, only staying inside to avoid being hit by the falling shrapnel. Describes Air "laid in London. “I was awakened by the guns in the outer defense at 4:30 in the morning, and then the inner defense guns began to bark. The moon was a slim crescent in the sky, and it was a beautiful night, although cold. Presently the faint drone of the raiding planes could be distinguished and there came the reverberating rumbles of bombs being dropped. Finally the noise of the motors died away and the guns on the coast could be heard, throwing up their barrage at the returning Hun planes, and at about six the bugles were sounding ‘all clear’ through the streets. '

* aetaenment o£ Erencn artillery passing through a village in the Somme region on Its way to the battle

FRENCH ARTILLERY MOVING TO THE BATTLE FRONT

“It was reported that two of the ten raiders were brought down. It seems ’that the crews of these Gdtha planes wear electrically heated clothing, and in one machine the heating elements in the pilot’s clothing absorbed so much current that, being upable to disconnect them, he was forced to descend. The Gothas have a wing spread of considerably over 100 feet, are twin motored, and carry a crew of three men — pilot, gunner, and bomber. Being twinmotored, their sonorous double hum is very distinctive. On the most brilliant of moonlight nights, when the thrum of their motors is quite strong, it is impossible to see the planes at their height of a mile or more. On the darker nights they may sometimes be forced to show lights In order to retain their flying formation, and then, if you are fortunate, you may glimpse these tiny points o* light moving across the sky. “The majority of the people display no fright during the raids.” ' The writer of the letter was for some time attached to the staff of Vice Admiral Sims and spent four months in London,

Champion Whittier.

Big Flat, Ark.—W. J. Sword is ninety years old, yet he holds a state championship. Sword is champion whittler of Arkansas. He challenges all comers. With a trusty pocketknife he began whittling -on drygoods boxes fifty years ago. Now he carves out bird houses, »hoe handles and little windmills.

Five Huns, Three Bombs; Lets Victims Choose

Washington.—“ How many of you are there down there?” cried an American soldier who surprised a group of Germans in a dugout in No Man’s Land. “Five,” came back the reply, in perfect English. “Well, I’ve only got three bombs; you’ll have to divide ’em up yourselves,” retorted the American, as he flung them into the dugout, with not unusual results. This true story of wit in the trenches was told by a Signal corps lieutenant, returning after several months over there.

GO ON CASH BASIS

Chinese Merchants Forced to Change Methods. Restricted Credits Since War Began Puts Stop to Age-Old Custom. New York. —The beneficial effects of restricted credits in China since the war started in 1914, which have forced the Chinese merchants to do business pretty much on a cash basis, were particularly noticeable In the unusually small number of failures on Chinese New Year’s day, Which is the annual settlement day In the Chinese commercial world. According to Consul General George E. Anderson of Hongkong, banking interests in China have found that the demand for accommodations has fallen off tremendously during the last three years. Prior to the war and from time immemorial this annual settlement day has entailed efforts of every sort on the part of the Chinese to raise money for liquidating their debts accumulated during the year. Frequently they have had to sell much of their stock in business at a great loss, even personal property as well, in order to raise sufficient funds to “save their face,” as it is called. An annual street fair for the sale of all sorts of property, personal and otherwise, has been an old-established custom in Hongkong for generations, almost for centuries, while at the same time both foreign and domestic banks have placed large sums on accommodation. In the last three years, how-

COMMANDS JAP ARMY

General Count Masakl Terauchi is the commander in chief of the Japanese army.

MAGNESIA CURE FOR CANCER

French Scientist Gets Good Results in Many Cases in Testing New Theory. Paris—The theory that cancer Is not of microblc origin, but is due to the excessive elimination of certain substances normally contained in the blood, Is supported by a report of the researches of Professor Dubard, just published by the Academy of Medicine. Finding that the system of cancer- 1 ous subjects was particularly poor in magnesia, Professor Dubard administered large doses of it to patients operated on for cancer, and reports encouraging results in a large number of cases.

ever, loans have been small, property sales have been light in comparison, and the street fair has become the occasion for sales to Chinese Instead of sales by Chinese to foreigners. Though the Chinese merchant’s volume of business has in some instances been somewhat curtailed, as a result of his having had to operate on much shorter credits than he has been accustomed to, his net profits at the end of the year, through not having been forced to sacrifice merchandise at a loss, have been materially Increased. It is said also that the Chinese business men have come to see the advantages of the new system, and that in all probability they will never go back to the old. /

John Plans Return With One of Kaiser’s Buttons

Kingman, Kan. —When John Barfield, colored, comes home from France, if he ever does, and brings a button off the coat or trousers of Kaiser Bill he will have paid a fine assessed against him by Police Judge Harlow. John recently “hung a shovel” around the neck of a fellow worker. He'was fined a few dollars. Before he paid the fine he was called to the colors. The judge told him what he could do, and the negro replied: “That’s sho’ fair ’nough, boss. I’ll do mah best to bring back dat button.”

THE RETURN

By TOM MASSON.

(Copyright, 1918, by Western Newspaper Union.) Two souls were together in space. Space is a particular combination of unconsciousness not bounded by a horizon. A soul is an idea. When anyone knows what it is, then it is not, and when anyone doesn’t know, then we don’t know whether it is or not. And this is simply by way of explanation. Said one soul to the other: “I’m tired —tired of drifting—tired of doing nothing.” “Get bom,” said the other soul. “It’s amusing and exciting and interesting. It has a certain charm of novelty. See life.” “But,” said the first soul, “suppose I don’t like it; suppose I can’t do as I please; suppose I am the victim of circumstances —what then?” “Get bora,” persisted the first soul again. “I’ll stay here and keep tab on you. Get born, and when you want a change, just ask me. I’ll be your guardian.” “How shall I know you? When lam in that condition I may not be conscious of you.” “That’s easy. You will not have to be directly conscious. Don’t fear. I’ll be here. When you want a thing, ask for Jt. I’ll give it to you. Com* now, be off. Here’s the old world passing by.” So the earth soul was born. And at the end of a certain time he said, half to himself, “I want to be a Christian.” And he became a Christian. He humbled himself in the dust, he forgave his enemies, he forswore the world, the flesh and the devil. Then he said to his mind: “Oh mind, what is the matter with you? You are restless.” And the mind said: “Yes, I am restless. I must know things. To be consistent is the penalty of the unimaginative. Besides, if you don’t know all the arguments against your faith how can you fight for it?” “I never thought of that,” said the soul. And at the end of a certain time he said, half to himself: “Make me an atheist.” And he became an atheist. From belief he drifted to doubt, from doubt to agnosticism, from agnosticism to cynicism, from cynicism to raillery, from raillery to asceticism, from asceticism to stoicism. And then he said to the mind: “Oh mind, what have you been doing to me?” And the mind replied: “We are but seeking the truth. The phases you have been through are merely incidental; all the time you have been getting nearer the goal. Are you not more truly moral than you were? Do you not perceive that these processes of ratiocination are leading you to higher altitudes?” “I perceive nothing of the sort,” said the soul, “in just the way you have tried to teach me. But I confess that through your negative methods I have gained some ground, for now I know this: That character is three-fourths of life, and as for you, O mind, you are a shadow, only good for what you omit.” , And so again at the end of a certain time the soul whispered half to himself: “Make me a philosopher.” And he became a philosopher. Then he said to the mind: “Oh mind, allow me to take back what I said. I perceive now that you indeed are the only reality. Nothing exis’tS' except as it exists in you. What I have hitherto regarded as pleasure a'nd pain are merely subjective conditions and have no form or substance except as they exist in you. And now lam satisfied. Having discovered the limit of all things, I am content to go. Let me therefore leave this world even as I came into it.” *♦♦♦**♦ “Well, well,” said the gsiaroian soul, shaking him rather roughly, ‘ bow lid you enjoy yourself?” “It was marvelous,” said the other, rubbing his eyes. “A phantasmagoria of emotions, meetings, greetings and fleetings, loves, hates, envies, and ecstasies. Dear me, I shall have enough to think about for a long time to come.- Ailil now—be honest with me—where have I really been?” His companion smiled sympathetically. "Just dreaming,” he said.

Old Buildings In Far East.

Of the many strange buildings and tempies in the far T3ast. says a writer in the Wide World, there are none more wonderful than the 430 temples of the law at Mandalay, in upper Burma, known as the Riithcldaw, “Royal Merit” The group coairlsfs of a large central pagoda surrounded by hundreds of smaller white temples or ohrtaes. They were erected by Ain-shay-min, who ascended the throne on the death of his brother !n 1837. The latte? was cruelly murdered by his two nephews, and It nppte.’u that this very much affected the row king. Mot only did he devote his energies to pence, but erected this strsnge group of temples, each one of which contains a slab on which Is engraved a portton of the Buddhist Bible. The holy tablets are made of soft mnible or alaoaster, each slab being about the size cf a large, old-fash-iuned upright tombstone. On both sides are .engraved chapters from the Buddhist scripture*. Over every slab is erected a canopy surmounted by a gilded framework of metal witn small tinkling bells. The temples are situated in u beautiful wooded valley and seen from the surrounding hills tn.«y proeeM a fa cinatlng picture.