Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1919 — Page 2

Work Should Not Be Undertaken Solely in Order to Provide the Work

period, which will be one of the most critical in the history of our nation. = Now during the past two or three years our public improvements have lagged. Our federal government has not engaged in the usual public improvements; neither have the state governments nor the municipalities. There were two reasons for that; the shortage of workmen and the inability to properly finance, because of the' control that the federal government had to have 'over finances in order to make sure that its own financial situation would be secure. Both of those conditions have changed, and there is now a surplus of labor, and the federal government has released control of the finances so that credits are now available. To me the one great method of forming a reservoir for buffer employment is to have the federal government engage in its normal implement activities, and to have every state and municipal government do likewise. 1 would not ask that work be undertaken solely for the purpose of providing work. To place men at work on any job, where the results from it are not needed, is just so much waste of time and energy and man power. But there is a tremendous amount of work, a tremendous amount of improvement that is needed; and so that the minds of our workers will not be fertile fields for the propagation of false philosophy it is our duty to see to it that these activities are now engaged in to the fullest extent.

Road to Reconstruction Is Well Marked by Three Reliable Guide Posts

The road to wise reconstruction is well marked. The first guide post says, “Faith in Business.” The next one reads, “Employment for All.” And the third one is, “Gradual Readjustment.” Faith in the future business of this nation is justified. All the elements which make for prosperity are present Chief among these is the financial situation. We are on a sound basis. Our credit system is more highly organized, and it has vindicated itself under the severe strain of war. Of course money is only one of the requisites of business. Equally important is a steady consuming market This nation in itself is the best consuming market in the world. Our one hundred millions of people are free spenders and their aggregate buying power is greater than exists in any other nation under the sun. But the home market is not our only market. Partly as a result of the war we have developed the facilities for entering into world commerce to a degree impossible a few years ago. We now have or shortly will possess merchant ships that will carry our products to the far corners of the earth and American ingenuity and enterprise, if given rein, will find markets for Yankee-made goods wherever there is money to pay the price. Employment for all is essential. We must enable our returned soldiers to be productive and prosperous. It is not sufficient to give them jobs which furnish an excuse for wages. What they will prefer and what the nation would give them is work which will add new wealth to the world’s store. Our government possesses millions of acres of arable land. It has millions more- that can be reclaimed and made arable. I advocate the opening up of this government land, its apportionment among soldiers who wish to enter into productive work. The stimulation of the work of production will provide much other work, and employment is in itself a panacea for most national ills. There has never been a time when an abundance of work was not accompanied by prosperity. A displav of patriotism, forbearance and common sense on the part of both capital and labor will enable us to go through the readjustment period with such success that we will get back on the highway of human progress without delay or accident.

Women Should Wear Clothing That Is Farthest Removed From Masculine

By MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS,

Gould anything be more “awful’’ than the hardness and thickness and uncompromising ugliness of this military model ? This is a day when - every girl is dreaming over a khaki coat and silver bars? Let women adopt whatever is farthest from the masculine in the way of clothes. No matter how thin the frocks or how “lo and behold” they are in front or “vee de Boheme” in back, no matter how short the skirts and how sleeveless the bodices, give us beauty and femininity—or look for a perishing world! Women are of three types: No. 1, the maternal; No. 2, the intellectually creative; No. 3, the weak and selfish. The larger'proportion of women are in the first group. They are the ones who wear the fluffs and frills and all the pretties that attract men. They want to attract men. They should want to attract men. And they do attract men, And men marry them. And take care of theb. And are happy with them. The second sort of women substitute the creations of their brains for the creation of families. They are usually the tailor-made, shirfcwaisted, sailor-hatted girls. They sometimes marry, but they rarely have children, or worth-while children. As a rule the world takes care of them, and fame is their reward. The third type—the weak, selfish —are the ones oftenest criticized by reformers. They are either sophisticated enough to take earn of themaelves (in the ballroom or elsewhere) or are the “weak sisters” who am i the inevitable mistakes of nature. . , ' i; .

By WILLIAM B. WILSON,

We are short in our normal supply of labor somewhere between three million and five million workers; so if we could engage in our prewar activities on a post- | war basis immediately there would be a shortage of the supply of labor. But we are not in a position to do that. How are we going to provide employment; how B are we going to create a reservoir that will take up the [ surplus labor during the period of demobilization and j keep it busily employed ? And there is great necessity for our people being busily employed during that

By J. OGDEN ARMOUR,

Secretary of Labor

Chicago Packer

American Novelist

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HIS FAME SECURE

Emmett Immortalized Himself by Single Song. Writer of "Dixie* Ran With Rouge* de I’lsle, Composer of "La Marseillaise,” Moat Famous of Martial Hymns. A roan died In Ashtabula, Ohio, recently who has done much to perpetuate the memory of Daniel Decatur Ejmnett, the man who wrote "Dixie.” James Lewis Smith was his name. He was a wealthy bachelor whose fad was building monuments. After his death blueprints of a memorial to American sailors and soldiers who fought In the late war were found on his desk. The monument, however, that will give him lasting fame is the one erected In honor of Eminett, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, where Emmett was born, and where he now lie* buried. Smith’s interest In Eminett has brought to light many interesting things about the origin of “Dixie” and about Emmett himself. It is interesting from the viewpoint of how a man may spring Into fame almost overnight without knowing just why, and also from the viewpoint of what constitutes a popular song. In after years Emmett said to an old Mount Vernon friend: "If I had known that ■Dixie’ was destined to become so popular I would have written It better." But then maybe he might have polished It so much that It would have lost Its appeal. Who knows? In his youth Emmett was a printer. He was a flfer In the army for a while, and then ran away with a circus. Later he helped to organize the first negro minstrel show ever put on In America. This show made a hit In the United States and later had a successful run in England. After his return to the United States Emmett ; Joined a company headed by Dan Bry--1 ant. While playing at Mechanics’ hall in New York Bryant told Emmett one Saturday that he must have a new “walk around” song for the following Monday’s performance. On Sunday Emmett wrote the music and I words for “Dixie," which was given | for the first time in Mechanics’ hall, i New York, in 1859, under the title 1 "Dixie’s Land.” The song was a hit from the word go, and was soon adopted by other traveling companies. In 1860 Miss Susan Denin sang “Dixie” to a great throng in New Orleans, and eventually It spread through the South and became the war song of the Confederate armies. In 1895 A 1 G. Field sought him out and the two had a happy time reviewing the past. Field was astonished to find Emmett still playing the fiddle and planning to go on the road again, although he was quite old. Finally Emmett Induced Field'to take him out for a season. He appeared in Newark. Ohio, on August 23, 1895. He was then eighty, but very vigorous and spry. Ovation after ovation followed him as he traveled through the South. During his closing days he was helped by a weekly allowance from the Actors’ fund of New York. Little or nothing was done to mark his grave, although an organization had been formed for that purpose. Mr. Smith, however, put up a monument at Emmett’s grave In Mound View cemetery that is a credit to the mao and to the donor. A curious .story brought out In connection with his song Is that the original “Dixie’s Land” referred to was not the South but an estate i>n Manhattan island, New York city, owned by a man by. the name of Dixie, who employed a large number of colored slaves. These slaves were sent south because of the rising abolition sentiment, and while there they improvised the refrain “I wish I was in Dixie’s land," which was once heard by Emmett and became the inspiration of his song. However that may be, “Dixie” is always associated with the South, and had a part in the war In France as a typical American production.

A Hit With the Senoritas.

miring the second occupation at Cuba, in 1906-1907, I was stationed as a marine at Palmyra. One day, being sent to Cienfuegos, I obtained permission to wear the blue uniform, as I intended to make a hit with the senoritas. On my way to the station I stepped into some ashes, getting my trousers full of them. After I got into the train I went out on the back platform of the car I was in, took them off. and began to shake them out. The train was going with great speed and the draft promptly snatched the trousers out of my hands, and I landed at Cienfuegos with the fireman's overalls on. —Chicago Journal.

Inquiring Turn of Mind.

Robert who is of a scientific turn of mind had never seen the ocean. Recently he visited Atlantic City with his mother. The day of his arrival was a breezy one and the waves were high. Robert stood on the board walk regarding the sea with interest. Presently he turned to his mother and said: “Don’t they ever turn the power offr

But He Never Will.

“My husband always leaves his business at f the office.” VMine does, too. If he’d only do on* other thing he’d be perfect.” “What is thatr “Leave his golf on the links.” —Boston Transcrip .

WHY SADNESS IN OLD AGE?

Too True That the Two Thing* Aro 'f—r Frequently Associated, but Should Not 80. It Is a common belief that as a person advances In years he becomes not only a wiser but a sadder man. That one should gain knowledge as he grows older Is thoroughly In order, but that he should become Increasingly- burdened with the cares of life and saddened because of hopes that have not been fulfilled is not a necessary condition. It is true that the clouds that gather about the setting sun do take a sober coloring from an eye that has kept watch in man’s mortality, to paraphrase Wordsworth a bit, and that the thought of constantly lessening activity and prospects which age entails is enough to make one pause and consider. But consideration that goes far enough will reveal that all time, whether of this world or another, is an unending opportunity for progression. After all, the whole matter of age Is something that has to do with the mind rather than the body. And when the body begins to fail, when gray hairs appear, the step becomes less springy, sleep more difficult and Joy in things that used to please an Impossibility, sadness should not be the result. * The mind Is a great crucible which receives and transfuses In some fashion impressions from all the objects! and facts of life. The, will is the master which determines what the transfusion shall be. A man can let his will relax or he can keep it active, regardless of age. He can make of his existence a heaven or a hell, whether he be old or young, rich or poor, in a favored spot of the earth, on desert soil or fallen on evil days. Exercise of the will cannot at last stave off death, and it may not induce prolonged health or material welfare. But it can aid in all these things, and entirely regardless of its material accomplishments, the will that is kept properly on the alert can lead him in hope. “Oh, well for him whose will is Strong.” For him whose will Is weak, or rather allowed to become weak, there is Joy neither in a sunset nor a sunrise. And even the bright light of noonday will only dazzle and bewilder, rather than encourage and inspire. 5 The strong will sees endlessly, “beyond the sunset and the paths of all the western stars.” It strengthens a man In hope and leads him to see unlimited possibilities as the years pass. Sadness is the last thing that ought to characterize age.—Kansas City Star.

Elephants' Picnic.

An act not down on the program was given without charge the other day in the old seaport town of Marblehead, Mass., when four elephants of a small circus, named with fine allied patriotism General Foch, Gefleral Pershing, General Haig, and Princess Pat, jumped a stone wall, escaped the circus, and took to the woods. The personnel of the circus, acrobats, riders, clowns and canvasmen, followed, and so did many of the townspeople and half a dozen policemen, but the elephants made for the woods first and there they spent the day with a large and appreciative audience watching on the outskirts. Peanuts and bananas, usually a temptation to elephants, failed to entice them from their New England jungle; but as twilight fell, and habit suggested feeding time, the big beasts came peacefully out of the woods and allowed the trainer and his assistants to lead them back to the circus grounds. And all Marblehead went home to belated suppers.

How Laundering Affects Clothes.

After thirty washings with hard Soap, soda, sodium silicate and perborate, respectively, linen and cotton textiles showed higher strength values with hard water than with soft water. With soft water sodium silicate showed a distinct injurious action on cotton and perborate was still more harmful. Goods washed with soap improve to luster and show a brilliant white color by reflected light; goods washed In soda show a strong yellow in transmitted light with a slight shade of pink; by reflected light they appear slightly gray. After washing with silicate the goods are white but quite without luster, being dull and chalky.

Torpedo Digs Own Tunnel.

Added to the list of interesting but tardy war inventions is a so-called “earth torpedo” of Canadian origin, described by Popular Mechanics Magazine. It bores its subterranean way undetected toward the enemy lines, and then explodes with great force. The burrowing operation is hydraulic. The nose of the torpedo is equipped an ingenious boring nozzle, and takes with it a length of, hose, ..which a pump in the trench supplies with water at 300 pounds pressure. This part of the performance is, silent. In a test the device burrowed for 200 feet md then blasted out an excavation 20 feet across.

Chivalrous Private.

The wife of a wounded soldier was given a permit to France, to see him before he died, says the London (England) Morning Post. The funeral was on a wet, cold day. At the graveside the chaplain whispered to the woman: “Now l am going to offer up a prayer," “Then I must kneel,” she said." “No nefver mind kneeling: just stand,” he whispered again. But a Tommy understood her distress, slipped off his coat, rolled It pillow-fashion, and laid it for her on the sodden ground, so aha knelt and was comforted.

STORIES of AMERICAN CITIES

May Wear Suspenders and Still Be a Christian ___ * COLUMBUS, O.—A man may wear suspenders and still be a Christian. And no one has the right to blacklist him for it. either. This Solomonic decision has just been rendered by Judge E. B. Kinkead of this city in a case which

one’s business, he says, how a man holds up his trousers, so long as he holds them up. He is also opposed to “meidening,” or blacklisting, by the church. Ginerich persisted in wearing suspenders. He also discarded the little peajacket which true Amish Mennonites are supposed to wear. It is possible, too, that he rode in a buggy with a dashboard and a whip socket. He defied the church rules against suspenders and the church punished him by “meidehlng” him. - t Life becoming unbearable in the Miller church, to which he belonged, he transferred his membership to the Bunker Hill church, and in this church the men may hold their trousers up as they please, and even own automobiles. In the old Miller church neighborhood Ginerich had become ostracized. He was unable to obtain help on his farm. The cider mills refused to handle his He was even denied the privilege of attending his daughter’s wedding and could not attend the feast that followed. He became estranged from his child. Then Ginerich went to court to establish his rights in the eyes of his fellowmen. He brought suit against seven bishops and elders of the Amish Church. Judge Kinkead, who went to Millersburg, heard the case with the aid of Interpreters and granted Ginerich the injunction he asked for, but denied him damages. - .

Cheyenne Girl Is Model for Frontier Day Poster CHEYENNE, WYO.—Those fortunate eastern tourists who saw “Frontier Days” performances were loud in expression of admiration of the official poster, and thereby hangs a tale of which the easterners probably never heard.

Controversy between the East and the West on the question, “Who will pose for Cheyenne’s Frontier Days’ poster?” was spirited. The decision went to the West, and it was a typical western girl, Helen Bonham of Cheyenne, who was selected for the model of the poster. By the selection of Miss Bonham supporters of the movement to obtain a western girl model obtained just the young lady wanted —one who at one time held the world’s title as champion woman

broncho buster, a participant in scores of ■western “round-ups,” “stampedes, and pioneer-day riding and roping contests, both in the western United States and western Canada, where she was prominent in frontier exhibitions in Calgary, Alberta. Furthermore, Miss Bonham halls right from Cheyenne, the home of this particular frontier days’ fete. So hot had become the dispute over the model question that Mrs. Jack Elliott, a star rider of Cheyenne, resolved on something spectacular. Dashing up Capitol avenue on a black horse, across the sidewalks, and up the steep steps of the state capitol, she carried a message to Governor Carey. The document was a request from a committee of Wyoming girls, addressed to Frontier day officials through the governor, asking that the model for “Miss Wyoming” be selected only from among the young women of the state. It was signed by Miss Laura,Ramsay, secretary of the Y. W. C. A..

Why the Preacher Shot the Blue Jay in Church SAUNDERSVILLE, GA—Agitated over the wrong done their pastor, Rev. W. A. Wray, In published reports of the shooting of a blue jay during church services on Jyne 8, members of the Baptist church here have issued an

remove it before the preaching hour. During the intermission a small gun was sent for, which shoots a cartridge about the size of one’s little finger, loaded with mustard shot. This gun was placed in an anteroom that it might be used as a last resort. “The bird continued to squawk as the pastor endeavored to read the Scripture. It was then fully realized that the service must either be dismissed or the bird shot. The pastor then stated if the bird continued to shriek he would have to shoot him, though he hated to do so. This was before the sermon. The minister did not go to his home after the gun, but opened the door of the anteroom, secured the gun, shot the bird, which was in the dome of the church. “On the following Sunday, June 15, the church in conference, by a unanimous rising vote, signified that the action of the pastor in the entire proceedlngs whs correct, and essential for the good of the cause.”

How They Get Rid of Automobiles in a Big City HICAGO. —An ad Inserted in a morning paper conveyed the information that Mrs. A. W. Johnston of the Shercombe hotel at 4035 Sheridan road desired to get rid of her sky blue roadster. A man who gave the name of McDonald

met her in the hotel lobby. He was accompanied by his country cousin, who said he was in the market for a car. The trio stepped into the “bus’ and up and down Sheridan road they whisked for more than an hour. “Soars like a baby carriage with wings,” mused the prospective customer. Riding on the smooth boulevard satisfied the “country cousin,” but he was doubtful as to its ability to “make”

the country roads. Mrs. Johnson was averse to driving 25 miles to find a country road, so they decided to motor up some of the bumpy thoroughfares in North Edgewater. This test also was satisfactory. “What’ll you say to a cash deposit of $600?” said McDonald. So it was agreed. They would drive to the Great Northern hotel, whers McDonald had left the key for his safety deposit vault. Then he would give When they reached Monroe street on the way to the hotel, the country cousin suddenly remembered that he owed his wife a phone call, so he stepped out of the machine. Nothing out of the ordinary, thought Mra. Johnston. ‘ Soon they were In front of the hotel. McDonald brough Mrs. Johnston tote the waiting room and whispered that “he'd be back in a couple of seconds.” She waited for five minutes. Then she decided to go out and have a la* look at her car. « She was five minutes too late; it was gone.

arose in Holmes county involving the beliefs and practices of the Amish Mennonites. Judge Kinkead |s unbiased as to religion, and he is without prejudice, too, in the matter of suspenders. Ip the winter time Judge Kinkepd wears suspenders, in the summer a belt. Eli Ginerich is an Amish Mennonite farmer of Holmes county- He is fifty-two, but looks seventy. He believes in wearing suspenders. It isnO

official communique in which the facts are set forth. Here is the official statement signed by the chairman of the board of deacons and the church clerk: “Before, and afteF, the Sabbath school hour every'-, conceivable effort was made to put the bird out of the building, but the ceiling being so high above the tops of the windows it was Impossible. As the squawking of the bird so interrupted the work of the Sabbath school, it was thought best to