Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 193, 26 June 1917 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1917

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WAR WILL BE WON GRAIN FIELDS OF U. S.

fcnglish Minister of Agnculture Tells of Importance of farms. ' . . ; IXWDON, June 26. "Diacontent of the stomach is more to be feared than discontent of the brain that is why we value the co-operation of American farmers.". This statement was made by R. E. Prothers, minister of agriculture, to The Associated Press today. "The outcome of the war," said Mr. Prothers, "may ultimately hang on the question of food supplies, and . the American farmer is allotted the essential part to. play in the great struggle' for freedom." This declaration, with a note of welcome to agriculturists across the sea, who "are determined to use every ounce of their strength to win the war on the ploughed lands of the United States," was the keynote of the minister's message to the American farmer; Discussing the moral and material effect on agriculture bjr the entrance of the United States into the war Mr. Prothers continued : True to Tradition. . "To vindicate the cause of humanity and national liberty tho great democracy of the western world, true to its ti-aditlons, has taken its stand on the side of allied peoples. . In clear cut, memorable phrases, President Wilson stated the high Ideals animating the United . States in joining the allied cause must be and already have been immense. "The President in his address April 15, puts to the forefront an appeal to the farmers, , He bids them to carry on to their plaughed lands the same spirit, that animate their brother allies in trenches, on the sea, and in munition factories. - From the grim spectacle of human carnage and from the feverish race of pllliug up munitions the farmer stands aloof. His task Is to make his plains and valleys stand so thick with corn that they shall sing. Yet the man who drives a plough Is helping as is the man who shoulders a rifle. . ."The need of food for man and beast is great, whether peace is won or prolonged."

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vated by the Spaniards only as a curiosity. But it is concerning its introduction into England and France, which particularly engages our atttention. Intoduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh, the potato was received with favor by Queen Elizabeth, who in order to bring it into fashion, had It served on her own table one day. when she entertained the first nobles of the court and the French and Spanish ambassadors. All the guests liked it so well, and partook so freely of it. that it made them sick, and at the end of the meal, in spite of etiquette, the queen remained alone at the table. From this circumstance, spread the idea that the potato was almost a poison, and was thought to be only fit for pigs, and so for more than two hundred years, pigs alone, profited by Raleigh's discovery. In France, however, notwithstanding the prejudice against it, Antoine-Au-gustin Parmentier, the celebrated French philanthropist and agriculturist began cultivating the potato with such care as to remove its former sharp and disagreeable taste, and also brought it to a state of greater excellence. But public opinion was slow to recognize its merits. Fortunately, Parmentier found patronage in Louis XVI. who ate and liked the potato, and wore the flowers of this plant in' the button hole of his coat, and gave to Parmentier the use of fifty arpents of the plains of Sablons in which to plant this vegetable. It is interesting to note, that at a grand repast given by Parmentier, among the notables present, was our own Franklin. Here the tuber of the plains of Sablons, was prepared under every form, and furnished along the substance of every dish. The liqueurs even, were extracted from the potato.

Finally the Parlsions were convinced of their jrror, and France with gratitude acknowledged the generous efforts of the man who had placed the potato among the agricultural products of the first rank, and which, as experience afterwards proved, if there was a scarcity of wheat, the potato would suffice to prevent a famine. KATE V. AUSTIN.

- GET "BLOOD-PUDDING"

STOCKHOLM. Sweden. June . 26. "Blood-pudding cards" are the latest development in rationing. They have been issued in Malmo, entitling the holder to one pound of blood-pudding weekly.

PALLADIUM WANT AD8 PAY

GUESSING AT GLASSES

is more dangerous than guessing at most anything else in the world. If relief from the errors of vision is to come through the wearing of glasses, it is all Important that those glasses shall be adjusted according to the measurements of the most modern appliances. Choosing glasses by simply trying them on cannot be too strongly condemned. . Absolute accuracy is essential, and as we have the necessary appliances, and are skilled in their use, we do not hesitate to invite you to come to us with your eye troubles. Miss C. M. Sweitzer, -Optometrist, 927 Main St.

Recruits Now Get Six Times Pay of Washington's Men

CHICAGO, June 26. An Interesting comparison between the pay received by men who . served, under George Washington and that which will be paid American soldiers who go to France in Pershing's war army was seen today in a recruiting argument which placed a poster of revolutionary days side by side with one appealing for men now. The men who won freedom for the United States received $60 a year, "the whole of which the soldier may lay up for himself and friends," according Jto the poster which points out that ample rations were allowed the army and "an annual and fully sufficient supply of good and handsome clothing." The man. who enlists during Recruiting Week will receive not merely food and clothing but at least $30 a month, with an automatic Increase of 20 per cent, when ordered to foreign service. If he qualifies as first-class private, he will receive $33 a month and men with trades do even better. Cooks especially are wanted at $38 a month.

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Lizzie is Literary Person, so Mayor Provides Her Quiet

Lizzie Stevens, of Dayton, Ohio, is a literary person. Yesterday Lizzie came from Dayton to Richmond. She brought her muse along, and the literary fire burned in her veins. Unfortunately she had no tools with which to .scribble her fancies. Nothing daunted, Lizzie went into a five and ten cent ' store and helped herself to- a number of pencils. She then visited a house nearby and stole a pair of shoes. . Officer. Vogelsong stopped her literary career and this morning Mayor Robblns fined her $25 and costs " and , sentenced to thirty days in jail where she can have the quiet a Bterary person seks. ... The national floral emblem of France is the flenr-de-lls; of England, the rose.

"Aye!" King laughed. "And fall heir to a blood-feud with every second man I chance upon! A Hillman is cousin to a hundred others, and what say they in the Hills? 'to hate like cousins,' eh? All cousins are at war. As a Rangar I have left my cousins down In India. Better be a converted Hindu and be despised by some than have cousins in the Hills! Besides do I speak like a Hillman?" "Aye! Never an Afridi spake his own tongue better!" "Yet does a Hillman slip? Would a Hillman use Punjabi words in a careless moment?" "God forbid!" "Therefore, thou dundrehead, I will be a Rangar Rajput, a stranger in a strange land, traveling by her favor to visit her in Khinjan! Thus, should I happen to make mistakes in speech or action, it may be overlooked, and each man will unwittingly be my advocate, explaining away my errors to himself and others instead of my enemy denouncing me to all and sundry. Is that clear, thou oaf?" "Aye! Thou art more cunning than

any man I ever met!" The great Afridi began to rub the tips of his fingers through his straggly beard in a way that might mean anything, and King seemed to draw considerable satisfaction from it, as if it were a sign language that he understoodMore than any one thing in the world - just - then he needed a friend, and he certainly did not propose to refuse such a useful one. "And," he added, as if it were, an afterthought, instead of his chief reason, "if her special man Rewa Gunga Is a Rangar, and is known as a Rangar throughout the Hills, shall I not the more likely win favor by being a Rangar too? If I wear her bracelet and at the same time am a Rangar, who wll not trust me?" ' "True!" agreed Ismail. "True! Thou art a magician!' But the moon was getting low and Khyber would be dark again in half an hour, for the great crags in the distance to either hand shut off more light than do the Khyber walls. The mist, too, was growing thicker. It was time to make a move. King rose. "Paplr tha miila an A hrlnsr mv hnrso'"

he ordered and they hurried to obey with alacrity born of new respect,'

Darya Khan attending to the trimming of the mule's load in person instead of snarling at another man.. It was a very different little escort from the one that had come thus far. ' Like King himself, it bad changed its very nature in fifteen minutes!. They brought the horse, and King laughed at them, calling them idiots jnen without eyes. 1 "I am Kurram Khan, the dakitar, but who in the Hills would believe it? Look now look ye and tell me what is wrong?" " He pointed to the horse, and they stood in a row and stared. "The saddle '""Ismail suggested. "It is a government artflcer's saddle." -- "Stolen!" said King, and they noddad. "Stolen along with the horse!"

"Then the bridle?" "Stolen too, ye men without eyes! Ye insects! A stolen horse and saddle and . bridle, are they not a passport to gentility this side of the border?" "Aye!" "Shorten those stirrups, then, six holes at the least! Men will, laugh at me if I ride like a British arrficer!" "Aye!" said Ismail, hurrying to obey "Aye! Aye! Aye!" agreed the others. "Now," he said, gathering the reins! and swinging into . the soddle, "who knows the way to Khinjan?" "Which of us does not!" "Ye all know it? Then ye all are border thieves and worse! No honest man knows that road! Lead on, Darya Khan, thou Lord" of Rivers! Do thy duty as badragga and beware lest we get our knees wet at the fords! Is mail, you march next. Now I. You other two and .-the mule follow me; So! Forward march!" v So Darya Khan led the way with his rifle, and King's face glowed in cigaret light not very far behind him as he legged his horse up the narrow track that led northward out of the Khyber bed. It would be a long time before he would dare smoke a cigar again, and his supply of cigarets was destined to dwindle down to nothing before that day. But he did not seem to mind. "Cheloh!" he calltd. "Forward, men of the mountains! Kuch dar nahin hai!" "Thy mother and tne spirit of a fight were one!" pwore Ismail just in front of him, stepping out like a boy going to a picnic. "She will love thee! Allah! She will' love thee! Allah! Allah!" The thought seemed to appal him; For hours after that he climbed ahead in silence. To be continued

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CLEAM SWEEP Sale 0m Goti Slncnes If you are not listed in the crowds that were fortunate enough to get waited on during the first few days of our sale, you had better come Wednesday and Thursday and share in some of the big savings on good, dependable shoes. Come in the mornings if possible as our sales force can more ably take care of your wants.

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WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SPECIALS IN LADIES' FOOTWEAR ' White Sea Island, 814-inch boot in full covered Louis heel, Queen Quality make, $4.00 grade; Clean Sweep sale price

Colonial Pump or Plain Point style, season's best style, Queen Quality, $5.50 and $6.00 grade, Wednesday and Thursday special at

White Sport Pump, white sole heel, $3.50 grade, sale price

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Dark Tan Sport Oxfords, Neolin or Vaugh's Ivory sole, leather or rubber

heel, $5.50 and $6.00 grad

White Pumps and Slippers, one-strap, two-straps, high or low heel, Sale price

, CONCERNING THEv POTATO To the Palladium: Now that potato patches are seen

everywhere, and everybody is tearing about the cultivation of this plant, it

is interesting to review the literary career, so to speak, of this vegetable. We read that the potato : (solanum tuberosum) Is a native of the Andes in Chili and Peru, where it grows wild, and Where It was cultivated long previous to its ; introduction' into Europe, where its first- appearance was In Spain towards 1534, and was culti-

MEN, THINK THI6 OVER $1.00 off of our regular price on Men's Dress Shoes means a shoe worth $8.00 on the market today will cost you

In Clean Sweep Sale, $7.00 on today's market will cost you

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SPECIAL IN MEN'S TAN OXFORDS 100 pairs in the lot, all good makes and styles, $5.00 values, Wednesday and Thursday

Work Shoes for less than actual manufacturer's cost today. We have no apologies to make about the quality of our Work Shoes. (Nothing but leather) Three prices Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday and Thursday.

Men's and Children's White Kewpie Pomp, white leather soles .........

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