Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 29, 15 December 1917 — Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, DEC 15, 1917.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. R. G. Leeds. Editor. E. H. Harris, Mgr. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Second Class Mall Matter.

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(By United States Fuel Administrator for Indiana) Save Coal. If you won't save coal you may be forced to go cold. Certain it is if you won't save coal the day is not far distant when the fuel administrator for Indiana will be forced to cut off the supply of fuel coal to many of the manufacturing plants in the state. This word is going to every town in Indiana this week and with it the fuel administration is presenting some evidence which should give the fellow who has been saying ythat there was no need for saving coal, something of a jolt. Authoritative figures showed that the first of this week there was less than five days supply of coal in this country. That is to say, if production ceased, the available supply would last less than five days. In ordinary times at this period of the year there is at least twenty-five days' supply of coal in the country. Almost every mine in Indiana has been out of commission two days this week and many of them have been down for three days. That means that Indiana, in a critical season, has lost on a conservative estimate, 400,000 tons of coal. The situation in Indiana which has been grave for three months has suddenly became acute. But why were the mines closed down when we seeded every lump of coal we could get? The answer is simple to the person who understand the transportation problems. Snow slows down

trains. If trains are to make the' running time they must carry less cars. ! -'- , This inability to handle the coal loaded resulted in the blocking of the mines where loaded cars were standing because engines were not available to pull them out of the way. ' The mines had to close down until the railroads could raave the freight and break the blockade. This situation coming as it does early in the winter-makes the coal question most acute. -The only way Indiana can get through the , winter without wide spread suffering is by saving coal. It will not do to depend upon the "other fellow" to make the saving. The fuel administrator says it is up to every family in the state, it is up to every business concern, each public service corporation, it is up to school boards, churches, lodges, societies of whatever sort; to" do their utmost to the end that not a shovelful of coal is used unnecessarily. Save Coal. This is the first and last advice the fuel administration is giving the public The only way out of the situation "in this state, according to the fuel administration, is to save coal. Everybody must do his bit or save his chunk.

Heroes in Merchant Marine George Harding In Harper's Magazine.

-f-iHE British merchant marine has been ravaged by

I unseen warfare. The total loss of 10 million tons -- since the beginning of the war has made the 1SI4 volume of Lloyd's Register of Shipping about as useless a reference in marine affairs as a list of the distinguished dead In Arlington would be -to the War Department in carrying out the provisions of the draft. Ships may be overcome, but the spirit of the men who sail them is as mighty and unconquerable as the sea which breeds tbem. British captains are landed as prisoners in German ports by enemy submarines; lifeboats are shelled and drowning men left to their fate; hospital ships, such as the Asturias and Lanf ranc, with their cargo of wounded, are torpedoed; but none of these acts of an enemy who strikes on the sly, deeply, desperately, and runs away, drives them from the sea. Ruthlessness fails to Inflict the terror intended on the breed, even when carried out as In the case of the Belgian Prince: When disaster comes they take to the lifeboats and make the best of it.

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' "What is the name of that handsome prisoner?" asked the impression- j able young woman. 1 "No. 2206, miss,', replied the guard.

"How funny. But, of course that is not his real name." "Oh. no, miss; that's just bis pen name." S A man who had been drinking too much liquor for his own good was Induced to sign the pledge the other day. His wife was delighted. She took the document and said: "You must let me have it. I will keep it for you." - So the paper was confided to her custody. On the next day ' the man was drinking again as freely as before. "How is this?" asked a friend. "You signed the pledge yesterday, and now you are drinking whisky again." . "It's all right," replied the pledgesigner in unsteady tones, "I don't have to keep that pledge. My wife says she'll keep it for me. That's the kind of a wife to have, old fellow." The new chap carrying the mess was a polite lad from the west end. "How'd you like your coffee?" he asks. Tommy gazed up amazed, and then quifck as a trigger:

"Over the top, mate. Over the top. Jones, the cub reporter, was fat, but he looked as melancholy as a fat man can when he entered the city editor's office. "Why was my story killed" he asked gloomily. "An act of mercy," said the city editor. "You fell down on it first"

Foulke Entertains Members of Night School Art Travel Class William Dudley Foulke entertained the members of the Arts and Travels

class of the Night School Wednesday evening at the Foulke home in Reeve-

ston. Beautiful pictures and interesting relics in the Foulke home were shown the guests. . He described the pictures and told something concerning the life of each artist. ' A poem entitled "Among the Curios" written by the host was read by him. It follows : AMONG MY CURIOS I love to live with them these relics speak. The far off centuries no more are dumb. , Here are Chaldean tablets, there the Greek ( Flaunts the rude art of base Byzanthium. From Aztec shrines these effigies of clay . , So deftly moulded, though no clue remain To tell what gods or kings or priests were they Oblivion's shadows shroud their honors vain. That old sword shows how the Crusaders fought Stout was the helmet could withstand the blow! The virgin mother on the blade inwrought "Cra pro nobis" faintly carved below. This rigid triptych comes from feudal days When joy and learning-froro the world had flown The artist crude in colors cold portrays A Saviour's sufferings bitterer than his own. Here Durer graved how the disciples kept . Their faithless vigil, and from out the skies An angel held (while weary Peter slept; The cross Christ was to bear, before His eyes. This Flemish tapestry antique and rare' A lifetime's labor shows in fading hues Elijah's fiery car that mounts the air While wise Jehovah sits and hears the news. Next the Carracci's school with waning art Copies a holy scene by Titian drawn Here adds a little, there withdraws a part, And lights the skies beyond with flush of dawn! By Spanish master limned, St. Francis stands; Severe the form yet filled with heavenly grace. The crucifixion's marks on feet and hand3 And the world's sorrows in his pale sad face. From Rubens' days that Heaven-descended Child Whose feet upon the coiling serpent tread Death and the Fiend below in struggle wild And cherub faces clustering round His head. How lustier times in opulent Netherlands, Mieris, Mierevelt no scenes austere, But plumes and lace and dames with jewelled hands And gay carousers with their pipes and beer. In splendours of the Renaissance arrayed This cabinet displays the graver's art , All ebony with ivory inlaid And classic gods and scenes in every part. These ancient wine cups blazoned with the arms Of Teuton nobles, shine in fair array These Elzevirs discover choicer charms Than printers' arts can emulate today. Tis thus the centuries pass before mine eyes Each with its wake of blessing or of bane And Is the world today a whit more wise, Or are the teachings of the ages vain? A Moorish gun with hands of hammered brass. Cross bow and battle ax and halbreds borne Erstwhile in martial state, an old cuirass A helmet by some Pappenhelmer worn. These trophies tel! of strifes that long are past We fondly dreamed the flags of war were furled Yet now men wear such helmets and the blast Of battle's fury devastates the world.

The nations writhe in passion,, haste and woe The clouds hang heavy through the sullen day Not on, but back the whole earth seems to go And flames and ruin mark its dreary way. But half way op the stairs with solemn face Stands my ancestral clock, and to and fro - Sways the long pendulum with stately grace And quiet tick, monotonous and slow. Forward and back yet every stroke a gain; - On wheels within, the hours and years are spun So swings the world through happiness and pain And after every loss some good is won. . Forward and back the generations go. We seem the whim of faate the sport of chance Yet say not all is vain for sure but slow - Impelled by wheels; within the hands advance. But think not all good things will come today They wither soon, the hopes that bloom too fast New centuries may be born and pass away Ere peace with justice crown the world at last.

PATRIOTIC SONG NO. 472,321. Mother's happy, she is free. No more washboard symphony. No more husband hanging round Eating pork chops by the pound. Mother's quit her old-time ways. Now she hits the cabarets. Sing out with all her might, "Liberty, you're sure all right" The money that she earns, She goes downtown and burns. CHORUS My old man's in the army now. He is doing his bit. When ma hears any talk of peace, She gets angry and throws a fit Ma says: "Give us a ten years' war. Keep friend husband away. Yankee and Krupp, keep it up, keep it up. Hip, hip-Hooray." "What can I give my wife for Christmas?" ask3 a distracted reader of this colyum. There is quite a variety of presents such as men generally pick out for their wives. Here is the variety: Red celluloid toilet set. Pink celluloid toilet set. Green celluloid toilet set White celluloid toliet set Blue celluloid toilet set. But if you prefer to give her a useful present nothing is better than a washboard.

The Baltimore folks have certainly done their share toward making America safe for "The Star Spangled Banner." m Maybe in a few years New York and Chicago will get wise. SIGNS OF YE OLDEN TIMES "Today: 22 Pounds of Sugar for $1." "Choice Cuts of Porterhouse, 18 Cents." "Regular Dinner. Biggest Meal in the City, 25 Cents." "Grand Free Business Men's Lunch Today." "Take Home a Trial Package of Eata Bita Breakfast Food." "Dinner Served Free During Auction." "A Fried Oyster with Every Drink." "Demonstration of Baked Goods Free. Help Yourself." "AH You Can Eat for Fifteen Cents." "Three Vegetables and Coffee with all Meat Orders." "Your Credit Is Good Here. Leave Your Money at Home." "Serve Yourself and Pay for What You Have Eaten. We Trust You." "One Large Virginia Ham to the Person Who' Guesses the Exact Number of Beans in This Jar."

PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY

Four distinct purposes are linked with the approaching Red Cross Christmas Membership Drive, says William Ganson Rose, drive director ' for Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.The purposes are: 1. To force Germany to realize that the concerted spirit of. the American people is backing the American government in this war. 1. To spur the morals of our soldiers by pledging to the cause the hearts and minds and money of 15,000,000 Americans ' back home. 3- To bind the wounds of our fighters sO that every possible drop of American blood maybe saved to establish world democracy. ' 4. To link the spirit of Red Cross with the spirit of Christmas and hasten the righteous victory that means world peace. Indiana's quota in the drive, which opens Dec. 17, is 450,000, but the Hoosire State can and will go thousands over the mark if YOU see to it that there is just the right amount of patriotic spirit blended into your Christmas this year.

SEVEN LEAVE TO DRIVE AMBULANCES

Seven Richmond boys will soon be driving ambulances in France, if they are able to pass all examinations. This number left Richmond Friday afternoon for Detroit, accompanied by Charles Webb, of the Webb-Coleman company, Richmond agents of the Ford automobile. From Detroit the men will be'fcent to France and will drive Ford ambulances at the front if they pass examinations. Mr- Webb will return to Richmond. Those who left axe Cecil Calbert, Karl Spurting, 301 South Seventh street; Ralph Nicodemus, 113 South Tenth street; James. Sharkett, 305 South "A street; Frank Williams, 41 North Sixth street; Joe Brannon, 613 North Eighth street; and Elmer Hale, 221 North Seventeenth street. Other men up to 150, are desired by the Ford company.

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Noted Violinist to Go Abroad Earlier ; i Than He Expected COLUMBUS, Dec. 1$- Francis MacMillen, noted violinist, who enlisted as an interpreter in the field service of the army, recently, has been called for service abroad earlier than he expected and will sail within a few days from an Atlantic portit was announced here today. - When he enlisted it was with the belief that be would not be called before next April and he made concert engagements accordingly. To meet the government's order h cancels 40 engagements for concerts.

100 AT NEWCASTLE

NEWCASTLE. Dec. 15. More than 100 men have already enlisted here this month. Thirty-six men were sent to the Indianapolis army recruiting station Friday.

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NOTICE The inability of the manufacturers to furnish us with Christmas sizes in CIGARS, owing to the increased cost of materials we have devised our own CHRISTMAS PACKAGE and have them here for your selection. 50c and $1.00 Headquarters for Christmas Supplies for the Smoker. Ed. A. Feltmans CIGAR STORE 609 Main Street. ,

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Attention, Farmers ITS OUR TREAT The Webb Coleman Co., Ford Agency, have arranged for a big free show to be given at The Murray Theatre on next Tuesday, Dec. 18, afternoon and night. The program will be one of amusement, instruction and inspiration and in addition to the regular Murray Theatre program of 5 or reels of high grade pictures will include: A Visit to the World's Greatest Automobile Factory A BIG FOUR-REEL FEATURE Showing every detail of construction in the great automobile factory that turns out 3,000 completed cars per day. This is the same as a visit to Detroit and everyone should see it. THERE WILL ALSO BE A Demonstration of the Ford Tractor In Operation Giving you a practical exhibition of the great engine of efficiency that will eventually replace the horse as the most economical and thorough method of farming. Shows in Afternoon, starting at 1:30. Shows in Evenings, starting at 7:30 Special Orchestra Music EVERYTHING IS FREE AND EVERYONE INVITED

EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE On this day a notary will be at our sales and display rooms and will write.. Applications for 1918 Licenses For Ford Gars Free No charge of any kind will be made. COME

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FORD DISTRIBUTORS. Phone: Office 1616. Service Dept. 1694.

17-19-21 South 7th Street.

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