Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 38, 26 December 1917 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 1917.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM

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The Kaiser's God Our recent editorial on "Hope for Germany" brought a request in "The Voice of the People" for some remarks on the German God. We had applauded the Germans' ambition to study "the psychology of their enemies," and it seemed to our correspondent that they might profitably examine the religion of their enemies. As he intimated, there appears to be a pronounced difference between the average man's metaphysical ideas in the fatherland. Despite its sins, its hypocrisies, its inconsistencies, ours is in principle a Christian nation. Is Germany? Early in the war a German pastor declared that Germany ought to reject the New Testament and cling mightily to the Old Testament. Away with the gentle Nazarene! Give us instead the God of Battles! N In a report from Amsterdam of an address by the kaiser to his troops on the Verdun front the following passage is quoted: "The year 1917 with its great battles has proved that the German people have in the Lord of Creation above an unconditional and avowed ally on whom it can absolutely rely. Without him all would have been in vain." We shall quote, presently, from several German preachers and religious writers, but we do not intend to lay an undeserved emphasis upon any one citation. We aim merely to exhibit what seems to us a trend. To our way of think, the trend is away from Christianity and toward the religion not of the Prophetic Period but of Old Israel. "We have become a nation of wrath," says the "German dramatist and critic Phillippi. "We think only of war. We. execute God Almighty's will, and the edicts of his justice we will fulfill in vengeance upon the ungodly. God calls us to murderous battles, even if worlds should thereby fall to ruins. Like gardens of roses, our wounds ' blossom at the gates of heaven." Pastor Martin Hennig, author of "Der Krieg und Wir," says, "The principle which the kaiser impressed on his soldiers lives in his own soul : "Each must so do

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SOME JOY LEFT IN LIFE (Chicago's health commissioner has Just issued the ultimatum that kissing is o. k. and should be encouraged.) And the doctors scientific, With their whiskers most terrific, And their long hair amply larded, See their theory discarded. They have been repudiated For authority has stated In a manner most emphatic That their views are most erratic; That the ladies and the misses Can indulge in all the kisses Tli at their inclinations call for. 'Tis a right they would risk all for. Xo war portions, but full measure. 'Tis the only untaxed pleasure. Lid is off. Gosh, how we dread it; , But it's right the Boss has said it. And throughout our land the kissing Sounds like locomotives hissing. And at last we've saved the nation Mat'e it safe for osculation. THE FINISH If Bill gets mixed up with the red BolshevikiWe moan Bill the kaiser, the chump autocrat And sets up against uieir conspiracies tricky. We couldn t wisn him any worse luck than that. Buying Russia from the Bolsheviki is like buying a diamond ring from a yeggman. Possession will be good oniy till the police get the job. Making idleness a crime as it is proposed now in Congress, should be WEAK, WEARY WOMEN Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and End Them. When the back aches and throbs, When housework is torture. When night brings no rest nor sleep. When urinary disorders set in. Women's lot Is a weary one. , Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. Have proved their worth in Rich mond. This is one Richmond woman's testimony: Mrs. Louise M. Davis, U34 South Kleventh street, Richmond, Kays: "I had kidney trouble for a long time and dull, nagging backaches whioh made life miserable. I had headaches and blinding dizzy spells come over me suddenly, almost making me fall. My kidneys didn't act right and I had rheumatic pains in my limbs. When I read about Doan's Kidney Pills helping others, I tried them and they benefited me wonderfully. The aches and pains left my back and the dizziness and otner troubles disappeared." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply-ask for a kidney, remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Davis had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfcrs.; Buffalo. NY,

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Regarding the situation in England, France and Italy, Col. House, our representative, says nothing, and says it very well, too. THE THEATRICAL WEBSTER Musical Director: Gentleman who stands with his back to the audience for the purpose of obstructing the view from forty of the best $2.50 seats. Author: Man who lives on the royal ties he expects to get. Composer: Man with a good memory and an artist in camouflage of music who can make a "Florodora" tune sound almost original. Vocalist: Woman who sings whether you want her to or not. A singer is one who sings only for money. Grand Opera: A tragedy with music. The music is on the stage, the tragedy out at the box office. Producer: One who writes the book, lyrics and music during the third rehearsal. Critic: One who is always right fifty percent of the time. Grouch: One who gets in on a pass. THOUGHTS TO ABOUT THINK Don't whine about ihe mishaps of yesterday, of fortunes wiped away; the biggest men are they who fail a dozon times but stay with the game. Watch the smile and see it flit from face to face; it s eternal and tangible and goes from one to another like the thouhgt that wings its way. Faith finds what foresight sees but dimly; faith is the feeling of power that pulls things toward you. , We build our ideals of the best through our wishes to be blest with better things than we now have; our wishes are our prayers which make the ideals deal. Get out of the rut of always renting; go out and buy a home of yqur own. The Palladium Want Ad columns will gladly help you. Read today's Want Ads. Plaladium Want ads aro read by 95 per cent of the people in Richmond. The manager of a string of Detroit grocery stores sold sugar only to those who purchased a Liberty bond, and then only one pound to each customer. More than $10,000 worth of bonds were sold in this way. ' :

his duty that, when he shall one day answer the heavenly bugle call, he may stand forth with a clear conscience before his God and his old kaiser " In Pastor Vorwerk's "Battle Prayer" we read, "Thou who dwellest in Thy Heaven, above cherubim, seraphim, and Zeppelins, Thou who are enthroned as a God of thunder in the midst of lightning from the clouds, and lightning, hail, and tempest hurtling upon our enemy and hurl him down to dark burial pits." Prof. Deissmann writes, "The German God is not only the theme of some of our poets and prophets, but also a historian like Max Lenz has, -with fiery tongue and in deep thankfulness, borne witness to the German God in our holy war. The German, the national God ! Has war in this case impaired or has it steeled religion? I say it has steeled it. This is no relapse to a lower level but a mounting up to God himself." When the kaiser speaks of his "good old German God" and of himself as "Jehovah's sword," it is clear that, like the writers just quoted, he has reverted to the pre-prophetic period of Jewish antiquity and worships a tribal divinity who glories in battle, hating all save his chosen people. From the pre-prophetic conception of Jehovah it is but a step to the Mohammedan conception of Allah. The Turks were not greatly deceived, after all, when told that Wilhelm II, had

turned Mohammedan. With a little revision of terminology and a little tinkering of metaphysics he could do it without blinking. From the frrequent employment of it as a means toward arousing enthusiasm we may infer that this idea of a "good old German God ' has taken a tremendous hold on the Georman people. Has it any on the German military caste ? Probably none. Their creed is might and the might their own. However, it is with their approval that the universities, the press, and, to a surprising extent, the pulpit have inoculated the German people with a philosophy that prepares the way for belief in a Thor-Allah-Jehovah trinity as far removed from modern Judaism as it is from modern Christianity. Great tactics! No matter if multitudes remain Christian and other multitudes atheistic, enough have accepted the "German God" to give Germany a morale which only overwhelming defeat at arms can vanquish. When the placard "Gott mit uns" appeared over a German trench and the "mittens, too," it was to laugh, but not to chuckle. Ridiculous the German faith may be. It is not on that account the less formidable. It has made Germans accept literally Prof. Deissmann's phrase, "This holy war." It has given them immense courage, immense tenacity, and the sooner we get that through our heads the better. Chicago Tribune.

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A large realty company has weekly meetings of employes to discuss the affairs of the firm. The call not only includes office men, but also the janitors of large apartments and business blocks controlled by the company. A few days ago one of the office men met old Uncle Jim, a darky in the firm's employ for many years. "You want to get over to the meet ing today, Uncle Jim," the office man said. "We're going to have a talk on efficiency." "Aw, go 'long with you," Uncle Jim replied indignantly. "You all knows I ain't been fishing in twenty years." The remarkable facility the Irish have developed of getting themselves appointed to all the highest and best paid offices in connection with municipal affairs is happily illustrated in a new "powder town" in the east. The Ir - , started with a few tinroofed shanties. Three months later it was a busy center of population, with a couple of theaters, half a dozen hotels, schools, churches, a fire station and so forth. "So it's going on well?" a native was asked upon his visit to New York. "I guess it's just booming," was the reply. "It's got the best brains from every land under the sun; that's why. Includes all sorts English, Greeks, Russians, French, Jews, Chinese, Japanese and Italians." "No Irish?" "No." "What?" "Waal, now I come to think of it, there are two Irishmen there. One's mayor and the other's chief of police." FOUNTAIN CITY, IND. Miss Overman from Bloomington, and Rex Overman of Indianapolis, are home to spend their vacations Miss LaVern Williams of Newcastle, is spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hatfield Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hill, who have been attending Missionary school at Indianapolis, have ro turned to the latter's home to spend a short visit before leaving for China. They will probably set sail January 25 or 26 Mr. and Mrs. Jont Overman attended the funeral of Ben Hollingsworth at Lynn, Sunday. ... .Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Dougherty and daughter Maxine Marie, of Cambridge City, spent Sunday with Mrs. Dougherty's parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Harrison Miss Lucy Williams spent Sunday night with Miss Ruth Fulghum Misses Ruth Hiatt, Hazel Showalter, Ruby Williams, Lettle Hatfield and Marie Kune, teachers, returned to their homes Friday to spend their vacations Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fahim and daughter Alsie. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gifford and family The Community Christmas which was to have been held in the school house Tuesday night has been postponed until Thursday night, thinking that probably some of the soldier boys may be home. All are Invited to come. Palladium Want Ads Pay,

NURSES MAKE HOMES FIT

THE NURSE SHOWS MOTHER, HOW,TO BATHE BABY. Welcome Prepared For Little Ones of the Poor Mothers Instructed in Their Care by Infant Welfare Nurses. Thousands ot children are born each year in our big cities who have literally no place to lay their heads. No preparation is made for their coming. Little or no clothing is ready for them. This is not because their mothers do not want to prepare a fitting welcome, but because they cannot afford to. It is hard to believe that any mother is bo poor that she cannot prepare some kind of a welcome for her child, so hard that nothing but a trip to one of the desolate homes of a big city can convince us that it can be true. That a trip may have its encouraging side, to offset the discouraging, it is well to make it with a public health nurse employed by the city or by one of the relief agencies. The nurse carries with her a feeling of security. We know that If anything can be done to alleviate suffering, and to brighten the face of poverty she will do it She has learned to be resourceful Her hospital training has taught her that she must act quickly. Bag in hand, the nurse climbs up four flights of dirty stairs. This is not a prenatal case in . which the nurse has been preparing the mother for the coming of her baby. If it The Forum (All articles for this column must not exceed 300 words. Contributors must sign their names, although the name will be withheld by the management at the request of the writer. Articles having no name attached will be thrown into the waste basket.) THE QUAKER DECISION AND THE WAR Quakerism is today facing the gravest crisis of its existence. The great war now raging and the waves of patriotic fervor sweeping the country are causing many good Friends just a little doubt as to whether their principles as conscientious objectors to war will stand the test. The clergymen are advising their flocks to depend on the conscience for guidance in making their decisions and then in the same breath, lest tradition should be broken, hint just what their consciences ought to say; that is, that it is sinful to help in the present, war. This in itself seems to show a fear on the part of the clergy that Quaker principles might have to be flavored with a little practical sense in relation to the prestfnt war. Then, too, the patriotic love of America and of liberty and the desire to help the oppressed that throbs in every real American is making its call felt in Quakerdom. Many have already answered, many more will doubtless do so and all are trying to define what their attitude should be. This is the Society of Friends being tossed and the outside world is watching with some interest and a great deal of impatience the ultimate .result of the clash between the Great Experiment in Idealism and the practical affairs of today. A Quaker gentleman the other day, after having read the account of one of the big battles, with all its horrors, threw down his paper and exclaimed, "My God how can anyone not be a conscientious objector!" The gentleman was right. How can anyone not be a conscientious objector to war! Nevertheless, the fact remains, that the consciences of a few other gentlemen, including the Kaiser, are not quite so sensitive and they see no harm whatever in murdering a few thousand women and children, destroying a country enslaving the inhabitants and trying to dominate thetentire world by force. Let our friend lead some of these men to see the error of HEADING POULTICE AMD SURGICAL DRCSSIHG ; DEMVERMUDl FIRST AID FOR INFLAMMATION 25e AT YOUR DRUGGISTS

A BASKET BABY were the home would be in a very different condition. It is an emergency case. The room la dirty, dark and Illsmelling, but the nurse sets to work to put it in order and makes the mother as comfortable as possible. "This will be a basket baby," she says as she makes her plans for its coming. The meaning of this remark Is not clear until the next visit Is made to the same home the following day. Is it really the same home, you wonder. It has been transformed by a thorough cleaning. The floor Is clean, the stove shines and there are curtains at the windows. On the floor beside the bed Is an ordinary clothes basket. Closer Inspection proves that it ha3 been converted into a bassinette for the baby. It is fitted with mattress and sheets and a pink woolly blanket with rabbits woven in it A baby's outfit is In readiness. Everything is there, even to the pink sleeping cap. Once the basket baby arrives the nurse makes herself personally re their ways and it won't be necessary to fight any longer. Most of us would have quite a few qualms of conscience to kill a man for trespassing on our farm but if a madman, lowered to the state of a wild animal v. ere at large on Main street killing old and young, Whoever crossed his path would we approach him and say, "My good man don't you knowr this is wrong. Let us go some place and talk it over. I don't believe in force so let's discuss this like brothers?" I hardly think anyone would be so foolish. We would suppress him by force or even kill him if it were necessary to the safety of the community even though we pitied him for his infirmity. There is now a whole empire maddened with power lust, out to slay and devastate. The insanity of this great nation is one of tne most piuiui tragedies in nistory. 1 Our sympathy and pity should go out to it. Oh, if we could only cure it! If the feverish desire for power, if the madness for blood, if the phantoms of selfish greed if all these could only be allayed and reason regain its seat by peaceful means, how fortunate the world would be! Has Quakerism anything to offer? Will dreams of international peace or discourses on the unrighteousness of war accomplish the cure? I think not. Peaceful means have failed. One course remains. For FREE TO ASTHMA SUFFERERS A New Home Cure That Anyone Can Use Without Discomfort or Loss of Time. We have a New Method that cures Asthma, and we want you to try it at our expense. No matter whether your case is of long-standing or recent development, whether it is present as Hay Fever or chronic Asthma, you should send for u- free trial of our method No matter in what climate you-livfc, no matter what your age or occupation, if you are troubled with asthma, our method should relieve you promptly. We especially want to send it to those apparently hopeless cases, where all forms of inhalers, douches, opium preparations, fumes, "patent smokes," etc., have failed. We want to show everyone at our own expense, that this new method is designed to end all difficult breathing, all wheezing, and all those terrible paroxysms at once and for all time. This free offer is too important to neglect a single day. Write today and begin the method at once. Send no money. Simply mail coupon below. Do it today. FREE ASTHMA COUPON FRONTIER ASTHMA CO., Room 961S Niagara and Hudson Sts., Buffalo, N. Y. Send free trial of your method to:

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sponsible for It She places It on her calling list. Every day she stops in to show the mother how to bathe, dress and feed it She sees that the mother does not go back to work too soon. She sees that the other children have proper food and care. Perhaps she helps the father to get a better job; and she may even move the family into healthier quarters. This Is the kind of work that thousands of baby welfare nurses are doing In large cities. In rural districts and small towns they are working, too, for better babies and for a higher health standard In the home. The country needs these nurses now more than it ever needed them, for the life of every individual is important in the winning of the war. An appeal has been made by the Nursing Committee of the Council of National Defense at Washington for more young women to enter hospital training schools and fit themselves for nursing in order that the health standard of the nation may be raised during these times of physical, mental and economic stress. the safety of the rest of the world, this nation must be suppressed by force. So, in this most trying hour when all true men are standing together against the onslaughts of a maddened beast, may the Quakers of America not be found wanting. Let us not try to tell them what their consciences should say, but now in their crisis, may their decisions not be influenced too much by tradition and may their idealism be adjusted to meet the practical needs of the world as it is. AN EARLHAM ALUMNUS. Doctors Are Boosting It Still the good work goes on, soon there will not be any more tired, nervous people in our city. This is caused largely by the widespread use of Phosphated Iron, the new tonic and nerve bracer that has sprung into instant popularity with the medical world. Phosphated Iron will help any run down, nervous condition almost immediately. It will put fresh iron in the blood, the phosphates taking hold of the nerve centers and bracing them up. You will eat better, sleep better and get up in the morning feeling like doing things; you will feel the oldtime vim and snap of youth surging through your veins; you will tackle the day's work uth confidence and a smile. Science has taught us that when we have enough Iron and Phosphorus in the blood and nerves we are healthy; that almost all conditions of ill health and nervousness are due to the lack of Iron or Phosphorus. Phosphated Iron rarely fails to supply the needed amount of both. Use' Phosphated Iron one week and you will forget you were ever nervous, tired out and run down, you can feel it taking hold. Special Notice. To insure physicians and. their patients receiving the genuine Phosphated Iron we have put up in capsules only, so do not allow dealers to substitute pills or tablets; insist on the genuine, in capsules only. For sals in Richmond by Conkey Drug Co. (Adv.)

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BOLSHEVIK TRY TO GET HARMONY

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