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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1918
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The Word "Character"
Edward Everett Hale defines character in
these words: The word "character" is true to its deriva
tion. It is a Greek word, which the Greeks de
rived from the word which we pronounce harass, which had the same meaning then as now. They spoke then of a coin in the mint, which was hammered and tortured by the sharp edges of the die, as being stamped upon, indeed, as a poor charassed thingas bearing a character. Its character came to it because it was beaten, pounded by this tremendous hammer. The more it was beaten the more distinct character it had. I believe all our words of similar import have a similar derivation. Thus, when we say that a man is of this "type" of manhood, or that "type" of manhood, the original meaning is that he has been beaten into that shape by the blows of experience that have passed over him. Burns says "the rank is but the guinea stamp." This means, at bottom, that a "pound" is metal which has been pounded. And there are metals which improve in quality all the time you stamp and hammer them. Just the same is true
of a man, if he have the true heart, the true life and makes himself master of the circumstance
instead of the slave. And the ham
mering is no unimportant part of the process.
such monotous regularity in the reports sent out by professional writers. ; "' It is this element of the lettirs that make them popular. If the boys knew their letters would be published, they would turn out laborious products, lacking freshness of view and personal observations on what they had seen and done. Lieut. Fishback's letter is as interesting a description of Parisian life during the bombardment by the "mystery gun" as one would desire. He set down what he saw and the emotions that stirred him as he noticed the philosophical calm of the men and women whose ' lives were jeopardized by the latest example of German atrociousness. Letters of this kind stir the American people to greater effort and sacrifice. Who would doubt, after reading his letter, that the line of French and British soldiers in France and Flan
ders is all that keeps the warfare from our own continent? Who would not feel convinced that
what we have done in the form of war credits and enlistment of men is insignificantly small in comparison with the great sacrifices made by
our allies ? Who would not resolve to be more patriotic and earnest in his work of helping win
the war?
Hale's commentary on the word gives indisputable proof of the observation that character
cannot be gained without conflict and struggle It cannot be acquired by purchase, gift or en
dowment. It is a reward of constant fighting
against the powers of evil.
The struggle need not be an . outward one, such as a battle against adverse conditions or the stout resistance against temptation to indulge in
immoral acts. It may be an intense internal struggle of the soul. Fine character is found in persons who have not figured in crises that the public could observe. Many a woman in the enclosure of her own home has developed fine traits of character by resolute opposition to weaknesses and temptation. She has pounded herself into the possession of a fine character. A little observation of people will show that persons whose characters are noble and refined, possess a strong will power. If two courses of conduct present themselves, they choose the narrow and straight path. If matters of principle are involved, they stand by the good and exalted. If righteousness and honor are in conflict with dollar and cent considerations, they spurn the money for honesty and integrity. They have trained their wills.
Letters from the Soldier Boys Thousands of persons read with delight Lieut. Fishback's letter, made public through the courtesy of his parents. Letters from the boys in the overseas service have a charm that appeals to the folks back home. These letters are not intended for publication, consequently the boys set down their impressions in a naive style that is free from the hackneyed and trite phrase which occur with
Man Power
The difference between the waning man power of Germany and the increasing strength of the Allies is reflected in news dispatches of the last
few days.
An Associated Press dispatch says German military authorities in Belgium have registered
all youths above 13 years in the region of Mons and are employing many between the ages of 14 and 17 in dicrcrinff and srrading clse to the
trenches north of Verdun.
Other dispatches carry Secretary Baker's an
nouncement that more than 500,000 American
soldiers are overseas. That the United States
is preparing to put 3,000,000 men into service. The contrast between the dispatches is appar
ent. Germany is forced to conscript children of
a conquered nation. The Allies are drawing on
the fresh troops of a nation that is just getting under way. And these new troops are eager for
the fray. Representative Timberlake's statement is apropos of the point : "Every American soldier was eager to get into action and was confident that the United States was going to see the thing through to victory." Of course, this does not mean that victory has
been attained. Neither should it be inferred that the Germans have decided to abandon their ambitious enterprise to break through the western front. They are massing new forces in Flanders and France and one of the bloodiest
battles of the war is imminent. But in the end, Germany cannot defeat all the nations pitted J
against her. Her man power is waning now.
"Hearts Are Touching"
From The Kansas City Star.
HE eloquently appreciative words which follow are
from the pen of a French schoolgirl. They are quoted in the Earth (organ of the Santa Fe Rail
road, published at Topeka) by Dr. John H. Finley.
"It was only a little river, almost a brook; it was
called the Yser. One could talk from one side to the other without raising one's voice, and the birds, could fly over it with one sweep of their wings. And on the two
banks there were millions of men, the one turned toward the other, eye to eye. But the distance which separated them was greater than the stars In the sky; it was the
distance which separates right from injustice.
"The ocean is so vast that the sea gulls do not dare to cross it. During seven days and seven nights the great steamships of America, going at full speed, drive through the deep waters before the lighthouses of France come into view; but from one side to the other
hearts are touching."
By HAL. POD How do you tell a pro-German? Is a question that's asked by Jim Sprocketts. Here's the best way to tell a pro-German He carries limburger cheese In hi3 pockets. Tommy Cale. It may be that Tommy is right. I'll not argy, but gosh I think It's easy to tell a pro-German 'Cause every darn one of 'em stinks. Hal Pod.
Strawberryless strawberry short cake is' the newest thing they are springing on us in the hash houses. A girl who signs her name Miss M. M. has written to ask me if I would think a goddess of liberty costume appropriate on her wedding day. Yes, I believe it would be appropriate, but be Bure to take it off right after the ceremony and throw it away. You'll
have no more need of it Whoever gets out the next Who's Who book in Russia has got some job on his hands. Many men are so honest they wouldn't steal a penny. However, I would hate to test them out on a dollar. Hist! I saw the first one of the season today on a guy at the corner of Eighth and Main streets. The police found a battered piece of tin, three or four bundles of string and several tin cans in a ditch south of town yesterday, giving rise to the belief that some flivver must have been in' a heck of a wreck. When I first started to learn to manipulate the ivory keys of the type
write, I started on that universal sentence every typist is called upon to pound out several hundred times while learning "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their
country." A rather appropriate bit of
logic these days, it seems to me.
Why not send William Hart or his
side kick, William Farnum, over into the trenches? There are two guys
who can lick more men in a single scene than any two guys on earth.
I saw a news story the other day
which was headed, "Kaiser Is Almost Crazy." No, no, Percival, not almost
entirely.
Appendicitis seems to be going out
of style.
Evening Post when it comes out on I Thursday. , . -
I see where the Germans took a town named Haill. Before the Yanks get done with them they'll be taking Hail Columbia in large doses. Fair and warmer says Weatherman Moore. Boy, go out and dig some bait. A woman who has travelled all over the world says that she likes the Arizona desert better than any other place she has ever been, according to the Kansas City Star. She's never been in Richmond since the town went dry. That Preble county rooster which brought $14.40 at the Red Cross auction sale has a right to crow.
"Nothing to be Scared About" Writes Milton Boy in First Aid Unit
MILTON, May 13. Jesse Moore has received a letter from his son Ralph Moore, who Is with the American forces in France, describing his work as a member of a first aid unit Moore was commissioned sergeant on April 11. "It has rained two-thirds of the time," Moore writes, "and we have only had a few nice days this month, In which the sun has shone. "The battalion Is well equipped with everything and the guns are 'some' guns. They are different from the ones we had in Texas. The helmets are a great protection to us, and they are made out of good stuff. A 45 bullet at ten feet away only makes a dent in them. They are manufactured by the man who made Walter Tempha's machine. "We are never near the base hospital, but stay with the battalion all the time; to give first aid. Nothing to be scared about, though, as we are not in any more danger than in any other place. The big German gun must be some gun, but it doesn't do much damage. One of the company
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Moment
An Illinois woman, arrested for selling watered milk, put up the defense that she couldn't, help it because her cows got up before daylilght and ate dew-laden grass. All of which sounds like one of von Hlndenbuig's excutes to the German people for not obtaining a German peace by April 1. QUESTIONNAIRE ANSWERED A gentleman who wanted to obtain
a patriotic jod in a munitions piam, where they are more or less particular
about who they take on, went through the question mill as follows and got
the job: Q. Born? A. Yes; once. Q. Nativity? A. Baptist.
Q. Married or single? A. Have
been both.
Q. Parents alive yet? A. Not yet.
Q Hair? A. Thin. Q. Voice? A. Weak. Q. Health? A. Sometimes. Q. Previous experience? A. No. Q Where? A. Nowhere. Q. Business? A. Very' bad. Q. Salary expected? A. More. Q. Drink? A. Not In dry states.
Q. Why do you want job? A.
Wife won't work any more.
Alfred E. Hoyt says that eating genuine Vermont maple syrup Is what
makes a man believe in Genesis and the Garden of Eden and the forbidden
fruit. We are not in a position to contra
diet him. Very few of us have ever
had any maple syrup that was not made on South Water street, Chicago, out of sorghum and old rubber boots.
WILL ADDRESS ROTARIANS.
Superintendent Giles of the city schools will be the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Rotary club Tuesday at the Arlington hotel. Mr. Giles will talk on the school bulletin which he recently compiled.
Lure of Dance Causes Girls to Lose Finery (By Associated Press LONDON. May 13 A tale of a cruel hoax on young girls in a German village is related by the Xielfer Zeitung. Thrlngshausen maidens promised a Sunday afternoon dance In the town hall, dressed themselves in their best,
bringing out from hiding places cher
Ished bits of finery. They trooped to
the town hall and for two hours wait ed in vain for partners and music.
Then the burgomaster arrived, closed the doors and ordered oach girl to
sign her name to an official paper.
That done, he curtly informed them
that the dance would not take place,
The next day policemen visited the
girls' homes and confiscated their
ribbons and laces. .
AUTOMOBILE HITS RIG.
EATON. O., May 13. Charles Koons, of Gratis, was in Mayor Risinger's court after running into a rig in Somers street with his automobile. He agreed to pay the cost of repairing the buggy. He deposited a sum of money to meet the estimated damage and was released. The case was continued.
WARNED AGAINST "A. E. F."
LONDON, May 13. The British postal authorities have warned the British putlic against using the abbreviation "A. E. F." on letters addressed to me in the American army, owing to the likelihood of such letters getting missent to the Australian forces.
WILL GENERATE ELECTRICITY.
DINNER
Douglas Fairbanks told the other
day a Christmas story.
41 A rrr ohn ftrtw flia ah rt f ft
he said, "took his best girl to a fash
ionable Broadway restaurant for their Christmas dinner, and in his ignorance
committed gaucherie on gaucherie. The bill of fare was in French, and
the chap pointed to an item on it and said huskily: " 'We'll begin with that.' " 'Sorry, sir," said the waiter, 'but the orchestra's playing that.' "Then the waiter handed him a napkin. The chap looked at it carefully, frowned, got up, spread it on his chair and sat on it. "The waiter, taking pity on his said : " 'Will you have the table d'hote or a la carte, sir?' " 'Both," said the chap, coughing. 'Both, with plenty of gravy.' "
MOSCOW, May 13. Electricity sufficient to supply all the industries of Petrograd and to light and give cower
for the needs of the entire northern
district, is to be generated from the
falls of the Neva, Volkov, Svir Norava
and other rivers, according to plans
being worked out by the National
economic council.
Wilson to Spend Summer in City of Washington
(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 13.
President Wilson has decided to spend
the entire summer in Washington this
year, as he did last, so that he can keep in constant personal touch with
all the nation s vast war making machinery. He and Mrs. Wilson plan to take occasional week-end trips down the Potomac river on the Mayflower and motor journeys in the nearby country. Palladium Want Ads Pay. ,
If only Adam had not eaten that
apple there might never have been any sin in this world, we wouldn't have had any war, , been cursed by the Kaiser, nor have had to scout around looking for a drink in a dry town be
cause there never would have been
any booze in a sinless world. But say, wouldn't a sinless world be one devil of a world to live in? I understand the Germans always pray before going into battle. I doubt like the dickens if the Lord can understand the German language. Buy coal now, old boy, if you want to "Keep the Home Fires Burning" next winter. Why do they call it the Saturday
LEWISBURG, 0.
Mesdames G. K. Barnhiser and W. O. Banker were Dayton visitors last Thursday Roy Schlotterbeck and family of Eaton were Sunday guests of her parents, W. F. Kuns and wife. ....Mrs. L. F. Kepler and daughter of New York City are visiting S. A. Kepler and wife Thomas Flavin and family spent Sunday with S. D. Holman and wife. .. .Esther Fager of Tiffin spent Friday and Saturday with her brother Glen Fager and wife K. W. Ganster, wife and daughter of
Dayton, and J. W. Shively and wife were entertained at the home of Rhea Lock and wife. . . .Lillie Moyer spent Friday and Saturday in West Alexandria with her sister. Mrs. Everett Riley and family Clara Hendrix, teacher in the high school at McKeesport. Pa., spent Saturday night and Sunday with her father, E. W. Hendrix... Mrs. Herman Kouts of Van Wert is visiting her parents, Charles Koffer and wife, west of town E. G. Kast left Wednesday for Eric, Pa., where he will fill a summer's engagement with the Lillev Stock Co Frank
Rohrer and wife of Fresno, Cal., ar
rived Saturday to spend the summer
with their daughter. Mrs. Charles Stockslager and family Sergeant Luther Cupp, who is in the U. S. army medical corps, stationed at Ft. Ogle
thorpe, Ga., visited at the home of his father and other relatives from last Wednesday till Saturday. He was
called here by the death of his uncle,
A. H. Stover of near Dodson Mrs
D. F. Gilmer spent Saturday at Camp
Sherman with her son Clarence...
wtiHam Laird, a Civil war veteran.
died suddenly at his home Thursday
evening about 6 o clock. Mr. Laird
has been sick for a few months. He is well and favorably known in the whole community Dr. Carl Turney
and ramily of Eaton were callers at the home of his parents, Ira Turuey
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men was there when it was first used. "A Frenchman was kicked by a horse today and received a compound fracture ftbove the ankle. The lieutenant put it in shape. It was good experience for us. "April 11, I received a warrant from the commanding general of the 32nd division that I was made sergeant upon recommendation of our lieutenant. "We were out today practicing the use of the gas masks and will go through the gas again in a few days."
The foreign missionary society of
the M. E. church of Webster enter
tained with a silver tea at the church Thursday afternoon. Rev. Rife and
family were present. Four new mem
bers were taken in: Mrs. Ira Tucker, Mrs. Margaret McMahan, Miss Ida
Plankenhorn, Mrs. Mary Rife. .
Chas. Plankenhorn, Curtis Planken
horn. Marion Brumfleld and Nate
Wills spent Sunday in Winchester.... Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stotten spent Tues
day in Dublin Mr. and Mrs. John
Beeson of Richmond are spending the
week with Mr. Walter Beeson and family O. L. Voris is visiting
friends and relatives In and near Webster Prayer meeting with Mr. Allen Lamb the past Wednesday evening Ernest Stotten spent Thursday afternon in Richmond. .. .Jess Gibson and two daughters, Blanche and Catherine, were shopping in Richmond Thursray M. C. Haney spent Thursday afternoon in Richmond.... Leo Burnett and two daughters spent Thursday evening in Greensfork. . . . Mrs. Ivan Moore and sister, Miss Loraine Bond were in Richmond Thurs
day evening Paul McMahan and
wife are housekeeping on the Pickett farm near Concord Chas. Hollingsworth has fininshed planting corn for this season. .. .Mrs. Delphia Hcllingsworth visited Mrs.- Maud Harvey Thursday evening. .. .John Hender-
shott spent Wednesday evening with Mr. Chas. Hollingsworth west of Web
ster.
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Eaton Miller Ordered to Pay His Wife $300 EATON, O., May 13. Inability of the litigants to get together In settlements of alimony, Judge A. O. Risinger, in common pleas court, ordered H. C. Robinson to pay his wife $300 cash and $50 a month in addition to payments already made. She also was given use of their home, but she is to pay the taxes, insurance and cost of any repairs necessary. Some months ago Judge Risinger refused a divorce decree to either Robinson or his wife. He owns the Eaton flouring mills.
Woman is Back at Jtoily Work Tells How Tanlac Improved Health So That She Feels Fine Again. Mrs. Mary Mastyn, 936 North Illinoi3 street, Indianapolis, says Tanlac, the famous tonic, has helped her greatly and she highly recommends it for folks whose systems are out of order. "I used to get up mornings with a dull headache and I didn't have any appetite for breakfast at all," Mrs. Mastyn said. "A cup of coffee was about all that I'd care for and if I ate very much I was sure to be sick at my stomach. "I just felt tired out all the time. I seemed to be weak all over and I didn't want to do any work or anythink else. "Finally I tried Tanlac and it certainly did help me. I just feel fine.
I'm a laundress and Tanlac has im
proved my health so much that I'm
back working every day now. I've got a great appetite, too, and eat good. All the tired out feeling has left me and I'm feeling fine all over.
"I think Tanlac is a great medi
cine."
Get Tanlac If you feel run down and
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Try Tanlac Rheumatism Treatment for rheumatism. It is helping hundreds and will do for you what it is doing for others. You can get it at any Quigley Drug Store. Adv.
Sergeant O'Hara
In the British war office he Is re
corded as Sergeant O'Hara, R. F. C
Despite his Celtic name Sergeant O'Hara is a Japanese and he has been with the British air forces since the early days of the war. He has taken
part in numerous aerial battles and
has been wounded six, times. Among the decorations he has won for bravery
are the Legion of Honor and the Mili
tary Medal.
Demo Organization
Meeting is Postponed
The meeting of the Democratic pre
cinct committeemen which was to have been held in the city council
chambers Saturday afternoon, was
postponed until a later date on ac
count of the fact that not enough of
the committeemen were present to constitute a majority in the election of officers and perfecting of the
Democratic organization.
A permanent chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary and a treasurer for
the central committee will be elected
7 MOOSE CARNIVAL AT EATON.
EATON, O., May 13. The Clark &
Conklin All-Feature shows, which will
furnish the attractions for the Moose street festival, arrived here Sunday afternoon. Work of placing the attractions was begun Monday morning. The festival will be formally opened Monday evening. The festival will continue until Saturday night.
MOVIES FOR SAILORS.
(By Associated Prss) LONDON, May 13 Eighty ships of tha British fleet are now equipped with moving-picture apparatus for the entertainment of their crews.
Williams Appointed to
Visit State Normal
C. O. Williams, Wayne county su perintendent of schools, and a mem
ber of the state board of education,
nas Deen appointed as one of a com mifcee of three by Governor Goodrich
to visit- the Indiana State Normal school at Terre Haute, to examine
into its staus. The committee will
make a report of its investigation to
the Indiana state legislature with
recommendations for any changes or
additions to its administration which
they may deem necessary.
Williams left Monday for Terre
Haute where he will be joined by the other two members of the committee.
Gilbert Tells Baker to
File Reports Correctly
The county food administrator said Monday that bakery reports were being received from bakeries of Wayne county which were not properly made out, thus necessitating a considerable amount of extra work in the administrator's office. Full Instructions were sent out with the blank sheets on which the reports were to be made and the food administrator urges all bakers to follow these instructions
carefully in making out their reports.
WOMEN WIN CHIEF AWARDS.
(By Associated Press) LONDON, May 13 Women stu
dents at the school of the British
Pharmaceutical Society here easily beat the men in recent examinations.
securing all the chief awards. They took four silver medals, and, of eleven distinctions conferred, only one was won by a man.
Two hundred thousand women in
England are engaged in agricultural pursuits.
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