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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919,

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM'

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing: Co. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Seo- - ond Class Mall Matter. KDMDER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The 'Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the uM for republication of ell news dlcpatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. The Discontented Soldier The following editorial from the Indianapolis News is of more than passing interest : Many men recently discharged from the army, navy or marine corps report that even after two or three months they find some difficulty in adjusting themselves to the conditions of civilian

life. Those whose services entailed much travel and frequent changes of scenery and living conditions report that at times they are seized with a strong desire to pick up a few essential belongings and move on. A great many of them, broadened by travel and quickened by the strenuous routine of the training camp, feel as though the 3ob that was satisfactory when they left it is now somewhat beneath their capacity. . As a matter of fact these men are much bet'ter men than they were when they left. It was the business of the various training camps and

stations to make better men out of the material that came to their hand, and they did it. Furthermore, they convinced the man that after he passed the recruit stage he was a better man. It was part of his training that he should think well of himself. He may not talk about it, but he acts it and looks it, so it must be there. It is a valuable asset, which must be defined independent of his desire to rove. Confusion of the two is likely to increase the ranks of the professional tramp rather than to supply the demand for better men in all walks of life. This discontent is really a challenge to the increased ability of the returned service man. If

service discipline has done anything for him it has taught him the value of complete and instant command of the elements of a working unit. As far as his career is concerned, he is a working unit, and his business is to reduce his faculties to a. state of discipline in which he can exploit them to his best advantage. If he can concentrate his thoughts upon plans to apply his mili

tary training to his civilian job, and devote his!

energies to demonstrating his increased efficiency, his discontent will soon wear off and he

will have no trouble in working himself into aj

job which will exercise his new ability. Another Possible Conscription The problem of putting the idle fields of the United States into crops is again engaging popular interest. Great stress has been placed in the

people "back to the farms." To this great end far-sighted reformers have consecrated their individual talents, educational institutions have inagurated agricultural courses, newspapers have been founded, the government itself has lent its powerful hand, poets have sung their sweetest songs, artists have painted their most entrancing pictures, philanthropists have launched their eloquent pleas and political economists have hurled their sulphurous threats. But all in vain ! It is another case of the old woman trying to sweep the tide back with her broomstick. With an irresistible power the ever-advancing wave keeps sweeping cityward, leaving the fertile fields to go back to the wilderness and jeopardizing the very existence of the nation. It must be a great temptation to the cynic, the satirist, the jester and the clown to make at least a little fun of this toploftical creature man, who boas.ts so loudly of his conquest of the forces

of the natural universe when they watch his help

lessness to stem this stubborn movement of the tide of life. But it fills the hearts of patriots with anything but comic emotions to observe the flow of this steady and irresistible current. He knows too well its consequences ever-increasing high prices for the necessities of life, hunger and eventually starvation.

Already the danger has become a peril, acute and universal, and whoever thinks at all must realize that either the intelligence or the will of man must grapple with this apparently irresistible law of gravitation and harness it for service

instead of destruction. Far be it from our humble selves to try to solve a problem which has confounded the intelligence of so many masters. But we cannot help wondering whether the government may not eventually have to resort to some sort of conscription of its citizens to work its farms, exactly as it did to fight its battles ! Somebody has got to work these abandoned fields, and if we citizens do not do it of our own volition we may have to be

forced to do it by the will of the nation ! We yet may live to see brigades of young men and maidens armed with shovels, hoes and rakes, milk pails and churns, starting out at daybreak from the cities and the fields under the command of competent leaders to sow the seeds and reap the grain of future harvests!

Di rt n e v Stor ie

ORDERS SPARTACIDE RIOTERS EXECUTED

In the good old days, an exchange

remembers, when there were no cou

pons and everybody ate butter, the

king of the happy country addressed

his jester thuswise:

"Thou fool, give me an illustration to that old adage, 'A bad excuse is

worse than no excuse." and haste

thee!"

The jester at once affectionately

embraced and kissed the mighty mon arch. The king did wax wroth.

"Thou varlet! How darest thou take

this liberty?" he spluttered.

"I beg your majesty's pardon," he

replied in a merry tone. "It thought

I was the queen."

"How," asked the stranged in Ten

nessee mountains, his eyes roaming

over a field so steep as to be almost perpendicular, "do you manage to plant that terrible hillside? Seems

to me you would be In danger of falling off!" "I can set right here in my door and plant it," drawled the native. "How?" "Put the cawn in a shotgun and shoot it into that ground up thar." "And how do you get the corn down when it is ready for gatheiing " the stranger asked. "I can set right here in my door and get it down," "How?"

"Shoot if offen the stalk, and it rolls down," said the native.

"And yet," the town man went on, "I can't see how you ever get the corn out of here." The mountaineer divided his sunburned mustache with thumb and finger, and spat with deadly aim at a yellow-legged grasshopper. "That's the easiest part of it," he drawled. "We make it into whiskey and fight it out."

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Gustav Moske. Execution of all Spartacans arrested while fighting in Berlin has been ordered by Gustav Noske, minister of military affairs in the Ger man government.

Chivalry of American Soldiers is Praised by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt; Jr.

Good Evening! By ROY K. MOULTON

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

HAS WONDERFUL IMAGINATION Omaha Bee. Creel ought to write the story of the late Congress, for his style of fiction just about suits the record.

PROVES IMPOSSIBLE DOES HAPPEN Anaconda Standard. Apparently Mr. Bryan is undergoing the novel experience of keeping his mind open and his mouth closed.

NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT Pittsburg Dispatch. If there is no precedent for hanging the Kaiser, many are asking if it is not time to make one.

HAS HOPELESS CASE OF GROUCH

Houston Post.

We are never so ODtimistic that we can even think

last decade on the advantages of farm life both ! of Senator Reed, of Missouri, ever being happy again.

llVlll tile SUWlUpUlUL UX 1CSIUCULC CII1U Ul UI1CU11.1CII returns, but somehow or other our citizens prefer city life to residence in the country, the result being that thousands of acres are left uncultivated. ; . The Cincinnati Enquirer suggests that another conscription of our man and woman power may be necessary to get our people back on the farms. It says: Were it not so serious it would be supremely funny to observe the futility of the efforts put forth to increase the ratio of farmers to our urban population. With the single exception of the propaganda to float the liberty loans there has probably never been a more intelligent or more earnest attempt in these United States to do something for the good of the nation than that to turn the tide of

An old man, so the story goes, planted his potatoes and onions in the same hills together. When a drought came the onions were so strong that they brought tears to the eyes of the potatoes, thus watering the onions. Some of the city home gardners tried just such stunts last year, but on the whole, the gardens were a success. The school of experience sometimes collects high tuition fees, but after all experience is the best teacher and the people who made mistakes in planting their gardens last season are going to profit by those very mistakes this year. One serious mistake made by many city gardeners was planting too great a variety of vegetables in a small space, with consequent crowding and poor growth. It is much better for the gardener whose space is limited to plant a comparatively few kinds of vegetables, not more than ten or twelve out of a possible fifty or sixty.

LIFE

ONE PLACE SHE DRAWS LINE Kansas City Star. America is wealthy enough to afford about thing except Bolshevism.

every-

HAS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED YET Macon Telegraph. The Europeans, says Frank Simonds, can't understand American politics. Does Frank know anybody who can?

WILL NEVER ARRIVE IF IT IS Toledo Blade. Hope the prosperity Mr. Burleson predicts isn't coming by mail.

When DidZwissler Start His Bakery in Richmond?

A LITTLE SLICE O

The other night Some thoughtful burglars Broke into the grocery store And stole everything in sight. They left, the safe and the phone and The account books and cheese case. But otherwise the store was as clean As though a Kansas cyclone Had passed through Its midst. It was the first laugh The people in that neighborhood Had enjoyed since the war started, And the world was made safe for Profiteers. The next night the neighbors Got together on the common In front of the wrecked grocery And held a celebration, Including a large bonfire And speeches and music By the Silver Cornet Band.

The only drawback was That the burglars were not present To receive the ovation

Which was all ready for them. An invitation has been posted Asking the burglars to return In the near future And visit the butcher shop. The only cheerful thing we have heard about the income tax is that It can be paid in installments.

WILL THE MOON SHINE IN WEST VIRGINIA? WANTED Second-hand bar fixtures, not under 20 feet long; drain board and two refrigerators. W. D., Charleston, W. Va.

HERE

(SOLDIER'S)

The Era of Criticism

From the Peoria Journal. WHOLESOME criticism may indicate a healthy development. Criticism such as that given by

T Former President Taft during a part of the war, resulted in changes which improved the fighting service. Constructive criticism of the war administration such as that made by the New York World while the war was still on, resulted in much good being accomplished. Sane j-uggestions regarding certain proposed changes in army discipline and field life, resulted in modifications and new rules which were distinct improvements. As wholesome criticism worked to the advantage of military efficiency and efficiency at home, so did vitriolic and unwarranted criticism tend to injure the war development and progress. It will be written plainly in the histories of the great war that much damage resulted Irom hostile criticisms which were destructive rather than constructive. There were some individuals who may have been earnest enough in their desires but who were strenuous rather than sensible. There were some who knew that vitriol had some legitimate qualities but who allowed this vitriol to burn up efficiency rather than

We now appear to be in an era of criticism somewhat similar to that which has followed the earlier wars. General Pershing has been attacked in congress because of certain of his decisions and actions. Secretary Baker has been lambasted times almost beyond number. President Wilson has been criticised as few other presidents, except Lincoln, have ever been criticised. The fuel ad

ministration, the food administration, the postoffice department, the emergency fleet corporation, the department of commerce, the labor department these and scores of individuals and organizations have been attacked and some of them are still being attacked. We sometimes can see things that are distant better than we can see things close home that is a characteristic of a people many times. We might learn something to our interest and benefit by looking on Canadian problems while we are trying to solve our own perplexities. General Sir Sam Hughes, formerly minister of militia in Canada, wrote recently to the Canadian premier and charged General Sir Arthur Currie, commander-in-chief of the Canadian fighters at the front with the "slaughter at Cambrai and the massacre at Lens, Passchendaele, etc.,

John Zwissler thought thirty-five loaves a day was a good output when he came here from Muncie forty vears ago, in 1879, and started a little bakery and restaurant at 908 Main street, where he was located until 1918. " But Zwissler for several years turned out more than 10,000 loaves a day, besides having the largest pastry and cake output in the city. While his bread production is smaller just now, he is specializing on cakes and pastry and has an enormous output of each. In 1879 and for many years thereafter he did all his baking in the rear of his Main street restaurant. But in 1906 he was forced by the press of business, then 3,000 loaves a day, to open his present bakery and storeroom at 28 South Fifth street. Zwissler predicts the time when all

Dread will be bakers' bread. When I he started there was not as much baker's bread sold in the city as he

now manes each day.

COMES THE

BRIDE

There doesn't seem to be any reason why every clergyman and justice in the country should not own an automobile, if reports which are coming from all parts of the country are true. Some of them have been obliged to post the following signs: "Don't Crowd! Take your turn!" "Note the Exits. In Case of Panic

or Cold Feet, Walk (Not Run) to the Nearest Exit. Don't try to Beat Your Neighbor to the Street." "Your Number Will Be Flashed on the Electric Signboard in Front of the

Church When . Your Turn Comes." "Not Responsible for Your Hats, Overcoats or Good Resolutions." "Watch Your Step and Move Forward in the Aisle." "Office Hours from 8 a. m. to 11:30 p. m. Only. We Charge for Counsel." The efficient marrying expert of today keeps a shorthand writer to make out the marriage certificates and a modern cash register to ring up the sales. In some instances the effect of war upon industries may be con-

J siderably in doubt, but it has given the

marriage industry tne greatest boost it has known since 1865. It Is the post-graduate course in heroism.

Memories of Old

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make the efficiency strong. There were some who per- j where the only apparent object was to glorify the general

baps through over zealousness, perhaps through parti

ranship, perhaps through ignorance threatened the very thing which they ought to have aided. It seems to be the history of all modern wars that criticisms are not confined to the war period alone. There was much unrest and much strenuous criticism of the Lincoln administration following the Civil War. Even the tragic death of Lincoln failed to erase all of this criticism. There had been somewhat similar criticism following the war of 1812. Also was there criticism of various kinds and degrees following the war which gained for us our independence. And most of us can recall the period immediately following the war with Spain when the administration was condemned by many people and by some very good and capable people because the war had not been carried on In a manner satisfactory to them and because the peace was gained by the methods that America chose to use. j

in command and make it Impossible, through butchefy, to

Lave a fifth and sixth division and two army corps.' Criticism is also made by the same man that the storm

ing of Mons four hours before the armistice went into

rffect was only for the purpose of "theatrical display."

The Canadians generally have taken the position that

a man large and great enough to become and remain the commander-in-chief of Canadian troops would never dream of slaughtering his own troops for the mere purpose of preventing the formation of new divisions or for purposes of "theatrical display." Yet the charges were made, and made by a man of great prominence and influence. Americans who might be apt to accept criticisms as truths, without even going to the trouble and time of looking into them, could well ponder over the fact that i here are criticisms going the rounds in other countries, and that at least in Canada many of these criticisms have been found to be-based on the purest fiction.

IN THIS PAPER TEN YEARS

TODAY The saloon keepers' associations made a list of-names of men who are not to be allowed to buy liquor. The list included men who needed the money to support families.

Richmond defeated Elwood in polo, 7 to 5.

P. A. Reid, president of the board of police commissioners here, requested the resignation of the superintendent and all the members of the police force. Supt. T. A. Mott in his report of the city schools, showed that all of them were in excellent condition.

RATTLING THE SKELTON The Skelton family, it will be remembered, was the family that occupied the Morton house, on the edge of town, and after getting in debt to

all the tradesmen in the town, moved away between night and morning. Mercy ville (Iowa) Banner. Nearly 1,500,000 Men Released from Service By Associated Tresl WASHINGTON, March 17. Officers and men demobilized number 1,419,386 the department announced today, 83,774, being in the commissioned grade. Discharge has been ordered for a total of 1,678,500. Officers applying for reserve commission total 26,798.

NEW YORK, March 17. The chiv

airy of American soldiers in France im

pressed Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., above all else. Mrs. itoosevelt was the

first American woman to enter the Red Triangle work, and the first to reach

France. During all the months since the first Yanks landed in France she

has been ministering to their comfort

in Y. M. C. A. huts.

The other day she told Faye Noble-

Grimes a few of the things she bad

observed for publication in Associa

tion Men, the official Y. M. C. A. maga

zine, though she smilingly refused to

discuss her own part in the war or that of her husband. Mrs. Roosevelt

saw fighting only once the night bo-

fore the armistice went into effect.

"On that famous night of Novem

ber 10," she said. "Mr. Carter, Y. M. C. A. executive secretary for all England and France, took his secretary and me up to the front near Verdun. We stayed through until the next day

and saw the start of the last barrage. Finally we heard the firing cease; suddenly 11 o'clock had come; the silence was terrible. "I arrived in Paris only a few weeks after the first troops. For six months, in addition to my daytime canteen work, I taught French in a night school for officers and privates, and ambulance drivers. "Afraid to be out at night alone? Not once. If only the mothers of America could have seen their sons in France, how proud they would have been of them! Many times, when I'd be hurrying along they have sung out in the nicest, friendliest tone, 'Hello.

Y.' and I'd answer back, 'Hello, YanK." Praises French Hospitality "Just as I got to feeling like a seasoned schoolma'am and just as I had become an expert scrubber, waitress, cook and maid in the canteen, thi general order came to establish leave areas. Our first selection was in Savoie. What were our orders? Most mighty general. We were to 'go down to Aix and see what could be done.' We were to go, but what we were to do we hadn't the slightest idea. Franklin S. Edmonds of Philadelphia, who was in charge, arranged with hotel keepers to care for 4,000 boys expected in a week. "In all my life I have never seen anything to equal the hospitality of the French people. At Aix, the mayor

personally received all the boys, and the French people were always ready and willing to do for them in COUntlean little wavs.

"After several days of getting ready, making everything homelike, we all had an attack of stage fright. Perhaps it was because we were so tired, but I can vouch that several members of ttiat first reception committee stood around with hearts of lead, because 4,000 boys came march

ing In covered with yellow mud up j

to their waists, and with a grouch that covered them from head to foot, and that spread all over the place! They didnt want to have a supervised vacation; and then, this first crowd had to pay their own expenses. Since then, however, all expenses have been paid by the government, and this first group has been reimbursed. "The boys certainly were unhappy and determined we should know they didn't like our old 'Aches and Pains' and that the whole world made them sick. "Some of the glumness disappeared when Lieutenant James Europe and his matchless negro band from the 369th infantry, who were a part of our program, began with rollicking onesteps. Lieut. Europe had sent clear out to Manila to get negroes with thin lips to play the reed instruments, and when these negro boys once got started the doughboys' feet started to shuf

fle and presto, the ice was broken! Serve Cocoa Over Bar. "They were so weary, so worn that it took almost forty-eight hours of sleeping out in the sun by day and in real beds by night, plus good hot meals for the boys to be anything near i

normal. It tickled the doughboy's sense of humor immensely to go into the barroom of the old casino and drink cocoa at the marble counter with his foot on the brass rail; and it was sidesplitting to hear them say they were going to church in the baccarat room. " 'The casino's got religion, they laughed. "At any rate the Casino became very popular, and when our first crowd left, its fame spread far and wide. "There were no rules of conduct, except one they imposed upon them

selves, that was that every American girl should be treated like a queen. "If there is anything the American doughboy loves it Is his hot supper before he goes to bed. Eggs were ex

pensive in France, but fried eggs and sandwiches with a cup of cocoa were prime favorites. The canteen did not pretend to meet expenses, our prices were very low; we tried to meet the needs of enlisted men at prices within a private's pay. "And how mothers at home would have enjoyed seeing those Red Triangle girls keen minded, well balanced, wholesome, just the sort they would want their sons to know. Many a

mother's picture made by Red Triangle girls wink back the tears, because some of them were Just as homesick as the boys. Quitters? Never! I haven't a single recollection of a disgruntled, growling girl because they were made of real stuff; and then, too, they weren't exactly unhappy for a very long time with all those young fellows hashing around ready always to amuse and to help, as well as be amused! "In the Savoie area we established three centers, at Aix-Ies-Bains, at Chambery and at Calles-les-Aux. Courteous to Red Triangle Girls "I shall always remember the people of Chambray and their beaming hospitality. Even before we arrived they had their mayor's committee, and in addition, the little French schoolboys were formed into companies to act as guides. What wonderful friendships developed between these big boys and the little ones, and how proud the little French boys were, striding along, trying to make their Ehort legs take the 'oh! so long steps. "Whenever one crowd of boys was ready to leave we all trooped down to the train to see the moff, and many times we have walked back too upset to talk, because they always went away singing at the top of their lungs, 'Oh, Boy Oh! Joy, where do we go from here? ' 111 never forget it. Manyv

out of the trenches, and it was not J easy to throw off the feeling of depression. Brave, laughing lads they were never depressed! "I went down to Aix to stay two weeks, but one thing after another kept me there for three months. Then I was transferred to Paris, and from ' headquarters organized and assigned the women workers for all of. the leave area centers. I also supervised the

work of the 'bath centers' immediately behind the lines, where during twentyfour hours' leave, soldiers could come cut of action, have hot baths, get their

clothes washed and mended and then go back.

"The kind of girl who should be sent over for leave area work?" Mrs. Roosevelt puzzled for a moment, and then answered emphatically: "The kind who has brothers and who has been

I accustomed to out-of-door life; one

who is sensible, wholesome and I'll answer for her success. Leave area work is not for older women, nor for girls of the hot-house variety. "But no matter what type she is, or whether she is pretty or plain, tall or short, slender of stout, she will' be treated with a beautiful courtesy by every American boy in France; and, to ray again, if the mothers could see them they would be justly proud cf their sons." .

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CONSTIPATION have stood the test of time. Purely vegetable. Wonderfully quick to banish biliousness, headache. Indigestion and to clear up a bad complexion. j

WEAKNESS REMAINS LONG AFTER Influenza

Reports Show That Strength; Energy and Ambition Return Very Slowly to Grippe Patients.

Resolutions asking the return of Rev. W. 51. Nelson as pastor of the

Grace M. E. church were passed.

F. H. Warner of Richmond, went

to Greenfield to take up his duties as superintendent of the T. H. I. and E. traction company.

Pennsylvania Artist Awarded Altman Prize (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 17 Edward W. Redfield of Center Bridge, Pa., was the winner of the Altman prize of $1,000 for the best landscape painted by an American born artist at the 94th annual exhibition of the National Academy of design, it was announced todav. "The Old Mill" is the title of the winning picture. The Altman prize

of $500 was awarded to Gardener Sy-

mons of this city for his Shimmering Shadows."

THE FLOWERS BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

The flowers of the field! The ancient writer was soul-joyed at their beauty and wonder. "Even Solomon in all his glory,' he wrote, "was not arrayed like one of these" referring to the "lilies of the field." Not a color, not a tint not a single exquisite shade or shadow but what is found in inimitable beauty playing about the stems and leaves and buds and flowers of the carpet of the earth. No artist has ever been able accurately to do justice to the delicacy and artfulness of any flower. No writer has ever arisen to express adequately the feeling of the silent heart of the flower. Flowers cheer and soothe when all else fails. The most insignificant little flower even the so-called "weed" has a marvelousness of formation that no human thot or hand could ever reproduce. Flowers are the most unselfish creations in the world they do nothing but give! There are more lessons of love and sweetness to be gained from the flowers than this world has yet dreamed of. But the flowers do not mind their being neglected. They know that their time is always so long as the world lasts. So, in themselves, flowers are the embodiment of patience. If you want to express your love to the one you love select and send the most beautiful flowers you can find. The ones picked from the open fields are always the most wonderful. Talk in flowers! But there is one thing that I'have never quite understood the giving of flowers to those who have gone. It is for the LIVING that flowers were created by the great, good, considerate God

After an attack of Influenza, doetors advise that nature be assisted in its building-up process by the use of a good tonic one that will not only put strength and endurance into the body, but will also help to build up and strengthen the run-down cells of the brain. One of the most highly recommended remedies to put energy into both body and brain is Bio-feren your physician knows the formula it is printed below. There's iron in Bio-feren the kind of iron that makes red blood corpuscles and creates vigor. There is lecithin also; probably the best brain invigorator known to science. Then there is good old reliable gentian, that brings back your lagging appetite. There are other ingredients that help to promote good health, as you can see by reading this formula, not forgetting kolo, that great agent that puts the power of endurance into weak people. Taken altogether Bio-feren is a splendid active tonic that will greatly help any weak, run-down person to regain normal strength, energy, ambition and endurance. , Bio-feren is sold by all reliable druggists and is inexpensive. For weakness after influenza patients are advised to take two tablets after each meal and one at bed time seven a day, until health, strength and vigor are fully restored. It will not fall to help you and If for any reason you are dissatisfied with results your druggist 1b authorized to return your money upon request without any red tape of any kind. Note to physicians: There is no

secret about the formula of Bio

xeren, it la printed on every p aye. Here it Is: Lecithin: Cal

Glycero-phosph&te; Iron Peptor

Vomica: Powdered Gentian: Ph.

Capsicum.

tsioack-' ,i clum

nolDhthaleln: Olearaln

Kolo.

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