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DEPENDENCE ON DIRT ROADS
Model Houses Planned as Mrs. Wilson Memorial
rASHINGTON. Plans for tho block of buildings to re erected In Washing
ton as a memorial to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, on w'iloh tho country's 'ere
.most woman architects havo been working, are In tho hands of Mrs. Archl
bald Hopkins, president of tho woman's
department of tho Clvlo federation
A block of two-faimi brick houses
will bo built, conslbtlng of two and
four-room apartments with bath, the
bedroom of good slzo, light and airy;
tho second room will bo a comblna
tlon kitchen and living room and all
will faco either tho street or back
yards; there will bo no rooms built
on courts. Each apartment will have
a private entrance from tho street lntc
tho yards, so there will bo no public
hall problem, and tho idea of privacy and a real home will bo inculcated.
In tho rear of each house will bo a yard where children may play undei
tho mother's eye, safe from dangers of traffic and street accidents. Consid
erable spaco will bo set aside for a community playground (or the children
In tho center of tho group of houses will be a building used as a place
of gathering, constituting a neighborhood center whore there may bo dancing,
-entertainments and general meetings. A day nursery will bo Installed and
a competent woman placed In charge of it A community laundry will be
installed in tho center building, fitted up in model fashion; tubs, hot and cold
vater, steam dryers or good space for open-air drying will bo provided. The
laundry and the day nursery were points in which Mrs. Wilson was decidedly
Interested. Tho rents of tho houses will range from $7.50 to $12 a month
PARABLE OF LIFE
"Don'ts" for Letter Writers in Navy Department
AN OFFICIAL list of "don'ts" for letter writers in tho navy department
compiled by Samuel McQowan, paymaster-general, Is the subject of mud
comment among naval officers hero who havo seen copies of the order.
. Here are somo of tho "don'ts":
"Don't write at all unless you
liavo something to say; and having
said It, stop."
"Don't answer a letter Just be
cause somebody else wants you to. If
you did, many a purposeless corre
spondence might go on indefinitely."
"Don't give reasons or explana
tions unless they are called for."
"Don't write anything in a per
functory way; remember always that
each letter or indorsement should bear
tho impress of the writer's dignity, courtesy and intelligence."
"Don't hesitate to say 'no' if that is the proper answer; having said it,
don't attempt to suggest an alternative aimed to circumvent your own 'no.' "
"Don't discuss people; discuss things."
"Don't write anything quarrelsome; it would probably not bo signed.''
"Don't get excited; or, if you do, don't record the fact on paper."
"Don't use long words Whon it can bo helped (and It generally can)."
"Don't say 'shall,' 'must or 'should' if you mean 'will'; 'verbal' when you
mean 'oral,' 'amount' when you mean 'quantity,' 'in roferenco' whon you
mean 'with reference,' 'in accord' when you mean 'scarcely' or 'with tho view
of when you mean 'with a view to.'
"Don't send a letter back unless the regulations require it. Originals are
worth far more than copies for,-future reference."
"Don't try to put a wholo letter into the 'subject;' leavlug nothing at all
to say under it."
"Don't write anything that has tho least semblance of Inflicting a punish
ment or of encroaching in any other way on the proper prerogatives of any
other bureau or office. Tho legitimate function of this particular bureau is
to supply tho fleet and to account therefor; and any attempt at aggrossive
expansion must of necessity have the effect of crippling our work and, to
that extent, weakening tho navy it being a fact beyond dlsputo that if we
simply mind our own business there is plenty of It to tako up all our time."
Diplomats Now Call Washington Plymouth Rock
1ITASHINGTON has been nicknamed "Plymouth Rock" in diplomatic circles
I Formerly it was considered ono of tho most desirable posts, especially
for bachelors. Several bills passed by the present congress, however, have
had tho effect of almost putting the
city in tho class of ono of tho towns
carefully managed by the Puritans a
couple of centirries ago.
If strains of music percolate
tlirniicli flio window nf nn nnnrtmont.
SS3 '"v(rk a Policeman immediately makes a
note or tne met, wuu name ana num
ber. If such concerts take place often,
the police are likely to mako a per
sonal Investigation. Such investiga
tions aro sometimes followed by the
arrival of patrol wagons, even in the
most select sections of the city. Though diplomats aro not liable to arrest
for misdemeanors, they practice discretion in affairs that might bo brought
to the attention of their embassies.
Money will not buy liquor after ono o'clock in tho morning or on Sunday.
Even tho Metropolitan club, sometimes supposed to be in a class by itself,
has been affected by tho latest legislation.
Drinks aro not "sold, dispensed, or given away" in the club on Sunday oi
after ono in the morning.
The real guests at hotels also must go thirsty at the prohibited times
The law is so written that it is impossible for hotel managements to serve
liquor legally on Sunday, oven though it was paid for on tho previous day.
That Is why diplomats, accustomed to continental life, aro calling this
cation's capital "Plymouth Rock."
They Aro of Much Importance to
Farmer and Are Good Nine Months
In Year If Properly Cared For.
For many years nine-tenths of tho
roads in tho country must bo dirt
roads. It is on theso roads that farm
ers for tho most part go to church and
go to school. They aro much moro
Important than the greater highways
of travol in tho country. Wo have a
great demand for "good roads," mean
ing hard-surfaced roads of some sort,
whether brick, macadam, gravel or ce
ment; but wo have como to a point
now when it should bo known to all
men that since tho advent of tho auto
mobllo no limestone road is worth put
ting down. In ho corn belt, about the
only road material we have, outsldo
of our dirt toads, is limestone. Tho
brick road 1b better In tho end than
macaddm, because it will endure tho
strain of automobile travol. The ce
ment read Is yet in the experimental
Btugo. The gravel road Is only pos
sible whero gravol Is near. Heuco tho
great majority of our farm folks must
travel to and from tho church and
school and nearby town over dirt
roads.
If tho dirt road Is first proporly
drained to take off tho water that
comes In from below or from the side,
If it is properly graded up and thoro
aro good, permanent culverts and
bridges, and it 1b ttien properly
dragged, the dirt road is good enough
for nino months in tho year, and long
er. If tho above conditions are com
plied with, it is better during niost ol
that timo than any macadam or brick
road that ever was built.
Somo of our readers will say: "Oh,
you aro singing that old song again.
You are talking about tho drag." Ver
ily, we are. In our recent trips East,
we have been glad to Bee that farmers
In Ohio and Pennsylvania aro drag
ging, says Wallace's Farmer. Although
the drag is not ub useful there as here,
on account of the stones in tho road,
they are nevertheless using the drag.
. There is no use dragging tho road
until it has been drained and rounded
up by tho scraper; but after that 1b
done, the drag is the best tool that
can bo used. Our readers who havo
automobiles often find during the sum
mer a piece of dragged road that Is a
delight; and then they run onto a piece
where tho supervisors evidently had
no gumption, a piece of road that
causes vexation of Bplrlt If not inter
nal profanity every time tho farmer
rides over it. It is enough to mako
even a righteous man mad,
Ono thing we want to remind you
of that tho longer a road haB been
dragged, the better it becomes. Wo
havo never claimed that you could
mako a porfect dragqed road Inside of
about six years of proper dragging;
but dragging Improves it from the
start, and In time tho clay of tho road
becomes almost like brick, but at the
same tlmo smooth and elastic; and if
tho road bo oval and well drained, It
is an ideal road.
Our farmers who do not want to
tako their wives and families over
humpety, bumpety roads, and make
them disgusted every time they go to
church or to town, should see to it
LITTLE
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Aptly Compared to Journey Through
Comfortable Passage Leading to
Ono Small Room.
I will tell you a little parablo. Each
llfo Is llko a wonderful caBtlo, with
hundreds of mysterious rooms.
Through tho wholo expanse of that
castlo runs n broad, comfortable pas
sago ultimately leading to tho small
room that contains, an honored and
peaceful deathbed.
If you would bo safe, you must stay
in this passage You must pass by
without opening them ho hundreds of
alluring doors. You must pass with
out following them tho socrot wind
ing stairs leading up or down to un
known places
You will never know all you really
own. You will novor sco tho festive
hall with Its brilllnnl revels, nor tho
taper-lit chapol with Its mystic ecsta
sies you will novor find tho hidden
chamber with Its lotus Joys, nor tho
romantic balcony with Its blzarro as
semblage you will novor reach tho
tiny tower room with its vlow across
land and sea and up into tho skies.
. . And you will never sco the
dark cells whero weird things are
kept nor tho ghastly dungeon doep
dowri below, the ground, where ono
lies sobbing and bleeding and broken.
and whence thero Ib'ho returning.
I havo opened many n door In my
castlo Bald Christine and I fear I
shall never find my way back to tho
broad, comfortablo passage. Smart
Set.
Of More Importance.
Mr. Arthur H. Engelbach, in his col
lection of anecdotes of tho Drltlsh
bench, tells this story about Lord
Oraxfleld, who was among tho last of
tho Scotch Judges who rigidly ndhered
to tho broad Scotch dialect
"Ilao yo ony counsel mon?" ho said
to Haurlce Margot, when placed at
the bar.
"No," was the reply.
"Do yo want to hao ony nppolntlt?"
continued tho judge. )
"No," said Margot; "I only want an
Interpreter to mako mo understand
what your lordship says." k
Bacteria In Coal.
Mr. C. Polter has recently thcrwu
beforo tho Royal society In London
that In certain conditions of exposuro
to tho air charcoal, coal, peat and oth
er amorphous forms of carbon undor
go a slow process of oxidation pro
duccd by bacteria. It la suggested that
this fact may account for tho deteri
oration of stored coal, its gradual loss
of weight, and Its occasional sponta
neous heating In ships' bunkers. If tho
bacteria aro not tho solo causo of theso
things they may induco them, chemical
oxidation accompanying and contlnu-
Jng that begun by tho organic agents.
Tho carbonization of vcgetablo coals,
says a French wrltor, is duo to tho in-t-orvontion
of microbes at tho begin
ning of their fosslllzntlon. Wtyon tho
coal reaches tho air again, other bac-tori.-,
tako up tho work of fermentation
that was Interrupted millions of years
ago. Youth's Companion.
POINT IN CHILD EDUCATION
Mount of Olives.
Tho Mount of Olives haB seen somo
remarkable happenings and appar
ently It is to see others. Now that
a military wlroless station has boon
Installed on its almost trcoloss top
some persons may Bay that it has
been desecrated, thinking it should
not bo mado subject to modern In
ventions, especially thoso used in war,
but should bo left as nearly as pos
sible as it was in tho days of Christ
Modern war, llko anclont war, how
evor, Is no rcspector of sacred plaqcs.
Loss than a halt contury after Christ
was seen on tho earth for tho last
tlmo a Romat general cut down all
tho trees on tho top of 'tho Mount of
Oltves and thero havo not been many
trees thero Blnco, which may havo
mado tho work of Installing tho wiro
less plant less difficult.
Deforo Punishment of Faults There
8hould Be Careful Weighing
of Motives.
Is it not truo that parents often
seok tholr own ponco and comfort
rather than tho wolfaro nnd reforma
tion of a child in tho punishment of
faults? "Lotvus do tho easiest and
havo it over." Ono of tho most vital
points in child education is tho careful
weighing of motives and tempera
ments. Bo ilrm and calm and that is
reasonable Tho closo relationship of
body, mind and soul demands a con
sidoration of this trinity of each indl
vldual in order to havo a healthful
unit Poor digestion makes an irri
table tompor, a dofoct of vision may
bo at tho root of a moral obliquity,
and deafness makes for soomlnf, Idt
ocy. Many physicians havo failed to
help solve a mother problem bocauBO
thoy havo not understood tho child's
defect, which wbb far removed from
tho superficial symptoms. Modern
Prlscllla.
Came Natural.
Bacon They say that president of
tho bank who got away with a lot of
tho .nonoy began his career as jani
tor of the Institution.
Egbert Never forgot his early
training to clean out tho bank, evidently.
A Bull's-eye.
E. Berry Wall Bald at a dinner In
Now York:
"Woman's dress nowadays is beau
tifulbeautiful but shocking. Tho
slashed skirt, to be sure, haB disap
peared but It has only disappeared
to mako room for tho laco panel.
"A stupid greenhorn of a butlor
scored a bull's-oyo unconsciously tho
other day.
" 'Is Mrs. Blano In?' a lato callor
asked him.
" 'Yes, sir; sho's in, said tho butler,
'but sho ain't nt homo, sir. Sho's up
stairs undressln'' for a dinner dance.' "
Washington Star. '
Principal Products.
Teacher What Is vtho elephant
hunted for, Emerson?
Bright Pupil Magazine articles.
Puck. s
Almost Human,
going on n strike,"
said tho
"I'm
match.
"Hotter not," responded tho old pipe.
"You'll lose your head If you do."
Liberal Doses.
JJubbubs How often Is this medl
.lno to bo taken?
Doctor Between cooks.
Good Advlcs.
Bncon I see It said that many per
sons aro apt to remain too long in a
cold bath, and caro should bo taken
to avoid this mlstako, which has a
debilitating effect if indulged in
often.
Egbert If you happon to break
through tho ico this winter, remem
ber that. Don't stay in too long.
Titus' Sack of Jerusalem.
Tho Emperor Titus was counted one
of tho greatest soldiors over produced
by Rome, and for his almost miracu
lous slaughter ho was entitled "The
Joy of tho World." In tho year 70
Titus made Jerusalem a charnel
houso. It Is estimated that during tho
siege ho killed 2,500,000 Jews. Finally
tho living behind tho walls of Jeru
salem bocamo so woak thoy could no
longer throw their dead over tho walls
und then Titus marched in with hla
victorious nrmy. Whon tho sun Bet
Titus had killed every man, woman
and child In tho place and his soldlera
actually wuded ankle deep in blood In
the gutters.
But, then, monkeys
amlly trees.
had the first
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Debutantes Are Leaving Off Their Long Gloves
THE debutantes this season are not wearing long white kid gloves to dances;
In fact, they aro hardly wearing them at all. There aro mauy reasons
given for this. Some say that Mme. Bakhmcteff, wife of tho Hussian ambas
sador, seldom wears gloves, nnd If sho
does wear them to a party she re
moves them shortly after arriving.
Mme. Dumba, wife of the ambassador
of AuBtrla-Hungary, also frequently Is
seen without gloves.
At a dluner-danco recently at tho
Army and Nnvy club a dobutanto of
this seasonpulled off her gloves and
remarked that if Mme. Bakhmcteff
could "got away with It," Bho could.
Her lead was followed by everyone
dancing In tho place.
Tho two debutante daughters of Postmaster-General and Mrs. Burleson
never wear gloves to dances, and Genovlovo Clark' often appears without long
white gloves.
Of course, tho fashion of having long tulle sleovos In evening gowns has
much to do with It, for a short glove looks awkward and a long one Is un
necessary. It has been said that since women aro taking tholr knitting to tho thea
tera and to dances and overy whero else, groves aro useless Tor thorn; then too
the Increased cost of imported gloves may play a small ptit In it.
At the hops at tho Military academy and tho Naval acaedmy nono of tho
dancers wear long kid gloves.
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Road After
Improvement
Soil Gravel.
With Top
A Joko Ib soldom as funny the morn
ng niter ns it was tho night before.
Sized Up.
Mrs. Crawford What makes you
think that Bho knows her husband
thoroughly?
Mrs. Crabshaw Because sho can
tell exactly how much money to tako
out of his pocket without his missing
It" Judge.
It payB to bo pollto, but wo don't
think It qulto necessary to bow whon
you go to milk a cow.
Gossip generally means taking two
and two and making throo.
Why We Deed More Calcium.
Science now declares that wo ought
to make calcium ono of tho ingredients
of bread in order fto glvo our bodies
moro of this useful element Unless
wo oat an abundanco of milk and vege
tables most of ub do not got a suffi
cient amount of calcium, particularly
If wo tako our carbohydrates In tho
form of bread, potatoes and beor.
Hardoning of tho artorles and a num
bor of other modern diseases are
thought to bo duo to an insufficient;
amount of calcium In tho dlot To
supply this lack it is proposed to uso
in broadmaking a preparation com
posed of ryo flour and calcium chloride
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Exit Father.
Little Girl My father says ho has
often seen you net
Plcasod Actress What did ho say
ho saw mo act in,' dear?
Little Girl In tho WO's. Puck.
Heard at tho Concert.
"Sho sings with a good deal of ex
pression, doesn't she?"
"Yes, sho does, but it's tho kind of
oxprcsston you must closo your oyea
to appreciate."
It's Off.
"How about yotf and that telephone
girl?
"Sho hns sent mo back my solitaire."
"Ring off, oh?"
Much of tho wisdom of tho wiso is
reflected from tho foolishness of tho
foolish. Macon Telegraph.
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that tho roads freeze up as smooth as
poeslblo this winter. Thoy should got
out after overy rain now, and drag.
"Drag, brother, drag!" If another rain
comes, get on tho road again and drag
Bome moro. Every farmer on theso
dirt roads should sco that Ills road is
dragged smooth beforo It freozes up.
Then thero will be no troublo excopt
snow. Dragging won't help that; but
nothing else will, not even hard sup
facing.
Poor Highways.
Poor highways lessen tho proflt ol
labor, Increase tho cost of living, bur
den tho enterprise of tho people, dull
tho morality of our citizenship and
hold down tho educational advance
ment of tho country.
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Cement Culvert Joints.
Fill all culvert Joints with cement.
You don't want water to escapo
through Joints.
Lead to Better Times.
Good toads lead to better times.
Money for Money
Pound for Pound
there's no food that equals Grape-Nuts in concentrated
focd-strength.
A pretty big claim, but listen (
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"All-wheat food" sounds good to most people, but
Grape-Nuts goes one better. It not only contains the en
tire nutriment of wheat, but also the rich nourishment of
barley.
Morel Grape-Nuts is long' baked and digests quickly.
Most wheat foods bread for instance and some so-called
breakfast foods require Vz to 3 hours for digestion.
Grape-Nuts food digests generally in about one hour.
Being highly concentrated, there's more actual food
value, weight for weight, in Grape-Nuts than in some other
foods sold in bigger packages. N
Grape-Nuts contains the vital bone, muscle and nerve
making phosphates necessary for health and life, but lack
ing in most wheat foods white bread especially. A daily
ration of Grape-Nuts readily makes up for this lack.
Ready to eat from the package, appetizing, nourishing,
economical
"Tliere's a Reason'5 for
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