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JV lizzie a Au Invitation to Conn Again So many times lately I’ve said to the "arm»r. "Let us thank the dear Lord for*the sunshine." And 1 really mean it. We do not five thanks as often as we should This winter may teach many of us to count our blessings. and chief among them should be health, the ability to work and the good weather. "But if it rains., then rain's my choice." Th:s valley is fine land after it gets dry enough to use. but. oh. the mud. and the long, long time before planting can begin We have our garden seeds, some I saved and some we ordered, but even Irish potatoes are not started yet. The severe cold ruined our collards and turnips, so the chickens are now en joying the first crop of insects, if such •here be, and they are having a fine time with the grass seeds The rains prevented the garden being kept clean, and there was the rankest grass I ever saw. Those rains taught me one lesson. I don’t want any more bush butter beans. Ours were loaded when the rain came and on the ground as flat as a flounder it laid them and I did not have one to dry nor to can. Mrs. Youngblood’s letter teaches all of us something. I seldom hear of ker shaws They are far superior to pump kins for table use Last year I sent for some seed The Farmer took them out to plant, and they spent the summer in his pocket This year he has promised to do better than that—says he believes they will do better in the ground than in his pocket, ind I know that they will, for I once gathered fifty off of one vine. This department is taking on new life, and all of us will welcome our Swedish member. We hope that he will tell us about the customs of his native land, also what they plant and when planting time comes. He is pretty close to the •‘midnight sun." and it will be interesting to learn more of the twilight that lasts for weeks. Mrs. Hardin gives us some helpful suggestions I have used the jug of hot water in a fireiess incubator, but had none to fit this box of biddies. This winter's aero weather made it hard to even keep things that were right on the hearth. My geraniums were beautiful and tried my best to keep them, but they froze in spite of my efforts. Sev eral readers of The Journal wrote that they would keep them through the win ter and send me cuttings in the spring, but I hoped that I would be able to save them. They made a bright spot for all of us as long as they lasted. Pretty soon I shall send for five more. They cost fifteen cents each, are rooted and usually begin to bloom right away. The cuttings are slower, and if I cannot keep them through the winter I must get the blooms as soon as I can. 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But most likely you are tempted at least once more. 1 saw a girl with neatly mended gloves stand by a flower wagon. She was looking in her purse and said, "I’ve just enough money to get a pair of gloves, but, oh. I do want a flower for my desk." Next day I saw a flower pot on her desk and the geranium it held was beau tiful. "So you got the flower." I said. "Hurrah for you.” She flushed and said, “I made up my mind that these gloves could be made to last until thin ones are needed." More than once I've known girls to take the money reserved for the day's lunch and spend it for a pot of flowers. That was a feast that lasted many months. Mr. Kinsey writes about his trukeys and it should inspire more of the farm ers with a zeal to do likewise. Mrs. Shepard wrote of her success.and I am hoping that both will double next fall. Mine have all gone to help build up other flocks, except one hen and a gobbler and they are too fine to stay with me very long: I’ve sent for one more hen to add to my flock of layers, so as to continue to raise others as thrifty as these are.. It’s folly to mate from one's own flock, they are so liable to disease. These spring days are a delight to a genuine lover of the farm; there are young pigs, calves, chikens and the garden to employ one's time. It is a busy time, but how sorry I've always felt for the unoccupied individual. Even chasing the butterfly called happiness is unsatisfactory. Happiness comes to the busy man or woman while it flies from others. The song of the birds has begun. Let us listefi and try to be as happy and as busy. I am afraid, that we have lost all of our blue birds. The cold winter either drove them farther south or killed them. Last year they came for me to feed them, but only one pair came this time, and the red birds were scarce, too. I'd like to fix a bird house but the sparrows are such a nuisance. Who will send us some true and tried corn meal recipes? I hope all of you have trued the bran, or raisin bread. It is equal to a balanced meal, for it has most of the needed elements in it. Be sure and give the children their share of sweets, fats (not too much) and cereals. Their growth demands a liber al supply. Hoping to hear from you soon, I am. Faithfully your*. , LIZZIE O. THOMAS. Tuscumbia, Ala Our Swedish Member My Dear Mrs. Thomas: I take pleas ure in sending you a few* lines, thank- • ing you ever so much for all your good • and In'.eresting letters that I have been reading in Our Household department of the good old Atlanta Journal. They, as well as a lot of other good things in The Journal, have been of great help to me •in more than one way since I came down to the Sunny South and Started in farming and teach- • ing. And that's why I get more help ’ out of Our Household letters and take more interest in them than most of our men folks. They have all the household help ihey want. 1 like to hear how others do things, most all of us have ways of our own I always like to find out the best way and to do a thing right from the start to the finish. Farming is what I like best. I was right on a farm in Minnesota and I have spent most of niy days up there on the farm. Farming here in Tennes see is quite different from what I was used to up north. I like the south and have made good, here the few years I have been here. * Stock raising is what seems to be best here, fruit asd chickens come next. Com and hay are our main crops. We all aim to do our best, doing our bit by saving food and raising all we can this coming year and trying to bring this awful war to a good end as soon as possible. e I now close my scribble, wishing you ail good blessings from our God In your good work for the Lord and the uplift ing of humanity to a better and nobler life. I'd like to hear more about your mis sionary life in Japan, as I belong to the Mission Friends, or. as we Swedes say. Mission Banner. From a thankful reader, GUST LORENTSON. Erin. Tenn., Rural Rou4e 4. TBYXNG TO DO HER BIT Dear Mrs. Thomas and Householders: I have been a silent reader of this page for some time, but will come in for a little visit this afternoon. There is nothing I enjoy more than the nice things Mrs. Felton and Mrs. Thomas write about the Civil war. the present war. chicken raising, etc. I agree with them on living economically. I never destroy a thing that can be eaten by man or beast. I keep a large-mouth pickle bottle on my cook table, put ev ery piece of wrapping cord in It and I also save every newspaper, wrapping paper and paper sacks. I make bottoms to baby shoes from old felt hats. I patch baby shoes with cuff and back of men's leather gloves and this farmer will not wear socks after the heel and toe wears old. so I cut off the best of them and make very good baby stock ings, so it all saves me many a dime. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918. 11l Treatment of Italian Soldiers Aided Great Rout At Hands of Austo-Germans Failure to Teach Them Causes of War Left Them Prey to the Reports Scattered by Traitors ABTTCXrE XV BY KEKBERT COBET PARIS. Dec. 15.—(8y mail.) —Dis- patches from Rome today brings the news that the Italian cabinet has been able to defeat a parliamentary attempt to inquire into the causes for the re cent debacle This is an excellent thing for the cabinet. But it will be a better thing for Italy, for the allies, and for democracy if those causes are made known. For there is no hope that they will be re moved until light is let in on them. The prime cause for the Italian mili tary collapse was ignorance. The mass of the Italian army did not know what they were fighting for, or why, or what Italy was to gain. They had no heart in it, no patriotic feeling, no hope. "The Italian soldiery has looked upon this war as a ‘blood tax’ Imposed by the government,’’is the statement of keen and unbiased observers. “They had no more liking for It than men usually have for taxes—quite apart from the suffering and death involved.” Yet there is no more patriotic man than thb Italian peasant. Narowly, pa triotic, perhaps, but wholly and honestly patriotic. He is proud of his blood. A peasant, descendant of centures of peas ants, he looks down upon the upstarts of a few generations who own the land he farms. He believes that Italy was once the greatest nation in the world and that it will be again. But his al legiance is to an ideal and not to the present state. He has a racial, but not a national feeling. Italy lives in compartments as no other great state does. One is told, “I am a Roman—l am no Italian.” One is introduced to this man as a Sicilian and to that man as a but never to either as an Italian. Conditions are I make quilt lining of tobacco sacks, chair cushion covers and pin cushions are made from old neckties, and old samples of lady’s and men’ suits, torn out and basted on cloth and worked with colored thread. I save scraps and strings too small to put in quilts and fill chair cushions with them. I make my winter hats. I cover them with velvet or silk. They look just as nice as one in the stores. I have been married over four years and have two sweet little children. The little girl will be three years old Feb ruary 28, and my little boy was one year old last December, and to prevent them from stumbling and falling in the fire I have five pieces of wire fastened to each mantel post, which has saved their lives a great many times. We are renters and we work very hard on the farm. Oh, I was about to forget. I have some okra seed, about a quart. It is not the velvet. The pods are very large and from three to ten inches long, rough and sticky, but is very fine okra. The stalks grow five, six and seven feet high, bears till frost. Also the striped kershaw. squash, golden gourd neck squash and- the white scallop squash. I never did anything that I did not find a use for. I save vthat others would burn to get rid of. I hope my letter will help some new housekeeper. Is not this war just awful? Think of all of the young men who will have to be taken away from their homes. What will we poor women do? There will be some way provided. I think it would kill me for my brothers and husband to leave me, but maybe .not, no one knows. Yours truly. MRS. G. A. YOUNGBLOOD. White Pond. S. C., R. F. D. 1, Box 35. FROM A TURKEY RAISER. Dear Mrs. Thomas: * am a farmer, living in Echols county, about one mile from the Florida line. ’Tis warm down here this morning: sat on my front porch most of yesterday. lam crippled and confined to my rolling chair. 1 have raised a large family—seven girls and three boys. All are living. One son Is in the United States navy. All are married except one daughter and a son. If you and the Farmer ever come down this way come to see me. I, too. am interested in turkey raising. I sold SSO worth of turkeys this fall from three hens, besides I saved three young hens to raise from. You were raised in Madi son, Fla. 1 surely would have been glad to have met you. You remember you were at Mount Zion at a camp meet ing three or four years ago. I surely appreciate Mrs. W. H. Eelton’s writings: also Dr. Frank Crane’s and the wise things of Bishop Candler. May the good blessings of the Lord be with you all until the end cometh. Yours fraternally, P. W. KINSEY. ANOTHER HELPFUL LETTER. Dear Mrs. Thomas: I enjoy reading your heipful letters in The Atlanta Journal. I, too, have had chickens all this cold spell, hut mine were older than yours. Now, here is a plan I think will be helpful to you or others having small chicks: Fill an earthen jug with real hot water, have a good cork stop per. wrap some newspapers around it and it will stay warm almost one day and night without reheating. It is so much better than a hot bottle in a bed to cold feet, for it stays hot so much longer. I never lost any fruit at all; just kept a lamp# burning in fruit closet. T lost a few jars last winter in the same place as I neglected putting the lamp in the closet. T am an enthusiast about raising chickens, turkeys, cows, milk and but ter and canning. T have thoroughbred Plymouth Rock chickens. I’ve just sold twenty friers. Hope lam not intruding. Your friend, MRS. A. L. HARIN. Eclectic, Ala. Wonderful Egg Producer Aay poultry ralwr con easily donblc big profits by doubling the egg production of bls :,<*ns. A scientific tonic bas been discovered Hint revitalises the flock and makes ben work all tb* time. The tonic is called "More Eggs.” Give your hens a few cents' worth of "More Eggs ' and yon will he smazol and delighted with re-Mlts. A dollar's worth of "More Lggs’’ will double this year’s production of eggs, so if you wish to try this great profit maker, write K. J, Reefer, poultry expert. ,1.b2 Reefer RMg.. Kansas City, Mo., who will send yon a season's supply of “More Eggs’’ lonic for (prepaid'. So confident is Mr. Reefer of the results that a million dollar ■'ank guarantees if yon are not absolutely satis tied your dollar will be returned on request >,r.d the "More Eggs" eoeta you nothing. Send i dMlar today or ask Mr. Keefer for his free poultry book, that tells the experience of a man who has made a fortune out of poultry. (Advt.) still of the middle ages in this respect, when hilltop fought against hilltop and city against city. The organization of the Italian state is but the tying to gether of political fagots. The lesser states preserve their identity and their ancient antagonisms. Government Is Autocratic Before the war the Italian army was a great instrument in breaking down this system of political airlocks, by which neighbors were hermetically shut off front neighbors. Regiments were given the names of cities—Turin. Milan Genoa for example—but they were al ways recruited* from distant localities. The Sicilian was sent to the north of Italy. The Lombard served among the orange groves of the south. Their eyes were opened to the magnitude and te the possibilities of their land Through the army a national spirit was being gradually created. The Libyan war of a few years ago aided greatly in solidi fying the nation. If this war had been presented to Italy, rank and file, military and civil, as a great national .duty, the consensus of opinion is that Italy would have re sponded nobly. But it was not. The Italian govern ment has been autocratic in action, al though truly liberal and patriotic in motive. Signors Sonnino. Salandra, Or lando, the others charged with the duty of direction, have acted as an autocracy They have either feared to take the peo ple into their confidence or they have not thought It worth while. Sonnino is the great spirit in the Italian cabinet He is a man of intellect and heart and sincerity. Yet his passion for secrecy has become proverbial in Italy. He trusts the people not at all, and indi viduals rarely. ** "Whenever I enter Signor room,” said a diplomat of insight ano humor, “I always have the feeling tha’ when I tapped upon the door Sonninc thrust an important paper into a drawer and turned the key.” In other countries there was not the need for propagandizing the masses that there was in Italy. In these other countries the people read the news papers. In Italy the percentage of illiteracy runs very high. The amount actually spent—spent—on education was extremely small before the war. The newspapers as a rule have small circulations and are almost always, confined to the cities. The peasant reads hardly at all. He hates the Austrian with an old haatred, but he knows nothing evil of the German acts and alms. City Men Escaped Army Unfortunately, from several points of view, the Italian army is, mostly made up of peasants. The townspeople are infected with socialism, and so the young men of the towns were largely permitted to evade military service be fore the war, while the patient and loy al peasant was forced to do his bit. That way political troubles were avoid ed and an excellent army created. When the war was declared against Italy this peasant army was called to the colors. No one bothered to tell them why. They were merely summoned. In a vague way they knew they were to fight their old enemy, Austria—and they liked that —but they did not know why they were to fight. An unknown and unseen government had demanded of them the “blood tax.” Nor after fighting began were they granted any WTillghtment. The daily communiques from headquarters were filled with praise for the achievements of the Italian troops, but the men still felt themselves fighting in an unknown cause. Try to realize the depth of ig norance in which these men—naturally shrewd and intelligent, but quite un schooled —are sunk. A comparatively few of them read, even of those who are able to vead. They come from iso lated communities in the hills and val leys, to which the rumors of Euro pean politics came as rarely as to the Blackfoot reservation in Glacier Park. The headquarters communiques issued by Cadorna are perfect examples of the art of telling nothing. They gave his men no hint as to war aims, enemy plans, or actual achievements. Very rarely did they tell of the setbacks en countered. When they did, Signor Son nino is said to have censored them. Cadorna is perhaps the only command ing general who was thus edited by the home government. His men were, left fighting in the dark, at the will of the government to which they feel the most vague loyalty because a true na tional spirit has not yet been developed, for purposes that were not revealed. They began to murmur more than a year ago. Then the government—or the Great Headquarters—gave the final proof that it did not understand the democratic and really patriotic spirt of its men. t If the situation had then been set before the army: if the reasons why Italy was at war had been frankly told and the fine ends aimed at eloquently set forth, the men would have respond ed nobly. So, at least, I am assured by men who are in close touch with affairs. Instead, the government began a series of prom ises which were only stop gaps. Government Broke Promises The men were assured unofficially that if this or that were done they would be free to go home. Last winter was to have been the last winter of the war. The war was to be over when the Bainsizza platueau was taken. Each time the army reached the goal a new 1 stunt was set for it. No more perfect ly efficient method of breeding discon tent among men who are democrats and patriots at heart could have been de vised. Some sort of revolt had for months been looked forward to as acer- I tainty. it is true that great stress was laid upon the redemption of "Italia Irreden ta’’ and Ihe creation of a “Greater Italy.” But it must be remembered that only the borderers take the faint est interest in the regaining of the Tren tino and Tricst. The Italian system of political compartments operated against it. The Venetian might hope for Triest, but the unlettered and peaceful Sicilian only wanted to be left alone. H e might have been educated into a realization that until the Trentino and Triest are secured for Italy her natural and proper expansion—and above all her military and industrial safety—cannot be se cured. No one bothered to tel) him. He was merely ordered to go out and tight. In time he rebelled. The magnificent feature of the situa tion is that after the debacle—after one army had been captured and another badly shattered and the entire line, thrown back in disorder-—that the truth penetrated to the dim minds of these tine men. Even today they have not seized the situation in its entirety. They only know that Italy has been invaded, and that the great Italy of the future, for which they have hoped, and in which they have believed with an almost relig ious fervor, has been endangered. They have rallied, not to the support of any politician’s dream of expansion, not to any merchant’s plan for profits, not to any militarist’s scheme of a line of forts on the Alpine summits, but to the de fense of their land When one knows the treatment to which ttfey have been personally sub jected one can only revere their self leas patrtottem and their herote courage. Sunday School Lesson FEB. 17, 1918 DR MARION McH. HULL. About the middle of Christ’s ministry His popularity had grown so great, as well as the opposition to Him. that He changed His form of teaching and began to teach in parables. Coming to the sea of Galilee the crowds were so groat that He got into a boat for a pulpit again and spoke to the people. It is possible that He may have seen a farmer sow seed on the hillsides behind the town, but if not. it was a very common sight and one with which all His hearers were familiar. The Purpose of the Parable After He had spoken the parable. His disciples asked Him to explain to them, why He did so. His answer is one of the most difficult things in the Bible to explain. Quoting from Isaiah <0 Chap.) He tells them He does it to keep others from seeing it unless they really want to. God’s primary purpose was not to keep them from being converted by not understanding the parable, but to give it only to those who were in earnest enough to want it If God gives a little light and one will not receive it, the stronger light will only blind instead of illuminating. Old Matthew Henry probably expresses the purpose of the parables better than any one else when he said that a parable is a shell to keep the truth for the believer and from the scoffer. Jesus said also that the mystery of the kingdom was to be revealed to them. A mystery in the scripture is something which is hid and to be revealed; not something mysterious and wonderful in that sense. The mystery of the kingdom was revealed in the parables and the mystery of the church was revealed in the epistles. Don’t make the mistake of confounding the church and the king dom. The kingdom is the reign of God and the church is only a group of called* out ones whom God is preparing and using to bring about the time when He shall reign. The church is not the king dom, but only a phase of it, preparatory to it. The Sower, the Seed and the Soil The parable which He gave first is ordina rilv known as the parable of the sower. It would probably better be known as the parable of the soils. He spoke of a sower going out to sow and some of the seed fell by the wayside, some fell on stony ground, some fell among thorns, and some fell into good ground. Notice the propositions which Jesus uses there. that which fell by the wayside on the hard ground was snatched away by the birds of the air inv mediately and brought no fruit. That which fell on stony ground took root quickly, but withered just as quickly, because it had no depth of earth. That which fell among thorns was choked by the rank growth of weeds, which were more vigorous. That which fell into good ground took root, had depth, and yielded fruit some thirty fold, some sixty fold and 100 fold. Jesus gave the explanation of this parable to His disciples so that we have no doubt as to what its meaning was. The seed was the Word of God; and a very apt analogy It was, for seed gives life and nourishment. It is always good. There was just as much possibility In the seed that fell by the wayside as that which fell in the good ground. The difference in re sults was a question of soil. The wayside hear er was the indifferent man or woman; his mind has been hardened by the constant impres sions like tIA ground that has been hardened bv frequent footsteps. The mere repetition of the Truth, hearing it from childhood has even made one utterly indifferent to it when a great truth is presented. John 3:16 does not make the Impression on you that it would If you had never heard it before. Re careful that vour rtind is not so hardened by the constant repetition of the truth that the word of God will be snaehed away by the Devil before it can gain entrance. Some seed fell on stony ground. It acquired its growth rapidly but withered rapidly. There are Impulsive people with emotional natures that receive the Truth with great joy, but quit easily when they are put to the test because there has been no depth in their lives. They have never seriously considered the step they have taken, they have never had a sense of sin or conviction to their duty; they have never real ized their need for or the blessing of the atone ment; consequently, the truth is easily crushed out of their lives whenever any test comes. It is splendid soil, usually, where weeds grow, particularly if the growth is rank. That soil might have been used to produce grain or herbs and to have brought joy to the owners. Such hearers have received the Word of Gotl with mixed motives. They have been concerned about their soul’s salvation, but they have been equally concerned about, worldly pleasures or business. No man can grow good seed and weeds on the same soil; no man can serve two masters. To be a friend of the world is en mity against God. Some seed fell into good ground, and Jesus said those were such as accepted the Word of God, obeyed it and followed It. These brought forth according to their several capacities, some thirty, some sixty and some 100 fold. What was the difference between the results of this seed sowing? The last one accepted the Word of ilod, took it into its bosom and made it a part of itself. That Is all it had to do. God made the seed germinate, God made it to come to fruition, God brought about the blessed results because these people gave Him tne chance. The others differed only in degree. Some form of worldiness was the essence of it all: the indifferent or wayside hearer, the im pulsive or stony ground hearer, the impure or mixed motive hearer. One accepted it and got results, one rejected it and no impression was made, one gave It superficial welcome, and one a divided welcome. Take heed how ye hear. Three Civilians Killed In Air Raid on Nancy PARTS, Feb. 13. —Three civilians were killed and five wounded when two Ger man airplanes dropped several bombs on Nancy last night, the war office re ported today. There was mutual artillerying north west of Rheinas. The French took prisoners in raids east of Auburive in the Vosges region. An attempted German raid east of Em- Nervous Mothers I Should Profit by the Experience fe rdlSßf of These Two Women . g E2 fflo » jf Buffalo, N. Y. —“I am the mother of four children, aud for 3 nearly three years I suffered from a female troubl? with pains R \ i ll m y b a( an d s^e » an( i a S eneral weakness. I had pro- 10 fessional attendance most of that time but did not seem to g 8 AJyV/ get well. As a last resort I decided to try Lydia E. B 1 t . Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound which I had seen m ■ I -i-W q ■V\ 1 \ advertised in the newspapers, and in two weeks noticed S»V AFr \Vm UVWr mar ked improvement. I continued its use and am ■ V \ now f ree from pain and able to do all my house- rilV'lA^Uv^’l work.”—Mrs. B. 3- Zlelinska, 202 Weiss Street, 11 Buffai °’ n - y - 5 'I Portland, Ind.—“l had a displacement and suffered .Jj I 8° badly from it at times I could not be on my feet K | - Z at all. I .was all run down and so weak I could not d° my housework, was nervous and could npt lie f down at night. I took treatments from a physician but they did not help me. My Aunt recommended ■ ' Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. I tried /■>, j it and now I am strong and well again and do A- |r— H I my own work and I give Lydia E. Pinkham’s / B fegv | Compound the credit.” —Mrs. Josephinb M t a *** Kimble, 935 West Race Street, Portland, Ind. Every Sick Woman Should Try r x LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S I I VEGETABLE COMPOUND I LYDIA E.RNKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYNN.MASS, M OlilVg HpME foTiCuttea 8u WHAT THEY SAY IN STATES WHERE WOMEN VOTE r There are twenty million of women of i voting age in the United States. Govern !or Lister, of the state of Washington, Isays: “The state of Washington is now ready to ratify the suffrage amend ment.” Governor Stewart, of Montana, says: "Montana is ready to ratify it.” | Governor of Wyoming says: “After i forty years of experience, Wyoming en thusiastically recommends the adoption of federal amendment." Gocernor Gun ter, of Colorado, says: "We are in favor :—find woman suffrage beneficial in this' state. I commend the extension to all 1 the women'of the nation.” Governor Capper, of Kansas, says: j “Woman suffrage an unqualified sucess :in Kansas. It never should have been | denied the women of the nation.” Gov ernor Boyle, of Nevada, says: “Nevada’s people want to see suffrage established nation wide, as part of the federal con sitution.” Governor Alexander, of Idaho, says: “Idaho is in favor of na tionwide enfranchisement of American women.” Oregon’s Governor Withycombe says: "I am strong advocate of suffrage amendment.” Governer Simon Bamberg er, of Utah, says: "Utah legislature by unanimous vote in favor of federal amendment.” Governor Hunt, of Ari zona, says: “Arizona has already rati fied state amendment to constitution— favor federal amendment for universal suffrage.” Governor Whitman, of ' York, says: “The state of New York, by an overwhelming majority, has given | the vote to its women. I think it is the i wish of our people that our representa ' tives in congress shall support the ' measure.” The legislature of California unani mously passed a resolution in 1917, both houses concurring: “The denial of the right of women to vote on equal terms with men is an injustice, therefore we urge upon congress the submission of the federal amendment to all the states In the union.” President Wilson advised the Demo crats in congress to give suffrage to women, because it would be an act of right and justice to the women of the country and the world.” THE WHIBMGIGS OF TIME In the year 1870 and thereabouts, Prus sia, under the guidance of Prince Bis marck, came down on France “like a wolf on the fold.” France was “bled white.” The second Napoleon was con tinually defeated—morning, noon and night. His government shut up shop— the empress escaped to England with the child, Y oun & Louis Napoleon. Alsace and Lorraine were taken over by Ger many, an enormous indemnity was ex acted from the famine-stricken French men. Paris was occupied, and France was forced to accept any humiliation i that Bismarck might put upon her. No body went to her relief. There was no I sympathy and but few tears. Great Britain made no sign of brotherly kind i ness. Neither did Russia. Except with I the Irish Guards, there was no sign of friendly action from any nation in Eu rope. France had to weather the storm , alone. England never moved a finger or i batted an eyelash until ifc leaked out I that Prussia had some talk with poor old France in which it was said thaf under certain conditions Prussia would be willing for France to annex Belgium as some recompense for her calamitous situation. Then Great Britain woke up with a start. The next thing was an international agreement "to maintain the independence of Belgium and to take up arms against any nation invading it.” There's the crux of it. When you read about the indignation of Englalnd over the invasion of Belgium, you can here get a sidelight on the situation. Rus sia went to war with Turkey (In the Crimean war) in the ’so’s. As soon as Russia did, so. France and Englalnd joined hands with Turkey to overthrow Russia—because Turkey, like Belgium, is the pawn of several European mon archies. France has had several revolu tions. Russia is undergoing one right now. But these whirligigs of time do make strange bedfellows in this good year 1918. Woman Jumps Into Well Where Husband Finds Body; 11l Health Blamed LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Feb. 12. Mrs. J. E. Anderson, of Carl, a small town ten mifcs east of Lawrenceville, took her own life Sunday morning at 2 o’clock, it is said, by jumping head fore most in a well at a g-inhouse in the rear of their home. This was her second at tempt. She was missed by her husband and a search quickly revealed her body in the well. She leaves a husband, three daughters and one son. 11l health is sup posed to be tihe cause of her act. Roosevelt Much Better NEW YORK, Feb. 13z—A marked im provement in the condition of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was announced at Roosevelt hospital this morning. i You May Find It In Stocking: : • v J ; Cincinnati authority says your “ | troublesome xorns just I loosen and fall off > Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or corn between the toes just loosen in >their sockets and fall off the next if you will apply directly upon the corn a few drops of a drug called freezone. says a Cincinnati authority. You merely put a drop or two of this freezone on the tender, touchy corn to day and instantly the corn stops hurt ing. then tomorrow sometime you may find the old torturous pest somewhere in your stocking, having fallen off entire ly without a particle of soreness, pain or irritation. The skin surrounding and beneath the former corn will be as healthy, pink and smooth as the palm of your hand. A quarter ounce of freezone is suffi cient to rid one’s feet of every corn and callus, and any druggist will charge but a few cents for it. It is a com pound made from ether. —(AdvL) " ■ liiilil . f Information How W omen C May Give Birth to Happy, Healthy Children With out Unnecessary Pain. Dr. J. H. Dye, life-long obstetric specialist, discovered a means of shortening hoursof labor and without unnecessary pain. Used M during pregnancy is of wonderful benefit XI to mother and child. I \ VVO&IM Illustrated booklet fully de. 1 \ V -• scribing remarkable results \ accomplished sent FREE in plain wrapper. Write for it now. Dr. I. H. Dye Medical i Institute, 64 Lincoln Bldg., '-L VM Buffalo, N. Y. ;! Try Making Your Own I; Cough Remedy II You can save about $2, and have 11 a better remedy than the > ready-made kind. Easily done. • J [ If you combined the curative proper ties of every known “ready-made” cough remedy, you would hardly have in them all the curative power that lies in this simple "home-made” cough syrup which takes only a few minutes to pre | pare. Get from any druggist 2 1-2 ounces of Pinex <6O cents worth), pour it into a pint botle and fill the bottlq with plain granulated sugar syrup. The total cost is about 65 cents and gives you a full pint of really better cough syrup than you could buy ready-made for $2.50. Tastes pleasant and never spoils. This Pinex and sugar syrup prepara tion gets right at the cause of a cough and gfves almost immediate relief. It loosens the phlegm, stops the hasty throat tickle and heals the sore, irri tated- membranes that line the throat, chest and bronchial tubes, so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. 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