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THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
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CIRCULATION IVR JUNE !•!«.
The total dally average circulation of the daily edi-
tion of The San Antonio light during th* month c f
June. 1»1«. 21.077 copies and of the Funday edi-
«as 26376. Omitting all spoiled left over. ur.soA
* turned filed samples advertisers and exchanges t. .e
total ret paid ax-erage of the daily edition * 20050
copies and of th* Bunday edition 24663 copies
The circulation of The Fan Antonio IJgbt has be*n
oertkfled to by ths Audit Bureau ©f Circulation. The
audit cf thio bureau which embraces in its m«mbsrsh;p
every leading newspaper magaxine and advertiser in
tbs UnMed States and Canada is regarded as authorita-
tivs and final by the advancers of America an 1 Europe.
The San Antony l ight as a result of the above audit
san guarantee Its advertisers 56 per cent more paid
gtrpn l -- ~~ oireM to the home in San Antoxx-o than any
other newspaper.
CULBERSON FOR SENATOR.
Despite the fact that ex-Governor Col-
quitt received more votes in the primary
for United States senator than were g-'J”*'
to Senator Culberson there > no. doubt
that the senator is L-n a’.l accounts the bet-
ter man for the position. It is doubtful if
Governor Colquitt would ever have re-
ceived a majority over Lu. person in t ie
primary had it not been for tr.e reser.tmcr.t
felt by many people of Fexas toward
Wilson administration because ot its Mexi-
can policy. They believed that a vote
against Culberson was a rebuke to \\ •..-on
and acted accordingly.
It is unfortunate that this feeling against
the Wilson policy in relation to Mexi a
| should have affected the candidacy <■:
Senator Culberson except in so far as he
has made himself a part of it. lie has - t
‘ unreservedly endorsed the actions of the
l administration in relation to Mexico al-
though he has. in genera! upheld the ad-
I ministration as it was the duty of a repre-1
’ sentative of an overwhelmingly Democratic
1 constituency to do.
Senator Culberson has represented th’
[ state of Texas in the United States for
: many years. He has fulfilled this duty with
1 great credit to himself and to the state. As
between him and Governor Colquitt he is
far better qualified to give in the future
the service which the -tate has been ac-
customed. He -It oiM by all means be re-
turned to his position.
———
DEPENDING ON THE -BREAKS.”
A dispatch from Washington says that
the Democratic executive committee an- 1
)icipates that the November election will
be a landslide for President Wilson if the
administration “gets anything .ike an eqtrd
share of the ‘breaks.’ " Well may both
parties attach great importance to the 1
“breaks.” There are so many states in the
doubtful column that political prophesying
has become most uncertain. The outcome
of national elections can never be fore-
told with the assurance of knowledge but
the forthcom-ng election will undoubtedly
offer an exceptionally large number of dif-
ficulties for the pr"i uo'-ticator.
Many conitdica'T.o factors have been
introduced. In 1912. when the Republican
party was split twain by Roo-eve’-A
defection an: the M: nation <.f the Pro-
gressive party was comparatively easy
to foresee 'ho ] )( . would eb-ct
a minority pre- lent. Attempts to heal the
breach are n t t e ting with notable suc-
cess. The I’rogres.ive party : ’-1t lias been
Split and Dem< rats arc prcdi.-ing wit .
confidence that they will get a larger nun -
ber of Progressive votes than will go to
ihe Republicans.
Another important factor second only
to the spht-up in the ranks of the Progres-
sives will be the activity of the suf-
fragettes. Since they have announced their
intention to practice shoulder-patting tac-
tics it is reasonable to anticipate that thee
will generally support the Republn ai
ticket in return for Mr. Hughes' promi«<
to support the Susan B. Anthony measure
which proposes to change the federal con
stitution so as to extend the hallo* to al
the women of the United States at >w<
time. Whether the vote of the women ii
the equal suffrage states may give M*
Hughes an advantage large enough to off
set the Progressive vote for President Wil
son is one of the interesting question
which only the election itself can answer
The Republicans must necessarily b
more dependent upon the "breaks" that
must the Democrats. The Republicans be
ing the complainants so to speak mils
bear the burden of proof. So far thev hav
not borne up well under the burden. Mt
Hughes' acceptance speech it appear-. w
rather disappointing to the poll- . .!
ers of his party and more especiall v to t'
rank and file of the Republican part*
Whatever favorable impression Mk sneeci
TUESDAY
max have made was due primarily to the Ich
caliber of the man and not to what he said • at
Mr. Hughes handled the situation as ably j S<
' perhaps as anj other Republican could th
। have done and much more ably than xx
| the most of them. ; s t'
I Rut while Mr. Hughes did exceptionally in
I well the fact that a man of his caliber be
’ couki not offer a clinching argument for pc
! the overthrow of the Democratic adminis-
• tration is strong evidence of the weakness ith
I of the Republicans’ case. When a man of ni
''Mr. Hughes’ mental capacity resorts to op
y such petty details as abound in the former II
justice's speech of acceptance and incur-
' porates those details in his major charge ot
' against his political rival he invites the I
conclusion that he has merely an excuse. |U<
and not a tenable reason for seeking the | to
। office whose incumbent he assails. Mr. tn
| Hughes prepared the way for a heavy dis- de
counting of the Republicans' complaint \is
when he dealt so extensively with the mis- m
takes of President Wilson in the matter of | wl
diplomatic appointments. | lai
The old self-assurance of the Republi-; to
; cans will handicap them in the campaign th
When thex were voted out of office four jmi
years ago they charged their defeat solely ;
to political circumstances and were con- t ;r
fident that at the next election they would
have only to announce themselves in order
to gain a ready xx-elcome from the people. tal
xx hem thex pictured as “good and tired P r
lof Democratic control. The Republican- °P
'were confident that the Democrats would by
.make some "big bust” which xvould spell h- !1
' their ruin. The signs of calamity were sure
to appear just in time to serve as an object ; P r '
les-on to those who had voted against the ca
. G. O. P. The Republicans laid all their
plans on this hypothesis. But no calamity eu
i befell the nation nor did any signs of he
calamity appear. It wasn't according to ' cc
the Republican book. Thus the Republi- lto
cans now find themselves in the position of rcl
a pessimist who predicts disa-ter and then. ' et
when disaster doesn't befall contends that crl
it “ought to have anyway.” (
oo an
THEIR BEST CAMP.
tal
Most people are sufficiently supplied ‘j'
with common sense to discount the tales''
t 'l^-ati.-fied militiamen and to see in the 1 111
complaints of those who viewed duty on ’ .
the border as a picnic merely the expres- ‘
.-ion of disappointment that the picnic did
not develop. The public generally will re-
1 * 11
to taxe senousiy complaints in a few .
isolated ca*es as tvpica! of the mobiliza-
tion. It is gratitMnc:. however to know
tnat ■ state troop- as a whole have no
-vmpa'W with those who magnifx - slight
grievance' and -eek to have their triends '.
and reW:\ es back home believe thev are
’ ku
“ e . .. sh<
An instance of this effort of the guards-
men themselves to deny promptly the stor-L® 1
’ n - that have be n sent home from time to
time :- the imestigation recently made by 'J
the veteran corps of the Seventh Illinois."”
Infantry. This corps as it- name implies.'
is composed of former members of the
regiment. They have probed the complaints
and their decision is told in a letter by
< aptain Edward H. White commander of
the corps which said in part:
‘T-r—'.t Tn ay from Inf-crv 'n at ’ll:
hand ♦hat the fnldlers of HT.:.ojj have n*v*r been | ‘
1 better e;iiirred they never have had a b<tt*r *n- i
' lio
ramprrent. and their food in much l.e’ter in quality. i
quai.t-.?”. •. w «ty e.nd other.'lee than th*y have
| ev»r had before. •
I "Tf.e J . . • rs are furnished and equipped with p.ll
n < -x arm? apparel by the government ’ Jja
I eubf n-wi qua ty. suited to the conditions rd-
m«t and otherwise and this wearing a.ppar**l in-
r.uc.nc f underwear et Is fun.-sh-d to ’he ’
rr-n «p r n the! regular clothing a'ci unt Fcp^rate ' sai
an! apart from th^ir pay and at pri'n.u^h lesa i thf
than upon the open market at Chicago today.’* Irai
to
It is pleasing to San Antonians to be told thi
• that the Illinois troops "never have had a
.better encampment" than they now have be'
Im the outskirts of this city. (. oniing from Kti
such authority as veterans of one of the
: regiments concerned the statement is a
complete demal of the misrepresentations C a
—fortunately very few- -that have been ';<■
made. W hat i true of the concentration
camp here i- true of the other camps on !•■
the border judging by the report of Gen-
eral Bliss. Complaints there will probably sp
'be to the eud of the time the state troops
remain on the border but in view of the
statements of those who have investigated t<
the militiamen are living under conditions ?' r
far from bad and they xvill return to their pa
1 homes better for the experiences they have
gone through. I
— — oo be
> MASTER SHALLOWINTHESENATE 's
cl
• i United States Senator James Hamilton u
- Lewis oi Illinois stood in the Senate last Ul
- Saturday and spoke of the fifty thousand
r or more Americans who have been driven
- from Mexico as "mining buccaneers of t
y We mountains land pirates of the plains w
•i pillagers of peons oppressors of liberty
.• 'j -poilers of homes and murderers of jus- in
"ce. I hese are not pretty epithets and 11
i- they may come back to fret their author "i
II even though he is the shallowest man in r'
e the United States Senate if not the shal-
n lowest who ever entered either branch of oi
Congress.
Mr. Lewis once appeared before the
L nited States Supreme ( ourt to make an
is argument. He had projected himself into a el
r. hearing upon the theorx- that the case at A
>e issue involved some property rights affect-
n ing the state of Illinois and that he. as a ai
\olunteer and auxiliary counsel for the ci
st -tate should argue the case. The real pur-
pose was that Mr. Lewi- should appear be- B<
- fore the august court and have that fact
heralded to the wurbl. lie began a de- <>:
claniation ot counties- wnrds. until Chief v '
■ Justice Fuller leaned oxer and interrupted a
•. him. xvith this remark: "I cannot under- "
hl stand what you arc talking about.” Thatjn
Tin: SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
>sed the argument of Mr. Lewis. It was
that juncture he stopped talking. In the
nate Mr. Lewis can go on talking to
end of the chapter. It might have been
se if some one with authority could have
ipped him before he had applied all these
wendoes and epithets to a respectable
dy of American citizens but no one had
wer to do it. and the record stands.
I he Americans who have been investing
.■ir monev and working in Mexico are
t pirates or buccaneers or pillagers or
pressers or despoilers or murderers
icy are just ordinary Americans who
•re working for a living and who had
eved all the laws of Mexico and the
lited States. In a large sense they are
t unlike Daniel Boone and Sam Hous-
i. and Davy Crockett or the long line of
mtiersmen who crossed the plains and
veloped forty states of the union. This
entirely apart from the very large money
estments made by American capitalists
io set up smelters opened mines and
tories built railroads and erected dams
develop electrical power. The wages of
* peon- were steadily increased and the
mey poured into Mexico by the United
ites and Europe gave that country its
t impulse toward modern progress and
alth. Ihe American farmer in Mexico
no more a thief and oppressor than the
mer in Illinois or Kansas. He can
■sent evidence that he has latterly been
pressed and robbed and mainly because
oxvn government has refused to give
u protection.
I'o attempt to place the blame of the
•sent plight of Mexico upon the Ameri-
i who invested his money in Mexico
1 not prove a winning issue in the pres-
. political campaign. No such claim has
■n made by any one in authority in Mex-!
. It rests xvith one United States senator
make such a claim and in doing so he
utes the words President Wilson in his
:er of June 20th. to the de facto gov-
iment of Mexico in which he said: “For'
ee years * * * the lives of Americans
1 other aliens have been sacrificed vast
iperties developed by American capi-
and enterprise have been destroyed;
is of citizens of the United States who
itured to remain in Mexico or to re- !
n there to protect their interests have
n taken in some cases barbarously
en and the murderers have neither been
irehended nor brought to justice.”
ither the presidertt nor any official in
xico has at any time intimated that
lericans were not in Mexico by right or
t they ever despoiled or murdered any
• or that they were pirates and pillagers
'he difficulties xvhich have beset the
ninistration as to Mexico are not to be
।ed by attempting to shift Tampico
sihuirachic or Carrizal over to the
iulders of Americans in Mexico. Sena- 1
Lewis claimed to speak for the admin-;
ation when he made the assault upon
driven herd of Americans who came ।
of Mexico. The Rurchard letter is not
narker to what will happen unless the
erances of the Master Shallow of the
ited States Senate are not disavoxved.
I
oo —
Colquitt Mean* a Split.
hat ^Tr. Co’qultt should bo the hijrh man ■
Lho senatorial election must have surprised
=t people. Undoubtedly a large majority of
people of Texas are earnest supporters of the
son .administration; nevertheless the man
• has declared the Wilson administration to '
"the eroatest failure in the history of the .
'•idenej.*' and who has predicted that "the
irnal election of 1916 will end the Demo-
tic repine" leads five other candidates for l
Senate by a verj’ substantial plurality.— i
las News.
no
Soldiers to Kat Texas Kier.
'he rice interests of Texas have had an omis-
v in the camp of Uncle Sani's soldiers on
border charged with the mission of ar-
ging f^r introducing those same soldiers
the delights of rice as a food. It is likely
t chefs who know how to cook this south-
cereal will be sent tn show the soldier
ks how to prepare it. and in time rice will
ome one of the staple articles of United
tes army food.- Houston Post.
on
An* Very Hard to Suit.
f the Insistent questioning of the president
to why he ordered the n.ilitia to the Mexi-
i border gets annoying h<* may publish
teral Funston's telegrams to the War De-
•tment. Fighting General Funston was liter-
hollering for more troops all the spring.
-haps Mr. Wilson's hazers now think that
general in command on the border should
re been ignored. They are hard to suit. —-
-ingfield Republican.
Ki(N* Now Standard Ration.
’apers in the rice belt of Louisiana and
mds have suggested that good can be done
the way of introducing rice into new sec-
ns by showing the soldiers going from all
rts of the country to the Mexican border
ut can be done with rice; and this idea has
■n generally adopted at Houston and other
ints in the district through which large num-
-s of the soldiers have passed on their way
the Rio Gran*le. Rice as a matter of fact
a standard ration for nearly all armies in-
iding our own. Now. then is the time to
>w how it should be cook«d for one that is
ight rice becomes a Qivorito dish on every
>le. New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Texas Fnjoys a Blessing.
The Texas elections were productive of an-
tor result for which the entire nation should
use and indulge in silent prayers of thanks
a heneficient Providence. The Hon. Cyclone
ivis was defeated. Cyclone it will be re-
lied. is the T* xas corgres^irpn who succeeded
making more of a general and detailed ass
himself in the haHs of Congress than is
ually permitted to any mere human. Amid
< T.iany troubles of the world and the woes
ivate and public of a great nation it is fit-
ig that such a blessing as the elimination <*f
e Hon. "f'yclone" be not passed over w'.th-
t grateful acknowledgment to his constitu-
ts and to an all-wise Providence. —Stanton
'a.) News.
-o o-
British Pass 1500 Igiws.
In the last ten years the British parliament
acted 1500 laws In the last five years
nerican national and state lawmaking bodies
acted 62.550 laws. It has been the custom
America to elect lawyers to the legislatures
id to Congress. The ordinary every day
tizen is not supposed to have the mental
uipment to comj rehend fully the intricacies
lawmaking. He has nothing but common
nse. Office holding is looked upon by lax* -
rs. and particularly young lawyers as an ad-
Irable vehicle for advertising at the exj ensr
the public. There is nothing in America
at needs reforming so much as the law. It
i»uld be a herculean job to get order system
id sense nut of the conglomerate mass of law?
ith which we are afflicted. There is so much
w that justice is almost submerged.—Beau
ont Enterprise.
The Light's Daily Story
ON Fl ILLOUGH.
(By Leo Largnicr.)
On the second of August Noel Ra-
dean had left his home to go to the
front us second lieutenant and now
only thirty years of age. he had
। been made a major and had received
the cross of the legion of honor for
valor on the battlefield. For a
whole year he had never left his
battery and and more than once ho
had been in the very thickest of the
fighting. Now he had been given
six days’ furlough and was on his
way to the little provincial town
feeling happier than he had ever
felt before.
Naturally the young major who
had been so dangerously wounded
on the Marne that his life had been
despaired of was looked upon as a
wonder and became the lion of the
town until he was absolutely ex-
hausted with all the homage he re-
ceived.
On the fifth day of his furlough
he said to his young wife:
"Juliette for the first time since
' the war began I feel played out. I
j simply cannot stand it any longer
but what am I to do? I was in need
• nf a little rest and recreation hut
' it is hopeless to try to get it here. I
am going to bed now and you will
have tn tell people that I am not
feeling very well."
"That won't do a bit of good.”
Juliette replied. "You would simply
have your bedside crowded with
young ladies dying tn nurse you. The
nnlv thing we can do Is to take the
train for Paris. Then we can spend
the last day of your furlough in
peace. The only thing we must do
there Is call on Aunt Alphonse but
that will take but a few minutes."
That night Noel Radean and his
wife secretlv left for Paris where
they arrived at midnight and after
taking rnnms nt one of the best ho-
tels they stayed there until the next
afternoon at 5. that Noel might get
a gond rest.
Juliette had sent a wire tn Aunt
Alphone that she and her famous
husband would fake dinner with her
on the express condition that nobodv
else wa.a invited and Aunt Alphonse
had replied that she would be de-
lighted to see them and understood
perfc ?tly w< 11 that her n* phew want-
ed tn snend the las! evening of his
furlough in the bosom of his family
without being bothered by guests.
She was quite alone when
young people arrived.
"You are a little late.” she paid
ns she clasped her nephew to her
hr’rr. "I nni ;ifr.»!d vou will find the
roast n little dtv and—”
"That dnes n<»t matter at all. aun-
tie dear. The main thing Is that we
shall not be disturbed by curious
visitors.” |
Naturally the war was the chief!
object of the conversation hut I
though Aunt Alnhonse was very'
proud of her nephew. P was mostly
her personal views of the events of
the last year that were discussed.
At the dessert the parlor maid en-'
fered and whispered something into
the pir of the hostess whn answered ;
sottn \*nce:
"Just show t’-eni Intn the little
salon pnd ask them tn wait a few .
minutes.”
The voung officer frowned but
his aunt as«nrc ( ] that there was nn '
reason to worry.
"It is nnlv the Tnhnets." she
"The'" often dr*.p in tn sn n me They
are ihe most tc.-uful pnnpln in the'
world and I am sur< fl n* will leave
ag^fn in a feu- minutes.”
Before they had finished the front
door hell had rung three times in
succession and Aunt Alnhnn.se and
the maid had ryrhanced significant
glances while Nnol paD with annny-
anee. exclaimed:
”T am very snrry. auntie hut T
am not feeling very well. The war
Is rather strenuous nnrk tn those
who take part in It. T have to leave ;
Paris vn-v early in the morning and ;
T rnust frx- to get a good sleep }.c-
fore then.”
"Dh. Noel vou do not mean to say |
that yo’i are going to knv* mo in the ।
lurch like this. You knoxx- that m\’
house Is never overrun wbh bores
and the people xvhn h^' n dropped in :
here now am lust three or four
friends tn xvhom T h mor-nr] tn men-
tion on the phono quite ineidontallv
of course that T was so proud of
hnxdng you as mv gn*s f tonight.
They would imagine we had quar-
reled if thex- did not find vou horn."
With a sigh of resignation Nnol
consented tn remain but when ho
entered the salnn f>-e thren nr four
friends had heonmo ° full dozen and
twice »is nnny nrrixod during the
fnllnwing fifteen minutes. The major
was surrnunded Lx- thn enemy end
had tn defend himself as ho«t ho
could against exaggerated compli-
ments and slllv onestions. H* did this
in his usual mod<«t wav. The result
was. as ho noticed with an Inward
smile that a good mnnx- people be-
came convinced that after all ho had
accomplished nothing remarkable at
all.
An old gentleman entertained h’m
for nearly half an hour with his
! rnminlsconcos of the battle* of Afa-
genta and Solferino. Throe voung 1a-
! sch nsr to his arms nnd Implored
him to give then’ his personal opin-
ion of General Jof f re and the gon-
( oral staff A nalo young man nar-
row of «hnnldors and hollow c*
'host asked him what v»e must do
In order tn got Into the nvlaf’on
orn^. while .another x-eung man fried
tn make h’m express bl« nnnroxal nf
: oic<r*m( n‘s ns usual behind thn
fmnt.
A nur^e. amateur course nn*-.
♦ : nod him on the best nax- of bnnA-
■”!ng and an old Hv Indx' w’”'
d'Gng tn b o.a r wh * ♦ bn
; man’a and ’b^ T’^’f^d ^fnfow. Uno-
v^rx- young ’ <n find out
b’s opinion nf c-h '-t ek’rfs and two
ejhrr'i when he thought the w.nr
•’■O'lid t ' er
\t ♦” ^ In owning tb’n'*^
»i' -nbnd a et’^’ax’ n *-d N’n^l WAS
»o dron ” : th oYhnu c *lnn when
e. nt'o ->d bi axvnx- IT'' phnotr
'-ard Q x* Ith hG o-mt nnd th*’rV«l
'•nr f.” tb o delightful ex-e^’nr wh’oh
x- n nold never forgot Tbo guests
-owd^d around him tn t-hqVe his
ibnrd nd SOX'ornl exclnlnxnru
"’low st^an^n it must ho tn hnv”
•hH nonon'al for th* hards^’v"’
and mnnntanv nf th* tronebnw Du*.
f enur^e xnu bo’’e somebody to talk
‘n n”f fh»ern ♦no.'’
”•’e^tainlx- 1 hnv*" Noel renMed.
"T^ern are always th* guns. whlcN
b n »*fltbnr Innunclous nnd loud
’■o’ ^d nf tfmes hut. on the other
hand ‘hH’ An not moVo you listen
• e r many .• umd fonllsh remarks.
Gcndn’ght ladies."
’fnre* of ft** ^lr’t Vatlon*!
nf laf llncr. V T . h nuz-
zAr* o' *r a ♦'• banknote : mu*d e’ '^ars
to- the MTchants' flank of Max’s
Tn»/Kr. xx-l h be r*refx <1 fmm R L
1 'tr'. -h of L«>rrajn*. Vn . who ran across
t In wttUnq up an oM e«’at*. A* th*
r to purports tn be ’ w*ur*d by pledx*
••f public securities In the stat* treasury."
Vr. Dittrich will bo advised to se* k pay-
J ment there.
Daily Fashion Hint
HOOP FROCKS STILL EVIDENT.
The honp skirt has had a fa
longer life than many people plan
ned for. There is but one thim
that has n< t been in its favor air
that is the fact it is not becoming
to the average woman who is no
xoung and slender. The <listende<
hip is excepiioraily charming on ;
youthful figure. Fabrics such a
georgette an<i voile lend fhemselve
admirably t<» this type of garment
and when arranged over a hoo’
that is not too extreme are irresis
tible.
one particularly attractive gow:
Sleepy-Time Tales
’.r- r .a
For the Little Folk
AMTX AND Till: ULF.
Once upon a tlm-* the twins.
Thurston and Anita went out into
the garden to see the roses that their
grandfather had told them were in
bloom.
As thex- stood and looked at them
they thought they hoard some one
call "zYnita Anita" Anita stonpec
down and looked into the heart of
the rc<l rose and there was the tiniest
litth* person Wie had ever seen all
dressed in green.
"P ♦ iso help mo out" the little
voice sold "I am stuck fast in som •
honey the. hoes left here." "I’ll help
jou. you dear little thing" sain
Anita. “I will put my finger down
and you take hold of it Just as tight
as you can and in that way I can
pull you out."
Soon the tiny little green eld was
out safe and sound on the ground
and bowing to Anita with his point-
ed green cap in his hand. "Thank
you ho much. I don’t know what I
should have done if you hadn't conic
along for the sides of the rose were
so smooth that 1 couldn't climb out."
he said. "I will ask the queen to
send you an invitation to the ball
we are going to have very soon if
I you would like to come for tne
“(06KEKT i? BKWT A KSSW’
HOME BAKED NUT BREAD.
(By Constance Clarke.)
Anvhodv who will observe cer- ' flour and one cup of white flou
. add a little salt and rnh in fov
tain rules for bread-making can tablespoonfuls of SU gar and a cu
make bread. Bread is as particular o f chopped English walnuts: the
as pastry about a light touch and no add one ounce of yeast which ha
(cold air' that is whv one should been mixed with a little tepid mil
warm the flour warm ths bowl use t about a cup full altogether) an
a wooden spoon for mixing < not a make into a stiff batter beat wel
■metal spoon) and warm the towel let rise and then put it into we
mi* over the bowl when the bread greased pans and let it rise agait
is s t to rise Bake for about forty minutes. Th
Mix together three cups of brown will make two small loaves.
1 Tomorrow —A New Summer Drink. ■
(Copyright 1916 by International News Service.)
r showing these tendencies is illus-
- trated. It was white gvorgeue
: crene and was attractivelv trimmed
1 with rose satin arranged in sus-
< pended effect. Odd braid buttons
t ; formed a row down the front stop-
-1 ' ping just above a deep tuck. The
i collar was a smart roll effect and
< the sleeves interesting affairs—snug
- at the top and flaring in bell shape
. towards the wrist. A lovely garden
) i hat with wreath nf field flowers
- • was worn becomingly and high kid
button boots afforded a finishing
i ; touch.
• queen will be very grateful to you
i f« r your help when I tell her about
; it.”
"< »h. I would like tn come so
; much. ’ said Anita "please tell her
I will for I love fairies and elves.”
That night after Anita had gone
to bed she saw a lovely little fairy
fly in the window and. in her hand
was a big white lily which she laid
on the bed Just beside Anita's hand.
"That is you invitation to the ball
; and you must bring it with you." said
the tairy fly. ”<’ome with me and
: I will show you the way."
[ When they reached the garden
there was the most beautiful flowers
Anita had ever seen. A tall white
; lib- was dancing xvith a hollyhoca
> and a pansy was dancing with a big
tiger lily while nil of the others
’ were finding partners. They didn’t
' pay any attention to Anita and the
! *airy led her at once to the queen of
the flowers who thanked her very
prettily for her help that morning.
i Anita sat and looked at the flow-
! ers as they danced and though she
. had never seen anything more beau-
I tiful. At last it was time to go and
i the fairy took her home and saw
; that sho was tucked up in her little
white bed before she flew away. In
' the morning Anita told her brother
I ail about her going to the flower ball
। but he laughed and said she was a
; big baby Just like baby Grace.
for Wnrrv Willis- Bum? her-
: rows trouble. Gillis What In his latest
I cause fnr wnrrxh g ’ Willis He wants to
' knnw. in case nobody should vrt flits
f ill xx lio would bo elected. New York
’ Times.
AUGUST 8 1916.
Of Little Promise
The reported recent successes ot
the Turks over the Italians focuses
the war news searchlight on Tripoli
of Barbary a section of northern
Africa which is described as "a land
of little promise" in a war geo-
graphy bulletin issued by the Na-
tional Geographic Society from
Washington.
"Tripolitania occupies the land
along the Mediterranean Sea from
the Tunisian frontier to the gulf of
Sidra. From the < nast southward
with an average width of 40 miles
runs a plain called Jefara. At its
southern border rises with a steep
ascent a chain of mountains com-
monly called Jebel of which ths
most famous part is Jebel Gharlan.
These mountains form a sort of
tableland which slopes slightly
southward till it reaches mamada*
< 1-momra a flat rocky plateau of
about 40.000 square miles covered
with little red stones absolutely dry
and arid. In the south of the Ham-
ada is the land of Fezzan a collec-
tion of oases in a country of dunes
and desert. Fezzan forms a wedge of
sparsely inhabited land into ths
great Sahara.
"The coast of Tripoli which ex-
tends over a length of. 1100 miles.
tural harbors. The har-
bor of Tripoli Itself is dangerous be-
< ause of the many rocks which lie
at the entrance. It Is only on the
eastern coast of Cyrenaica which is
sometimes called the Marmarica.
that we find two harbors of ths
very best quality; Bomba and To-
bruk; but as neither has a hinter-
land their value is more strategical
than commercial. Tobruk is less
than a hundred miles distant from
the Egyptian frontier.
"What is the population now in-
habiting Tripolitania that immense
area of 400000 square miles (more
than half the size of the republic of
Mexico!? No exact census exists
but all competent observers agree
that it hardly exceeds 800000. That
means about two inhabitants to the
square mile. The settled population
inhabits an area of 19.000 squafa
miles —about one-twenty-first part of
the whole land.
"In Tripoli every native calls him.
self with pride an Arab. As a mat-
ter of fac^ a certain number of Arabs
tame info the country with the Mo-
hammedan conquest of North Africa
m the sixth century A. D. But the
peninsula of Arabia was never so
densely populated that it could send
away many immigrants. The Arabs
conquered North Africa and con-
verted its population to their religion.
A few of the conquerors remained
in the country and these are still
fairly pure representatives of their
race; they live as nomads or Be-
douins in tents and move with the
season from one camping ground to
another. Their number is difficult
to estimate but it is about 50000.
The rest of the population the set-
{tled part are Berbers; their blood is
• mixed with that of Aral’s and also
lof negroes. The negro element
. which we find everywhere in Tripoli
has its origin in the slave traffic of
i former days which brought thou-
• sands of Sudanese to the coast of
the Mediterranean.
"Agriculture and cattle raising are
itho chief resources of Tripoli but
'they flourish onlx in small patches;
। fertile land we find on a narrow
strip along the coast in the region
of Jebel Gharian and in Cyrenaica.
• The product is barley which in the
’’last few years has superseded wheat.
I olives figs and vines. Barley is
• shipped mainly to England but the
crops are subject to great variations
. owing to the uncertainty of rainfall.
"Much has been said in the press
I by Italian political writers about the
I grandiose prospects of the country.
| These prospects are mainly based
; upon the supposition that Tripoli-
iania was und^r the Roman empire
.i produce of flourishing agriculture
and enormous wealth. There can be
no doubt that Tripoli once saw better
days although the accounts of some
of the ancient writers seem to be ex-
aggerated. The causes of the decline
are manifold and far from clear Th«
decline commenced when Rome's
power began to weaken. The wild
tribes of the desert which had been
kept down by force took advantage
of Rome’s weakness and attacked
the boundaries of the colony. The
' elaborate system of irrigation could
only work when there was absolute
security. When peace was no lon-
ger assured the agriculturist was
hingered in his work.
"A second cause of the decline of
I the country—which is however still
a point of controversy—ls a change
! in the climatic condition of the re*
' glon. There is probably some truth
•in this assertion. Every man who
i has seen in the midst of the desert
the ruins of Roman castles and xillas
cornea to the belief that some might.
! ter power is responsible for such a
change. A great tragedy ha» been
enacted here.
"A local tradition saxn that the
bad behavior of the women prevents
[the clouds from giving rain. Apart
' from the droughts which are some-
i times of five seven and even ten
years duration we find In the in-
vading sand dunes another great
enemy of agriculture. Quite near
to the palm gardens around the city
of Tripoli one can see sand dunes
rising to a height of about 70 feet.
"Some fifty years ago Tripoli de-
served. with a certain right the
grandiose names of the Key to Fen-
' tral Africa’ and the ‘Queen of the
Sahara.' Today these glories are of
the past. Once Tripoli was the great
emporium of the trans-Saharan
trade. Not far from Europe and
by its situation in the Syrt nearer
to the heart of Africa it was the
gateway of the trade with Central
Africa. Large caravans arrived laden
with the goods of the Sudan and the
Niger countries. These goods were
! ostrich feathers ivory skins min-
erals and alaves. The slave traffic
was the most remunerative article
of trade.
"The decline nf the trans-Saha*
ran trade began when the represen-
-1 tatives of the European powers pro-
tested against slave trade.
"But more Important than all
these causes Just mentioned xxas the
advent of European control of ^he
Niger and Binue and the communi-
cations with the west coast of Af-
rica were greatly Improved. The new
route by ship and rail is safer
cheaper quicker than that of near-
ly 2000 miles across the Sahara
where water is scarce and robbers
abundant."
He •» a* x ^ry young to be a teacher A t
a sclentlflt subject In an Indian sche®
not far from Muncie and he "as at
ege x»h*re social activities still are w
much importance One morning dull w
I eye and lagping of step he was discuss-
ing a lesson that had been given to M®
pupils and concluded with. "This Ulus-
' trates —this illustrates." Scratching his
head did no good whatever in calling to
mnid what the subject in hand did IHus-
। tratc. but he continued bravely: "Boyt
and girls this illustrates that nobody iaS
danc* nearly all night and expect tn d<
good v ork the next morning" — India*
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