Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 15, 1915, Page 2

Associated Press Correspondent Describes Seaport Town On (By Associated Press) Athens, May A correspond- ent with the British expeditionary force at the Dardanelles, although not allowed by the censor to give the name of the seaport where he is stationed, sends the following de- scription of the town and pictur- esque force gathering there: “We have been lying for four days in a hard-locked harbor, where the French and English troops are con- centrating for their campaign against the Tu The war has brought some of these sleepy Mediterranean towns, a transformation that will mean a permanent change to most of them. They will be modernized in many respects, and the road- building and dock-making and gen- eral house-cleaning which the sold- jers are doing will revolution in the towns and the in- habitants. “This place is most interesting just now, with its prosperous garri- son of French troops—chasseurs d’Afrique on their superb Arab horses, Senegale: nfantry as black as my hat, and Frenchmen in their blue tunics and red trousers. The Senegalese have odd little tents dot- ting a whole hillside, each eight feet long, four feet wide, and only two feet high, in the middle of which six men sleep. During the day they lift one side up and make a sort of awn- ing of it, under which they sit. The officers are all Frenchmen, of course, some dark-haired men from ! the south, some fair, not yet burned. * “Then there are ordinary French soldiers in their new khaki, and sun- a weird transformation to; | work almost a Australians, big men, loose-limbed, riding carelessly rough-coated horses, looking all the time as if they might easily fall off. Too nu- merous to describe there are British regulars, Territorials, Marines, Ar- tillery, Aviators, Sappers, Army Ser- vice Corps, Red Cross, Greek soldiers and sailors, and peasants. Among the latter there is a small proportion of women, all wearing the native yashamg, a kind of double veil. “Wooden shacks have sprung up in all directions, where loud voiced Greeks sell fruit, candies, postcards, sponges, tinned stuff of all sorts, whiskey, brandy, and beer at 65 cents a bottle. The shacks are about half the size of a small automobile garage, and invariably bear a sign Bill To Be Passed Which Removes Stigma of Insanity From Unbalanced Soldiers (By Associated Press) London, May 15—The text of the Cecil Hamsworth bill to remove the stigma of insanity from soldiers temporarily deranged as the result of nervous exhaustion has been made public. Under its provisions, a sold- jer or sailor whoes mind is un- balanced by wounds, shock or simi- lar couses, can be treated without being certified insane, provided the period does not exceed six months and the privilege is not abused. Its terms apply to all persons, but are designed especially to protect the men of the service. For many years English alienists have been trying to bring about a re- 3 Ty Eddie The Dardanelles ‘Bon Marche’ or else ‘Grill Room’ over the door, usually in chalk. “The streets are filled with mules staggering about under huge loads of fodder and supplies, amunition carts, Red Cross army automobiles, wagons, and small boys in hundreds crying ‘Penny, signor, penny.’ Out in the bay are battleships, cruisers, destroyers, transport supply ships, colliers, hospital ships, Greek trad- ing schooners, and huge flat barges by the score. Everywhere, like the small boys on shore, dash the little fussing, puffing French picket boats or the more dignified English launches. “On the right, the French are making a road and pier. A little nearer the town the Australiang have already completed a big wharf, and the rickety structure that has served for generations the needs of the slping villag is piled high with every concivable object from bhaskets of lemons to huge pieces of timber. It is crowded with natives and Greeks, and looks every second in danger ofolcalspe2felrTsnedtwlaaie danger of callapse. “Quietly stalking through all this flurry of war move the Greek piests, with their uncut hair twisted up like a woman's or pushed up under their hats, with a courteous salute to every one, black or white, officer or private, that looks their way. “Inland half a mile, war has van- ished e for the long regular lines of tents on the Hillsides and the oc- casional faint call of a bugle. There the farmer ploughs with his old-|yoy a copy of an extract from the per ton for planting purposes.” world wooden plough drawn Ly sleepy oxen which are stimulated in- to action at intervals by the prick of the goad. “By the side of the stieams, where poppies, lilacs, and ragged- robin are springing up as the same flowers are in many other quarters of the world, the women kneel beat- ing their washing on the stones, laughing and talking, and behind them from the well walks the fa- miliar Biblical figure of the woman and the pitcher. Turn toward the harbor and one has the antithesisy wild western hurry and confusion and efliciency there, here peace. The latest dadly explosive on one side, on the other the pitcher at the well. Yonder the big army automobile truck, here the wooden ox-drawn plough.” form in the treatment of theinsane through the early treatmnt of inci- pient and undeveloped disorder. Scotland has had a much more lib- eral law than England in this re- spect for the past half century. Commenting on the bill, which has been criticised as weakening public protection against the insane, the Lancet says: “The interest awakened thereby should do much to promote a more sympathetic attitude toward the general problem of the treatment of t insane, and should materially assist the efforts of those alienists physicians who are triving to break down the artificial and mischievous barriers which, in popular belief, and to a regrettable extent even in medical practice, separate insanity from other conditions of disease.” London, May 15—*“This is a war of tricks, machines, and devices,” writes an officer of the British Gen- eral Staff in a letter sent to his home for publication, “You would be surprised at the prehistoric appear- ance of some of the machines. We Collins Drinks —considers it the premier, all-’round wholesome thirst-quencher for athletes. This comes well from one of whom Comiskey said, after $50,000 for him—**] secured him for Sox paying the White fans because I believe he will prove that he is the greatest exponent of quick thinhinsn_r:ddnehtinienphyetin the game. Demand the genuine and avoid disappointment hy /////J//% ) THE CocA-CoLA Co. ATLANTA, GA. o eastern & o g ginner, whereupon U. S. Government Advises 'Against Spineless Cactus Luraville, April 10,.1915. Having seen a gilded advertise- ment purporting to relieve the farm- er and stock raiser of much of his arduous toils and fill his pockets with cold cash by the cultivation and use of pineless Cactus, I, like many other ease-loving human be- ings, wishing to take the clear cut, corresponded with the Washington Bureau of Plant Industry to assist me in procuring a few ‘slabs” to make a start. To my chagrin, they sent me a report adverse to my expectation. And, perhaps to prevent any other guileless. sucker from taking the bait, I inclose you the correspond- ence s0 that you may publish it, if you see fit to do so. Yours very truly, P. A, McINTOSH. The following is the letter receiv- ed by Dr. McIntosh from the De- partment: Washington, D. C., April Mr. P. A. McIntosh, Route No. 1, Dowling Park, Florida. 19, 15, Dear Sir: Your letter of 14th addressed to Mr. Savely has been referred to me during his absence from the office. We note that you are particularly interested in stock raising and de- sire a few plants of spineless cactus. In reference to this plant T would say that you have so many other crops that can be grown in Florida that are better in every respect in furnishing food for stock that T would not advise the use of the spineless cactus. We are sending haven't actually fired with bow and arrows yet, but we have come very near it. i “The coolness of the average British soldier is often remarked by visiting officers of other armies. 1 shall always remember a man whom 1 saw yesterday. He had just CO0K- ed a tin of prepared food over a brazier in the bottom of a trench when a large shell burst just in front of him, scattering mud, water and stones in every direction. A lump of mud landed with a splash in the midst of the carefully prepar- the soldier without turning his head or taking any notice of the shell, the shock of which had been pretty severe, re- markd, “I don’t mind fighting for Blgium, but T'm hanged if I want to eat it.” American Collectors Make Inroads On Britain’s Art Treasures (By Associated Press) London, May 15—The inroads made upon Britain’s art treasures during the past few years by the Metropolitan Museum in New York, by private American collectors, and by the Friedrich Museum in Berlin, are lamented and reviewed in the re- port of a Committee of the Trus- tees of the British National Gallery, which has just been made public in the form of a goveriiment Blue Book. The Committee, which is headed by Lord Curzon, was appoint- ed in 1911 to discuss possible steps to enable Great Britain to retain possession of important works of art. The report shows that four hun- dred famous masterpieces are known to have left England in recent years. The list includes 52 Rembrandts, 21 21 Rubenses, 27 Van Dyeks, 10 Holbeins, 29 Gainsboroughs, and 13 Turners. The great majority of these have gone to America. The Committee, after four years' deliberation, decided unani- mously that it would be unwise for England to enact any law on the lines of the Italian law preventing absolutely the export of important works of art. They also urge against the placing of an export duty on I pictures or a stamp duty on sales, both of which have been suggested in Parliament on various occasions. The chief recommendation in the report is that the Government in- crease the ordinary annual Palia- mentary grant to the National Gal- lery from $25,000 to not less than $125,000, and that the Trustees be allowed to retain in their treasury any unspent balances at the end of the vear. In addition to this sum available for purchases, the Trustees should be empowered to apply to the government for additional funds | wheiever it is necessary to make a |special purchase in order to save masterpieces from being lost to the nation. As an alternative, the Committee suggests that a tax be placed on the gross proceeds of sales of works of art in excess of a fixed amount, this money to be added to the available for purchases by the na- tional museums and gallaries; also, that the proceeds of all inheritance taxes on works of art be added to the same fund. The Committee plans the organi- zation of a society known as the “Friends of Art,”” whose members will contribute certain sums to be used as a reserve for the purchase of masterpieces. grants | State Chemist of Mississippi, which perhaps will be of interest. We are today asking for inoculat- ing material for 2 bushels of field peas, the amount that is sent out to any one party from the Department. If we can be of any service to you at any time in the future do not hesitate to call on us. Yours very truly, W. B. MERCIER, Agriculturist and Field Agent. Extract From the Vicksburg Herald Per request of Commissioner of Agriculture, Blakeslee, Dr. W. F. Hand, State Chemist, has nnalyzed' a spineless cactus leaf a specimen of a foraze plant being offered for sale upon alleged value as cattle feed. The result of the anlysis fur- nishes a shining illustration of the fakir's presumption wWpon the gulli- bility of mankind; which so rarely fails. In this instance, after many suckers had risen to the bait, the size of the fake is shown in the fol-| lowing statements: “pr, Hand does not pretend comment on the claim that the ¢ tus, fed to milch cows, will produce great quantities of butter, but he expresses the idea that a cow would have to eat a mastodon’s ration to get a full meal and would ‘bust’ with water before she had consumed a sufficient quantity of the solids contained in the cactus to satisfy the craving of her appetite. Com- missioner Blakeslee takes the posi-| tion that as cow feed the cactus is worth but about $1.50 per ton, } whereas it is offered to the farmers of the state at from $200 to $250 | ] Selling the House = [] ! (Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary Ir Press.) ! Times were hard out in Kansas dur- ing the fall of 1907, and the real estate concern of J. Bixby & Co. felt itself 80 hard pressed that Mr. Jermy Bixby, president, sole proprietor and only rep- resentative of said above business, ex- periences a sincere regret when he came down to his office one morning, following a night on which he had mortgaged his brain to his heart, that he had proposed marriage to Miss Jes- sle Carter, the village schoolmarm. And, worse, he had been accepted. { Jermy's affection for Miss Jessle to | the kind-hearted matron of his dilem- | a million dollars cn depos | such sweet natures, to toil for them, | | was of the deepest and most sanguine !gort. He had felt it for years, since he had first settled in the place, but, further than showing her little atten- tions and accompanying her to church 'each Sabbath evening, he had made {no open profession of his feelings to- ward her until under the spell of the moonlight and that October evening, the night before, he did the thing he meant not to do. All in good time, Jermy had intend- ed to ask Miss Jessle to become his bride. But he was awalting the day when he could feel himself establish- ed before making an offer of such serious character. And that day had almost arrived. Out in one of the new additions to the town that had been plotted only the preceding summer, Jermy had erected a house on a couple of lots that had fallen to him as a part of the commission due him for promot- ing the new section. For balance on account with the town site company, he had accepted more lots. So far as a short-sighted mortal can judge, Jermy considered that he was |on the high road to his heart's desire. He took every dollar he had, and bor- rowed a little besides, to put into the new house, which he intended as a home for himself and Jessle. Of course he would have to have some | cash to get married on, to buy house- hold furniture and to pay living ex- penses for a month or two, or until should be able to get a commis- slon somewhere. For such exigencies, he had reck- oned on the additional lots. With things booming in that end of town, { “But She Doesn’t Know.” he figured It would be a matter only of form to go to the local bank and pledge his property for whatever small sum he might ask. And so it would have been, but for the panic. As he entered his office the morn- ing after that night when things had gone riotous In his Dbreast, Jermy flung the mail he had just taken from the postoffice on his desk. An enve- lope on the top of the package caught | his eye. He opened it and found statement from the local bank, calling attention to his overdrawn account | paradise, the sweet little waif entered was tais ntue printed P ll:; caused Jermy to regret his pro-| posal as he went about kindling a fire | in the flat rectangular wood stove that stood in the center of the room. At first he thought of going to Miss Jessie and calling off the engagement. After more deliberate consideration, | he resolved to take his troubles to| Mrs. Bain, the landlady, who had | watched his courtship encourag!ngh’l during the last two years. | That evening he arrived home !Mel for supper, purposely, and manages to& remain at his meal until after (he’ other boarders had left the table. Then he arose to assist Mrs. with the dishes, in the course | which he led up the conversation to Jessie and finally succeeded in telling ma” «“But, taws, you needn't worry,” ex-| claimed Mrs. Bain. “Jessie, you | know, has saved up money from her‘ teaching, and wouldn't hesitate to ad-‘I vance you a little, if you need it, ‘es‘, pecially you be going to marry her.’ “But that's just it, Mrs Bain.” he| remonstrated. “I couldn't think of ]ct-i ting her do it.” «For a Man’s House is His Castle” —Sir Edwarq Coke Air Castles are often built by dreamers to later vanigy, The Foundations of an actual, rgal castle are buil on thy rock of assured success by the persistent bank ll\,‘]uhi[("r; That pleasure and satisfaction in the building of 5 Homy is made possible in the upbuilding of the SAVINGg v COUNT, which eventually provides for the homes’ my;, nance. Maingy, All depositors, regardless of age or the amount . ther deposits, are equally welcome. C. W. DEEN, President C. M. CLAYTON, Cashig | FIRST NATIONALBANK THIS BANK IS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERaL RESERVE SYSTEM. "ot hor? She'd just do it anyhow, | if she knowed.” “But she doesn't know, and won't know, and besides she couldn't draw | more than just a small amount from | the bank at present, even if she had; “Don’t you just be too sure,” re- turned the woman. “That's a mighty | eraart girl, and if she wanted to do left the gruesome place, but not until he had bestowed a kindly pnrtlng; glance at Floribel. | Then she dreamed. All life seemed radiant. It was as if some royal prince had entered a squalid Cin- derella hut, leaving behind him a rare memory of bewildering semsa- tions. Poor child! love budded n her tender heart, in her very humility she worshiped at its shrine. Floribel treasured the card. She memorized the names upon it. Could | the vision indicated by her courteous | visitor ever come true? To have such | HE Summer Season i comingon and youneed a COOL SUIT to wear, Why notcome round and pick out a Palm Beach Prices $7.90 to $9.00 friends, to be cared for amid cleanli- ! ness and comfort—she thought not of opulence or luxury—just to be near" to love them—this, simply, was the aspiration of her childlike, loyal na-; ture! All that afternoon the madame | poked and ferreted about the place. When her husband came home she held a spirited low-toned conversation ) with him. Then both of them pro- | ceeded to ransack pile after pile of hitherto unassorted wreckage. A quick token of interest came into the mind of Floribel, as she saw them hastening to the wretched room digni- fled as the office of the old toppling | warehouse. The names “Willis™ “Neal” floated to her hearing, cau- tiously spoken. She gained a court where she could overhear what was sald. “It's the paper,” she heard the madame say, “and it is worth a for- tune.” “How do you know?' spoke the rasping tones of old Jacobs. “I have read it. A family secret, man—an old scandal that these rich people would surely give a fortune to suppress. Ah, we are rich, rich, rich at last!” Guileless as to ways of the world as Floribel she realized | from what followed that her avari- cious guardians were bent on a vast blackmaliling scheme. Her mind woke up to the immensity of the occasion. To celebrate their discovering a fortune, the old man and woman sent out for liquor. It was long after dark when they sank into a sodden sleep. Floribel approached the recumbent madame. She had noticed where she'had se- creted the blue colored document with a white ribbon encircling it, just as Mr. Willis had described. Her eyes grew brilliant as two stars as she secured the precious paper. She thrust it into her bosom. Over and over again she repeated the name and address that Arlo Willis had written on the card. Floribel rfarely went out of the wretched building where she had toiled so hard. It was a bitter cold; night, and her ragged shoes and thin covering poorly kept at bay the fierce biting frost. Twice as she hurried along she felt as if she would sink to the ground, benumbed and overcome. Bravely, however, she fought her way against the wintry blast. She located the address given on the card, a great ornate mansion on a fashionable thor- oughfare. Floribel had just sufficient strength to totter up the steps and ring the doorbell, when her senses reeled and she sank to the cold marble step, unconscious. Everything to Match We have a FINE LINE of Manhattan Shirts Also Arrow Shirts A Full Line of Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits fo Fit Eberybody . ® kX ¥ JOS, LeVAY The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothis The .Financial Crisis Ov We'are now in shape to give you the be nefit of our Low Expenses. Let us wire your House and save you money, Lower Insur- ance, Cleanliness and Convenience are the results. T. L. CARDWELL Phone ¥ With Lakeland Sheet Metal [Wor¥ There she had been found by Mrs Neal. Floribel awoke to find herself in a luxurious bed. a beautiful lady hovering over her. What loving ! grateful arms inclosed her, as she told her story—so simple in its naive re- cital, but meaning so much to the | proud Willis family! And it was in silken attire, a trans- formed Floribel, that Arlo Willis saw :lha lovely ward of his sister the next ay. Like one transported to a perfect upon her new life. Her bright ways, her gratitude, her b“;‘:: and then her fervent love ap- peal to the great natu Poied re of Arlo The Jacobs people never saw her again, but society did. 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