Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 18, 1915, Page 2

“President Wilson will be limit the armanent of the world and make conditions between nations as valid and as binding and as enforce- able as they are in any state in this this Union between solvent citizens,” said Vice President of the United States Thomas R. Marshall at the Seminole Hotel yesterday. The vice-president and Mrs. Mar- shall spent Sunday in quiet restful- ness at the hotel Sunday, and left for Tallahassee Monday morning where the vice president is to speak. Talking with a Times-Union repre- sensative at the hotel, Mr. Marshall discussed thle latest phase of the European war with particular ref- erence to the relations of the United States with Germany and the atti- tude of the people of this county to- ward President Wilson and his hand- ling of the delicate situation. “We are pa g through kaleido- scopic times in the history of our republic, and the people wherever 1 have been, from all T can hear, is in thorough accord with the president’s note to| [to represent President Wilson 1 had the imperial German government. That note meant just every word it | said—no more and no less! We are | { hoping to keep out of a war and the | one | emulate the bird or take any of the people have a remarkable faith, that is well justified, in the patience and peaceful plans of the president. International Tribunal “With the exception of a jingoes here and there, few the entire people are trusting him to evolve a plan which will offer a solution of the question. My idea is that \\'nj are conducting our present diplomat- je relationships with the view that at the end of the war we may get an international tribunal to settle all disputes—an international court, with an international police to en- force its decrees. “The recent incidents that led up to the president’s forceful and virile note to Germany is a clear view of this country's intense horror of the methods and the practical usefulness of the accepted method of waging warfare.” “One would suppose that the aver. age young man in this country who Nation Doesn’t War Declares Vice President Marshall | mean a ten-billion-dollar sentiment of ”m;ms(rad o and . is fond of adventure and anxious for the pomp and ceremony of war would be clamoring for the nation to go to war, but such is not the case. In more than 500 casual con- versations 1 have held with young men in various walks of life 1 have |ion settle the immigration question not found one who wants war, “There is a new element in poli- tical life today that is a strong fac- tor in making up war sentiment. That is woman—whether she votes or not. She is in the political arena to stay, and she is against war. She is far braver than man and can en- dure far more suffering than man, and she always does. But if war should come, she is ready and will- ing to sacrifice husband and son, but no to please a few men who want to make a political issue, or who, hav- ing passed safely the danger of draft, are like Artemus Ward, ‘will- ing to ascrifice the last of his wife's relations to preserve the honor of the flag.’ » Talks About the Navy. When asked just how well pre- pared he considered this country to be, should war be forced upon us, the Vice President sald: “Our navy is as good as it ever was in its history, but the real facts in the matter are, that today we don’t know what a good navy means, as so many new features are crop- ping up month by month in the na- val warfare abroad. Navy men say that thelast congress gave them better treatment than any previous congress has ever done.” “How about the army, the coast A POEM WITH A MORAL One day through the primeval woods A calf walked home as good calves should, But made a trail, all bent askew, A crooked trai, as all calves do. Since then three hundred years have fled, And 1 infer the calf is dead. But still he left behind his trail, And thereby hangs my moral tale. The trail was taken up next day By a lone dog that passed that way, And then a wise bell-wether sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and steep; s And drew the flock behind him, too; As good bell-wethers always do. And from that day, o'er hill and glade, Through these old woods a path was made. And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about. And uttered words wrath Because 'twas such a crooked path; But still they followed—do not laugh— The first migration of that calf. This forest path became a lane That bent and turned and turned again; of righteous This crooked lane became a road, Where many a poor horse with his load Toiled on beneath the burning sum, And traveled some three miles in one. . And thus a century and a half (2] the ; defenses and the National Guard?” Jeader of a great movement that will { Mr. Marshall was asked. The following papers were given Saturday at the Farmers' Club by Knows Nothing of These Things |talented ladies of that organization: “My motto has always been: ‘I would never keep a dog and then do the barking. 1 do not know any- thing about these things. We have skilled army experts at the head of important departments and these matters are in their charge, if things are not up to the standard, it is up to them to explain why. It comes with ill grace from the Republican party to talk about inefficiency and our unpreparedness, when for so many years they were at the helm, and had the spending of the money and the hiring of the experts to give us adequate protection in both arms of the service. As far as appropria- tions for the army is concerned, let me say that no congress could ever appropriate enough money to satisfy any grade of citizens. It would congress a one-billion-dollar con- THE HOME BEAUTIFUL When this subject, “The Home Beautiful” was given me for discus- sion, my first thought was : What is a home; what is the meaning of the word? Of course we all have our own conception of the word and its meaning but Webster says it is a “house, place or country in which one dwells.” We so often speak of home with- out any special thought but there are quiet moments when we really do appreciate all that it means to us. I think our tenderest thoughts of home are those of our childhood. Home meant to us then father, moth- er, brothers and sisters; and of no other time in our lives can we en- tertain ithe same recollections. Though we may have a home of our own with children to help make them beautiful there are places as we had when we, were children. 1 can remember so well the big maple trees in my father's vard, they were planted the year I was born and are still standinz. The roses planted when I was a lit- tle girl—the grape arbor, the cherry trees and all the growing things which are so cosely associated with the tender thoughts I have of my own home. No doubt each and every one here tod: can recall many things concerning the recol- lections they have of bygone homes but we must not dwell too long upon the sentimental side of this subject for we are living in a land where the possibilities of beautifying our homes are limitless if T may use the term. The blessing of a hgme is that each member can have some part in its adornment. The great variety of trees, shrubs and flowers that will grow in Florida is one very good reason why every home should be beautiful. It is not so difficult to beautify the interior of our dwell- ing places for modern conveniences and artistic accessories have done much to simplify that matter. 1t is of the out-door beautifica- tion that | specially wish to talk. Since the pergola has become so popular we can enjoy our vines to a gress. Declined Them All “When 1 visited the Pacific slope no such six invitations to go down in sub- marines or up in aeroplanes, but having had no desire on earth te honors or privileges to myself that rightfully belonged to the first I de- clined them all. “There is no doubt but that one result of this war will be the build- ing up of a United States merchant marine; it has become almost a nec- If private enterprise does not see its way clear to do this I believe that the government will step in and help to do it. Matter of Trade “We are ravidly regaining the confidence of the people of the South American republics. And this is necessary if we are to get the vast trade to the south of us. I have never been able to disassociate the Mexican question with South Ameri- ca, and all the talk in this country of extending the United States to Panama has been hurtful to us in our relations with our sister repub- lics in South America. As this talk gradually dies out their confidence in the country is returning and the friendships between the citizens of the United States and our Southern: neighbors become firmer. “The war will also, in my opin- i Splendid Papers on the Home By Ladies of the Farmers’ Club Eaaaaaaraii o tli s bt g ) |when one has a love for the beau- ywould be decorative if because the foreizn governments | 8reater degree. 'In its use the dan- will not permit their able-bodied | 8€r of too much moisture is obviated citizens to leave as ' they will be [and the old cry of “those vines will ruin my porch or roof” is not heard. 1 am sure there is nothing which adds so much to the appearance of needed at home to rebuild the vastated country.” Mr. Marshall addressed the cham- de- ber of commerce in New Orleans last |2 home as the beautiful eclimbing week and was present at the open- |roses and other vines that we find ing of the New Orleans Press Club, |2row so readily in Florida. The honey suckle, bougaenvillea, jasi- mine are rapid growers and beautiful Then the gorgeous trumpet vine which blooms about Christmas time, can be rooted and in a few years cover a large space. For beauty and usefulness there is no prettier vihe on a trellis than the grape vine. And I believe we are going to grow various kinds of grapes in Florida. One of our mem- bers has demonstrated we can grow grapes here and 1 am trying myself to grow them in my own garden with promising results. In the north we have the clematis and wistaria that have beautiful blossoms but I have no doubt these vines would do well here. Also bulb flowers that are our pride in the north will grow in this land meant for flowers if they are planted so as to bloom very early in the spring. Tuips, jonquils, dalilias and gladio- lus all would do well if we once learn their needs. And we must not forget our ever beautiful West Vir- ginia Creeper whose real name is American Ivy. It covers many un- sightly places if given half a chance and when it shines in the sunlight after a shower 1 cannot think of anything more beautiful. Have any of you ever tried plant- ing and cultivating the hop vines in Florida? It is pretty and ornamen- tal and 1 believe it would grow here. The many varieties of roses that where he was elected its first hon- orary member. Since he and Mrs. Marshall have been on their present trip the Vice President made seven talks in the state of Mississippi, speaking Friday afternoon in Au- burn, Ala., from whence he came to Jacksonville. After speaking in Tal- lahassee, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall will leave for their home in Indianapolis. Scottish Rite Mason Holding the position of an Active Thirty-third Degree Scottish Rite Masen in Indiana, the vice-president will be present at the opening Tues- day of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Scottish Rite Mason- ry in the state, an event which will last three days and will be featured by a dinner on Wednesday night where 6,000 covers will be laid. The banquet will be held at the Coliseum at the old fair grounds, as the only place in the state large enough to seat such an immense throng. —Times-Union. They trod the footsteps of that calf. The years passed on fleet, The road became a vilage street; And this before men were aware, A city's crowded thorofare. And soon the central street was this Of a renowned metropolis. in swiftness And men two centuries and a half Trod in the footsteps of that calf. Each day a hundred thousand rout Followed the zigzag calf about, And o'er his crooked journey went The traffic of a continent. cost. In fact first cost is usually i greatest as we have no freezing blasts to destroy our plants when we once have them started. 1 have not laid too much stress upon the planting of vines. Nature intended vines to fill up ugly =aps and to run around on offices that other vegetation cannot fill. No doubt there are many vines that will suggest themselves to you be- cause of their beauty or because they can be easily obtained. For low growing vines I have yet to find anvything more prolific than the nasturtium. Tt grows with great rapidity and covers low fences and trellises with one of the most beau- tiful flowers in existence. For bed- ding plants, pansies, Sweet William, iphlox, geraniums. The many va- rieties of ferns, and don’t forget the old-fashioned calico plant for bor- ders. It stands endless abuse and will repay one for any attention given it. T have missed erowing sweet peas since coming to Florida but have a friend who has grown them success- fully for two years. Why not plant the bamboo and give it a place among the growing things surrounding the home. It's uses are many, aside from its wel- come shade. Tt can be made into A hundred thousand men were led By one calf ‘mear three centuries ! dead. They followed still his crooked way, And lost one hundred years a day; For thus such reverence is lent To well-established precedent. A moral lesson this might teach Were 1 ordained and called preach; For men are prone to go it blind Along, the calf-paths of the mind, And work away from sun to sun To do what other men have done.— —Sam Walter Foss. to (Moral) Don’t be like a parrot—do things because somebody or some text-book said do it! But read and think the article over and make the thought your own. Be a thinker. J. A. SCARBOROUGH, Doctor of Chiropractic. 1 1 Best to Stay Out *“Be keerful about buttin’ in," said Uncle Eben, “even when you know & man is wrong. De chances are dat he knowed it befo’ you.” are grown in Florida is only another y vour home proof that our home surroundings }pric.a-brac simply because some one can be made beautiful at very small | ojco has the same. i imitator but let your home speak | SHPPFEDEITHD R trellises and is attractive anl easily grown. No one can lay down a hard and fast rule for making home beautiful. Plant those things which you like, observe what others are doing and you will be well paid for all your efforts. In conclusion et us not forget to make our homes what God really meant them to be: A refuge in time of trouble; a place where we can live our lives for the betterment of others and make the stranger with- in our gates feel the blessings we enjoy there. MRS. F. W. MERCER. THE HOME BEAUTIFUL Decorating To do or not to do is a question it is well to ask ourselves when con- templating decorating and quite frequently we will find it is better not to to do. There is a tendency , and can make or buy things beautiful for the home, to overdo— to so fill and crowd our houses with objects of beauty and near beauty, that they cease to be homes and be- come mere places of storaze, or ex-| hibition rooms for these prized pos- sessions. The words of Hamlet to the play- er when he said “Now anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing” are equally applicable to; the decorator for anything so over- done is from the purpose of decor- ating.” When we crowd our houses with pictures, bric-a-brac, draperies and other ornamentations until there is no place to rest the eye we defeat the very end at which we aimed. Many an object that given the proper perspective loses its attract- iveness when used as part of a mass. And even if so much were not too much it requires the skill of an adept to arrange so there will be harmony. You have all observed how after reading some sensationl news-paper article, or a novel exciting and lur- id, with what relief—almost eager- ness you turned to some simple little character story. It was a sort of mental balance. Your mind needed it for rest. Even so, after being in a house where the decorations were too many, or too'conspicuous, or out of harmony one with the other did you observe how pleasant it was to turn to some house or some room in a house where the furnishings were simple? We might well take a lesson in house furnishing from the Japanese. A people who are artistic and the keynote of the fur- nishings of whose homes is sim- plicity. The same can be said of | the people of Holland. It has been said of that nation, “Every Holland- er is an artist whether he has had the training or not,” and people who have traveled among them are all impressed with these two things— the cleanliness and simplicity of their homes and their furnishings. It is well to decorate—by all means do so, encourage the love of the beautiful that is in every hu- man heart and let this love be so trained that it will enable us to make not only our homes but this earth a more beautiful and conse- quently a better place to live, but do s0 with moderation and reason. Do | not be extremists. There are things | in a home that are useful. Decor- ate them if you will, but do not carry your decoration to the point | where you do away with the useful- | ness of the article decorated. A chair is made to sit upon. It is well to decorate the chair but if in so doing you render it unfit to be used as a seat, discard it at once as it is neither useful nor ornamental. A rug too frail or to beautiful to be walked upon would not appeal to any one of taste or good judgment. Tt is the same with other articles of furniture. Each has its use and when ornamenting keep in mind the purpose for which it was made and let your ornamentation be subser- vient to that. Above all else- never bring into! furniture, picture or| Do not be an of you. As a mirror reffects your | face and form so let. your home and its furnishings reflect your taste and character. Make your home as | beautiful as your time and jneans. will. permit but never at the sacri- | fice of the comfort of its inmates. And after all the greatest beau- tifiers a home can have are cleanli- that broad and genial that reaches out and takes in the stranger and makes him feel that he is one of you when within your walls. MRS. IRVIN KELSEY. Ep ] 'u- { fght was provoked, the | tested | I ] l I .(llsed and disappointed all at the | fervent, “SOMETHING TANGIBLE” By MAY BENNETT EARLE. DOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOC ¢ W. G. Chapman.) s‘cs?lig{;l:‘i;glglsfa:)gible!g pronounced Richard Thorpe, with a self satisfied smack of his fat sensual lips and a gloating glance around the establish: ment of which he was proprietor. “Something tangibie, young man, he repeated unctuously—"property, the visible evidence of things ma- terial. That's my motto and business precept. Something I can weigh aud‘ sell. You come to me with an airy| fairy story. Where's evidence, sir, the doc-u-mentary evidence?” His visitor looked embarrassed, con- same time, He was a little handsome young fellow, with a clear ingenuou?® tace well burned by a tropical sun. “Sir,” he said, arising to his feet “I come to you in good faith from Me Travis in far away Ceylon. He was my employer, my true friend untii he died. He was your faitslul repre sentative there, as you know. Whes the fire came that swept away your entire establishment in Ceylon, in try- ing to save your property he sustained a fall from the effects of which he died. Before his last moments ar- rived he called me to his bedside and gave me the message I have just de- livered.” « “The fantasy of a disordered brain!" remarked Thorpe. “I cannot think that,” responded Vernon Davis. “Mr. Travis was too true to deceive and his mind was per- fectly clear. All his thoughts were of his orphan daughter. He told me to see you and recall to your attention the fact that when he went to Ceylon he was to be considered a one-fourth partner in that branch of your busi- ness, provided he made it succeed. | He did succeed. He waited for you to make some recognition of the fact. He had a written agreemen. that cov- ered the subject.” “Produce it," suggested Thorpe. “It was destroyed in the fire." “Have you proofs of any?” “Only moral evidence, Sir, I am going to appeal to you in a new way. The last anxious thought of Mr. Travis was concerning his daughter, Bertha. The disaster of the fire makes her penniless. She is left, a young girl at school, without a dollar or relative in the world.” “She cannot expect any assistance from me,” declared the hard-hearted merchant. “I don't deal in sentiment. 1 want something tangible in my deal- ings, sir. Good day.” Within the next few hours Vernon located Bertha at the school where she had been placed by her father. He was surprised, pleased at the way in which the brave little soul took her rudely announced poverty. He was attracted, nay, more, fascinated by her pure, gentle spirit. He had lost in the effort to secure to Bertha her rights., He had gained, new and that which was far more prized than fortune—love, “I shall leaye the school at once,” decided Bertha, in her resolute, wom anly way. Orphans both, struggling each for a living, the pleasantest hours of his life came to Vernon Davis during the ensuing few months, Bertha found congenial work in an office. Vernon refused a position with Thorpe and secured employment as a traveling salesman. One evening Bertha met him at the door of the house where she was liv- ing with more than ordinary eager- ness and excitement. “A strange thing has happened,” she said. “A man, a stranger I think from Ceylon, called here an hour ago. He had been looking for you at your boarding house and they must have directed him here. He is a tall thin man and spoke our language broken- ly. He looked as though he had been through a long period of illness or hardship. He was so anxious to meet you and I so pitied his wearled for- lorn condition, that I asked him imn, knowing you would be here later.” ORURORONEON0 “For a Man’s House is His Castle” —Sir Edward Coke Air Castles are often built by dreamers to later vanish, i The Foundations of an actual, rgal castle are built on e rock of assured success by the persistent bank depositor, That pleasure and satisfaction in the building of a hom, § is made possible in the upbuilding of the SAVINGS AC B COUNT, which eventually provides for the homes’ Mainte. nance. Il depositors, regardless of age or the amount of thejr deposits, are equally welcome, C. W. DEEN, President FIRST NATIONALBANK A THIS BANK IS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL C. M. CLAYTON, Cashier i Vernon Davis closed the door and advanced towards the half recumbent figure. He touched the arm of the sleeper. The latter aroused. He stared for a moment confusedly at his dis- turber. Then with gladsome eyes he sprang o his feet. “Master, young master!” he cried in a thrilling tone, “you thought me dead—or false? It is neither Ah! were my kind old fNend, Mr. Travis, here to learn the glad news I bear!” What the strange visitor had to tell took over an hour. Both left the house, but not until Vernon had ex- plained to Bertha that the man was an old employee of her father in Cey- | lon, who had sought him out with a message from that far away country. The next day Vernon and the Cey- fonese appeared at the office of the merchant. “Mr. Thorpe,” spoke Vernon, “here ia a former employee of Mr. Travis, who also believes that there was some partnership agreement between you.’ “So?" snarled Thorpe, “well, [ ab wolutely deny it.” “Then,” observed Vernom, “let me advise you that Mr. Travis staked this man on a venture that has turn ness, tidiness, a thoughtfulness :uull very richly. e |klndlinesu toward each other shown | eturn from the investment some- by the members of the home, and | thing like a hundred thousand dol- hospitality | lars.” 1 presume he is able to “Huh!™ ejaculated Thorpe. “Yes,” and Vernon drew from his pocket a chamois bag “Something tangible, Mr. Thorpe,” he proclaimed ~*“diamond Slesplessness. The best remedy for sleeplessn: hlu-mmotlmutvwl: British expedition to| wich (it the Tibetans and 8| lowed o (s deogg o by a glass of hot milk or water. Legal Holidays. 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