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ESTABLISHED 1860. Published every morning except Monday by The AnderHon Intelligen cer at 140 West Whitner Street, An derson, S. C. (8E.UI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN_Editor and Manager Entered ns second-class matter April 28, 1914, at the post ofllco at AnderHon, Fouth Carollua, under tho' Act of March :i, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephone.321 SmSCUU'TION HATES DAILY One Year.$5.001 Six Months. 2.50, Three Months. 1.25 One Mouth.42 : Ono Weok.10 SEMI-WEEKLY I Ono Year.81.50 Six Months.75' Tho Intelligencer is delivered by carriers in tho city. Look al the printed label on your paper. Tho dato thereon shows %vhen tho subscrlptlo'i expires. Notice date and label carefully, and if not correct pienso notify us nt onco. ' Subscribers desiring tho address of tholr paper changed, will pleasu state in their communication both tho old nud now nddrosses. 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Ir order to avoid delays on account ot personal absence, letters to The., Intelligencer intended for publication: should not bo addrossed to any indi vidual connected with tho paper, but ?Imply to Tho Intelligencer. 8ATDttDA.Y, DECBA?BE?I 4, 1915 No man likes to eeo an empty stocking. - I ' " ''Ot ? *' Grccc? shows up rather poorly as oil on tho troubled waters. -o About tho most prominent' thing about tho Dull Moose party is tho bull. W'. -o lt's very easy to convert a steamer into a Bubmarln?-a little torpedo will usually do the work. ...... . Add mysterits of tho present day: How did Henry Ford know thero was such a place as Spartanburg. ? . > ? ?? Spartanburg has a representativo in tho Ford peace party. No wonder Greenville pokes fun at tito oxpcdi Mr. Ford has agreed to pay the. ex poneos of the trip, but we fonder if that includes the tips tb.v'? 12? rope is famous for. . . ;Brtworg Plan tb Suppress Gamb . llbgv-Hcadllno, why sure, a man can't drink ; as much boer .when he's .busy ?ambling. ... -?-o-_ SojXib familiar ?rafts: -Horse . Cold ' Sights- . Over What .baa become of the nhl fash ioned EngliBh navy that waa going to dig tho Gormany squadrons out of tholr tholes like rots. g^^re'3 so much truth, in the worst [ot us : ; :?nd so rnbeh lying in the best ot us That, it hardly behoovoo any ot. us . To make out a liar.th? rest, ot us. tie poker th>e$e fwjrthB of the ,nlgbt J^i^jjamlOt.Joint bul aita ?wok and ^nUilass. hie. wife ?So it-to tuite th?' fire mirh better that ho might get We noble carcass '??armer. THE' ISTJ????IIA??T?? ??I?HT TO ;';,:^j?'' the hfpt dfcy ,of November^ the supreme court of the United ;ISra?* ??^t?e^?that.a etat* has no right to >be?ians? he. tsvw allen/' On' the last ???y of .November, tho e?me court de cided thai a state has the right to for hld the employment of tllen workmen. The first CUBC concerned ' tho, Ari zona law, which prohibited tho c-in ployment of more than a small per ' centage of aliens for any purpose by 1 any citizen. Tho court annulled that ?law, on the ground that it took away ! the right to carn a living which ia ! implied In tho admission of aliens to 'our country and guaranteed hy our foreign treaties. It declared that ' the state cannot sanction discrimina tion against allens hy private cniploy ? ero. I The second caso involved the New , York law. which prohibits thc em ployment of any ellen? on public works. In upholding this law, the su preme court apparently rules that tho state as un employer can do what its citizens ns t?mployors cunnot do. j It's rather puzzling to a layman. It's hard to see any difference in the \ principle of thc two problems. There's : a practical diff?rence, however. If ? tho state refuses to givo an alien I work, he can p?onuniably got a job 1 somewhere else, whereas if oil pri vate employers refuse him i ark, he i is helpless. But suppose tho state should take over all industries, as tho I socialist urge, and thUB becomo tho i sole employor? What about tho rlgst of allens then? RESCUING FROSTIER CHILDREN Amidst the horror and misery with which so much of tho relief work in tho hospituls and in tho wake of tho battle ls taken up, thc work of the Frnnco-American conimlttoo for the protection of frontier children comes j as a wholesome and almost cheerful variation. Tho youngsters aro gath ered up by search parties constantly scouting the bombarded regions, and aro brought to ParlB. ?.Many of them have fled from burning vlllnges and ; most of them aro separated from their families. Many kind hearted people and organizations novo loan ed chateaus and buildings for the lit tle fol kB to live in..until the war ls I over. There ore already nearly a i thousand children in these colonies. The first step after tho children ore brought to Paris is to scrub them nnd glvo them warm, nourishing food. They are taken ,to temporary depots in Paris where French and Belgian .girls look after thoir comfort. Thoy I are then sent to tho colonies In tho j country whore they are.'divided ac ?cording to ago. Tho older children are tough!' lu littlo schools and ali I aro kopt wholesomely busy. In one colony littlo girls from Ypres aro making tho beautiful laoes that they made at home before tho war. How ever they aro occupied pr, from what ever destitution they have como, thoy are now In places that aro clean, safe and quiet. . . f ,. . .* \ ' j Many of them will have neither !bomo nor parents to return to after tho war. But tho tragedy of tho war I will bo theirs eoon enough, and it ls Good to know that for a whllo at least they aro out of lt and aro haying their normal littlo human wanto, food, shelter/ sympathy and fellow ship supplied. B0O3I 8I0N? - . V,'1' "> A business boom has its disadvan tages as well 'es advantages. The export trade has. grown so great that even with, all tuc available ulupa in tho world dratted into tho trane-At \ lan tlc service, there aro not enough tb handlo tko traillo. Tho wharves and warehouses in Atlantic and gulf seaports are swamped with'goodB. for shipment. Tho railroads are over whelm-' Throe big trunk , lines have an nounced embargoes, on .freight con signed for exportation. ?' They have thousands upon thousands of loaded cars stalled on their tracks ail. the] way from New York and > Baltimore and Philadelphia back to Ohio and1 beyond* And farther"weat, tho rall-; roads generally. are wrest I lng . with an Immense and unexpected volumo'j or freight, oven in sections where the1 war trade has. bad littlo effect i.; The \ domestic business, alone,' lt Jseems, would tax the resources of the trans portation, lines:. There are. not cars .enough', and there are not; /locomo tives .enough to keep what Jtb0^*T moving. * - . The groat part played in this busi ness revival by purely domen tl c bu J? - j frees is Been in a. recent announcement ?UtHbo postofflco department Busi ness mail has grown . to s?<eb: unex ampled volume that tho department nasn*t enough sacks 'to^ke'.'fs&H' pt it, and ls forced to be, ejeb:;.'??re solicitous for tho continuous UFO of the sacks than the irsilroads are for the .continuous, efficient uso of their ^fcsrsv.^.;.: ^.t*t's. ali very. dls'tr?sehsj, ie you hap-' pon to be a transportation a?oni or a poatoffjeo officiai ."charged ..wlih 'the rosponniblllty, t?rjjkt?ii* m?y or ir ^^ifffifrp?r . or pur chns?r discommoded by. traffic block? ados; The general pflVjllc, bowevbr. can view the situation with consid erable equanimity, in tho conscious ness that it is indisputable proof of tho long-expected and desired busi ness boom. l'8t7BIOU8 DAX KS A few weeks ago the comptroMer of tho United States treasury isbued a statement criticising national banks for usurious practices. Many bank ers challenged his report and accused him of defaming their profession. In a reply to these critics. Comptroller Williams has made a more explicit statement. Ile points to tho sworn admissions of 24G na i ion al banks as showing that while those banks were able to t:t all tho money they needed from tue Federal ReBcrvo banks at from 3 1-2 to 6 per cent, they were charging from l? to 100 per cent on tho loana they made. In 26 states, be says, there are bunks that admit charging 10 per cent or mord on all their loans, and these institutions constitute moro than one-third of all tho national banks. Most of these banks, presum ably, are In states whose laws per mit such rates of interest, and thus there is technical Justification. But in many other cases there 1B no such defense. There are 27 states In which It IB Illegal to ehorge as high as 12 per cent on bunk loans; and yet, ac cording to the comptrollcr'3 state ment, banks in 41 states admit charg ing 12 per cent or moro on some of their loans. The only states in which the comp troller found no evidence of usr-p in tho national banks are Connecticut, Delaware, Mississippi. Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Wis consin. There ought to bo a rapid ad dition of states to this honor roll. And there can bc, If the honorable bank ers, who are In the big majority, will uso their influence against the prac tice. i - n - -ur' ii mr *TlSumm'm "* UH" siViL-Lii '"* V'THTTS" ?? 'mm u" " j A LINE] j o" DOPE j Weather Forecast-Fair Saturday and Sunday. It ls probable that Mr. J. B. Duke 'and party' will reach Anderson somo time during today. Ho was in Spar tanburg Thursday night and was sup posed to have been in Greenville, la?t night, but a telephone message to The Intelligencer last night stated that if he was thero, tho newspaper men had nut found lt out. ..-o That was a splendid picture at tho Anderson yesterday. The nanto of it was "The White. Pearl," , featuring MIBS Marie Doro, one of tho most popular motion picture actresses of today. Mr, Trowbridge announces for to day ho will have Jean .Willard, cham pion boxer, In "The Heart Punch." Dy request, Miss Do II o rah, the lady wjio delighted audiences io Ander son this week with her Egyptian and Grecian classic dances, will give two te ore performances,. ono this after noon and one tonight. Fire completely destroyed tho home of Mr. J. M. Clarke of the Cawwell in'it i tu tc section on Thursday* night about S : 30 o'clock. The ito us o was the property of Mr. J. T. Pearson of tilts city and It was partly covered by insurance. Mr. Clarke stated yes terday that the furniture wns partly .covered by insurance also. The origin bf the Are is unk own. Mr.' Clarice With his family were in Anderson visiting at tiie borne ot relatives at the time. : ; -o- ' The Rev. J. W. Speake, pastor ot St. John's Methodist church, has re turned to Anderson after attending tho conferences of both of tho South Carolina divisions. Ho stated that the lower, conference had .a very success ful meeting In Charleston. Mr. Martin Sollgman has received a very in bros ting letter from bis moth er in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Seligman's mother ls how 80 years old. The letter, contains some. very in teresting, accounts of present condi tions "In Germany and also brought news -of U?? Seligman's brothers who hara ISeon at the front. One bf these took putt In the big Russian cam paign and while engaging In this Suffered Severe wounds. He wai stationed on a mountain which wau mined. When the explosion : topic p^ee, both pf Mr. SeUgmaa'a should er blades and hip bones yrtm broken .nd for ,a; long tlm? his mother fought ho was dead. After, several weeks, hoverer, ??ie was cent.': home and ts now taking lt easy bocauae he lo done np tn plaster paris. Thc other brother WUB not admit- f ted to tho army because of detective] eyesight but was admitted to the pos tal service. The train on which ho was running was.' blown up and he was injured, from which Injuries ho Is still suffering. This brother, ntat o.rt Mr. Scligman, is well remembered in Anderson. He took part in tho Spanish-American war and met sev eral Anderson citizens In Chattanooga, Tenn. At the close of tho Spanish war ho went to Africa where he as sisted tho Bo ITS in their war with tho BrltiKh. The letter also states that the very! host glrla In Germany are at work in the munition factories and aro work ing for seven marks, or about $1.75] a week. ThlB proves that the German people are patriotic and the women j are playing a great part in thc war. Tho letter also states that all of thc parks in Berlin aro filled with pris oners and that on Sunday afternoons thc people walk about and look at these like they do the animals in a ncnagerle. "You might add," stated Mr. Sclig man, "that the most interesting part j of the letter was cut out by tho cen- j ;ors before lt reached me." -o Tho postal receipts of the Ander son postofflce during the month ot November totaled $2,767.08, BB com? pared with $2,676.19 for the same month last year, an increase of 190.89. .-o So far eight persons have made ap plication to stand tho government eg.-.] amination on December 7, for sten ographers and typewriters. Theta I are 20 vacancies to bo flited, these places ot present being occupied by] temporary appointments. -o Mr. E. R. Horton wa3 in receipt ot a letter yesterday from his brother, Capt. Jeter Horton,'quartermaster in tho United States marine corps, who is now stationed at . Cape Ha?tien, Haiti. Capt Horton stated that ho had been BO busy with official duties fjii.ee ho had been sent to the islands ?that he had not had any time at all to attend to his personaljaffairs. -o--' ' 1\Ve have sold three^smoll farms in ?tho past few dayB.7 "?tilted Mr. E. R. Horton of tho And'?^?^?Ai r'state and. Investment: c^n^pB^'/ij'--terttayl "One ot thesa ..waa0 near Townyllle, ?no near Oakway' and the otk?r??ieitr I Wllllamstoti.*^' ' ?rn It will be pf interest to the friends of Mr. T. A. Sherard In Anderson to know' that be has moved from his homo ot'MoffettsvIlW to-Iva. When In the city a few days ago Mr. Sherard stated that he was making the chango because hu wanted to get his children in the Iva school. He will slay st hhs farm a greater part of the tim?. --o--. "We will Inaugurate'through ser ! vice on tho Brogon MUI car line to I morrow morning," stated Mr. H. A. Orr of the Southern Public Utilities company, yesterday. "The work on that-line has been completed and wo J will ngoin go back to tho former ser vice." . ? . The first snow of thjs season fell inj Anderson on Wednesday night ?lev eral people? who were-;eat that night (have stated positively' that lt snowed for a short time hut not enough to amount to. anything. ' Local weather forecaster predict a heavy a nov/ for this section! before C hr Itt mag. --o-fy i Referring .to what Vthe Abbeville I Press and Banner had to say about the article in The Intelligencer a few days ago about tho Owl Drug store having started using sanitary drink ing cups. Dr. Glenn Evans, the eldest| of the Owls said: "You just tell those Abbeville people that their old town is risl 200 miles behind Pendleton and everyone in the state knows what that means. I am from PondWton myself end ought to know." ? TAO Abbeville paper stated that tho drug et or os In that town had h con using sanitary cups for, tho past few years and that they -yore surprised that Anderson had only found out that such things existed. This article also 8tated that tho reason tho Anderson [ county farmers had . sa j phch moro j money' than those of ear: neighboring farmers was because' the Anderson [ farmers wore their;-ix$f?f? r alibrtar. No, that ls not tho reason,. 4*he far mers of this county ate; able tb pur chase theirs already i?ude np j ihoso in Abbeville are noi ^fcj^esa they make IA trip;-U>'j$kEaSjS^?City. You soe the ; styles ^c?ll.r?G^&U^ rather suort these rfuysy bat?ur friends just don't toOTf. th?' diff?rence. , "I hopo that you will not have mo arrested ifor1 ^?p?oa?fe?^ on River street not for the drat lev: dayv^aajr^ v^,^ stated Capt H? t?. Watkins to t Mayor Godfrey last night. "It's so fine that I Just can not help running along fast." It will be o? interest to many peo ple of the city to know that there ls a tendency among the colleges this year to givo the students rather a long holiday this approaching Christ mas. The Converse students get out on. .december 17, and return on Jan uary 4. Tho Wofford students get off on December 18, and nave to go back on January 4. > ? ' o - Another street has been finished 'and opened to traffic, lt being Manning next to the Baptist church. The as phalt crew 1B now at work on Earle street and will soon have this com .. O' Messrs. Quattlebaum & Cochran and Rufus Fant'.,-Jr., 'attorneys- hava mov ed their office quarters <?ver Atkin son's pharmacy to offices on the sec ond floor of the Brown building, for merly occupied by Dr. C. S. Breedln. Mr. vCullen Sullivan is moving inte two of ibo rooms vacated by tho first mimed lawyers and Mr. T. P. Dick son will occupy the third room. It was indeed a pleasure for thc Lino O' Dope man to attend the ban quet at tho Anderson Mill last, even ing. Tho speeches of those called on by tho toastmaster were far bettei than tho average and were much cn ' joyed by all. Tho dinner was one ol tho best and genuino hospitality bemus ed from the countenance of all' ol those good people over there. " ? o ???? "I do not know Just when. we will have the big celebration of the com pletion of the street paving but it vii be sometime in January I suppose,' stated Mayor Godfrey'yesterday. "Th< 'contractors will finish their work her? about tho first of the year. We havi no definite phrns modo out yet, bu wo want something that all of th? people can take part Iri."' .... ~ -o.?: Today will in all probability bo om of the best trade days Anderson hai known this fall. With Christmas on 1: three weeks off, and only ,18 mor shopping dayry and only two mor Saturdays, tho merchants w ill cn jo; a good day this Saturday. -o An intelligent looking negro drop ped in the office yesterday to pay. u] his subscription. He was asked if h took tho Dally Intelligencer or . th semi-weekly. He replied; ; "No sar, no sar, boss, X takes tba un thai comes twice a week." "?ji? t THE ?Ab'GE RS OF CiWRE- J ? PAREDKESS, AN? THE BAN? v?! ? GERS OF PREPAREDNESS i .+ , ..'..;. r..: '.v:V'-V. .,, \* nsspite the-filppaat.: remarks mad by both sides Ott the current issue o preparedness - which ;our natlon/i- i facing, all eober-minded citizens rec ognlxe that the issue is a serious ont The 'amount of discussion, in news papers, magasines from -the platforr and on tbs curb-stone ls a auffielen witness to this fact. The ; fur?hc fact that the programs er prepared noss which ha vs. been propon by al parties are. a complete sab.'erston < the policy which lois? youthful netto: bas btus esr pursued? adds more sta UlfcsBce, tev the .-=.;ee^to<b?ye*<r^'-:tbb' might bc adjudged by tho unrcfleci teg mind. Tbs whole- matter S?i enr^ttoa wbese>'history; ia tba; The Reason Behind the Clothes This store is run by its customers; what they want we must provide; only as our stock reflects their preferences is our business a suc cess. The reason we're headquarters for Michaels-Stern clothes is be cause our customers wear them, approve them, demand them, rec ommend them. We are proud of the patronage that shows taste, thrift and sense to the extent of settling on Michaels-Stern clothes. . It's a great satisfaction to serve men whose appreciation of good service is shown so clearly. Suits $10 to $25. Overcoats $10 to $25. Raincoats $3 to $15. Order by parcel post. We prepay all charges mTb? Sloia a?ih.a Guacfeoo/ one hundred and fifty years old, at the cross roads of civilization, about, to make a radical departure from tho path which has thus for lead Us through the green pastures of pros perity and, for the most part, beside the stUl waters of peace. At such a time, tho patriotism of every loyal son of the nation should find expres sion according to his own light of knowledge, conviction of belief and dictate of conscience. Tho following' observations are modestly submitted ! in the hope that they may throw some j light on both sides of the question,- I : for the writer has not blinded bis j mind to the tact that there are two. : sides to lt. What we all are seeking ls the best ' interests of our nation. And this, not/ ! only for the brief present, but for ; the eternal future. We desire that solution of this question i which wiil feed tho springs of its highest wel fare. We desire the perpetuation of. : th?s? elements of cur national life ; which, as in the past have kept our country steadily ascending the mounts I j of greatness, GO in the future, may al lure to a better world and lead tho way. It muBt be recognized that any : policy which - is adopted will -have its dangers. Life is always a venture, accompanied by ita attendant risks. Wo walk by faith, not by sight, no less in our national life, than in .our : individual career. Tho question then resolves itself into just this, which.; policy is attended with tho greater : dangers? On the one hand are ' the dangers of the unpreparedness polioy. Thc \ opponents of this policy have but one danger to point out, though ' an : all inclusivo one, namely, the possibility of Home other nation:-either Germany or England or Japan-coming across tho waters for our scalp after the i conclusion of the hostilities, on tho Other side of the ocean. This ls the : Bolo danger which ls pointed out to our nation. None of the sane advo cates of preparedness believe in this policy for tba purposes of aggressive war. - ; This danger mu ut ? be admitted by < all." It is a possibility. . The pr cd tc , ti on might como to pass. We. might trust the professed friendship of the j other nations and find out'tb. our sor- , row and discomfiture that bur confi dence was, falsely dneed , These, countries \ might send their fleets and their armlos to our friendly shores, bombard our- weak defenses, - land thoir troops, march . unopposed to Washington, hand down old glory, set up Uieir own flag and proclaim bur free citizens - their subjects. . v This, we admit, is the possible dan ger that lurks behind - the . policy: of unpreparedness. But . what of . its probability? What of Hs probability in view of these words from Presi dent Wilson's speech before tho Man hattan Club, if we are half-way de cent to the other'nations of tho world,' '.The country is not threatened from any- quarter/ She stands .in ^friendly relations with all the world; Her resources and ber self-respect -ana capacity to care for hor own citizens and rights aro well known. ;. There is ho fei.- among us." I say, it we are half-way decent to tho other1 nations, why.' in view- cf these' Swords- of our, president, should wi? fear any -attacks from them? lt we show- ourselves as eager ' te serve ' their interests In tho nama of humanity, as we have shown ourselves zealous -to protect our .com-, meroe In behalf of capital, why should iw? not ieontftine to "stand in friendly i relationa /with all tho world?" Briefly! fiow, what, are the danger* of; preparedness?, Let us not-omit at least a Blight glance in this direction.- . The first- danger is tho danger of war itself. After toe outbreak of the ] European .war, ali of tho papers bad -Hs to say: "Let- us no more say that ?gebest way to guarantee peace is i to follow the policy, *ln times of: peace, proper* for war.' That piece \ ot. sophistry has forever boen preven \ false." So said they all. And now bere after Hf teen months, *wp see our nation on the '?jotnt.' ot adopting the - satne' policy -which it ,? pronou?ced. ? nrae&s and false:\ Is it really nee- > 3s??ry fer -Amer?es ta$v?B?n'.j ? Behool in which tho laft? generation] of Europe matriculated to learn tho Borne lesson which today is so self evident?. If the war in Europe has any lesson', to teach us, it Js the les son that to prepare for war means war. Another danger is the loss of the higher ideals of life through tho adop tion ot a militaristic policy. We wonder how Germany could perpe trate such atrocities as the trampling of innocent Belglums on the specious ground ot "military. necessity," how she could sink the Lusitania without notice, how she could do other thlngB no less lacking in the spirit of hu manity. Why should we wonder? The explanation is the simple fact that ? sordid, cruel, barbarous militarise < had Happed- the soul bf the nation. A . nation without a soul is like a body - without a soul,-it has followed the process of devolution back to the predatory brute stage of existence. Militarism fosters tho spirit of: colos- * _ - sal selfishness. Selfishness destrov9 the. soul. The soul gone,r we have only the savage left America has a ' Boui today; let-her-not surrender this > soul to that most gigantic form of i materialism Which finds its expr?s- . sion in militarisa. . Perhaps the greatest of all the dangers of military preparedness ts/ that by adopting this policy,,we for-:! felt tho providentially provided priv ilege, coming to us at this time and to us - in ?ur geographical situation apart from the danger zone, of lead ing the world to build-lt? civilization, on another and e raore secure founda tion than material power. For sixty centuries, this policy bas proved to be built on the sound. How much longer must wo walt to prove its futility?. Another policy was advo cated by one whom the best of all the ages havo called the wisest teach er that-mankind ever had. In every other sphere where His principles. have been given a fair trial, they have been proved to work. Why not run the: risk ot trying Him here Just for once? He taught that.the three things ..' which abide are faith, hope, and love. In. the military program, not one of these elements is present. Am?rica has the unparalleled opportunity o? bel ie y ?ru; Jesus Christ in order that ' she may ?be saved front- what all the rest of the world has suffered through, not beUving Him. . She is asked by God today, to trust'Him, love ber fel low-man and hope steadfastly for the, coming of that kingdom ot God whose immanent appearing Jesus Christ preached, which bas been gradually coming all down .the ages ns one af- . ter another kingdom bf evil has had to give way.before its triumphant ad vance, and which is ready to como to day if men are willlag for it Thesb latter dangers-and they aro colbssai^-r-cannot be averted if we pre-, pare on the gigantic scale proposed. The iformer .danger may be avoided on . the basis of the most-probable evi dence. Why not make the venture Uv the direction of the ' least possible danger? Witherspoon Dodge. STRUCK NEAR HOME jffhj One Person ' Bonght Bed Cro?t ; Christmas Seals. . ?. > . A young , man of fine appearance, accompanied toy a pretty jgirl'bedeck-', ed jn. w?* colors, subtle perfumo and a ravishing.' Smile, ' bought 1,000 Christmas BealB\yesterday ?at omV of .-' the- many stores., where they are Ott ? Bale. AB the man raid torche se?la ir the frivolous, girl. rsmor^ed .iscoflling- $ ly, "You wouldn't have hottght those > If your father hadn't asked you to do' lt.'! '. ? .:? ? ,.:''.';: "Oh, yee, I would," be replied ear- - neatly. "Kver, sbleb .one of my inti?' ? mate friends died of tuberculosis ? have? believed;,;the tight .against that terrible ri?se?so to be the most imper- : tant health- movement of the day." ' With : more than 1,009,000 persona in the, United. States, over one person in every 100 afflicted, tho disease a menses', to yon ?ndr^nje ^d7-?veryV ono of ns. I understand it .can be s^reated, and th's way ? can be?p i* tb buy Red Croas Christmas Stet?s." . HHHn^HI