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Monday, June 8, 1914.
) I The Job of the editor of the Joliet
i Prison Toft is not fo bad under cer
' t 'tain ci re urn a tan eta. He at least 1b
J 'pretty well protected from Indignant
j J readers.
J ! ! The Stirling couple whose third mar-
'rlage to each other took plar-p in Rock
j 3 Inland last wrek found it almost as
1 1 'difficult to .undo the work of the di
ll .vorce court as most unhappy pairs do
1 1 have the matrimonial knot loosened.
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I v 1 The director of th" New Haven road
who admitted on the witness stand
. tfce other day that his diafness pre
vented him from harin? most of what
took place in board meetings probably
unconsciously gae aay the reason
he held bis job.
' Not all the railroad stock manuipu
latioro in the world is done by Ameri
cans, as is shown by the Liu bank fail
ure in London. Such instances prove
that rc-gulation of stork manipulation
1 not a problem for this country alone
tut that Jt is an intt rsaUonal ques
tion. No particular signifianc should be
attached to the seizure by the Mexican
federals of the I". S. state department
ii jritfie which -was in the hands of Vice
H "Consul SUliman. Inasmuch as they
could neither drink it nor coavert it
into any palatable beverage it is tin-
likely that they did It any violence.
The doctrine of discontent the re
publicans are trying to sow is contin
' ually running afoul of hard facts which
serve to show Its fallacies. For in
' stance, there were fewer business fail
ures during the month of May this
year than in the same month last year,
and fewer than in earlier months of
..the present year. The business pulse
refuses to become excited.
At a recent meeting of an electrical
association in Philadelphia one speaker
declared that the industry was yet in
. Its infancy. He made the prediction
that the coming electric car must have
a light battery, a light motor, light
construction and a speed of 20 miles
aa hour, should cost not more than
$o00 and be maintained for from $10
.0 $25 a month.. From this view there
Is a whole lot yet to learn in electrical
jCcnstruction,
NIGHT WORK FOR WOMEN
Pending in the courts of the great
state of New York is a case of vital
importance Involving the constitution
f aliry of the law forbidding work in fac-
I tories by women over 21 years of age.
J between the hours of 10 p.
! a, m.
m. and I
' In 1907 la New York the law which
j prohibited the work of women over 21
1 between 9 p. m. and 5 a. m was de
t clared unconstitutional by the court of
; appeals on the ground that it inter
f fered with, the freedom of contract.
t This law was reloaded in IS 13 with the
dosing hour placed at 10 p. m.. and
has again been brought before the
courts for derision as to its constitu-
' tkraallty by the Charles iSchwelnler
; Press.
II id juuernca lour oiorr mates nave
I UJ&ui yji A. (nvuimutja laws, J21SI
I year was thia protective measure pat
j on the stalnte books of Pennsylvania
I and Nebraska, while a similar law has
applied to inannfacturlng establish-
t Bienta) in Indiana for a docade and
f more. Bat In Maitaacbusotts alone.
where this xneaanre was enacted a
J quarter of a century ago. do we find
J enforcement: for a long period of time
' covering the majority of work places
i where women mr employed.
in Knropn counties, 14
1 1 of tbe leading nations have entirely
I prohibited the work of women between
i i certain periods at night by internar
; I tUmal treaty. This treaty In a result
!' of a conference called by the Interna
, tlonal Aasoctatlon for labor Leglfla.
j; tion In Berne. Switzerland, in 1906
! 2 To this confereiice deelates were sent
11 by the governments of Austria. Ilel-
i 1 Jrtam. Denmark. Prance, Germany,
H Great Britain. Holland. Hungary. Italy,
t i Ivoxesrburg. Portugal. Spain, Sweden
II and rrwtter1and and an international
ooaventlon forbidding night work for
fi women was signed by all of the 14
f. countries. By 1912 all of the coun-
I trie except Denmark had enacted lex
' Islatlon embodylnr the provisions of
1 1 the convention end had ratified the
treaty.
By the terms of this treaty
which
1 i applies vr wgmru our 19 years 01
IS
; age, the 14 countries bind themselves
1 1 to allow ' to womoa at leaal 1 1 con-
1 1 seeutlve hours of rt at night, and to
ifcermit no night work of women be-
tweca tLe hour o.10 p.m. and C. a. m. I
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It Is apparent that the women of for
eign countries are receiving" a protec
tion that Is denied to women la moil
American states.
The findings of the New York fac
torr Investigating commission agree
with thoae of all other eclentlno In
vestixators, that the work of women
at night Is exceptionally Injurious.
Lom of sleep at nlsht, the difficulties
of sleeping during the day time In the
noisy, crowded tenements, lack of sun
light. Irregular eating, disarrangement
of the normal customs of life. Injury
to eyesight, tacreased chance of aocl-
dents all of theso factors combine to
lower vitality, to weaken the power of
diseaao-resistance, to produce Impov
erished blood and anemia, to weaken
the female functions, and generally to
Increase morbidity and mortality. The
moral dangers, too cannot be over
looked. Because we in America cannot for
constitutional reasons take part as a
nation in such. International treaties.
It Is all the more necessary that ef
fort should be made within the various
states, to bring their legislation up at
least to the level of foreign countries.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
Government probers say they ex
pect to uncover manipulations in the
management of the finances of the
Rock Island road as bad as those
which have been shown to have taken
place with the New Haven. Disclos
ures in the latter case and the ab
sence of adequate regulations to pre
vent similar outrages in future form a
most convincing argument against the
plea of Wall street that "regulation"
on the part of the government ia be
ing overdone.
There is no reasonable doubt that
the railroads of the country are tn sore
need of additional capital with which
to renew equipment, to make exten
sions and even in some cases to carry
on operations. Very many of the prop
erties, the majority no doubt, have
been honestly financed and managed
and . their securities offer good, safe
investments. But how is the invest
ing public to know present conditions
and what safeguard is there against
future exploiting which will wipe out
their capital?
Should the government drop Its ef
forts to provide adequate legislation
there is no reason to anticipate volun
tary reform on the part of the big
financiers. The old practices most
certainly would be continued In come
quarters at least- The public mlna
would not have anything to reassure
it capital would seek other and more
safe forms of investment and the rail
road securities market could scarcely
be expected to improve. This would
not be finally solving this vexing prob
lem. The railroads themselves would
be the sufferers and as would other
Hues of industry and commerce which
have been subject to similar abuses.
Regulation of business is only in its
infancy. There is much to be learned
about it and nothing but experience
and common sense will bring the les
soa home to all concerned and enable
them to profit by it. To stop now
would not give even temporary relief.
Conditions arising through a long per
iod of years makes action necessary
without delay.
And politics has no place in the con
sideration of a subject so vital to th
public welfare.
LORD ESHER'S APPEAL FOR
PEACE
Lord Esher, president of the London
Territorial association and a perma-
nent member of the committee of iin
perial defense at the Sorbonne in
Paris recently made a striking appeal
for peace. He took the text of his
lecture from the words of A. J. Bal
four: "Aggressive warfare between
civilized nations, undertaken for the
purpose of making the aggressor bap-
pier, wealthier, more prosperous,
futile and silly."
The problem which Lord Esher pre
sented to his audience was that of de
ciding how far the march of events.
the eocial and economic developments
of modern times had rendered obsolete
the dogma. Inspired by the spirit of
the middle ages, that "War is the
greatest school of duty." He proceed
ed to summarize the thesis' of Nor
man Angell'a "The Great Illusion" and
said:
"If it Is true that international
obligations, the interdependence of
finance and commerce, are all so intri
cate that an injury done to one great
nation reacts on all the markets and
nations, so that it is not worth the
while of any great civilised people to
fight a successful war against a civil
ized neighbor, surely public opinion
about the efficiency of war must la
the long run undergo a change. When
men realize that a conquered enemy
means a ruined customer, and that a
ruined customer means a dead loss to
the conquerer, will they desire con
quest?"
Finally he emphasized the urgency
of the problem, the drain of arma
menta. lie pointed out that these ar
maments are maintained for defense
and exposed the fallacy of Mr. Churc
hill's maxim that "the way to make
peace aecure is to be so strong that
victory over your enemy will be cer
tain" aa axiom, as he said, "not of
defense but of aggression."
In a fine closing passage he fore
shadowed the time when all the intel
lect and effort, the sacrifice of wealth
and intelligence devoted to the sys
tematization of war, should be devoted
to systematizing peace, and asked: "Is
not that on ideal worthy of any people
progressive and patriotic, and does it
necessarily clash with a noble and su
preme faith in the destiny of one's
country?"
Two Old Customs,
One of the oldest customs fa th
'world, socordng to an archaeologist.
1 giving precious metals or other com
modities of agreed rains In exchanca
fur tb noc oneirics of Ufa. Of cocrss,
an equally aged custom la promlsinf
to haod ova chs prsdons metal or oth
er commodity next week, LoularUls
Cvurier - iocmst,
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LOW GRADE MEDICAL SCHOOLS
The diplomas Issued by 30 medical
schools in the t'ntted States are prac
tically worthless on account of the low
standards of these schools, which pre
vent their recognition by the state
boards. These facts are shown In a
report on medical schools In a reoent
Issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association. In from 14 to 32
states the diploma Issued by 30 medi
cal schools ara hot recognlied. In
these states the graduates of these 30
sohooli are not admitted to the examin
ations for licensee to practice medi
cine. This Information should receive
wide publicity, particularly In the In
terests of prospectv medical students.
Before selecting a medical school the
student shou'd know whether the
training furnished and the diplo
mas given by that school wi:i qualify
him for examination and for a license
to practice medicine In any state be
may choose. The fact that recognition
has been withdrawn or withheld from
certain medical colleges. Is not al
ways given publicity by state boards,
and, of course, is not published in the
announcements of the colleges affect
ed. Some students, therefore, have
not been aware of the conditions until
Prison Clothing
Convicts employed In the clothing
factory of the southern Illinois peni
tentiary at Chester, made $118,641
worth of clothing for the state institu
tions the last year, according to a re
port submitted by Warden W. V. Chois-
ser to Governor Dunne. This was an
Increase of about $14,000 over the pre
vious year.
"It is perhaps not generally known,"
says the warden's report, "that our
clothing factory manufactures practi
cally all the clothing which Is worn by
the Inmates of all the penal and char
itable institutions in the state.
"All the state penal and charitable
institutions obtain their shoes and fur
niture from the Illinois state peniten
tiary; they have their printing done at
the Illinois state reformatory, and they
obtain all their clothing and hosiery
from the southern Illinois peniten
tiary.
"When one of the state institutions
desires clothing, they make a requisi
tion on the board of prison industries,
specifying the kind of material and
character or clothing which is desired,
the number of suits or dresses, and the
The Utility of a
The multitude of humbler services
performed by the weather bureau in
a great city is illustrated by the flood
of telephone queries that reach the
New York office. Answering these
takes all the time of one man ; on Borne
days they number seven or eight hun
dred. Most of them come from per
sons who have practical uses for the
information and need it earlier than
It would reach them through the reg
ular channels.
One of the first calls of the day, per
haps, comes from the local plant of
the largest yeast company in the coun
try. The manager asks what the tem
perature will be at 11 o'clock the fol
lowing morning. The science of me-,
teoroiogy could be put to no severer
test; and the efficiency of the govern
William
Underweight
Life Insurance statistics show that
overweight policy-holdeTS very rarely
die of old age. For that matter, no
one ever dies rjf old age. But over
weight persons ara apt to succumb to
some Illness earlier in life thata per
sons of normal weighL
A man 5 feet tall should weigh 115
pounds.
A man 5 feet 2 Inches should weigh
127 pounds.
A man 6 feet 4 Inches should weigh
13S pounds.
A man 5 feet 6 Inches should weigh
144 pounds.
A man & feet 8 laches should weigh
155 pounds.
A man 6 feet 10 facbee should welgk
170 pounds.
A man 6 feet tall should weigh 171
pounds.
Between the ages of 15 and 30 nn
derweight is mora important than is
middle life. It is often the indication
01 incipient tuberculosis or soma
other chronic disease. Of course, it
may be a family trait and mean noth
ing. But when one member of a fam
ily only shows underweight the case
is one for the family doctor's obser
vation. Diabetes, tapeworm, chronic
appendicitis, anemia, tuberculosis, and
other obsonre conditions may be ex
pressed almost- exclusively by under
weight In early ad nit life.
Experience of Insurance Companies.
Underweight in individuals up to
the age of 40 shortens the expectancy
of life. That is. Insurance companies
have found by experience that these
Individuals do not live as long, on
the average, as do persons of normal
weight. But after 40 the factor of
underweight seems to be of little Im
portance. From 40 np overweight be
gins to assume the more prominent
place.
Why Is overweight bad?
A moderate amount of excess bag-
Dr. Brady win answer all questions
EST
tion is of general interest it will be answered through these columns: If not
it will bs answered personally If stamped,
Dr. Brady will not prescribe for individual cases or make dlasnosea. . Ad.
drsss si letlerg to pr, iVUUjuii Brady,
tbey had matriculated, or even until
they apply for a license to practice.
Hundreds of students have entered
low-grade medical colleges, have spent
large sums of money and have devoted
three or four years to study, or have
been graduated before they learned
that their diplomas were practically
worthless. This la wrong and places
a life-long handicap on these students.
Information regarding the non-recognition
of low-grade medical colleges by
state boards should be in the hands of
every prospective medical student
when he chooses his college. This
knowledge 'will enable him to avoid
the serious mistake of making a bad
start on his life's work. The IntelU
gent student, thus Informed, would cer
tainly not waste bis time and money
in a low-grade Institution when In the
same time and with perhaps even less
money he could obtain a training In a
thoroughly well-conducted medical
school which would not only better
equip him for his profession, but would
also enable him to render better ser
vice to the people who will depend on
him for medical attention or hygienic
instruction.
Used by the State
sizes wanted. The state board of pris
on industries, if they approve the requi
sition, forward the same to the south
ern Illinois penitentiary to be filled.
"When this requisition has been re
ceived by us, we send samples of the
goods to many wholesale dealers for
bids. We award the contract to the
lowest bidder. By following the com
petitive system we save the state ap
proximately from $500 to $1,000 a
month.
"In addition to the clothing made for
the southern Illinois penitentiary dur
ing the last year we made clothing for
the Elgin state hospital, Anna state
hospital, Kankakee state hospital. Wa
ter town state hospital, Jacksonville
state hospital, Peoria state hospital,
Lincoln state school and colony, Illi
nois 'school for the blind, Illinois sol
diers' and sailors' home, Illinois Sol
diers' orphans home, Illinois charita
ble eye and ear infirmary, Illinois state
penitentiary, Illinois state reforma
tory, St. Charles 6chool for boys, Illi
nois state school for the deaf, Illinois
state training school for gir.s, Chester
state hospital, Chicago state hospital,
and Illinois soldiers' widows' home.
Weather Bureau
ment's experts is demonstrated by the
fact that their answers, except on rare
occasions, writes Allan P. Ames in
the World's Work, prove correct to
within one or two degrees. The in
formation plays an important part in
the process of ripening the yeast.
The manager of a restaurant which
feeds 3,000 persons a day asks for an
early forecast before ordering his sup
plies for the next 24 hours. If the
prediction is rain or snow, he curtails,
because inclement weather reduces the
dally number of his patrons by from
400 to 500. If a hot spell is coming, he
doubles his orders for green vegetables
and ices and cooling drinks; in expec
tation of a cold wave he plunges on
meats and baked beans and hearty
soups.
Drady.M.D.
and Overweight
gage doesn't seem to be . bad for
younger men: in fact, it seems to be
a favorable factor. But in men past
40, excess weight simply adds to the
work of the heart. It stands to reason
that if your heart was made to do the
work of a 40 horse-power machine in
the first place, you can't load on
enough for a 60 horse-power machine
without causing a breakdown sooner
or later. Every time a fat man walks
upstairs or lifts himself out of a chair
or tears himself away from the din
ner table, his heart is doing overwork.
Both overweight ajnd underweight
Individuals may accomplish, much
through diet. Not on their own
hook, but under the supervision of
the doctor. But the first thing nec
essary Is to find out whether any or
ganic disease is the underlying cause
of the abnormal weight. Younger men
who are underweight, and. older men
who are overweight should, not wait
for actual illness to drive them to
the doctor. They should go when they
are zeeiing an right.
Questions and Answers, .
Mother writes: In case a child
swallows a coin, what is the proper
procedure for a mother to follow?
Answer.
If the coin Is not of great Intrinsic
value, the mother may wait with calm
assurance. Ninety-nine out of a hun
dred times the coin will go through the
canal unharmed. The hundredth time
it will lodge somewhere, be discovered
In an X-ray picture, and surgically
considered by the medical attendant.
S. WT. C. writes: I have a wen on
thi very top of my scalp. It is as
large as a hickory nut and very an
noying. How can I get rid of it?
Answer.
Your physician can remove the sac
through a quarter-inch Incision under
cocaine and send you on your way re
joicing.
pertaining to health. If vour Ques
addressed envelone la enclosed
care of The Argus, Rock Island. 111.
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HENHT HOWIANP
AJ0YR1DE
Til taka you noma
a sain, K a t b
. lean.
We'll h a a
wild. haU-reJa-
log ride; J
Fve smuggled out)
the new ma-j
china.
And It shall now
be fully tried;
The braese shall'
fiercely fan your
cheek.
.The waiting oopai
wa will despise ;i
yr will Ignora thai
words t b e yt
peak.
The duat r
make shall nlli:
their eyes;
Oh, I will taka yout
home, K a t h -j
leen;
I bono that yoia
may feel no pain;
The car Is all Wiped nice and clean.
We'll haVe It spattered up again.
I know you love me. Kathleen, dear,
Because the car I run Is new;
I'll speed It on the highest gear.
And try to give new thrills to yon;
The things that get In front oS me
I'll smash, and care but little howl 1
Hold to your hat and you shall see
Some mighty pretty scorching now)
Oh, I will take you home. Kathleen,
And If we give to others pain.
We'll blithely hurry from tfte scene
And never drive that way again.
For Her Father's Sake.
T want to have an understanding
with you," sold the outspoken old man
when the expert In voice culture had,
asked him to sit down. "I want you
to tell me the truth about my daugh
ter's voice."
"My dear sir, dont ask me to do
that. It is too painful."
"What! Do you dare to look me In
the face and insinuate that she is
never likely to be able to sing?"
"I am very sorry, sir, butlf you will
compel me to speak the truth. It is as
you say."
"Then why the devil have you been
letting her come here for two years
and hand you my good money In re
turn for your lessons?"
"Because I have wished to serve
you, sir. Whenever I tell young ladies
they can't sing they go to a teacher
on the floor below, and he charges 50
cents a lesson more than I get. You
can figure for yourself what I have
saved yon on three lessons a week for
two years."
WHY THEY. QUARRELED.
"I thought I
overheard you and
your wife quarrel
ing a little while
ago. What was
the trouble ?"
l'She brought
home a new hat
and, after putting
it on, she turned to me and said she
didn't believe it was becoming."
"Well?" . - j
"I agreed" with her."
Heroism and Righteousness.
The Turk, believing that hla soul will rise
To heaven at once If on the field he dies
While fighting Allah's foes. Is but a slave
To that poor faith which leaves him at
the grave.
He that from sin and from temptation)
flees
Because he fears the God above htm sees.
Is. like the foolish Turk, a haunted slave
Who goes at last deluded to hU grave.
They are the heroes who. afraid to die.
Still follow duty where the bullets fly.
And he is righteous who, unchecked by
rear.
Bcorns sin's allurements, holding virtue
aear.
Some Other Reason.
"Do you suppose your father ob
jects to me because of the fact that I
am a poet?"
"Oh, dear, no. Pa has a Judicial
mind and never believes in condemn
ing on hearsay evidence."
Old.
"She claims to be much
than she really is, I think."
younger
"Yes. She admitted the other day
that she could easily remember when
Travis won his first golf chasT'oa
shlp." Why Bother About It?
"Do yon think a man who will neg
lect his business to go to .baseball
games Is of sound mind?"
"Oh, come, let's be optimistic I
can't believe everybody's crazy."
Geniuses and Marriage.
Kate Upson Clark says geniuses
ought not to marry.
Oh. pshaw, Kate. We know sev
eral geniuses whose wives ara sup
porting them in first-rate style.
Innocence.
"Won't you sing something
Miss Screechlelghr
"I am sorry, but I haven't brought
my music with me."
"Oh, does that make a difference?'
Satisfied.
"Have yen ever wished you warn
single again?"
"No. My husband, who travels a
great deal, has always permitted ma
to live at a fashionable hotaL"
Adulterated olive oil la bard to de
tect, even by the expert tasters. They
allege, however, thnt they can tell the
spurious article by flavor and ell set
on the throat.
He who foresees calamities suffers I
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The Daily Story
" Baptized By Power By Vivgie E. Roe.
Copyrighted. Itl4. by Associated Literary Bureau.
Ellen Hargrsve stood at the little
window of ber nnpainted pine aback
and twisted together slim fingers that
bespoke ber former station In life.
The coarse, blue flannel shirt and
hort skirt told plainly enough that ber
lot these days was "roughing it1
Outside the sight which greeted ber
balf tragic eyes was drear to the point
of desolation.
As she looked the door of the power
house opened and a tall man came out,
swinging up the path to the cabin with
the rhythm of youth and health.
"Hello, Miss Prettyface," he laughed.
"How's dinner?"
She did not answer and tamed to the
well laid table, pouring the tea with
shaking lingers.
Presently the man noticed the look
of ber eyes, and bis face sobered.
"What's the matter?" be asked. 'Bine
again?"
For answer she turned suddenly
away, pressed hard by a flood of tears
that clamored for escape.
When she could command herself she
turned to him, though her lips -quivered.
"Jim." she said, simply, "if yon don't
give up this work and go back to the
world I shall go mad. I coald tear
these hills to pieces! And I hate that
monster down there." She glanced at
the power house. "It menaces me.
And 1 hate the river."
The man's face saddened, and a line
of perplexity came between bis brows.
"Ellen." he said. "I'm sorry sorry
that yon feel like this and if you can
not change I will give It up, though
I wish you could learn to see it all as
I see It "WTiy, I love it all tbe hills,
the river with its uncounted strength,
the power house there with its -mag
nificent tasks of labor, Its glorious
serving of man, the very towns and
cities that yon love so much. I am
happy here, dear. If only you could
be! It's great work.
"Think it over, honey," he whispered
as he kissed her to return to his shift.
"Don't yon want to come down and,
etay with me awhile this afternoon?
Charlie la going over to the settlement.
How that chap manages for sleep 1
don't know."
It was 3 o'clock of a rainy after
noon before she could bring herself to
bathe her swollen face, wrap op In a
waterproof and go down the crooked
path to the power house, crouching
low and ngly beside the river.
As she crossed the railed approach
above the flood gates the deep throat
ed hum of the dynamos struck her
ear, and she shuddered involuntarily.
1 The constant menace of that stored
death was always before her the aw
ful power whose lightest touch meant
eternity appalled her.
She was thinking in this shrinking
strain as she opened the door.
As they always did, her eyes swept
swiftly over every bit of the wide
open space in the center of the build
ing for Jim.
Now, as she looked in growing fear, 1
the door of the telephone booth, a little
room set up on a waist high platform
to the right, flew open and Jim tum
bled out literally, his face gone white
nd horror in his eyes.
"Jim!" screamed Ellen shrilly.
At the sudden cry the man essayed
to turn sharply as he reached for the
flight of shallow steps leading to the
floor, missed his footing and went
down straight from the platform on
his right knee, the foreleg bent back,
with the toe caught on the platform's
edge.
There was a report as of a cracked
plank above the hum, and she reached
him to see the foot fall useless.
"Broken, by George!" gritted the
man. "And there's been a bad disas
ter at the Black Drift mine cave-In
thirty men entombed and tbey want
power power.
"Ellen they must have all the pow
er we've got extra drills air com
pressedmore hoists! Oh, my God!
And I can't get there!"
His wife covered her eyes with her
hands, and horror shut off her breath.
When she looked again Jim lay in a
limp heap fainted out of the running
done for!
And thirty men In the Black Drift
-mine waiting for air!
She drew herself up slowly, her body
weak and a mist in her eyes.
As she stood so the bell In the bootk
rang madly, and she dragged herself
up the steps, numb and slow.
"Hargrove?" cried ' a man's hoarse
voice. "For God's sake turn the pow
er on! Hurry! We've got on all the
drills, but they're working slow.
"For the love of God, man. give ns
all the power you've got! Cut off ev
erything in Bartell City and along the
lines and let us have it all!"
He shut off abruptly, dropping the
receiver, and Ellen Hargrave came
out of the booth wringing her hands.
What should she do? What could
she do?
Then suddenly she straightened, took
ber hands from her face and crept
down the steps.
Air! Her own throat was choking.
But she must do what Jim would have
done she most handle the monster.
At the east loomed no the rod atmnv.
ed marble face of the great switch
board, glittering with brass and cop
per switches, big and little
ro her right Nos. 1 and 2 sang their
constant high pitched song of power;
over beyond the booth S iml a wv
in sinister silence.
Along the western wall ran a namvtv
space leading out to the little room
above the traveling ropes and the tnr-
UJUCS. ;
Here the governor stood.
Here was the power the ninot riri
needed to forca the life clvinr dnn
and ahe alone to handle it. shaking In
deadly feaxl
She shut her hands hard and gather-
? ,Dap forcea- cleared ber mind deeper- ?
"icij, I
What was It Jim did first when he
cut In the other machines?
She bad followed him so often in the
monotony of the dull hours that she
knew every motion.
Bat where did be begin? And the
synchronizing!
She nearly fainted at the appalling
thought of the delicate operation at the
switchboard after the dynamos were
started.
Could she throw the big copper
switch Just at the proper fraction of
second?
Or would ber eye and band fan and
knock out the circuit breaker, thereby
wrecking all hope?
She cowered against the cement wan,
staring out at the empty room.
Then, fearfully, she gathered np ber
trembling limbs and walked out to the
shining governor.
Instinctively, not trusting her brain,
she opened the valve on the governor.
Instantly she caught the low roar of
the opened turbine gates, saw the gov
ernor begin to whirl, heard the tboa
der of the great turbine in the depths
below, and ber heart leaped In ber
throat.
Steady nowl
What did Jim do next, where bid
she followed him from here?
Again following instinct, she went
back through the passage.
She stopped at the small hooded gen
erator beside No. 3.
It was beginning its own little tone.
From there abe went as one In a
dream, softly, following Jim on other
journeys and threw the exciter switch.
By now Nos. 3 and 4 were whirl
ing under their hoods, giving oat a
strange, menacing note that rose stead
ily, an exciting, terrible note.
She stood wide eyed and watched
the power ber hand bad loosed roar
up to Its zenith. The trembling was
gone out of ber limbs.
In its stead'sbe felt something strong
rising within her, an excitement bor
rowed from the dynamos, a crazy Joy
a triumph!
She ran, wavering a bit under the
strain, to the switchboard and switch
ed on the synchronizing lights, two
small bulbs In the front of the marble
face.
One lighted and went out, lighted
and went out, In perfect regulated
time, like the play of a pendulum.
That stood for 1 and 2. harnessed
and obedient, already working like will
ing giants.
The other was slower, Its beat cross
ing and falling behind and overstep
ping the step of the other. That was
3 and 4 coming up to the pace. '
Steadily the second light gained on
the first
Now it was only a hair's breadth be
hind; now it was so near as to bs
scarce perceptibly slower; now it light
ed and went out In unison with the
other.
Tense, steady, she watched a second
longer, gauging the lights. Now tbey
were at the enlth. Now they went
down and out Now now Just before
they reached the senith again
Click!
Strongly she pushed the big switch
down and let out ber bursting breath.
Right! Nothing had happened!
The four black monsters were work
ing together mightily, filling the power
house with their awful bumming.
Staggering and laughing, she went
and switched off all the current from
Bartell City and the valley towns.
She got the Black Drift on the tele
phone. Some boy answered.
"How's the power?" she asked
weakly.
"Finer came back the word. "Drilla
workln' like the devil! Compresses
ready. All bopln."
When she at last reached Jim be
opened bis arms, and she sank into
them.
"Oh, Miss Prettyface!" cried the man
tensely. "Miss Braveheart! My own
girl! What a woman-you are!"
An hour later she got the Black Drift
again, this time the hoarse voice of the
superintendent who bad begged for
power.
"What luck?' she asked bravely.
"Best lock, thank God."' he answered
heartily. "We've hit the level and are
pumping them air while the relief
squads work. AH alive. Give Har
grove my thanks for his prompt work."
"Good!" sold Ellen. "And now, Mr.
Masters, when you can spare thera
will you send me help and a doctor?
My husband Is lying here on the floor
with a broken leg. You will?
Thanks! Right soon, please. Oh, Just
a bit ago. Goodby!7
. WThea the men from the Black Drift
full of the day's happening, carried
Jim Hargrave np the crooked path to
the shack beneath the plue the woman
turned from the stretcher's bend and
looked back at the river, the hills and
the ugly power house beside its dam
It was a whole new country te o
misty eyes, and all Its bitterness mt
swept away as by n mlRhty wind.
The world had changed since noon!
"Jim." she said In the quiet nlg!A
"let's build anotner room on the caW
1 tMnk I want to elay,"
June 8 in American
History.
ISOO-Tbomns Paine, patriot and noted
deist, died in New York: bora 1
1845 Andrew Jackson, seventh prw
dent of the United States (lST)
died; born 1767. ,
1S04 President Lincoln renominated
at Baltimore on a platform pi5"
Ing the destruction of slavery.
railroad to the Pacific and oialn
tenance of the Monroe doctrine.
1007 Julia Magruder, novelist. Hd
born 1854. ' ,
1913-Dr. C. A. Brlggs. noted theol
giaa. once tried for heresy. li "
New Tork rlty; born ISsfc '
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