"What Will America's Poor Roads Cost the Public This Year?" (Continued) of motor trucks being produced by the manufacturers to meet American industries' demand for rolling equipment; with thousands of expert drivers and mechanics of invaluable experience being released from the army; with the hundreds of motor truck transportation, express and rural routes being formed-it would appear that the only weak link in this Nationwide transportation chain is that of poor roads. Poor roads have proved to be the brakes on the wheel--the sand in the gears-of progress, creating chaos and stagnation in transportation and shipping. The people of the United States eliminated those conditions that tended to slow up the pace on the way to Berlin. Are they going to stand for poor roads that slow up the industrial expansion of their own country? The percentage of increase in good roads and decrease in poor roads is the only answer worth while. A DESERVING APPEAL The Lebanon Hospital for the Insane, on the mountain above Beirût, Syria, in the establishment of which, under Theophilus Waldmyer, my father [Mr. Jessup's father was Dr. Henry H. Jessup, a distinguished American missionary-educator who lived and worked at Beirut, Syria, for half a century-THE EDITORS] was so deeply interested, has weathered the war with difficulty. It was made a center of Red Cross relief to the starving people in the Lebanon until stopped by the Turks. The Red Cross supplied the hospital with sheets, pillowcases, and blanket bags, so that it was able to continue its care of some of its patients, and in May, 1916, the Turks sent a lot of patients from the asylum in Damascus and paid for their keep in wheat. The men and women sent from Damascus were in a terrible state of dirt and disease, and brought dysentery with them, and many of the other patients caught it and died. The attempt to Ottomanize the hospital was successfully resisted. The cost of supplying the hospital with bread during the war was estimated at 1,500 Turkish pounds a month. Dr. H. Watson Smith, the head physician, is sailing from London for this country on May 21. He remained at his post throughout the entire time of the war. The institution was stripped of almost everything that could be carried off, including the telephone equipment, but the buildings are undamaged, and the urgent need at present is for renewal of supplies, such as medicine, furniture, linen, and general hospital necessities. No money having been availa PHONOGRAPH RECORDS ILLIONS of people have been disappointed because their records are quickly scratched and worn out by steel needles, and no longer give the same pleasure. You will double the fun-power of your talking machine if you fit it with a Pathé Sapphire Ball and play Pathé Records that last almost forever. Any Pathé dealer will show you how. Costs very little. No needles to change. No scratching. 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Persons interested in this unique work, who would be willing to confer with Dr. Watson Smith after his arrival, are earnestly asked to communicate with Henry W. Jessup, New York Treasu. r, 55 Liberty Street, or with Mr. R. B. Haines, Jr., Secretary, 119 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia. HENRY W. JESSUP. New York, May 15, 1919. Position? The Classified Want Department of The The rate is only ten cents a word. Twenty- Department of Classified Advertising THE OUTLOOK, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York BY THE WAY Apropos of the Peace Treaty, two remarks overheard on the subway may be quoted. No. 1: "Strange! this treaty doesn't appear to satisfy anybody completely-even the Germans don't like it!" No. 2: "The Germans object to the terms as too drastic; but if they had won, what terms would they have imposed? Why, they'd just have made frankfurters out of us!" 66 The fiftieth anniversary of the driving of the golden spike which marked the completion of the first American transcontinental railway was celebrated at Ogden, Utah, on May 10. A replica of the Jupiter," an engine which was used in the building of the road, was driven by the engineer of the original engine, and several other men who were engaged in the work of construction were present. These included three Chinamen, each over ninety years old. In the accounts of the driving of the golden spike no mention is made of the final disposition of that spike. Was it "lifted" by some impecunious prospector, or has it been placed in a museum of industrial curios? A batch of letters from Mrs. Thrale, Dr. Johnson's friend, was recently sold at auction. One of them contains this anecdote: A neighbor's maid came to her with the request from her mistress for the loan of a book, which the maid said was "Milk and Asparagus Lost." Mrs. Thrale says: "I did immediately comprehend her meaning, and sent her Milton's Paradise Lost.'" "Collier's" prints a picture of a Christlike figure under which are the words: "Ever since I heard there was such a dream as a League of Nations I have prayed on my knees each night that it come true." The figure is that of Anton Lang, of Oberammergau, who takes the character of Christ in the Passion Play. He was recently interviewed by a correspondent of "Collier's," and expressed himself as above quoted, and added that he hoped that the Passion Play might be produced again in 1920, as "it might help bring the nations together again.” "A dressmaker recently back from Paris," the London "Sphere" says, reports that "black satin is all the rage in the Ville Lumière. Coats and skirts of it are worn with almost unvarying monotony. But one fairly gasps at the brevity of the skirts, though the Parisienne is undismayed and continues her progress in a skirt barely two inches below her knees with a calm and unblushing air of conviction." "The number of sailors who during the war were dropped at the port of New York with no possessions but the clothes on their backs was much larger than could be publicly known," says "Shipping." These men, victims of the German methods of warfare, became guests of the American Seamen's Friend Society, and that Society's war records tell some strange stories. One of the remarkable incidents recorded is that of three survivors from one vessel who had each been at sea since boyhood, one thirty-five years, one thirty years, and one twenty-seven years, but had never been shipwrecked before. An American newspaper man writes from Berlin that real leather shoes are kept in glass cases in the shoe stores there and labeled "250 marks" (about $62.50). He says that when he saw these prices he By the Way (Continued) understood why he had seen this sign in the rooms of every German hotel: "Do not put your shoes outside the door for polishing. Give them personally to the Hausdiener." Story writers are often at a loss to know what themes to employ; the editor of a popular magazine tells them what not to write about, as follows: He does not want "stories in which the man and the girl meet in a Pullman car, or in a Greenwich Village eating-house; stories of politics, of the occult, of college life, of the cow-country, or of A.D. 2000; stories and poems dealing with death"-of these last he says he "already has four hundred and three on hand;" which looks as though he had weakly accepted contributions he doesn't. want or is unaccountably slow in returning them. A correspondent discredits the quotation, "Many a little makes a mickle," and says that the real. Scotch proverb is, "Monie mickles mak' a muckle." Mickle and muckle, however, are defined as the same thing" a large amount or quantity; abundance." The Oxford English Dictionary says, under "mickle:" "Chiefly in proverb, Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle." An English clergyman, according to a humorous weekly, was astonished one day, while officiating for a friend in a remote moorland church, to see the old verger abstract a half-crown from the collection plate before presenting it at the altar rails. After the service he told the old man that his crime had been discovered. The verger looked puzzled. Then a sudden light dawned on him: 66 Why, sir, you don't mean that ould half-crown of mine? Why, I've led off with he this last fifteen year." Social reformers will be encouraged by reading a passage on cretinism in a book called "How to Live." In 1900, it says, a traveler who visited Aosta, in Italy, found many cretins among the beggars in the streets, in the asylums, in the homes"everywhere he ran across these awful apologies for human beings." But in 1910 he found only one! What had happened? "Simply a few resolute, intelligent reformers had changed the entire situation." An isolation institution had been established by the state; no marriages were permitted; and as cretins do not live long, they had become practically extinct. When the fires of war have cooled down somewhat, salvage parties to hunt for scuttled treasure will doubtless begin to be active. One of the places to hunt for vanished gold will doubtless be North Keeling Island, where the Emden was beached when the Sydney ended the German raider's spectacular career. One of the Emden's crew, as recorded in a book entitled "Stories of the Ships," has confessed that when the raider was beached sixty thou sand gold sovereigns, part of the spoils IMPORTANT from captured English merchant ships, were swept from her decks into the sea. The coral reef where the Emden was stranded may yet give up this treasure. The advertiser quoted below has lost his "Henrietta," but he might win a prize for having owned the queerest pet on record. The advertisement is from the columns of the "Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette," of Annapolis: LOST-Pet turtle with hand-painted back; answers to the name Henrietta. Reward if returned to Capital office. TO Travel Bureau 602 Healey Building Atlanta 213 SUBSCRIBERS When you notify The Outlook of a change in your address, both the old and the new address should be given. Kindly write, if possible, two weeks before the change is to take effect. In famous Rangeley region in heart of mountains facing lake. Private log cabins with open fires and baths. Central diningroom. Golf within easy reach; garage. Boating, bathing, fishing, mountain climbing. Farm one mile from camp furnishes fresh vegetables, eggs, poultry, certified milk. Booklet. J. LEWIS YORK, Prop. THE OCEAN HOUSE, YORK BEACH, ME. Leading hotel. Fine location. All conveniences. Excellent cuisine, Comfortable and homelike. Golf, tennis. beautiful drives, bathing and fishing. Ideal spot for children. Booklet. W. J. SIMPSON. THE OUTLOOK Opens June 20. The best combination of seashore features on the coast. Matchless bay for sailing and fishing, perfect beach and bathing. Five tennis courts. The Engleside has all the modern conveniences, private baths with sea and fresh water. Booklet. R. F. Engle, Mgr. SURE RELIEF FROM HAY FEVER HURRICANE LODGE and COTTAGES IN THE ADIRONDACKS Hurricane, Essex Co.. N. Y. Season opens June 14th. Comfortable, homelike. Altitude 1,800 ft. Extensive verandas overlooking Keene Valley. Trout fishing. Camping. Golf links, nine wellkept greens. Mile course. Tennis and croquet. Fresh vegetables. Fine dairy. Furnished cottages, all improvements. Terms $18 to $30 per week. Special rates for season. Address K. BELKNAP, Mgr., Hurricane, Essex Co., N. Y. CAMP LINGERLONG On Pine Lake. Includes 500 acres of wildest Adirondack Mountains. Hunting, fishing, swimming, canoeing, tennis, saddle horses. Tramps to surrounding mountain peaks, Lake George and Lake Champlain. Dancing. Excellent meals. Spring water. Cabins and tents $14, $16 and up. Private parties entirely isolated. References required. Manager, ROYDEN BARBER, Clemons, N. Y. ADIRONDACKS INTERBROOK LODGE and COTTAGES Keene Valley, N. Y. On direct trail to Mt. Marcy, very heart of Mts. Illustrated booklet giving description of Keene Valley and the Lodge sent on reM.E. LUCK. quest. $15 and $18 a week. TO LET for SEASON, new 8-room furnished cottage, with bath, fireplace, large porch. Beautiful sea view. $250. Also 6-room cottage, $150. At Squirrel Isle, A. A. SOULE, Augusta, Me. Furnished cottage, 7 rooms, fireplace, city water, broad piazzas. $150 for season. Address Emma E. Jones, 63 River Ave., Gardiner, Me. CASCO BAY. MAINE For Sale-Estate of 50 Acres Sightly location for colony or summer home. 2 houses, 7 and 10 rooms, 2 stables, hennery. Located 12 miles from Bath, Me., accessible by land and water. GEO. L. HARRIS, 39 Free St., South Portland, Me. NEW HARBOR, ME. To rent, sixroom furnished cottage, fireplace, spring water; beautiful scenery; ocean front. $100 per season. Geo. E. Little, New Harbor, Me. MC furnished cottage near Sunset Hill House, 10 rooms, bath, 2 lavatories, open fireplaces, electric lights, garage. Golf, tennis, etc. Housekeeping or not, as desired. Apply to J. B. HARDON, 87 Milk St., Boston, Mass. NEW YORK CITY To let, furnished, Brooklyn, N. Y., 10-room house, Park Slope, attractive neighborhood, for 3 months. Half hour from ocean. References exchanged. 527, Outlook. 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WANTED-Summer work as companion or tutor to boy. Proficient in tutoring and athletics. Fond of children and outdoor life. 6,997, Outlook. REFINED young girl, fond of children and outdoor sports, three years' successful teaching experience, desires position as tutor or companion. Best of references. 7,000. Outlook. COLLEGE girl desires position as governess or companion during summer. 6,990, Outlook. KINDERGARTNER (practice teacher), folk dancing, song-games, wishes summer position, hotel, camp. 7,013, Outlook. PRINCETON undergraduate desires position as tutor in secondary school subjects, mathematics in particular. Address 7 M Dod Hall, Princeton, N. J. FRENCH teacher, diplomée, experienced. Summer position, governess, companion, tutor. English, music. References. 7,019, Outlook. |