RECRUITING—I9I7 As the re«ult of action by the Legislatures of New York, Maine and South Dakota, voters will pass upon woman suffrage. In the first two states the referendum will be held next fall and in South Dakota the decision will be recorded in 1918. INCREASING FOOD 1 SUPPLY OF NATION IS AiMJtf WOMEN Suffragists Receive Call to Mo bilize for Farming and Gar. denmg Throughout the State UNIFORM MAY BE ADOPTED A new national defense force is tc make its advent throughout the coun try—a force which is described bj Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooraan oJ the United States Department ol Agriculture, as one which will be of as much value in times of peace as ir war. It will operate under both fed eral and state supervision. This new force will be feminine ir gender and suffragistic in efficiency In addition it will have an important integral part in Pennsylvania. In fact it will carry women back to the land wherever that land is—in rural, urbar or suburban districts. State Bureaus In brief, the movement describee is the mobilizihg by the Nauona American Wonfan Suffrage Associa tion, the Pennsylvania Woman Suf frage Association and other state suf frage associations of their entin membership to work under a "Depart ment of Suffrage Agriculture" to in crease the national food supply bj gardening and farming and the elimi nation of waste. Members,- in all probability, will adopt a simple uni form, and, following an enrollment which is to take place immediately will inaugurate in detail a great de partment having a central unit ir every state in which it will operate and local bureaus in various sections of the states. The new "department" is the direct result of a note sent to the President and Government. February 25, which was accepted by the Secretary of War This note was forwarded by the ex ecutive council of the National Asso ciation, and offered the entire machin ery of that organization to the Presi IlililllimilllllHllßlllllllllllllllllllllllllilll | 25 Children Disprove An Anti j j Story Concerning Suffragists j =E As a refutation of an assertion made by anti-suffrage workers j | at the state capitol to the effect that members of the board of the fg | Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association have no children, a poll p | was taken at the last meeting of suffrage executives. This revealed that of the 13 members of the board, two of whom ij t are not married, 10 are mothers, having in all 25 clrldren. The | youngest of the : ufi'rage children is Roberta Bedford, daughter of Mrs. g f j. Claude Bedford, of Media, who is just eight weeks old. and who = | one of four daughters in the Bedford family. f§ it was revealed that one member of the board, Mrs. Edwin Linton. g[ U of Washington, Pa., is a grandmother. Other members are mothers |j | of married daughters or sons already making their way in the busi- y | ness or professional world. 3 The mothers among the suffrage executives are: Mrs. George B. jf 1 Orlady, of Huntingdon, president, three children; vice presidents. Mrs. y 1 J. O Miller, of Pittsburgh, two; Mrs. George A. Dunning, of Phila- y i delphia, five; Mrs. Lewis Lawrence Smith, of Strafford, three; Mrs. § | E. E. Kiernan, of Somerset, two; Mrs. James P. Rogers, of Warren, two: j| I Mrs. Edwin Linton. ;f Washington, two; auditors, Mrs. H. Wilford g | DuPuy, of Pittsburgh, one; Mrs. Gifford Pinchot. of Milford, one. and |§ I chairman of finance committee. Mrs. J. Claude Bedford, of Media, four % §j children. Ij Other members of the board are Miss M. Carey Thomas, of Bryn y ft Mawr, vice president of the suffrage organization and president of =j i Bryn Mawr College; Miss Helen C. Clark, of Harrisburg, secretary, y 1 and Mrs. Robert Mills Beach, of Bollefonte, treasurer. In addition. Mrs. Antoinette Funk of the legislative committee of g | the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, who has been active g I in the capital, is the mother of two children. Anti-suffrage workers also spread the report, according to mem- y 1 hers of the House of Representatives, that members cf the executive gt | board receive salaries. No official of the board, it is stated, ever has g ft has received remuneration for her services. puiiiii;i:iii!iiniiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.uii <..... >■■>& .. w. ; «. 'i dent in event of hostilities between this and any other country. Units of Plan The general plan of organization in cludes: Chairmen for each state to have charge of suffrage agriculture with an executive committee to assist her. Co-operation with State Department of Agriculture to map out and put de tailed plans into effect. Organization of local leagues to have suffrage agricultural chairman who will enroll women into non-dues paying farm - garden - and - vacant - 10l clubs. Pledging each woman member tc farm or plant a vegetable garden or her own lot or on land to be secured Co-operation in a movement for cul tivating vacant city lots. Studying courses in gardening and farming. Distribution of national and state agricultural bulletins. Public lectures with speakers from county farm bureaus and State Agri cultural Department and colleges. Suffrage agricultural booths at county fairs. Agricultural automobile campaigns. Prizes to be awarded for best vege tables. Canning centers in charge of tra-ned women from agricultural schools. Instruction of canning volunteers. Already In the Ranks Farming and gardening as directed by the "Department of Suffrage Agri culture" throughout the country will not be a novelty so far as nearly two million women are concerned. The census of 1916 shows that an ■army of women farmers and garden ers already exists, listed as follows: Farmers 257,706 Farm Laborers 1,514,423 Farm Foremen 7,765 Gardeners 7,334 Gardeners' Laborers 7,474 Miscellaneous 7,000 1,802,202 At least two board members of the state suffrage association are- alreadj familiar with the arts, advantages and profits of gardening. These are Mrs. E. E. Kiernan, who has an ex tensive place .in Somerset; county, and Mrs. Lewis Lawrence ' Smith, who I makes tlie soil of her farm in Chester county produce rich returns under her own direction. LITTLE Anna Harley stood by her mother's side, intently watching the lacelike needle work she was putting into the hand kerchief. The threads had been drawn with the greatest exactness and the cambric carefully basted over a bit of enamel cloth to keep it from draw ing, and the needle and gossamerlike thread went in and out, leaving be hind them the daintiest lace stitches shining like frostwork. Anna won dered if she should ever do anything so beautiful. Then she asked her moth er if she might try. "This would be too difficult for you, dear," said her mother; "but you may try a piece of hemstitching. Here is a bit of linen in my basket you may begin on. I will start the tirst thread, and you may loosen ten more and draw them out." When this was done, Anna learned the stitch and soon showed a very neat piece of work. "Now," said her mother, "how would you like to hemstitch a dress for baby Lillie for a Christmas gift? I think Aunt Anna would be very proud of some of your work." "Oh, I'd like it so much, mamma! Lillie is such a darling!" Day after day the little fingers stitched away, and by the middle of December the hemstitching was done, and her mother made the little dress. Christmas morning it was sent with the card of "Anna Santa Claus." Aunt Anna kept the box open on the table 'all day to show to all visitors. She was sure there never was such a love ly piece of work done before by a I child only eight years old. The 2d of February was Anna's birthday, and Aunt Anna and Lillie were invited to tea. Lillie wore her little Christmas dress in compliment to her cousin Anna, and with a warm, fleecy white sacque over. Anna thought her darling baby cousin was never so pretty before. "She has the right name Aunt Anna; she's white as a lily, and her golden hair is just like a lily's heart. Oh, you sweet thing!" she exclaimed, catching her up. "You look just like an angel!" Ami the happy baby laugh ter rippled back her delight. Just then the bell rang, and the florist's man handed in a large, care fully wrapped par- Scel for Aunt Anna. She called Anna, who was so taken up with her dar ling Lillie she had not ifoticed it. "Here is another L kir ; l of Illy, dentin, tor your birLhday -1 thought you -• Lke it bo cause it lias the naine y° ur pet." Anna ? Oh, thank Ej&Pjfejg you so much !" put ting a hand on FY J each cheek and kissing her over t and over. "That was so sweet in you! Now I'll have \nna Wondered. :l as as you." "Yes, and the florist assured me it .vill bloom for Easter. He timed it for that when he set it out." "How lovely that will be!" said An aa. "I'll take the best of care of it." And she did. It was placed in the sunniest spot in the bay window, the water was made tepid before she wa tered it, the leaves were brushed every ilay with a very soft feather duster, and each new leaf watched with the greatest interest. In the early days of March she grew a little anxious; the stalk seemed swol len. She called her mother's atten tion to it. "We can only watch it and see what xnwes of it," said her mother, knowing veil what it was. Anna did watch it every half hour n the day. Finally, one morning about the middle of March, she found a point ed bud beginning to peep out. When tier mother told her what it was, she fairly danced for joy. Day by day the oud unrolled and whitened and grew .vaxlike. At last its golden heart be jan to show. Its beauty grew more ind more, and her mother told her she .*ould send it to the church on Easter Sunday to stand right by the side of che pulpit; the ladies were always glad jo have lilies to decorate with at Easter. Anna thought how proud she should oe to have her lily so honored. Friday before Easter came, and the fa dies were busy putting up evergreens in the church and arrauging designs for flowers, and the singers practicing their anthems, and Anna, living just across the street, was as interested n the beautiful preparations as they. But Aunt Anna, whose inquisite taste was always in demand, had brought Lillie to stay with her. and that was setter still. "Oh, mamma/' she said, when they were called in to tea, "I was 'most tempted to give her my lily. She put up her hands and said, so cunning: Anna, baby wanted >r'ty f'ower.' I told her she shou i have it after Easter." "She would spoil it, dear. But here's , her mother coming for her. Bring her things." She was wrapped up and taken home, but the treacherous April air was too much for her. By bedtime croup had set in, and at midnight her throat was closed. In a little while she was dead. Anna thought no more of the church and Easter till someone spoke of send ing her lily. "No, mamma," she said. "It's for Lillie. It was the last thing she asked ! me for. and now she won't be here after Easter. I want to put it in hei little hand to take with her." When they told Aunt Anna, she said: "Yes, just that, and nothing else. The other flowers the dear friends sent can be laid over her at the cemetery." And so it was. She was dressed in the little hemstitched dress as white and as soft as a summer cloud, and a cradle-wrap of , finest cashmere lined with soft, HPT white silk folded I 1 about her, in the l ™ ,r little white vel- Y vet casket, the lily in her hand. AJM On Sunday aft- {£'4s ernoon a few lov j ing friends gath- i ered about the M ! little sleeper, and I /1 [ \ \ Osmond talked w~j I |\ to them tenderly M "I [ Vi ' of this joyful res- "" "L. urrection day, "^1 and how Christ Ss had made the world glad when he rose from the dead, and had "Anna, Baby Wan given the prom- Pr'ty F'ower." ise after he went home to heaven that those who slept in him shall rise again also, and be with him. Then he spoke of tht lily so wondrous fair that grows from the unsightly bulb, and said the heav enly body will be as much more beau tiful than the earthly body as the flower is more beautiful than the root "We cannot imagine," said he, "an angel fairer to look upon than this lovely baby, but God will give us teome ilay to see the perfect loveliness that he can bestow. When this glorious resurrection day returns year by year, you will also think of this lovely flow er given back, and growing far more beautiful in the garden of God. And it will be yours to keep forever." Anna treasured these precious thoughts, and when she went to kiss her mother good night, with her cheek laid gently against hers, she said, soft ly: "Always when I see the Easter lilies I shall think of our Lillie so beautiful in the garden of God. And I shall keep for my Easter verse the one that Mr. Osmond read: 'lf we be lieve that Jesus rose from the dead, them that sleep in him will God bring with him.' And he said he will have her again to keep forever." Both Old Forfns of Celebration. There is nothing modern but the modes in the celebration of Easter Sunday with new apparel. The Easter egg which is to amuse the children of today is older than the records of the oldest antiquarian. The two forms of celebrating secularly a day which is so honored in the churches will doubt less survive as long as the religious ceremony. Queer Town. Margaret Illington was making a coast-to-coast tour as the star in a new play. She had reached the far land of the one-niglit stands out in the Southwest. To break a long jump she was to play in a new community that expects to have 50.000 inhabitants some day. As the actress, in the early morn ing, dismounted from the through train, wi'h her maid and her manager and the supporting company, an aged darky laid hold of her hand baggage and led the way, bowing and scraping, to where the hotel 'bus waited. Fol lowing him, Miss Illington emerged from the station shed on an expanse of .one-story stores flanked each side of a dusty road, i "Uncle," she asked, "is this the prin cipal street?" "Dis yere one? Nome," he said. "Pis yere town ain't got no principal street." —Saturday Evening Post. The "Nelson Touch." Who invented the phrase the "Nel son touch," which is being freely used again in connection with the North seat battle? Admiral Mahan states that it probably originated in Nelson's" family circle at Merton, and the first froquent use of it occurred in the great seaman's correspondence with Lady Hamilton, as where, writing just be fore reaching the fleet, he remarked: "I am anxious to join, for it would add i to my grief if any other man was j to give them the Nelson touch, which we say is warranted never to fail.'' 1 There was a quaint allusion to it also 1 in the motto which he told Rose he had adopted—"Touch and Take." — London Chronicle. Earache. j Dip a piece of cotton wool in sweet oil, then into black pepper; putting this in the ear proves a quick remedy. Nose Bleed.—ltoll a piece of soft paper quite hard and pack hard be tween the upper lip and the gum. air! in a few minutes the bleeding will stop. Hoarseness. —Beat the white of an 1 egg, add the juice of a lemon and sweeien with sugar. A teaspoonful 1 at a time. I Voter's Catechism. D. Have you read the Consti tution of the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Govern ment is this? R. Republic. D. What is the Constitution of the United States? R. It is the fundamental law of this country. D. Who makes the laws of the United States? R. The Congress. D. What does Congress con sist of? R. Senate and House of Rep resentatives. D. Who is our State Senator ? R. Wilbur P. Graff. D. Who is the chief executive of the United States? R. President. D. For how long is the Presi dent of the United States elect ed? R. Four years. D. Who takes the place of the President in case he dies? R. The Vice President. D. What is his name? R. Thomas R. Marshall. D. By whom is the President of the United States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors chosen ? R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the State of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature consist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D. Who is our Assembly man? R. Wilmer H. Wood. D. How many States in the union ? R. Forty-eight. D. When was the Declaration of Independence signed ? R. July 4, 1776. D. By whom was it written? I R. Thomas Jefferson. D. Which is the capital of the United States? R. Washington. D. Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each state in the United States? R. Two. CARUSO SUBSCRIPTION WEEK IN PITTSBURGH MARCH 19 Great Tenor Will Sing to Accompani ment of the Cincinnati Sympho ny Orchestra. Owing tp the groat interest in the Caruso Concert, which is to be given at Shriners' Mosque, Pittsburgh, on Saturday evening. May 5, it has been found necessary to open subscriptions at once, and the week of March 10 is known as "Caruso Subscription Week." Beginning this week and con tinuing thereafter, mail orders with remittance and return envelope will be received and filled if addressed. "Caruso Concert." 119-121 Ninth street. i jit ' ; I . • e.>. Caruso as the Duke In "Rigoletto." Pittsburgh, thereby enabling out of town to secure a desirable lo- ' D. Who are our U. S. Sena tors ? R. Boise Penrose and George T. Oliver. D. By whom are they elect ed? R. By the people. D. For how long? R. Six years. D. How many representa tives are there? R. 435. According to the population one to every 211,000, (the ratio fixed by Congress af ter each decennial census.) D. For how long are they elected ? R. Two years. D. Who is our Congressman ? R. Nathan L. Strong. D. How many electoral votes has the state of Pennsylvania? R. Thirty-eight. D. Who is the chief execu tive of the state of Pennsyl | vania ? R. The Governor. D. For how long is he elect ed? R. 4 years. D. Who is the Governor? R. Martin G. Brumbaugh. D. Do you believe in organ ized government? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to or ganized government? R. No. D. Are you an anarchist ? R. Nc. D. What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not be lieve in organized government. D. Are you a bigamist or poligamist? R. No. D. What is a bigamist or po lygamist? R. One who believes in hav ing more than one wife. D. Do you belong to any se cret society who teaches to dis believe in organized govern ment? R. No. D. Have you ever violated any laws of the United States? R. No. D. Who makes the ordinances for the City? R. The board of aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain permanently in the U. S.? R. Yes. cation well m advance. An cany res i ervation is advised, for indications are that the desirable locations will be taken at once and the house sold out long in advance of the date of con cert. Caruso will sing to the accompa niment of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which will enable him to be heard to tho l>est advantage in the fa vorite arias with which his name is al ways associated. The Cincinnati Or chestra will also be heard in several orchestral numbers, and the entire con cert will, doubtless be the most note worthy musical event ever given in this district. ' Finding the Range. It is one thing to spot a hosti!' 'lat tery and another problem altogetlu v to hit it. The locality may be well kno\vn, but the range difficult to determine. To simplify matters in this respect, "tracer" shells are used. Into the base of the shell a metal case is screwed containing a material which is self-ig niting as the projectile rushes through space. For night operations the ma teria i used in the "tracer" bursts into a brilliant flanie, but by day the "tracer" haves a trail of dense black smoke. By this means the gunners are able to watch and time the shell right up to the moment the explosion takes place, and by knowing the locality in which the shell bursts, the adjustment to the range of the target is compara tively a simple matter. Hard on the Burglar. "I hear that the home of Scrlbblns, the writer, was entered last night and a number of manuscripts stolen." "Is that so? I suppose Scribbins has set the police on track of *he thief." "Oh, he says that if fellow has any better success in placing the staff rhan he iris had himself, he's only too glad to let him try it." —Farm Life. A Humane Person. "What do you think of the move rhent to ameliorate the living condi tions of gold fi