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FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Un. Bradford Recommends Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Phoebus, Virginia—"Having this op portunity I justcannot refrain from Bay liiiiiimmiiiimiiiiiiPK •.word of praise ior me juyaia Cj. Pinkham medicines. I have used them as occasion required for twenty years, and mythreesistershave also used them, and always withthemost gratifying results. During the Change of Life I had the I *■ < * * jusuai distressing I.. i-:::" 'v i i MiJaymptoms—hot Hashes, insomnia, etc,, — and I am pleased to testify to the wonderful re sults I obtained from the Vegetable Compound. I heartily recommend it to any woman and I will be pleased to an swer any inquiries that might be sent to me through the publication of my testi monial.”—Mrs. H. L. Bradford, 109 Armstead Street, Phoebus, Virginia. Consider carefully Mrs. Bradford’s letter. Her experience ought to help you. She mentions the trials of middle age and the wonderful results she ob tained from Lydia E. 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Sure Relief FOR INDIES’* ION __—--■ AX WuriW* \\ ■UgM ) 6 Bell-ahs Hot water 254 AND 754 PACKAGES EVERYWHERE % ONE GALLON OF MILK TO EVERY HUNDRED PERSONS Berlin.—Berlin receives daily only flne liter of milk for every twenty five persons living within its con fines. Only 160,000 liters of milk daily are now furnished to Berlin, which has a population of approximately 4.000,000. Figuring In American measure • ments, Berlin gets about one gallon of milk dally to every 100 persons— about enough to whiten the black coffee every German drinks every day. The milk dealers refuse to send their milk to town, as they obtain their money for it only 10 or 12 days after they sell it—and the mark meantime crashes 1C times into its depths. The farmer prefers to feed his milk to his pigs or make cheese and butter, or simply throw the milk away, rather than sell It for paper marks which, by the time he gets them, are literally worthless. With the introduction of stable money’s it is hoped the farmers—who really have plenty of milk and other food products—will send their goods to the city. Negotiations are under way whereby the sarmers will get stable pay for t/heir products within the shortest possible time. CARELESS DRESS BRINGS CARELESS MORALS, SAYS WOMAN Lincoln, Neb,—Girls don’t "roll their own" any more—it’s passe—de clared Madame Antoinette, nationally known authority on women’s dress, speaking here. Along with the low rolled hose under dimpled knees has vanished the corsetless figure and the short Bkirt, the madame said. “The slinky, slouchy, slovenly way that women have been dressing in the past has done much to lessen the morale of the mind," she stated. “It is noL.to be expected that looseness of standards of dress will cause any thing but looseness of standards of everything else.” All the false curls and the puffs and the million and one other hair extravagances have passed away, too, or are rapidly vanishing, according to Madame Antoinette. The correct way this year is to follow the head line and coil the hair at the back of the neck in a simple roll. And the lip-stick, rouge and powd er-puff—they, too, have made “pos itively their last appearance.” “Don’t paint the lily,” she pleaded. “Why does youth indulge in the lip stick and rouge and other cosmetics when it is not necessary? Keep your self fit and the skin, if there is any left, will take care of itself. “Older people use cosmetics, and that is all well and good, providing they are applied artistically.” To men, Madame Antoinette award ed the prize for being the best Judges of women’s appearance. “A pretty face attracts,” she said, “but a glance at the face is followed by glances down to the feet,—and my lady’s clothes must be as well and carefully kept up as her face.” Safeguarding the Muskrat, Department of Agriculture. Among the changes in the-laws re lating to fur bearing animals result ing from new legislation in 1923 in 91 states, Alaska and six Canadian provinces are provisions prohibiting the taking of unprlme peltries, safe guarding and breeding Bupply of fur animals in the wild, shortening the trapping season and restricting trap ping of certain species to a time far shorter than the period of prime fur. Bounties on predatory species have been discontinued in some States in favor of ' co-opesative campaigns with the United States Biological Survey, in which salaried hunters are employed. Trappers Ih Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are required by new laws to make yearly reports of their fur catch, and in West Virginia the game commission is collecting simi lar information by listing the game, birds and fur animals of the state on the hunting licenses issued and re questing hunters and trappers to make necessary reports at the end of the year. In this way it Is hoped to learn whether the supply of fur animals and game is endangered by too much hunting or trapping, that before too late. The new laws affect muskrats probably more, than other fur ani mals, and seasons were rather gen erally restricted. Montana closed all trapping of muskrats for an inde finite period. Utah protected these animals until 1925. The muskrat seasons were shortened In Maine, New' Jersey, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, Idaho and Alaska. The greatest restrictions on trap ping were adopted In Idaho, where martens, fishers and foxes are now protected throughout the state inde finitely, and similar action was taken for parts of the state to protect muskrats, otter®, minks and rac coons, further local exceptions being made in the case of muskrats. SUED FOR THIRTY CENTS. Raleigh, N. C.—J. E. Owens, coro ner of Wake County, suing the Pine State Creamery for 30 cents, won his case. The suit was instituted by the coroner after an agent of the creamery refused to refund a 30-cent deposit on milk bottles. Owens was represented by three lawyers. The defense paid over the three dimes and costs. 48 Picture* of Senator Lafollette Madison, Wis.—Forty-eight pic tures, by actual count, of Wiscon sin’s political i«Jol, Senator Robert M. Ra Follettc, adorn the halls and of fices of the state capitol here. They range from an enlarged photograph, four feet wide and 10 feet long to a small miniature in oils which rests on the desk of one of the Senators oldest friends. Many of them are autographed for friends with whom he waged his early political battles In the state. BURGLARS HAPPY, BUT THE LIGHT MAGNATES KICK Berlin—The municipal electric works have applied to police head quarters demanding re-establahment •f the regulation forcing apartment owners to keep their hallways and doorways lighted until 9 p. m. '‘be cause the electric works are losing money through the new ‘‘darkness* regulations.” When the price for electrir current went beyond the reach of even the richest apartment house owenr, a new system was Inaugurated whereby the dwellers within the building could have hall lights burning until 8 or 9 p. m. if they paid for the current themselves. Naturally, they refused, so Berlin apartment houses' hallway and door ways are unlighted—and the saving In current is causing thd electric works concern. The police declare they realize that the hallways should be lighted at least until the evening mail „nd news papers arrive—possibly 8 p. m., but see no reason why they should be lighted thereafter merely because the municipal works suffers from lack of business. But the matter is up to the individual renters In the. apart ment houses. The high price of current caused it all. Meantime, the hallways are dark and flashlight companies are doing a record business. So are the burglars. Coed Wins Cup for Physical Excellence Boston—Miss Mabel L. Pihl, of New Britain, Conn., of the class of ’24, has been awarded the Sarah Streeter Cup which each year goes to the "member of the senior class who Is found at the time of her final phy sical examination to be In the bes'. physical condition.” Miss Pihl Is five feet In height, weighs 130 pounds and Is well poised and trim in figure. Miss Pihl has auburn hair, dark brown eyes and fair complexion. Her father came to America from Sweden. She has play ed on the hockey team and also the volley ball team while at the college. British Shipping Is Still Under Normal London.—Although latest lmpodt jnd export figures show that Brit ain s trade is on the up grade, her post-war shipping slump has not yet been dissipated—more than a million tons of shipping being laid up un employed in home ports alone, accord ing to staticians. Shipping laid up in foreign ports is also very heavy, 47,000 tons being laid up in Belgian ports alone. No Chance. i. From The Kansas City Times. While Theodore Roosevelt was president he went to Louisiana on a bear hunt. After several days of strenous sport the dogs used by the presidential party were so battered und chewed up that it became neces sary to obtain fresh ones to continue the chase. It was learned that an old negro, living nearby, had some good bear dogs and two of the party visited him, but were unable to bor row them. Roosevelt said he could pet the dogs and sot off through tlr. woods to Uncle Jim’s cabin. Oti reaching the little clearing owned by the venerable darky the president found him foundling his dogs. After admiring the animals for a time Roosevelt said. Uncle Jim, we have come a long way to have this hunt and need some dogs, can’t we borrow yours?” ‘‘No sah, Capt’n, no sah. I doan loan dem dogs to anybody. Two other white gemmen was heah uu> mawnlng to borrow dese dogs, but I doan loan dem to nobody.” Roosevelt found ordinary persua sion unavailing and played his trump card, being determined to get the dogs. , “Uncle Jim," he Inquired, “do you know who I am?" “No sah, Capt’n, 1 doan know.” “Well, 1 am Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, and I want tc borrow your dogs.” “But the old negro was obdurate. '‘Capt’n,” he said, “you couldn't bor ray dem dogs If you was Booker T. Washington hisself.” The Missouri Pacific railroad has pur chased the terminal properties of the Kansas City Northwestern In Kansas City for $1,300,000. It Is reported. The Northwestern, operating from Kansas City, Kan., to Virginia City, Neb., has been shut down‘since Dec. 1, 191#. Bo accurate was the firing of the 16 Inch guns by recruit gunpolnters, aboard the United States battleship Maryland, that at six miles the second satyo split the raft bearing the target An air conference has recently .Jeen In session at The Hague, at which Great Britain. Germany, Denmark and Holland were represented, at the out set, with Sweilen and Norway sending delegates later. The Piccadilly Circus station of the underground railroad In London was used by 1,500,000 when opened In 1907 Last year the number of passengers was 18,000,080. Automatic train control devices as In stalled on the Rock Island railroad be tween Blue Island and Rock Island. 111., a distance of 165 miles, have been ap proved by the Interstate Commerce Com mission. In nearly all Chinese cities a large percentage of the Inhabitants live In a sort of hand-to-mouth fashion, buying nod from restaurants. Hot water is Jkii from stands. For more than 20 years Mrs. Marf Harris of Grant, Mich., has followeu the trade of blacksmith. • *-?,rKU. investments of American capital in Mexico is predicted by Mexican con suls In the United States. It is estimated that the annual smoke damage to property in the United States totals #500,000.000. TJtJ* reported from Moscow that the International Barnsdaii corporation has n*1!". b.or,ner 0Pp«»Non8 In the Baku oil district. iu\ thinks that more than lw raking physicians, recently run out of Connecticut, have located there. An investigation is under Way Statistics show that 180.000 persons died in the United States from cancer dur ing the last year. 4 smli mi OAILY NEWSPAPER London Morning Advertiser Is Source of Wit for Barmaids and Reproof for Drunk ards and Gamblers. By Fletcher Allen. London—The English saloon keep ers, otherwise known as Licensed Victuallers (please pronounce it vlt tlers) or, as England euphemistically calls them, Publicans, are digging in behind their principal trade fortifi cation, one of the oldest daily news papers in existence. Its name has nothing to do with saloon, being “The Morning Advertiser," but it is their •wn and in every cheery old pub in London, and most of the pubs in the country, you will see the beer-stained copy lying on the bar, or In the hands of some interested “guest.” There is a considerable editorial skill about it. In its abbreviated pages the casaal visitor to the bar will find no little wit. much moral reasoning (usually in the form of paid advertisements) and, dear to the heart of the Britisher, a full account of all the major sports, from horse racing and fighting to amateur foot ball. “Carried On” a Century. For ewer a century and a quarter the paper has run Its course to the edification of the "Trade,” and still carries cn Its progi<ess. Probably of all the papers In the country, except that section sarcastically known as the "cocoa press,” the “Morning Ad vertiser” was the least violent in its exuberance over “Pussyfoot” John son's defeat in the recent prohibition vote. The "Trade” in Britain affects a security which it may not altogether feel, and still preaches to the saloon keeper on the necessity of conducting his trade as a gentleman should. A "turnover corner” advertisement an nounces; “Licensees! The Drunkard and the Betting Man are Your Enemies. Keep Them Out! One Slip May Rob You of Your Livelihood." Are Succinctly Presented. But the main events of the day, In ternational affairs and domestic pol itics, are succinctly reviewed and presented. For the elections and po litical destinies of Britain, it is often said, are settled as the “working man's club” otherwise known as the public house. ' So it is that the Morn ing Advertiser despite the fact that U ts intended for the saloon keeper originally, wietds a powerful influ. ence in the minds of the voters, and It must be conceded that the editor seems to take his task seriously and with due sense of obligation. But the lighter side is not omitted. The barmaids must have ready wit. It is provided for them. If the. bar maid reads the Morning Advertiser k*ifore going on duty, she will en hance an already enviable reputation for pointed humor. If she feels down In the mouth and the words refuse to come, she needs but to remember the efforts of the “sub’’ and there will be » smile somewhere. For example It Is reported that: A cheery optimist who keeps an “off license” In Brixton placed this notice outside his place of business: NOTICE: Our business has been established since the Lord knows when. We have been pleasing and displeasing people ever since. We have made money and lost money, we have been cussed and dis cussed, knocked about, talked about, held up, robbed, etc., to the end of the chapter. The only reason we are Btaying In the business Is to see what the hell will happen next. America Buying Up Europe. Sisley Huddleston in the British Re view of Reviews says France is deceiv ing herself if she imagines that Ameri ca’s predominant purpose in Europe is not commercial. America's relations “are based above all on the possibility of making good deals.” The trend of politics since the armistice has been away from altruism toward blatant ego ism. He refers to the fact that "nearly every leading American financier has paid a visit to Europe,” adding: America, of course, is not alone in this struggle for financial domination. England controls, for example, 60 per cent, of the iron works in upper Silesia —hence the conflict of interests now that the pieblcite, which is to decide whether upper Silesia is to go to Ger many or to Poland, is about to be taken. France has been particularly busy in middle Europe;. In Cxecho-SloYakia the Skoda works havo passed under her con trol. In upper Silesia she has the workshops of Katlowitx. in Poland the Hula Bankowa, in Rumania, wagon and locomotive factories. In Jugo-Slavla, an important part of the river system and ports, in Hungary, the state railroads, the Credit hank, and the port. This is of course not an exhaustive account—it is intended to be the merest hint of the role of high finance in the post-war Europe. England and France are com petitors with America and have'beaten her at many points. But American finance le very strong. The American dollar is indeed almighty. American bankers may have been cautious about European speculations, but they are Hot going to let the chances of buying up lots of Europe go by. Deed* Count. From the New York Post. As the representative of an adminis tration so thoroughly repudiated at the polls. Secretary Colby obviously could not sot himself to spinning new threads of relationship with the South American nations. 'But It is highly doubtful whether any secretary of state engaged upon an elaborate tour of education could do much to affect our relations with South America. It is not words but deeds that must count. South Amer ica Is waiting for Mr. Harding’s policy as translated Into action. The flrst step towards such a policy, If the Incoming administration aligns itself with the emergency tariff program, will not be a fortunate one. Years of discourse about our glowing trade opportunities will turn out to be mere talk If at the flrst pinch of adversity we forget all our elaborate aspirations/-concerning South American markets and closer ties with the Roothern continent and go In for em bargoes and*3 the good old "home mar ket.” , . t * Oxford and Cambridge will, send ji complete track team and an eight-oared crew to compete with American univer sities next spring, according to word from England. I National Crop Improvement Service ] ARE a few men in Anver hose devotion and loyalty vo vneir duties is greater than financial reward. Ransom A. Moore, Agronomist st the Wisconsin Agricultural College, has de voted a lifetime to the improvement of Wisconsin seeds and is probably the foremost breeder of field seeds in the world. He has the rare faculty of pass ing his enthusiasm and conviction along to hia students and he has organised his alumni into the Wisconsin Agricul tural Experiment Association, each man being devoted to the propagation of Wisconsin pedigreed seeds. "Prof. Moore's example haa been fol lowed by several of the Northwestern states," says Mr. Frank Baackcs, Vice Pres. American Steel and Wire Co., "and seed breeding associations are now in operation in Minnesota, North Da kota, South Dakota, Iowa and Kansas and some other states. “Farmers generally, however, do not appreciate what this work means or they would all be in it up to their necks. For instanoe, in the Northwest the average yield of Marquis is about 12% budffels. In Wisconsin the average yield of Marquis is about 19 bushels per •ere, but the pedigreed Marquis propa gated by Prof. Moore and his boys averages 24 bushels per acre. These grains are grown and offered for sale by the members of the Association and, insofar as I know, Wisconsin offers the only car iot source of pure-bred grain* faithful to type and variety." Wisconsin has probably made a great er reputation on its pedigreed barleys than any other grain and Prof. Moore says that his pedigreed seed grains will maintain their characteristics wherever planted. The Wisconsin corns have been bred with a view to early matur ity and large yield and this seed is be ing shipped to all parts of the earth, Europe, South Africa, South America and Australia. It also is being shipped to Texas and the Southwest, holding its character and doing better than other grains. Wisconsin pedigreed oats are prized not only for their heavy yielding quali ties but for a very stiff straw which enables them to st.vid lodging. The annual exhibition at LaCroase, of Wisconsin pedigreed grains, has re ceived worldwide notice. The Asso ciation at Madison will accept orders from farm bureaus, individuals and seedsmen and their seeds can always be relied upon. | China's ~Dying "Millions. a.--.... ■ , To help the national committee which is seeking funds for relief of Chl nese famine sufferers, Isaac F. Marcossom, .has written a description of the plague that means the death of 10 Chinese every minute from starva tion Thb story was distributed through the McClure newspaper syndicate. It follows in part: Clearly to understand the dreadful Chinese dilemma you must know first of all that In the northeastern corner of the oriental republic are the provinces of Chihli, Shantung, Honan, Shensi and Shansi, five of the most populous districts of the much populated country. Under normal condition* 85,000,000 people live here, and they comprise more than one-fourth of the entire human element In China, Ninety, per cent are farmers, whose princl? pal crops have been wheat, millet, corn and beans. So densely settled is this region that the crops, large as they are in ordinary times, are barely suffici ent to feed the inhabitants. Any decrease in productivity, therefore, auto matically works a hardship, because In this particular section of China trans portation facilities are hopelessly Inadequate. The people of these five prove luces are simple, frugal and thrifty folk. They usually harvest two crops a year. In 1916 the output was only fair and there began the series of circum stances which has now engulfed them In sorrow and suffering. Before the autumn harvest was well under way, the land was Inundated by a flood which wiped out entire towns and villages, ravaged the country side and caused a loss of 8100,000,000. The Chinaman is by temperament a stoic, and the farm ers began to rebuild their shattered fortune*. Ill luck dogged them, because the crops of 1917 and 1918 were reduced. Still they persisted and again sowed the fields In 1919. Both crops that year, as well as the following year, were complete failures. The net result is that the advent of the present win ter found 85,000,000 people practically stripped of sustenance and without re source of any kind. What little grain had been husbanded was soon wiped out. When hundreds of thousands sought to escape to other provinces and take up the burden Of life anew, they were met by cordons of police at the frontles and forblddor? to enter. Forced back to their own desolate firesides, they had to make the most out of nothing. •••••• Other calamities pale before this colosial visitation. The world war cost approximately 17,56<MM)0 Hvee. The Black Death In England In 1348 and 1349 caused 2,000,000 deaths. The Irish famine of 1846 killed 1,009,000 and the In dian famine of 1866 took toll of 1,450,000. The Chinese famine of 1878, with Its 9,500,000 victims, does not equal the present peril, which will depopulate China to the extent of 15,000,000 before it has run its dread course. It is, therefore, the supreme affliction yet imposed upon mankind. *•'*•*•' A family of five plodded northward on the public road In the Shensi province until the mother’s strength failed. Their funds were exhausted and they had to have food. The eldest child, a girl, was sold at the first village for $10. Before the day ended the mother dropped again; she was unable to carry her newly born baby any further, and It was thrown into a convenient well. Three days later this entire family had been wiped out. It is a com mon occurrence. * • • * • „ A lamentable feature of this sordid drama and one of the most difficult elements that will enter into the ultimate problem of Reconstruction is tho utter collapse of the Chinese family structure. Many of the farmers in tho afflicted area are siding their farms at from one-fifth to one-tenth the nor mal price. Wealthy men in the market towns and some from outside the ravaged area—tho vultqres that prey on need—are buying up these parcels of land a..d ^extorting tho hard bargains born of dire distress. This means that the farmer, whose principal asset Is his plot of ground, becomes an outcast. If he should survive these days of gloom his hearthstone Is destroyed and ho becomes a wanderer on the face of the earth. China U doing her share. Provinces, officials and merchants have con tributed largely to tho relief fund. A governor general of one province who recently died made a famine bequest of $506,000 In his will. A wealthy Chi nese merchant of the Straits Settlements has donated $1,500,000. A Mer «bants' Guild of Shanghai contributed $1,000,000. Chinese students In Peking borrowed from Americans their ‘tag day' and raised thousands of dollars for the sufferers in this enterprising western manner. American money will do inore than fill empty stomachs, save desolate families from disintegration, and kindle hope in a darkened domain. It will point the way to that most effective and permanent of all aids, which is prevention. Our relief repre sentatives in the field are already planning transportation improvements such as railway and canals, irrigation systems, and flood defense measures which will eventually make the famine erea immune from such calamities as have brought about its present plight. Out of loss will eventually come in surance against disaster. If we can point and provide tho way for this Im munity, we will have abundant compensation. If the American Committee for the Chinese Famine Fund (as the ac credited relief organization is technically known), has no representation in your community, hand your contribution to your bank or your church, or send It direct to Vernon Munroe, treasurer of the Chinese Famine Fund, Biblo House, New York City. A Marketing Puzzle. From the New Tork Herald. In good times growers of fruits and Vegetables In Washington, Oregon and California market their enormous crops through their own organizations at sat isfactory prices without federal aid, while producers of similar products in many other states claim that without federal aid their products “rot upon the ground.” The 1921-1922 agricultural bill carries an Item of $390,180, one of a number of similar Items, to give such aid to food producers as dally' telegraphic produce market reports will afford; but the ser vice extends only as far west as Kansas City. Efforts made in the House to In crease this Item to $750,000 for more ex tended service were defeated only after a wordy struggle, which developed again _ the fact, to which this newspaper his ofteh called attention, that the Pacific coast states, farthest of all the great food producing states from the chief markets, profitably market their agri cultural products through organizations maintained by the producers. Our New Citizens. From the Indianapolis News. The worst elements of the Russian population are pouring Into Rumania at the rate of hundreds a week—in transit to the United States. The Rumanian government refuses, to allow them to stay In Rumania, and Is doing every thing it can to expedite their passage to America. The passport regulations are tricked, and most of the credentials presented are counterfeit. These would be citizens have an organization both Jn America and Rumania, and it seems to have .attained a high degree of effi ciency. It Is working with, and on cop* gressmen, to whose pressure is due the cancellation of orders instructing Ameri cas consults to refuse to vise passports. The N«mr Crusade. From Christian Science Monitor. Remarks by James V. McCUntic rep resentative from •klahoma, to the ef fect that members of the United States Mouse of Representatives should be in attendance at sessions, and' not "load” the Congressional Record with speeches never delivered, are in line with the beat thought of Americans covering a period of many years. The difficulty has been that, no matter how many times and how forcibly people have called attention to t»-ese matters, the members them selves have taken no decisive action to bring about improvement. It ought not to be necessary to establish a watch over men duly elected to office to sea that .they do their duty. The fact that no penalty is provided does not furnish an excuse for dereliction. It is an ex cellent thing that some one bolder than the rest occasionally makes his views known on this important subject. A Notable Party, From Christian Science Monitor. The "house-warming” at Cheyhers, the British prime minister’s official country house, brings to mind another flfu-ty, before the war, when Lord and Lady Lee, who have given this beauti ful estate to the country, were host and hostess. A writer in the Observer re members when Mr. Roosevelt, Sir Kd ward Grey, as he tiutn was; Captain Scott, and Sir Henry .Johnston all met there, and Roosevelt, in great form, wished he could take a hand in work ing the British empire, and all the other guests felt he had in him the stuff for the task. Half in jest and half' in earliest, he suggested that he could pick up Ihc political expressions in six months and settle down stanchly after ward to administrative collar-work. It was Captain Scott’s last week end be fore leaving for the south pole, where be achieved hla lasting fame.