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The new moon is again a wet one, it you
still have faith in signs.
When its campaign , a over the Salvation
Armv will have Omaha's O. K., all right,
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Illinois voters will soot) get their chance to
even up on "Big RilP Thompson. Will they
take it?
The Omaha Hyphenated is trying to make
Charlie Tool think "Uncle Mose" is easy, but just
let him wait till the November vote is cast.
"Economy" may sound a !ittle better than
"restriction," but it means the same thing in the
long run, and saving food is still an imperative
duty.
Secretary Lansing's prescription of "war, war,
and more war, until Germany is sick of war," is
already having its effect. The waris becoming
very bitter to the Hun.
Suspicion attaches that a destructive fire in
Lincoln is of incendiary origin and traceable to
German sympathizers. Impossible! Lincoln is
the home of William Jennings Bryan. .
Talaat Pasha says there is no sense in contin
uing hostilities. To be sure; the kaiser and his
coadjutors are ready to quit for the present, so
why should not the rest of the world acquiesce?
"Why not Morehead?" we are asked. There
would be a lot of good and cogent reasons why
not if we had a candidate running against him
with a straight record of patriotic Americanism.
Railroad employes must not run for office and
must cease political activity. The director-gen-erat
of the , railways reserves the exclusive
privilege of doing all the political medicine mix
ing himself. .
,Vc!, of course, Secretary Lansing would just
"" have to throw up his hands and quit the job if he
did not have our Senator Hitchcock to lean upon.
If you don't believe it, read the senator's hyphen
ated paper and be convinced.
Assurance is given that the money loaned to
our Allies, with the exception of what went to
Russia, is "a safe investment". What has that
to do with it? Is it not being spent for our bene
fit and protection just as much as if we spent it
ourselves? ' '
Senator Kenyon and Senator Thomas suc
ceeded in knocking cottage cheese out of the ag
ricultural bill, and thereby saved more than the
salary of one senator for his entire term. If a
few more such economies were effected the public
service' would suffer little and the tax roll might
be lessened.
Make the "Muny" Ice lant Serviceable.
Now that the summer has passed, and the
pressure on the local ice plants is decreased to a
degree that will let the Water Board look about
as to the future of the municipal ice plant, The
Bee again suggests that if it is to realize its pos
sibilities its service must be so extended as to
make it city-wide. As at present organized, it
can serve but a limited number of consumers,
those only who live close enough and have means
of transporting their own supply of ice from the
"jitney" stations. Several ways of extending the
usefulness of the plant are open, any one .of
, which may be adopted. If it is to be maintained
as a permanent feature of the municipal house
keeping arrangements, its benefit should be
. within the reach of all. "That it can be made so
serviceable is admitted, and before another sum
mer comes to blister us arrangements for giving
at least all home users access to the "muny" ice
to the limit of the plant's capacity ought to be
adoped.
"INVINCIBLE" ON DEFENSIVE,
The German general staff clings to its dogma
of invincibility, but has switched its application
from attack to defense. Four years ago, full of
the Taris-in-six-weeks spirit, the kaiser's mili
tary machine was animated by a belief in its in
vincibility in assault. No foe could withstand
its attack. Sad experience proved the futility
of this belief, but the German leaders de
clined to accept the verdict of the Marne, of
the l.y, of Verdun and of other fields. The last
manifestation of this came in March, when the
great offensive was loosed, and now that is re
lirrcJ to as "abortive." .
The Hun has retired to his dugouts and his
burrows, remanned his "pill boxes," and now de
dans himself to be invincible on the defensive.
This latter is yet to be demonstrated. New and
greater pressure is to be exerted on the trenches
behind which the Huns are ensconced and Lu
dendorff will have full need of all the men and
material he now relies upon. Koch and his staff
do not minimize the task before them, but arc
pounding today as they never did before against
the key positions of the German line on the west
front. The real test of the kaiser's soldiers is
being applied, that having to do with their stead
fastness under adverse conditions. In minor
operations this has proved wanting; whether it
will endure under the blows of a major assault
must be demonstrated.
For the next few weeks the power of the Ger
mans to resist will be subjected to considerable
strain, and it may be that later in the winter
the quality of invincibility will have lost some
of its stiffening, although it is unlikely the gen
eral staff will ever admit its blunder in this regard.
Turkey's Premier Talking Peace.
Talaat Pasha, grand vizier of Turkey, and,
with Envcr Pasha, the real ruler of the Ottoman
empire, calla continuation of the war senseless
and predicts its abandonment by all beligerents
within a few weeks. He gives no real reason for
his opinion, but a little examination of the situa
tion might disclose the secret springs of his
thought.
Turkey, already reduced to the position of a
vassal state by Germany, entered the war almost
solely because of that vasalage. Some slight ex
tension of the Turkish frontier at the expense of
Persia, with the probable expulsion of England
from Egypt, was possible as a prize, but beyond
that and the stabilization of the European bound
aries of the empire the Turk. had nothing to
gain. Disaster has followed; to the end that
Turkey is not only deprived of its prospects of
grabbing a portion of Persia, but will be in the end
shorn of Palestine, Armenia and other provinces
it has dominated for centuries; will find its con
trol of the Dardanelles abolished, its hold on
Egypt broken and its position of eminence in the
Mohammedan world sadly disturbed, if not over
thrown. .
Talaat Pasha would rejoice at the coming of
a negotiated peace, which might save to Turkey
some of the things now lost. If no other reason
existed for pursuing the war to a victory in the
field, Turkey furnishes the best. A ' menace to
progress for ages, any gain aldng the program
to which Talaat, Enver and their associates, have
worked, with the further aggrandizement of their
reactionary government in view, would be a dis
tinctly backward step for humanity. To reduce
the Turk to a condition of impotence in the world
will be one of the real elements of Victory.
"German Silver" Well Named.
A correspondent writes to his favorite paper,
complaining that the adjective "German" has been
used improperly to designate a number of articles
of familiar use. As examples of this practice he
cites "German" pancakes, "German" fried pota
toes and "German" silver. Passing over the edi
bles, which by any other names will taste as good
and smell as sweet, The Bee is inclined to take
issue with the writer in question as to the metal
alloy he has in mind. We insist that "German"
silver is well named. It is not silver, and it is not
German, but partakes of the distinctive German
quality of being formed to deceive the unwary.
It is compounded of base metals, but takes on
the appearance of the nobler, easily being ex
posed by use or wear for the inferior imitation it
is. It has fallen into disuse because it did not
well serve the purpose for which it was designed,
that of a cheap substitute thatmight be depended
upon. In all these regards "German" silver so
closely parallels German kultur and civilization,
in fact, the character and destiny of the modern
German nation, that the analogy seems perfect.
Again we assert, "German" silver is well named,
because it is not only "phony," but useless, just
as was the pewter cup tht kaiser gave the win
ning yacht.
Striking munition workers, declining to ac
cept the wage board's award, are piling up wrath
against the day of wrath. They should take a
lesson from shipyard men and other war workers,
who have just given renewed pledges of loyalty.
Any group of men who do not realize the coming
of the economic hereafter, and consequently look
ahead and fortify themselves in public opinion by
decent behavior now, are doing themselves grave
wrong.
War Conditions in Italy .
Daily Life of the People Described By Roman Writer .
Maurice Magnus
Most'people do not realize the disabilities
under which Italy fought, up to the time of
the catastrophe of last October; nor do they
realize the tremendous prooiems witn wnicn
it was confronted. It entered the war after
a lonir and weary campaign in Libya, when
its resources of life and finances were at a
low ehb. It had a dilhcult political party to
deal with the adherents of the Triple Alli
ance; a party that could not and would not
see the real position of Italy and the neces
sity of its entering the war from a moral
standpoint, but which only saw the commer
cial advantages it would lose by a rupture
with the central empires; advantages, they
argued, that would not be made up by any
nmmises of the allies.
This position seems to have made Amer
ica believe that Italy hesitated and tried to
barter before coming to a final conclusion.
The fact is, nothing of the kind ever moved
the best spirits and the majority of the Ital
ian people, although it ould have been only
natural that in an agricultural country like
Italy, which depends absolutely on the prod
ucts of industrial countries, there should have
been a party that would weigh the material
disadvantages of entering into a war which
meant being cut off from the countries fur
nishing most of the necessary manufactures.
How heroically Italy has endured all hard
ships, and is still enduring them, is obvious
from present internal conditions. The dis
aster of last October was a most unfortunate
occurrence. The true story of it, as told me
by those who were in the vicinity at the time,
was this: Cadorna was very anxious to keep
only his best troops in the front lines, and
was loath to give them furloughs. The
natural consequences was that they grew
tired. Some of them had been through the
entire Libyan campaign and were giving the
best years of life to their country. There
had been a conspiracy between the front lines
of the Italians and the enemy to stop fighting
on a certain day; then there would be no
more wart
The Austrian superiors discovered the
conspiracy, and on-the eve of the appointed
day sent the disaffected regiments to the rear
and installed fresh troops. The signal was
given; the Italians, living up to their agree
ment, did not fire a shot; the Austrian hordes
surprised them and walked without any re
sistance through one of the strongest forti
fied passes on the front, a pass that could not
possibly have been taken by the fiercest at
tacks. In addition to this, many Austrian
officers donned Italian, uniforms and ran far
ahead of their troops shouting to the Italians
to fly for their lives. I heard that no one in
Udine knew that the enemy was approaching
until German automobiles containing officers
entered the town.
However unfortunate this affair was, it
had a tremendous moral effect. Until then
Italy had been fighting outside its frontier,
and there were many who considered the
heavy loss of life too great a sacrifice for the
unredeemed provinces of Trent and Trieste.
With one blow the Italian people were at
one; their own country was invaded, and
there was no further question as to the issue
of the war. The officers responsible for the
disaster were marched down to the Via Na
zionale in Rome with black ribbons across
their breasts, bearing the inscription. "Trait
ors of the Country,' and were shot in the
historical castle of S. Angelo.
The spirit of the people today is mag
nificent, and the overwhelming odds as to
food conditions and sacrifice if life have not
daunted them in their fervent .desire to march
to victory. The cost of living has gone up
threefold, and some things cost four times
the price they do in normal times. Food and
ration cards are issued for bread, rice, mac
aroni, sugar and charcoal. Oil is hardly ob
tainable; fats are not allowed to be sold or
kept; benzine is not obtainable, alcohol for
burning purposes has gone up from 9 cents
a quart to $1.60; filet of beef, from 45 cents
a pound to $2.20; cheese is not allowed to be
made, as the milk is reserved for the hospi
tals and for the soldiers; eggs are scarce, and
have gone up from 2 cents to 9 cents each;
paper has more than doubled in price, and
some kinds are not obtainable.
The newspapers confine themselves sev
eral times a week to printing only one sheet,
two pages instead of four or six. There is
Unruffled By War Alarms
Although alt other branches of the gov
ernment have felt the effect of the war, and
most of them in marked degree, the United
States supreme court is still undisturbed in
its dignified aloofness. This is undoubtedly
as it should be, and yet it is somewhat
curious to find the nation's highest court go
ing along in the old placid way when the re
mainder of the capital is astir with the busi
ness of whipping Germany.
The supreme court is now in its usual
summer recess. It will not sit again until
October. The austere court room in the
capitol is undergoing the customary renova
tion. Visitors who peep in see the desks and
chairs in their summer covers, and every
where there is an air of rest and comfort.
The war does not hurry the supreme court.
It does not even interfere with its leisurely
routine. Those who complain that the whole
government is being jarred out of its time
honored channels by the war ought to glance
at the supreme court, which stands as a shin
ing exception. f
The business of making war has little or
nothing to do with the court, and only once
has it touched it at an important pointi The
court was called upon to decide the constitu
tionality of the selective draft and it upheld
the law. Since that time the war has left
the court alone and will probably continue
to do so. The court still stands as one of the
ancient institutions of the government, un
changed by the ravages of a world war, go
ing its way as if the world was at peace and
interpreting the acts of congress in accord
ance with the constitution of the forefathers,
just as it has always done. Brooklyn-Eagle
Washington Letter.
in The Bellman.
no coal for the civil population, and locomo
tives are fired by wood, in consequence of
which nearly all trains are delayed from two
to six hours, and very few are run; even be
tween the principal cities there are not more
than two or three trains daily, whereas be
tween the smaller places there is only one.
Tobacco, one of the principal articles of con
sumption, has gone up more than twice the
original cost, and in some places most of the
popular brands are not obtainable.
Bread is made of corn and bean flour,
though occasional!) loaves made of grain are
to be found. In the country the people pro
vide better for themselves by keeping and
hoarding their own products, such as oil and
grain, although the law demands that all pri
vate stores over a certain quantity must be
recorded at the municipal offices. Any per
son not- giving due notice of such stores is
liable to arrest and confiscation of his stores.
Luxuries, such as perfumes and cosmetics,
are no longer allowed to be imported; neither
are teas, whiskies, brandies and expensive
wines. Vegetables are costly, although there
is no scarcity.
The reader will ask: "On what do the
poor people live?" I have seen a family sit
down to a meal consisting of a few slices of
bread, sniuggled from afriend in the coun
try, soaked in water and a bit of oil, with
chopped onions and parsley, and a glass of
water for beverage. s This was not an excep
tional case. i
Rents, although not allowed to be raised
during wartime, in the case of a permanent
tenant, are always increased when a tenant
moves, or when a house is sold. Rome and
Naples are particularly crowded and rents
very high. Many of the hotels have been
requisitioned by the government for new
offices, which accentuates the scarcity of liv
ing accommodation, especially now, when so
many refugees from the invaded privinces
have come to the larger cities of central and
southern Italy.
Italy treats its prisoners of war splen
didly, and often at the sacrifice of its own
civil population. I remember a time in Cas
sino, where there is a prison camp of over
2,000, when meat was not obtainable, since
everything went to feed the prisoners.
The people in the country feel mostly the
lack of their menfolk. The Italian woman is
very dependent upon her man. She is dili
gent, a good, conscientious, hard worker, but
she needs, the rhan to direct her and the fam
ily affairs without him she is lost. In the
towns women have been substituted for car
conductors, porters at the. railway stations
and in offices and shops, although waitresses
have not yet appeared.
Within the last six months small-fraction
paper money has come into circulation; that
is, the 1 and 2 lire (20 and 40 cents) are now
issued in paper, as well as the 5, 10, 50 and
100 lire.
Wages have gone up considerably, es
pecially for the munition workers; in fact,
the only people who are prosperous are those
working on munitions, war Mnaterials and
government supplies.
Exemplary Punishment
Sentencing "Big Bill" Haywood and his
accomplices of the I. W. W Judge Landis
imposed prison terms and fines that should
be a warning to all who feel inclined to ob
struct the government's war efforts. He
disclaimed any belief that Haywood and his
fellow conspirators "started out deliberately
to aid. Germany," but the effect of their con
duct was exactly what the German govern
ment would have desired had they entered
into its employ and placed themselves di
rectly under its orders. No German-born
agent of Germany could have played its game
better in this countryy than these scoundrels
played it while claiming the protection and
privileges conceded, to them by the govern
ment they tlouted.
"In times of peace you have a legal right
to oppose, by free speech, preparations for
war. But when war has been declared that
right ceases forthwith." These closing words
in the judge's address to the convicts restate
the eternal truth that when a nation commits
itself, by the votes of its representatives, to a
deadly struggle with a foreign enemy no one
living within its borders has a right to hinder
it. The Haywood crowd represent not alone
their own peculiar brand of industrial mad
ness and disloyalty; they are a symbol for
almost every kind of objector, conscientious
or otherwise, who seeks to array his petty
opposition to war in the path of the United
States government. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Automobile Conscience
The first motorless Sunday, besides the
gasoline it saved, was notable for the light
it threw on American character. It revealed
as by a flash the existence of something about
which many people had long been skeptical
an automobile conscience.
Owners of motor cars were not ordered
to give up pleasure-riding for the day; they
were merely asked by the fuel administrator
to make the sacrifice to aid the government
in conserving fuel for war uses, and the
cheerfulness and practical unanimity with
which the request was heeded is a remarkable
testimony to American patriotism. When
men gather in the streets, as happened in
some localities, to shame the few evaders of
what was, after all, only an ethical obliga
tion, the spirit of American support of the
administration's war policies must be regard
ed as pretty near par.
If moral persuasion can do all this; if it
can make millions of people give up as a
patriotic duty one of their keenest pleasures,
why can it not be applied to the correction
of some of the serious abuses of automobil-
ing? Perhaps if the federal government would
only appeal to motorists to abandon reckless
driving and nocturnal joy-riding it could end
the speed lav violations and the street
slaughter which local and state legislation
has been powerless lo curb. New York
World.
One Year Ago Today tn the 'War. -
Viscount Ishit. In th name of the
Japanese emperor, pledged Japan's
eirmort to "Russia.
Kerensky removed General Kornl
loft from life cammond as a rebel and
proclaimed martial law in Petrograd.
Tr Dsv V o Celebrate.
- W. D. McHugh, attorney-at-law,
t -n 1859.
Tzn. Millard, cashier Unied States
Xi?. 'onal bank, born 1877.
' rarl R. SUJes, chief auditor of the
W cttwmen of the World, born 1875.
John R. Van Dora, attorney-at-law,
b'n 187J." -
Frederick A. Delano, who resigned
fr-m the Federal Reserve Board to
io n the army engineer corps In
rrance, born of American parent in
Inn Kcnr 65 years a?o.
Rt Rev. Harry S. Longley. suffra-
pan btehop of the Episcopal diocese of
Dos Mo!nes, born at Cohoea, N. T., 50
years ago-' .. t
tt.in Day in History.
1771 Mungo Para, celebrated trav
eler and explorer, born in Scotland.
Perished in the Niger river In 1805. -
181S Noah Davis, who presided
over the trial of "Boss" Tweed, born
at Haverhill, N. H. Died in , New
York City March. 20, 1902.
1 83C Gen. Joseph Wheeler, for
whom the army camp at Macon is
named, born at Augusta, Ga. Died in
Brooklyn, N. Y January 25, HOC ,
Just SO Years Afo Today
Edward Rosewater has .left for Chi
cago. ,
Judge Brewer, H. J. Davis and
Henry Sharp have returned from their
four weeks' bear hunt in and about
Medicine Bow park, Wyoming.
F. BJ Bryant, assistant cashier of
the Commercial National bank, left
for Los Angeles to attend the sover
eign grand lodge, O. O. F.
The Empire Manufacturing com
pany of Akron. O., has bought the lot
in the rear of McCord-Brady's on
Leavenworth, near Thirteenth street.
and will erect a five-story brick ware
house. - v
Omaha is to have another cemetery
several miles out on the Fremont. Elk
horn & Missouri Valley road. The s!te
has been definitely located and A. N,
Carpenter ia now at work on the
plans. .
Here and There
A detective lieutenant in New York,
who died after 20 years of service left
an estate of more than 848,000.
A bank in Brooklyn, N. Y., was
robbed of 81,500 by its janitor's 11-year-old
son, who sneaked into the
teller's cage. v
When a worklngman in England
leaves his occupation and doesn't find
another in 14 days he is automatically
in the army.
The shortest tree in the world is the
Greenland birch, which grows less
than three inches in height, but covers
a radius of two or three feet
Because a man fixed a lock for a
woman neighbor and did not send her
a bill she left him in her will $5,000
that enabled him to leave a New Jer
sey almshouse.
Bamboo has been found very serv
iceable in., the construction of light
houses on the Japanese coast The
wood has great power in resisting the
action of salt water. '
Buttons, marbles, trinkets and small
toys may be made from the nut of the
doom palm, a fine substitute for ivory.
The dodm nut grows in South Amer
ica and Ip northern Africa. The lat
ter variety is by far the most desira
ble for commercial purposes.
Until after the war no evening
clothes will be worn by the men and
women at the Spokane (Wash.) Coun
try club. Decision to bar formal dress
was made recently by the entertain
ment committee, and it is declared to
be in keeping with the other war
economies, ...
Peppery Points
New York World: Haig's army ap
pears to be totally unconscious of all
the repulses it suffers in the German
official bulletins.
Mineapolis Journal: General Bern
hardi's retreat places him in the great
company composed of those who can
tell how it ought to be done, but can
not do it "
Louisville Courier-Journal: ' It is
understood that the first duty of Ger
many's retreat expert was to give the
crown prince's leffs a rub-down with
the mixture employed by sprinters.
Brooklyn Eagle. "A man is as
young as he looks." That principle
prevails in every stretching of the
draft net. And still, there are men
who want to look younger than they
are. '
Washington Post: The guy who is
starting a win-the-war gcat fa-m on
a Hawaiian island can get plenty of
breeding stock by applying at me
headquarters of the democratic na
tionl committee.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Secre
tary Lane is right in saying there is
enough land to provide every returnea
soldier with a farm, but could a stand
ing army of 5,000,000 keep every re
turned soldier on a farm? r
Minneapolis Tribune: Lack of a
head with full authority is offered as
the explanation of the failure of the
aircraft production division. Lak of
several heads to subordinate personal
whims and pet notions to a gene.al
policy of co-operation seems to have
-bad aomething to do with it.
Twice Told Tales
In the Old Days.
Since the marines went over the top
in France their status in the navy has
undergone a radical change. In the
old days the marine and the sailor
were mortal enemies, for the marine
was regarded as little more than a
policeman of the ship.
"Today," said Admiral Sims, "the
Jackie gives him a cheer, but it isn't
so very long ago that in chancing by
a group of sailors I found them feed
ing a rat
"It struck me as out of the ordinary,
and I asked the reason. At first the
men were mightily embarrassed, but
at last one mustered up courage and
replied:
"'We think more of this rat than
anything in .the world, sir; it bit the
master-at-arms, sir.'" Los Angeles
Times.
Home Fires.
There's a bright-eyed, red-haired
patriot, aged 10, who sells papers along
Washington street. Because of his
politeness he has made a number of
patrons have more than a passing in
terest in him.
"Do you always sell all your pa
pers?" inquired a patron the other
day.
"Nope, not always." was 'the an
swer. "Sometimes have one or two
left."
"What do you do then?"
"Oh, I take them to mother to keep
the home fires burning." Indianapo
lis News,
west
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About the War Fond Drive.
Ciiiaway, Neb., Sept I. To the
Editor of The Bee: You have sug
gested that the drives for the various
funds should be consolidated. The
suggestion looks very nice, and since
you have advanced it, will yon also
state your opinion as to the disposal
of the proceeds. What amount would
each organization receive and upon
what facts would you make the esti
mate? Also, as this fund Is being se
cured for patriotic work, will all
property and money on hand at the
close of the war revert to the nation,
or will it remain in the possession of
the society having control?
Some societies are purely sectarian
that are making drives, and this being
the fact, why should they not be ex
pected to support their work?
The Y. M. H. A. is willing to carry
Its own work. The Lutherans are
not asking for help outside of their
society. The Methodists secured their
million-dollar war fund and made no
complaint, and many other denomina
tions have raised war funds. The
Knights of Columbus in their first
drive for $15,000,000 secured $11,-
uuo.ooo, and are abundantly, able to
carry on their own work.
Each of the above named is purely
sectarian in its work as far as its
board of control and its origin is con
cerned.
The Y. M. C. A. :s nonsectarian and
is open to all. The Y. W. C. A. is
similar.
Why place the burden upon the
public of supporting sectarian insti
tutions in this way, when the churches
have not requested it? The churches
believe in and want complete separa
tion of curch and state.
A. M. STEELE.
Sidelights on the War
Brazil is also struggling with the
food profiteers. They are restricted
to no country.
It took 40 years to prepare the
Germans to march into France and
then to turn around and march back
again.
Scotch kilties uniforms are worn in
the trenches, but of late, by a new
regulation, a khaki apron is worn
over them in action.
Rafts hinged to the sides of a life
boat and which spread out when it is
afloat to give additional buoyancy
form a recently invented device for
safety at sea.
Atlanta, Ga., has an "army of
physical fitness," an organization of
business men who have pledged them
selves to exercise daily in order that
they may be better qualified for an
patriotic service they be called on to
perform.
Tom McGinn, erstwhile drillmastei
to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig anC
Gen. Sir E. H. H. Allenby at Sand
hurst college, is back in the British
army again, having enlisted at Chi
cago at the British-Canadian recruit
ing mission.
MIRTHFUL LINES.
'Think we can get Russia on Its feet?"
"Dunno."'
'Those bolshevik chaps seem drunk with
power."
"Yes, and It's no easy matter to prop up
a fellow with arouse." Louisville Courier-Journal.
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the amtnt curae to the health,
atrearh, vitality and beauty of the modem Amer
icas Woman, Sound warning aninK ate of me
tallic Iron which may in lure the teeth, corrode
the stomach and la some cate thereby do more
nana than coodi adviiei nieof only nutated Iras,
taka three timet per day alter meala. It will
inenwe the etreocth and endurance of weak,
nr mm. run-down folk In 1 0 dart' time la many
Intrances. Diiptnstd by all good drv
(Hot.
Careless Use of Soap
Spoils the Hair
Soap should be used very carefully,
if you want to keep your hair look-,
ing its best. Most soaps and pre
pared shampoos contain too much al
kali. This dries the scalp, makes the
hair brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use ia
just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(which is pure and greaseless), and iV
better than the most expensive soap
or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thorough
ly. Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub, it in. It makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
wrich rinses out easily, removing
every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and it leaves the
scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky,
bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and
a few ounces will supply every mem
ber of the family for months. Adv.
"A fellow in the machine that Just passed
lost his hat and hasn't come back after it."
"Probably one of his wife's selections.''
Life.
"Darling, I would die for you!"
"I'm not particularly Interested in having
you die for me," she replied, "but would
you be willing to do a little dying for
Uncle Sam?" Detroit Free Press.
"Is it really unlucky to have thirteen
for dinner?" asked the Old Fogy.
,'Tes," replied the grouch. "With the
present prices of grub It certainly Is."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Yes, sir," said the boastful parent "my
boy la the smartest kid tn his school, buh-
lleve me."
"What's he done bright?" asked the en
vious neighbor.
"He s Invented a scheme to pass an ex
amination by getting his lessons Instead of
cribbing !" Richmond Times-Dispatch.
"This magazine Is not up-to-date."
'What's the matter with It?"
"You have to wade through so much
pure reading matter before you get to the
automobile ads." Baltimore American.
"SOLDIERS' PLAYTIME."
When Sherman uttered those wicked words,
Declaring that war was hell,
Were be alive to hear us boys.
Those very words we'd yell.
For it's enough to drive us crazy,
With the whistle going all the day.
Not to say anything of restriction
And Quarantine wherein we lay.
In this little white tented village.
That some call Florence Field,
But what we call it la plenty,
If our thoughts we could reveal.
At last Taps are sounded,
To our bunks we're allowed to go,
But only to dream of that whistle.
That Sergeant Miller's going to blow.
N. J. N th Balloon Co.
' Florence Field.
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Trying
Summer Days
Do you suffel- from the
enervating effects of the
hot Slimmer months? Do
you feel heavy, dull, lan
guid and indisposed to
mental and physical
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The Great General Tonic
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NO MORE CATARRH
A Guaranteed Treatment That Hat
Stood the Test of Time.
Catarrh cures come and catarrh cures
go, but Hyomei continues to heal catarrh
and abolish its disgusting symptoms wher
ever civilization exists.
Every year the already enormous sales of
this really scientific treatment for catarrh,
grow greater, and the present year should
show all records broken. ,
If you breathe Hyomei daily as- directed
it will end your catarrh, or it won't cost
you a cent.
If you have a hard rubber Hyomei in
ha'er somewhere around the house, get it
out and start it at once to forever rid yourJ
self of catarrh.
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.' or any
other good druggist, will sell you a bottle
of Hyomei (liquid), start to breathe it and
notice how quickly it clears out the air?
passages and makes the entire head feel fine.
Hyomei used regularly will end catarrh,
couehs, cold, bron-h'tis or asthma. A com
plete outfit, tnclu(v i a hard rubber "icket
inhaler and bottle of Hyomei, costs but lit
tle. No stomach dosinsr; just breathe it.
It kills the perms, soothes and heals the
inflamed membrane--Adv.
endure that
udu rash!
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.cvesinol
does wonders for sick skins
A skin that is rough, reddened,
blotched or disfigured by eczema, sore
spots, or other eruptions, needs at
tention. . -J
Let Resinol Ointment help you to
get rid of these annoying, unsightly
affections of the skin. v
Resinol Ointment contains medic
inal agents that act directly upon the
skin, heal its hurts and help it to keep
healthy and attractive.
Resinol Soap aids and quickens th
action of Resinol Ointment.
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