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the beautiful complexion of a nretty
sn, SENDS the blood prancing to Oiym-
pic heights in mere man. To see her n
20 iove her. The most lasting affections
SKIN OF palpitating maiden is a pf1ari-
tom or happiness. When such a one
sieamS upon our vision she seems-no
matter what lies back Of her complexion
ITO be too good to be there. She seems
faa t,hs summers cloud that is about to
Iade as you view it.
fretty women have woven carpets in
Ineir faces. A complexion Is only a
fersian rug after all. Moreover. the
word complexion means Ito weave
s9sether. The better the textile the
fine complexion is, therefore:
l-Healthy flesh plus "a fine weaver
Plus ga lovely design The pretfiest
eompiexions. like the most beautiful
tapestries, are dependent upon the color
oI tne skin or the design: the habits OF
tne flesh, which, of course, makes the
material, and the weaver or ancestors
Oh the person concerned.
Habits Make CompIexions,
Complexions are composites of habits,
heredity. and helps from the hand.
Show me charming person with an en-.
trancing complexion and I will show
you either a heaIthful one or face
aiabastered with cosmetics. Almost any
one quickly distinguishes the difference.
Country girls are like Maud Muller on a
summers day, because they are real
wlnd-blown, human flowers. The fresh
ening winds. the pinching frosts, tbs
oaimy sun, the inyigoratins outdoor
weather, whatever it may prove to be,
al weave the most tempting of patterns
upon the cheeks of the outdoor maids.
AS closing word. women should con-
serve the beauty OF their skins by the
avoidance of soaps that are either acid
or. alkaline. That is to say, the soap
should be neutral and harmless. When.
ever possible walk upon the sunny side
OF the street. Sunlight peels on black
heads, pimples. and liver spots" Even
in the tropical heat strong sunbeauas
are without danger except to the lurk-
ing germs of soiled skin. What with
the chemical rays of Old Sol and the as
sociated perspiration. all weather-beat-
en-, ugly, pustulated flesh heals into one
that resembles the complexion OF
tCopyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service ,
The Washington times., 1914-10-30


PAINTING AWAKE.
vALF way across the street / met
- my wife with shawl over her
head. What's the trouble?'
she demanded wildly. pAnnie
telephoned that mother was in hyster-
les. and that they had had to have
the doctor. Oh, Peter, what have you
done?'
I've told your mother some plain
truths" said /, land I'm not sorry''
Oh, yes, I was a brute. I know that
very well. I should have had some
sympathy for a woman in Mysteries,
but I haven't. I'm too accustomed to
Mrs. Penfield's brand of Mysteries. She
can turn them off and on at will.
They're never spontaneous. Whenever
my mother-in-law wishes to arouse q
furore OF sympathy and excitement she
goes into Mysteries. the maid phones
for the doctor and Mr.. Penfield, and,
believe me. things hum.
Mary was so excited and upset that
I went back with her. I'd reached the
Whats the use?" state now and was
quite calm. 1 expected Mary to turn
furiously on me and tell me what she
on across the street. with me at her
heels, and into the house. Mrs PEN
field was still by the fire, wildly
Uringing her hands and sobbing and
screaming. When she saw Mary she
held out her arms and redoubled her
spasm. When sh7 saw me she let out q
hysterical wall and closed her eyes
Mother said Mary in great dis
tress. do please try. to calm yourself -
Mrs. Penfeld merely rocked back and
forth and demanded why she had ever
been born.
1 wondered, too. We had wild time
The doctor drove up in his car. and
next, Mr.. Penf1eld arrived. He wasn't
half so worried as one might have ex-
pected. He, too, was used to these
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ton, from that time on. knew
nothing of the twilight sleep; in
fact, l had never heard of il until
II was all over. The doctor asked
IL / wanted a painless birth, and,
Of course, ] was in a hurry to say
Yes
AT 7:Go o'clock on TUESDAY even
ing Invent TO the delivery room, and
at 1:l5 O'Clock was given the first
injection of-yes, the twilight sleep
medicine. / began to feel drowsy,
and Sleepy. at once, and would dose
of and then open my eyes again
The doctor came near the bed and
asked whether or not l was sleepy,
and when ! said that I was, he told
me to drift off. and just let ...yself
wait as he was waiting.
Then he went off in the corner
and sat down and read the paper,
and that is just about the last
thing that I remember at all At
9:15 l was given a mother injection,
but whether ] remember this my
self or whether l remember it from
the clinic ] can't say.
AT l. O'Clock I woke up, and 1T
was just like waking up from
ether, you know l had taken ether
for my first baby The nurse
smiled at me and said I had a fine
baby boy. I said that 1 idnt
H6NS one. i HcIf 6He Sdlu Enc '"Out0
go and get it and show il to me,
and ! said, Likely. You'll get som
one IS else baby and show me, that's
what You will do
Went To the Hospital
She brought him to me, and in
sisted it was my baby, and laughed
like anything, but i was doubtful.
/ went to sleep, and in the morning
they brought him again.
everything went very. well from
then on, and on the fourth day
there didn't seem TO be any reason
why I should not get out OF bed
and sit up for half an hour. so [
did so.
The next DAY it was an hour and
so on a half hour longer every day
until on the seventh day l walked
around the ward.
''On the tenth day stayed up all
day, but although / felt very well, I
did not really get up until the elev-
enth day. 1 left on the 18th
The whole thing seems like a
dream. for remember I had no pains
but the first few, between and 7:30,
on September H.
Johanna Brown is a very young
girl of normal size and constitution.
Work with the scopolomin-mor-
phine injectian in child birth has
passed the experimental stage, and
the physicians who have been work.
ing with it at the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital are making rapid
strides in tha acquisition of actual
experience in this line OF work.
The Washington times., 1914-10-30
By FLORENCE E. YoDER.

Rumors TO the effect that the twi-
light sleep had been tried repeatedly
in this city, have been floating
about, but not until a member of the
staff of the GEORGETOWN University
Hospital, called up the interviewer,
with the news that twilight sleep
mother and a baby were 10 be seen
at a certain address, was the rumor
absolutely turned into fact
The first twilight sleep baby 70 be
horn in Washington is Wilher
Brown, born at e:aS =. m. Septem-
her p, at the Georgetown University
Hospital. He is a delightful baby.
but he wouldn't wake I'D for the In
terview, so his mother. Johanna
Brown, an intelligent young colored
woman, who has had the advantage
Of two years in the high schools OF
this city, was a capable substitute.
I want to speak to Johanna
Brown, the twilight sleep mother"
said the interviewer. to the young
woman who took her into a front
room and sat down. rs she able to
sec me?''
The young woman smiled and said,
Yes, miss.
Talked To the Mother.
The interviewer waited several Sec
onds before she could take IN the
fact that the very spry person to
whom she was talking was the moth.
er herself.
Her baby is five weeks old,
healthy, and the mother is healthy.
and on the fourth day after the birth
the mother was able to get out OF
he'd and sit in q chair by the side
of the bed. On the seventh day she
walked about the ward!
Perhaps Il would be just as well
10 let Johanna Brown tell her story
just as she told il TO the inter
viewer. Mothers are mothers the
world over. and the intimate manner
If her own description Is interest
ing.
'fNoF, just begin at the very be-
s1nn1g, and tell me how 1t hap
pened, from the time you went to
the hospital until the time you came
homer" we said.
The mother smiled. and her eyes
shone with the true light Of good
story teller. Evidently she had been
over the story many times, and she
had gained so much Information
from listening at the clinic follow
ing her baby's birth that she was
able TO talk in quite scientlhc
manner.
I'D better begin by telling Won
that ! have had one baby pefore
this one. When l found Wilbert
vas on the way I was frightened.
Went To Sleep Again
On Monday. September n. went
r. the Georgetown University Hos
pital. l was under careful obserVa-
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Mother Describes
"TwiHght Sleep"
The Freiburg Method of Using Scopolomn and Nor
phine in Childbirth Has Been Used Success
fully at Georgetown University
Hospital.

Twilight Seep the Feiburg method OF using scopoiomin
morphine childbirth has this city and successful
tgh sleep baby be born in Washington nom fire
Heeks say promises continue lire.
Wubert Boun Johanna Brown, and born at
Georgetown University Hospital September 22, 1914.
When he days DID, his mother for half hour,
a chair.
When eleven old she ready eape the hospital
The mother tells the of her experiences the oAowins
interview:
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United States to Be Foster Father
To Orphans Made By European War

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uiAo
O. Of has il
States
sandoH haudc to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-12-04
ALI.
SHOES
MARKED
IN
PLAIN
FIGURES.
THE REASON FOR THIS SALE.

In order that we may offer you the newest and best there
is in footwear have to place our orders SIX oonS III
as we did, six months ago for this winters expect
ne normal trade conditions, We Bought Too Many Shoes
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-12-04
SUCH AN
OPPOR7UN-
|TY AS
THIS is
INDEED
UNUSUAL
TO REDUCE THIS STOCK.

We will for the next fifteen days allow 10 per cent re-
ducon off the marked price It's bigger thing for you
than it is for us; that's the way ought to be; it comes
sort of appreciation of confidence you've had in U.s.
and at the time you need shoes. - :-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-12-04

Infants Shoes.
Childrens Shoes.
Misses Shoes
Growing Girls Shoes.
Boys Shoes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
"A Household Hint.

Purchase an inch wide roll Of sur
geon's adhesive plaster at the drug
store. 1t will Prove friend in scores
of ways, as follows:
To wrap around a cut finger. II
stays in place better than a bandage.
To put over blister.
To put inside the heel of a shoe
worn rough so that it breaks the
stocking.
To fasten plants to upright sup
ports.
A strip placed inside rubbers, UNI
brella, etc. makes white surface
upon which the name may be writ
ten in black ink.
A leaky faucet may be temporar-
lily mended with it,
A painful corn may be protected
| by cutting a circular piece with
hole in the middle out of chamois,
placing this so that the corn comes
through the opening and binding the
chamois in place with adhesive.
Labels for fruit cans, pantry box
es, etc.
To bind up the splintered handles
of household utensils.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
More Big Shows at Princess

Manager Relf announces in an ad
in this issue that he expects to break
all house records for his theatre to-
morrow Thursday when he will
present the noted stage star Dustin
Farnum in the popular novel and ia,
nous play, 1.-The Virginian". The
film is a five reel Paramount" fea-
ture with some four hundred scenes
People are still talking about 'The
Squaw Man., the last picture shown
starring Mr.. Farnum. The Virgin
ian" promises to be even better
Quite bit of Tie film was taken al
night showing effects never before
seen in the movies. A matinee is an
nounced for 3:45 and the evenine
shows at 7:15 and S:45.
Friday and Saturday this theatre
will present as vaudeville feature
1.-The Musical Humestons" a comedy
musical act carrying their own seen
cry. fine wardrobe and making twelve
complete changes at each perform,
ance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
On Visit Erom FL PasO.

H. r. Hislop, of Ell Paso, Texas, ar
rived in DEBORAH Monday on a visit
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. His
lop and many DEBORAH friends. Ray
holds the responsible position of Sill
perintendent OF the Arizona and
West Coast Mexico Division of the
Wells Fargo Express Co. He had
been attending superintendent
meeting in Chicago, and decided to
take a trip home to visit his parents
a few days. Since leaving DEBORAH
Mr.. Hislop has elevated himself to d
very high and responsible position
with the Wells Fargo company, DEM
onstrating that he is made of the
right kind of stuff to succeed, and his
many DEBORAH friends are glad to sec
hin; enjoying such an excellent posi-
ton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
AT THE HOSPITAL.
Nine Patients Have Visited the Hos
pital Sinrc Ii Opened.

The DEBORAH Hospital has had nine
patients since it opened a short time
ago, and each and every one was
more than pleased with the treat
ment received. The general atten-
ton given to the patients is of the
highest order, and they are receiving
the best of care. z
James j. Nolan, of Bluffton, was
taken to the hospital Saturday, suf-
fering from blood poison in one Of
his hands, caused by slight prick
on one of the fingers. DR.. DAILY has
been attending him, and the latest
reports are that he is getting along
in fine shape, although the poison
had developed so it looked serious
for while. His many friends hope
he will enjoy complete recovery
soon.
DR.. Guthrie, chief operating sur
geon, of Dubuque, will be here Fri
day, and another patient is expected
tomorrow for an operation
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
A Pork Bari Mystery.

Two darkies bought a piece OF
pork and Sam, having no place to put
his share, trusted it to Henry's keep
ing. They met the next night and
Henry said:
"A mos strange thing done happen
at my house las night, Sam. All a
mystery to me-
What was dat, Henry?''
We'll, SAM explained Henry,
solemnly, dis mawnin' | go down in
de cellar for to sit a piece of haws
TO breakfas, and | put my han
down in the brine an feels 'roun'
but aint no pok dar; all gone, so |
tu'n up de bari an Sam, sho' Us
preachin', de rats had gone ct hole
clar fru de bottom Of dat bari and
dragged de meat all out.
sam was petTIfied with astonish-
ment for a moment, and then said
why didn't de brine run out en- do
hole?''
We'll, yo, see Sam" replied Hen
ry, "dat's de mystery"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
AN AUSpICIOUS OPENING.
Graham's New Store Visited by I'm
mense Crowd Saturday.

Graham's handsome new store il
the Freeman building on West Water
street, was opened to the public on
Saturday Manager w. r. Winga1e
has every reason to feel pleased al
the warm reception given the open
ing by our people. The store was
packed from the opening hour until
late at night, and the inclemen;
weather in the evening prevented
many more from attending.
The store presents a very hand,
some appearance and the stock is so
arranged that buying is made easy,
A corp of competent clerks were OH
hand to wait on the big crowd, and
it was well taken care of. Practical
ly everyone vino visited the store
made purchase of one article or an
other, and the bargains offered were
genuine, every purchaser being more
than pleased. In the crush at the
counters several ladies were sorae-
what injured, in the rush for an ad-
vantageous position in the depart
ments where exceptional bargains
were being passed out. The big sale
of fine brooms at 10 cents a broom,
which opened at three o'clock prov
ed exciting, and evidenced that DOR
people are going to keep their floors
good and clean. Hundreds of broom
were passed out and the excitement
and fun of securing them was evil
denced on all sides by the jokes and
banters passed among the people.
They were big bargains and we'll
worth the effort to procure.
AS stated before the new store Is
a variety store carrying all sorts Of
things, and at prices within the reach
of all. They have an immense big
stock of fresh, new up-to-the-minute
goods, and the firms rating is first
class. This store is one of many seat
tered over Iowa and Missouri and has
strong backing. 1t is a good audi
tion to the many other excellent
stores DEBORAH has. The firm has
another advertisement in this Issue
quoting many more big bargains.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Federal Inspector Visits Here.

Harry Barmeier of Dubuque, feder-
al inspector of the Migratory Bird
Law, was a DEBORAH visitor Thursday
He visited the different millinery
stores to see that all were obeying
the law regarding the sale of certain
plumage or feathers, which are moi
permitted to be sold under the fedei
al law relating to them. All of the
local milliners were found to be obey
ing the law to the letter.
He tells us that the insectivorous
birds are protected indefinitely
Band-tailed pigeons, cranes, swans
curlew, smaller shore birds AMI
wood ducks are protected until Sep
TENDER /, 1918.
Mr.. Barmeier paid a nice compile
ment to Game Warden B. E. Buck
nell, of this city, and thought tina,
the game was being well looked after
in his hands in this vicinity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
COffeen Gets Another Contract.

1t seems like there will not be
much rest for Contractor A. r. Cof-
feen, of this city, during the winter.
He just secured another big contract
at Clinton, Iowa, the installing of a
big sewer job in that city. He ex-
poets to leave in few days for Gin
ton to take up the work. He has
completed a large number Of big con-
tracts in DEBORAH and vicinity this
year, and has los of work ahead OK
him. One thing is certain when Mr..
Coffeen takes contract he sees THAI
it is finished in a proper manner, Us
all his past contracts bear testimony.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18

to shoulder a blunderbuss and go
out and bag the first turkey that COB
bled at them, with no thought of to
whom the bird might belong. We
twentieth century Pilgrims consult
our bank book and if it agrees to
back us up, we go out and buy one
of the turkeys our forefathers left
in cold storage for us.
In the South, where for dark and
mysterious reasons turkey never
lives to the Thanksgiving age, that
marsupial and carnivorous mammal,
the possum, decorates the Thanks
giving tureen. Anyone who has new
er tasted possum does not know just
how fortunate he has been, and
should give thanks for this escape
if for no other reason. However, il
ones curiosity overcomes his good
Judgment, he may boil a chunk Of
suet in coal oil and sugar and rest
assured he has possum CT the most
marsupial and carnivorous quality.
The climax of a thoroughbred
Thanksgiving Day is pulled off on a
football field along about three o.
clock in the afternoon, when TWEEN
ty-two disguised maniacs are turned
loose to fight over an inflated pig
skin that is not worth more than five
or six dollars, even in this day of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Economy Store Was Busy.

The Bucknell Economy Store ad
vertised big sale of German China
at 5 cents in this paper last week.
The sale took place Saturday and
they enjoyed IN immense business.
An advertisement in this issue tells
about Ia quart dish pan for Toe
next Saturday. Besides between the
hours of and they will give one
pound of candy for sc. Look up thei.'
advertisement in this paper today
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
THANKSGIVING.
(By Our Office Philosopher. }

"Breathes there a man with SOU
so dead who never to himself hath
said, This is my own, my native
land?" If there breathes such q
man, he has never digested Thanks
giving proclamation.
Thanksgiving, so far as its physi-
cal ingredients are concerned, differs
little, if any, from other November
days. 1t gets it's capital letters and
the dignity of the calendars red ink
from the president and his forty
eight varieties of governors, who per-
NIT us on this day to be as thank
full as we like, so long as our demon
STATIONS do not interfere with the
peace and tranquility of those not
so enthusiastic. The president and
the governors also sort out the things
we have to be thankful for. If it
were not for them, many of us could
not get up enough courage to cele-
brate the event. Their proclama-
tions, however, so wildly picture
bountiful harvests and bursting bins
that all of us take on a feeling CT
real importance for the time being,
and while under the influence or
their literary intoXicants, rush in and
buy more food in ten minutes than
We can eat in ten days. The Thanks
giving proclamation serves another
worthy purpose in preserving those
two words, blessings" and prosper
ity." Without the annual proclama-
tions, these words might become OBJ
solete, and they're too encouraging
to be cast aside entirely. Every
Thanksgiving proclamation is built
on a foundation of blessings and is
surrounded by scaffolding of pros
'perity.
Thanksgiving Day is one Of about
equal portions o. anticipation and re-
gret, with sixty minutes of delight in
Itervening at II o'clock noon. TIL :
Thanksgiving dinner is the first of
the winter seasons series Of elastic
meals, and is an emphatic corrobora-
ton of the phrase, What fools we
mortals be-" The elasticity of the
Thanksgiving dinner gives every
home at least one thing to be thank
full for. Think Of its coming on Mon
day or Tuesday.
Turkey became the primary
Thanksgiving dish a long time ago,
when the size of families demanded
something Of liberal proportions to
go around. A quail is now sufficient
to feed the average home, but there
usually are enough relatives present
On Thanksgiving Day to perpetuate
the ordeal Of coming in contact with
a turkey. Our Pilgrim fathers used
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Enjoyable Birthday Surprise.

Miss Gertrude Goltz was given q
very enjoyable birthday surprise on
Saturday evening at the home of her
sister, Mrs. F. s. Kendrick on East
Broadway, by a number of her
friends. 1t proved a most delightful
occasion and she was presented with
number of gifts in remembrance of
the event.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Congregational Church.

A junior chorus of some twenty
voices has been formed to assist the
quartet, to begin next Sabbath eve
ming.
Subject in the morning Adj
vocate With the Father and in the
evening Question of an early
philosopher-If Man Die, Shall he
Live Again?''
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Here is Something of Interest to The
Rows

When your good Mother buys you
a suit of clothes or an overcoat tell
her to go to Bears and buy it and
get a box of the Ben Bear new, novel
model toy ships. This is quite nice
little affair and l am quite sure you
boys will think lot of it. Remem-
Der that we sell clothing cheaper
than any other firm in the country.
BEN BEAR.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
And WHY is a Frog?

A little girl gave this definition Of
frog: "A frog, teacher, is big
green bug with warts all over it. And
it keeps it's mouth open all the time
and-and it's always sitting down
behind and standing up in front"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Miss MYCa Moran Ill

Miss Marguerite Moran departed
Wednesday evening for Chicago on
a visit to her sister, Miss Myra, who
has been ill at the home of her aunt,
DR.. Moran in Chicago. Miss MyrG
went to Chicago with the intentions
of attending college at Evanston, but
was taken i'll. Her many friends here
hope for speedy recovery
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Sale Fancy Articles.

Mrs. Cora Simpson will hold her
annual sale of fancy articles in the
NJ. ]. Soukup Jewelry Store Friday
and Saturday, Nov. 81 and 2S.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18

We are putting on sale this week
twenty-five splendid all wool mack.
inaws at $500 each. We know these
maokinaws can not be purchased at
that price anywhere in America.
BEN BEAR.