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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
NEW SILK SKIRTS

in plain and rufiled effects. suitable for
various occasions. comprising Taffe,a
Silks $500 to sl7.so). Plain and Black
and-whi,e Checked Poplins (s695) and
new Pongec Silks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
Special Prices on Useful Notions

ONO Dress Shields regular style sizes ?
and }. special 1Se; sire {. special zoe.
Zouave Jacket Shields special 35e.
Airlite SILK Invisible Collar Stays in black
and white special &c.
AS You Like II" Collar Stays for straight
and flare collars. special for 1Oe.
Wire Harpins in crimped style. special 3
papers for sc.
White Embroidery Edging. bolt OF yards,
special Zoe.
"3-in.l" Machine OIL. special &c.
"stork" Safety Pins. three sizes, black and
white. special Sc.
Bristol Solid.head Brass Pins. special &c,
o. y. T. Darning Cotton in black. white and
colors. special for SC.
"Kurtan Kream." for tintng lace curtains
special 1Sc.
Acme Adjustable Dress Forms, special
s0.75.
'sonomor" Snap Fasteners, special 2 for &c.
Novelty SILK Lingerie Braid. with gilt bod.
kin. special yards for &c.
Wash Ribbon for lingerie. special &c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
USEFUL WORK FOR SOLDIERS
Standing Army Could Be Employed
During Time Of Peace In Con.
struction Of Good Roads.

(By JOHN NELSON, Chicago)
The soldier is and probably will be-
for some time a necessary member of
society until the world can compre'
bend the brotherhood of man and ito
people become world patriots In place
OF bigoted national patriots. Until
that time comes let US make our sol1
diers more productive and give them
enough remuneration so that they can.
live and patronize the industries Of the
country as American citizens should. |
This country needs good roads to re'E
duce the high cost of living by reduc.
Ing the cost OF transportation between
the producer and the consumer. Why
not let the soldiers spend part Of
their time building roads? The bene,s
mt from such work would be great and
the country could we'll afford at least
to double soldiers pay IL half of their
time was devoted to this. The regular
equipment Of the army, such as tents
and tools, could be utilized in this con-
nection. The work Is Of such nature,
that 1t would keep men in good
physical condition for field service in
case OF war. There is also much other
useful work that can be done in times
OF peace and abandoned in times Of
war. BY making it the task OF sol.3
diers we could have a large standing
army that would be benefit instead
of burden. .- S
With this work carried on under
government control on q large scale
emciency can be developed far beyond
anything in the past. q
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
ResourcefuI Woman.

DR.. Dudley A. Sargent Of Harvard
holds that seq is no bar to military
service-that woman would make IA
good q soldier as a man. ..a r.
Doctor Sargent. at tea in Boston
said to a group Of fattered, smiling
girls: $ r. ?
Why shouldn't you, indeed, make
as good soldiers as men? Look how
resourceful you are. :,
\ know young fellow who said to
girl, doubtfully: n
] consulted a palmist last eve.
ming and she told me l would marry q
brunette within three months.
The girl, tossing her golden head
answered with a roguish smile:
Well. ! can easily be a brunette 10
that time, Jack -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

handle, 3, and spout. l. The spout
has an inner wall, perforated with
holes. 5.
Into the top goes drum, 6, having
a hange, 5, that fits tightly in the
neck, La, and is prevented from going
down too far by a rim, Z. Just above
this rim the barrel is perforated with
holes, 8, and opposite the spout, with
smaller holes, 10. 1t is covered by
lid
When the coffee boils it rises in the
pot, but flows through the holes, 3.
into the open space between the drum
and the body of the pot This in
stantly cools it below the boiling point
and it flows back down through the
holes and into the pot again. The cot
fee may even boil over the top, but 1t
will be caught in the open space. 2.
and will never spill The liquid is
poured in the usual way, the small
perforations acting simply as a
strainer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
War Message Went Wrono,

An accidental crossing of telephone
wires was responsible for a recent
Austrian victory over the Russians
near the Polish border. Officers at
one Of the Austrian stan headquarters
were amazed while using a wire, to
hear Russian words spoken. An officer
conversant with that tongue was sum.
moned and reached the telephone in
time to get the most important part
of war message that was being trans.
mitted.
The Russian order was for two bat.
talions to attack decisively at a given
hour specified Austrian position.
while three companies were to assist
in q flank attack. The Austrfans.
knowing precisely what to expect.
merely lay In wait and 'bagged' 2. 900
prisoners, including the major of the
battalions to whom the message had
been sent. --..4-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
DEVICE FOR CATCHING BUGS
ingenious New York Man Has
Thought Up a Continuance That
Should Account for Many Pests.

Knut George Gyllstrom. Richmond
Hill. N. Y, has patented a bug catch
ing apparatus which should be very
eflcacious against the innumerable lit
tie pests that inhabit the air the lat
ter part Of the summer and the early
fall. Placed in a house or public
building, it ought to catch most Of the
insects which squeeze through the
screens or zip in when the door is
opened.
Mr.. Gyllstroms device consists Of a
bright electric light to attract the in
sects, placed between an electric fan
and funnel-shaped bag with an insect
trap at the small end The philos-
ophy Of the invention is simple. The
bugs, lured by the light, get in the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
INFECTION IS Fatal:
Bite Of Fly Deadly to All Human
Beings.
Fatal Sleeping sleknsss, % Dreaded
In Africa, Has sesn Traced to the
rsetss FIy-Wlld Game
Source Of Danger.

The wiggly little things shown in
the picture that accompanies this ar.
ticle are the creatures that cause the
dreaded sleeping sickness" or na.
CANA, 80 common in Central Africa.
Sir David Bruce. who more than any
other man, has studied this disease
and it's causes, delivered four lectures
on it before the Royal Lodge OF Physi.
clans in London in May.
The creatures that cause the dis
ease are called trypanosomes. There
are many types or species. some more
plentiful in one region, some in an.
other: but all have the same general
form. They multiply in the digestive
organs of the tsetse ny. This bites
human beings and animals, and the
chromosomes pass into their blood
and infect them, just as the microbes
Of malaria and yellow fever are car
ried by mosquitoes. T.
Not all tsetse flies are infected. for
Sir David Bruce says that III man 10
bitten by a tsetse fly in the sleeping
sickness area of Nyassaland 1t Is 500
to l against his taking the disease
since only / in 500 flies is infectivs
with the specific parasite" {
Blu: if a man be bitten by an IN
fected fly it is almost certain that he
will die within three or four months.
No cure has yet been discovered and
no human being has yet recovered,
though SO per cent of oxen recover. +
The wild game of Central Africa 10
heavily infected, and these buffalo. an.
telope, ETC.. are the reservoir OF the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

their men as they deserve to be
treated; kindly. humanely. Moreover.
they do II without loss OF dignity.
Hence. the soldiers respect, honor and
even love their superiors.
In the trenches and everywhere on
the firing line, where danger is great
est, the feeling of devoted comrade-
ship between officers and men is ad-
mirable and It il safe to say that
every soldier is ready and willing to
lay down his life for his superior.
Stories OF soldiers who risked their
lives to save those OF their officers
are daily occurrence at the Italian
front AZ
The last soldier to be decorated
was q certain Guido vitelh who, on
seeing In the course Of an engage
ment his lieutenant fall grieyously
wounded, left the trenches accom-
panied by . comrade and rushed to
the rescue. The spot where the OH
Ger lay was quite a distance from the
trench and yitelli was struck twice
in the hand and in the cheek, while
his comrade was slightly wounded in
the leg. - - r-..s-.. .s.. y
Nevertheless. the two wounded SOL
diers succeeded IN carrying their su-
perior Officer into the Italian lines.
At the hospital. where he is now re-
covering. Vitelli related his adven-
lures to the captain of his company.
adding thst he was glad OF the oppoF-
tunity OF proving the devotion he felt
for the gallant young lieutenant. Nat
uraliy, the captain has recommended
him for the medal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

Mjdway between the sandy beach
.at Ocean View, on the southern side
or Hampton Roads, and Norfolk, .
rapidly growing southern metropolis.
there has been developed. in the heart
of rich farm-trucking region, an at
tractive Negro community. called II
tustown, IN which all Of the people
own their own homes and not single
renter Ii found. ~ g.sS... z. II,
Ia Titustown Negroes have had the
opportunity 81 buying .aigh-class prop
erty at low price. building comfort
able and attractive individual houses
Oh easy terms, and living happy lives
III ! refined and attractive commit
nifty.
II vas ID 1901 that commission Of
ten 81 q dozen colored men came to
Augustus 4. Stroud, q white lawyer
~ Norfolk, who had recently gradu-
ated from college. They asked that
some Land should be bought and re-
soId 10 NEGROES Tor home sites. The
NEGROES had heard the summons
move on and sought the good ofices
81 : southern white man whose family
shsd long had . deep interest IN the
welfare Of NEGROES.
Men Who n the beginning had very
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

rious counties IN Kansas cared for
only 800 paupers. the report says.
Pending the construction Of new
quarters Of the Winfield Hospital for
the Feeble Minded, q number Of in
sane and feeble minded patients have
been cared for BY individual coun-
ties, IA II vi "A
% AZ i result there were ten more In.
mates Of poor farms this year than
last year. n the year ending July.
\, says the report there we're 10 chill
dren III the county q Institutions ~
against ~ ~ PREVIOUS yeaf.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
PERFECT COFFEE POT
One That Is Guaranteed Not TO
Boil Over.
Ingenious Invention for Which no"'e
wives VIII Be Grateful 10 Shown
Hers-simple In Design, out
Does the Work.

A coffee pot that is guaranteed no'
10 boil over is the ingenious inven'
non for which c. N. Smith and NJ J.
sIersnger OF Brooklyn have q patent
application pending. The pots con-
struction may best be understood oy
referring to the diagram. which shows
il in longitudinal section. 1t Consists
Of q main body Il in the diagram'
tapsrins toward a narrower neck. Ia
over which rises a faring top. with
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Rabbit Hole ! Treasure.

Pratt, Kan.A Mexican some six
miles east OF here was hunting rab.
bits yesterday and ran rabbit into
hole. He reached into the hole and
pulled the bunny out. but the rabbit
held to 4 sleeve Of mans jacket.
Further investigation by the Mexican
showed a large swag Of heavy silver.
ware that had been hidden In the
hole. wrapped up In the Jacket. The
ssilyerware was turned over to 4 near
~ resident md b notified The ON.
easl n s lg,Sj
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
His Precious Horses.

y Miller. 8. D. Robert Wilson, a
prominent rancher here, is known for
the fine horses he raises. He has
many ready for the market but he re.
fuses to sell one while the war in
Europe lasts, fearing they would be
sent there and injured or killed in
battle. He refuses fancy prices right
along for horses.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Truly Optimistic.

Hall Blythe is pretty ont ,m,.,,.
character. l hear. .33s VA 4sS s'-''' ~
Wall should say 80. Il De failed
IN business he'd hank heaven he hsd
his heath II he failed III health ~, b,
thank heaven he had his business . "A
Il he failed II both he'd ny there ~.
5nc use aaysRS ens without ths othsr
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Jealous Bride Ended her / ife

SeaIous 6rtde Ended Her Life. I
Jealous of her husband every. time
ne even smiled on baby. jealous Of
his office work because It took him
nom ner side, Jealous Of him even II
ne walked alone on the street, Mrs
ADELE Diaz, a pretty Spanish bride Of
New York city, worked herself up into
SUCH a state Of mind that she com.
mitted suicide one day after finding
her husbands revolver. q
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
KANSAS HAS 900 PAuPERs
Twenty Counties IN ths state Have
No Poor Farms Nor Poor as
lndioents.

Topeka. Twenty Of the los Kansas
counties have no poor farms OF indi-
gent poor. While A other counties tie
poor farms are sell .suppo rting. accord.
~ ~ = report made by J. w. Hows,
secretasY d the state board of con-
E = y ylGr snding NV i RI sys.S
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

a international Electric STANDARD.
Experts from the United States andI
england have agreed on international
standards for electrical machinery
winch are expected to be adoped|
throughout the world.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Ljves on Coffee.

BaltimoreKate Larber. aged thir--
teen, has since she was fourteen
months old taken practically no nonr-
ishment except coffee, which she
drinks in large quantities. sometimes
20 cups day.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

path of the fans current and are blown
into the bag, where the current,
Of air maintained by the fan prevents
them from escaping. Eventually, the
bugs are driven into the trap, from
which, of course, there is no escape.
1t is to be hoped that the patentee
realizes all he hopes from his device.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Looks Iikelt

is Jaggers going under. do you
think?"" --'8s,
From all can hear, he is usually
eltner under an automobile or under
a cloud s "A ...SsS7
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Bank Teller Admits Hoid-Up Fake.

Bank Teller Admits Hoid-up Fake.
Cedar Rapids. Ia.--Leo Perrin, de-
posed paying teller Of the Cedar Rap
ids National bank, 10 under arrest,
charged with embezzlement Of $20.07O
from that institution. Perrin was ar
rested after he confessed that the
money. lost BY the bank in Q supposed
hold-up, really was taken by him. He
was taken to jail when unable to OBJ
tain signatures to his $4,000 bond.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
His Auto suooa.t,o

Ftlss Auto Suggestion.
Why 40 you keep that old plul
II your stable?' d
Because there's lots st courtind
young couples about. ana ~ { 30
sparkling plug. 4,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Good Reason.

50 you have written book on
cemented Easements. But WHY did
you choose such q subject 2.
Because ] wanted 1t to be among
the best cellars lil \, az
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24
Gambiense, the Para
site That Causes Sleeping Sickness
in Nyassaland, Magnified About 700
Diameters.

disease. The only way to stamp out
an epidemic is to remove the whole
human population to q. region that IT,
not infected with tsetse flies, and, II
it be desired to 90 step further and
render the sleeping sickness area I'M
habitable, then clearing and cultiva'f
ton must be resorted to-" for there 10
little doubt that when the wild game
is driven away it ta.kes the danger
with 1t. 4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

There Il 4 well authenticated case
OF . Negro who was once az black as
the nee OF spades but whose skin all
over his body is now a pinkish white
With the exception Of few pinpoint
specks on his face. and these are dis
appearing also. II Is one OF the rare
cases known to medical science and
dermatol0gy where the affection
known to physicians rs "leukoderma'
q universal. The man Is Adolphus
Setzer, m exslave Of Newton. N. C..
where be was born and reared. He
belonged 70 the large estate Of the late
Reuben Better, who owned much land
ana many Negroes before the war be-
twsen the states. Up to the time Set
sef Vas forty years old his skin was
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

1he taD -KegSc.- o. @colored PEG
ne. has - denaite meaning Meth
q discacees nStSonaiisy. These terms
have no place IN the science OF an.
fhropology. But their persistent use
VITA refefence to persons Of African
descent invites ataenfion The white
man tT3s6 - make . brute out Of the
biaEk Enaa- 10 this end the slave
power put the cause Of slavery in the
slaye himself The cause. dear
Brutua. that Ne ne underiings. IL not
~ our stars bat In ourselves" Ev-
sfythiug was done TO destroy the M,
donalfty and hinder the growth Of In
dfviduaiity II the captive African. He
ras called Negro TO characterize his
Kind and coalition. The word Nc
gfu' then became the trade mark Of
slavery. II n NOW . term OF contempt.
u II 20 written and spoken. This op-
probncus epithet should have been IA
ken away With the bondage and not
allowed TO remain the deadly weapon
Of the sycophant and the expIoiter.
II II the strongest barrier to the IN
vestftnre with citizenship Of the Afri-
can dwelling in America, whose long
domictle. fidelity and ton have given
him m incontestable title to the most
honorable distinction Of American ciu-
zenShip. writes Charles Hatfield Dick
erson IN the Chicago News.
Also -colored people" in the public
mind are nondescriptg. None OF these
names h respectable. Let them be
abhored. Let as all have the good
and proper name and patronymic AT
rican." ''of African descent" and
black, u you please. For / behold
the time when black skin viii be as
fashionable as black cloth and as val
liable as sable. There are those
whose ignorance Of the glory and
grandeur Of Africa makes them
ashamed Of their mother country.
But ! have sought and found her the
workshop OF nature. the cradle OF
man, the undorbted source of the civ
iuzs;ion Of the whole world. OF this
/ am eonddent
Plato Thanked God that he was .
man. that he Vas citizen Of Athens,
lived la the age OF Periclss. had the
friendfhip Of Socrztes- So do thank
God that am man, conscious OF the
high destiny Of nan, ciamberfng witn
my fellows mp the cloudy SUBMITS Of
oar times. am 2 citizen Of this great
republic; i've in the world Of Chicago:
in the reign OF Woodrow Wilson. q
man of phiiOs0phie mind. who has lin
gered with the muses.. learned and
written the grand march OF the Amer
lean people and presides over their
destiny With dignity and grace. And
IN proud n hse IN the era Of Theo-
4ofs Roosevelt, man d great ampit
tude Of mind and yigor Of body. who
has trayeFSed the globe. enlarged our
intellectual empire and has now be-
coma the ubiquitous political genius
Of the republic.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

coal black. He = OF pure African de-
scent and nowhere 10 his family ID
there . trace Of white blood When
ne was about forty years OF age. ne
contracted q most malignant case OF
maiariai fever in Cabarrus county.
North Carolina. and was brought home
ON q wagon, quite . distance. % thai
he might die with his family. Local
physicians attended him and eventual
~ he got well Of the fever. but lerko-
derma made its appearance and our
ing the last 10 years-he is NOW m
octogenarian-the affection has grAdu'
any spread until today. with the ex-
ception noted. the entire surface OF
his skin LIS white with pinkish tinge.
Leukoderma is described Ia the books
as condition In which the pigment
forming tissues have lost their func-
ton OF making and furnishing pig
ment TO the skin. This 10 brought
about by trophoneurosis and ID often
associated with neurotic disturbances
La short. II IL due TO the nerves. and
In this case the nerves OF the man be-
came affected by the toxic poisons OF
the malarial attack Leukoderma -
not at ali uncommon among the dark
races and is particularly a disease OF
the tropics. Dermatologists have
found many cases where the affection
has attacked portion OF the skin sur
face, making what is known as pie
bald" Negroes. But the cases In
which this affection has become uni
Yersal over q mans body are very
rare, and this case is very interesting
to specialists and the medical frater-
nifty generally because OF its rarity.
Uncle" Doiph, as he is called by
white and black. has always been a
respectable and respected
Negro: has been Industrious and
raised large family. He has good
eyes and a good memory and can re
cali many incidents OF slavery days
and OF the war. He helped build all
the older buildings in the place and
is the Oldest citizen. white or black,
who was here when the town began
to take shape three-quarters OF q CEN
fury ago. e. -.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

"A good many men work hard and
unremittingly and achieve no distinc-
ton other than that Of living to be
more than seventy years old.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

The chamber OF commerce of johann
nesburg. South Africa, has sent 70
England m appeal Tor wider use a
the British isles of plaixe. one Of the
chief products of the land around the
erstHhile Boer city. Attention is
called ID the many ways In which M
of the United States make uss HI
variety cf grain. sssss I'd
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

crude ideas Of what q home should be.
have gradually been led out into .
liner conception OF What home can
be made through persistent thrift and
constant effort to improve the physi-
cal condition OF tn, house. the yard
and the fences. u
What tle Negroes of Titustown
have done SO quietly and SO effective.
~, with the sympathetic cooperation
Of Mr.. Stroud through a long period,
can and should be repeated. with nee.
essary notifications. OF course, wher.
ever there are large numbers OF Ne
groes who should have better hous.
ing.-Southern Workman. ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

! beg leave to suggest herewith that
colored men be utilized to help man
the navy. The Negro has proved him
self loyal 70 "Old Glory" IL anyone has.
and he should be represented In the
navy as well as In the army.
If white sailors and marines should
object to their company on board ship.
why not allot certain ships to them as
certain barracks are allotted to them
In the army!
The plan OF nomenclature In the
navy is to name battleships after
states, cruisers after cities and gun
boats after famous battle fields. but
with the colored units q new system
could be used. For instance. the gov
eminent might turn over to the col
cred sailors such battleships ~ the
Alabama and Mississippi or such
cruisers as the Suwanee and the Dixie.
Among the Negroes may be found
plenty of good loyal material and !
will wager that If they are called upon
no one need ever blush for the record
their ships may make.-H T. Hughes.
In the Chicago News.
There are "A Methodist Episcopal
churches in the United States report
ing a membership OF more than 1900
each. Calvary church, New York.
leads with 1900 members. and First
church, Los Angeles. ia second with .
total membership of 2.400. G.s
A commercial wireless service has
been established between stations In
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-24

Because Of the scarcity Of clocks in
West Africa, events are timed by the
regular daily occurrences. For exam
pie. a native wrote that she had re-
ceiyed news OF her sisters illness e
little while before the guinea fowl
talk" that ID. about Eve o'clock In
the morning.