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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-10-21
levied against the plaintiffs automo-

levied against the plaintiffs automo-
bile to satisfy the judgment. Under
the levy the sheriff took the automo-
bile and is holding it subject to the
order Of the court. The plaintiff
brought action for damages against
the defendant on the ground that his
automobile is exempt under the state
law from execution and attachment
The law provides that zone wagon,
cart or dray," shall be exempt. The
plaintiff contends that his automo-
bile is wagon and is therefore ex-
empt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-10-21

DOMAIN Serbia is progressing more
favorably than along any other part
of the border. At one point, toward
Ishtip, an advance of about so miles
has been made from the Bulgarian
boundary. But this offensive cannot
be serious menace. It is open to
a dangerous flank attack by the AL
lies at Strumnitza, for which reason,
probably only light, mobile force is
penetrating along the Ishtip line:
From the standpoint of the main in
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possible and effecting consolidation
with the Bulgar armies. The neces-
sity for making sure of the possess
sion of the single ans-Bulgarian
railway line that runs into Turkey
is all important for the Teutons. E
The advance Of the Anglo-French
troops into Bulgaria does not yet
threaten this railway, but both sides
are preparing for a race to dominate
it.
The Bulgarian movement in Mace
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Owatonna, Minn.-Judge Arthur
B. Childless, who won statewide
fame by his decision that mule was
not horse, is called upon to decide
case peculiarly similar. The ques-
ton in a case now being tried in the
Dodge county court at Mantorville
seems to be, lis an auto wagon?"
The case was brought against James
Gardner by James L. Green. The
defendant obtained a judgment and
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Chimney sweeping and furnace
cleaning done promptly. Phone 584-
ADV. 27d1121
Just received big shipment of box
apples All kinds. Get our price.
Otto G.. Schwandt.-Adv.
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terests at stake-the reinforcement
of the Turks-the Balkan situation
for the moment is more encouraging
to the quadruple entente than to the
TeutOns.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

lie had a string tied to those whiskers!
My Jacques raised a beautiful mus
tache which matched his eyes. 1t cost
him a dollar a day until he shaved it
off again.
'The customers avoided him like the
cholera. They would quit Jacques
table for clean-shaved waiter. The
kindly Paris public, let me laugh!
That's why we girls are sure to fail
we're only stops gaps"
Question of whiskers. Girls have
none to shave Off"
Lucie undulated majestically to a
customer who had been desperately
signaling.
s.Where's those illustrated papers"
he demanded.
Lucie conscientiously went off and
fetched them.
In came bustling a fat man of i'm
portance. Has Lopez arrived yeti" he
demanded Lopez is a famous chess
player and the Cafe Regence has been
the chess rendezvous since the days
when Voltaire and Benjamin Franklin
played there. Bonaparte and Robes
pierre were clients. not to mention
the actors of the Theater Francais,
across the street. The fat man hunt
ing Lopez happened to be their first
comic, but 1 think that Lucie doesn't
admire chess.
Il don't know" the good girl an
swered conscientiously; and she re-
turned to tell me all about the whis-
kers.
1T is idleness to speak of whiskers
falling into the SOUP said Lucie. ''They
don't fall into the soup. the fish. the
entree, roast or dessert. The truth is
that whiskers and mustaches are a
sign Of independence in waiter. 1t
annoys the public, not much, just
little-just enough to make the public
pass the hairy waiter
Girls should please them" ! said.
No" she answered. Its no merit
in a girl to be smooth-faced-she can
not help it. But man walters have the
right to wear mustaches. goatees, i'm
perials and sideburns. favorites, white
wings. neck-snugglers, sectionals and
teasers."
Evening star., 1915-12-12

with the round face; still others for
the man with the slender face, and yet
others for the general run whose faces
have been characterized by the design
ers as standard" Even types and
features have been taken into consid-
GRAFTON, with the result that there are
collars designed to- suit the man with
the aquiline cast of countenance, etc.
Even within the past five years
fashions in this regard have under
gone a decided revolution. yielding
here and there to the demand of COM
fort and making style smart" for
the sole reason that it feels good"
The stiff-bosomed shirt for day wear
has disappeared entirely. and there are
many who believe it will never return.
At the same time. the soft cuff shirt
has almost completely displaced the
stiff cuff shirt for day wear. Fashion
now is reviving the latter, but only in
connection with those shirts having
neglige or pleated bosoms-positively
not those with stiff bosoms.
Noting this increasing demand for
comfort first" one house brought out
roll-front collars, with pliable tops.
Other houses were quick to follow,
and today any of the Washington shops
can give you roll-top collars OF what
ever make you prefer
With all due respect to comfort, how
ever, the local authorities are unani-
nous in declaring that the soft collar
will never be as smart as its stiff
brother. And there is not reason un-
der the sun why one should not have
as much comfort as is good for any
one and the "trigness" that can go
only with a starched collar at one and
the same time. The types are so wide-
ly varied that even sideshow freak
can be accommodated.
And with this the case there can be
no excuse for not wearing collar that
not only feels good, but that suits your
particular type. Common sense should
tell you what style of collar to buy
ANY salesman will do so gladly enough
If you will only allow him. And it is
most important. A collar out of pro-
portion to your physical characteris-
tics can spoil the effect of an other
wise fAultless costume.
1t is the same way, in lesser degree,
with ones gloves. A pair of bright
yellow gloves, for instance, may har-
monize with suit of what the dealers
call novelty" goods and what the lay
man calls "a mixture" but those same
gloves would not do at all with suit
of dark blue serge. for the gloves
would stand out so prominently that
they would be about all one would
see.
And so 1t goes right down the line,
even to the cloth or suede tops of your
shoes. The perfectly groomed man is
he who observes every detail and
makes each subseryient to the other.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

special Correspondence OF The star
PARIS, December 1. 1915.
@Y Christmas you will see fewer
IQ cafe walters in Paris.
In BY New Year the grandiose
~ phenomenon will be self-evi-
dent-waitresses.
The establishments find it continually
more difficult to maintain an efficient
male staff. middle-aged, alert. You
have six men today: tomorrow three
are gone. They can't be held.
The solid young man walters have
been fighting since the mobilization
Adolphe of the Grand Cafe, aged forty
four, went to the first-line trenches of
Champag gne eight months ago. Niche
let, maitre d'hotel of the Cafe de la
Paix, aged forty-siN is just back from
the railroad guard. and will go out
again. saw him address twenty-nine
packages of food relishes and dainties.
"All for ours at the 'front.' he told
me. mot to mention killed. wounded
and reserves" At the Cafe Regence
they have given up recruiting men and
frankly taken on an entire staff of
Mattresses.
Inc WOuHueu, even, DdCk on lHeif
jobs, are uneasy.
At the Grand Cafe the waiter Xavier
stood staring at soldier of the
trenches on five days permission" in
Paris. Muddy. draggled and bronzed.
his hands all chapped and Scared, his
fingernails all broken. the brave fellow
sat alone in the cafe. reposing heavily,
to keep some date" His eye was
bright. his mien was hardy.
Look at him." unused Xavier, the
waiter. When / see them come like
that j just pertinently can't stand it.
NV foot's we'll. I'll volunteer again.
Xavier is an Alsatian from Shirmeck,
in the Donon. He volunteered the first
day of mobilization.
And as Xavier the waiter stood, in a
Evening star., 1915-12-12

instance: "If a man does not know
what his position in life is says Flor
ence O'Neill, "let him come to Paris
for the head waiter to place him.
AS you enter the rich restaurant they
size you up. The head waiter gives
you the best place because you are
well known or because he sees that you
ought to be we'll known. The vulgar
rich man can buy him. but only in part
and for u time. He will never get the
subtle difference accorded to the right
people Now, what the right peo-
pie" are is a wonderful mystery. They
may come, unknown, from anywhere.
The head waiter will Immediately rec
ogniZe them.
So, the professional cafe waiter.
His special province is to see and
understand everything. He has mind.
He stands around all day. looking.
looking and developing ideas. Thrown
into contact with the foremost men of
all professions. he becomes extremely
wise.
Great editors. poets, manufacturers,
inventors make friends with their ia
vorite waiter and consult him about
their kidneys. love affairs and domestic
worries.
So that once the new American be-
comes the acknowledged client" of
such a waiter as Adolphe. Cadet or
Gustave he doesn't need another friend
in Paris. This is possible because the
Paris clients regularly limit themselves
to an easy routine. when So-and-so
arrives give him this letter.; Find out
If Prof. Achard uses the bicarbonate
treatment in diabetes: Inquire if the
lady in the ermine tippet is already
married"
New Americans draw stronger on
their credit. How much should my
wife pay for an astrakhan coat?"
"Who is the best oculist in Paris?"
Can you arrange me an introduction
to Sarah Bernhardt?" Where can i
find a French partner to exploit a fly
ing machine?"
Evening star., 1915-12-12

scarfs draped over delicately pink-striped
linen are common enough, they are abb
solute1y wrong. 1t is not necessary to
cite the colors that go well together .
will tell you that. il you will but give
| that sense chance to assert itself The
point Is this: Get, if possible a scarf
not that goes well' with your linen, but
stick to non-obtrusive shades. In other
| words. let your scarf and linen be a dove
failing part Of your costume instead OF
the pivot on which the rest of your garb
IS hung-and hung awry at that.
A quiet tone is to be sought after
from hat to boots. Gay colors, striped
blazers. brilliant hosiery, etc, are per-
missible perhaps at Monte Carlo or
some fashionable watering resort, but
we are living in Washington. Too
many men make the mistake of con-
fusing conspicuous dressing with good
dressing. They seem to have picked
their garments with the main idea of
attracting and holding the attention
of passersby. And they succeed in their
motive. but the glances sent toward
and after them are not all of admira :
tion.
Beau Brummel has long been held up
as the most exquisitely dressed man
of his time. He set the fashions for
more than a decade and his name even
now is Synonymous with dress per-
fection. Beau Brummel lived in an age
when men wore satin knee breeches.
! laces and wigs, and when rainbow
| colors were the rule rather than the
exception. Yet Beau Brummel, while
the last word in elegance, If we NAV
believe his biographers, Stunned
hashiness" pestilence. His repu-
| tation as an exquisite was his great
NJ
fortune for him-and SO. naturally, he
desired and did attract attention to
everything he wore. But he drew that
attention by quiet elegance rather than
| ostentatious display. He summed up his
philosophy of dress in single preg-
nant paragraph.
THE perfectly dressed man." he said,
''is costumed with such attention TO
monizing Of one garment with another
of boots and stockings with breeches,
of all three. with coat, etc.-that the
whole effect strikes you at once and
you remember the effect alone and
none of the details. When one remarks
on the beauty of Lord IS breeches.
o. Of Sir IS stock. neither of those
gentlemen is well dressed. Either the
breeches and coat were too fine for the
rest Of their apparel, or the rest of
their apparel was even worse than
ordinarily"
Another apparently insignificant de-
tail of dress one is prone to overlook
is the collar. No, reference is made to
cleanliness-for he who would delib-
erately wear neck linen other than alb
solutely immaculate is beyond the
pale-but rather to the selection Of a
! becoming style.
| Fashions in collars are of compare
lively recent birth. A very few years
back there were exactly three va
rieties-a high collar, a low collar and
| nj he =
fashioned coachmen. 1t Is very diff
ferent today. Half a dozen big collar
factories, fighting tooth and nail for
popular favor. have resulted in more
than 100 different styles and shapes of
neckwear. These are all designed with
| two objects in view-to give comfort
and to At some particular type of face.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
The Family Coach.
From the London Chronicle

Family coach" is the game going on
in our social life. and the stately homes
Of England are being denuded still further
Of their domestic servants. The boys don
khaki. the parlor1naid throws away her
cap and apron and skips off to take her
place on railway, tramcar, business Of
flee. the police service. and, moro par
ticularly, the restaurant 1nstinctively
the ordinary mistress knows that her
servants, having tasted good wages, and
those dear. definite hours OF personal
hail." and there will be many mistresses
who will be left lamentlng!'
Evening star., 1915-12-12

"Yes.' l said. but when the poilus
come back from the army"
(Poilu means, exactly, hairy hero
of the trenches, who has neither time,
appliances, facilities nor inclination to
shave off his spinach.)
Evening star., 1915-12-12

Lucie's eyes grew moist with patri-
otic tears.
Dear poilus.'' murmured Lucie.
Then she smiled up.
heroics,"
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

yet they shaved them off again. /
ventured.
Yes, because it fatters." answered
Lucie. That's just it. 1t fiatters. The
public desires fattering, servile wait
ers willing to give up their whiskers
for love of the client
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Replace Man Walters in Restaurants Of Paris

That
Difficulty Male Staff Men
Filling
WhEksWhen the Walters Went Strike
Thew MOI Ito WearH on
Evening star., 1915-12-12

If one had a voice which would reach
hours for the sound to carry SO far.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
BY THE BoULEvARDIER.

6HHIS is to be the story of the trail
OF the perfectly groomed man.
1t is a devious trail. leading in
and out Of haberdashery shops galore.
hatters'. bootmakers'. cravat and glove
counters and whatnots. But in the end
or rather in the very beginning
the shops figure only as accessories.
The nerfectly groomed man is the re-
suit Of exactly two things-taste and
care.
The writer was talking it over with
the proprietor of one of the big mems
shops.
Exactly one hundred men out OF
every hundred want to be perfectly
groomed. and I'm almost tempted to
make the percentage even larger" he
said. but only about one out of every
hundred achieves his desire. 1t isn't
that they are unwilling TO spend
enough. The size of the yearly accounts
OF some of my customers would sur
prise you. But the mere expenditure
of money never has and never will
make man perfectly groomed.
Men would help themselves a great
deal more than most of them are will
ling to believe IL in buying an outfit
they would put themselves entirely in
the hands of the different statesmen
they patronize. The latter know ex-
actly the proper thing. They are paid
10 know. AS result they would, II
allowed, send every client out with
precisely the correct attire for the oc-
casion for which the latter required
81 from head to heel.
But the average American man will
not, under any circumstances. put him
zA1f to- hc h.ztt do r,f les
times, but not often, he may be ad-
vised and persuaded in this or that
particular. invariably something he
considers of minor Importance. Usually
what he wants before he enters the
store. and IL would take a battering
ram to move him.
'AlI too frequently, too. the thing he
fs determined to get is the thing he
should not. II may he altogether i'm
possible OF it may be just wee bit off
but scarcely ever is it Just right. This
fs the case, Of course. because wha,
well on another, despite which fact q
majority of men. seeing something they
like on a friend, will sally forth and
buy duplicate for themselves.
''T wish.' the dealer concluded wist.
fully, that j could convince my client.
that I am in business not only to sci
them clothes and things, but to sci
them the clothes and things best suited
to them"
In so far he went, the dealer wal
correct. The common tendency to bu,
thing because Everybody Is wearing
it," or because Jack looks so natty Ii
his" is responsible for a lot of tn
fashion crimes we see perpetrated OF
the promenades every day. The tend
Evening star., 1915-12-12

Probably the most striking possible
illustration of what is meant is afford
ed by the tiny holes. or runs" that
seem to come for no reason at all in
hosiery. We will suppose that man
rising later than usual and In an un-
usual hurry finds, upon emerging from
his plunge, that he has selected
stocking which has a tiny run starting
at the heel and extending perhaps two
inches up the ankle. A stitch in time,
as every one knows. saves nine. but our
man is in a hurry. He figures that the
run will be hidden by his shoe, and so
puts it on, and goes down town to keep
his engagement.
So far, SO good; but let a couple Of
persons glance at his feet--and this is
practically certain to happen-and his
punishment begins. His f1rst thought
is that the run has increased In length
and Is showing above his shoe tops.
He looks and finds he is mistaken, but
for some strange psychological reason
the fact does not relieve his mind.
Those people were looking at his feet
Why were they looking? Evidently
something is wrong!
So he frets and fumes. Because, you
see, he himself knows that run is there,
and he caRt get away from the knowl-
edge. -As p result. for the rest Of the
Evening star., 1915-12-12

brown study, gazing at the pollu an
the heroism of French common people
aye. and all the war-was in the pic,
ture. What a SNAPSHOT! When | told
trenches. Shall I send your copy of
the photograph to your mother?''
His face saddened. ,e Il ad don't knoT .!0if if
village. in the Somme. is occupied by
the Germans"
After he went out l said to Xavier:
Il made a bad break in offering to send
copy to you
Xavier. the waiter. had the same look.
To send it to my mother?' muttered
Xavier Il don't know if mother is
alive or dead. no more than he does
Our town is inside the German lines of
Alsace."
He balanced recklessly on his bad"
foot
"Ah. non,' he exploded. MY foot is
we'll I've got to fight those villains.
Let some girl take my job as waiter!''
1t is the same sentiment all over
Paris.
Mattresses,
Judge the novelty by this: the Paris
cafe is a club. where eating and drink
ing are mere details. Yesterday at the
Grand l saw new American showing
the ropes to a newer THE good point
about these Places he said. lis that
you can sit and write letters for two
hours and nobody will tell you to get
ashamed and buy another drink.
In the cafe the hurried man forgets
his hurry; the worried his worry; the
tired reposes: the business man plays
cards. Yet the walters make big earn
ings by their tact and useful service.
Now, girls are not club Mattresses.
Doubtless they have peerless grace
to pass a cup of tea, to smile at COM
pliments. to dodge impertinences, to
console, to devote. to sympathiZe. The
trouble is that girls have too much maj
esty and moral value.
Certain things revolt mattresses For
Evening star., 1915-12-12

Consequently there. are collars for
tall men. and short, and for short
men with long neckE and vice versa.
Other collars are des{gned for the man
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Taste and Care Necessary
For the W@ll-G Gro o0mn@d Man

cate of some other guest The mere
prospect of such a thing probably
would send her to bed with sick
headache.
But to get back to the dealer and his
views-he didn't go far enough. All
the statesmen in the world. given abso-
lutte carte blanche, can't make man
perfectly groomed. They can give him
the correct garb, true enough, but
there they must stop; he must do the
rest himself.
So the thing resolves itself down to
the two primal requisites mentioned
in the beginning-taste and care. And
the latter of these, translated, means
remembering the little things. PAINS
taking attention to the ultra minute
details which scarcely seem to exist,
but which invariably make or ruin. OBJ
servance of them gives one certain
indefnable satisfaction, knowledge
that everything is exactly as it should
be- which inevitably is reflected in ones
poise.
Non-observance of them usually is
attributable to one of two reasons
ignorance or carelessness. If 1T be the
former. the fact should be remedied
with all speed, for when some little
detail of dress is wrong, while the
wearer may not know il. other people
both know IT and note 1T. Nearly al
ways. too. a silent criticism is tele-
pathically conveyed, with the expected
result on the poise sureness-of- him
self of the unfortunate one. And this
last means everything. Unless one is
absolutely sure of ones self he can
not possibly appear at his best.
If non observance of the miscalled
petty details is due to carelessness, the
culprit, before the day or evening Is
done, will have tried. convicted and
passed sentence on himself. And the
sentence will be severe. There prob
| ably is no more uncomfortable feeling,
| short of actual physical pain. in all the
| world than that born of some error or
| flaw In dress. In the mind of the un-
| happy wearer. that flaw grows greater
| and greater, and attracts more and
more attention, until finally, he feels
that all the world knows and is laugh
| ing at him.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

STERLING HEILIG.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-05
Machine Stays by Wireless.

An electrical machine invented by
st. Paul man may be used by Ger
many in killing enemies with wireless,
according to St. Paul dispatch to the
Philadelphia Record. The machine
was first developed to kill rabbits in
North Dakota Charles F. Billows,
aided by electricians, perfected the
machine, which flashed rabbits and
dogs to death at a distance of 107
feet. Electricity for experiments was
obtained from a Thomas street trolley
wire
When the present war broke out the
inventor realized its possibilities. Eng
lish and French officers were sounded
as to it's availability, but they refused.
The machine then was turned over to
Germany, where it was accepted for
EXPERIMENTATION.
Il believe it was used in the present
Russian campaign" said Billows. THE
possibilities of the machine are I'M
limited. With large voltage there is
no reason why human beings could
not be flashed to death at long dis
tances l believe Russian powder sta
lions were set off by our machine"