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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
ONLY A FEW PIMPLES
But Many More May Come II You
Neglect Them. Try cutieura Free.

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skin OF
pimples, blackheads. redness, rough.
ness, itching and irritation as we'll as
freeing the scalp of dandrufr. dryness
and itching, besides satisfying every
want Of the toilet and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Y.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdV.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
Glass IN Poultry House.

You can have too much glass in
your poultry house, both winter and
summer. for in summer glass Coneen-
trates the heat and holds it until far
into the night, and in winter the
glass gathers frost and freezes every
thing near IL.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
California Has 6,1ss oil Wells.

Sacramento. California has 500
incorporated oil companies and 276 oil
producing companies, according to the
annual report Of the state mineralo-
gist,. The number of producing wells
is 6,1S3, producing 657,O51,4 5s barrels
OF oil.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
Bandit gets $4,000.

Chicago. Eight masked robbers en-
tered the mail order business OF Bah
son Brothers, felled the waschman
John Kastory, with an iron bar. bound
him to a chair, blew open two safes
and vault AND escaped with more
than $500,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01

I e m ale weakness,
pain and irregulsri-
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing ON my
feet and ! had such
awful bearing down
feelings, as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. l had six doc
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
Kansas Has ts.ooo. GOO Auto am.

Topeka, Kan.-Kansas motor cars
increased in number from S6,775 to
5S,216 in the last year In the same
time the number of motorcycles has
grown from 6,911 to 8,344. 1t is esti-
mated $16,OOO,OOO was spent in the
state for cars during the year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
Col. pesolaux Takes Appeal.

Paris.-Col. Francois Desclaux, Ma
dame Bechoff and soldier named
Verges, who were convicted by court.
martial of stealing army stores, and
sentenced to terms Of Imprisonment,
have appealed from the decision of the
court.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01

Do teachers ana parents
sufficiently realize the great
and good influence of con-
tests on young people?
Every form of game brings
the youthful contestants into
public view, W h ere t hey
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
MusIln Replaces Glass.

Muslin windows are rapidly replac-
ing some OF the glass windows In
every up-to-date poultry house. They
win not answer exclusively In all
climates but they should be used with
the glass.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
Prisoner Not Girls SLAYER.

Aurora, nl.-Clarence Burke, who
has been held for a month as a sus-
pect in the Emma Peterson murder
mystery, was released from custody.
Edward Sawyer, a suspect, is held.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01

The moving picture ma
chine viii prove of far
greater benefit to humanity
than a simple amusement
and recreation.
l believe that in a few
years motion picture exhibi-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
Some Sprinter.

She-I suppose the duke has landed
estates.
He-Landed one every time he mar
ried, but he managed to run through
'em all.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
HOME OF MAYOR DYNAMITED
Bomb Placed Under Window Ex-
pIodes, Blowing Hole in Wall
Official and Family Escape.

''S'Ne S'o Nh''J GSSNFS'
Dennison, Ohio. - The mayor, W.
A. Pittengers home was partly de-
stroyed by a dynamite bomb.
The bomb, placed under the may
ors bedroom window, blew a large
hole in the front porch, shattered the
boards along the side of the. house
and broke several windows The may
or was uninjured.
The mayors wife and his daughter
Nellie also escaped injury,
Mayor Pittenger has been warning
on booueggers. Last December Chief
of Police Miller was shot. He has not
yet resumed his duties.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
That the training Of tn,

That the training OF the
mind and the body Of the
child is one Of society's most
important works and that to
do this well the home must
cooperate with the school,
would seem most apparent
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01
MRS. WILLIAMS
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

EIxhart, Ind. go suffered for four
teen years from organic Inflammation,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-04-01

W. N. w., ST. LOUIS, NO. t4-ts15.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
RUSSIAN CHILDREN
bRfI1NG -AbREADIlNE,

values in Italy since the last of May.
when she took up arms against Aus
tria, because Italy today is as pregnant
with thrills and tremors as youngster
teasing a bumble-bee. One day the
dealers declare that prices are dropping
and the next the inquirer is met with
uplifted hands and doleful complaints
about the shortage.
However, careful comparison re-
yeals the fact that food actually costs
Is per cent more now than it did in the
spring. But there is no startling scar
city. Meats and vegetables may be OBJ
tanned in goodly quantity at all the
stands and the quality is fair.
Like the French dealers. however. the
Italian produce merchants are leaning
toward the small business idea. They
realize what is before them and are
beginning to purchase in small lots, in
order that there may be no waste.
Economy is the watchword. Naples.
lovely Naples, fortunately is quite un-
affected as yet.
Probably in no other city of its size
in the world are there so many unem-
ployed, poor people. Little enough DO
they eat in normal times, and II the
pinch of want penetrateS the empire
to her shores starvation is certain to
ensue and Bertolini's sunset roost Will
be a striking tombstone for hundreds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

firm women asking me what TO eat 10
become thin and what to eat TO pc
come fat: how to obtain a small waist;
and how to avoid having one. SAID
Miss Pierce, waving her hand toward a
pile of unanswered letters which ar
rived in the morning mail.
IF only the women would uhder-
stand that weight isn't always mat
ter of diet. but of temperament and ny
giene, they would get more satisfactory
results. thin woman. regardless or
how much good, wholesome fat-pro-
ducing food she may eat, may remain
under weight because she is OF nerV-
Gus extremely energetic Temperament,
She puts so much energy into what
yer she does that she burns up the
food she consumes
III she would stop worrying, take life
a little easier and a little less serious
ly, rest more and go in for outdoor
sports and exercise. she would very
shortly put on weight. But I would ad-
wise the thin woman not to worry
about her weight-that is, If she is
young. Age will very soon bring the
pined-for pounds. and then. likely as
not, she will long for the slimness OF
her youth. The woman of placid tenn
permanent who doesn't fret about tribes.
is usually Of generous build"
After this bit Of advice to the women
who are, on the one hand, consuming
large quantities of milk to add weight,
and. ON the other. taking rolling exer-
cises to rid themselves of superfiuous
fat, Miss Pierce dismissed the subject
as though it were of very slight i'm
portance anyhow. She promptly launch
ed into a discussion of certain kinds
of patent medicines now on the mar
ket. and her brown eyes biazed wrath
fully as she warmed UP to her sub
ject.
when a manufacturer puts on the
market a patent medicine which he
guarantees to cure tuberculosis or can
GER to my mind he is guilty of a Grim
TO be just a case of hoodwinking the
public into buying and taking harm
less connections that. while they will
not cure, will not kill. as is the case
with certain types OF patent medicines
when ignorant men ana women,
afflicted with diseases which require the
services of skilled physicians to sue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

lions at the markets emphasi in I'M
mistakable language the fact that food
values have risen 33k per cent and are
still ascending
The French housewife always has
nowadays she must, of necessity. study
her table needs with exceptional con-
Germ, in order to provide the simple
necessities and still keep within her
allowance. To this end. she canvasses
the market stalls before making any
expenditure, scrupulously and pains
takingly checking value against value.
until she ascertains the minimum,
when she bestows her custom upon the
underselling dealer
One does not see food in bulk. Prior
to the outbreak of hostilities the mar
ket places were invitingly and album
dainty strewn with meats and vege-
tables of every description; but now
the stalls are remindful of empty foot
ball stands. shivering in November
wind. The potatoes can almost be
counted at a glance, the scanty greens
are spread as much as possible for dis
play and, where meat is SOLD. the
various cuts are lined up like riddled
rank of soldiers in extended order, each
piece bearing a price mark that very
often changes from day to day.
One gentleman, born in Paris. but
later a successful merchant in America.
upon returning last July was greatly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

61HE unpreparednesS of Great Brit
ain for a great land war and the
q difficulty encountered in making
preparation are fruitful subjects of
discussion in the United States, where
the degree of military preparation is
probably not so high as il was in Great
Britain at the outbreak of the war; but
where it is believed, or at least hoped.
that the machinery for promoting pre-
paredness would work smoother than
it has in England.
The prime reason given for Great
Britains inability thus far to take the
offensive on the continent is the lack
of ammunition for artillery. and the
reasons for this shortage. as given by
high and candid military authorities.
are the small peace establishment OF
artillery, determined by political rather
than by military opinion: the unfore-
seen nature of the fighting. with its
continuous artillery actions; the sever
ity of the fighting upon the British
front and the failure of contractors to
deliver ammunition by the time PROM
ised.
Great Importance is given to the
shortage in gauges. which are instru-
ments or tools of precision required in
the making of fuses and other elements
of ammunition. 1t has been pointed
out in England that very real diff
Guilty. but one that is not much known,
is that of gauges. which have to be
used in all work of this description
calling for accuracy. and which fire.
auently have to be within a limit OF
three thousandths of an inch. In some
fuses nearly 200 gauges are used, ana
in making a large number of fuses.
say 10000 per week. many sets would
be required. involving a total number
Of about 1900 or 1.4O0. The craft o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

infringe the law. In other words. they
obey the letter, but not the spirit OF
the law
Miss pierce empha sized the fact that
it is not only adults who are the
victims of food adulterators. children
are also ensnared. They are the prin,
cipal consumers of cheap candles, ana
it is in cheap confectionery that many
varieties of adulterants are 10 De
found.
The principal adulterants to be fear
ed in CONNECTIONS have been sulphites.
used especially in bleaching molasses,
saccharin used to replace sugar, metal
lie substances and shellac containing
arsenic, used in coating and giving
a gloss, especially to the cheap. penny
candies. artificial poisonous colors, ana
starch for the true sugar of which
candies are supposed to be MADE sara
Miss Pierce.
GLUCOSE may be used almost en-
tirely to supplant sugar. IN the case vi
low grade candies, in which case II is
cheapener (whatever may be tnougnt
of it's wholesomeness and relative
digestibility, especially for children) as
sugar Moreover the child Will eat
more of confections made OF glucose,
as they are less sweet. and this Is
again undesirable.
DIR. Wiley believes that canoes
should be given very sparingly to chill
dren, because of the tendency TO ae
crease and debase the natural appetite.
creating a longing for only sweet 1ooos,
which increase the danger or olsesliVe
disturbances. For hard working men
and women candies. when properly
used, offer a valuable addition TO tne
diet Cake, milk chocolates, PLAIN tan
and mints, the hard candies ike suck
candy, If made from pure sugar anu
free from artificial coloring, are propa-
bly, as healthful and nutritious as any
sweets that can be used, especiaIy loI
the little folk. ! quite agree with 'he
doctor on this view" 80
Miss Pierce Is daily flooded win IN
quiries as to the best toilet articles TO
use in order to obtain eternal Soulh
and beauty"
Chief among these said Miss Pierce'
"are the ones concerning the relative
merits of cold cream, the beautifying
claims made for them, the best types
to be used, which ones will grow hair
on the face, and which will not. etc:
The selection of cold cream. miladys
most important cosmetic, depends en- :
tirely upon the needs of the individual
skin, the climate, amount OF OUTDOOR
exercise and exposure.
THE chief objections to many OF
these products are the altogether ridlc-
ulous claims made for them. massage
with cold cream will offset the drying
weather, but further than this 1t mas
no efficacy. 1t will not reJuvenate
the countenance, feed the tissues. nor
perform any miracles of healing
A big cabinet in Miss Pierces ONCE
contains samples Of articles which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

Germany's principal ally. however.
does not fare so we'll. Until Austria
and Germany combined in the recent
epochal drive against Russia the Tor
the seizure of Galicia. its richest ter
ritory. Whether or not the recapture
of this fertile district will relieve con-
ditions in Austria remains to be seen.
At present, however, Austrian food
values have doubled. And. III addition,
the sale of meat is positively forbid
den by law on Tuesdays and Fridays
Of each week, with the prospect OF
more fast days being designated in
the near future. OF course. the house
holder may obtain a rather unpalatable
fish to complete the menu, but the Aus
trian is a natural meat-eater. and the
discontinuance of his favorite food.
even for two days in each week, Is
hardship.
Among the poorer classes meat now
is an unknown luxury. True. some or
the more fortunate can afford horse
flesh, but. as a general thing, the Aus
trian peasant endeavors to content
himself with vegetables. Heretofore
the shop of the dealer in horsefesh
has been a quiet, unbusinesslike stan,
but now the owner experiences no di1-
ficulty in disposing of every obtainable
pound of his specially.
At one time 1t appeared that the
scarcity of vegetables would provoke
a crisis. The Austrian, with his pleas
ing personality and lackadaisical dis
position, temporarily forgot the ques-
ton of subsistence for the more at
tractive one of war. The result was
a shortage of cabbage, spinach and po-
tatoes Prices doubled. but when the
situation became acute the school chill
dren of the country were mustered into
service to grub the mountainsides for
watercress and dandelion plants, and
the vegetable crisis seems to have been
successfully overcome for the time
being.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

nojnt of view and her accomplishments
in the background.
DIR Wiley deserves the nations graf
itude for the pioneer work he has done
to safeguard the public against fraud
and adulteration in foodstuffs,' she 10y
ally said.
I'm this big fight for purity. all wool
and a yard wide. l am but private IN
the ranks. =,
Rut those who know Miss Pierce well
declare that she and Dr. Wiley plan,
discuss and map out campaigns against
impure products together, and always
agree on what shall be approved OF
disannroyed before reaching a decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

cessfully combat them. are tnveigled
into buying preparations which most
assuredly will not help them, they are
being terribly sinned against. For.
while a tubercular person is consuming
these cures which were bottled not
for any specific disease. but for all all
ments.' as advertised on their labels,
he is gradually growing weaker ana
weaker until it is too late to cure him.
If, at the time when he first discovered
that he was afflicted with tuberculosis.
he had taken the money which he IN
vested in certain worthless patent medi-
cines, and spent II for milk, eggs and
an open-air sleeping porch the chances
are he could have been cured.
'Gradually the general public viii be
educated up to the point where it is
able to discriminate between the false
and the true. 1t will cease to throw
away it's money on harmful or falsely
represented products. either in the way
of medicines or foodstuffs.
"One of the types of frauds that the
law cannot reach and which only educa-
ton and the destroying of the demand
can overcome is the practice of mixing
three or four cheap, simple and per-
lectly we'll known materials together,
giving them fancy, mysterious name,
and selling them for high price with
perfectly absurd claims. Examples of
this are fancifully named disinfectants,
which prove to be merely boraX and
salt mixed together with a little mem
thol perhaps; marvellous washing pow
ders which are merely baking soda and
washing soda combined. and laxatives.
proba bly, aloes or cascara. with nothing
new except the mystery of the alluring
name.
NO law can protect the individual ex-
cept to 4 certain degree. The inteili-
gence of the consumer must meet it
half way. For instance. no one can
prevent man from manufacturing
imitation vanilla il he labels it correct
ly, and sells it cheaply. All the pur-
chaser needs to do is to nead the label
to discover just what he is buying
"If a housewife cannot afford to buy
the genuine vanilla, and is willing to
take the imitation kind which IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
Difficulty of England i'm
Getting Ready for War

gaugemaking is limited. but with many
new firms making munitions the ue
mand for gauges was enormous, am,
far more than could be supplied py an
existing firms Of gaugemakers. Win
out these gauges the work could NOT
proceed, and without question this mas
been a very great factor in CAUSING
the delay.
Transport, both sea and land, was be-
set with delay and various difflcuities.
munitions contractor has SAID thae
much of the material and machinery re-
quired for the production OF fuses ana
shells had to be obtained in America.
and in many cases this had taken from
New York to London sixty days instead
of twenty. Railways and docks nave
been so congested that even transit
from Liverpool has sometimes occupied
five weeks.
Outside of labor disagreements there
has been a shortage of skilled labor. IL
was not realized that the difficulty IN
obtaining labor would be SO acute. LORD
Kitchener's demand for men was in
creased from time to time. with the re.
suit that the supply Of men for manu-
featuring purposes was continually de-
pleted. 1t is not clear that there has
been any slackness on the part OF the
military authorities. for at the very
commencement of the war immediate
steps were taken to obtain the utmost
output from thhe royal arsenal ana
from the great armament nrms, ana
Immediately the unusual ammunition
demands created by trench warfare and
the artillery needs of Lord Kitcheners
new armies were apparent, many other
engineering firms were at once called IN
Tn assist in the output. The British
military authorities are saying today
that red tape has ceased to exist. that
no trouble is being spared to assist
contractors and that all the causes OF
deiay have been in great measure over
come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

range all the way from a bottle of per-
fume to a box of tea biscuits. These are
all products which have gone through
the laboratory, and if you ask Dr..
Wiley's able assistant about them she
can tell you offhand just exactly where
each one falls short of what it should
be, or give it the due amount of praise
according to it's merits. While Miss
Pierce is not laboratory chemist. she
has a master of science degree from
George Washington University, and
knows whereof she speaks.
When discussing her work Miss
Pierce is very reluctant to go INTO de-
tail, and prefers to keep herself, her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

SToR fifteen years Miss Anne Lewis
In Pierce. NJ. s.. has been bucking
the food adulterators and mis-
q branders in the commendable
,.ork>of helping to improve the food
,,nnlv of the public. This enviable
record includes twelve years in the
government service as editor. in the
bureau of chemistry. Department OF
Azriculture when she acted as assist
an, 70 Or. Harvey w. Wiley, the well
Known food champion. and three years
as assistant director in the department
of the magazine Of which DR.. Wiley is
the director.
Miss Pierce was in the thick of the
fray when, after the pure food law
was passed il became controversial.
While she said she preferred to forget
that stormy and unsavory period of the
puie food fight, her eyes sparkled with
reminiscent pleasure when she spoke
OF one phase of 1.-THE time when she
was subpoenaed as witness in the big
benzoate Of soda case. She worked hand
N hand with the laboratory men, and
the results and conclusions of their
work passed through her hands.
These reports included the important
results OF the feeding of the famous
poison squad. VINO consumed boraA,
benzoate of soda and salicylic and sui
phurus acids to determine their fnjuri-
BUSINESS to health.
Seated in her big. btight office di
rectly adjoining her chiefs. with her
desk stacked high with inquiries from
anxious housewives on food problems,
important looking chemical analysis
sheets. Miss Pierce radiates optimism.
Perhaas it is the knowledge of i'm
portant work we'll done which gives her
this air of cheerful contentment At
any rate she doesn't work hard but
what she can find time to laugh over
the humorous incidents which arise
during the course OF the day.
- receive ever 50 many letters daily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

German supervision over Belgium has
worked good in so far as the cost of
living is concerned Prices in Belgium
since the outbreak of hostilities have
actually decreased approximately 20
per cent Menu cards bearing evidence
to this fact are objects of great curl
osity in the ally countries.
Aside from the strategical motive
which may or may not have actuated
Germany in thus lowering prices in
the captured country, the important
fundamental stands that Belgians to-
day are better fed at less cost than any
race in Europe.
This almost unbelievable condition
has been consummated by economic
efficiency methods second to none
Every available acre of Belgian farm
land is or soon will be under cultlVa-