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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

pie, but made Of the ARREST fabrics
over satin foundations. Bodices are
modestly high, and satin bindings are
used to finish the founces and over
dresses of net or crepe or chiffon.
With all this fuf1ness there is lit
tie touch of the austere in the bodice
usually.
In the picture given here street
suit of swell shepherds plaid is
shown. Plaits at the sides Of both
front and back produce slightly far
Ing panels, the skirt being made up
Of four of these.
The jacket opens in 'V'' at the
front, with revers terminating at the
bust line and an inlay Of velvet which
is carried to the high turnover col
lar.
A strap at each side of the back ia
finished with a simulated buttonhole
and set, with a lone button, to the
narrow, shaped belt which defines the
slightly high waist line. The cuffs
are odd, with the sleeve turned back
from band OF velvet and fastened
down with button. The front Of
the jacket is almost straight. and cut
with o dip.
JuLlAfso-ToMLEY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
DARK DAYS IN ALL LIVES
Can BE Only Temporary, and cheer4
ing Thought Is That the Sun Will
Shine Again.

How cheering it is to see the sun
come out after days of storm and
cloud. All the while the weather Isl
gloomy you know that the sun wilt
shine out again in his glory, with
fresh strength and life. 1t is like a
gift newly bestowed on the earth.
So in life there come stormy days
and dark days. Remember that they
will pass just as surely; they cannot
last forever. You are disappointed in
something, and perhaps that particu4
lar wished-for JOY will never come to
you. But it may be that something
else just as good is on the way. some
thing even better, it may be. Sorrow
and disappointment are assuaged with
time, and other things enter into life
that make it good, even as the clouds
break up and float away and the softer
light shines through at sunset. So
there is always "a worse that might
have been.
The dark days are for introspectioni
for remembering that few troubles are
as heavy as they seem. Sunny days,
better things. are at hand that will
come with cheer and healing like the
welcome rays of the sun.-Milwaukee
Journal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
Solving a Problem.

The arithmetic lesson that day had
been hard and trying, and now, at
the closing hour, Tommy stood before
the teacher, waiting to hear results.
Your last problem was wrong,
was the verdict. You will have to
stay after school and do 1t again. :"
Tommy looked at the clock. Tell
me, please, how much am I out?" he
asked
Your answer is two cents short"
Tommy's hand dived into the pockN
ct where his most treasured possess
sions were stored. Swiftly he sep-
arated two pennies from q bunch OF
shoestrings. a penknife and some
marbles and pieces of chalk.
"Im in hurry, please" he said;I
IF you don't mind, I'll pay the diff.
ference. Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

It wasn't long before the Oulad-Se-
ghir Arabs made US busy as we want
ed to be.
We had goodly supply of wine
Christmas day. got four or five liters
myself, and when went to sleep
wanted to sleep long time. But
didn't get a chance, because in the
middle of the night the sergeant, who
was a poor man at drink, came and
shook us until we were reused up.
We had no sooner opened our eyes
than we heard the bugler on the roof
cracking his lungs with the rouse"
the alarm" and the ''regimental
call"
We bounded up to the roof with our
rifles in our hands, but no trousers on
our legs, and lined up at the ready"
Good" said the sergeant, Il was
afraid that you we're all too drunk. /
came up here to smoke a pipe and
found the sentry had gone to bed
with the rest of you 1t would have
been bad job for us If I hadn't want
ed that pipe. Look there!" and he
pointed to the borders OF the oasis
where we saw moving figures and
plenty of them. Il had the alarm
sounded just to remind those monkeys
that they can't catch the Legion
asleep, and the reg1mental call was
blown on the off chance that 1t would
be heard in Ras-el-Chel, telling the
company that there is business go
ing on here"
1t was nearly seven o'clock before
they came. 1t was good that they
didn't start earlier, for there were sew
eral hundreds of them with modern
rifles. They climbed up into the palm
trees and shot down at us, but that
gave us a better chance at them for
we couldn't miss birds of that size.
Every shot we fired brought one down.
"Our bugler was the first to lose his
number. He was shot through the
head, and he stood In the angle OF
the parapet and remained standing
as if he were effective.
That gave us an idea, and as each
man fell afterwards we propped him
up with q bayonet behind and stood
him against the parapet When the
sergeant went out we stuck his pipe
In his mouth and he looked regular
lifelike, only more determined Soon
there was a row of dead men guard
ing the blockhouse, and they looked
SO calm and confident that the Oulad-
Seghir evidently thought it would be
too risky to come to close quarters
with us. They gave up the fight in
disgust, so when our company came
to our rescue at the double there was
nothing for them to do.
Brave fellows, you have saved the
post" said our captain, as he en-
braced the corporal and myself, the
only two left standing. But the
worthy man was mistaken. 1t wasn't
us that saved the post 1t was those
others that he didn't embrace
The company marched past that line
of dead defenders and saluted them.
That's how | got this bit of tin,
comrades.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
To Avoid ncoIda.n

"a few points to remember II you
would avoid taking cold: Never go
directly from very warm atmosphere
into very cold air. Don't jump from
an oVerheated room into an ice-cold
bed on a sleeping porch. Remove
your wraps when shopping indoors on
a cold day or when visiting. Don't
bundle up the throat. but don't OK.
pose the whole chest. Seventy degrees
should be the highest temperature In
your living rooms or offices Don't
overexert, then expose yourself to in.
lection in draft or In a hot room
that Is probably full of disease germs.
Keep your vitality at par, avoid
people with bad colds. and you will
probably get through the bad seasons
with not more than q smile or so. ~
Kansas City Star.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
HANGED, BUT NEVER BURNED
Popular idea of Treatment of New
England witches" Is Altogether
Delusion.

Paying its respects to the New
England conscience as a ghost that
will not down. the New York Herald
revives a myth that will not down.
when it says: at such wholesome
sport as WITHDRAWING the New Eng
land conscience was never known to
shy"
There were score or so of indi-l
viduals hanged in connection with the
Salem witchcraft delusion, but nonai
was burned. Yet the popular tra.di-
ton persists, and no doubt will livaI
on when even Gallows hill itself Isl
forgotten. Trevelyan said in SUBJ
stance that though mistake of his
tory may die out, if it has survived
100 years it can never be corrected.
Certainly all the documentary proof
to the contrary has not served to corr
rect this particular myth in more than
two centuries and doubtless it viii
be believed while the Sacred Cod
hangs in the state house at Boston. j.
In no branch of historical research
has there latterly been more palms.
taking work than in dispelling the in.
accuracies of popular" history-in'
giving new certificates of character to
Neros, undertaking the Fathers of the
Republic and removing the haloesl
from the great Yet the more the
record is set straight the more the
old myths endure.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
Mr.. Muaeum,a Office.

A senate page was Willing away
the time In the statehouse corridors
when he was approached by a sight
seer who asked where the museum
was. The accommodating page said
he didn't know, but he would and out,
and he led the sightseer in to near
by Office.
Where's Mr. Museums Officer" the
page asked.
The attache OF the Office finally got
the matter Strengthened out and the
sightseer was put on the right track
Indianapolis News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
Needles and Thread.

An experienced needle woman sug-
gests list (Which gives the various
numbers OF needles and cotton) to
follow when sewing by hand. She
advises a No. needle for 70 and so
cotton, when hemming and tucking;
No. needle for so and SO cotton
for plain sewing, overhauling and
overcasting; No. Z needle for 40
and go thread gathering. When
gathering or working buttonholes
rub the thread over with a piece of
beeswax This will keep it from knot
ting and also help 1t to resist strain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
To Set stennII coIor.

If you will press q hot fiatiron over
g pattern that has been stenciled,
you will find that 1t will make the
color fast so that 1t cannot be washed
out when the fabric is Numbered. II
you have mixed too much oil with the
paints and smeared the fabric, pl,.ee
a blotter over the smear and press
with hot fiatiron. The oil viii
have been absorbed when the blotter
Is lifted sc that It Is not noticeable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

AS q substitute for the underpetti-
a coat, to be worn for additional
warmth or for freedom in walking,
boomers Of crepe de chine, or other
wash silks prove acceptable to wom-
en-. They are sensible and they are
also dainty and attractive looking, q
combination that spells success for
them
What are called hike skirts" for
walking, made Of fairly heavy suit
ings, are made up with a plain pair
OF pants of the same material as the
skirt, to be worn with them instead
of petticoat, These skirts usually
are open down the front and provided
with buttons and buttonholes which
fasten them. When mountain climb
ing Is to be undertaken, or long
tramp, this combination proves it's
merit.
But for warm weather, the pants OF
suiting material are too heavy Bloom
ers Of silk, worn with the short full
skirts that are fashionable, promise
to displace long independents with
all skirts made of suitings.
Combinations of boomers or short
pants and corset cover, made of crepe
de chine, and lace trimmed, are worn
in the same way as the boomers and
separate corset covers-that Is, they
replace the underpetticoat when the
outside skirt is a not too thin fabric.
A pair Of these boomers is shown
in the picture. The fullness at the
waist and knees Is taken up on an
elastic band run through q narrow
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
veluets for Little Girls.

Girls from twelve to sixteen are fol-
lowing the example of their elders for
afternoon in the wearing of velvet
frocks. These usually have over
blouses or long-waisted effects, with
the top skirt of velvet and the short
underskirt of satin or plated chiffon.
A collar of real lace and a satin belt
or sash completes a very smart little
costume which can be worn without a
coat as warmer weather approaches.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

ends at the back. At the front is a
rather tight cluster of small fruit and
a large pink rose and foliage.
The sailor at the right Is a pressed
shape faced smoothly with silk. A
ribbon band about the crown, smart
rosette Of plated ribbon with long,
stiff quill thrust through 1t, trim it
most appropriately.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
pops Understanding Of Il.

Say, pop" remarked little Heiny
Henpeck on bis return from Sunday
school, "our teacher says there Ia no
marrying or giving In marriage In
heaven"
Il guess your teacher has the dope
right" replied old man Henpeok with
deep sigh. "As understand It, al
Ii peace and quiet there"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Cosmetic Used by African Women.
Women Of the Portuguese province
Of Mozambique, in Africa, make a
white cosmetic by grinding a certain
kind of wood in water. They assert
1t removes wrinkles and prevents
eruptive blemishes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Several special kinds of hats appear
among the spring showings OF motor
headwear, among them exquisite GRO
cheted hats of silk fiber braid, and
patent leather hats. The last are
wholly rainproof. But the crocheted
hats, and silk bonnets like those pic
tured here, are not much damaged by
rain. When the silk bonnet has
served it's day it can be replaced for
so little money and is altogether so at
tractive that 1t is likely to remain q
favorite.
.IlII-IA ROTTOMLE
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
Rica in Pincushion.

Rice makes an excellent filling for
pincushion. Take yard of i've
inch dresden ribbon, double and sew
into a bag, stitching a quarter of an
inch back from the edge along the
sides, to leave for a finish. Fill it
snugly with rice grains and you will
find it keeps its place; even heavy
hatpins do not turn it over.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
Dark SERGE and Plaid.

A combination Of dark blue serge
and wool plaid makes a good scheme
for new gown or a made-over one.
The underskirt and waist are of the
plaid, with sleeves, shoulder straps.
tunic, and wide corselet belt Of serge,
adorned with tiny black velvet but
tons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
SAVED BY THEIR DEAD
INCIDENT IN THE SERVICE or
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION.
Soldier Tells How Company Of Twelve
Men Held BIockhouse Against
the Enemy, and of the Ruse
They Employed.

In Life in the Legion" soldiers
story of his five years service in the
French Foreign Legion by Frederick
Martyr Charles Scribner's Sons),
a soldier tells the writer how the
theft of generals clothing caused
him to win a medal He had been on
guard and as punishment for his
negligence was sent to a small out
post on the desert, a biockhouse
guarded by twelve men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
solIed White Inexcusable.

Clean white will cover multitude of
faults in style and material, but soiled
white on woman is quite as inexcus-
able as on man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-25
sTAHL AS PROBATION OFFICER.
Sheriff of the County to be Given
Added Appropriation for
These Services.

Sheriff Andrew f. Stahl is to act as
probation officer for Kenosha county
during the year 1916. This matter was
practically decided on by the members
of the county board this morning when
the committee in charge of making the
new contract with the sheriff was in
structed to make provision in this con-
tract for the sheriff to act in this ca
pacity. In order to pay the sheriff for
the time he must give to this work it
is proposed to give him an added APP
preparation Of two hundred and fifty
dollars year. This is understood to
be in lieu Of all other claims that he
rlay have in expenses for work done for
tEe county as probation officer and in
other fields of work. AS an earnest of
The good will of the board it was unani-
Elously voted to give the sheriff an APP
preparation of two hundred and fifty
dollars for the year just closing, this
to be In lieu of all other expense ac-
counts. The sheriff startled the mem
fers of the board by presenting an ex-
bense account of twenty-five dollars
which is declared to be the smallest
expense account ever presented by a
sheriff for any one year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-25
HoLSTEIN CATTLE BREEDERS
MEET.
Plans are Made Whereby Members of
the Racine Kenosha Association
Will Become More Active.

A meeting that promises to mean
much for the breeding of pure-bred
Holstein cattle in southeastern Wiscon-
sin was held at Burlington, Saturday,
November Is. Tt was the annual meet
ing Of the Kenosha and Racine County
Holstein- Friesian Breeders association,
organized little over year ago.
Plans were discussed whereby the asso-
citation will take more active part in
developing the breed, list stock for sale
with the secretary, and start an adver-
Using campaign to make this section
known as Holstein center. The asso-
citation now has 80 active members, one
of the provisions of the bylaws being
that members use only pure bred sires.
Assemblyman D. J. Vincent Of Ke-
nosha county, who is president of the
association, called the meeting to order.
In his address he told of the many
values of cooperation and advertising.
He strongly advocated getting your
stems, presenting him with a sire if
necessary to get him started. Every
herd Of pure-bred cattle increases the
value of farm land in the county. He
advocated the association advertising
in farm papers.
Following his remarks there was a.
general discussion ON dispersion sale,
advertising pamphlets, farm magazines,
etc. A committee comprising G. Roy
McCanna, Burlington; William Klofan-
da, Racine, and Frank Holt, Pleasant
Prairie, was appointed and given pow
ers to act.
The following officers were elected:
President-D. J.YVincent, Wilmot.
-president-A. P. Nelson, Racine.
Secretary. p. Torrey, Kenosha.
Treasurer-Alva Paddock, Salem.
Following the meeting the members
accepted an invitation from G. Roy
McCanna to inspect the 100 head Of
Holsteins at his famous Edgewood
farm, adjoining the city limit of Burl-
ington.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-25
WANT PEACE; READY FOR WAR
More Than Three Hundred Members of
the Order in This Section of State
Attend Chicken Dinner Given Under
Auspices Of the Racine Company.

When the war is declared between
Germany and the United States or
when the English get so pestiferous
that there must just something be done
Kenosha is going to have a company
Of men trained in army tactics ready
to start for the front. This is the
Kenosha Company No. 30 of the Uni
form Rank Knights of Pythias. Up
at the regimental reunion Of the First
Wisconsin Regiment, held in Racine on
Wednesday, the Knights of Pythias talk
ed preparedness. All over the country
the members of the order have adopted
the regular army tactics and when a
call to arms does come they are going
to be ready to shoulder muskets and
march right out on the firing line The
meeting in Racne was a sort of a
booster meeting for the grand conven-
ton to be held in Nashville some time
next year and Major LOOMS of Grand
Rapids, Mich, the ranking officer of
the Uniform Rank, was present. Dele
cations were present from Kenosha,
Milwaukee and Oshkosh and represent
tatives of other compares in the state
were also in attendance.
The members of the Uniform Rank
are thoroughly embued with the desire
for peace, but they are at the same
time going to be ready for war if war
comes. The movement to drill the com
panies in the army tactics has been
adopted all over the United States
and the membership Of the order, well
over one hundred thousand men, are
all ready to take up arms.
The reunion in Racine on Wednes-
day night was not one exactly for the
discussion Of preparedness. 1t was
more in the nature of social reunion
of the members of the Uniform Rank
in this section of Wisconsin and as a
social reunion it was a great success
More than three hundred members were
In attendance and the Racine members
entertained at chicken dinner which
would have been feature at any gath
ering of any order.
After the dinner was over Major
Loomis delivered stirring address in
which he told of the great advance that
had been made in the work of the Uni
form Rank. Then Col. Armstrong, lead
er of the state forces OF the soldiery
Pythians had message of advance
ment in the state.
Captain Milo M. Smith responded as
M to& 90
pany at the gathering.
The Uniform Rank is one of the first
of the uniformed fraternal ofganiza-
tions in the state to take up the big
problem of preparedness in a systema-
tic manner and the Kenosha members,
thirty in number, are among the most
ardent supporters of the idea.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-25
HAS THREE Jobs IN 43 YEARS
Officials of the Water Company Praise
Retiring Official for Services Rem
dered to the City and Hold He.
Aided in Economy Plan.

I. W. Miller, for the past fifteen years
engineer at the plant of the Kenosha
Water Company presented his resigna-
ton to the superintendent of the COM
pany on Monday evening with the un-
derstanding that it is to become effect
i've on the first day of December. En-
gineer Miller is one of the Oldest and
one of the most competent of the public
employees of the city. He has been of
great service to the water company and
in the fifteen years that he has had
charge of the plant on the lake front
many changes have been made. Mr..
Miller is now past the three score and
ten mark and he is planning to retire
from active labor. Just three jobs in
forty-three years is the record of eff
cheney of Mr.. Miller. He went to work
in Kenosha forty-three years ago the
first of December as engineer of the
Truesdell flour mill and he remained in
charge of the engine there for twenty
years. When the first electric light
company was started in Kenosha, Mr..
Miller was selected as the engineer Of
the plant and he served in this capacity
for seven years when he gave up his
work to become engineer of the city
water plant.
HToo much could not be said of the
service that Mr.. Miller has rendered to
the company said Superintendent Bren-
nan this morning, "Mr. Miller may be
getting along in years, but there has
never been a complaint on the work he
has done and the men who have been
interested in the work of the water
company greatly regret his retirement.
He has been careful servant of the
company and the people and his work
has been very valuable in making pos
sible an economical management of the
water plant
The resignation of Mr.. Miller has
been presented to the water board but
it has not as yet taken any steps to
name a successor. Engineer Miller on
his retirement will continue to make
his home in Kenosha.