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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-15

ter in themselves. Already, the straws
are on the wane. Chiffon brims we
have tired of, and so the attention nat.
urally turns to sailors of blue taffeta,
black and velvet and cretonne. 'Ameri-
leo, the white, leather faced, blue tat
Efeta, is worthy emblem to the country
from which it takes its name. White
beaded wings for trimming bring to
mind the speed Of Mercury; and the
|glory of ancient Rome lies in other
bead trimming for other taffeta hats.
Black velvets, shiny and plushy as
cat fur are embroidered with fleecy
white wool as wintry as possible to
shock the sun of summer. Birds and
animals in the wool crawl over the
crowns and the brims are invariably
finished in old-fashiOned quilt-stitch
varied in length to make design.
With white linen and cretonne cos
tunes, Mistress Mary cretonne hats
make smart finish. These need no
trimming, the bright colors being gay
enough for any summer landscape,
whether mountains, country or shore.
Sports hats come from odd hooks
and corners. The latest dark blue tat
feta, is decidedly Chinese in aspect. It
has sloping brim with a soft edge an
inch wide that flaps down and shades
the face, denied on one side with heavy
balls suspended from the ends of cord
tied around the crown. Scotland con-
tributed the tam, and there is soft hat
made completely of narrow bias strips
Of silk that is finding favor under a
Made in America label.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-15
FROM THE SHOULDERS UP
What Milady Wears Around Her Head and
Around Her Neck Defies Time and Place.,
To Suit Her Fancy
SUMMER FURS AT 80 DEGREES Fahrenheit

NEW YORK, July 14,-Transparent
hats and furs, velvet head-gear and low
necks-these are some of the things in
the summer fashions that men question,
and even few women come up to and
shy at, as the thermometer scars sky,
isha" hat goes serenely on; the girl
with the white fox furs hugs them
more closely, and the wearer of the
velvet hat sedately raises a parasol.
Such matters are beyond the compre-
sension Of mere man or the woman who
was brought up to view clothes for com
fort.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-15
A Sports Hat Of Blue TAffeta, the Wo
ven ''Rilkisha' and Silk Sailor; the
Chin-C CHM, the Jabot and
the Puritan Collar.

Their very oddly is the lure that
makes them popular. What matters a
coat of tan if the hat is woven with
holes to duplicate the head-dress Of the
man that pulls the jinrikisha in Japani
| Even the woman who is conservative
with her dress and suit, casts wisdom to
the winds above the shoulder line. What
lies above bespeaks the true woman who
in her heart Of hearts, loves the fan
tastes Of fashion. The demure Quaker
and saucy Chin Chin collars, the flap
/ by hat and stiff -brimmed sailor, even
the plug hat Of silk beaver fringe that
Mrs. Vernon Castle made famous at the
races, appeal to those of US who like
something different
The mode breathes romance, and
romance is what fashion thrives on
Every hat and every collars awakens
memory or tells new tale. It is in
teresting to note that the Quaker collar
has its origin in the collar of the man 3
costume. How scandalized the shades
Of the old-time Quaker and Puritan
must be to see their collars made in
frivolous organdy. Swiss and eretonne!
Jabots and frills come from another
period, when French courtiers wore fur
bellows. In modern times, Sara Bern
hardt gives her famous youth giving
frill to the high collar; while the FLAIR
ing half collars that are still shown on
dresses and waists harp back to a
portrait of Shelley. Nor is the mode
without hunor; sChin- Chin collars
aimed at giddy masquerade costume,
have gone far of the mark and appear
on coats.
Past modes are drawn on for hats,
too. In an exclusive shop, just off the
Avenue, one of the girls of the younger
set ordered garden hat the other day
of white chip, with pyramid of pink
roses--the exact duplicate of the hat her
Observation-Disclosures wore when she
tripped across the lawns at the Capitol
All these garden hats of leghorn and
Milan recall Colonial days. Even the
'rikisha', imported in spirit frem Japan
smacks of this style when trimmed with
roses, the black vanished cord of which
lit is made contrasting with the light
froeks.
Broadly speaking, the hats Of the
season are divided into four classes;
these portrait-fashion garden hats stiff
brinmed sailors that bespeak the past
or the present, according to the mate
rails and trimmings; the sports hats,
borrowed from the four corners Of the
globe, and last, but not least, the coaky
turbans, which show the martial note
in millinery.
The iff-brimmed sailors are chap
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tons as compared with an average of the

tons as compared with an average of the
entire country of only 1917. If losses
of such size can be found in a region
where beet culture is obviously more
advanced than in most other regions,
the total loss throughout the entire
United States must be enormous. This
total is to great extent preventable,
for, as has been shown, it is due less to
natural conditions than to defects in
cultural methods.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-15
RULES FOR AUTOS IN PARK

The new rules and regulations gov
erning the admittance and touring of
automobiles in the Yellowstone Ma
tional park, have been issued and
!copies of them have been forwarded to
Boise autoists. AS there are many
owners of machines in this city and
southwestern Idaho who plan to make
the park trip this summer over the
state highways, the rules are Of more
than passing interest.
Prominent features in the regula-
tiOns are that horse-drawn vehicles al
ways have the right Of way and that
motorcycles are not allowed in the
park under any confederation. Also
there can be no hiring of automobiles
and these machines may not be used in
taking local trips at the different sta.
tions. The trip through the park may
be made by automobile in two days by
leaving out the trip to Mammoth Hot
springs and in three days including
that trip.
In leaving camps, the automobiles
must start before the horse drawn We
hicles; they must not exceed the pre-.
scribed speed limits; they must not
travel closer to one another than 100
yards at any time and one must not
pass another while both are in mo.
ton going in the same direction. Speed
limits are IL miles an hour ascending:
10 miles an hour descending; eight
miles an hour on approaching sharp
curves and 20 miles an hour on
straight stretches.
Fees to be collected for automobiles
are for .runabouts, IS; for five-pas.
senger cars, $3.50; for seven passenger
cars, $40, and for other larger cars, SIS.
Fines or other penalties will be a.
sessed for failure to live up to the reg
ulations. Automobiles will have a lee
way of time in which to arrive and
they must make the trip this near
schedule time. For instance, the ma.
chimes on entering the park will leave
the west entrance not earlier than
6:45 q. m. and not later than 7:15 a. m.
and they must arrive at Fountain, a
distance Of q miles, not earlier than
$3.50 a. m. and not later than 9 a. m.
A close schedule like this is maintain
ed all through the park and penalties
are to be fine Of so cents a minute
for each of the first five minutes that
the machines gets in ahead Of time;
81 minute for each Of the next twen-
ty minute, and fine Of $25 or ejec-
ton from the park or both these pun
ishments for machines arriving Is
minutes ahead of schedule. In case the
machine is disabled or for other rea-
son is unable to complete the trip ON
schedule time, it will be required to
park near the trail, but out Of the way
and remain there until the next seized
ule for automobiles is in effect.
The government has closed tea miles,
of the roadway for repairs and in the
meantime the stages are required to
use an old freight road. These ten
miles are dusty and it will be prob
ably two weeks before the main road
is open for use again. When this
stretch of the road is opened, however,
lit will be boulevard, smooth as
floor and oiled SO that there win be
no dust.-Statesman
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AN ESTRAY MULE.

Last Wednesday there came to my
place at Moreland, brown mule,
weighing about 900 pounds, with ring
bone on left hind leg, and no brand, has
sunken forehead. If not called for in
thirty days from date of this notice
will be sold at public auction.
Moreland, July l, 1915.
w. T.. ENGLAND,
MOreland.
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NOTICE TO AUTO OWNERS.

Bring or ship us your old tires for
repairs. We have the best equipped tire
repair plant in this vicinity, and an ex-
pert repair man right out Of the v. B. F.
Goodrich factory at Akron, Ohio.
All work absolutely guaranteed.
We repair anything made Of rubber.
SGT WATSON'S GARAGE. -.
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Benefited by chamberlain's 1dnimsat

"Last winter 1 used Chamberlain s
Liniment for rheumatic pains, stiffness
and soreness of the knees, and can con-
seientiously say that l never used any
thing that did me So much good" =
Edward Craft, Elba, U. Y. Obtonable
everywhere. Fer sale by all dealers.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-15
UTAH PI0NE Err DAY
Excursions.

Via Oregon Short Line. Tickets on
sale between local points in Utah and
Idaho, east of Bliss, Idaho, July % and
"a; limit July 26. See any o. s. l..
agent for further details.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-15
TYPHOID :: :;
the almost miraculous eff.

cacys and harmessness, of Antityphoid Vaccination
Be vaccinated NOW by your physician, you and
your family. 1t Is more vital than house insurance.
Ask your physician. druggist, or send fos Have
you had Typhold1" telling Of Typhoid vaecines
sesults from use, and danger from Typhoid Carriers.
TINE OTTtR LABORATORY. BERkufY. CAL
sooovease vAsGssgs ssavus vs0ga y. g. Gov. uesasa
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ST. PAW's p. e. CHURCH.

Services next Sunday at II a. m. and
p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
FROG IN BABY'S STOMACH
TadpoIe Grew and Waxed Fat on the
Infants Milk Diet-Child
Is Dead.

The eighteen-months-old child Of
Mrs. Harry Wolf of Chicago is dead
following an operation which disclosed
conditions that many surgeons had de-
clared to be impossible, says Goshen
Qnd.) dispatch TO the Indianapolis
Star.
While visiting her parents in Syra-
cuse. Kosciusko county, last summer,
Mrs. Wolf permitted the baby to drink
hydrant water Within short time
the infant became sickly and lost flesh.
Treatment for indigestion was given,
but it did not reach the seat of the
trouble. Then an X-ray examination
disclosed black spot on the stomach
and an operation resulted in a frog
weighing more than half pound be-
ing taken from the infant.
Doctors who operated said they be-
lieved that when the child drank hy-
drant water in Syracuse tadpole was
taken into the stomach and that the
frog developed and lived on milk,
which was given the patient in large
quantities. Following the operation
the child improved rapidly and com
plete recovery was practically assured,
when pneumonia developed, causing
death.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Don't Dodue.

Do not dodge. Whatever the diff.
culties to be met, they are not made
easier by trying to dodge them. In
trying to dodge missile from one
direction you may come in line with
one from a different direction When
We dodge trouble we are more than
likely to get into other trouble no
less easy to endure. Look with cour.
age on what must be met. Faced
with courage difficulties are half con.
quered. Better to meet and conquer
difficulties than to dodge them. Do not
dodge duties that devolve on you
Duties performed add strength and
dignity to character. 1t matters lit
tie what these duties are; though they
may be of the simplest and humblest,
well and truly done, they acquire dig.
nifty. Stand up bravely and squarely
to meet the difficulties of life. With
courage you will conquer. You will
come through life with fewer scars
than by trying to dodge duty or diff.
Guilty. Trying to evade begets in a
man a cringing spirit. He gets a
habit of trucking, and upright, self
respecting manhood is gone. Don't
dodge If you would hold yourself
above meanness.-Milwauk Journal
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
SUPPLIES ALWAYS ON HAND
British Claim to Have Made Transport
System to the Front az Perfect az
Is Possible.

When it is mentioned that 1000 tons
of goods-food and other necessities
are sent every day from the base de-
pots to the firing line of the British
army, some idea of the gigantic task
of the army service will be gathered
This enormous weight of goods. says
Harold Begbie, comes almost entirely
from England. for we are not buying
in France even so perishable a neces-
sity as milk. Vast stores are brought
from England and loaded into sheds
at the base depots.
All day by motor dory and railway
truck supplies for the troops are sent
as near as possible to the firing lines
And just as reserves are accumulated
in the docks, so reserves are accumu.
lated near the front, since an accident
to the railways might cut off the fight
ing soldiers supplies
On one occasion there was a delay
on the railways of sc hours, but not
only did the soldier at the front get
all his food and ammunition, but he
did not even have to draw on the re-
serves / have mentioned; regimental
stores were sufficient for his need
Everything goes by clockwork. There
is no room for an accident.-London
Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
SEEING LIFE WiM
r{aN, JOHN HENRY
RXSh q GeodgeX XHobart
Es1N1WYe1 John Henry Goes Seighridins
John Henry Goes Sleighridins

In it was happy party of ladies and
gentlemen, who were laughing and
chatting about some people they had
just run over.
Lohengrin saw them coming and
stopped still in the middle of the road
Then he hung his head as low as he
could, and | believe if that horse had
been supplied with hands he would
have put them over his ears.
The people in the Bubble began to
shout at US, and | began to shout at
the horse, and friend wife began to
shout at me, while Lohengrin stood
there and scratched his left ankle with
his right heel.
Then the machine made a sudden
jump to the right and hiked by us at
the rate of about a 500 fine, while
the lady passengers in the cabin de
luxe stood up and began to hand out
medals to each other because they
didn't run US down.
Ten minutes later Lohengrin came
to and looked over his shoulder at US
with smile as serene as the morning
and once more resumed his mad ca
reer onward, ever onward.
We were now about two miles from
home, and suddenly we came across
big red touring car which stood in
front of a roadhouse, sneezing inward
ly and sobbing with all its corrugated
heart.
Lohengrin saw the machine before
we did.
He knew there must be an automo-
bile somewhere near, because he
stopped still and quietly passed away.
l jumped out and tried to lead him
by the Coroner's Delight, but he plant
ed his four feet in the middle of the
road and refused to be coaxed
/ took the horse by the ear and
whispered therein just what thought
about him, but he wouldn't talk back.
told him my wife's honor was at
stake, but he looked my wife over and
his lips curled with an expression
which seemed to say, Impossible"
1t was all off with US.
Lohengrin simply wouldn't move un-
til that sobbing Choo Choo Wagon had
left the neighborhood, so l went in
side the roadhouse to find the owner.
found him. He consisted of Ger
man chauffeur and eight bottles OF
beer.
When | explained the pitiful situa-
tion to him the chauffeur swallowed
two bottles of beer and began to cry.
Then he told the waiter to call him
at 1880, and he put his head down on
the table and went to sleep with his
face in cute little nest of hard boiled
cigarettes.
/ rushed to the telephone and called
up the liveryman, but before / could
think of word strong enough to fit
the occasion he whispered over the
wire: Il know your voice, Mr.. Henry.
suppose Lohengrin is waiting for
you outside"
Forthwith l tried to tell that livery
man just what | thought about him
and Lohengrin, but the telephone girl
short-circuited my remarks and they
came back and set fire to the wood
work.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
First Head of Policewomen.

Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells, the po
licewoman Of Los Angeles, was elected
president Of the National Congress of
Policewomen at their recent meeting
in Baltimore during the National Con-
ference of Charities and Correction.
In forming the new organization Of
policewomen Mrs. Wells outlined a
new system Of police work. She urged
that policewomen be mutually ex,
changed between cities so that going
about incognito they might be better
able to discover in strange cities con-
ditions hitherto unexpected.
The other officers elected were Miss
Mary Steele Harvey, policewoman Of
Baltimore, vice-president; Mrs. Geor-
giana Sherrot, policewoman at Mime
apolis, secretary, and Miss Anna Nc
Gully, the policewoman at Dayton
o., as treasurer.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Candy Relieves Fatique.

The value of candy is recognized by
military authorities. The British sol
diers in France are reported as con-
suming "prodigious quantities OF
sweets" A captain at the front with
the British army reports that the can
teen has five times the demand for
sweets that was expected, and one
fifth the demand for beer" The Aus
tralians encamped in Egypt have eaten
all the chocolate to be had in Cairo.
Scientists contend the sugar has
much food value and is good sub
stitute for alcohol. Chocolate, for ex-
ample, is harmlessly stimulating. Sol
diers have discovered what scientists
knew before, that sugar, will relieve
fatigue quickly and give a sense Of
strength that is real without the sub
sequent depression experienced by
those who use spirits. Sugar and can
dies are found to be useful not only
to the physically tired, but to those
who suffer mental exhaustion.-West-
minister Gazette
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

oyertaking a telegraph pole every once
In a while, when suddenly we heard
behind US a very insistent choof-
choof-choof-choof!
It's one of those Careless Wagons, -
I whispered to Peaches, and then we
both looked at Lohengrin to see If
there was a mental struggle going
on in his forehead. but he was rush
ing onward with his head down, watch
ing his feet TO make sure they didn't
step on each other.
Choof-choof-choof came the Torpedo
Destroyer behind US, and l wrapped
the reins around my wrist, in case
Lohengrin should get uneasy and want
to print horseshoes all over the auto
mobile
The next minute the machine passed
US. going at the rate of IA constables
an hour. and as it did so Lohengrin
stopped still and seemed to be biting
his lips with suppressed emotion.
! coaxed him to proceed in English.
in Spanish and Italian, and then in a
pale blue language of my own, but
he just stood there and bit his lips.
| believe if he had possessed finger
nails he would have bitten them too.
| gave the reins to friend wife with
instructions how TO act If the horse
started, and jumped out to argue
with him.
Just when l had picked out a good
sized hunk of ice which was to be nv
argument, Lohengrin came out of his
trance and started off, but Peaches
forgot her instructions and spoke
above a whisper and he stopped
again.
Then I took the reins, cracked the
whip, shouted a few paragraphs of
the language General Villa uses in
Mexico when he captures a Federal
soldier, and away we rushed like the
wind-when it wasn't blowing hard.
The hours few by and we must have
gone at least half mile, when an
other Kerosene Wagon came bouncing
toward Us from the opposite direction.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

My, my!" / could hear the livery
man saying. "Lohengrin's hesitation
must be the result of the epidemic of
automobiles which is now raging over
our country roads. The automobile
has strange effect on Lohengrin. It
seems to cover him with a pause and
gives him Inflammation of the speed. :"
| thought of poor Peaches shiyering
out there in that comedy sleigh staring
at dreaming horse, while in front of
her Red Devil Wagon complained in.
ternally and shook its tonneau at her,
and once more jolted that liveryman
with few verbal twisters.
Don't get excited. he whispered
back over the phone. 'Lohengrin is a
new idea in horses. Whenever he
meets an automobile he goes to sleep
and tries to forget it. Isn't that better
than running away and dragging YOU
to a hospital? There must be some
thing about an automobile that affects
Lohengrin's heart l think it is the
gasoline. The odor from the gasoline
seems to penetrate his mind to the re-
gion of his memory and he forgets to
move. Lohengrin is fine horse, with
most lovable disposition, but when
the air becomes charged with gasoline
he forgets his duty and falls asleep at
the switch"
l went out and explained to my wife
that Lohengrin was victim of the
gasoline habit, and that he would
never leave that spot until the Bubble
went away, and that the Bubble
couldn't go away until the chauffeur
woke up, and that the chauffeur
couldn't wake up until his mind had
digested lot of wood alcohol. so she
jumped out OF the trick sleigh for the
purpose of telling Lohengrin Just what
she thought about him.
At that moment somebody opened
the folding doors in the barn Just
ahead of US. and Lohengrin, with a
withering glance at friend wife and
shrug of his shoulders in my direction,
tppy-toed to cover and left Us fat
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
WAS TOO POOR TO BE HURT"
Injured Street Sweeper Fatally Hurt
Struggles to Return to His Work,
But Death Claims Him.

Frederick Birkmer, a street sweeper
of New Rochelle, NJ Y, too poor to
be laid up by an accident" he said.
was knocked unconscious when struck
in the back in the Pelham road by
motorcycle ridden by Frank Purdy OF
Port Chester. Birkmer, still uncon-
scious, was being lifted into an ambu-
lance, when he regained his senses,
struggled to his feet and staggered
toward his broom.
Cant afford to be hurt" he NUT
tered.
Purdy and hospital surgeon forced
him into an ambulance. At the hos
pital his skull was found fractured. He
was prepared for the operating table.
A moment later he sprang from bed.
tore off the bandages and. struggling
with an inferno. strove to reach a
doorway.
Il must go back" he faltered.
Then he fell unconscious and died.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

Ostler Joe, the charge <d'affaires of
the barn, tried to stop Lohengrin and
ask for his credentials, but the equine
onion brushed right by and planted
himself and the droshky In the middle
of the barn floor, where he promptly
went to sleep again.
Just as We hurried away to kxg an
approaching trolley car | heard Ostler
Joe say to the slumbering Lohengrin:
Wake up, you doggone Oh rabbit,
wake up and git out'n our barn. know
you, dag gone you, even If you be dis
guised by hidin' behind that thar four
poster bed on runners. Wake up, you
OF ijit! You be Henlopen Laffenwells
accomplice in crime, been't ye? Waal.
you git right out'n our barn an do
your sleepin' where you belong. Dag
gone if you kin use our barn to give