Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-09

CalllOrnla syrup OIL figs; Lnen see
that it is made by the California Fig
Syrup Company" (Adv.)
for the furtherance of agricultural ed.
ucation in this state. His recon.
mendations include agricultural high
schools for agricultural communities,
and where numbers do. not warrant
the establishment of such high
schools he suggests rural day schools
with an agricultural top" and tree
culture be made prominent in all agri-
cultural schools.
Amsterdam, April 8.-""We found it
impossible to avoid this, war; but let
US at least take care that it is not
conducted with hatred" states a bulle-
tin sent from the German Federation
of Wood Workers to the international
headquarters of the wood.workers
unions, in France. It continued, urg-
ing a sane view of affairs:
"Our most ardent wish is that Ger
may shall issue victorious from this
war. But those people who cannot
say anything too flattering about Ger
man statesmen or too insulting about
foreign rulers, and whotcan see moth.
ing that is'not vile and contemplate
in the peoples at var with Germany
are false patriots. -
1--WE understand perfectly the atti-
tude of the workers of the countries at
war with us: Just as We are %convinc.
ed of the rightness of the German
cause, so abroad are people convinced
that it is for their country a just war
which it is the patriotic duty of every:
one to support"
When the war is over, adds the bull
letin. the, old domestic feuds and
class-wars will start again, and the
workers of various countries will need
each others support and friendship.
"'The reasons which went to create
international relations between the
trades unions owill still, exist In no less
degree after the war, and will oblige
us to splice the bonds that war has
torn apart" =
Pars, April S.-Freak fashions as
we'll as other eccentricities have. been
unable to Withstand the serious spirit
CT wartime.
III the opinion OF competent authori-
ties fashionable women will never
again be imprisoned in the narrow
gowns of the past few years. It re-
quircs- from six to ten years OF ma
terial to make the full, flowing, plated
reacttonary Skin; that is coming into
vogue. The colors are very serious
black, dark blue and dark gray, but
frequently set off by original fantasies
in collars, lapels, vests, stripes and
belts in lively colors, like a ray of
hope among the sombre thoughts that
beset u.s. said a Rue de Is Paix dress.
maker.
The shortnesy as well as the full.
ness of the new skirt affords added
physical relief and at the same time
lends itself to the increased elegance
in styles of footwear. It is predicted
that it will ALTO deal a hard blow to
the handbag since the opportunities
for pockets are immense. A myster-
ious law of fashion seems to require a
wide hat with a narrow skirt and a
narrow hat with a full. skirt, In conse-
aluence the broad brims are going out
and toques, bicornes and the popular
military "bonnets de police' fatigue
caps) are the rule. ).
"The great trouble with all this"
says an important tradesman of the
Rue de la Paix, sis that n hat and
one gown. now do the service OF from
six to ten Instead Of ordering re-
ception gowns, evening gowns, dinner
gowns and gowns for all sorts of spe-
cial social functions, the Parisienne
orders one simple costume. The In
dustry, however, is recovering from
the stagnation of the summer and fall
The foreign trade is very
good and has made up largely for the
loss of private trade, Italy and Amer
lea particularly having bought freely
for spring.
Paris, April 8.-Inventive genius has
done what it could to save the country
since the beginning of the war, but its
inspirations have not been entirely
practical. Among the thousands OF
ideas presented only four have been
experimental upon with interesting
results; the rest remain in a state OF
embryo. i.
After the first visits of German aero.
planes to Paris a man conceived q
plan for the protection of the city
from, aerial bombs by stretching q me.
tal'ic netting from the Sacred Heart
cathedral in Montmartre to the Eihel
Tower.
A Marseilles inventor proposed a
nortable railroad to accelerate the con-
centration of troops. 1T is very sim
pie" he said. when a train has
passed over the rails you haye only
20 pick them up and pace them again
in front of the train, and so on, indefi-
nitely. At the war department they
told him the idea was of immense I'M