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The Washington herald., 1916-03-31
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Waist Department.
A lot of Georgette Crepe. Crepe
de Chine, and Lace Blouses, some
very effective styles, in flesh and
white: s3.95 each. Were s5.75.
A small lot of Crepe de Chine
Blouses. in embroidered and
- plain styles, long sic SSes; S2.95
each. Were 1895.
A few Crepe de Chine Blouses,
tucked fror's -Ith ".'iiurs q M
CANDY; s1.s5 each. Were s2.95
A few Vests to he worn over
blouses, in green. brocaded and
plaid silks; s1.9O each. Were
s1.s5. $3.50 each. Were 1926
A small lot of Handkerchief
Linen Blouses, tucked and plain
styles, with convertible collar
and long sleeves; S1.95. x2.25,
s2.D5, aud S3.05 each. Were s2.25,
$3.50, 1895. and s4.95.
A few Cotton Wolfe Blouses.
high or low neck and short
sleeves with lace trimming;
sI.5O, &1.95, S2.a5, and 1896 each.
Were s1.s5. s2.s5, 1896, $500. and
5.75.
A few Marquisette and Dimity
Blouses with large and small
collars. 6Sc each. Were S1.00.
Third hoor-G st.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-31
Continued March Sale of
Women's Summer Undermuslins
At SOC the Garment

Additional Of these splendid quality Soc Under
musns have been received making choosing again most .sor
Early necessary you wish these garments
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VDLD REMNANT DA YOPPORTUNITIES TODAY

When economical buying being considered overlook
Day values The offer for Friday will you ppre
how good merchandise be bought for low prices There
chanse offered that Of cheap quality though slightly mper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
SHIP YARDS ACTIVE.

There are few American industries
which have received such an impetus
from the war as ship building. Before
August, 1914 our shipyards were prac-
tically deserted ana the building of big
ships was becoming a lost art. A few
pleasure craft of large size were under
construction, but chiefly small pleas
nre boats occupied the attention of
the naval architects
Today all this is changed and Yards
that for years have not heard the
sound Of hammer are now working
night and day with all the men they
can secure. while in their safes are
contracts for vessels enough to keep
them busy Tor three years to come.
Communities that had gradually fallen
into desuetude with the waning of their
chief industry have blossomed into ac-
tivity like the boom towns of the early
west and only the difficulty in getting
materials and men prevents a larger
expansion
The change from conditions as thew
existed Is months ago and as they eX-
ist now is strikingly shown in COM
parative report recently issued on au-
thOrity Of Secretary Redfield by the
department of commerce This re-
port, which brings its facts down TO
Dec. /, 1915, shows that on July !, 1914,
there were building just As vessels in
American yards, with net tonnage Of
2S2,71S. This represented vessels in
oil stages Of completion and covered
contracts nearly year old. Six
months later there were so new yes
sells of a gross tonnage of 1923 500 tons
In construction on the stocks and over
hundred more contracted for to be
built as quickly as room could be
found for them.
Not only are the available American
yards building for American owners,
according to the report, but four yes
sells Of $500 tons each are building
for Norwegian owners and two others
OF 5000 tons each for other foreign
owners, nationality not stated This
is the first time in many years that
American ship yards have built for
foreign trade, except battleships, so
this ACTIVITY may be hailed as an indi-
cation OF the revival of what was once
q large American industry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
Pleurisy With EfiusiOn.

l. l have been suffering with humid
pleurisy, and the doctor has had to
asplrate the fluid from the chest. What
rs the cause of such a pleurisy? 2.
what causes fluid to form on ones
lungs-the fluid Withdrawn, | mean?
nave known many people to suffer
from dry pleurisy, but never any one
who had humid pleurisy like mine.
Answer-Pleurisy is inflammation of
the pleura or covering membrane of
the lung and lining membrane of the
chest wall (Which membrane is a con-
tinuous closed sac with a small
amount of watery fluid in it for lubri-
cation under normal condition.. In
dry pleurisy there is simply rough
ening and perhaps adhesion between
the lung covering and the chest lining.
But IN some cases watery fluid accum-
ulates, too, perhaps in large quaint
ues. The cause of pleurisy is always
injection, by the pneumococcus (pneu-
monla GERM, and quite frequently by
the tubercle bacillus Pleurisy. espe-
cially dry pleurisy. is suspicious of tu-
berculosis-or rather it makes the doc
tor suspicious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
DRESS-SUIT PATRIOTS.

Harpers' Weekly says: The editor
of this paper has had some experience
in investigation and thinks he knows
the need of thoroughness. Several
years ago he had occasion to probe to
the bottom the record of Mr.. Brandeis
He went TO original sources in every
case He found the current charges
contemplate lies, repeated all over
Boston, but relating to cases that,
once understood, redounded all the
more to the glory of a great lawyer, a
most disinterested of men. Harvard
men must blush that their president,
by innuendo, should support ineXcusa-
BILE defamation. Better would it have
been to speak more directly, but such
open speaking would have meant re-
sponsibility. and these splendid dress
suit patriots preferred mud without
courage. 1t was a Wretched, lamenta-
BILE performance by few men, nearly
all trustees for estates with large hold
ings in the New Haven road, its assO-
ciated banks, or the Shoe Machinery
company. The pity of it, that the pres
ident of Harvard was among them,
and that he took the step after the pro-
fessors of his own law school had paid
to Mr.. Brandeis, the most brilliant pro-
duct of that school, SO well-deserved a
tribute"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
NOTHING MAKES A MOTHER HAP.
PIER THAN 4 LETTER FROM
HER BOY,

From Guntersville. Ala. Democrat.D
Editor Democrat: In the latter part
of October. 1913, while driving through
the country from Carrollton, Ga, to
Gadsden, | stopped at noon at coun-
try store to get something to eat and
feed and rest my horse an hour,
picked up ali almanac ana found these
two verses and they are the germs
that inspired this letter:
@BefOre II Is Too Late"
IF you have gray-haired mother
In the old home far away.
Sit down and write the letter
You put off day by day.
Don't wait until her tired steps
Reach heavens pearly gate,
But show her that you think of her
Before it is too late
IF you've a tender message
Or loving word to say,
Don't wait until you forget it,
But whisper it today.
Who knows what bitter memories
May haunt you if you wait?
So make your Loved one happy
Before it is too late
On the next day after reaching home
in the first paper that I picked up was
an article by George Matthews Adams,
entitled, "A Tribute to Your Mother. -
AS my mind was fresh with the above
verses, | decided to couple them to-
gether for an article and perhaps
and be benefited
The following is Mr.. Adams tribute
to your mother and mine:
The sweetest word in the language
is that of mother. There is in each
letter wreath OF music divine
there are vibrating chords OF love SO
angelic-that the whole world often
pays homage to mothers whom it hon
Ors.
Nancy Hanks. the mother of Lin
coin; Frances Willard and Jane Adj
damS-mothers to the motherless
Queen Victoria-the mother of a nation
of mothers.
You, whoever you are, your great
est asset is your mother. You bank
rupt, discouraged, hope wasted, heart
wrenched. self-estranged, there re-
mains still day, glorious in sunset
for you if you will but get back again
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
WILSON ON THE FLAG.

During his recent trip through the
west President Wilson spoke or var
ious subjects. but the eulogies he paid
TO the star spangled banner will be
the longest remembered. Perhaps no
man before has in speeches so patriot
ically glorified the American flag as
Woodrow Wilson. His language is eX
Ceptionally fine and the sentiment is
an illustration of the presidents sin
certify as we'll as of his patriotism.
In the east they have printed card
for circulation in the schools which
shows the American flag and beneath
it the following paragraph from the
presidents Des Moines speech:
AS l look at that flag l seem to see
many characters upon it which are not
visible to the physical eye. There
seem to move ghostly visions of de-
voted men who. looking to that flag,
thought only of liberty, of the rights
of mankind, of the mission of America
to show the way to the world for the
realization of those rights.
And every grave of every brave
man in the country would seem to
have upon it the colors of the flag, if
he were a true American-seem to
have on it that stain of red, which
means the true pulse of blood, that
patch of pure white which means
peace Of the soul.
And then there seems to rise over
the graves of those men and to hallow
their memories that blue space or the
sky in which swim those stars which
exemplify for us the glorious galaxy
OF the states of the union. which stands
together to vindicate the rights Of
mankind"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
'EALTUHTALF
The Continuous Hot Salt Bath.
Drady,M.D.

Given badly infected hand. arm,
foot or leg. in which there is swelling,
pain, signs of formation and in
the general condition of the patient.
evidences of acute blood poisoning
I tseptlcemia) such as chill or chilli
ness, fever headache, loss of appetite,
the essential treatment is the knife. Not
'lancing, but thorough, deep and per-
maps multiple missions under a gen
eral anesthetic. This is time when
timidity and prOcrastination NAV
prove disastrous, and when prompt
and fearless surgery will save great
suffering if not life itself.
BY fearless surgery we do not mean
the mere bravado of employing the
knife That requires no courage, but
only knowledge and confidence gained
by experience. What we do mean is
fearlessness of public criticism. A
good doctor cuts and cuts deep when
he deems it necessary, and ne becomes
indifferent to what anybody thinks
about his carving propensity. Such a
doctor we would have attend us or our
loved ones in time of need.
But often even the doctor Is IN
certain whether to incise an infected
part or wait few more hours to
see what Nature can accomplish. Or.
through factors beyond his control, the
missions may be made so late that
even free drainage seems futile in the
fight against the infection.
What is TO be done meanwhileo An
ply salye? Apply antiseptics? There
is grave doubt whether such treat
ment can avail anything, in fact there
is reason to believe it may be injur-
lous, especially II applied to a raw
surface or an infected wound,
The continuous saline bath seems to
be the ideal and most efficacious meas
ure. This requires a receptacle long
enough to receive the whole arm or
leg, no matter where the infection
seems to be localized. The water must
be kept as hot as endurable. and
enough salt added to exert drawing"
effect, perhaps handful to the gallon
The arm should be kept in the bath
FOR an hour at time, the longer the
better. II the patient tires, the arm
may be removed and dressed In hot
saline congresses for a time until the
patient feels sufficiently rested 10
place the limb once more In the bath
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
Sidelights on the European War

Neutrality-suspicious. OF The
Associated Press Rat tails are now
worth a cent each on one part of the
French battle front. The general
commanding in that section has issued
the following order of the day: With
the object of interesting the men in
the destruction of rodents a premium
of five centimes shall be paid for each
rat destroyed. The premium shall De
paid every ten days, on presentation
of the tails of the destroyed animals
The rats, bearing vermin susceptible
of spreading disease must not De
handled, but Immediately buried, ana
the tails done up in paper lmpreg-
mated with tar or petroleum. Inc
order .esulted in a tremendous slaugh-
ter OF rats, but was not obeyed in all
its details. 1t appears that the new
fashion of trimming women's gar
ments with fur has created an outlel
for rats fur, and the rat-huntlng sol
diers skin their victims before Dnfs-
ing them, disinfect and sterillze Inc
hides, and sell them to the suffers De-
hind the front.
1t is estimated that the rats have
destroyed millions of francs worth Oh
provisions sent to the soldiers by tneH
friends and relatives at home. An or
ficer at the front recently wrote hs
wife that it would be useless for hef
to send him any more provisions, ash
was impossible to preserve them lfom
the rats. and in no case had ne an!
more than a single lunch out OF an
the eatables sent to him. Some sur
prise has been expressed that seSefai
hundred thousand men, turned Fas
hunters, have been unable TO eA'ei7
inmate them. A mathematician has
taken the txouble to calculate tlsl
years progeny of single pair OF fas
may easily amount to more than one
hundred and twenty-five mllhoho'
which he holds is proof that ohi'
wholesale poisoning or suffocation esu
cope fifth the pest In fact, OF all 'he
different measures adopted agaiiiss
them. none has produced the resuns
obtained by the suffocating gas sha'
the Germans occasionally SEND W
wards the French trenches, lhoa'e
sands of them were picked up deaa -
the first line of the trenches after ohs
of these gas attacks.
Another statistican has figured oa'
that it costs a centime and nan
day TO nourish a rat, and consequence
figures their depreciation on thar pass
to amount to forty-four million uo''
lars a year in France alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
WILLING TO COALESCE, IF

An expert eastern analyst has dis
sected the recent announcement by
George W. Perkins, the progressive
leader and finds that the progress
siyes are willing 10 coalesce with the
standpatters ii the latter will nom
mate at Chicago on June a man who
will not be obnoxious to them. They
will accept cheerfully a candidate that
will meet the following conditions:
Anyone who was president of the
United States from 1901 to 1909
Anyone who has fought in Cuba,
hunted in Africa and written a life of
Oliver Cromwell
Anyone who first used the phrase
"malefactors of great wealth"
Anyone who has discovered or is
alleged to have discovered the River
Of Doubt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
Slang and Stories.

Nobody knows where the new slang
or the new stories come from. A few
years ago, several readers will remem-
Der, Everybody's Magazine published
this joke:
Effeminate young man says to drug
clerk: "A two-cent stamp, please" In
pasting the stamp on his letter he goes
through deal of maneuvering to get
it just so. The curious clerk asks;
What's all that you're doing?' My
goodness! don't you know" No"
Why you see, I'm a graduate of a
correspondence school and that's our
college yell"
The editor of Everybody's sent a
check for a couple of dollars to the
contributor-O Henry we believe it
to the fellow who had told him the
story This one, in turn, Endorsed it
over to his informant, and it wasn't long
before the check carried rider with
30 or so names on it. Then they ran
up against a stone wall The check
was signed over TO Ralph Tilton, who
had died some months before.
THEN there is the man who sears
on his town because his business is
not patrOniZed as generously as he
feels it should be, who sends his money
hundreds of miles away for shoes and
hats that he can buy cheaper. and of
the same quality. of his neighbor mer.
chant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29

And II the progressives can't have
their way in this they will take Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
These conditions, which the expert
eastern analyst finds that George W.
Perkins offers, are so liberal that
standpatters will doubtless tumble
over themselves in their eagerness to
agree to them on the first day of the
Chicago convention 1t is to be re-
GREETED, that they excluded our esteem
ed citizen, Senator Sherman. But, per-
haps, he will. in the interest of har-
mony, cheerfully agree to wait four
years, when his senatorial term will
have expired and he can then avoid
the embarrassment of seeking the
nomination for president while holding
an Office he was so recently elected to
for a period of six years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29

The man smiled "You wonIa
take me for handsome man -
your s'a
There was no reply to this. si,...
gives consent.
Il suppose" said the girl. won nm
admit that Captain Trpvellion il hra.
since I hear that he has won -
cross?'
How did he get it? He simply v...
out in advance Of the line and bsr,.s
another fellow In, There was moist.
more in that than all going togefbs.
In fact, when we went together H.
we're firing at us together"
you can't be a friend Of can,.,.
Trevellion and be jealous Of him
Il jealous Of him, I'm Just az b,.,.
a man as he, and when I'm dressed :
am just as handsome"
Zone thing you are not" retortea y.
girl angrily. You are not as mod.
as he" She was going into the hans.
when ne called her back.
What would you say If I told -.
that I have the cross as well az ~.
velliony'
Il wouldn't believe you. Only mad
est men are brave"
He put his hand inside his s.,,s
shirt and drew out a cross mad. :,
gun metal. The girl looked at II v,th
wide open eyes. But she was evident,
not convinced.
How did you get 1t away FINN
him." she asked. did you TAX. =
when he was asleep?"
The man laughed. When his n,rth
had subsidized he said:
"Tll not bother you any longer, You
are very good to have had 50 much M,
thence with me. I'm Trevellion. n.
come back with the cross, but ".
come back wreck. felt that must
come to my old home, though It IA IN
the hands of strangers. l wonder 1T
can be taken in here till l get som.
strength"
He said this so despondently that Ii.
girls heart was touched.
I've no doubt that you can. Captsiu
Trevillion. I'll go and ask mamma
Stay" he said. I'VE men who ara
accounted heroes are not heroes. Their
give US these baubles to make us think
we are that they may make US fodder
for shrapnel. Let me rest for a mo-
ment. then l will go on. l said what |
did about remaining here in a moment
of weakness"
He poured out another glass from
the decanter, drank 1t and. rising
made as courtly bow to the girl as he
could under the circumstances. then
slowly descended the steps and linped
down the walk.
Poor fellow she said Il wonder
if he is really brave or liar and 4
coward He certainly don't look like
the heroes I've read Of in story books
Very likely he was all three. War
has its realism as well as other depart
ments of life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
Selected by Tavenner

in thought, in heart, or person, to your
mother.
THE greatest characters in every
community are the mothers. The
greatest community is that which hon
ors its mothers most. The greatest
men in any community are those who
render the highest tribute to mother
hood
NO one ever has surpassed or ever
will surpass the achievement of a
woman when she becomes mother,
When did you last write to your
mother? II she has gone from you,
how often do you think of her? Do
you realize that all you are or ever
will be, started way back there when
your mother, her whole being pulsat-
ing with pride, held you tight and
with eyes lustred and watered with
love, watched your every breath, and
kept pace over the hours with your
faintest heart throbs? Think of how,
all through those days she wrapped
you in her unselfishness and her sacrl-
fees.
How many indicate stories would
you tell if YOUR mother could always
be present ?~How many mean and I'M
just affairs would you pass if you had
the eyes of your mother looking on?
Never mind about the apron strings.
There always comes time when there
are no apron strings to be tied to,
and then you will long for them to
come back.
IF ever failure begins to press; if
ever friends begin to fade away; if
ever the grand figure of your will
shall begin to bow its power, do this
think of your mother and live up to
her ideals of you.
Kiss your mother as you go into
| the fights of the day, and at its close
fill her furrowed forehead with your
smiles. Ease her cares, write to her
though you go to smash. Go to see
her often though it takes you across
the globe; and let her memory guide
and inspire you as once you guided
and inspired her faith"
/ We men often stray away from what
We know is right and a little thing
will often cause us to turn about and
go back. After reading this letter if
! you feel better. it has accomplished the
/ purpose for which it was written. Bet
ter do it now, Before it is too late"
HERBERT MEEkS.
| Gadsden. Ala
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
100000 WOMEN TAKE
PLACES BRITISH MEN

London-Over 10000 women I'D to
now have taken the places of men in
British industrial life, releasing as
many men for service in the army
These figures have been compiled by
the statistical department of the board
Of tradeIand fall short of the correct
total, as many firms have not yet made
their returns. Women now predom-
mate in factories which they never
entered before the war, and work
metal lathes and drills quite like old
hands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29

resulted i'll all kinds of exciting and
dangerous mental gymnastics.
No man lives unto himself-and no
nation. In all his history. Uncle Sam
has never had such varied assort-
ment of troubles as those which bother
him this week-trounles not OF his
own seeking TROUBLES thrust upon
him. He must settle them in day
though he must settle them for all
time, for they are questions of princi-
pie, and not of politics nor Of poll
cies. 1t is up to the people to make
and to keep to these clear distinctions,
upon the purity Of which the nations
integrity depends.