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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16

where the waist line is unbroken.
The sleeves are notably original in
cut and are finished with flaring,
turned-back cuffs neatly bound with a
narrow braid. The same finish out
lines the collar that is cut to roll about
the neck and is high in the back.
There are wide revers and the coat
fastens to one side with three buttons
that extend from the waist line down.
ward. They are joined to three but
tons, set opposite to them on the
panel, by narrow braid. Smaller but
tons are set on the sleeves and they
are further decorated with braid.
Some of the new suits are finished
with smart rows of stitching. Novelty
buttons and pockets come in for con-
siderable attention, and short capes
have the prestige of the favor of Paris
to give them assurance. There is va
riety in everything but outline. Even
in this regard the tailOrmade suit will
be allowed a certain degree of indif-
ference to the mode and need not at
tempt the great amplitude that marks
other gowns
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| Watson, it is more than good to us-it
is the salvation of our business!"
Allowing we can depend upon the
tip, where is the capital coming from
to carry the stuff until settling day?'
II have thought it all out" respond
ed Marcia. 1.-THE Dalton credit is
good-isn't the Dalton word a power
everywhere? We will go to the bank
and borrow sufficient to cover carrying
charges. Then-oh! 1 have blocked
1t all out. We cannot fail. We will
send confidential word to all our
clients. We will give them the tip OF
a corner. We will guarantee ten points
profit within thirty days.
"A daring scheme!" fairly Casped
Jerry. "And how about the payments
to the broomcorn people?"
''Why, that is simple. AS we sell
to our clients, we will borrow on our
bills of lading. That will make US
square all the way around. We can
certainly place half our consignment
for cash. The amount we realize will
satisfy our shippers. When the
squeeze comes in this market we will
release the actual stuff in warehouse
to supply the shorts, get the highest
price and close out at big profit"
tits dream!" spoke, Jerry. musing-
ly-"but it looks tangible. I'm willing.
Go ahead with the scheme
Three weeks later Roland Dalton
left his remote solitude, which no gos-
sip or newspaper had invaded. On
the train bound for the city he sat
spellbound, as his eye scanned the
commercial column of the first news
paper he had seen for nearly month
1t was the graphic story OF the
broomcorn corner in Chicago. 1t told
of the wonderful coup that had given
Dalton & Co. practical control of the
market and a profit of a quarter of
million dollars!
Dalton burst into the office two days
later. 1t wore an air of briskness
and prosperity. Jerry beamed upon
him, Marcia stood flushing, eager.
trembling like a child who had as
sumed a daring initiative and won
dered if the result would be punish
ment or appreciation.
What have you two been doing
here" challenged Dalton, and then
Jerry told, and Dalton added, Come
into my private Office until discipline
you"
Out of it Jerry came few minutes
later. His eyes were aglow. He held
in his hand little strip of paper. II
was a check for more money than he
had ever thought of possessing. He
nodded to Marcia, who took her way
to the "inquisitorial room"
Roland Dalton poured forth his surg
ing soul to the loyal girl who had
saved the house on the point of col
lapse.
Dalton & Co. were to take in two
new partners-herself and Jerry. She
was to send to her widowed mother
in a distant country town sufficient
to make her comfortable for life.
Further:
81 say, they're in there long time!
murmured Jerry Watson, and then, as
the door finally opened and Marcia
and Dalton came forth hand in hand
the chuckling old fellow understood
that love as we'll as success had come
to the house of Dalton e Co.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16

Among the great diversity of styles
in new utility blouses offered for
spring, those that are meeting with
best success are of good materials,
well made and rather plain. AS in the
new lingerie, much reserve as to dec
grafton is noticeable in them, and
much attention to good workmanship.
This bespeaks an advance in popular
taste which is making itself felt in 9TH
er directions as well. Even in mex
pensive fabrics manufacturers say that
consumers demand neat effects, WOW
en-in figures instead of printed ones,
and are appreciative of good manage
ment of color.
The two blouses shown here are
typical examples of moderately priced
styles designed for general wear. The
blouse at the left is made OF line cot
ton wolfe and depends for decoration
on plaitings of the wolfe and hem
stitching. 1t fastens with small pearl
buttons and exceptionally well-made
buttonholes.
This model is cut with a shallow
yoke at the back which extends over
the shoulders to the front. The body
of the blouse is joined to the yoke with
pipings of the voile, and the sleeves,
collar and cuffs are set in in the same
way. Hemstitching is introduced in
the hemming of the knife plating,
which edges the collar and cuffs, in
the hem of the collar and in the front
of the blouse. The collar is very wide
and supported by wires at the back
and neck. 1t is made close fitting and
wrinkles about the neck. The sleeves
are long and at the waist line an elias
tic band is inserted in half-inch hem.
The blouse at the right is OF white
voile banded with light color. Blue,
tan, rose, and lavender are liked, and
maize finds occasional admirers Tor
these landings. In the blouse pic
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tured here the banding is in fairly
strong shade of blue and is hem
stitched to the edge of the collar and
pockets and let into the cuffs in the
same way.
Hemstitching is featured in this
model. All the seams are hemstitched
and the collar is set on with it. The
back is cut to extend over the Shout
ders to form the short yoke at the
front. A group of fine tucks extends
from the neck to the waist line at the
back and from the yoke to the line of
the bust on each side of the front.
A very simple pattern of dots and
scrolls, in blue floss, outlines the
pockets and appears on the collar, and
a bit of openwork is inserted at the
bottom of each pocket.
These blouses are among those
which may be bought readymade at
prices ranging from two and half
to five dollars. They are machine
made but tasteful and practical.
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its place the corner stone OF the couH-
try's sound financial future Is being
built.
"The trust and mortgage companies,
the large implement concerns and the
wholesale merchants all tell the same
story today of marked Improvement
in their business. The farmers and
others are meeting their just dues and
paying off debts that in many cases
have been long overdue. Collections
are better today than they have been
since the most prosperous days OF our
history, and obligations are being met
freely and promptly.
"Now," said, "why should they
wait until the war is over?'
And he agreed with me.-Advertise-
ment.
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One-piece gowns. developed in &C.
cordance with the new silhouette de-
creed by fashion, are quantity charm
ing, with trim waists, fitted bodies
and spreading lines below the waist.
1t is somewhat difficult to reconcile
the modern two-piece tailored suit
with this revival of styles which ante
dated it by many years. 1t takes
clever adaptation, even of the light
weight fabrics for spring, to accom-
plish tailored suits that do not lose
character by conforming to the lines
now in vogue.
In the suit shown above, the tailor
has met his problems successfully. 1t
is made of gaberdine with a plain full
skirt that flares in the approved man.
ner In the short coat a belt is set in
that confines it to the waist at the
sides and back and supports a peplum
that ripples about the bottom in de-
fiance of the severity which has been
required of tailormades heretofore.
But the coat presents a very trim and
finished appearance at the front,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16
What The Doctor Knows
KIDNEYS MUST BE RIGHT TO
INSURE HEALTH

Few people realize to what extent Their
health depends upon the condition of the
kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases of Sc
rious illness, makes chemical analysis
of the patients urine. He knows that un
less the kidneys are doing their worl
properly. the other organs cannot readily
be brought back to health and strength.
When the kidneys are neglected OF
abused in any way, serious results are sure
to follow. Therefore, it is particularly
necessary to pay more attention to tn.
health of these important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has ha6
remarkable success as kidney remedy il
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
The mild and healing influence of THU
preparation, in most cases, is soon real
lied, according to sworn statements anC
verified testimony of those who have useC
the remedy.
When your kidneys require attention
get Swamp-Root at once, from any phar
macy. 1t is sold by every druggist in bot
ties of two sizes-50c and $l.00.
However, if you wish first to test thi.
great preparation. send ten cents to DIR
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for &
sample bottle. When writing be sure anG
mention this paper.-Ady.
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BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK ''CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
y you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi.
ness, coated tongue, foul Taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines, instead of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick.
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
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MEAT CLOGS KIDNEYS
THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Kid.
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Drink Lots Of Water.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys.
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then we get sick. Nearly all rheu-
matism, headaches, liver trouble, ner.
vousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache IN
the kidneys or your back hurts or II
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full OF
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by a sensation of scalding, stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
a tablespoonful in glass OF water
before breakfast and in a few days
your kidneys will act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid or
grapes and lemon Juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate the
kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
in urine so it no longer causes irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferyes-
cent lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure. thereby avoiding serious kidney
cou1plications.-Adv.
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TheStraiight
Tip
Copyright. 1916. by W. g. Chapman.)
By
EVANS MACAULAY RANDALL
iExxsxx2yyX:N.X2y2N2XNEN.N.X2HZY.v2VEN2S2NN3

Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
I'm through"
Roland Dalton looked it. Young,
handsome, well dressed, sober, ener-
getic, ambitious-this had been his
record ION the Board" for two years,
but just now there was in his face an
appalling Encouragement.
See here, jerry" he said to his
trader and manager, there's no need
to publish it, but | don't dare to go
any further. If I did, it would be on
baseless credit and I'll take no chance
with other peoples money"
But, sir, we owe nothing, the decks
are clear"
"And I'm going to quit, while they
are. You follow orders. Pay of
every bill and close up the office. I'll
pay you. and Miss Blount a months
salary ahead. I'll leave each of you a
frst-class recommendation to Burtelle
& Co., who will be glad of your serv-
ices. I'm going up into Wisconsin and
get as far away from the hubbub and
worry as l can for month. Then l
think I'll strike out for the coast and
begin all over again"
Loyal Jerry Watson's lips puckered.
Marcia Blount, at the typewriter, was
white as a sheet. Dalton stole a
glance at her and he gulped down q
sigh Shattered business, a shattered,
though half-fedged, romance-it was
pitiful!
CLOSE up the Office and tell any in
quirer that I'm off for rest" pro-
ceeded Dalton, "but pay everybody
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16
Horse Not Really Intelligent.

Horses are generally given credit for
a great deal more intelligence than
they actually possess. Scientific tests
show that in wisdom such as human
beings display, horses are hopelessly
outclassed by dogs, monkeys, and even
by cats. The horse can be taught to
do certain things just because he is
too stupid to have ideas of his own
Like many human prize pupils, he can
learn but cannot think.
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SYRUP OF figs FOR
A CH|LO'S BOWELS
II is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh phySic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that 1t never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach. and that teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
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Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
n before breakfast.

Why is man and woman, half the
time, feeling nervous, respondent,
worried; some days headachy, dull and
unstrung; some days really incapaci-
tated by illness.
If we all would practice inside-bath-
ing, what a gratifying change would
take place. Instead of thousands OF
half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy complexions we should
see crowds of happy, healthy, rosy
checked people everywhere. The rea-
son is that the human system does not
rid itself each day of all the waste
which it accumulates under our pres
ent mode of living. For every ounce
of food and drink taken into the sys-
tenn nearly an ounce of waste material
must be carried out, else it ferments
and forms ptomaine-like poisons which
are absorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as it is to clean
the ashes from the furnace each day,
before the fire will burn bright and
hot, so we must each morning clear
the inside organs of the previous days
accumulation of indigestible waste and
body toxins. Men and women, wheth-
er sick or well, are advised to drink
each morning, before breakfast. a
glass of real hot water with tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in
It, as a harmless means of washing
out of the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels the indigestible material,
waste, sour bile and toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before put
ting more food into the stomach.
Millions of people who had their
turn at constipation. bilious attacks,
acid stomach, nervous days and sleep
less nights have become real cranks
about the morning inside-bath. A quar-
ter pound of limestone phosphate will
not cost much from your druggist or
at the store, but is sufficient to dem
onstrate to anyone, its cleansing,
sweetening and freshening effect upon
the system-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16
Unexpected Cigar Smoker.

James Payn tells us that Harriet
Martineau smoked cigars! She was
told it was good for deafness and
tried it. He supplied her with a mild
brand, and says he smoked with her
often. Yet she would be the last
guess, the most unlikely puffer of tn
weed in the whole category of famous
women! One would almost as soon
think of Hannah More or Susannah
Wesley having an after-dinner ciga-
rette!
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and let Dalton & Co. fade away with
out any sensation"
But, SIR" expostulated Jerry,
things aren't so bad as you think.
We're square. Well, then, how about
the big broomcorn consignment"
Dalton shook his head drearily.
Jerry" he said, ''the markets down
on that and may stay down."
But the ten thousand dollar option,
sir?
I'll lose it rather than take the lot
and involve others in loss. No, I'm
through, 1 tell you, for good"
Then Roland Dalton went away,
reckless, desperate. Jerry stood look
ing about him like lost soul. Miss
Blount was crying softly.
Il never thought he'd funk" NUT
tered Jerry. We'll, we're through,
too. It's a new job for both of us, I'm
thinking"
81 will stay and get everybody
checked up" volunteered the pretty
stenographer. You're feeling blue,
sir. Go home and forget it ALL"
Jerry was seated in the midst of
his family that evening when Miss
Blount Unexpectedly intruded. She
looked excited and exhilarated.
"Mr. Watson" she ar bounced, two
strange things happened at the Office
after you left"
"Yes?" murmured Jerry, interroga-
lively.
1.-THE first was a notification that
our people at Aberdeen had shipped
the entire broomcorn consignment"
Why" fairly shouted Jerry. in dire
CONSERVATION, "a million dollars
worth No market! Freight charges
small fortune in themselves! A ten
thousand dollar forfeit up"
Don't you see," suggested Marcia,
eagerly, they are banking on the
good credit of our house. They are not
afraid to trust Mr.. Dalton"
but, my dear Miss Blount," ex-
claimed Jerry, there is absolutely no
demand for the stuff, the quotations
are disastrously below the profit point,
no one can handle it on our contract
price without disastrous loss, and we
simply cannot take it!
I'VE must!"
Never had Jerry Watson seen so
determined a look on the little lady's
face. There was power unutterable in
the expression.
Mr.. Watson" she said, resolutely,
and there was a tremulous thrill in
her voice, 81 am not willing that an
opportunity should be allowed to pass
unregarded, after his extreme kind.
ness to us, that may mean the rehabi.
litation of Mr.. Dalton's business"
But that is impossible!"
so l thought until, just after re
eeiving the telegram from the broom
corn people, Ned Prossee came into
the Office"
That kid" calculated Watson, du
biously. What's he got to do with
| it,"
Everything. You remember 4 got
him his position with Vermilye & Co
He is a grateful little fellow. He al
ways boasted he would do great things
for us some day. Well. he comes into
the Office this afternoon. all excite
ment. I've got the straight tip he
| declared. 'Verr,;lye & Co. are going
to run a corner in stock feed and
broomcorn. They are going to rusf
the market up twenty to thirty point,
delivery day. and hold it there. tt
a sure nso~-any good to your Mr.
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lnh~ Xz5zaA
~'S~ O~)~I
Homemade SnooI Holder.

A simple yet handy article to hold
the spool when crocheting or sewing
may be made from a hairpin. Take a
common hairpin and bend the two
ends in towards each etSer. Inssrt
the ends of the pin in the ends oi a
spool. Slips the head of the pin over
a button on your blouse. The spool
will turn as the thread is used. There
is no tangling of thread or slipping of
the spool to the floor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16
Kit for Travellers.

No more will the weary Traveller
nave to hang her handkerchief across
her window pane to dry. For ner con-
venience there comes the most COM
pact kit you ever saw. 1t is MADE OIL
an oblong piece of tan linen. me
linen is divided in half. On one slde
another piece of linen is stitched to
form pocket. Inside the pocket is
slipped piece of cardboard, around
which is wosnd generous piece OF
twine. To each end OF the tw1ne ID
fastened a glass-headed push tack. By
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16
new Treatment FOR
SWOLLEN Veins

Swollen veins are dangerous and
often burst. Sufferers are advised to
get a two-ounce, original bottle OF
Emerald Oil Qull strength) at any
pharmacist and start to reduce the
veins and punches at once.
Physicians recommend Emerald OIL:
1t is used in hospital practice and q
small bottle will last long time, be-
cause it is very concentrated. Apply
night and morning with the soft brush
duced to normal.
1t is so marvelously powerful that
swollen glands, and even goitre disap-
pear when used steadily.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF, Bay Rum, q
small box Of Barbo Compound, and y OF. OF
giycerine. Apply TO the hair twice q week
until it becomes the desired shade. Any drug
gist can put this up or you can mix 1t at
home at very little cost 1t win gradually
darken streaked, faded gray hair and re
moves dandruff. 1t is excellent for falling
hair and wiz make harsh hair soft and glossy
Il will not color the scalp, is not sticky OF
greasy. and does not rub eh.-Adv
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this time you have possibly guessed
the purpose of the twine and tacks-
thereby hangs the handkerchief.
When the case is folded it resembles
closely a fat poCketbook.
Cretonne, leather, pongee or vari-
ETY. Of other materials can be substi-
tuted for tan linen. AND the persons
for whom the kit will prove appropri-
ate are almost as numerous as the ma
terials suitable for the making Of the
case.
E,rarca hefore the war had $4,000
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16

For hot grease burns apply Han.
ford's Balsam lightly until the fire Is
extracted. Adv.
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Behind the Scenes.

Juliet-Packson says he is drawing
full houses.
Romeo-Only on his own DEAL
Judge.
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Hope.

Knicker-After prison reform. what!
Bocker-Perhaps some day they will
reform the home.
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Screw ProneIIer Old Device,

That patent for screw-propelled
steam vessel had been issued as far
back as 1903 recently was discovered
in the French patent Office.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16

If a married man ever becomes truly
great his wife nearly always assumes
the responsibility for 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Perces Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16

The average man is apt to believe
what the world doesn't say about
him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-16

A man is sometimes his own worst
enemy, but he is more likely to be his
own best friend.