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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
DENouNcE ALCOHOL.

"rhere is no physician who will
speak a friendly word for alcoholic
liquor, either to be used as a medical
substance or as a beverage, and SCI
entific men now are unanimous in the
opinion that 1t Is harmful to the hui
man body" asserted DIR. Frederick r..
Green, secretary of the Council Of
health and Public Instruction of the
American Medical association, at its
recent convention at Detroit, Mich.
"At one time, within the past ten
or twelve years." said Doctor Green,
there was a belief that alcoholic
liquor taken in small quantities was
remedial in some cases, or at least was
mot harmful. This opinion has
changed and today booze is recognized
generally throughout the medical pro-
fession, not only as being not a rem
edy. but as being poisoner of the
system, IL cell destroyer and a deter
rent to efficiency"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
WATERMELON INFLUENCE.

In one of the large cities of a state
noted for its brewing interests, a w.
c. r. U. woman carries on a confec-
tionery business near public school.
Among her patrons is a son of di-
rector of one of the big breweries.
One day he entered her little store,
and after taking survey of her stock
to select his purchase. turned laugh
ingly to her and pointing to her white
ribbon pin said. with challenge in
his eyes: do you know how much
that little pin of yours cost my daddy
last year," The white-ribboner
smiled and replied: mot cent; l
paid for it out of my own pocket
book" ooh. you know what mean,"
persisted the boy. I'VE had a pow
WOW up at our house last night
mean meeting of the board of direc-
tors-and dad said this morning that
the white ribbon you women wear cost
him just 100000 last year."
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
THE LITTLE WHITE VICTIM.

We really should be thankful that
we live in these enlightened times
when our lives cannot easily be sworn
away in the courts, when medical men
know something Of medicine, and
hanging judges" are few and far be-
tween. A few weeks ago some merry
picnickers in western town refreshed
themselves with ice cream, and short
ly afterwards they were tying them
selves in sailors knots, and several
narrowly escaped death. The learned
physicians who were summoned said
that ptomaine poisoning was response
BILE, and nobody was hanged.
Had that occurred hundred years
ago, the doctors would have said that
arsenic was the cause of the calamity,
and the officers Of the law would have
gone hunting for the poisoner; then
woe betide anybody who was known
to have a grudge against any Of the
sufferers! How many innocent people,
accused Of poisoning. have been le-
gally butchered will never be known
until the roll is called up yonder, but
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

went ahead. Perhaps she was nerv-
Gus perhaps she forgot to put in some
necessary ingredients; however that
may be, the dumplings were a dismal
failure. They were fiat and heavy and
of color, and Elizabeth, who was heart
broken over it, wanted to throw them
into the alley, or give them to the de-
serving poor, but Mrs. Turner didn't
like to see anything go to waste, so
she had them served up.
The members of the family ate some
steak and potatoes and then tackled
the dumplings. After eating a small
portion, old Mr.. Turner reared up and
yelled. and bit a piece out of the bat.i
Of his chair and then began rolling
around on the floor. Then Robert
Gregson Turner gave a good imitation
of a contortionist; and presently Mrs.
Turner and the clerks did some ground
and lofty tumbling. Outrageous and
apOthecaries were summoned, and OF
course. they decided that the family
had been poisoned with arsenic. And
who but Elizabeth Fenning could have
administered the poison? Her guilt
was manifest. So Elizabeth went to
jail.
A great mass of evidence was in
troduced by the prosecution at the
trial, and all of 1t was so trifiing as
to be absurd. Great stress, for in
stance. was laid upon the fact that
Elizabeth had repeatedly asked per-
mission to make apple dumplings. This
was considered conclusive proof that
she had contemplated the crime long
time. 1t didn't occur to anybody that
dumplings were not necessary to the
administering Of arsenic. Had she
been anxious to poison the Turner's
she had opportunities every day.
Mrs. Turner testified at great length,
and in every sentence showed her
hatred of the girl. She testified that
there had been a paper of arsenic in
the drawer of the kitchen table, and
when she recovered from her sickness
she looked for the paper, but it was
gone. This made a deep impression
upon the jury, and seemed to stick in
their minds to the exclusion Of the
story Of one Of the clerks, who swore
that the package of arsenic had been
missing before Elizabeth went to work
for the Turner's. 1t was taken for
granted that arsenic had been used,
because an ignorant doctor and more
ignorant druggist said so. In after
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

mend your Compound to other ladies"
Mrs MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachuset Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. my troubles
were from my age, and I felt awfully
sick for three years. l had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. l took Lydia E. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WELL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box $50,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation Of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

clever petticoat Of taffeta, made to
year with full frOcks Of sheer mate
RAILS, substitutes a wide frill about the
hips for the hoop which is usually in
serted In a casing In the gown. 1t
has several points Of advantage over
the hoop. The flare in the frill results
from the stiffness Of the taffeta and Is
supported by parallel corded tucks.
The tucks are run In at two-inch inter-
sals and n cord Is run In the narrow
hem which extends about the bottom
and sides Of the frill.
The petticoat Is finished with shall
Tow scallops about the Bottom. outlined
with narrow frills which are extended
into rosettes. 1t Is shirred In at the
waistline to n bodice and fastens in
the back. The frill may be separate
md fastened on ut the waistline with
snap fasteners, SO That the petticoat
will serve for wear with other gowns
rs well rs those with wide flare
about the hips. With frocks of this
character the frill is more graceful
han the hoop and easier to manage. 1t
Is acceptable to women who will not
go to the extreme of the hoop and is
especially effective with dancing
frocks.
Taffeta is not the only silk used for
petticoats but Is the best choice for
one Of this particular kind. The Japa-
nese wash silks and crepe de chine
have steadily advanced in favor for
making under-garments. Aside from
the softness and luxury of silk 1t is
the easiest of fabrics to launder. Like
many fine, sheer cottons the soft, thin
silks are far more durable than they
hook. They are to be washed In luke
warm water with white soap and
ironed when about halfway dry. and
they emerge from the right kind OF
Gashing and ironing with their orig
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
ROLE WAS FORCED ON DADDY
Really Had No Desire to Act as Fa-
Their to the Girl, but He Had
Been ForestaIIed.

The dowagers and chaperOns whiS-
pered their surprise that SO young and
30 pretty girl should have devoted
herself the whole evening to a man 80
much her senior. True he danced
well enough and was known as q man
Of many millions. Still they had never
thought Meta mercenary.
Half way through the evening tho
couple disappeared onto a balcony. The
girl sat down and the man stood gaz-
ing down at her. Without the slight
est warning he asked her to be his
wife. He was widower, as she knew.
81 wanted to please you" she said,
''but did not expect this"
at is the unexpected that happens"
he said with smile.
"Tm sorry" she said. land I'm glad
at the same time. l have been trying
to make you like me-"
"Why?"
81 like you so much, as a father"
''Thanks," he interrupted 'Tm not
decrepit yet"
"Of course not. But I came here
solely 10 meet and be introduced to
you. Why? Because last night 1
married your SON.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

their names are legion. Among these
sacrifices to medical ignorance, and
stupidity, as well as to the blood
thirsty rapacity of prosecuting law
yers, none ever gained the public SYM
pathy to such a degree as did Eliza
beth Fcnning, who suffered on the tire
less British gallows nearly IL hundred
years ago.
For long time her name was Il
household word in England. When she
was sentenced to death some of the
greatest and most famous men in the
country exerted themselves in her be-
half; poets wrote verses about her :;
men, of high standing circulated petit
tons; the plain people held mass meet
ings and passed resolutions; but all in
vain. The British idea of justice, Il
hundred years ago, was that it is bet
ter to hang hundred innocent people,
than to let one guilty person escape.
Elizabeth Fenning was the daughter
of poor but worthy parents, and she
grew up with the knowledge that she
would have to work for her living.
Being n sensible girl. she determined
to excel in her humble calling, so she
became an excellent cook. At odd
times she studied diligently and gained
u general education that was unusual
in one of her station. She was pretty,
modest and self-respecting. and made
II good impression everywhere.
Upon an evil day she accepted a
portfolio as cook in the family of Rob-
ert Gregson Turner, London station
err. Turner's father lived with him,
and also two or three clerks. Mrs.
Turner was one of those imperious
Queen Elizabeth sort of women who
were more numerous-thankh heaven =
century ago than they are now. She
looked upon her servants and hand
maidens as being trifle less than hui
man, and always was reading the riot
act to them and making their lives
burden. She rebuked Elizabeth for
imaginary offenses. The girl, who did
her work conscientiously, was more
used to praise than criticism, and Mrs.
Turner'S lectures wounded her deeply
Elizabeth was a good cook, and she
took special pride in her apple dump.
lings. She felt that when it came to
apple dumplings she could please the
| crowned heads, and upon several oc.
casions she asked Mrs. Turner's per.
mission to prepare these delicacies
The old girl always vetoed this propo,
sition, saying that her folks didn't care
three wnoops for dumplings.. At last
the girl got permission to dish up some
Of her celebrated dumplings, so she
secured some yeast from the brewer
and some milk from the milkman, and
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

years an eminent British scientist
wrote a paper on this case, and DEM
Onstrated conclusively that the Turn
ers were not poisoned with arsenic,
whatever caused their sutferings. None
of the symptoms of arsenicul poisoning
WAS present.
All evidence against the girl was
freely admitted, but whenever wit
ness for the defense was on the stand,
his evidence was ruled out on one
prctext or another. and the unfortunate
girl was found guilty and sentenced
to death. Had she been convicted of
making bad dumplings and fined five
shillings that would be no cause for
complaint. but the girl really was
| banged for making poor dumplings.
Nobody outside the courtroom and the
Turner family ever believed she was
Il poiSoner.
Nothing could be more pitiful than
the fate of Elizabeth Fenning. Such
determined efforts were being made in
her behalf by great men and women
| that 1t seemed almost certain her SEN
| tence would be committed. But all
the efforts failed. and on the morning
| of July 20. 1915, she was told to pre-
pare herself for translation. She came
from her cell wearing a white muslin
dress and a snowy cap. Her pretty,
gentle face was untroubled, her eyes
undiSmayed. Hardened criminals and
men accustomed to horrible scenes had
tears on their cheeks while the execu-
toner bound her hands. A distin-
guished citizen of London, who had
worked night and day to save her,
stepped up to her, sobbing, and said :
| Tell me, Elizabeth, in the name of
God, that you are innocent"
| In the name of God, then, l am
innocent" replied the girl, and they
were her last words She died at the
age of twenty-one, and no gallOws was
ever put to more barbarouS use.
Next day, and for several days there
after crowds collected in the street
where the Turner's lived, and lombard
ed the house with rocks, and it was
a long time before any of the Turner's
could appear in public with safety,
Elizabeth's parents had bankrupted
themselves trying to secure justice for
her and fund was raised for their
relief and the fact that money for
that fund came from all over Europe
shows how intense was the indignation
over the murder OF this unfortunate
girl.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Lingerie Seams.

Instead of joining the seams of lin.
gerie with fine beading or having them
hemstitched, you may try this method
Put about eight thicknesses of wrap
ping paper between the two edges to
be scanned. Then with loose ten.
sion on the sewing machine and a
medium sized stitch. stitch as you
would any seam. Pull the paper away
and roll or hem down the raw edges
If the seam. When the stitching is
pulled apart it looks very much like
hcmstitching.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

Designers of neckwear are casting
about for new things to be introduced
along with the presentation of gowns
and other wear for fall. So far there
is not much change in collars except
chat the cape collar has grown less at
the front and considerably longer at
the back. The shawl collar runs to
extremes and becomes a cape, and the
fichu has few devotees. Neckwear
is in the experimental stage and its
makers must take their cue after the
last word in frocks and blouses for fall
has been spoken.
Meantime pretty organdie collars
like those shown in the picture enjoy
an undisturbed popularity. They are
made in all white and in white with
colcred borders and embroidery. Three
GOOD examples of them are shown in
the group.
One is a small triple cape collar
Of organize which is delightfully."- crisp
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
TAX RATE DECREASING.

Mr.. F. J. Yea, president of the
Stoughton (Wis.) Wagon works, states
that in the last year of the saloons ex-
istence in Stoughton the tax rate was
% mills. 'In 1914 the tax rate was
1863 mills despite the fact that Slough
ton has undergone more public i'm
provements than in any seven years Of
the wet regime" says Mr.. Yea. ave
paid the bonds for the city hall, built
an $4,000 high school, installed new
sewers and built cement sidewalks and
paved streets. The city owns its two
electric light and power plants"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
GREAT WAR MEASURE.

Ex-senator Henry w. Blair, who in
troduced in the United States con-
gress the first bill for national consti-
tutional prohibition, in a recent letter
to Miss Anna A. Gordon. president of
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, writes:
Prohibition is the great peace
measure. 1t is peace itself. 1t is the
greatest Of all war measures. All par
ties and all nations must be for per-
sonal and worldwide prohibition"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Minor Feature.

This trick of using facings that give
a dashing color note to the costume
Is becoming one of the most impor-
tant minor features of modern clothes.
1t made its first appearance on the
skirt, in the wide cascades Of fabric
that rippled down the right side from
hip to hem; and after it was estab-
lished In this part of the gown II
appeared here and there over the en-
tire costume.
The millners recognize 1t as one of
the most attractive ways to make a
hat becoming to a face.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Between-Seasons Neckwear.

and plain, having the three little capes
finished with plain narrow hens.
A design that is something between
cape and n sailor collar Is of plain
transparent organdie bordered with a
fine embroidery of the same material.
In nearly all bordered collars hem
stitching serves to join the embroidery
to the collar.
A sailor collar with revers is made
of white transparent Organdie and Dor
dered with colored organdie en-
broidered in white. 1t is one of the
prettiest offerings of the artists in
neckwear and will almost convert a
plain waist into a costume blouse.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Portiere Holders.

You will remember grandmother had
these affairs frequently made of brass
how they are made of tin, given n
lacquer of black paint, decorated with
bright colored flowers and edged with
golden quinn
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
MADE NO DEBT.

After the saloons were driven out
of Kansas City, Kan, the states larg-
est city, for the first time in twenty
years that municipality made no debt
for current expenses. And this with
out saloon revenue, as its mayor at
that time, U. S. Guyer, has recorded
in a signed statement.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Temperance
l'aNOte5!a
ALLY OF TEMPERANCE.

ALLY OF TEMPERANCE.
As a sample of what many of the
big corporations are doing In the way
Of temperance education. take the fol-
lowing poster put up in the shops of
the GIer Pressed Steel company, Lam
sing. Mich:
YOU CAN'T DRINK AND MAKE
GOOD.
Modern Business Sets Pace Too Fast
for Drinking Mans Mind to Keep
Up-he 10 Not In the
Running.
Science Proves by Delicate Instru
ments Of Precision That He
Thinks, Sees, Hears and Acts
More Slowly Than the
Man Who Doesn't
Drink.
Nothing will destroy the usefulness
of o strong brain as quickly as alco-
holt Is just as disastrous to mans
delicate mental machinery as hand
full of sand to the mechanism of a
watch. A dollar watch will stand Il
great deal more sand than a hundred
dollar one. That will explain why
some men can drink quantities of IL
quor and brag that 1t doesn't injure
them-and it will explain why few
drinks are SO injurious to another.
Bright business ideas, ambition. en-
ergy and execution fade under the in
fiuence of alcohol like a dream, to be
replaced by air castles, Large talk"
laziness, sluegishness and neglect.
These conditions are not only found
in the drunkard who drinks all the
liquor he can get, but are even more
strongly marked in the steady three-or-
four-drinks-a-day drunkard. He, Of
this latter class, lays great stress to
the declaration that he Is not drunk
ard-yet his system and brain are fully
as saturated with alcoholic poison as
the other mans. One takes his pol
son Quickly-the other slowly.
Slow poisoning-quick poisoning
and physicians have always reckoned
slow poisoning the surest.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

Lydia E Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound. When Twas
IS and had the
Oh &c of Life,
. friend recon-
mended it and
gave me such reH4
from my bad feel
ings that l took
several bottles. I
am now well and
healthy and roror.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Restful.

THAT hired man of yours is a very
picturesque figure" remarked the art
ist. I'D like to paint him."
Go ez fur ez you like" replied the
farmer. but it seems to me I've heard
sOmewheres tibet they amt much Of
any market fur still life pictures"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Cobweb STOCKINGS,

Stockings are still as fine as cob
webs, and match the shoes In color.
To go with dressy costumes they may
have clocks embroidered in silk or
beads.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
Nothind More.

"1our wife must be very solicitous
about YOU.
"Why do you say that?'
"She writes every day
"She's solicitous about the canary"
Louisville COurier-JOurnal.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

innl freshness and luster. The finer
lingerie laces. some embroidery and
small tucks. are employed for decOrat-
Ing the corset covers. chemise, and
nightdresses made of wash silks.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

MIR. Parvenu boasts he has all the
gems OF literature in his library"
I'll bet they're uncut gems, then
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-08
WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.

Durand, Wis.-"I am the mother Of
fourteen children and owe my life to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-10
Report That English Heir Now
Seeks Hand of Italian Princess

ROME, July 10.-Unofticial reports
that Prince Edward Albert of Wales.
heir apparent to the British throne,
throne, seeks the hand of Princess
Yoland, the eldest daughter of King
Victor Emanuel of Italy, have excit-
ed widespread discussion here. The
rCmor is surprise to Italians gen.
orally, for it has been supposed tha:
the British prince would marry one
OF the daughters of Emperor Nicholas
of Russia, but there are a number Of
incidents that have led the Italian
people to believe that Prince Edward
will marry the Princess Yolanda.
1t is now stated that the reason OF
the visit Of the Duke of Connaught to
the Italian King in May was to pre-
sent the formal request of the Kine
ard Queen Of England for the hano
Of the Princess Yolanda. The Prin.
cess is only fifteen years old, and the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-10

Prince is only twenty-five. She re.
ceived an English education from
babyhood under the tutelage of an
English governess, Miss Brown, and
those who know her intimately have
spoken of her as one of the best mar
riagable prospects in European royal
families. She is said to be an ex-
tremely sensible and practical girl
having been brought up in a family
that is peculiarly domestic, and being
the oldest girl in the family, her royal
intimates say she has been regarded
as the boss Of the household. She
has always acted as the protectoress
of her younger sisters and her broth
er, Prince Humbert. Sometimes she
has extended this rule even to her
mother, the Queen. The latter, on one
occasion recently, when speaking to
the American wife of an Italian iourn.
alist, said Il rarely attempt to SPEAK
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-10
HOME GUARDS CALL
YOU FOR TUESDAY

All white male citizens over 81 years
of age are requested to bear in mind
the call for the meeting at the arm
DRY of the Americas Light Infantry
Tuesday night at o'clock in the in
terests of the organization of the
Home Guards.
Representative Crawford Wheatley
secured a plan in Atlanta whereby
the organization could be legally per-
fected, and he has drawn up, the petit
ton to Governor Harris.
At the meeting Tuesday right it is
planned to discuss matters and take
steps necessary for organization.