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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
EASY FOR AMATEUR

Shop windows and counters are YER
liable catch-pennies-Or rather catch
dollars-these days, for the novelties
they offer are truly fascinating TO
the woman who pretends at all to keep
I'D with the styles. Bags and collars,
shoes, stockings, umbrellas, fur hat and
muff sets, handkerchiefs, gloves-all
the hundred and one accessories which
the well-dressed woman affects, have
scared from the class of necessities
into that of luxuries, and hence are
impossibilities to the woman whose
pockettook is not plump.
Now. the clever woman need not
worry If she has time at her disposal,
for she may fashion many of the
small novelties herself.
Take, for Instance, the new bags.
When leather bags were in vogue one
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Make the Most of Life.

"But, when you come right down to
it, why should anyone want to live to
be one hundred or even ninety? A
man who was said to be one hundred
and eight years old attended one of
the Billy Sunday meetings here, and
everyone who saw him pitied him. He
was q wrinkled shadow of man who
lived beyond his time.
The chief end of life, says the Kan
sas City Star, should not be so much
to live to be eighty or ninety years old
as to get the most out of the years
that he does live, end the only way to
do that is to live rightly, which means
sanely, temporarily, usefully, with due
regard to the rights and feelings of
others. Living that way you may not
exist for great span of years, but
you will have the satisfaction of know
ing that you made the most Of the
years that were allotted you.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

tidy price for really chic feather or
nament, hat and trimming will not
amount to such a large sum that the
average woman cannot afford 70 be
very chic and modern. For a wee bit
of feather and garnishment goes
long way and a button, buckle or
cabOchon of plumage will sufficiently
trim a very wide-brimmed hat.
All-feather turbanS are among the
exclusives in millinery. They come
in black and white combinations, in
speckled pheasant feathers and in
grebe feathers with iridescent hues.
The taupe-colored and burgundycol-
ored feather turbans are especially
smart.
While there is little trimming used
on the smart hats of the period, the
decorative touch is always impaired In
a distinctive manner. Vivid parti-col-
Ored feathered cOckadeS are favored
and also large plaques made from COM
position of various kinds and set in
rims of old gold filigree. Then there
is wide choice of head fancieS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
SCOFFER RISES TO REMARK
Assertion That All Men Are Born
Free and Equal.

"They say that all men are born
free and equal Sure It's daylight
in the daytime an dark at night, too.
What about it? All the horses in the
Suburban Handicap start from the
same post at the same time, but that
amt sayin' they get back together.
They go under the webbin' with their
tails in line, startin' equal an free to
get back as quick as their legs'll let
'em. That don't buy 'em any hay, you
know. They don't get nothin' for start
in. That's the reason why they start
equal. Anybody'll give anybody their
half Of nothin' that nobody wants!
1.-THE hay stake and the getaway
moneys all paid for the finish; an
buhlieve me, BIO, them nags that dust
ed the same part o. the track with
their hind feet at the same time don't
nose the dough together. An what o.
that? If they did, nobody'd ever put
up the dough to run for, an they
wouldn't be no horse racin'. Then all
the ponies could drag plows, couldn't
they? Yeh! But some could go down
a cornfield quicker than some others,
and the ones that got into the end
of the furrow first would get the most
eats an the best stalls. Free an
equal l"-William Slavens McNutt in
Munsey's Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
COULDN'T LEARN TO DRILL
Ran Away to Avoid Making
Trouble for Officers.

There is something rather fine about
the excuse made by a deserter who was
charged at Willesden police court. says
the London Globe. This unfortunate
was unable to read or write. which just
shows that education can have no in
fluence on the qualities of the heart.
He told the bench that he left the army
because he was so sorry for the off,
GERS. A captain, two lieutenants. a
sergeant major, two sergeants and
three corporals had tried to teach him
to drill; but he was totally unable TO
learn il.
Why, argued this man, illiterate but
of noble mind, waste the time of these
able officers on useless labor? Why
impose on them the Sisyphean toll of
trying to drill the undrillable? He
could imagine the enthusiasm with
which they turned TO the instruction of
more teachable recruits.
We could wish there were more like
him, remarks the Globe. There are
those who are unable to learn, but
cannot recognize it. You may tell a
certain type of office boy four thousand
times TO put the waste paper basket on
the right side of your desk. and on the
four thousand and first time he will
place it on the left, as ever But he
will not dream of removing himself
How different from the deserter of
Willesdenl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

neighbor told my mother about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
! took it. and now / feel like new
person. I don't suffer any more and I
am regular every month. Mrs. HAZEL
HAMILTON, SD South 18th St
When a remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in popularity
and influence, and thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owe
their health to it, is it not reasona-
BILE to believe that it is an article Of
great merit?
If you want special advice write
to Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read
and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Male Anuels.

Ever think of this" he went ON
without looking up. "that all the an
gels and saints mentioned in the
Scriptures are referred To as hes?'
That's because the Scriptures were
all written by men-the ballots they
cast in advance for their own immor-
tally. The prejudices of your sex
have laid sort Of spiritual impropri-
ETY. upon us in the next world" I re-
torted sharply.
81 don't know" he laughed; women
may be needed so much forever in this
world that the Lord can't spare you
just TO sing soprano in heaven
From "a Circuit Riders Widow" by
Cora Harris in the Saturday Evening
Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

80 forth. The hit-Or-miss burglar may
get anything or nothing. He is much
more liable to get caught.
Tom had seen an old house which
stood in an unfre quented road. 1t had
taken his fancy. There must be
wealth in that, he thought-silver
plate. possibly jewelry. He had seen
the cid man who came limping out TO
enter his automobile. and had noticed
that he had no butler-only female
servant. He had looked through the
windows at night and seen the old
master seated alone in his chair. read
ing. There was u massive library. Tom
Linton resolved to make another bid
for capital.
He was fascinated by the life, but he
felt that the world was against him.
And. with Molly lost. somehow he
cared very little about anything.
He laid his plans well, discovered the
policeman's beat allowed him ten min
utes' grace, and. soon after one in the
morning, he climbed through the win
dow on the side and made his way
along the corridor in the darkness. Tom
had acquired the feel" of house. He
knew that there would be room at n
certain place on the right, and another
opposite; but he was not sure which
was the dining room. and he had no.
ton 10 try for old silver. Back in the
yard he had his bag, and there was q
convenient hiding place at the foot of
the nil.
He opened the door on the right
noiselessly, felt for the switch and
turned the button. He looked into the
library.
For a moment he was startled; then
he perceived that the room was much
larger than he had believed, extending
right through the house. He crept for
ward eau iously. Some heavy curtains
hung between the front and rear parts,
shutting Off half the room from view.
Linton moved softly up 10 the cur
tains. He drew them aside and found
himself locking at Molly.
She was in evening dress, with a
long cloak. unbuttoned. over IL. In her
right hand she held revolver, and she
was aiming Ii at Toms head.
Tom could not say word. Molly
and he continued TO look at each other
txedly. Oddly enough, at such crisis,
Tom felt that his clothes were shabby.
$50 IL is you, Tom," said Molly pres
emily.
"You-you live hereT stammered
Tom.
Does 1t look like lit So you are up
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In the Old
House
@aoS-
Copyright. 1916. by w. C. Chapman.)
1870
By CLARENCE RIDGE

Copyright. 1916. by w. @. Chapman-)
Tom Linton had served four and
quarter years when he was released
from the penitentiary with new suit
and fourteen dollars in his pocket, and
he had one idea in mind, to find Molly,
his sweetheart, and marry her and
start decent life In some place where
he was unknown.
For eighteen months Molly had CINE
TO see him, or written. Then she had
dropped out of his life Linton did not
feel bitter about this. He knew few
women would be true fc- a fve-year
term; but he knew he could win her
rified him-if she had not married an
other
Both Molly and Tom came of decent
folk. Molly had never known until
Tom was arrested that he had lived by
crime; and Tom, with nine hundred
sailed away, had meant to marry her
and quit the life. But he had tried
once more-burglary. He had been
caught red-handed, and he had lost
everything, including his money
which his lawyer had taken.
He could not find Molly. Nobody
knew anything about her and fourteen
dollars does not last very long in big
city. Tom soon turned his thoughts
toward the old career.
In one way his opportunities were
10,
criminal. He had taken to crime, but
he had not been born to 1t. He haC
never worked with a man in his life
He was the solitary criminal whom the
police fear more than any other sort
Now, in burglary the advantages OF
partnership are obvious. There is &
good deal of spade work to be done
first, getting acquainted with maids
gaining entrance to the grounds, ant
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Mammoth Cookina Kettle

Recently q well-kncwn brass and
copper company in Indianapolis took
pride in displaying on the streets of
that city a huge copper kettle it had
made, which has capacity Of approx
mately 1000 gallons-big enough to
hold y men without crowding them,
as a photograph in the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine testifies. Five men
worked six weeks TO complete it.
This is without doubt one of the
largest cooking kettles in the United
States. 1t will be used by fruit com
pany in New Jersey in boiling orange
and lemon peel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
VOGUE NOW FOR FEATHERS
Hat Ornaments Of All Shades and De-
signs Are Shown in Really Amaz-
ing Display.

One has only to glance at the coun-
tiers and counters of feather hat orna-
ments TO be assured that these trim
mings are tc have an unprecedented
vogue. Never were feathers contrived
into such novel and intriguing ef-
fects; these conventional feather
wings are present but nobody notices
them in the amazing display of but
tons, buckles, bands, cockades, rosettes
and what-not all made o. tiny, bright
hued plumage and ready TO sew on vel
vet hats. One round feather button in
shades of orange, scarlet and gold VIII
add incalculable style TO simple vel
vet sailor, and though one must pay q
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Open Copper Mine in citys Center

A copper mine is to be opened in
the very heart of the city OF Hunting
ton. W. Va. Thirty-five years ago two
men employed to dig a we'll in what
was then a brickyard struck a hard
substance at a depth OF 20 feet, which
at first was thought TO be gold, but
which analysis showed to be a high
grade of copper. The well was aban-
doned. Now company has been Or
ganized by citizens to develop the
mipe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
OF INTEREST TO MOTHERS

The cost of food today Is q serious
matter 10 all of you. To cut down
your food bills and at the same time
improve the health Of your family,
serve them SINNERS Macaronl and
Spaghetti two or three times per week.
Children love 1t and thrive on it. II
is the best possible food for adults.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co.. Omaha.
Nebr., for beautiful cook book telling
how TO serve ii in a hundred ways.
It's free TO every mOther.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Cold louic.

Father. gimme ii good lickin' and
make me cry" was the astonishing re-
quest little Jimmy made one day.
What makes you want such an alb
surd thing?" inquired father.
You'll hit me and I'll holler with all
my might and mother will wipe my
face with her apron and give me a
penny and I'll buy candy" came the
logical reiOinder.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

simply had to buy them; but now the
CONNECTIONS of silk and beads can be
made by amateur fingers. In the group
of bags sketched you have five vari-
cites.
On the extreme right is stole bag,
bead-embroidered. This may be made
from q remnant of the frOck or suit
material and embroidered in many col
ored beads with metal threads.
The. bag with the feather bottom
comes in evening colOrs and is topped
with soft satin. This bag is unique
in that it can be used as fan.
The striped bag may be crocheted
from silk, either in colorings of the
bright Roman stripes or in cOmbina-
ton of two colors, or black and white
1t is finished with silk tassel, and a
ribbon run through the crocheted eye
lets at the top fastens on a ring of
jade or jet or tortoise shell.
Checkings of solid beadwork mark
the unusual little bag of black velvet
This solid beadwork can be done first
on q light canvas and sewn on The
bag or done directly on the velvet. Il
takes time and is tedious, but is well
worth the trial.
Petals of taffeta edged with tiny
beads overlap to form very hand
some bag, which may be developed in
light shades for evening use or il
black or dark blue for daytime car
rying.
A band of mole fur outlines two
disks of suede embroidered witt
beads to form a sporranlike bag fol
tailored ,,SC
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Slippers for the Little Ones.

There is a paper pattern for a most
attractive pair of child's slippers.
They look like cats heads, and are
made of some soft, woolly material.
They are in the shape of heelless
mules, and the part that slips over
the toes has the face on 1t, with little
outstanding ears TO make it more renl-
iStic
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
II DON'T SUFFER
ANY MORE"
."Feel Like a New Person"
says Mrs. Hamilton.
New Castle, Ind" From the time
Twas eleven years old until was seven

teen i suffered each
month so | had to be
in bed i had head
ache, backache and
such pains I would
cramp double every
month / did not
know what it was
to be easy q minute
My health was ell
run down and the
doctors did not do
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Mortified.

al never was so mortified in my life."
whats the matter nOw?"
"You know that little gown / bought
for $3.50 that looked as though it
must have cost four times that. and
was so becoming 10 me? / never
dreamed anyone would guess its price
or where l bought IT."
We'll, did anyoneT
"Yes. / wore IL for the first time
last night at a dinner dance and there
were lust Is other women there with
gowns exactly like it-"-Detroit Free
Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
NOVEL LITTLE KEY HOLDER
Easily Fashioned From Round Hand
Embroidery Frame and a Little
Brightly Colored Brocade.

This is easily and quickly made from
round hand-embroidery frame. A
piece of brightly colored brocade is
cut little larger than the frame and
is stretched on by the usual method
The edges may be cut off neatly and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Head Flower Hair Ornaments.

Instead of q Spanish comb, three
dahlias of shaded red and pink crystal
beads were worn below her left ear
by a beautiful Partisan at charity
ball in Blarritz recently.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
A Key Holder.

a few brass or gilt hooks sewn on,
one at the top for hanging the holder
up, the others for the keys. The
wooden frame may be left its natural
color or may be enameled white or
gilded, according to taste.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

Fashion has decreed that the pointed
collar should again be one of the
style features in women's coats.
This ermine fur coat with Deep
pointed collar shows one of the sea-
sons latest models. The collar is
trimmed with ermine tails. The
coat is Ioose-fitting, with one Of the
empire effect belts, which will be
worn extensively this winter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
The Kind.

81 am afraid my fate has put me in
the hands of sharks"
Then it looks like it was your fate
to a finish"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03

on September 5, 1914, at noon, French
battery Of "75's" leaving the village of
Iverny. something less than twenty miles
due east Of Paris and less than five from
Meaux, suddenly came under the fire OF a
German battery. on the Monthyon-Pen-
chard Hill, little TO the east. The cap
tain was killed and the battery made a
hasty retreat. These were the first shots
fired in the Battle Of the Marine. The next
four days saw the greatest battle of mod
ern history, fought by far more than two
million men over a front of not less than
one hundred and fifty miles from the envi-
rons Of Paris to the forts of Verdun.
In this battle a German army, which
had moved from victory to victory, whose
marching flank had passed from Liege,
through Brussels almost to the gates Of
Paris, was turned back, compelled to re-
treat. on one flank not less than seventy
miles, leaving behind it guns, flags and
prisoners. More than this. the decisive
battle for which German military men had
been preparing for forty years was lost,
the promise Of swift, short and irresist-
ible blow, which the violation of Belgian
neutrality held out, was vitiated, the often
siye was lost and beaten army was COM
PEELED TO dig itself into trenches from
which it has been able to make no consid-
cradle advance during the whole period of
the war.
The Miracle Of the Marine
This is what the French call "the miracle
Of the Marne." While it was going for
ward no detailed accounts were possible.
After it was completed the great events
that followed robbed it Of public interest.
Now, on the second anniversary, l shall
endeavor 10 set forth briefly the story Of
the decisive phases Of this battle as il
was told TO me on the battlefelds by French
officers a few months ago, or is disclosed
IN the French works, unhappily little trans
lated as yet.
To understand the course of this gigan.
nc struggle it is necessary first to dismiss
the familiar legend that the French armies,
which won the battle-the British contri. /.
ribution was insigniicant-were ever
routed The battle was not the sud-
den rally of thousands and hundreds of
thousands of soldiers who had been for
days fleeing before a victorious enemy. 1t
was the result Of clear, cool and deliber- 1
ate plan, and il was in obedience TO this
plan that the several French armies, to-
gether with the small British force which
fought at the Marine, had been drawn back
from the frontier TO the field Of the con-
Aict. The sole purpose Of French strategy
In the opening days of the war had been to
Keep these armies intact until the direc-
Ton and nature of the main German thrust
were disclosed. Incident 10 this plan Joffre
had undertaken several minor offensives, /;
IN Alsace, in Lorraine and in Belgian Lux !
enburg. These had resulted in the de-
leafs of Morhange and Neufchateau and {
'ne useless victory, after initial defeat, {
about Mulhausen.
All the armies engaged in these battles {
had retired TO their earlier positions and
MADE good their lines, repulsing all at c
JACKS But the French army sent north G
""srd Belgium. together with the British. c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03

Continued on page 2.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10

friends at Westerville for several
weeks returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Letitia Kimmel of Greenville, and
Mrs. Clara Kimmel and children were
Sunday evening guests OF Evin Disher
and wife. j. @. Beard and wife en-.
tertained last Thursday, Mr.. and Mrs
John Neikirk Of Maryland, George
Beard and wife and Walter Rautsaw
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Eby entertain
ed at dinner Sunday, William Beard
Of Dayton, Mr.. and Mrs. John Neikirk
of Maryland. Frank Beard and family
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beard, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. @. Beard, Misses Hazel Beard
and Helen Miller. Isaac Miller and
wife, Frank Schreel and family OF
Greenville and Bert Schlientz and fam
lily were afternoon visitors. Joseph
Mcpherson and wife were Saturday
evening visitors at the home of H. r
Mcpherson and family. &C. w. Mar
tin and wife and Mansel Mills and
family of near New Madison, were
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-10
, ELDORADO, OHIO
James Wrenn and family and Har

James Wrenn and family and Harry
Campbell OF De Graft, O., spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. p. Campbell
$685.. Earl Flatter and family and Mrs.
Elizabeth Flatter Of williamsburg, were
entertained Sunday, by Mrs Elizabeth
Barnhart. Rev. Sarah L. Stoner of
Eaton, Lester Geeting of near Otter.
bein and Miss Hattie Wellbaum were
Sunday guests of A. A. Miller and fam.
fly. Carol Shewmon Of Dayton,
spent Sunday and Monday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Shewmon
and family. :. Rev. ]. H. Blackford
and daughter, Lenore, spent Sunday
afternoon in the country with Mrs.
Elizabeth Banfil and family.
Visit With Children.
Mrs. Letitia Kimmel of Greenville,
came Thursday, to spend sometime
with her children, J. M. Kimmel and
family and Ozro Kimmel and family.
-. Walter Rautsaw and family enter
tanned at their. country home, Sunday,
G. E. Shewmon and family and Frank
Blackford and family. Mr. and Mrs.
Evin Disher, Mrs. Elizabeth Creager
and Warren Gregg motored to New
Weston Thursday, where they attend
ed the large annual hog sale of the for
mer's SON, Warren Disher.. !. Miss
Hazel Beard, who has been visiting