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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-20

balance of Power.
To say that one alliance has the
strategic initiative over the other
merely means, broadly speaking. that
it is attacking and its opponents con-
sequently are on the defensive But
there is more than one kind of at
tack. Perhaps the best nontechnical
definition of strategic initiative
would be the statement that the side
which has it can impose its viii upon
the other, so far as the conduct of
military operations is concerned. II
can attack when and where it pleascs
or if it prefers il can force its enemy
TO attack In the latter case the power
which has the strategic initiative. but
is fighting. as the Germans did last
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-20

Wife-Mercy. What's the matter
with your face? You look as though
you'd been in a battle
Hub was getting shaved by n
lady barber when "A mouse ran across
the floor
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-20
4 Valid ENcuSe

Madam. why do you want to get
out of doing jury duty!"
Judge, haven't thing fit to
wear"
'Taleswoman excused"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-20
Gradually Changed.

"All the while. and through all the
second year of the war, the actual
strength Of the enemy had been fall
ing, and the actual strength Of the
entente rising. Probably lto military
change during the last two months
has taken many by surprise. But 1t
is the consequence Of causes which
have been steadily and Increasingly
at work over the greater part of the
last two years. If the Germans could
not force the decision they hoped for
the time was inevitable when the
tables would be turned upon them.
1T should be noted, however. that
as their offensive has been brought
to an end. the necessity on their part
of forcing a decision is now no longer
operative. The evil they sought to
avoid Ia before them in being. The
necessity they are now confronted
with is Of a character totally opposite
II Is the necessity not Of forcing a
decision, but of thwerting u decision.
In short, the former roles are re-
versed. Economic pressure doubt
less, among other influences. keeps in
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-20
CEASELESS PRESSURE ON ALL FRONTS

British Military Authority Explains Position as Hope
less for Central Powers Who Lose Most of the Effect
of Their Greatest, Asset the Big Gun, Which Wins in
Attack but Not on Defense
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-20
Strategic Initiative N0W
Passes to Entente Allies

Loss of This Advantage Must Force Germans to Stand
ON Defensive to End, Experts Say; Lack of Reserves
Will Prevent Any More Great Teuton Onslaughts to
Force Decision.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12
THE p. o. DEPARTMENT

Senator Hardw Georgia. handed Brother Bureson and his
recently the floor of the Senate Said
he 81 want to tell my Florida Senator Bryan that
my state was not as certainly it is the conduct of the
Post Department State would have lost it votes
although stand and still have plenty to spare
If it were Middle West would be impossible for the
party carry with such administration OF the
had there to this matter
The State of Georgia is not alone in its
complaints regarding the administration of the Post Office Depart
men organization of the Post Office Department by
eency been exhibited under
Roper Blaksee regime Members of the House and
correspondence from their constituents
they receiving AS campaign
issue the Department makes good Republican asset
Huntington Herald
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12
BOUNDARY DISPUTE OF LATIN Ma.
TIONs MAY LEAD TO WAR

Washington, July 10-Oflcial dis
patches received today in Latin-Ameri-
can diplomatic quarters say a secret
agreement has been made between
Peru and Venezuela with the object
of taking vast tracts of lands rightful
possession of which they dispute with
Colombia and Ecuador. Grave fears
for the peace of the nations involved
are expressed.
The boundary disputes involving the
four countries have been of some long
standing and at one time or another
some of them have approached settle
ment. 1t had been reported that Co
lombia and Peru had approached an
understanding of their difficulties and
that an arbitration was in contempla-
tion. An award in the dispute between
Venezuela and Columbia was made
by Spain in 1891.
The four legations here profess to
Phave little knowledge of the situation
Not long ago Secretary Lansing pro-
posed that all the Latin-American re-
publics should bind themselves by
treaty with the United States to arbi-
trate their belligerency disputes. Moth
ing came Of the suggestion.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

There is more Catarrh In this Sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years doctors pronounced 1t to be
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable
Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only Constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally. II
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

work and washing for eleven and | can
truthfully say Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been a godsend
to me for would have been in my grave
today but for it. / would tell all wo.
men suffering as was to try your valu'
able remedy. Mrs. VIM. GREEN, 332
S. Addison Street, indianapolis, Indiana.
There is hardly neighborhood in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
II there is anything about which you
would like special advice, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12
MOTHEB
lRy George W. Adair.l

Wy uCOiB sc W. huoAc
Mother! 1t is a charming word en-
dowed with magic love
To sooth the sad and troubled soul In
many gloomy hour.
It sweeps the wave chards, like songs
of angels, heard in sweet dreams
II opens the fountains of the heart as
spring unlocks the streams.
No voice like hers whose lullaby was
Ger our cradle sung
Can soothe the heart by sorrows stern
cold hand too rudely wrung
No hand like hers whose gentle touch
in childhood panished pain.
Can fold the downy wings of sleeI
above the throbbing brain.
The world worn spirit widely tossed
by futures treacherous gale,
Sees in the storms the friends OF
whom its hopes were anchored fai
And seeking rest as to the ark turned
the waveweary dove
From smiling masks and throbbins
hearts turns to mothers love
And pausing DER the cruel scorn Of
faithless friends to grieve
Cries Mother! Mother! Yours the
heart that never could deceive!
Oh but to lay this aching head child
like upon your breast
And sobbing out by griefs once more
sink in your arms to rest!
The outlaw bold and hard of hear
with dark and sin-stained soul
Der which the fiercely surging waves
of passion madly roll
Tho he the great, all fathers love ant
mercy fails to see
Can ne'er forget the childish prayer
lsped at his mothers knee.
While struggling on with weary feet
to reach the cloudless land
Tho wrong, deceit, and dark distrust
around us ever stand
Thoughts of a mothers love lift up the
head in anguish bowed
And shine out thru life's darkest woes
like sunshine thru cloud
Her prayers tho long the mute, cold
lips have lain beneath the 500
Will ever seem like guiding stars to
lead us home to God.
They follow us thru joy and woe-they
reach DER land and wave
The first beside the cradle breathes
the last beside the grave.
Compared with hers all other love is
like an April day
That folds its smiles and frowns at
last in cold gray mists away.
AS boundless as the uniyerse-pure as
the heaven above
Ending as eternity-such is a mothers
love.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

down that / could
not work. / was
thin, pale and weak,
W weighed but 100
pounds and was in
bed most of the
time. | began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege tai e
Compound and five
m o n tn s la ter l
weighed 1888 pounds.
I do all the house,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

again that England Germany and France
deng the appointment of joint commission for the consideration
of Europe If there thing under the that the
the world ardenty desires is that this be found
conceived i'm the fertile brain of lying for
The world saated with the unspeaabe
of this 1t peace and it wants to continue
until the crack of DOOM
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

With warm weather hopping along
we may expect a noticeable impetus in
the fine art of local open air counting.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

II unable to determine the exact
cost of the war each day. just come
to the Office and we'll tell you mighty
quick how much you owe us.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

Funny, but true. Some mems brains
are about as effective as the bobbed
tail of horse in fly time.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Intelligent motherhood conserves
the nations best crop?
Heavy eating like heavy drinking
shortens life?
The registration of sickness is even
more important than the registration
of deaths?
The U. s. Public Health Service co
operates with state and local author
tiles to improve rural sanitation?
Many severe cold ends in tubercu-
losis?
Sedentary habits shorten life7
Neglected adenoid and defective
teeth in childhood menace adult
health7
A low infant mortality rate indi-
Gates high community intelljgence2
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

The road Agernon paved with hard knocks and
lined with stngs adversely Get and hump
self.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

You've noticed doubt that these brilliant takers make
blamed poor listeners and mighty slim doers
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

China, it seems, is becoming civil
lied. War is picking up.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12
WIFE TOO I'LL
TO WORK
IN BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored byLydie
E. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
Compound.

indianapolis, Indiana. - "My health
was so poor and my constitution so run
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

A low infant mortality rate indi-
Gates high community intelljgence2
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

sedentary habits shorten lIfe'
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

Many a severe cold ends in tubercu.
losis?
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-12

Intelligent motherhood conservei
the nations best crop?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15

NAVY BLUE NET WITH LACE 1OhE
AND TUNIC AND SKIRT BOX
PLEATED.
years and which might bear the defini-
ton of a tunic. we call a Russian
blouse.
Possibly, with the revival of so many
of the fashions of 1860. 1870 and 1880,
the sartoriaI names OF those days may
be revived. At any rate. when the dress
makers and dress reporters speak or a
tunic these days they really mean an
overskirt-
There is a suspicion on the part OF
the layman that the introduction of one
full skirt over another is advanced to
help the sellers of cloth and the mills
behind these sellers. There seems to be
an urgent desire on the part of every
person on this continent TO share in the
prosperity, real and fictitious, which
has threatened America Therefore, the
mill people want to sell all the cloth
they can and SO do the shops. the dress
makers want an excuse TO ask more for
their gowns and the public pays, as the
public always does.
The woman who has her clothes made
at her home or who buys the material
for her dressmaker will feel the burden
of this extra material more than the
woman who buys her clothes ready to
wear. Fortunately. however, there are
SO many fashions in vogue this spring
and summer that a woman can be as
denant as she likes ABOUT many Things
The Revival of Wolfe.
II is because Of this call for pleated
underskirts and draped or pleated over
skirts that the manufacturers have Of
fered silk and wooden wolfe to the pub
lie. American women have always
liked this fabric, and they have never
wanted to relinquish it's use. Since our
great-grandnother's day it has gone in
ard out of fashion under different
names. such as grenadine, etamine,
marquisette and now wolfe.
A variety of il is Georgette crepe,
which is not satisfactory for a gown
Is the regular wolfe, although 1t is ad
mirable for blouses. Heretofore, the
trouble with a wolfe gown for warm
weather has been found in the lining.
Dressmakers have destroyed the COM
fort Of this thin, meshed material by
mounting il over taffeta, but they have
learned their lesson and are now wiser:
today, they put it over the thinnest Of
China silk or fine batiste.
There is again a tendency to make
all gowns without Innings whenever the
feat is possible. but there are always
women who prefer to steady the bodice,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15
Fads and Fancies.

Chinese and Mexican straws for hats
continue in favor.
Pongee and tussor are in favor again
for summer coats.
new sailor tilted up at the back is
called the shovel sailor.
Beige or gray with blue is a particu-
larly good combination.
Cord pipings are used to head the
f1ounces on some silk frocks.
Plain nets are as great favorites as
ever for summer dresses.
The full bell shape is liked for after
noon and evening cloaks
Some of the smart silk sweaters are
plaided and very striking.
Fox scarfs are most in favor among
furs for summer wear.
White collars and cuffs are used or
many of the new silk coats.
Marabou dyed the color of natural
skunk is astonishingly becoming.
A charming new lingerie frock is OF
ruffled organdy in periWinkle blue.
Washable white taffeta skirts are
trimmed with bright coral corduroy.
If tailored skirts have trimming a,
all. it is usually placed at the hem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15

three eggs and tho day after that four
eggs, and he could hardly contain himself
for Joy. AL this made Peter more curl
Gus than ever; He asked everybody in the
Old Orchard. but no one seemed to know.
Peter seldom saw Mrs Winsome these
days, and he knew that this was because
sat about and warbled happily. Some
times he was on one Of the posts OF the
old fence and sometimes he was in tree
on the edge Of the Old Orchard, and Peter
It must be in one Of those old apple trees.
but which one? More than once Peter
left the Old Orchard with an aching neck
because he had tipped his head back SO Q
the doorway to Winsomes home.
Then very early one morning as Peter
came hopping toward the Old orchard
he saw both Mr. and Mrs. Winsome hur-
rying about in great excitement. He
knew just what 1t meant. Winsome Blue
bird had babies in his home. and he and
Mrs. Winsome were hunting for food to
feed them, Peter sat down close by the
old fence post on which he had so often
seen Winsome sitting Presently Winsome
came hurrying with a worm in his mouth.
had he reached it when Peter heard
sound that made him sit up suddenly and
his eyes pop out 1t was the hungry cry
Of little bird babies! Yes. sir. and. what
that very post! Peter hurried around to
the other side, and he was just in time
to see Winsome Bluebird come out of
little hole near the top No sooner was
Winsome out than Mrs. Winsome disap-
peared inside with a worm.
For a long time Peter sat staring at
that little hole in the old fence post. and
he was the most foolish-looking rabbit
that ever was. Winsome and Mrs. Win
some kept going and coming as they fed
the hungry little mouths inside that old
post, and they didn't have time to say
a word. They were too busy for gossip
But as he flew over Peters head there
was a twinkle in Winsome Bluebird s
eyes, Peters face was funny to see. He
was remembering how often he had seen
Winsome sitting on that very post and
how once he had seen Mrs. Winsome fly
there and then how mysteriously she had
disappeared when he had turned his head
for minute. He understood it now. She
had simply popped in at that little hole
while he was looking another way. 1t
certainly was a joke on him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15

embroideries as trimming by the fact
that the war has discouraged the de
velopment of novelty fabrics and
trimmings. so that to offset the condi
ton and do away with the possibility
of a dearth of decoration hand EN-
broidery was given a place at the
head of the procession.
If a woman is handy with her
needle the fancy for hand-embroid-
cred frocks need not appall her, but
If she must depend upon some one else
to apply the stitches she must ex-
pect to pay well for them. Manufac-
turers say that because of the demand
for hand embroidery as, a trimming
ready-to-wear garments have gone up
in price, as this class of work must
necessarily be slow. and skilled needle
women command high wages
Hand embroidery and fabric COM
binations play a very important part
in making this seasons costume a
smart one.
The dress illustrated has the side
fare effect with fat front and back
that are commended as wholly cor
rect by Dame Fashion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15

even the tight little basque bodices
frequently seen having an invariable
softening touch.
Sleeves of the dress illustrated are
of georgette, matching the drapery,
while the dainty chenlisette vest is of
sheer white organdy. This touch of
becoming. AS will be noted. the gown
is cut on very simple lines The bodice
is barely waist length in the back,
the short waist effect accentuated by
the pointed girdle. The simulated front
girdle is in one with the front sec
lions of the bodice, and is finished with
a touch of silver thread embroidery
and an appliqued block of the navy
satin.
The fancy for metal embroideries
came into being more than a year
ago. and it has strengthened as the
months have passed. The decoration
is now a favorite one on many of the
high grade tailored suits of silk.
Costumers account for the fancy for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15

Swift & Company's Sales of Beef in
Washington, d. c., for the week ending
Saturday. May 10, averaged as follows:
Domestic beef, 1890 cents per pound
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15
( NO APPETITE,-LlTTLE SLEEP
SYMPTOMS of a Rundown Con-
dition. We Have a Remedy.

We ask every weak. rundown per-
son In Washington to try our Vinol.
with the understanding that their
money will be returned II 1t does not
J re-establish their health. Letters
like the following give US conf
( dence:-
( IT am in the millinery business
( and on my feet most Of the time. 1
got SO weak and rundown that I
J lost my appetite and was unable to
} sleep, had a severe chronic cold and
J lost my color. I learned about Vinol
! through friend, and within three
( weeks after taking it noticed an
( Improvement, and soon gained in
[ weight. health and strength. I am
I recommending Vinol to my friends
and they also speak highly of it,
} Catherine Hoar, West Chester, n. Y.
In hundreds of cases where old
I fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions
have failed to restore strength and
health. Vino1 has succeeded. because
while it contains all the curatives
7 they do. Its good work is not re-
} tarded by useless grease and oil.
} ODonnelrs Pharmacies and other
Washington Drug Stores that dis
play the Vfnol sign.
P.S.-In your own town, wherever
you live. there is q Vinol Drug Store.
!, Look for the observation-disclosures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15
JOURNEYS M7O
| LAND

The pretty afternoon dress here
shown is made of purple taffeta. and
front and back widths are draped with
navy georgette crepe. Bands of navy
satin trim the skirt. the same mate
rial being employed for the narrow
modish revers. Silver and turquoise
embroidery adds a color touch and
decorative feature to the over -drapery
of georgette.
The dress may be made at home,
using materials of good quality, for
S16 estimating four yards of taffeta
at S1.50 per yard, the same amount
of georgette, of which a very fair
quality may be obtained for $1.50 a
yard, and allowing 81 for three-quar-
ters of a yard of satin. 81 for the
silk and metal thread with which the
embroidering is done. and So for sewing
silk, lining, hooks and eyes. and gen
eral fittings. Net is the lining usually
selected for a dress of this type, be-
cause it gives the support necessary
and yet avoids any suggestion of stiff
ness, which feature is definitely OPP
posed to the seasons preferred styles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-15
lI1IILES10R!Es
%rBEGDTInTE
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1915. by 7. W. Burgesal
Winsome BIuebird's Joke on
Peter Rabbit.

Peter Rabbit was quite put out with
Winsome Bluebrd because Winsome
would not tell where his new home was.
Yes Peter was quite put out with Win
some. OF course. he had no business to
be- That new home of Winsome's was
Winsomes own affair. and if he chose to
keep it secret he had perfect right to-
Certainly it was no affair of Peters. But
Peter couldn't see it this way. He wanted
to know where that new home was, and
the fact that Winsone wouldn't tell him
and that he couldn't find it himself made
him want to know all the more. So he
was doubly put Output out with Win
some because he wouldn't tell and put out
with himself because he wasn't smart
enough to find out that secret.
OF course, Peter had great deal to
take up his time these busy spring days
because there was so much going on in
the Green Meadows and the Green For
est and around the Smiling Pool that he
had hard work to keep up with every
thing Sometimes he wished he could
divide himself up and be in twenty places