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War and the Weather.

If the north Atlantic shippers VINO
think TINT the bad weather from when
they have been suffering is due to the
concusslon of the bombardment In Et-
rome would compare notes with their
colleagues in the West India and Ca
rihbenn trade they might take broad
or view of the meteorological as
turbonces. The storms which nave
been raging in the north Atlantic, the
bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean
started In the tropics and had already
paid respects to our coast before cross
ing over to add to Europe's trouo'es'
The skepticism of the scientists IN re-
pard to the connection between wal
and weather is well founded As ioI
the sun spots, all that can 10 sa'u a.
present is that they are unoef sas'
picion. N
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Serum to Save Drowning Persons.

Experiments are being made with
n serum which is said to have been
used with success in restoring cases
of asphyxiation and drowning In ami
mails several hours after life has been
to all appearances extinct. There ap-
penrs to be one drawback in the re-
suit thus fur, however, in that in many
instances there have been serious
after effects such as high blood press
ure or hardening of the arteries. II
the serum is to be perfected, as ap-
pears to be likely, the physicians are
of the opinion that it can be injected
several hours after the accident ana
restore life. In one case the serum
was used on an animal that had Deeh
apparently dead from drowning for a
period of four hours. The animal was
brought back to life, though 1t died
later from blood pressure.
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THEY COULDN'T RESIST HIM
Young Man Surely Had a Taking Way
With the Ladies', II You Let
Him Tell II.

"Oh, I make friends with people
whenever 1 like" he had explained,
"and they never object. They like
it. They all like it."
"And you speak to strange young
ladies'"
THE last one | spoke to was in
London last month. / was standing
on the steps of Il house In Piccndlly,
watching some visiting potentates
drive by, when the door opened, and
out came the prettiest girl I ever saw
in my life. She stood for moment
looking up and down the street, and l
snid to her: DO you know who that
fierce. fat man in the last carriage Is
the one who looks like walrus|
She said: oh, that's my Uncle Ethel
bert"
"But that was the end of it," Mary
broke in-"you didn't go on talking
to her?'
"The end of it," Krujer Hobbs had
concluded taking off his glove and Of
fering a slim bony hand-"the end was
that we had tea ut an A. b. G. shop.
and she said she was sorry she was
engaged to marry her cousin, whose
name, [ think, was Lionel. From
"Krujer Hobbs" by Marjory Morten,
in Century Magazine.
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DENoUNcE ALCOHOL.

"There is no physician who will
speak u friendly word for alcoholic
liquor, either to be used us medical
substance or as beverage, and sci
entific men now are unanimous In the
opinion that it Is harmful to the hui
man body" asserted DR.. Frederick L.
Green, secretary of the Council of
health and Public Instruction of the
American Medical association, at its
recent convention at Detroit, Mich.
p "At one time, within the past ten
or twelve years." said Doctor Green
there was belief that alcoholic
liquor taken in small quantities was
remedial In some cases, or at least was
not 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 a poisoner of the
system, u cell destroyer and deter
rent to efficiency"
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S't WI N hoht' buI oiiS uo'S ioI SiNC
II thought to that until she receives
II note from n nice young man, stating
that he would be pleased to call on
such and such an evening, and will
present himself punctually at her
home unless, in the interim, he has
word from her to cause him to change
his plans.
From that hour on such scurrying
as there is in that household. Young
men are keen-sighted, it would never
do to have dust on the panels of the
doors, or on the picture frames.
There's the worn carpet to take up
and turn about, the seat of the old
sofa to jack up when 1t sags, hole in
the curtain to darn, the chairs to
dust and the lamp wick to be trimmed
and put in shape to be lighted. Then
there's the only evening dress she
owns. The last time she wore it was
at molasses candy pull. The front
breadth bore evidence to that in n
long stain, to say nothing of huge
rent at the bottom of the skirt. She
had walked home in light rain, caus-
ing her white slippers to become mud
bespattered. Mother was too busy to
even lend a hand. All the tasks rest
ed on the shoulders of the girl, who
was so unprepared. Her mother made
no attempt to conceal her hurry, re-
minding the girl that she had urged
her so often to do little at a time.
to keep the best room and her own
clothes in order, fearing just such a
contretemps. OF course it was a gi-
gantic undertaking, rushing through
a two weeks task in that many days,
even with poor old mothers aid and
pressing tired old father into the serv-
ice to battle with the taking up, turn
ing and rclaying of the carpet, and
putting iron braces on the shaking
chairs.
The dress required remakIng almost.
Between puckering and ripping out
twisting and turning, sewing so far
into the night. she lost her beauty
sleep and her good nature into the
bargain. To be sure the young man
arrived promptly, but he was puzzled
beyond words as to what could pos
sibly have happened to change an un-
usually pretty girl into n positive
fright in two days time. She was
too tired to make herself really inter-
esting or companionable. Therefore
the young man cut his call as short as
possible. He had found that hour so
irksome, he shirked calling again.
The lesson on the trials of being un-
prepared struck home to the girl, who
would have never learned it so COM
pletely under any other circumstances.
Every home should be in such apple
pie order that company could drop
in unexpectedly at any time without
creating discomfort, confusion, fuss or
furry.
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wHlTE.RIeeoN INFLUENCE.

In one of the large cities of state
noted for its brewing interests, w.
c. T. U. woman carries on a confec'
tionery business near a public school.
Among her patrons is son Of di-
rector Of one of the big breweries.
One day he entered her little store,
and after taking n 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: Not cent; I
paid for it out of my own pocket
book" "Oh, you know what l mean,'
persisted the boy. 1--WE had 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"
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one Kind or another. It is therefor.
necessary not only that opportunities
De furnished for doing various kinds of
work, but that the first awkward Mt
tempts be appreciated In n wav thnt
WIN lead to further effort. And This
Is Just as true of attempts at singing
or ihvention-invention of n song mr.
story. for exnmple-as it Is of nt.
tehipts nt making some object mr.
drawing that others nav hond,. mr.
exhibit.
"hiie this doctrine of appreciation
d"es not permit us to beIlttle tbo
childs efforts. it still lenycs us free
10 help the child with criticisms caI.
culnted to enable him to incrense his
work. But we should call attention to
such defects only as he is in posi-
1i"h to remedy himself, and without
10" ihuch effort. If the dolls dress is
100 long. it's simple matter to cut If
down. But If it's too short we note
that It's very nice dress, md think
Wen make the next one n LITTLE Ionp-
CT. Inc repeated emphasis on defects
oI design or execution may have the
erect OF improving the child's taste or
Judgment; but they are more likely to
discourage all effort,
child that sees too cleurly tho
shortcomings of his efforts will refuse
TO do anything at ALL This was the
case with four-ycar-old Herbert, whose
sense or form was so far ahead of his
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I'm Woman's Realm
Coat Suits for Fall and Winter Show Little Changes in Style,
Though Their Designers Have Been Successful in Turning
Out Becoming and Beautiful Garments = Illustration
Shows Some of the New Millinery Styles.

A review of numbers of new coat
suits for fall and winter reveals only
minor changes in style and no radical
new departures In trimmings and fin
ish. But styles are reserved and ele-
CANT, lines are trim and becoming. and
colors are beautiful, so the new fall
suits are destined to satisfy even an
exacting taste. Manufacturers say
that women are growing more discrim-
mating and that the demand is for
good materials and exact workman
ship as well as smart style.
AS to changes In styles, coats are
longer than they have been and many
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of them show n closer adjustment to
the figure, above the waistline, than
for several seasons. Collars are high,
usually of the turnover variety. Skirts
and coats remain full, and for trim
ming there Is the choice of fur or fur
fabrics, braid, buttons, and machine
stitching. Skirts have been made
longer also and appear in both ankle
and instep lengths. But 1t remains to
be proved that women will make a
fashion of this feature of the new
models. The skirt cut to reach lit
tie below the shoe top has so much to
recommend it. For the street suit it
is easy to walk in, clean, and smart
looking. Some designers have pinned
their faith to the tailored skirt of n
sensible length, and In this one in
stance. anyway, sensible goes hand in
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the close-fitting turban to the very
broad-brimmed sailors. They include
mushroom brims. those that show
colonial inspiration. the Napoleon, and
many 'tams." Many inequalities in
width abound in a single brim and sll
sorts of curvings, droopings, and lift
ings make them interesting.
Trimmings are exquisitely made and
they are designed to emphasize the
contour of the shape, or at least not
to interfere with its lines. Tinsel
braids, bead and silk embroidery, mar
row ribbons and fancy feathers are
among the most important trimmings.
At the center of the picture wide
brimmed mushroom shape Is shown.
1t is made of black velvet and the fac
ing is of satin in contrasting color.
1t will be noticed that the brim widens
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Had Never Seen Cream.

The times through which we are
passing have caused many a man to
change his views. They had this ef-
feet on an East side milkman who de-
cided to become honest.
On the third morning he was taken
aback when he called for the payment
of his weekly bill and a customer be-
gan to shrek at him:
"You needn't serve me any longer,
she said, "and I'm not going to pay
you for the last two days"
"Why. what's the trouble?" he in
Quired anxiously.
''Trouble, indeed. When the milk
you've been leaving yesterday and the
day before stood couple of hours
there was nasty, thick scum on it.
And 1t took him half an hour to ex-
plain what cream was.
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framing TOOAYS
| BOYS AND GIRLS
"A Little Talk on the Appreciation
Of Their Efforts.
SHOULD KEEP THE CREATIONS
/. Is the Pleasant "How Nice" That
Makes All the Difference
to the Hearts Of the
Children.
Nv sIpoNiE M. eRUENsERe.

A. ench chilu'S name was called he
,,.nued forward and received from
ttbe kindergarten the result of his eff
&for,s at making something" II some
-,mbcr of the home. The children
Iwerc gay and they were anticipating
An, ioy of giving. 1t was =. pleasure
,o watch them. But when Genevieve's
Inamc was called II new note was
&struck. "Plense, Miss White" she
said, my mother does not want me
10 bother her any more with the
IthingS | make" And Miss White laid
[,;encyieve's calendar aside.
1t is not difficult to see the point OF
Iycw expressed in Genevieve's plain
Hive nbnegation. There is really no
| jroom for all these things 1t home.
1--we have all the calendars md blot
Hers and picture frames and shaving
Ipads that we really need. And as for
fornamcnts, these things are not pur-
3ticularly beautiful, and if they are, as
tmay sometimes happen, they do not
iharmonize with the scheme of things
|alreudy installed, and, besides, they
gather dust, and there are few homes
THAT have not already too many dust
catchers. We can well understand
Ithat Genevieve's mother was weary of
Icalendars and boOkmarks.
But Miss White is also weary Of
{calendars and boOkmarks. Where
] one mother has had half dozen she
has lad hundreds. She manages to
smile, however, in spite of the clutter
| and in spite of the obvious monOtony
Through curious trick of the mind
which ii would be well for Genevieve's
mother and other mothers to learn.
The trick is this: Instead of dealing
with calendars and bookmarks, she
fixes her mind upon the efforts of the
tots, she sees trial and tribulation.
she sees wonder and experiments.
where the rest of us see only crude
limitations Of tulips or apple bios
sons
Notwithstanding the high rentals
we have to pay 1t ought to be pos
sible for every mother to keep each
childs tokens of struggle and con-
quest for some time at least. For
nothing is more important to the
child than that his meager and un-
successful attempts at mastering his
material surroundings should receive
generous encouragement. And while
much is gained by having someone
stand by and cheer him when he fal-
tiers, that is not enough. The prod
uct, poor though 1t be, is the symbol
OF an idea. an inspiration. and de-
serves the courtesy Of serious and
dignfed attention from parents and
other elders. The calendar Is as wor-
thy Of place on the wall as any
thing you can buy at the store, for
by honoring 1t you teach the child
that his efforts are not wasted. AS
for taste in calendars, leave that to
the years.
Of course 1t is not necessary to
display all of the child's creations or
to convert the home into an indus
trial museum. 1t Is. In fact, the lat
est trophy that carries the greatest
interest, and the latest may be made
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Could Get No Satisfaction Out Of the
Paper Stars.

to displace its predecessor, each ef-
Tort thus receiving It's due share OF
attention and appreciation. Where
there are several children 1T should
De possible to provide large paper en-
Ivelopes and boxes In which these early
treasures may be kept.
Every mother knows that young
children can be nuisance and in the
way just when they are trying to help
with some 'work." The number OF
peas that the baby can shell or the
area that the child can sweep will
contribute little to tightening the days
work. But the value of the contribu-
uon Is not to be measured thus. 1t
is to be measured In good will, In ap-
plcation and in the satisfaction that
eomes-or should come-from having
made worthy effort at doing some
'hihg useful. s. We should therefore
not belittle the achievement or make
me child feel that his assistance is
worthless.
me child works In the spirit Of the
arust. He is not seeking material re-
sards; he wants the satisfaction OF
soing something that has meaning and
- wants appreciation. without these
~ VIII become either q shirker, shun.
Jung all effort or . perfunctory
s"nd. laboring under cosnpulslcn Of
/
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It's the girl who
Is all anxiety to
know before hand
when company is
coming. This Is
the girl who must
do her share of
the housework !;
who Is poor, but
strives her best
to make II good
s h o w | ng. She
would rather go
out and have a
good time in the
afternoon instead
of housekeeping.
Sitting on some
other girls door
step, or going to
the movies won't
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girls who live IN the top floor rear
part of the space they have secured.
There is little or no cessation of the
terrible heat. The mouths of the la
bOrers and their wives are parched.
Mosquitoes and other insects add to
their torment. They cry out that
their thirst must be quenched. Wa
ter Is not forthcoming, but the drink
that benumbs the brain and makes
them forget their miseries in stupor
Is. 1t is forced upon the young girls
sun rises upon many hapless girl
who will live to rue those hours dur
ing all her after life.
Amid such surroundings and influ-
ences the summer nights are spent,
and there Is no one to raise the mighty
cry, "What can be done to save the
young girls of the tenements from un-
wise assOciations?"
The beautiful summertime Is crowd
ed with joys for the daughters who
receive tender watchful care, but full
of dangers and pitfalls for the inno-
cent girls of the poor who are robbed
of protection and chance to go
right. If the parks of the great cities
were open to girl tOilers, and to them
only, during the torrid nights of the
summer, the problem would be par
TALLY solved and their safety from
harm assured. Better the cool, green
grass. close to the bosom of kind
Mother Earth than the sunbnked roof
Of the tenement, where each and every
family has equal rights, but where the
strong dominate and the proper respect
for girlish innocence may not always
be preserved.
Women Off summering who have left
closed-up homes and spacious grounds
we'll fenced in behind them could do
their share of bettering the condition
of the young girls of the tencments by
allowing n few of them to camp at
night on their grounds. An ounce of
prevention in averting evil is worth u
pound of cure.
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hand with smart-looking. The longer
skirt is not as attractive as the short
model.
A good example Of the new styles
appears in the street suit shown. 1t
Is Of duvetine in dark brown and en-
ploys little silk braid of the same
color, with bone buttons for adorn-
ment. The skirt ls plain and moder-
ately full. The cont Is an excellent
model for stout figure, with an un-
broken line down the front and q fiars
to it, skirt that ID not calculated T.
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muscular control that he could get
no satisfaction out of the paper stars
he cut out himself, and so refused,
after one or two attempts, to try
again.
When little Allan's mother failed
to recognize the child's drawing as
that of lamp" she was wise enough
to take to herself the blame-"IIow
stupid of me" For, after all, you can
recognize even the lamp if you are
told what 1t is supposed to be. And
so the burden of keeping keen the
edge of effort rests upon us. But don't
let the child become cOnccited
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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 recent letter
to Miss Anna A. Gordon, president OF
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, writes:
Prohibition Is the great peace
measure. It 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"
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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
1850 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"
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widen the figure. Even the collar
lengthens the neck and shoulder lines.
Three pretty new hats, each an e1-
ponent of its particular kind of mill
linery, are shown In the group pic
tured. They are of velvet and Of felt
and velvet. So far, velvet dominates
the season, but there are close seconds
to 1t In popularity. Hatter's plush,
velours, felt, and soft, brilliant silks
and satins are used, alone or in con-
junction with velvet, for making the
new shapes.
Shapes the coming fall are charac-
terized by great variety in size, from
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at the back. Its simple decoration is
made of u ruche Of box-plaited ribbon
tied in rosette at the base of spray
of fancy feathers at the front.
The small turban at the left Is In
burgundy felt with wide collar Of
velvet about 1t. Velvet ribbon In two
shades Is drawn through slashes in the
collar. Loops Of gilt cord and two psn-
dent balls finish the trimming.
The small colonial shape At the
right Is In black velvet trimmed With
two curving feathers In black alsA
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On the eve of his marriage to
sweet young girl, many man has
faced the problem whether or no he
was in duty-bound to lay bare to her
all the incidents of his past life, good
bad or Indifferent, his boyish fances
the fOlljeS of youth and the tempta.
uons of manhood that enmeshed him.
To tell or not to tell-there was the
rub.
l am dumfOunded over the vast
number Of letters from betrothed
young men asking frankly the ques-
ton: "Should a man who has been
a wild, devil-may-care sort of fellow
who has turned over new leaf when
about to wed, rake up his past to re-
veal it to his tiancee?"
answer quite as frankly: 1t all
depends upon the seriousness of the
didOs which have been cut up. The
seriousness of an error depends en-.
tirely upon its consequences. If a
man loved lightly an all too trusting
maiden, one or the other, through the
course Of time growing weary of the
bond that in the beginning was so al
Turing, the parting Of the ways closed
the incident as far as the outside
world is concerned. (What his con.
science has to do with it Is quite an
other story, which I am not touch.
ing on.)
1t is useless to unfold to fair young
girl n picture of the seamy side Of life
of which she knows nothing. 1t would
not disturb the tranquility of her per-
feet trust, faith and love. IT, on the
contrary more than the two hearts of
the man and maid are involved in the
ruthless breaking of his VOWS of con-
stancy, the story of that past assumes
an entirely different Significance.
1 am not entering upon mans
moral right to take upon himself new.
er and holier bonds, the Justice or in
justice of it. 1 am answering frankly
the query, "Should, or should he not
tell his finncee in the latter case?"
stating that it is clearly his duty to
inform the young woman about to wed
him concerning matter SO vital to
her future peace of mind, aye happi-
ness. 1t is about the cruelest thing
a man can do to keep a fiancee in the
dark concerning 1t. A man should
feel himself in duty bound to inform
her.
1t rests with her whether to risk
happiness with him or bid him return
to those who have a prior claim to
whatever amount Of heart and con-
science he possesses. The ghost of
certain kind of follieS will not down,
but rise to confront one when least
expected.
OF ordinary, harmless secrets, such
as the number of flirtatiohs he may
have INDUCED in, harmless loves that
have fitted across his path-a man
may keep well his own counsel, tell
ing no tales. Tell a woman a disa-
greeable secret and her happiness Is at
an end.
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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, q. s. Guyer, has recorded
in signed statement.