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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
CLUB SHOULD BE SATISFIED
Organization That PersistentIy Fought
for Shorter Skirts Might as
Well Disband.

Twenty years ago an organization
of women In New York began fight
to influence women to wear shorter
skirts. The organization was known
as the Rainy Day club, and branches
Of it were formed throughout the coun.
try. Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer, who has
been president of the organization
since its birth, has just announced that
the fight has been won with a ven
geance, and that the organization may
as we'll disband, unless it should de-
eide to reverse its bylaws and begin
crusade for longer garments.
When the Rainy Day club was or
ganized, the style for women was to
wear long trailing skirts that did
portion of the work now paid for by
the STRENGTHENING department. Cru
saders for shorter skirts produced vol.
umes of testimony from physicians
that the long, dragging, heavy skirts
were wrecking the health of women,
carrying disease germs and causing
many kinds of grief. The rainy dais-
les, as they were then called, pleaded
for skirts at least four inches from
the ground. The fight was stubborn.
For some time Fashion would not yield
an inch. Then the bicycle fad came
along and helped a little. Finally the
shortening process gained Roadway,
and even casual glance sklrtward
today finds proof that the battle has
been won, and the time has come to
call halt. 1t is high time that the
Rainy Day clubs disband.-Minneapo
lis Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
SeIf-Feeder for Stock.

give the credit, Of pigs as well as peo-
pie. Various feeding tests of the state
experiment stations, notably Iowa,
have proved this to be true. Now every
body is getting patents on self-feed-
ers for live stock. The one shown
here is a recent patent of a Billings
(Mont.) man. There is a corrugated
feed roller at the proper point on the
slanted bottom of the bin. Below this
roller is a feed trough, and on the
roller is an eccentric and feed rods
having downwardly projecting prongs
connected to the eccentric. This ar
rangement makes it possible to keep
the feeder cleaned out, so that old
feed does not stick to the sides and
in the corners to spoil and harm new
feed put into the feeder.-FarmiDg
Business.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
WAY TO HANDLE FENCE. WIRE
Illustration Shows Excellent Plan and
Outline of Device Any Handy
Man Can Make.

The illustration shows a good way
10 roll or string wire. writes Anton
Schwetz of CABOT, Wis, in Missouri
Valley Farmer. The long boards in
each side Of frame are of 2 by 4, S
feet long. The crosspieces are 1 by
.. as long as the wagon box is wide.
Pieces of 1 by 6 are set upright in
the center of each side braced with
lengths of 2 by 4. The top of each
upright is rounded out and an old
smart laid in, with a crank attached at
one end. This wire roller can be put
on wagon. Take the wagon to one
end of the wire fence, attach one end
Oh wire at A. then turn the crank. This
VIII pull a wire so rods long without
moving the wagon. The reel will hold
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
CARING FOR RHUBARB
Something Wrong if Satisfactory
Crop Is Not Obtained.
Apply Remedy This Year and Pre-.
vent Repetition of Same Trouble
Next season-suppIy of Fer.
tilizer Is Necessary.

How did your rhubarb bed do this
season. Were the stalks short or
slim? Were the leaves, small and
ragged looking? Did it turn a sickly
color and the plants wither or dwin-
die away in the middle of the sum-
mer? If you did not have a satisfac-
tory crop of this widely admired pie
plant, something was wrong. A rem
edy is needed, and since it is not
expensive or difficult to procure, sup
pose we apply it now and prevent a
repetition of the same trouble next
year.
1t requires no particular kind of
magic to induce this plant to grow,
and the earlier it produces the more
valuable it is for either market or
household use. find the greatest thing
for rhubarb is plenty of good stable
manure put on at this season of the
year, says a writer in an exchange.
1t is an excellent idea to cover the
earth surrounding the roots to a
depth of four inches. This not ONLY
~AAAA~ASS Inc sui, DuJ projects the
roots and assists in producing an early
growth.
never pack the manure down close
to the earth, for think this helps to
make the soil sour, and also makes it
more wet, which, of course, will cause
heavier freezing in severe weather.
A little straw with the manure will
act as mulch and produce better re-
suits. A very slight sprinkle of salt
will do the beds good, but be careful
not to overdo this.
If the bed is of long standing, dig
up the roots, or at least a portion of
them, and reset them in new earth
in new locality, say, about three
or four feet apart. Set in good,
strong roots, and be careful to have
the root crown well covered with soil.
Manure this new bed literally, and
it will pay you even next season for
your trouble, but from then on, for at
least five years, with liberal manuring,
1t will yield excellently and the quail
ity will be fine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
MULCHING IS GOOD PRACTICE
Keeps Down Weeds and ConserVes
Moisture-PIan Is Most Excellent
In a Dry Country.

MuIching grapes is a good way Of
keeping down weeds and holding the
moisture in the soil, but once begun 1t
should be continued. Unless one uses
the very coarsest lowland hay there is
no mulching that will last for two
years, and so it is a good plan to re-
new the supply every year. The rea-
son mulching must be kept on after
once starting with it is because 1t
brings the roots to the surface, and
after that is done they must be kept
covered. But where grapes are raised
In a dry country and the patch is small
the mulch plan is about the best way
Of raising them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
DIFFICULT TO PROCURE HELP
Serious Problem on Farms Where
Milking Is Done After Men Have
Worked Hard in Field.

In many localities the farmer who
milks many cows finds it the hardest
to procure help. Is this because the
milking is done after a full day has
been put in in the field? Isn't milking
as much a part Of the farm work as
cutting corn or pitching hay7 1t has
always seemed so to me. The man who
tries to get his milking done for moth
ing by working the hired hands after
hours need not be surprised II good
hands travel around his farm when
looking for work.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Critic SHES.

Theodore Dresser, the novelist, was
talking about the public's literary
taste.
1.-THE public" he said, likes trash.
Put good stuff before 1t and 1t SHES
like the critic at the Players
"a poet smiled affectionately on this
critic, thrust a ten-cent cigar In his
hand and said:
Let me show you the proofs Of my
new volume of POEMS
No. no, said the critic, rising has
tily and grabbing up his hat No, no.
1 don't need proofs Your word Is suf-
ficient.'
"And he rushed off without finishing
the two inches Of beer that still re-
NAMED In his glass"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29

Her Remark.

The cataclysc1 was occurring. Huge
buildings crashed down as If smashed
by a giant fist The ground rocked.
Tall trees fell fast. The tortured earth
gaped in wide assures. People ran
wildly about, shrieking in frenzied
terror. Mrs. Kidletts looked up from
her novel.
Rupert and Harold seem to be en-
joying themselves" she murmured
THE dear little fellows are so full
of animal spirits I"-Kansas City Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
FOR ITCHING SCALP
And Failing Hair Use cutleura SOAP
and Ointment. Trial Free.

When the scalp is itching because of
dandrufr and eczema q shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water will be
found thoroughly cleansing and sooth-
ing especially If shampoo is preceded
Dy q gentle application of Cuticura
ointment to the scalp skin.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29

a oct better and am now well. am
sto1t and able to do my own Homework.
ran recommend the Vegetable Com
ronnd to any woman who is sick and
mn down as a wonderful strength and
health restorer. My husband says I
would have been in my grave ere this
n II had not been for your Vegetable
compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFER-
SON 7O3 Lyon ST., Des Moines, Iowa.
Before submitting to surgical opera
ton it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
mspts with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound ; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
adyice-it viii be confidential
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Road TO Fame

William Dean Howells was talking,
at his cottage at Kittery Point, Me-,
sOOut writer who. after a good be-
ginning, had degenerated into pro-
Queer Of trash.
u suppose" said Mr.. Howells, ''he
GOT discouraged with the moderate sale
Of his good work, and now hopes to
sell his poor work abundantly."
Mr.. Howells shook his head and
smiled grimly.
The road to fame" he said, SIS
crowded with men who, discouraged,
are hurrying back"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
AUTUMN RAINS INJURE BETS
Sugar Content of Plant Is Rapidly De-
stroyed-They Become Woody
and Tasteless.

Sugar beets seldom do well in To-
calities where there is much autumn
rain. When growth is stopped by dry
weather In the summer and a new
growth started by late rains the sugar
content of the beets is rapidly de-
stroyed.
The same thing holds good with
garden beets; let a second growth start
and the beets become woody and taste
less.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Had Cause for Wrath.

81 am not surprised that II put tho
man out of temper" said Magistrate
Fordham to woman who applied for
process against a man who smashed
her window, because a photograph
was playing in her house at ten o'clock
at night.
ut is a most vexIng and trouble
some noise" added his worship, and
it is a wonder he did not smash 20
windows. London Globe.
More than 1000 kinds of sausageB
are known In Germany.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
DEVICE FOR GAMBLING EGGS
Essential Principle is Strong Light In
Opaque Case-Sun Is as Effective
as Electricity.

Various devices for Gambling eggs,
or testing them, is used, but all have
for the essential principle a strong
light in case, which is opaque, ex-
cept for an egg-shaped opening,
Slightly smaller than an egg. The
egg is placed before the opening so
the light can come through it. An
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
husband OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
IA. Moines, Iowa. -" Four years ago
/, Sss very sick and my life was nearly

spent. The doctors
stated that / would
never get well with
GU t q n operation
and that without It
/ would not live one
year. My husband
objected to any
operation and got
me some of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. took
IL and commenced
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Limited Ambition

You can't unscramble an egg" re-
marked the sententious person.
Il don't wish to-" replied the prac-
dcal citizen. "Pm perfectly content If
can afford the egg, regardless of how
it's cooked"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29

easy way to candle eggs is to use a
heavy paper tube. Do the work in
the bright sunlight and it will be as
effective as though using a strong cleo
trio light.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Roller for Fence Wire.

$50 to 175 rods OF wire. When string
ing wire, tie one end to a post, hitch
the horses to wagon and drive along
the fence where you want to string
the wire.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Not Stationary

Lady-Mary, should be delighted If
mad as much hair as you.
SerVant-Well. ma'am, you can Dor
row 1t any time you likeI
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Merely HomeIy.

Shorts!ghted Of1cer-It's all right,
my man, you can take off your mask
now; the gas has passed.
Private-Beggin' YOUR pardon, sir,
amt got no mask 0nl
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
SELF-FEEDERS ARE POPULAR
Invention of Montana Man Permits
Live Stock to Help Themselves
Device Easily Cleaned.

Helping those who help themselves
seems to be the lot of the Lord, or
Providence, or whoever you wish to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29
Natural Phenomena.

~Did you ever hear tree barkT'
"No, and yet one might suppose the
dogwood."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29

Never bow to The inevitable before
you meet Il
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-29

Pop, what do we mean By econo-
myT7
spending money In such a way as
not to get any fun out of It, my son.
Judge.
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-18

One little thought has been created by the visit Ot civilization to the city. It Is not thought about war but a thought about small town dramatic criticism. You could hud perhaps three different opinions about that production if you spoke to half dozen different peo pie and the person with whose opinion your criticism agreed would call the criticism good while the person whose opinion was not borne out in print would call the critic fool People very often lose sight of the fact that a dramatic critic ought to have technical knowledge of the drama Some will tell you that criticism is just the use o common sense but each of those would call the clitQue common sense i and only if it agreed with their own views. Some of them would agree that the scenes presented in last nights movie wonderful and that the narrative was touching and all the rest The scenes certainly very wonderful even though the producer had to forget the invention of SmokeeSS powder bring out the intended effect 1t was really fine to be able d submarine in active work almost might say, in tion No would probably disagree if it said that the aeropaues flying over a city made glorious sight Perhaps though many would disagree said that the picture lesson against war; had althat money could buy and nothing that only real talent could produce. dog biting corpse is not the original thought of some new genius People struggling in the water is not les that strikes home nowadays especially when seen in movie Many might feel hurt if 1t were said that the mighty king of mighty nation walked in the royal council chamber as cop might strut in all his pomp on tenderon beat and condemned a man to death in the manner of an eNctable section boss firing one of the hands Money produce great scenes but 1t drive home the that will end unless 1t IS aided by genius or least talent Now, dear reader what is your own opinion?
 Do you or do you not believe that a simple chapter written by genius a small canvas painted by genius would have infinitely greater effect? And you can an- Swer this in the affirmative without the least detractng from the pleasure hundreds of people had last night when looking at the great picture
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-18
SEWARD. ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1916

The Gateway is now by far the largest daily paper in Alaska outside of Juneau and Anchorage, although Sew ard by as large as many cities with smaller papers The number of pages should not always be taken into account when comparing larger pages with the Gate way as the Gateway has seyenconn page and each col
 n is longer than the column of SiX-coumn paper. The larger towns paper becomes the better will be advertisement for the town.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-21
HATFIELD MAY
TAKE HAND IN
B|DDINGER CASE
RUMORED HE WILL
CALL ON WHITMAN
And Explain Why West Vir-
ginia Desires His Presence
In That State
REHEARING GRANTED

Special Dispatch TO the Intelligence.
NEW YORK. April 20-Word came
from Albany last night that Gov. Whit
man had granted a hearing in an ap-
plication to have him revoke the war
rant for Guy b. Blddinger by the state
OF Illinois.
Formal assurance was given to the
governor by Thomas c. Townsend. dis.
trict attorney OF Kanawha county.
West Virginia, that Biddinger is the
principal witness for the prosecution
In the case OF A. Leo Well. a Pitts
burgh lawyer and reformer. who is
charged with attempting 10 bribe two
Of West Nirginia's public service com
missioners. When IL was further
shown that Mr.. Well. in his own state.
ment issued 10 the press. admitted
that he had uncovered the evidence
which led to the making Of fifty-one
charges against Biddinger in Cook
county. the governor set next Wednes-
day for the presentation Of all the
facts.
Following this report came another
that Gov. Hatfield OF West Virginia
would leave the capital last night to
lay before Gov Whitman all the facts
which led 10 the injection Of the third
state into what seemed AZ first to be a
case Of ordinary procedure. Mr.. Well
has accused the governor and Biddin-
ger of framing him up In the bribery
prosecution. II was iutimafed yester.
day that there may be something said
for the other side. which will be- cor.
(continusd on Page rourteen.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-21
REPUBLICANS TO
STAND BY WILSON

ALBANY, y. v. April aO.-The Re
publican Legislature Of Ncw YORK. iu ~.
closing hours OF the 1915 session. to-
night adopted n resolution pl.dginr its
una quhlined support 20 maintain the ma
lions honor. and it, willingness to sun
port Governor Whitman I'm anv exer-
else OF authority for that purpose 10
me fgH extent Of the resources OF the
The resolution. which was drafted
attsr long series Of conferences in
which Governor Whitman and leaders of
hoth parties participated. follows.
" hercaS. "a crisis lu the relations of
lhe nited states and foreign nations
" as disclosed by the address Of the
iresidt nt Of the United states yester
day before the Joint session Of congress
Whereas. tho condition Of the rela-
tons Of the nation with foreign gov
'rnmcnt may At any moment make
necessary action on the part % the stat,
ln .pholdinE tho nations honor
resolved. tha' the legislature pledges
20 the President and congress its uu-
puallhed support IN any action ncc.s-
stfF 10 maintain that honor. and Will
support the chief executive of this state
IN any exercise OF authority for that
purpose 20 the Fun extent Of the re-
sources OF the state
'lie solved. that the legislature rs
ready 20 be convened az any moment 10
carry out the fun purpose OF this
resolution"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-21
CARRANzA NEGOTIATIONS AND
VILLA HUNT At A STANDST|L[
Attorney Marshal To
Retain Won IgeI And
C0nfiSCated Papers

NEW YORK. April 20-Notwith-
standing the German ambassador
demands for the release OF Wolfe Won
lgel and the return OF papers seized
at the time of his arrest in the former
Office here of Captain Franz Won Pa
pen. recalled German military attache,
United States Attorney H. Snowden
Marshall. reiterated tonight his de-
termination To retain not only Won
lgel but the documents.
Although Mr.. Marshall refused TO
reveal the basis for his firm stand. il
was learned from other federal Off
GERS that he was fully prepared TO fur
nlsh the state department with evi-
dence TO prove that the lease for the
Won Papen offices. the point upon
which the entire controversy hinges.
was down in the name of Won Igel.
Won lgel, the United States attorney
contends. was not a member of Am
bassador Won Bernstorff's official fam
lily until December. 1915. and he doubts
II he can be classified as a member
even after that period. The lease FOR
the offices. federal authorities state.
was made out to Won Igel for the time
when he had no official connection
with the German embassy.
Mr.. Marshall denied officially that
the confiscated papers had disclosed
new plots or the existence of a German
spy system in this country.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-21
ALLIES ADMIT
!. CONTENTION Of
UNITED STATES
IN PROTEST AGAINST
TRADE INTERFERENCE
But Insist These Principles
Have Been Given Legal
Interpretation
PRESENT NOTE SOON

WASHINGTON. April 2O.-Accord
ing 10 authentic information reaching
Washington. Great Britain and France
IN their joint reply Ia the American
protest against interferences with neu.
trdl trade. make no attempt to dis.
pute principles contended for BY the
United States. hut insist that those
principles have been given legal in
Interpretation and application b. the
allies IN their blockade of Germany
and Austria.
This note. which will be- handed "a
the state department within the next
or two by the British and French am
bassadorS. who undcrs. ood 10 b. long
and extremely technical. treating OF
the whole subject on a purely legal
basis and relying largely on the prece.
dents laid down by the United States
IN the civil war. II is said that the
allies assume that the United States
government does not contend that IL
has the right TO ship goods without re-.
strictiOn into Germany or Austria
through contiguous neutral countries.
such as Holland. Sweden and Den.
mark
The concession Of the right TO
blockade an enemy country. which Is
universally recognized. Is regarded as
necessarily earring with IL the right
10 regulate the admission Of goods TO
the neutral country evidently destined
10 be transferred 10 the enemy Con
sequently b is contended that n IL
perfectly within the spirit Of inter
national law to limit imports into a
(Continusd on Page FourteenD
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-21
WILSON'S LTIMATUM PRINTED
IN MEXICAN PAPERS MONDAY

~ PASO. Texas. April 90 on Mon.
day the Chihuahua newspapers print.
cd dispatches supposed 10 have come
from Juarcz. stating that President
Wilson was about 10 deliver an ulfl
matum to Germany and that war
would be declared within r. week. This
Information was brought here TODAY.
by Americans returning from Chicua.
hua who brought copies OF the news
papers in which the dispatches ap.
pearcd
The arrivals said that the ncwe ~
The crisis between Germany and tho
United States was common talk i'm
chihuahua city ON sunday. fS hours
before the facts we're made public
in This country ON Monday. an Amer.
ic7n who visited General Gutierrez
was Ercofcd with fhIa remark. "WeU
! suppose The Mexican situation has
become " minor importance now that
The United States is roinr to war with
Germany"
The Americans who returned hero
said that the Mc1icaua were bcInc
Kept fully acquainted with every sfrp
In fhr negotiations between RcrIin
and Washington through an official
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-21
BOAT CAPSIzED
AND TWO BOYS
ARE DROWNED

sn..gigl ~ .rlfgh fo The rntcIIir.r..r
NABTINSBr re W Va April 20
William and Jack BcchtoI AGED d..
and ten ycars. only children and sole
support OF their widowed mother.
Mrs Mary Bcchtol. Of sir Jones Run
West NH fuat west ~ N4rfir4lurr
were drowned in tho Potomac river
near their home today Tho lads
accompanied George Wolford an AGED
fisherman on % trip iu Wolforde boat
when iu Widatrtam where fHr water
b. deep and swift their boat ,apsIlrd.
william. a stout UtIr swimmer.
hravely RrafpeI hIs brother a. tho
latter was sinking. fhp second time
and struck out for shore Tho
current was too sfrUr. for tra HrIe
follow. burdonnd with fra ump form
Df Doll. brother but rather than
abandon h.u HrI swim fD .af.fy. ffa
Older boy chose f0 eu fD fie bottom
with hIs companion WoIf1ri was
rescued with difficulty by Arthur
Perry who reached tIo srnre iu a
boat Too iHfr fool .arD iHe children
Tho hodIeH OF f.a lnt. bad mot been
recovered af fa Into hrur fhI. evening
Tho mother wal. away from home
ar0rI.r. the fgr'.aI of a friend when
Dor rut. Nrr. drowned Within tho
Ia.i tu0 years. SIRE Hs,htoI haa lost
Dor husband aud .V children ry
death U'r husband r1. a former
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