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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

this was discovered, the AIRS and
mounted scouts went after them. The
scouts happened Unexpectedly upon a
party of mounted Germans in a clear
Ing, rode into them at full speed and
pulled them off their horses.
Airplanes and Motorcycles.
In addition to the armOred cars,
most Of the columns are QUILTED with
airplanes and a cyclist corps, which
also have rendered invaluable service.
The Indian mountain batteries, which
are worked with incredible speed and
accuracy by their crews, IRE the nd.
miration Of the army.
Little by little the entire compile
ment OF the German cruiser Koenigs-
berg, destroyed by Admiral King-Hall
in the Ruff river on July II, 1915, is
being killed OF capturetF. Many have
been aiken in the northern operations,
and reports from General Nosthey,
whose columns are closing i'm from the
south, show that in the advance on
and capture of Malangali a petty Of
and four sailors were taken, to-
gether with Il 4.2-inch field hoWitZer
that had been worked by g,!nners from
kOenigsberg.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
RACT|ME ARMY IN EAST AFRICA

Not a sign of the enemy was in EVIL
dence and the cars came to d halt in
open ground. Immediately they were
were with machine gun bullets
from all directions.
They had accomplished their pur-
pose OF drawing the enemy's fire, but
while the lead battered on the cars it
was impossible to discover whence 1t
came. Finally the leading Cur went
on n turned into an abandoned ma
tive camp, still followed by the deadly
stream Of lead. The sharp-eyed OBJ
server ut last noticed a peculiar move
inent OF leaves on q ridge. The guns
were turned on the spot, and in a iiffy
enemy machine-gun company was
put out Of business. The combined
Of the a then peppered the
ridges systematically, and by nightfall
the infantry was in possession OF the
slopes. During the night the
enemy retreated southwark, and, when
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
IS CHILD CROSS.
HVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give "CaIifornia
Syrup of FiuS."

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else c.aanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours. then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverisll. don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full Of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful OF california
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all
the constipated waste. our bile and
u%ndigested food passes out Of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give california
Syrup of Figs because it is perfectly
harmless; children love 1t, and 1t new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for . 50Acent bottle
of california Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
OF all ages and for grown-1ps plainly
printed OF the bottle. Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

Other important industries which
show Il numerical decline are laundry
work. dressmaking. confectionery,
printing and bookbinding. linen, lace
and silk, but in all these groups some
ome are directly replacing men. and
in many individual firms in these and
other groups a decline in the number
Of women simply means that some Of
the women have left to go to mems
work and have not been replaced.
In Every Trade.
Women are directly replacing men
(only in comparatively small numbcrs)
even in building, mining and quarry
ing. They are replacing them in con
siderable number in most Of the metal
industries. though not on the main
processes In iron and steel works. In
the cotton trade no less than $4,000
females are returned ms directly re-
placing males, though in other textile
industries Except hosiery progress
has been less marked.
In the food trades there have been
very interesting cases OF substitution.
In grain milling the number Of women
and girls employed has risen since
July, 1914, from 1000 to 5000, in
sugar refining, from 1000 to 1900. and
in brewing, from 5000 to $4,000; the
increase in these trades Is almost en-
tirely due to the direct replacement ct
men by omen
Women are also doing mems work to
an appreciable degree In tanning and
leather working, sawmilling and wood
working, glass, china, enrthenwarc and
rubber.
One of the most striking new deyel-
opmcnts is the introduction Of women
clerks into banks and financial houses.
In agriculture the process of substi-
tuition made slow progress during the
first Is months of the war, but an ac-
celeration is noticeable. Besides
the regular WOmen workers there Is 4
large increase in the number of fruit
pickers, harvesters and other c~asuals.
Railway employment furnishes a
particularly interesting series Of eX-
periments in woman labor. Before the
war the British railway companies on
~ employed about 1900 women
clerks, cleaners. attendants, etc. Ap
proximately $4,000 are now employed.
The kind and amount OF substitution
carried out varies from one railway
company to another. One has In
creased the number OF Its wome
clerks from 70 tn 5CR md nmnIovs
also Is women ticket collectors, lS0
carriage cleaners, 81 engine cleaners
and 454 porters. Another, with nell
thcr women ticket collectors nor port
ers. has $50 women carriage cleaners,
475 engine cleaners, 2o8 laborers In
the workshops and 81 other women la
borers. Yet another, with nc women
engine cleaners Or laborers, has l42
ticket collectors.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
WOMEN
DO MEMS WORK
British Government Appreciates
Efforts Put Forth by
Center Sex.
ARE NO LONGER DoMESTICS
Scarcely a Trade But What Has Its
Female Employees - They Are
Even Replacing Men in Build.
ing, Mining and Quarryino.

LOndon.-The f~ar-reaching effect on
the Industrial and commercial situa-
ton caused by the formation of an
army of almost five million men cam
not be underestimate, and the gov
eminent was not long In realizing the
vital Importance of maintaining the
output Of articles required for the war
and export trade. The wonderful eff
forts accomplished by the women OF
Great Britain In taking the places Of
men who have joined the colors are
known in a general way to the Ameri-
can public, but it is impossible, with
out living in England, to form an ac-
curatc impression of the extent to
which the ome have answered the
call.
Special efforts are now being made
by the British government to give to
the world Il more adequate knowledge
Of the success attained by women in
nearly all branches of mems work.
According to official statistics which
have just been issued by the war office
$4,000 women and girls have stepped
forward to take the places of men In
various occupations. This figure does
not include domestic service or EN-
ployment in the millinery or dress
making trade, nOr does 1t comprise the
women who have taken so active a
part in Red Cross work since the be-
ginning of the war. The latter alone
include more than $1,000.
Women Munition Workers.
A very large proportion Of the total
mentioned Is, of course, due to the adj
vent Of the woman munition worker,
and while 1t Is quite true that many
OF these m are not, strictly speak
ing, taking the places Of men, it is
nevertheless an undeniable fact that
they are doing what before the war
was regarded as strictly mems work.
Munition work, however, is only Il part
Of women's industrial activity.
A high authority Of the British gov
eminent, to whom the Sun is indebted
for these facts, is authority for the
statement that there are very few in
dustries or occupations in which the
number of women has not increased.
There are few in which some direct
substitution Of female for male labor
has not taken place. The chief In
stances of decline In numbers Of wom-
en- employed are domestic service and
employment In small dressmaking
WOrkrOOms.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Boy for Safety First"

The other morning Il mother Of sew
an was alarmed Mt hearing heJ young
est child screaming.
Rushing up to the bedroom to as
certain the cause, she observed her
~fonr-ycar-old boy %prodding at his lit
tl@ sisters arm with an old pocket
knife.
"Wlintcver are you doing, Nillie?'
shouted the frantic mother.
II am ~waXinating Eva" replied the
yOullgster proudly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Clothing of SHUTS Forces Torn
to Shreds in ThornbuSh
Jungle Fighting.
But men ARE VERY FIT
Many Members Of Destroyed German
Cruiser koeniQsberq's Crew Killed
or Captured-Armored Cars the
Joy Of the Army.

Cape TOwn.-Because of the diver
F!ty of it's units-Britons from the
homeland, South African British, Bo-
ers, East Indians, and South African
natives-General Shuts expedition in
German East Africa is known pOpu-
larry us the ragtime army. The ragged
army would be an even more apprO-
pirate designation, for mostly 1t Is
made up Of men whose clothing Is In
tatters. This Is not due to the wear
and tear incidental to q rapid trek Of
upward of Il thousand miles, fighting
II good part Of the way, which many
OF the regiments have to their credit,
so much as to the fact that to get ut
the enemy the men frequently have to
break by main force through jungles
Of thick %thornbush, which tear their
clothing to shreds and scratch their
bodies from head to foot, SO that on
emerging they generally present the
appearance of being horribly wounded
when not n bullet has touched them.
Little things like that, with marches
lasting from two o'clock in the morn
ShS q lliHS Tx NUN liz
practicable set out, until six O'Clock In
the evening, without Il drink Of water
on the way, ana often to go into action
against machine-gun fire before rest
ing, in no wise affect the spirit of the
troops. There is splendid rivalry among
the white and colored regiments, in
endurance rs well as in fighting. A
man feels keenly disgraced II his
strength fails him and he is compelled
to fall out. SO if he is stricken with
fever he keeps right on with his cOln-
rades and tries to joke and sweat 1t
out Of his system. The result is that
the ragged army is made up of men
who literally are us hard as nails
lean, agile. powerful fellows, clear Of
eye and oil skin and muscle.
Armored Cars Their Joy.
The JOY of the army is the armored
-ars. The value of these machines
manned by naval crews cannot be es-
timated. They have saved hundreds
Of men from being killed and thou
sands from being wounded. They can
IoeallC Liz tilVlily > H1alSIillc SullS WIFI
out loss when ordinary methods would
be as futile as they would be costly In
a country which offers such extraor-
binary facilities for concealment. An
illustration in point is furnished In ac-
counts Of the operations of n Of Gen
eral Van D%eventer's columns recently
engaged In driving the Germans out
of the territory north of the Mahengc
swamps. where they are now kraaleu.
The pursuit took the column into a
mountain pass most admirably adapted
for the purpose OF a trap. AS was
surmised. the Germans had not failed
to take advantage of the opportunity
to make a stand. The road led through
a gap up into q narrow mex in a horse
shoe OF high wooded hills from which
every inch Of the inclosed space was
commanded. The armored cars, one
ut q time, ven on toward the mex
while the infantry deployed to right
and left Of the hills and began the
ascent. Nothing happened for awhile.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Victims OF FRIENDSHIP.

And why are you here. my nasfn! =
asked the parson who was visiting The
state prison of convict Al, 1lEk
Ne frien's got me in dis jDimt," re-
piled the victim bitterly.
Why, how is thnt!" asked the SYM
pathetic visitor.
1T wuz like dis" explained Al. 144.
DE judge gimme de high.sign, meanin'
dat | wuZ t be hanged. but me fool
frien's got de gov'ner t clinnge de pro-
gram t putin me in de lookup fer lite.
See?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
An Unexpected Retort.

where demanded the female suf-
frage Or;ltreSS in Il fierce tone, .'wouid
man be today We're it not for woman?"
She paused for Il moment, and
glared at the silent audience.
once more repeat" she came
back. "Nhere would man be were it
not for wpnLan?"
Then from the gallery in a timid
masculine voice, came this answer:
He'd be in the garden of Eden eat.
ing Strawberries"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Bath Towe, u Counterfeit.

Chicago.-A Turkish towel, a replica
OF Il five-dOllar bill. which had been on
exhibition in a local saloon, has been
confiscated by government secret segv-
ice operatives. The towel, 3 feet .
inches long and l foot 10 inches wide.
contains all Of the coloring. figures and
serial numbers Of q piece Of currency,
all woven into 1t.
One of the bartende..s, It was assert,
ed, purchased Il In South America.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Deeds Of Darjnu.

Choily-I say. Fweddy, let's-avs-
do something Desperate and bwtnk
into the-uw-hewoic class, doncher
know.
Fwedly-All right, deah boy. But
what shall we do?
ChOfly Something extraordinary.
doncher know. Haw. l have it.
We'1l-aw-haye some %bweakfast food
for dinnah!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
w I &3&1E5 y
NO HARD FEELINGS.

Now tffas you hnve donated $2OO.C'N
% your nlfrsa mater for the erection
Of n new buaIJing, why do you insist
thnt 1t must hw located on u particular
part Of the Campus? p
Because replied the eminent
philanthropist, "wRen ] was n fresh
man | received on this spot the worst
nights haZing | ever experienced. and
! want to put up Il buiItiing there just
t" show that | bear rD III will TO the
college for what Unopened to me"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
DESERVING Character.

Il saw Il rather stout person out
riding in your car yesterday afternoon
Whp was Il stranger to me. Have you
a relative visiting your"
NO. That was our cook. She has
the use Of our car two afternoons Il
week"
II would consider that d downright
imposition"
You wouldn't after you had tasted
one OF her pies"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Safety First.

1.-THE porter is unusually attentive
to your wants."
"Yes,' replied the celebrated bac-
teriologist.
"YOu must have travelled on this
road q number of times before and
tipped him literally"
THAT isn't the eason The conduc.
tor told him that l had In a little bot
tie in my suitcase enough germs to kill
an army and the porter has made up
his mind that no accident IL going to
befall me Il he can possibly prevent
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Why He Objected.

Doctor wish you would tell those
deaf-mutes to stop talking, the noise
disturbs me.
Attendant-Why, how can they make
Il noise when they talk with their fin
gers?
DoctOr-Well. don't you know that ac-
tons speak louder than words?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
He Lost Out.

lie was poor, but otherwise honest.
change conditions by proposing to an
heiress.
But he wedding bells dds not ring.
oh, We'll" he said. philosophically.
money isn't everything"
True" reioined the fair but unfair
maid, "bu with it one can buy almost
any old thing that it isn't"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Bird of an Argument.

II think all telegraph and telephone
wires should be put underground"
said the a With long hair.
"Why, l thought you were head Of
the Audubon society," replied the tele-
graph man.
$50 l am
"Where on earth, then, do you sup
pose the poor birds are to roost il
deprived of the wires?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
The Modern Way.

Say said the theatricul manager
to the chap who writes between meals,
do you want Il joby
what kind of Il job? queried the
play manufacturer.
Il bought Il job lot Of scenery ut an
auction sale today" explained the t.
M "and ! want you to write q play
to tit 1t. Sect"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
An Exclamation.

observation-disclosures that old Joke again
pertaining to the difficulty Of finding a
woman's pocket. Now it's easy enough
to find a man's pocket.
Wife-Well. that's MS 1t should I've.
A man has no business with a WON
ans pocket, while Il woman has with
Il man's-because she needs the money.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Sure 10 Como Back.

Where is that cuff l had on yester-
iny7' asked the hungry-looking poet.
Il sent 1t to the laundry" said his
wife.
Gracious, woman, l had a poem
written on 1t y
"Oh, 1t will come back. You know
your poems always do"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

proved and I On now the mother Of .
fine baby girl md do On my own house
work. Mrs. ALIxA B. TIMMoNs, ZIG
Almond St., Pop1sg B1u6, No.
In many other hosaes, once childless,
there are now children because Of the
fact that Lydia E. PhHkksm's Vegetable
Compound makes wUuneo normal.
healthy and strong
Write to the Lydia r. Pfnkham Medi.
cine Co. Lynn, Macs, for advice-it
Will be confidential and hs5pful
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
HE Speciality.

You say that pasty-faced individual
is expert In nautical sports?'
"Yes."
III certainly doesn't look MS IL he
could swim or sail a boat"
He can't, but he's one Of the
smoothest card sharps who ever
stepped aboard an ocean liner
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

E. Pinkham's veRo.
table Compounds s
been to me. We
had always wanted
q baby in our home
but l was in poor
health and not able
to do my work. My
mother and hus-
band both urged me
to TRY Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound. I did
- - -1
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Proved an Alibj.

Dixor-I under stand that Miss Over
seven brought suit for damages against
young Sapleigh for casting reflections
upon her.
Hixon-She did-but lost her case.
Uxon-So? What was Sapleigh's
defense?
Hixon-His attorney put him on the
witness stand and proved to the salts
faction Of the jury that he wasn't
bright enough to cast reflections.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
motherhood
W0MAN'S JOY
Suggestions to Childlesa
Women. =

Among the virtues Of Lydia Z
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is tho
ability to correct sterility in the
cases of many women. This fact n
well established az evidenced BY the
following letter and hundreds Of Others
We have published in these columns.
Poplar Bluff, Nj. IL want other
women to know what q blessing lydia
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Unmarried and Cross!

"pop!"
"Yes, my son."
MY schoolteachar isn't married, 10
sle?"
mo, I believe not, my boy"
What makes her SO cross, then,
pop!'-YonkerS Statesman.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Alas! Poor Woman.

Man wants but little here below.
Because he's o polite
TIC" interfere when women go
For everything in sight.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
The MiSsjno Word.

"A word to the wise is sufficient"
Is Il proverb that's often heard:
But We need some wise guy to tell us
Just which is the proper word.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

Jaw. say. We can't tie no can o dat
bobtail dorg.'
"Naw-w. Dat dorg's tail puts me
IN mind Of one Of dem serial stories.
Dey amt no end to it,"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Not 4 Learner.

DO you think You will learn any
thing from this stock market invests
g~ation?"
NO replied Mr.. Dustin Stax, II
don't believe there are any kinks in
the stock market game that l don't al
ready know"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

Miss Carranza IL the fnvorite niece
Of President Carranza OF Mexico.
Miss Carranza is visiting New York ;
she is Of the typical Spaniard type.
When Mt home she lives ut the pal
nee" with the presitent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

New Jersey factories employ 232,-
OOO operatives.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

Earle, why don't you comb your
hair?"~
"Cause l amt got q comb"
"Well, why don't you tell your
mamma to buy you Oney"
"Cause then I'd have to comb my
hair"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
sions and portanta.

"Whnt does 1t mean when smoke
nscends In a straight line7"
".hat there - fire somewhere
about"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

You know something about the per-
verSity of human nature. After Il few
years OF that sor of work | might fall
in love. with Il woman who was rs
homely as Il mud fence"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong, sick women well, no
alcohol. Sold in tablets or liquid.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02
Just for a Chance.

"How would YOU like to be one Of
those magazine illustrators and spend
most of Your time drawing beautiful
WOmenT?'
Not for me-"
.s%tyIav nnte 49,
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
RED CROSS URGES
 GARDEN PLANTING

TEMPE, Sept. 30-The Tempe branch
 of the Red Cross acting through it's food conservation committee is now organizing one of the biggest and most important projects yet put un- der way Incidentally, they are of fering an opportunity for personal and patriotic service to every housewife in Tempe who wants a garden, but
 who cannot find room for one on her
 own property; to the owner of every
 vacant lot in town; to every teacher
 or any other responsible adult; to
 every boy or girl in our schools, in
 short, to the whole community. In
 biief, the plan is as follows To plant
 every suitable and available vacant lot in Tempe to a community Red Cross garden, to solicit the owners of ,all such property to donate it rent free for that purpose, to enlist volunteers from the housewives teachers and other responsible persons to super wise the work in these gardens in every stage of progress, to organize the boys and girls of our city into groups to assist in the planting and l cultivation of the crops and to devise i an adequate plan for marketing the i produce.
 | The agricultural department of the | Normal school, the high school and l the public schools will actively CO., ] operate in every phase of the work
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
BUY SCOUTS PROVE THEIR
 USEFULNESS

American boys have attained a note worthy reputation for usefulness with in recent years. Boys of course, ,i- ways have been useful, but not until their energies are organized and di rected along systematic channels does this usefulness become so apparent. That is why, in recent years, Americas youngsters have loomed so conspic uously in the foreground of daily ac- tivities They have been organized on a much broader scale than ever before, according to information received by McArthur brothers.
 One of the most influential factors in the boy development program is the Boy Scout organization Troops in eTcry section of the county have at tracted public recognition and praise for countless forms of public service rendered. They have assisted in di- recting street traffic during congested periods, assisted travellers on incoming trains, helped convention visitors in many ways, and are even taking part in the mobilization of the nations fighting forces. Their activities have been extended in every direction.
 In Denver there is an automobile dealer who, recognizing the willing ness and industriousness of troop of Boy Scouts in Clayton College, invited them to become members of his service department. With customary enthusi- asm the boys accepted and in a short time were attending regular sessions of instructions in care and operation of motor cars. Then they were gradu- ated with the degree of Master Scouts" qualified to render assistance to motorists at any time. This they are doing with great success, much to the convenience of motorists. The man who originated the idea is Tom Bot terill, dealer in Dodge Brothers Motor Cars in Denver and Salt Lake City.