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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21
WILL TALK PEACE.

Berlin, Aug. 20.-The Norde .Deutsche Allegemiene Zeitung asserts Dr. Michaelis. the imperial chancellor, will take the floor at Tuesdays meet ing and also will make reference to the papal peace note.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21
Marler-WOrk.

Miss Pearl Work and Fred Marler were quietly married Saturday night at the parsonage of the Carr Mem orial Methodist church, Rev. w. A. Evans saying the ceremony.
 The bride formerly made her home here, but some years ago removed with her parents to Maiden, Mo, only recently returning to Pine Bluff. MT. and, Mrs. Marler will make their home at 1908 East Sixth avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21
Eighty British women physicians and surgeons are employed in the military hospitals of Malta.

In response to call for national service young girl of Maratee coun- ty, Florida, ,athis1ayear produced 5,76O pounds of tomatoes on tenth of an acre patch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21
Novelties Seen in the New York Shops

Broad brimmed sailors the trimming of which consists of simple stitclery ir worsted thread at the brim edge and with a band of knitted worsted about the crown.
 Pretty Summer dresses of gingham consisting of skirts and suspenders worn with blouses of white voilc.
 Charming evening frocKs for young girls made of white net trimmed with rows of tiny velvet ribbon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21
BIRTHS.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. c. F. Barthett, Friday, August 17, a girl. The baby was chr;stened Linnie Virginia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21

Here girls and boys and men and women Is your chance to gain na- wide recognition for your war garden vegetables and earn some money too. The National Emergency Food Garden Commission of Wash- ington. of which Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Forestry Association, Is the head, an- nounces $5.000 in prizes and Na- tional Certificates of Merit for the best canned vegetables grown in war gardens. Tell your state, county or war garden fair and exhibit officials to write to P. s. Ridsdale, the sec retary. at 210 Maryland Building. Washington, D. C.. for information.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21

May Mantcn Patterns for these De- ] signs may be obtained by sending price
 in coin or stamps for each pattern \ wanted to the Fashion Department of
 this paper.
 Fashion Dept. | Centlcmcn:- l enclose |. for which send me
 the following pattern: | Send Pattern Mo-. Size.
 Send Pattern Mo-, Size. ... To (Name) ame)..................... ! Street end No. | City. City. .......
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21
Labor Best Test.

Labor Beet Test. Labor Is the best test of the ener> gles of men, and furnishes an admir-. able training for practical wiSdom."- Samuel Smiles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21

Girl bootblacks are numerous in Boston.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-21

e4lo Sports ss'hnt, 3o to l4 bust.
 l'rice 10 cents. e4oo Straight Skilt to be Plaited or Gathered, 24 to 30 waist.
 Price IS cents. e4o7 Girls Dress, 4, 6 and s ycals.
 Price 10 cents. e252 Girls Sidc-p p!aitcl Hrcss. to # years. Pii@r.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02

" EW patterns in Colored
Embroidered Ladies'
II a n d kerchiefs,. fancy
boxed. Box Of three, soc.
Boxed Handkerchief, all
white, corner embroidery
and whipped edges. Box
Of four, soc.
Two-Tone Fancy Embroid-
cred and Boxed Kerchiefs;
three in three varying COL
ors; box Of three, soc.
Fancy Embroidered corner
effects, with embroidered
scallops to match; box
Of four, zoe.
Pure Linen Ladies' Ker-
chiefs, with Madeira en-
broidery; box of three,
&l.50.
Pure Linen with Longfellow
initial; box OF six, zoe.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02
Time to Think of
Christmas Coats
For Girls and Boys

Heavy Belted Zibeline Coat,
in green. brown and navy,
with extra wide shoulder
point collar and patch
pockets. An exceptional
value 6 to 16 years.,
S1O.9S.
Boys and Girls e to 5-year
sizes) ChinchilIa Coats,
we'll tailored and warmly
lined; double breasted,
with tailored pockets and
belted back. in navy or
gray; the price is $4.75.
In gray, brown and navy,
belted all round and with
velvet collar; the price Is
$5.0S.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02
S O G | E T Y

War conditions do not seem to have
affected tho output OF books and stories
from the pens Of Virginia writers. and
some very clever articles have been
published this fall OF more than pass
ing f1ntercst to VirGinians, az we'll as
Y in Richmond, where the author makes
her home. Is Colonial Virginia: It's
People and Customs" by Mary Newton
Stanard. Every one knows that Nir-
ginia is rich in history. not only the
history OF it's achievement az n state
but rich in tho history OF beautiful
happenings and charming anecdotes.
ami these go to make Mrs. Stanard'S
book the work OF art it is.
There was never mortal man or
maid who did not At one time or an
other have thoughts OF those dead and
gone people who were their fore
faGiers. Mrs. Stanard has painted in
words a wonderful panorama Of the
period she portrays in her book. Let
tets, memcntocs. portraits quaint old
interiors and furniture. famous men
and beautiful women. their history and
their life. all Is sketchcd by the writer
in -her great canvass OF Virginia life
of .the days of the colonies That was
n great epoch in the history OF our
state. and the procession Of men,
women and children III every walk OF
life who tramp through Mrs. Stanard's
pages fill it with movement and color.
1t as a great book. for it reproduces
in-a most remarkable manner every
phase OF the daily life OF that time.
A number of books on Virginia have
been published, but in one respect this
volume may be said to be superior to
ana different from all Of them--in that
it pictures the human side OF Virginia
Off the Colonial days. In charming
fashion you are conducted TO balls.
hunts. sports of all kinds. into the gay
ana hospitnble homes and houses Of
thS people who made up this life IN
the Old Dominion. It Is written In
delightful style, as one would sit about
am open fre. teacup in hand, chatting
about dear Cousin Mary, who always
wore lavender bows on her caps" and
the old secret stairway Mt Uncle
Johns" Intimate, Yet subtle In the
depiction OF their household gods and
soalal life; their courtship and mar
riage, with inimitable yarns about the
great men who nodded the laws OF the
land we now live in, and il reads like
q novel.
Mrs. Stnnard is great student OF
history and old records and manu-
scripts. and hcr story OF Colonial Tir-
ginia: It's People and Its Customs" is
a splendid service she has performed
70. her native State.
BRENT WITT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02

IF the Riddles are going to
1 S ee grandmother for
Christmas-or if the home
coming is at their own fire
side-they will be spick
and span in their new
Kaufman Kiddie Coats.
You'll be surprised at the
quality and small prices.
Girls and Boys Tan Covert
Trench Coats, in close copy
of the standard army regu-
lation model, made Of SER
viceable cloth and finished
with metal buttons and
take-up belt; sizes 2 to 10
years, $1,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02

E'ULL-LENGTH HOSE, in
black or white, with Isle
top and lower half pure
silk: heel and toe rein
forced; the pair, CSC.
Full Fashioned Fiber Silk
Hose, in black and white,
soc.
Full Length Silk Hose, in
black and white-"Gor-
don's 1901" SIPS.
Gordon's II 800 Very Long
pure Silk Hose, in all col
ors; pair, $3.50.
Kayser's Pure Silk Drop
stitch Hose, black striped
white; white striped black,
$500.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02
-Four -in-Hand TIES
For Gentlemen

THE relatively small num-
4 Der Of men and women
who are capable Of Judging
quality in silk will be the
heaviest buyers Of these re-
markably priced Ties. The
quality in each instance is
substantially higher than
the price indicates, and the
patterns are exceptionally
smart. Csc, S1.00, $3.50,
S2.0G.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02
Satin-En ished
Broadcloh
SUIT
Fur Trimmed, ,S25


HERE is a Suit the like
Of which is not to be
found. At least that
is our deliberate con-
viction. OF satin-finished
broadcloth, in taupe,
brown, navy and balsam
green, the Coat is lined
with yarn-dyed satin.
The style is a most charming
Interpretation of the rip
ple-back idea, and the col
lar is really distinguished
in Hudson seal fur. The
big surprise, however, is
the price-$25.00.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02

Continued on Third Page.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02
:==: : THE EZAUFr1ANN STORE :::: % =
Ma HnoJ Noucmber LIST, 1917
w 4 oOV to Februdru LIST. 1918

YOU live on the bank of stream with your family and
farm. In the stream just beyond your reach on q
rocky island and separated by impossible rapids man
blood is wrecked Across rapids Won can
throw food to keep him alive After ninety days the rapids
will recede and danger Of starvation will pass.
QUERY How many of your oaves plenty will Won throw
the in
THESE ARE THE FACTS authenticated NV tho eovern
ment figures.
ON NOVEMBER 1 we shipped the bushel of wheat
available for export under normal conditions
ON FEBRUARY the Argentine wheat crop will he avail
able 1890
IN THE INTERIM shipments wheat are souarev mn
YOU YOU YOU. - ~
THE HOUSEWIVES OF AMERICA
Every other day should day. Every Amer-
can should take pride in their record wheaess days
Now the time to prove whether American is thick
and red, watery and white.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05

acteu tnat infrniges on the rights or
man for no cause that can be cited
except for the profit of others, not nee
essarily the comfort, but for the profit
Of others, 1t is bound to bring re-
action that win lead the man into the
course that will educate him as to his
strength
Ii you complain that 100000 men
held up the government what will So
900 600 of them do if they can to hold
up the government?
Are they going to be that govern
ment, or is the other 20,000,0O0 going
to be the government? 1t is worth
careful consideration The signs of
the times are not to be disregarded
The social conditions that exist are
or character to make every man who
has honestly the interest OF the people
at heart and ! am not speaking of
the people as peepul' either the great
body of the race honestly at heart, to
give careful thought to whether or not
the crust is too thin for safety, wheth-
er or not evils that exist must not re-
ce1ve the honest effort of all classes
for the correction or whether there il
to come a cataclysm that will make
previous occurrences Of its character
all go into the shade.
This is the age of colossal things. If
1t comes it will come In a way that
will make it oyershadow all former
industrial upheavals precisely as the
present war blots out of existence vir-
tually all OF the wars that preceded it,
and 1t is worthy of the best effort of
every honest man, no matter what he
is, union man, laboring man, capitalist
or employer, to bring about q solution
that will be equitable to all concerned,
for 1t will never be settled finally until
it is settled right, and the strife be-
tween the man who has and the man
who has not will continue until that
day comes, and it Is worthy every
mans effort to bring it about.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
RIDING ON BUBBLES OF AIR.
Motoring Would Be Ideal If Tires Could
BE Made Thinner.

In the whole mechanism of modern
transportation there is nothing 30 par
adoxical, nothing 80 daring In concep-
tion as these bubbles OF air which we
call tires. They are at once strangely
nonsensical and strangely practical
nonsensical because they must endure
great strains and yet are necessar rily
made Of uncomfortable materials practi-
cal because nothing can match air as a
shock absoEper. From all the tales that
we hear of tire costs and tire repairs,
let it not be forgotten that motoring as
we know 1t became possible because Of
the art of riding on bubbles Of air had
been discovered.
What happens when the old fashion
ed iron tired, wooden buggy wheel
strikes a small stone In the road3 It
simply rises and the entire load rest
Ing on the wheel Is lifted. There is
loss Of power-more work for the horse,
for whenever you or horse lifts q
weight energy must be- expended
What happens when an air tube strikes
stone? The tube Is simply punched
In, as 1t were, momentarilyl The wheel
need not be lifted over the obstruction.
In order to secure this extraordinary
result the air must have a chance to
compress. II 1t were possible to build
tire with wall as thin as a soap
bubbles and yet SO tough and elastic
that it would both yield to blows and
resist punctures and blowouts the ideal
would be attained. One OF the hardest
technical tasks ever set was that of de-
manding from the rubber industry q
tube which would hold air and which
would also be resilient.
Air tires serve not only to make mo-
toring luxuriously comfortable, but to
protect the car itself. Were 1t not for
them engines would not perform their
work so efficiently; gasoline would not
be 80 economically consumed high
speed would be unttainable; steering
would not be so easy shock would not
be completely absorbed Waldemar r
Kaempffert In McClures Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
He KNEW THE TURK.
30 He Boldly Proceeded TO Take the
Law Into His Own Hands,

In his book, Forty Years In Con.
stantinople," Sir Edwin Pears tells the
following story to illustrate the Turks
attitude toward foreigners:
knew the Englishman Of whom the
story was told, and / persuaded him
one day to give me his own version.
He sued a man In the chief Turkish
court that has jurisdiction over cases
between Europeans and Turkish sub
jects. When the Turkish defendant
came to tell Ills tale he spoke of the
Englishman as a giaour, or infidel The
Englishman objected Although the
judges knew perfectly well that 1t Is
contrary to Turkish law to use such
an epithet, they did not interfere,
whereupon the Englishman said, If
you call me giaour again shall take
the law into my own hands"
The Turk at once replied, Well, you
are a giaour."
The Englishman stepped across the
floor three or four PAGES and gave the
Turk a blow on the nose that startled
him aud the court. AS the blood flow
AiGtiSp luEAE " 10 "a cut nnUB0D
and orders were given to arrest the
Englishman. He was n big, powerful
fellow, and instantly he smashed the
stool on which he was seated and
cried out that he would brain the 6rst
man who laid hands upon him.
AlIschan, the dragoman who first
told me the story, said that every one
hesitated to attack the Englshman.
and he, Alischan, was asked by the
president to tell the aggressor that If
he would apologize there would be an
end of the matter
"Apologizew said the Englishman.
"Not bit of it. BE insulted me, and
let him have It."
Alischan went back to the president
and said, This is the kind Of an Eng
ltshman who won't stand an insult,
and l can do nothing with him"
Thereupon the court ordered the pro
ceedings to go on as II nothing had
happened.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05

Eight Hour Concession Sounds Well,
but Doesn't Mean Anything.
Members of the New York branch of
the Switchmen's Union of America de-
MED that the award of the federal
board OF arbitration filed in the United
States district court. New York city,
on Dec. "a, constituted an eight hour
day as described by that body.
They've given us a phrase we can't
collect on" was the way one of the Of
fcials Of the union characterized 1t.
The eight hour concession was
awarded TO the union by the federal
board after n wage and hour contro-
versy extending over months The
Switchmen's union is affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor but
not with the four transportation broth
erhoods in train service that made the
eight hour day a national issue. The
federal board granted the request OF
the switchmen that eight hours OF
less shall constitute an eight hour
day." but denied their request for time
and a half for overtime But they did
grant the members Of the union, SC
far as they had contracts with the va
rious railroads, a flat increase of :
cents an hour.
The trouble with an eight hour con
cession the union official quoted
above said, "is that there is no finan
cial penalty imposed on the railroads
for working their switchmen more
than eight hours. The federal board
merely has said to lie railroads, II
YOU work these men more than eight
hours you must pay hem at the same
rate as during the ci@ht hours. which
Of course, is no concession at all They
could have called the award "A six hour
day or even a four hour day because
just as long rs the rate of pay after
the expiration of the stated day re
mains the same as before the me1
gain nothing at least by that particu
lar concession"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
A MEMORABLE ECLIPSE.
When the Sun Was Totally Obsoured
In This Country In 1906.

When the Sun Was Totally Obsoured
In This Country In 1906.
The most remarkable eclipse of the
sun witnessed In the United States In
the centuries since its discovery took
place on June 10, 1906. There were
eclipses previous and since then, but
that of 1906 Is regarded by astrono-
mers as the most memorable of all,
that of Aug. Z, 1869, being the next IN
grandeur and interest.
The eclipse of 1906 was to be seen
over all parts Of North America For
tunately the day was a remarkably
fine one, scarcely a cloud being visible
in any part of the heavens The suns
entire surface was covered at twenty
seven minutes and thirty seconds past
II o'clock.
James Fenimore Cooper, the novel
ist, though but a youth ut the time of
the eclipse, was so enthusiastic an OBJ
server Of the spectacle that twenty-five
years after the event he wrote a mi
mute account of what he saw and how
he felt during the wonderful occur
renee
Mr.. Cooper states that as he and
other spectators IN his company first
discerned through their glasses the
oval form OF the moon darkening the
suns light an exclamation Of delight,
almost triumphant, burst involuntarily
from the lips OF all. The people began
gathering into the street Their usual
labors were abandoned and all faces
were turned upward.
The MONDAY heat began to lessen,
and there was something OF the cool
ness Of early morning. Mr.. Cooper
further states that "all living crea-
lures seemed thrown into a state of
agitation. The birds were dutterlng
1 to and fro IN great excitement They
! seemed to mistrust that this was not
the gradual approach Of evening and
We're undecided in their movements
Even the dogs became uneasy and
drew nearer 10 their masters.
Every house now gave up its ten
ants. As the light failed more and
more with every passing second the
children came hockms about their
mothers in terror The sun appeared
like a young moon Of three or four
days Old One after the other the
stars came into view, which filed the
spirit with singular sensations"
The general phenomena at all the
places whore the eclipse was com
plete or nearly so were the yacillatlon
of the wind. the deep, strange shadow,
the yelloWish pink of the atmosphere
In the west, the fliekeriug ana wavy
appearance of the suns rays when the
eclipse was at its height, the chilly
feeling. the disturbance among the
birds and fowls and the sight of GER
tain planets with the naked eye.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
PLAN BIG UNION.
Needle Workers of the Country May
AmaIgamate In One Organization.

Needle Workers of the Country May
AnaIgamate In One Organization.
The strike of clothing workers in
New York city may result in the ANAL
gamation of the half million needle
workers throughout the country into a
single union. The initial step for such
a combination was made by Joseph
Schlossberg, secretary of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers. III Il letter 10
Louis Langer, secretary Of the joint
board OF the Cloak and Skirt Makers
union.
Were the organization effected 1t
would surpass in numbers the -four
railroad brotherhoods. The contcm-
plated combination of needle workers
would probably be built around the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
Secretary Schlossbergs letter to Mr..
LANCER, which furnished the sugges-
tion for the greater union, closed with
this paragraph:
''We all realize that we belong to
you and that you belong to us. We
hope the time will soon come when,
instead Of number of separate or
ganizations. there will be one great,
powerful and all embracing body of
needle workers"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
Evenino Schools.

Evening schools owe their existence
to the Rev. Thomas Charles, who about
1911 set up one at Bala, Wales, which
proved to be quite successful. In 1889
or 1910 the English Bishop Kinds
strongly recommended such schools for
poor adults, who, on account of en-
forced labor, had no chance to secure
an education. The idea was taken in
hand by the British priyy council in
1851, and from that date evening
schools began to be considered seri-
ously. at the present time they are
numerous throughout Great Britain,
America and many other leading ma
tions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
FIGHT ONLY BEGUN.
Campaign to Prevent Child Labor Must
Be Continued In States.


Be Continued In States.
State regulation Of child labor in
local industries is not yet as thorough
as the federal regulation OF industries
engaged In interstate commerce, ac-
cordlng to the annual report of the gen
eral secretary of the National Child
Labor Committee.
Twenty-eight states allow children to
work more than eight hours a day in
stores and other local establishments
nineteen states allow children to work
at night in such establishments; TWEEN
ty-eight states have no regulation of
street work by children, and twenty
states have poor regulations; twenty
three states need night messenger
laws; twenty-siX states do not require
medical examination of children for
work permits; twelve states have no
educational requirements for work
permits, and thirty-two states have
standards lower than the fifth grade;
one state has no compulsory education
law, and four states have only local
option laws.
THE 1,S50000 working children
whose status cannot be directly affect
ed by any kind of federal regulation
present the major problem on which
the efforts of the committee may now
be concentrated, says Owen II Love
joy, the general secretary in his re-
port Congress has forged the tools
for an aggressive campaign, and we
have now reached the stage where by
taking hold instead of letting 20 we
may hope to see the solution of the
problem"