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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-22
Gowns Suggest
operate Roles

New York.-A musician made the
statement the other day that IL
women follow the fashions Of this au-
tumn, they will look as though they
were taking leading roles In we'll
known operas.
Aida, Anneris, Natoma, Lakme,
Melisande and That's are the operate
characters on which the French de-
signers have based their work for
this season.
Natoma is suggested by the distinct
ly Indian clothing that has come from
the great houses abroad and copied
and launched In all the houses here.
Lakme is suggested'b by the Oriental
clothing with its ancient coloring, its
dangling beads and its gllstening It's
sues.
That's Is suggested in the draping
of the figure by folds of soft material,
such MS crepe and satin, the drapery
winding about the body and reveal
ing every curve and line without con-
f1ning the muscles.
Aida has her prototypes today in
the savage, primitive clothes, the bril-
liant blue and green necklaces, the
berbaric armbands above the elbow
and the uneven, fringed hem of the
skirt.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
THOUSANDS OF BOYS
ENLIST IN FARM Army
City Youngsters Are MAKING =. s,,
did Showing In the FieIds '''

Misunderstanding to r0,,.
reaching the department of labor ~
city boy Is making good on the f. ue
More than 10000 boys ALREADY ba
gone into the country to do the,, S''
These boys are enrolled In the rn,.S,
States boys working reserve. To tos
the reserve a boy must be sixteen ' "aa
prove himself physically fit Nu
have enlisted for a minimum no,,e,
Of two months, and most Of them ~
planning to remain on the farms -
til Oct. 1.
Next to agriculture the Gamma /
dustry Is making the heaviest demons
for boys. Maryland Gamers have 0aS
ed for $500, those In Michigan woa.
1000, and those in New York and Oh
er states have indicated that they WIN
send in similar calls.
Assistant Secretary Vrooman Of u.
agriculture department has written "a
Gals Of the Boy Scouts of Americs
suggesting that the work being don
by the scouts to aid the gardening cam
paign might be rendered even mo,.
valuable by organization of a boy NJ.
troll to prevent petty garden thievine
Few people realize that this evil !,
perhaps the greatest single factor tend
ing to discourage home gardening N
and about cities" Mr.. Vrooman wrOta
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
SHELL HITS TRUE At
RANGE OF TEN MILES
French Gunner SmasheS Tunnel
Killing Half of Men Inside
and BIockading Exit.

London.-This story of modern war.
fare is related by an official authority
who has been on the front in Cham.
payne:
ION May 20 the French prepared to
rush the impregnable positions on
Mount Cornillet and Mount Teton
Photographs taken by their aviatOrs
showed an immense system of tunnels
which apparently concealed German
reserves. A single entrance was 10
Gated, and the operator Of a French
fifteen inch gun ten miles away was
told to put shell in the entrance.
1.-The gun started firing thousand
pound shells, and the infantry was or.
dered to advance at a certain minute.
Two hours before the time set for the
advance a half ton shell planted itself
sQuarely in the mouth Of the tunnel,
killing half of the men inside, blockad.
ing the exit and wrecking the trans
verse corridors. The French advanced
and took several hundred prisoners
without suffering loss.
1.-Two months ago a French attack
on Moronvillers failed because this in
pregnable tunnel could not be cap
tured."
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
MAKE BEARS FEEL AT HOME
Reproduction of Cliffs and BowIders In
CITY Park Pits,


Denver.-Not satisfied with having
mountain scenery within a few miles
Of the city, Denver has sent out into
the Rockies and brought it into the
city limits by the CARLOAD.
The scenery is not paintings or pho
tosraphs, but actual reproductions of
rugged cliffs and majestic powders Sc
lected for bear pits at City park.
Agents of the city spread a gelatin
GUS material over the most striking
cliffs during the day and removed it in
the cool of the morning, thus retaining
an accurate impression This was con-
verted into plaster of paris casts, In
which form the reproductions have
been brought to Denver. The molds
will be constructed in concrete and
shot, with cement guns, In colors and
tints to simulate the original rocks
from which they were taken
The broad ax., 1917-06-30

ing scarlet cloaks and carrying lances
and darts. They open the gates at one
side Of the arena and let loose the
fierce and fiery toro. The entrance Of
said toro was pretty much Of flivver.
The vast crowd evidently had him
buffaloed- He nervously looked around,
paved the dirt under his feet, jumped
up into the air, cracked his heels to-
gether and then rolled over on the
ground, kittenish like. From my seat
In the arena 1 could see the marks Of
the yoke about his neck.
Now very cautiously the picadors ap-
proach within thirty yards Of ell toro
and let fly their darts, the entire lot
striking the bulls side in the region of
the flank. FL toro switches his tail
neryously. Those blamed canal zone
mosquitoes again." he Is doubtless
thinking. Soon the picadors make
way for the stevedores-er-I mean the
matadors, who succeed in worrying
the bull a great deal by their mere
presence and appearance. But now
comes the real thing. There is a fam
fare of trumpets. a shout from the null
titude, and Senor. Don Porando, primer
toreador from Barcelona, has the
entree.
Don Porando looks the part all right,
and when the now thoroughly worried
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
WIRELESS PHONES
FOR USE OF THE NAVY
System Already Successfully Tested by
Secretary of Navy Daniels.

Washington.-Wire telephony as
well as wireless telegraphy will be
used by the United States navy in its
war operations.
A year ago, by order Of Secretary
Daniels, navy officers and officials of
the Bell system planned and success
fully carried out a three day mobiliza-
ton of communication forces during
which war conditions were simu-
lated. Instantaneous communication
was provided over the wires by both
telephone and telegraph from the Office
Of Secretary Daniels in Washington to
all the naval stations in the United
States, and wireless communication
was maintained between the secre-
tary's Office and an American battle
ship in the Atlantic ocean.
Since then engineers Of the telephone
company have worked with officials of
the navy department and have fur
ther developed the wireless telephone
for use in the naval service.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
WILD MUSTANG FLESH.
Strange Meats Can Now Be Bought In
Portland, Ore.

Portland, Ore--Jackass, mule, dom
key, burro and horse meat may now be
sold In Portland meat markets. The
city council has adopted an ordinance
providing for the regulation Of their
sale.
The meat must be plainly labeled
with letters at least one inch high and
must be inspected by the regular meat
inspectors of the city.
AS adopted the ordinance says Dob
bin and Billy and Maud before being
sold to the housewife must undergo
thorough inspection and be labeled
"horse," "mule," goat or "jackass,"
as the case may be.
The first horse meat market has been
opened, and the first shipment of TWEEN
ty-two wild range mustangs, rounded
up by Indians In eastern Oregon, has
been received, with more to follow If
the demand is sufficient. The butcher
says he is able to cut meat prices In
two, and his quotations for horse flesh
range from 4 cents a pound for soup
cuts to 1914 cents for T bone steaks.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
HOW RECRUIT GAINED
ONE INCH A MYSTERY
Feeding and Gymnastic Exercises
Aided This Private In Reach
ing Minimum Weight.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Roman Jagodzin-
ski recently rendered his services to
this country as a private in Company
K, First Wisconsin infantry. He weigh
ed lis pounds. One hundred and TWEEN
ty pounds is the minimum weight un-
der the regulations. But they passed
him on to the man with the tape meas
ure and he registered exactly five feet
three and three-quarter inches. Here
he was shy again, three-Quarters Of an
inch.
One week was allowed him in which
to make good, and-there's no use in
Withholding the story any longer-he
made good.
Private Jagodzinski was accepted a
week after his application. He weigh
ed 120 pounds, and he measured five
feet four and quarter inches. During
the week he put on five pounds in
weight, and he stretched exactly an
inch.
"How was it done" Corporal ]. Be
shog Of Company X was asked.
Feeding and gymnastic exercises"
was the reply.
No further inquiry was made with
regard to the feeding, because there
isn't anything heroic about gastronomic
endurance contests, but some informa-
ton was earnestly solicited about the
stretching process. All the corporal
would vouchsafe in that regard was
that Roman was rolled around on the
armory floor until the additional inch
was teaSed out of him"
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
ROOKIE TWINS FOOL DOCTOR.
Physician Thinks He Is Examining
Same Youth Twice.

Same Youth Twice.
London. - Twin brothers, who had
just reached eighteen, appeared before
a medical recruiting board recently for
examination preliminary to enlistment
One Of them stripped, was ushered be-
fore a doctor and, having passed his
examination, retired. Then the other
brother appeared, but the doctor refus-
ed to examine bin, declaring he could
not give his attention to the same can
didate twice. Not until the two went
in together would he be convinced.
eff one of them is killed he'll never
be sure Of it." commented the doctor.
"He'n be uncertain whether he's him
self or his brother"
The twins are so nearly alike that
even their parents have never been able
to distinguish them positively. They
have the same initials and their pen
manship is identical.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
saw A BULLFICAT
Sergeant of Marines Describes
Spectacle Graphically.
AS EXCITING AS CHESS.

Not Even the Innocent Victim of the
Stevsdores-er, Matadors-couId Get
Up Any Emotion at Panama's Popu-
lar Pastime-Never Again For Mack
of v. s. M. c.
By SERGEANT WILLIAM L MACK.
U. 8. NJ. c. pittsburgh, Pa, R. 81
Drawings BY SERGEANT c. ]. LOHMIL-
LER, U. s. NJ. C. Marine Barracks.
Philadelphia, Pa-)
Pittsburgh had always wanted to
see a bullfight, and when the opportu-
nifty came at Colon, Panama, I was
quick to seize 1t. / had gone ashore
ON liberty, looking for excitement, and
If you can call bullfghting excitement
! had It.
I picked up a handful in the street.
1t was printed In Spanish, but finally
made out that Senior Don Porando,
primer toreador from Barcelona, would
that very afternoon, with skill and
neatness, dispatch the fierce and fiery
toro for two 'dobe dollars per admis-
sion.
Oh, que grandiosoI There enters the
arena now a troupe Of picadors wear
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
PREACHERS ON FARMS.
An Organization Proposes That They
Work In Rush Season.


Work In Rush Season.
Topeka, Kan.-If the plan adopted by
the Clay county Ministers union is put
into action in the counties throughout
the state of Kansas it will put 5000
skilled laborers into the fields during
the rush season. The plan outlined in
Clay county is set out in q letter to
Governor Capper by the Rev. ]. Ashton
Davies Of Clay Center. Mr.. Davies
says:
During the month of July and Au-
gust the ministers are to work on
farms, going out to that work Monday
mornings and returning Saturday even
tngs, just as our boys are doing at the
officers camp at Fort Riley.
ave may arrange to leave one min
lister in town, different one each
week, who shall devote his time to the
interest of all the churches. The
churches will, of course, continue to
pay the ministers salaries, and the
wage received from the farmers will be
turned over to the benevolent boards
Of the churches or to the Red Cross
society.
IF this plan could be adopted through
out the state it would send 5000 skill
ed laborers into the fields"
The broad ax., 1917-06-30

TnOpO Dy american HreSS ASSOclatlOn-
CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. MoFFETT.
the rolling deep. The openness Of their
native country has imbued them with
clear eyed vision and a realization of
duty which has awakened in them real
patriotism and a desire to be Of ma
tional service.
Their eagerness to place themselves
at the service Of the navy has over
flowed the barracks of the Great Lakes
naval station, which normally accom-
modates over 1000 men. 1t has been
found necessary to erect a tented city
for the thousands Of overplus recruits
on the banks Of Lake Michigan.
Captain William A. Moffett, CON-
mandant Of the station, speaking OF
the work Of the station, said:
'1The end In view is to make a man.
o'-war's man out Of a raw recruit. To
accomplish this end q thorough train
ing in academic work, physical exer-
cises, military drills and lessons in sea-
manship is given each man under In
struction, and in turn each one Of them
is required to show I'm his bearing, &C
lions and words a sincere amenability
to discipline, to demonstrate aptitude
for his work and to maintain a conduct
standard Of the highest order. If he
falls short of either or any of these
cardinal requisites Of the naval serv-
ice he is discharged as an undesirable"
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
MOVE TO AID INJURED.
Connecticut 10 First State to Stand.
ardize Its Disinfectants.

Connecticut 10 First State to Stand
ardize Its Disinfectants.
Hartford, Conn.-Governor Holcomb
has signed the Austin bill providing
for the standardization of disinfect-
ants. Thus Connecticut is the first
state to standardize disinfectants, a
step regarded by physicians as of great
Importance at this time because of the
war and the flood Of worthless disin-
fectants on the market. Members of
the medical profession have long in
sisted on such a law.
The measure was introduced and
pushed to passage by DR.. A. E. Austin,
a member Of the state house Of repre-
sentatives from Greenwich. 1t provides
that the receptacle in which disinfect-
ants are sold shall bear a label stating
the quality Of the contents on the ap-
plication Of the proper test.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30

bull gets slant at Don he bellows
forth something that sounds strangely
like frightened laugh. Don Porando
stalls around for q few minutes in the
hope that the movie people are on the
job and then rides straight at the bull.
Ell toro perceiyes the maneuver, sticks
bis tail between his legs and beats it
around the arena. But the bull is
sucker for setting the pace, it appears
Soon Don wears him down, there is
fash Of Toledo steel, the bull sinks
slowly to his launches, casts his dying
eyes about In wondering pain, sticks
out his tongue as If to lick the hand
that slew him, then-carambal all is
over. Never again for my money
When / want to see q first class bull
fight I'll go to one given under the au-
spices Of the Humane society, out in
the Chicago stockyards.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
THIS BOY ENLISTED
Fourteen, Convinced Army Off.
GERS He Was TWenty-one.
LONG PANTS DID THE TRICK.
In Spite of His Five Feet Six Inches
and 100 Pounds, Mother Dressed Him
In Waists and Knockers and Even In
Public Called Him Freddie, Which
He Resented.

Washington.-That long trousers can
add seven years to life in the time it
takes to put them on stands written
on the army records here under the
date May 2.
1t was then that Frederick Miller of
Baltimore broke the bonds of child
vengeance. Up to that day there was
no doubt In the minds of the neighbors
that, in spite of his five feet six inches
and his 160 pounds, the boy was not a
day over fourteen. His mother dress
ed him in waists and Knockers and
even in public called him Freddie.
But there was more to be blamed on
the Knockers than the accusation of
youth. They left visible the lower por-
ton of Frederick's body, and as a con-
siderable portion Of 160 pounds was
not above his waist, Frederick yearned
with all his soul for a real pair of long
trousers in which to hide his legs.
On May Frederick came home from
school to find his mother out A negro
chore mdn was scrubbing the windows
"a real man, wearing mans clothes.
When Mrs. Miller returned she found
nobody In the house, and Freddie was
not seen for week. She did not know
Of course that the negro had gone out
dressed In a waist and Knockers.
Finally came a letter from Freddie
saying that he was happy and was
wearing army pants and leggings. The
postmark was New Rochelle, so Mrs.
Miller got busy. Soon Police Leuten-
ant Frank Cody was at Fort Slocum
and Freddie was found-called Fred
erick-and the recruiting officers swore
that If Frederick wasn't twenty-one
they had never seen a man Of that
age. Freddie had announced he was
twenty-one when he enlisted.
Lieutenant Colonel Maudlin, COM
mandant at Fort Slocum, says Fred
erick should stay and help win the
war. But Freddie was told he must
return home, and his mother said that
If she couldn't call him twenty-one
she could at least call him seventeen
and give him a new pair of long trou-
Sers.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
FREAK OF LIGHTNING.
Mark Size of Dime on Mans Back
Where He Was Hit.

Sharon, Pa. - d. P. ReimOld Oh
Charleston, near here, had a singular
experience during a storm, which Will
keep him bed fast for several days.
When the thunderstorm came up
Reimold was in a wagon shed. Light
ming struck the shed, burned a hOle
through his clothing at the back, WenI
down his right leg and out Of his right
shoe, tearing a hole in the leather. de
was rendered unconscious, but quickly
recovered.
An examination showed a mark tns
size Of a dime on his back, where tDe
bolt hit, and a red streak was fixed on
his skin, the path it Travelled until j
left his foot. NeighbOrs extinguisneu
the fire which followed before serious
damage resulted.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
BROTHERS RACE TO ENROLL
Albert Thornton Of RoselIe, N. j., Loses
When Bicycle Tire Bursts.


When Bicycle Tire Bursts.
Newark, N. Tive won! go to
war;" painted Victor Thornton Of RG
selle, N. j., as he burst into the army
recruiting station at $50 Market street
Fifteen minutes later his brother, Al
bert, perspiring and out Of breath, sank
into a chair.
The boys explained that they had
asked permission Of their father, Al
fred Thornton, to go to war and that
he had told them only one might en-
list. He told them he would decide the
matter by a bicycle race and started
them off on a three mile trip to the
recruiting station. The winner was TO
enlist.
One Of Albert's tires was punctured
He threw the wheel into a clump OF
bushes and ran the rest Of the way TO
the station, hoping that similar accf
dent might overtake his brother. lie
returned home to tell his father thai
Victor had enlisted.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
GIRL HARD TO TABULATE.
Says Her Business 10 That of Distrib.
utine Religious Tracts.

Albany, N. Y.-The state military
census takers here are puzzled as to
just how they will tabulate an unmar-
ried nineteen-year-old Albany girl who
gave these answers on her census blank:
What is your businessT
"Colporteur" Zone who sells or dis
tributes religious tracts.
Are you In business for yourself?"
"No."
"If not what is the name Of your EN-.
ployerT
1.-The Lord"
what is your employers businessr'
"Forgiving sins"
what Is your employers addressr
The heavenly sanctuary"
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
Many Blossoms on Twio,

Topeka, Kan.-If all the twigs ON an
apple tree on the farm Of George n.
kreider, near Lyndon, had as many
blossoms as one twig had, and, If every
blossom became an apple, the tree
would have supplied an apple day for
several thousand persons. The freak
twig" has put forth half a dozen bios
SONS instead Of the customary one.
kreider declares It a freak of nature
and states that In all his experience as
q fruit raiser he never before saw 10
many blossoms on q twig.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
Back Streets For Gardens.

Onalaska, Wis.-Use Of the city's
back streets for raising potatoes was
authorized recently by the town coun-
ell High school boys, under direction
OF the county farm school win culti.
vate the highways
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
SHAVING FUND BUYS BOND
Travellers Joke Sixteen Years Ago Re.
suits In Saving $4,000.

Waterloo, Ia.-At the grand council
Of the Iowa United Commercial Trav
elers sixteen years ago, F. W. Houck Of
Sheldon lost his wallet His friends
as a practical joke, instructed all tn.
banks not to cash a draft for him. He
was in need Of shave.
A fund was raised for this purpose
but meanwhile Houck succeeded III
cashing his draft The fund was turn,
ed into the treasury and maintained by
annual contributions Of a penny from
each member. 1t now has passed the
$1,000 mark. The council voted to In
vest the fund in the liberty loan.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
Old Man to Graduate.

Huntington, w. Va.-James William
Samples, seventy-three, is about to COM
plete the dream of a lifetime in his
graduation from Marshal college. One
Of family of ten children, Samples
had hard time completing the educa-
ton he always coveted, but he managed
four years ago to get the funds that
would enable him to go through the
college
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
BUREAU REScUES FISH.
Takes Them From Overlooked Lands
For AnaIers' Benefit.

~ F"SiSie SStohs
Washington.-Every year the bureau
Of fisheries has agents out In the over
flowed lands In the Mississippi basin
to rescue fish from their new temporary
homes, returning them to their original
streams for the benefit Of the angler.
The spring floods this year carried
from their original streams the follow.
ing species: Spotted, blue, channel and
yellow cat, horned pout, bullhead;
small, common and black buffalo fish:
carp, pike and pickerel, Graphic, rock
bass, red eye, google eye, yarmouth
(also known rs google eye), large
mouth and small mouth black bass,
bluegill Dream or bluegill sunfish, yel-
low perch or ring perch and white basa
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
DOG CATCHES DESERTER.
Holds Man by Trousers Leg Until Off.
GERS Arrive.

Leavenworth, Kan.-James Thomp-
son, special officer here, owns q police
dog whose abilities as an apprehender
Of criminals frequently has been scoh.
ed at by Thompson's friends. The dog
has indicated himself.
William Payne, deserter last sum-
mer from the Missouri national guard,
while stationed on the Mexican border,
had escaped from the disciplinary bar
racks at the army post here.
The dog captured the fleeing trusty,
holding to the mans trousers leg and
impeding his fight until officers sub
dued him.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
THIS ROOKIE HAD BANK
ROLL OF MERE $4,000

= Denver.-At Fort Logan, Colo.
y the United States army obtained
y a tall, rawbOned recruit. Does
= Uncle Sam keep a soldiers mon
= ey?" he asked. Sure" said the
y officer. well, please keep this
y for me-" The rookie handed over
y a slip Of paper. 1t was a certih-
y cate Of deposit for $6s, 900. 81 just
y sold some sheep" he explained.
h
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
LYNN JUDGE FINES MAYOR.
School Board Also Punished For Vio-
lating Labor Law.

latins Labor Law.
Lynn, Mass.-Mayor George h. New.
hall, DR.. Nathaniel P. Breed, Elmer z.
Boyer, Mial W. Chase and s. Walter
McDonough, members Of the Lynn
school board, were fined S. each by
Judge Henry T. Lummus. The mem
bers were charged with a violation of
the eight hour law in allowing janitors
of schoolhouses to work more than
that time daily.
Assistant City Solicitor Jacobs ap-
pealed In their behalf, and they were
held in their own recognizance by Judge
O'Brien for the superior court.
The broad ax., 1917-06-30
FARMERS CAN INSURE CROPS.
Massachusetts, Plan Guarantees 10 Per
Cent Profit.

Worcester, Mass.-The first general
farm crop insurance ever afforded the
farmers of the United States was put
into effect by the Worcester county
farm bureau. Farmers who take out
policies will be assured Of clean profit
of 10 per cent over and above the cost
Of production on all of their 1917 crop
which exceeds in volume the crop of
1916.
Business men have subscribed a fund
Of 100000 to guarantee the insurance.
The farmer must maintain certain
standards. The insurance applies to all
winter staples. The crop must be mar
keted in Worcester county.