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The Washington herald., 1917-12-07
WINTER SPORT TOGS
BY LUCILLE CAMERON.

Now that the days are getting
Crisper and crisper. we are going to
wake up one OF these keen mornings
and find a fine thick sheet of ice over
the Basin. And don't you think it
behooves US TO prepare to seize this
opportunity by having on hand some
Good-looking sport togs? One may
skate over some very thin ice fgur-
atively as well as literally. If one is
wearing a saucy knitted tam O. shan
ter and a gay scarf. And il you pos
sess a velvet skating dress YOU can
stare down even a matron of the resi-
Dental set.
A vivacious, blue-eyed maiden has
recently returned home from New
York, where she says she spent a
not inconsidera5le portion of her time
at the big skating rinks. Among her
other new things is a charming little
skating frock OF corbeau blue velours
of semi-fitted princess cut. A high,
comfy collar and long cuffs OF beaver
cooperate with a little round mum
and toque OF the same fur, while a
six-inch band Of beaver also hens the
skirt. Long, narrow blue buttons
make the Russian fastening Of the
dress more attractive. Tan boots
topped with tan suede are harmoni-
Gus accompaniment for the costume
Tucked away in a Christmas box
designed for a slim little fapper OF
my acquaintance is a delightsome set
of fringed scarf, sweater. cap and
skate bag, all of llama wool in deep
purple with rainbow-like stripes OF
rose. Quaint purple wool flowers
blossom on the cap and fringed scarf
I can Just see my little lady doing
the grapevine in this gay and vimful
symphony in wools'
A young matron who expects u
spend part of the holidays in Montreal
where she will. of course, visit the
famous Ice Palace, is the pridefu
possessor Of a really wonderful skat'
ing frock which originated in tht
brain of the ever-original Jenny. This
confection is developed in hunters
green velvet with a militaristic ar:
rangement of tarnished silver braid
and occasional tassels which enriches
the whole front Of the dress from
collar to hem. An opulent collar anc
drum-shaped muff of tailless ermine
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07
PLAN NOVEL vESPER SERVICE.

A novel vesper service will be held
in the rooms Of the Young Women's
Christian Association Sunday after
noon under the auspices Of the Bust
ness Girls Club Of this city. A play
will, beS presented by the Woodward
and LSyop dramatic association.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

cramps. I would
have to stay in
bed several days
every month. 1
tried all kinds of
emedies and was
treated by doc
tors, but my trou-
BILE continued un-
til one day /
read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and what IL had
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07
AWFUL
CRAMPS
Suggestions that May Save
Much Suffering.

Marysville, Pa. For twelve
years I suffered with terrible
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Miss Elizabeth Deeble, daughter of
Mrs. W. Riley Deeble OF this city has
arrived at the Hotel Continental. Paris
Miss Deeble went to France to under
take Red Cross work.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Rear Admiral and Mrs. James H.
Glennon. who have been guests of
Major and Mrs. D. P. Hall for few
days. have taken an apartment at the
Royden in r street for the month OF
December. Their daughter-in-law and
daughter. Mrs. Philip Glennon and
Mrs. Matthew A. Cross, will be with
them during their stay in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Mrs. Claudia johnson. who has
taken a prominent part in the NAM
moth bazaar Hero Land" in New
York, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene ]. Deuth at their home in, Nine
teenth street. Harry Chapman. of
Massachusetts,, is also a guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. Deuth.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Capt. and Mrs. Mason Young are
receiving congratulations on the birth
Of a daughter, Wednesday. Mrs.
Young was formerly Miss Mary
Wheeler Vest. Capt. Young. who is
in the Engineer Corps, U. S. A,
is in Washington on leave from his
post in Ell Paso, Tex.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

At the next meeting Of the Co.
lumbian Women of the George Wash
ington University. on December IL.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Cards have been received In Wash
ington for the marriage Of Miss Bes-
sic Arnold Stearnes, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Reaumur Coleman Stearnes
to DR.. Harry Hampton Donally, on
Thursday evening. December q, at
s o'clock at the Second Presbyterian
Church, in Richmond, Va.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Mrs. H. NJ. Withers. of Kansas
City, is making an extended stay at
the Shoreham.
Capt. Arthur H. Doig, U. S. A, who
has been stationed at Fort Monroe
for a short time. has gone to Cali
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert H. Brown
have rented the apartment of Mrs.
William Balch Williamson in the
kStoddart, at Twenty-ninth and Q
freets, and will take possession about
pIanuary !. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
have rented their apartment at 1870
Wyoming avenue to Maj. and Mrs.
Isaac Jones, of Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Congressman and Mrs. Medill Nc
Cormick, who arrived in Washington
for the opening of Congress, are estab-
lished for the season at 100 New
Hampshire avenue. the residence they
have leased from Col and Mrs.
Stephen L. H. Slocum. Col. and Mrs.
Slocum are in London. the Colonel hav-
ing been detailed to the American en-
bassy as military attache.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Crawford have
leased an apartment at 1221 Fifteenth
street for the winter. They had an
apartment at 1872 Eighteenth street
which they rented to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ziegler, of New York.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
WHEN SNAKES ARE POISONOUS
Reptiles That Are Dangerous Have
piamond-Shaped Heads, Much
Longer at Jawbone Than Neck.

Poisonous snakes have diamond
shaped head, about four times larger
at the iawbone than at the neck. They
also have blunt tails. Nonpoisonous
snakes have sharp heads, which are
nearly the same size ut the neck, and
sharp tails. All snakes, however, are
poisonous during the shedding" peri
cd of seven days. They go blind two
days before shedding.
The Gila pronounced heela) mon
ster is so called on account of being
found near the Gila river in Arizona
and New Mexico, says the World
Wide Magazine. Its bite is deadly, and
it is much feared by the Indians, as no
remedy is known for the bite. They
are very peculiar creatures, having the
shape of large lizard, with feet
marked like those Of q monkey. Some
scientists say that the bite of the Gila
monster Is not poisonous in itself, but
that their breath, blown on the wound,
Is fatal. If their breath is blown on
a person with weak heart the person
will faint away for an indefinite time.
In captivity the Gila monster is fed
on warm milk and chopped meat every
six weeks.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
KEEP MILK COOL AND CLEAN
Warm Weather 10 Trying on Dairymsn,
but More Especially on Women
Keep Vessels Clean.

The season is rapidly approaching
when greater care must be taken of
milk. Warm weather is trying on the
dairyman, but more especially on the
farmers wife, who must care for the
milk from few cows. Preparations
should therefore be made to keep the
milk cool and clean.
The facilities for keeping milk on
the average farm are very inadequate,
Not enough cool space is available for
the average farm woman, hence she
has difficulties in saving the milk and
ripening the cream evenly.
In the first place, the milk vessels
are important. They should be Of the
right kind, with no seams in the pans.
pals, ETC., to harbor germs. There
should be plenty of vessels and they
should be kept scrupulously clean.
aired, steamed and summed occasion.
ally.
A refrigerator is almost q necessity
on the farm these days. There are
many perishable foods as we'll as milk
to be kept. The cost of refrigerator
Is not great when the utility and econ.
omy Of keeping foods are considered.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
When the Railroad Came.

In Thomas Bailey Aldrich's reminis.
cent account of his birthplace, IAN Old
Town by the Sea-" he remarks that the
first train over the Eastern railroad
from Boston to Portsmouth iran over
and killed-local character" Till then
Portsmouth had been happily Sc
cluded community, with the courage of
Its seclusion. To many of it's inhab.
itants, content in their isolation, Bos-
ton was thousands Of miles distant in
effect, although only So miles away by
mouth was the center of their earth,
and the invasion of railroad with its
daily trains brought within their bor-
ders undesirable stir and hustle and
unwelcome visitors. The entrance Of
the RAILROAD train was in fact the be.
ginning of a new era for Portsmouth,
as it has been for many another place."
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
Hunters Moon.

The hunters moon is waning, but,
there has been very little service for
it during the month, except for lovers,
says the Columbus CO., State Journal.
The game question is pretty near
solved. 1t is so different from the old
days, when Il man could take his shot
gun and go out to the woods and bring
in bag of squirrels and birds in few
hours-enough for the family and a
neighbor or two. Then he asked no
favors of the moon. The game was
plenty and the days were long in the
good old time. In those days we had
pigeon pie and squirrel pie and we
didn't want the moon to put itself out
Of the way on our account. In these
days the hunters moon is q beautiful
sentiment, but it makes no pie. How
shy she was last week, when coquet-
ing with Jupiter for an evening or two,
and then slipped off to the east and re-
fused to return.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
MILK FEVER IS BoTHERsomE
Danger Among Cows Appears Great,
est IN Late summer-keep Animal
In Barn and Feed Hay.

Milk fever is a rather serious trou.
bic with good cows, as It is said that
none but well-bred, heavy-producine
cows have it. 1t seems to be more
prevalent among grass-fed COWS.
The danger Of milk fever among
cows seems to be greatest in late sum.
mer or early fall, notably June, july,
August and September. The recon.
mendation is to put the COW in the
barn and feed dry hay about a week
before she comes fresh. Three or
four days before calving the COW is
given dose of salts with a little gin.
ger. Another dose is also given five
or six hours after the calf is horn. A
bucket of warm water should be given
the COW two or three times day. She
should not he allowed to have cold
water for some time.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
Gen. Eunston,s "Artlllerx.n

In all his campaigns the late Gen.
eral Funston carried a 45-caliber pistol
that extended from his waist to his
knee-not long way, at that. When
he came ashore at Vera Cruz to take
command Of the city, Admirals Fletch-
er and Badger, with their STATS, were
drawn up in line to greet him. They
were in white, with shining swords
and accoutrements. The general was
in his olive drab uniform without q
blouse, and had his enormous pistol
strapped to his waist.
The British consul was there with
his staff, too, and, failing to see any
resplendent officer with gold and lace,
he asked: "Where is the general? Is
he the little Chinaman at the head Of
the column, or IL that just an American
artillery regiment?" General Funston
often told the story himself.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
The sehooluirl,s Mind.

The mind Of schoolgirl does not
proceed like the mind of an adult; it
initiates the motions of grasshopper.
1t sings in the summer, it dances in
the winter, it transforms values, it
doubts axioms, it is dsgmatic upon inn
possibilities or what seem such to the
adult mind, 1t congresses dreams into
q creed, it has intuitions like the flash
OF an electric candle, or it plays the
bat, shuts its eyes tight in broad day.
light, folds its wings, hooks on to any
convenient excuse, and goes fast
asleep.-H. D. Sedgwick in the Allan,
tic.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
Second French Revolution.

The French revolution of 1S4S is
sometimes called the second revolu-
tion. the first having been that of 1889,
resulting in the establishment of q ne.
public which was followed by the EN-.
pire under Napoleon I, and this in
turn by the restoration Of the Bourbon
dynasty. The revolution of lS4S re-
suited in the abdication and banish-
ment Of King Louis Philippe, the
proclamation Of republic, the elec.
tion Of Louis Napoleon as president,
and later the establishment of the EN-.
pire with him as emperor under the
title of Napoleon III. This resolution
was not accompanied by extensive
military operations, but there was
heavy fighting in Paris in which sew.
eral thousand person. We're killed.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
DAIRY COWS RELISH sILAGE.
Result Given Of an Experiment Con.
Quoted by Pennsylvania Station
Decrease In Yield.

In an experiment conducted by the
Pennsylvania station, according to a
report received by the department of
agriculture, two lots of five cows each
were fed for three periods of four
weeks. Lot l received silage alone for
roughage during period 1 and 3 and
mixed hay and silage during period
2, and lot 2 received hay and silaee
during periods and 8 and silaee dur.
ing period 2.
The milk yield decreased with both
systems of roughage, but the decrease
was less with silage and hay. When
silage and hay for roughage followed
silage alone there was slight increase
In milk yield over the initial produc-
tion. Except in one instance there
was u decrease each period. When
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
TheGolden
Egg
By Victor RedcIGe

Copyright. 1917. by w. q. chapman.)
II am speaking from my heart,
Elva. Can you give me any hopeY'
Youth and love were enshrined in
the mellow golden sunlight which ir-
radiated Elva Parsons and Maurice
Houghton, seated on q messy bank at
the riverside.
1t was the critical, ecstatic or
despairing moment in the fate of Maui
rice Houghton which he had antici-
pated for many months. He was q
small farmer in the district, laboring
nightly from dawn to dark to wrest
q living from the little twenty-acre
farm patch his father had left him
badly encountered with debt. At last
he faced the unequal struggle in a
manly, practical way. It would take
ten years to lift the interest-devOur-
ing mortgage, but by close, calculating
and persistent effort he could feed the
consuming monster, finally extinguish
1t and meantime live comfortably, at
least. With Elva Parsons by his side
esAUNAASS Nso SuAS VI AOpC1u1 SOuuSC4
and cooperation and happiness.
So he had come to the little home,
had decoyed her into q stroll which
she regarded as merely casual, and
now Elva sat blushing divinely, her
eyes averted, but her heart throbbing
with responsive love for her suitor of
a year, whose brave. loyal spirit had
long since appealed to her.
Alas the words of reply that would
make Maurice Houghton happy man
were f1attering on her honey sweet
lips, when, suddenly
Crash!
The startling sound aroused both
from their dream of bliss. They arose
to their feet.
Splash!
"Oh, Maurice, a man in the water
He will drown. No! no! do not i'm.
peril your own life!"
But Maurice was gone. In flash
be had taken in the picture Of an old
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13

the cows received hay they con.
sumed practically the same amount
OF sliage as when no hay was
included in the ration. Both lots
consumed an excess of protein and
net energy above that necessary for
maintenance and milk production
When based on Eckles' standard. There
We're no apparent undesirable physi-
cal effects from the feeding Of silage
alone for roughage with the grains
used. There was very little difference
IN the cost of the two rations or in
the feed cost of milk and milk fat.
NO perceptible difference was observed
In the health of the two lots.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
Helpless in the Strong Current.

man who, crossing the old bridge SPAN
ming the stream, had sunk with yield
ing, rotten timbers. Now he was in
mid-stream, his arms waving wildly,
whirled round and round help1essly
In the strong central current.
A natural born athlete, superb
swimmer, Maurice soon had the in
sensible victim of the bridge accident
in his grasp after plunge into the
water and few speedy swinging
strokes. He got the man ashore and
laid him on the bank, kneeling to chafe
his cold hands and pressing his chest
to exude the water from his lungs.
"Oh, I know him." cried the pale
and trembling Elva. "He Is the strange
old man who came early in the sum.
mer and who lives like q hermit in
the old Percy cottage near the edge Of
the town. He never speaks to any
one. They call him mis-mis-'
"Miser?" supplied Maurice.
."No-misanthrope, that's It. He
lives poorly, but they say he has
money and had some business or fam
lily disappointment, and buries himself
here to get away from all his old
friends and associates"
eve had better get him home," sug.
gested Maurice. "See, he is recover.
ing. Courage, SIR" spoke Maurice in
his hearty, helpful way. I'VE got you
out of your trouble just in time."
:. The old man was still half dazed.
He shivered with cold and shock. Be.
tween them Elva and Maurice assisted
him to the wretched home where he
lived. He was so weak when he
reached 1t that they had to almost car
~ him into the house. They placed
him on bed in miserably furnished
room.
II will make fire and get him un.
dressed and comfortable" Maurice ad.
yised Elva.
"But you will stop on your way
home and tell me how Mr.. Trask is
getting along?" pleaded Elva and her
eyes fell and she flushed consciously
for while she was truly sympathetic
and humane, she longed to have 1iau
rice take up the thread Of that vel.
come love discourse where the Incl
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
bIBLoMANIA IS ODD DISEASE
ehrewd Business Men Often Waste
Thousands Of Dollars In Making
Collection Of Books.

A man, shrewd, far-sighted, having
evolved career and fortune out OF
tested and exact training, will take
up book collecting and plunge into II
to the depth of thousands of dollars
on the strength of more puny &C
quaintance with the subject than he
! would bring to bear on the purchase of
q necktie.
A senator commissioned a book
dealer to supply his shelves with stand.
ard sets, the only proviso being that
books and space should come out even.
A lady signed contracts to the tune
Of many thousands for what was rep
resented as a set of first edition Dick
ems in de luxe bindings, only to dis
cover after she had paid more than
half that the books were late editions
and the bindings stuffed paper. The
dealer is now about half through q
genuine edition Of prison cell.
A man unfamiliar with language
paid several hundred dollars for set
Of Italian novelists in translation be.
cause he wanted to read the stories
that went with some very daring illus
trations, only to find that the conclu-
sion Of the liveliest anecdotes slid into
French.
I suppose to the average normal
mind there is no folly quite to equal
that Of paying a hundred dollars for
q first edition when a later and bet
ter edition cries at one from the 25-
cent stand. writes Stanley X. Wilson
In the New York Sun. That the fact
Of a mistake in the pagination of the
"Eikon Basilike''-the transposition Of
one bracket or fgures-enhances by
many dollars the value of the book
seems to us too fantastic for belief.
That collector will cheerfully give
for Dickens "Christmas Carol" with
the "Stave I" double what he will pay
for the "Stave One' issue, both first
editions, would appear to qualify that
collector for blank page sojourn in
an asylum. Yet these are among the
mournful manifestations Of the dis
ease.-Stanley X. Wilson in New York
Sun.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
Handel's HoIooraph Will.

Musicians will be keenly interested
In the fact that the famous holograph
will of Handel. signed by the COM
poser in full, with four signed codicils,
has been sold by auction in London.
The will contains the bequest to Mr..
Christopher Smith (Handel's amanu-
ensis) of ''my large Harpischord. my
little House Organ. my Musick Books,
and five hundred pounds sterl." In
the collection are relics of early Eng.
lish masters-Lawes. Morley, Carey
PlayfOrd, etc. Among mOderns there
is the MS. score of Sir Arthur Sulli.
vans anthem, "Sing Unto the Lord
written when the future Savoyard was
q choirboy at the Chapel Royal.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
FEED RouGHAeE TO DRY COWS
Profitable, However, to Feed Sufficient
Grain to Have Them In Good
Physical Condition.

Dry cows can be maintained on Inv
and silage or roots. 1t is profitable
however, to feed cows a sufficient
amount OF grain during the dry period
to have them in good physical condi-
tion ut calving time.
Cows should be dry for six to eight
weeks prior to calving. 1t does not
pay to have them dry for q longer
period.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
Wives as WAGE Earner..

Wives 40 Wage Farmers.
More than one-tenth Of the married
women Of the United States were en-
gagged in gainful occupations in 1910,
according to figures recently given out
by the bureau of the census, and over.
Is per cent Of all women sixteen
years old or over were wage earners,
business women, etc. Since 1910 the,
per centages undoubtedly have in
creased rather than diminished, for;
the tendency Of women in this coun-.
try has been toward greater economic
freedom for many years. In 1900 the
number of married women in gainful'
occupations was only 100000, while in
1910 it was 100000, says Popular Me-,
chanics. The statistics referred to,
show that the proportion Of women,
married, single and widowed--who are
earning their living is greater than
ever before. but it is particularly in
terestins to find that of all the groups
cited, the nroportionate increase in
the number of married women is the
greatest.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13

molecules of the casein-the nitrogen
GUS part Of the cheese-are separated
only by the fat, and so the gastric juice
can attack large surface of the
cheese at one time. Whether the cheese
be hard or soft does not appear to in
fuence digestion, and there is no con-
nsction between the digestibility and
the percentage Of water present in the
cheese.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
pioe.tibllity Of Cheese.

In investigating the digestibility Of
cheese 1t has been shown that much
depends on the special physical char
acteristics Of the food. All fat cheeses
are said to be disso. we'd and digested
with great .rapidity, beenuse Of the
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
Won the Bet.

"How did you come out on your bet,
old mani"
"What bet?"
"DOn't you remember? You said as
you were leaving the club last night,
4 bet I'll get the dickens from my
wife,"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
A Total Wreck.

"What smash-up that was of Jim's.
when he ran his motorcycle with his
aancee on the back seat, into lamp
post"
"Yes, everything was broken; even
the engagement"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
GERARD TALKS ON
ALIEN FOE MENACE

New York, March Boone OF the
greatest problems the United States
will have to face if we ever enter the
war will be that of dealing with "our
alien enemy population" James w.
Gerard, former ambassador to Ger
many, declared in an address before
the New York chamber of commerce.
"The question is" he said, shall
we intern them, as was done in Ger
many, or shall we allow them to roam
at large, destroying bridges or any
thing else they CAM"
Mr.. Gerard urged his hearers to 60
forth as missionaries of preparedness.
He said he favored preparedness be.
cause he believed that universal mill
tary service, as practiced in Germany,
is the best training and discipline for
q nation.
The United States, he said, is just
now in ian unpleasant position and
unprepared for what might come"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
PLACES FOE
LOSS At 4148,163

London, March 20.-According to Of
fetal lists kept here the total casual
ties of the Germans reported for the
month of February in killed, dead due
to wounds or sickness, men made pris.
oners and missing, amount to 60,471,
making the total German casualties
since the beginning Of the war, exclu-
sive Of those in the navy or the colo
MES, 4,148,163.
Casualty lists published by the war
Office show that during February the
British army lost AT officers killed,
S31 wounded and 81 missing-a total
Of 1926.
This brings the aggregate losses in
officers since the commencement OF
the war to 1886, Of which 1888 have
been killed or died of wounds, 36,021
wounded and 3,465 missing.