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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16
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Margie' Paula do not you to a
Fiction of life, that
the high lights felt IL
ome these romantic tales only the other side rather
the commonplace make
their
leaders who be impressed Influenced
average girl expect average boy who reads our
both Of them would find exciting incidents
tween long stretches of everyday humdrum existence.
II bcame private Congressman Smith 1--WE will call
him Smith although that his
position congressman
United States by one of those strange ukes that happen often
politics
a rock-bound republican state to
lead the ororn hope of the democratic and through split
among the republicans elected quite much to his surprise
TO that of his constituents.
"He Woodworking lawyer prac-
Hce He married a
social ambitions and he had beautiful
HE had expected his office until the fall after
Inauguration, affairs
he in.
Congressman a good of Alma Huntingon's
Millards he table greeted
bffusivey
Congressman Smiths wife.
No. answered. don't think she will come until after
POUR job that Philadelphia
besreary?
bald Perhaps friend Paula Newton, would like the job
1.-THE looked inqungly.
khs job II could do it, said little TREMENDOUSLY. you
uon't anything about the duties of a
WELL said Mr.. Smith with SMILE you certainly
being
had thought of having
hold of Flosse they
should have woman secretary suppose is
Will you try it?'
II looked at Alma and she nodded.
said, II you wish
Wizards Margie, ouof
Ito Continued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16
AN SWE RS !
BY CYNTHIA G REV )

The creed that the emperor
of Germany seems to be fol-
lowing? That is what we are
fighting against, not for or
against Wall st. gain.
Not stopping to argue such
a ridiculous idea as war Of
commercialism, have you no
confidence and trust In our
president? Would you be-
caus you thought such a thing,
let another nation take away
our rights and honor which
our forefathers fought and
died to preserve? If all
thought that way our valiant
ancestors have died In vain.
The outrageous deeds OF Ger
many should be enough to
quiet such a thought.
1t Is our place to uphold
our president and not squab-
BILE over who should be the
first to march to our ooun-
try's defense. Enough that
citizens of this country have
been murdered to show you
that this is not a war of COM
mercialism, but war to defend
our rights.
We have been ridiculed for
patience and tolerance. When
we held our peace we were
called towards that kept quiet
for the sake of financial gain.
Now that we go to war we
still hear the cry that 1t is for
financial gain, that Wall st.
men may have a few more
dollars.
Do you expect the business
world to stop the minute
war Is declared? If 1t did we
would not last long at war.
City routine must be kept up
as usual as near and long as
possible. Policemen, judges,
politicians, are needed by q
city. City leaders have their
duties to perform which help
to keep the country in har-
mony.
l believe all single men in
any line of work will be
called shortly. Any way, dear
reader, we have our country's
honor, our homes, our loved
ones to protect from an I'M
scrupulous enemy. One who
would not hesitate to injure
you or yours IL the chance
afforded, even az the old
men, women and children of
France have been killed by
this same enemy, killed for
no other reason than to kill,
for they were helpless men
and women and innocent
babies, who could harm no
one. Remember we would all
be accorded the same treat
ment 80 why worry or argue
about who gains the money?
We must keep our country's
honor. / am trying to be
A PATRIOT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16
What People
Are Doing

The annual spring concert Of
the Orpheus club will be given
May 16 in the First Christian
church. Assisting the club will
be the Spargur stringsd quartet
of Seattle, with John Spargur,
first violin; Albany Richie, SEQ
ond violin; e. HELLER Collen1,
viola, and George Kirchner. VIC
loncello.
At meeting of the Ladies' Aid
society Of Our Saviour's Lutheran
church last Thursday, arrange
ments were made for large festi-
val service May IS. This will
take the place Of the annual spring
sale.
The employees of the Peoples
store will give dance Tuesday
evening in the Fraternity hall.
Proceeds will go toward the base
ball team.
One Of the best musical events
of the season is promised for May
8 when the choir of Our Savior's
church will give an elaborate pro-
gram of song and music in the
church parlors.
The @. A. II. band will give a
benefit dance Tuesday night in
the Tahoma dancing academy. for
merly the Moose hall. The pro-
ceeds will 60 toward the mess
fund Of the band.
Mrs. Harrison Gray Winsor en-.
tertained Thursday evening at a
surprise dinner in honor Of her
son, Ralph, who is first sergeant
in the 4th company, @. A. r. Gov
ers were laid for six.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Tacoma Saturday to Charles H.
Gordon and Adeline Il. Felmley.
both OF Seattle; l.. f. Boulet. La
cey, and Mabel v. Lemmont. Ia
coma; G. Finberg and Mary Hunt
man. both Of Tacoma; w. r. Irish
and Emily Fowler, both Of Tavo-
ma; William L. jacobsen and Alice
Grace Lovejoy, both of Seattle: Il.
H. La Chapells and Mirtie Ran
dies, both Of Mineral; Karl 8.
Sapp and Grace c. Granger. both
OF Seattle; Louie Charles King.
Tacoma, and Gertrude Elavina
Winkel. st. Louis: Ed Forsman
and Ellen Lndberg. both of Ia
coma; William O'Conner and Min
ME II. Strouach, both Of Seattle:
John e. Cortz and Mary v. Sled
ziewski. both OF Tacoma; James
c. Durgin and winifred Taylor, |
both OF Enumclaw; Ernest r. |
Mock and Grace v. Morrisey, both
OF Tacoma: Isaac ID. Lea and Bir-
die o. Welch. both OF Spokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16

Just a few days more, so you will have to
hurry-some of the best bargains left-nearly
half q carload sold Saturday
You will find on our salesroom floors the
finest genuine auto-player, beautiful player
pianos, as we'll as the worlds renowned
Chickering, the famous Kimball, the superb
Lester, the old-time Smith & Barnes, Stein
way Weber, Steck, Knabe, Marshall and
Wendall, Schubert, and many other makes.
Worlds best pianos.
Extraordinary savings and concessions at
Eilers Music House on the finest Pianos, Play
er-Pianos and Baby Grands, etc., causes ex-
traordinary buying, which makes piano-buying
a positive duty now This city has never seen
such piano-seling as has been going ON at this
closng-o sale of the Reed-French Piano
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16

Manufacturing Co.'s stock and placing all the
Pianos Of the Eilers Music Company in this
vicinity as we'll as those route on sale.
The Tacoma Eilers Talking Machine Com
pany is noted for always furnishing the most
for the money and the very best for prices
less than obtainable elsewhere by the Eilers
money-saving methods. 5,off4
$3OOO-Besides the low prices marked on
the Pianos. ask the salesman to give you q
further reduction of $4,000 also ask him to
give you a credit OF $500 for each 81 90 you
pay up to the amount of $4,000 For exam
pie. II you pay $500 in cash. you will receive
a credit of $4,000; II you pay $1,000 in cash
you will receive credit for $4,000, etc. But
remember, the time Is short.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16
What, Then, Is Art?

We his bit God
the dancing and the peekaboo the shadows the hills
catches the the thing
He artist, brush wit
n and he has the would like have could make
living at it.
n to innate
devils him demanding
off hand, whats art?' And what is art anyhow?
this this something
something that Morgan brought back his
terry in Italy.
public consideration,
quilts with the beadwOrk
tried their something than
Works what wealth Of ignorance sleek
phrase
Art piled color stretched canvas hacked marble
mould
and raise the very best hogs township
striving of the
catch and hold on its earthly bit of the glory of the universe
take it from doing what with
There nothing
artists opposed to false
We this need realize this; that
do and doing it the best how all
while when do that somehow will mpnge the the
world as the clever aker
painter
mouder
his desire.
depth shadow
all that
bit dark That much
socaled
in knowledge translate
forth
not something far from all of the embodiment all
that S worth while
Seeking the truth for the fun and setting forth for the joy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16

Q.-Please tell me IL the
battleships carry life boats,
and II not, why? A. r.
AVERY battleship Is equip
ped with small boats enough to
rescue the men i'm an emergency.
TLey aren't called life boats
though. As rule they are oper-
ated by gasoline or steam.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16

Q.-Will you please print
the words to the song,
America | Love You" in your
column and obligs
A READER.
Al regret that space is too
limited to Oblige yOu. The song
may be obtained at any music
store or counter for is cents.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16

Dear Miss Grey: I would
like to say a word In answer
to "A Reader" I cannot
understand how anyone could
get such an idea il they had
been reading the papers since
Germany began her outra-
geous deeds.
You think this is q war of
commercialism, do you? Do
the politicians and the ones on
Wall st. command our ships
to be sunk and our citizens
murdered? No. Still you
would blame them. Perhaps
you feel they should go to war
first. Each one of us in a diff
ferent way can serve our ooun-
try best. All cannot go to the
front and fight with guns and
swords. Yet, we are In O way,
fighting for our country -
fighting to uphold our honor
as a nation.
Did you read the article
"Hohenzollern Greed as Told
by Frederick the Create"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16

preston; that's art, and right living.
Even the u S. supreme court gets patriotic It sus-
hins the Oregon minimum wage and hours Of labor
laws
Thirty thousand New Workers. are attending Billy
Sundays revival meetings day, all great sinners be-
yond question.
Russia is placing orders for cotton goods soap and
candles with Chinese factories Queer stunts in this
war
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-16

Dear Miss Grey: In answer
to one who signs himself "A
Reader" | would like to say to
him that he is a very poor
American citizen and is not
entitled to own even the roof
that shelters him where the
Stars and Stripes are flying,
Don't you suppose that fell
lows like Teddy Roosevelt
own their own homes and
have wealth enough without
going to war IL 1t were not
for the honor of our country
= and the flag the Germans
would be glad to surround,
too.
United States of America
doesn't want to make SOL
diers out of men like you
you had better ask some
friends of yours If you
have any-to flash the S. o.
8. as your heart is in bad
shape and you need physical
help without delay.
A POOR FARMER.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
A REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT.

What can be accomplished by
thorough organization and united
effort, was never better evidenced in
North Dakota than by the recent
Liberty Loan campaign.
North Dakota, is was announced,
was undertaking to raise 100000.
Its minimum quota was $s,00O,000
but the $1,000, 900 mark was set. as It.
was the desire to exceed the mini
mum IL possible.
The task was undertaken with
some anxiety on the part Of the
workers. They had raised less than
"a, 600, 900 on the first sale. and that
figure was reached after the hardest
kind OF work. They feared that IL the
second loan met with a less enthusi-
astic response than the first. failure
was certain. Their one hope lay in
the fact chat a tremendous amount of
educational work had been done BY
the first campaign. Citizens had
learned to buy bonds; had learned
that they were not spending money
but saving BY Investing in the bonds;
and they had learned = lesson IN
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
LOOK AT CHTLD'S
TONGUE IF SICK,
CROSS,FEVERISH
When Constipated Or Bill
GUS Give California
Syrup Of Figs"

Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, ii is a sure sign that your
little ones stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle. thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act
naturally, or is feverish, stomach
sour, breath bad; has stomach -ache,
sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold,
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in a few hours
all the foul, constipated waste,
undigested food and sour bile gently
moves out of it's little bowels without
gripping, and you will have a we'll,
playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative;"
they love it's delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware OF
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine. ask to see that
it is made by California Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt.-AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
IN THE TRENCHES AT LAST.
They are in the trenches"

They are in the trenches"
The word that for weeks has been
expected daily came on Saturday.
One fact should be kept constant
iy in mind. mo news is good news"
The government has promised and
repeated the promise time and again.
that casualty lists would be pub
lished promptly. and that no news
OF an important engagement in
which either the army or navy took
part. would be withheld. The govern
ment will not and cannot break that
promise. The nation Is relying on 1t
to tell the truth and all the truth,
and to pursue a policy Of letting the
people know the worst.
There will be wild stories Of bat
ties, and the slaughter of hundreds
Of thousands Of Americans. Where
these stories originate, nobody seems
to know. but they have been passed
from mouth to mouth since America
entered the war, and long before it.
Remember this: II you don't see
such a story in a reputable news
paper. the chances are 1000 to that
II isn't true. II it isn't published. it
will be because the government
breaks its pledged word.
Meanwhile these men and the men
who are fighting side by side with
them. are asking us to use a little
thought as to what food we eat, and
to substitute certain foods for GER
tain other foods. On our doing that
depends whether or not these SOL
diers will be properly fed. That in
brief. is what Food Pledge Week
means. Men who are daily and hour
ly rislSing their lives for us ask us
to eat less white -four and take one
lump of sugar instead of two. And
some are grumbling at such a hard
ship"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
WAR BLUNpERs.

When German ships were interned
in American ports. their fate was
discussed for weeks by the govern
ment and in the press.
When the government finally de-
cided to seize them. they had been
rendered unfit for service by their
German crews, and months were
wasted in putting them in condition.
When Brazil declared war. Ger
many had one gunboat informed in
the harbor Of Bahia. 1t was ANNOUNCE
ed that the vessel would be seized
by Brazil.
It wasn't hard to guess the sequel.
Twenty-four hours later came the
dispatch that the vessel had been
sunk.
Much as they blunder in diplo-
macy, the Germans would never toll
crate such laundering in the waging
Of war. Soldiers would have been
waiting for the signal to seize the
gunboat. and If German methods had
been followed, it would now be a
part Of BraziIs navy. instead of re-
posing at the bottom Of the har-
Dor. useless for months to come.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
PASSING ON" THE TAX.

In the process Of passing on the
war tax to the consumer" there is a
tendency to add an additional profit
for the retailer, and blame all the in
crease on the war tax.
Consumers are becoming so ac-
customed to being gouged that rails
ing prices is a simple matter. and the
new war tax offers a new excuse.
Take the case of cigars, for an
example. The tax on cigars of class
b. which are manufactured to retail
at from to cents. is 81 per thou
sand. On one cigar, the tax would
be one tenth of a cent That means
that the average nickel cigar is
costing the dealer but one-tenth of
q cent more thar formerly. But
some dealers are planning to sell
that cigar at four for a quarter, or
at 81 cents apiece, an increase of
Ia cents, or more than a cent in ex-
cess OF the extra tax.
The ten cent cigar is taxed SO per
thousand or Is cents on a box of
fifty. The tax on each cigar would
be but three-tenths OF a cent, but
some dealers are preparing to retail
the ten cent cigar at 1914 cents or
two for quarter, adding more than
two cents over and above the tax.
This is but one example Of what
may be expected as q result Of the
new tax. The consumer owes It to
himself to provide himself with a
copy Of the new tax and be prepared
to enter vigorous protest at any at
tempt to make the tax an excuse
for extorting extra profits. Not only
win such extra profits be a heavy
burden on the consumer, but they
will tend to create discomfort with
the new measure.
It must carry great enough
burden Of censure without being
CHARGED with more than it is en-
titled 20.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
AT ONCE! STOPS
STOMACH MISERY
and INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" Makes
Sick, Sour, Classy Stom-
achs Feel Fine

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into acids and cause a sick. sour,
gassy stomach? Now, Mr.. or Mrs.
Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape's
Diapepsin helps neutralize the Excess
sive acids in the stomach so your
food won't sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick,
so certainly effective. No difference
how badly your stomach Is upset you
usually get happy relief in five
minutes, but what pleases you most
is that il helps to regulate your
stomach so you can eat your favorite
foods without fear.
Most remedies give you relief
sometimes--they are slow, but not
sure. "Pape's Diapepsin" Is positive
in neutralizing the acidity, so the
misery won't come back very quick
ly.
You feel different as soon as
"Pape's Diapepsin" comes in contact
with the tomach-distress just
vanishes-your stomach gets sweet.
no gases, no belching. no eructations
OF undigested food. your head clears
and you feel fine.
Go now. make the best investment
you ever made, by getting large
fifty-cent case OF Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
five minutes how needless 1t is to
suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia or
any stomach disorder due to acid
fermentation.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
bad BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove Il

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calonel act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets. The pleasant, sugar-coated
tablets are taken for bad breath by
all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calonel does without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickening,
gripping cathartics are derived from
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, pain or any disagreeable effects.
DR.. F. NJ. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of przc-
tice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are pure.
~ a vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them by their
olive color. Take one or two every
night for a week and note the effect.
10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29

thrift from paying for their first
bonds.
The hope was well founded. Men
who had bought bonds Of the first
issue, increased their purchases OF
the second issue instead Of making
the first purchase an excuse for not
buying the second time.
Never has a campaign been more
thoroughly organized. The state
Chairman was l.. B.sHanna and the
secretary, w. J. Moorish. Under them
the state was divided into fourteen
districts. Each district was sub
divided into county organizations.
Each county committee had its town.
ship sub divisions. e. ]. Weiser was
chairman of this district organiza-
ton, and P. w. Clemens was county
chairman. Assisting Mr.. Clemens
was a committee composed Of G. o.
Smith. Thomas d. Hughes and F. w.
McRoberts. Thesemen werethe eXecu-
tives in charge of the work in this
county and district. They planned
the campaign and planned it well,
and they were real dynamos of
energy in pushing it through to sue
cess, but such a tremendous under
taking could not have succeeded
without the most enthusiastic CO.
operation on the part of hundreds of
workers. The men who got out and
did the actual house to house, farm
to-farm canvassing did a thorough
job. If any man, woman or child in
this county escaped a request to buy
Liberty Bond it would be surpris-
ing.
These men have done their country
a real service. Many a man who
canvassed for Liberty Bonds would
not do the same work to earn money
for himself. He would prefer the
toughest of manual labor. But they
worked for the government, without
any thought of recompense or even
of reimbursement for their actual
expenses.
And the result of this organized
effort was almost unbelievable. The
committee would have been we'll
satisfied with 100000. Some
optimists hoped that the $S,00O,O0O
mark would be reached, but until
Saturday afternoon none had the
temerity to place the figure any
higher. When the final reports are
tabulated, it is likely to be nearer
S11, 900, 900 than $1O,OOO.O0O.
The accomplishment of the COM
mittee has given every citizen Of
North Dakota a new thrill of pride in
his state.