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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
FOUND WAY TO KILL TIME
French Made Many Copies in Long.
hand of a Poem Which Consisted
Of $4,000 Verses.

Today, when there is such a prem
ium on time, one finds it hard to real
ize the condition portrayed by William
Wistar Comfort in the BOokman:
"In its day, and for two or three
centuries later, The Romance of the
Rose was the most popular work COM
posed in medieval Europe. 1t consists
of about $4,000 eight-syllable verses is
the old French original. That forms
a very considerable poem. A poem
in two volumes would be sufficient in
our day TO rebuff most readers. But
think Of copying out in lOnghand such
q poem
'Time was something to be killed
by cur ancestors, and hands were
found to copy this endless poem al
most 200 times. That is to say, we
have nearly 200 French manuscripts
of the Roman de la Rose and that
does not account for all those that
must have been lost in the course of
600 years.
However, the figures give us some
idea of what medieval literary pOpu-
iarity was"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Salt as a Beautifier.

The action of salt, whether used dry
or in the bath, is to enliven the circula-
ton and to stimulate the nerves. This
in turn makes the skin clearer, the
color better and the general texture
firmer and smoother.
Try also giving the face drink In
this manner: A bowl of cold water is
prepared, close the eyes, hold the
breath and immerse the face deep
down into the bowl of water, holding 1t
submerged as long as it Is possible to
hold the breath. Raise the head,
breathe deeply and again submerge
the face in the water.
This should be repeated six or eight
times, the face then gently dried with
a soft towel, and an application of
powder will make complexion that Is
presentable before any audience.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
HOOVER u. S. FOOD CHIEF
Named Controller After President
Signs Conservation Measures
Outlines Policies.

Washington. Aug. 13-The admins
tration food control and food survey
bills were signed on Friday by PreSi-
dent Wilson and became law.
Formal appointment of Herbert
Hoover as food administrator was an
nOunced at the White House later.
The first bill provides for stimu-
latiOn of production and the second
for control of foods and fuel.
The president summoned Mr.. Hoover
to the White House and signed a leg
islative order appointing him food adj
miniStrator.
Mr.. Hoover tells of his plans in a
statement which he issued here.
1.-THE food administration is to stabil-
ize and not disturb conditions, and to
defend honest enterprise against ille-
climate competition" he said. ut
has been devised to correct the abnor-
malities and abuses that have crept
into trade by reason of the world dis
turbance and to restore business as far
as may be to a reasonable basis"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
RAvAGES OF PESTS
WireWormS Work Underground
and Are Very Difficult to
Control.
ENEMIEsOFCORN ADDICTION
Much May Be Dore to Lessen Injury
by Careful TiIIage, Drainage and
Rotatieo-Eegs Usually Laid
Sod Lands.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Although wireworms work entirely
underground, and are, therefore, among
the most difficult to control of all the
insect foes of corn and cotton, much
may be done, to lessen their ravages
by careful tillage, drainage, and proper
rotation of crops. These pests are the
young of the common snapping-beetles
or click-beetles. They are yellowish or
brownish, highly polished and slippery
to the touch, and move actively and
disappear rapidly when brought to the
surface by the pillow or spade. The
eggs are laid in the ground, usually
in the sod lands, and there the young
worms are Matched. Three years are
required for most kinds of wireworms
TO get their full growth and become
beetles.
Where sod land is to be planted to
corn the following year, the land
should be plowed Immediately after
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
A XVI Century Revival.

A new fashion which promises ex-
tremely we'll as a set-off to a coat or
costume is that of a collet or short
cloak much as our forebears of the six
teenth century wore attached to their
jenkins. This is invisible from the
front as It comes from the shoulder.
leaving the arms uncovered, and is
shaped so as to fall in flutes. Those
made for short or half-length coats are
three or four inches longer than the
coats with which they are worn; but
where a gown is concerned, there is no
particular rule as to length, some
reaching nearly to the knees. Collects
Of this sort are invariably of the same
color as the garment on which they are
exhibited, but not necessarily Of the
same fabric.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
con1ethinn New.

Here, at last, is something new u;~
der the sun, q lecture upon "The SINH
larity Between the English and Chi
nese Tongues" read at meeting OF
the Royal Asiatic society in Shanghai
From 1000 Chinese words, which he
has compared with a like number Of
similar English words, the United
States lecturer selected a number of
examples to uphold his belief. For
instance, he compared the translit-
Grated Chinese words with the Eng
lish, Ho with home; HUI with house ;
Min with man; Chou with child; Chi
with she, and many more. In each
case the sound of the words was strlk-
ingly similar. He took a number of
AngiO-SaxOn words and compared
them with Chinese words meaning the
same thing. An example is the ear
Hest English word for island, ait; in
the Shanghai dialect the word for
island is transliterated al.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
NOVELTIES SEEN IN Wells
Included in List Are Apron and Hand
kerchief Varieties Whose Titles
Are Descriptive of Shapes.

This season is not without its veil
novelties. They include an apron or
panel veil and the handkerchief veil
whose respective titles are descriptive
of their shapes.
The apron veil measures about one
and quarter yards in length, and it is
wide enough TO reach almost round
the brim of the hat of average size.
However, it is intended to stop
short a little bit back of the shoulders,
so that the veil will hang straight and
not assume the lines of the ordinary
hat accessory.
The handkerchief or square veil may
be used in various ways. It can be
thrown over the hat TO cover the crown
and to allow the four corners TO grace
fully arrange themselves over the face
and the back of the head. Or this veil
may be used as hat trimming with a
heavy edge at the top and the lighter
one serving TO cover the face and part
nf the shoulders
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
FASHIONS FANCIES

Ostrich plumes are sometimes used
to edge tulle scarfs.
Pipings of the lining of the coat
show all around the edges.
Pale pink coral wolfe is a good choice
for a chemise dress.
Frocks are sparsely trimmed with
fur at the present moment.
Bathing suits are made on the lines
of the chemise frock.
Bingham to be effective should be
combined with white pique.
Foulard and mousseline make a good
combination in a dress.
In the knitted sweater coats with
long sleeves that open down the front
the body and sleeves are of fancy shell
knitted weave.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Avoid calk Shoes.

Don't shoe with calks unless abso-
lutely necessary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
He Settled n

An amusing story is told at STRAIT
ford-on-Ayon. In the smoking room
of a hotel a few years ago an English
man and a Scotchman engaged in a
heated argument. John Bull was de-
claring William Shakespeare to be the
only poet of the world and Sandy Me
Pherson was standing up for his Bobby
Burns.
Words ran high and blows seemed
imminent when self-confident little
commercial traveller determined to
throw oil on the troubled waters.
Gentlemen" ne said, stepping be-
tween the heated disputants. 'let me
settle this amicably. Who is this
Shakespeare-Burns?" = London Tele-
graph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
TAFFETA COATS ARE SMART
Contrasting Silk-Some of Them
Are Without Sleeves.

One of the prettiest fashions of the
season Is the wearing of the embroid-
cred taffeta coat with dresses Of cloth
or a contrasting silk.
Sometimes these little coats are
without sleeves or they may be made
with ha1f-sleeves that show the chif-
Con or georgette crepe of the dress
sleeve, from elbow to wrist.
1t is considered smarter to have the
coat of dark color, such as black,
navy, taupe and dull rose. These
jacquets are frequently embroidered
all over, or the decoration may take
the form of border about the hem
of the garment, On the sleeves and on
the girdle. Rather newer are the lit
tie coats of chantilly lace mounted
over white or black and trimmed with
a colored girdle, which may be Of rib
bon or of golden galloon. Black lace
is preferred to white, although the lat
ter has its decorative uses in associa-
ton with pastel colors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

A Wisconsin man has invented a
cane that folds into a stool.
Infectious diseases are unknown In
Greenland on account of the dry, cold
atmosphere.
The present British parliament has
lived longer than any of its 20 prede-
cessors since the act Of union.
1t is announced from Petrograd that
all government posts. including min
isterial appointments, will be open to
women.
The value of Canadian manufactures
last year was S2O00,000,000, compared
with 81, 392, 100000 in 1915.
The best kind of ebony is yielded
by the diospyros ebenum. This tree
grows in Ceylon and southern India.
There is no doubt that this wood was
imported from these places by Phoeni-
clan traders.
The psaltery was stringed musical
instrument to accompany the voice.
In the prayer-boOk version of the
Psalms the Hebrew word is given as
'1ute." This instrument resembled the
guitar, but was larger with convex
back, resembling gourd.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
SCARF IS POPULAR
Any Clever Girl Can Make One
of "ThroW-0yer" Variety.
Slit In One End Allows Other to Be
Passed Through and Drawn
Into Position.

For country and seaside wear we
are paying a great deal of attention
to hats and to attractive ''throw-over''
scarfs, writes Idalia De Villiers. a
Paris correspondent. At the sea the
throw-over scarf is an absolute neces-
sity, for the evenings are almost al
ways cool and one needs an additional
wrap for the throat. One of the new
est scarfs is illustrated in the sketch.
This is an essentially Partisan model
and yet so simple in detail that any
clever girl could make it at home.
The original model, designed by
Chanel, was made of bright orange
tussor lined with black tussor and the
embroidered designs were worked in
black hemp thread. 1t was the smart
course any combination of colors could
be introduced. / saw similar scarf
in bright rose tussor lined with raw
en's-wing blue and worked over with
black hemp thread and very fine sill
yer. And yet another-for half
mourning-in silver gray lined with
black and worked entirely in black.
Endless effective variations might
be achieved, but the outline of the
scarf should always remain the same,
the special point being the slit in the
center of one end which allows the
other end to be passed through and
drawn into position.
The hat shown in this Illustration is
a Georgette model for seaside wear
q wide-brimmed sailor shape with a
very high crown and made entirely of
black hemp straw. The trimming of
this hat consisted of a wreath of vel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
ADOPT THE EGYPTIAN MOTIF
Pairs Designers Working With Idea
and 1t Has Already Reached This
Country in Some Forms.

Have you yet noticed the Egyptian
motif in clothes?
The Paris dressmakers, some of
them at least, seem to be working
with this idea. and it has already
reached this country in some forms,
says writer on fashions. One smart
shop shows bathing suits decorated
with Egyptian motifs in contrasting
colors. They are very effective, too.
And there is every reason to think that
an influx of Egyptian ideas might be
most welcome in the world of clothes.
To US moderns, Egyptian art seems a
little stiff, perhaps, so far as painting
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
The Real Difference.

"I can't see why that man Is boss
over me. l do most of the work
around here"
Il guess that is So"
1T is. I know moIe about the bust
ness than he does. Whenever he wants
TO know anything about what's going
ON he comes to me to find out"
That's usually the way"
I'm the fellow that ought to be the
boss."
"A lot of men think that way, and
Vet there's one big difference. He
knows something that you don't know"
What is it,"
He knows enough to hire good men
like you TO do the work. If you knew
that you'd be the boss and he'd be in
your place"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
MARES BRED TO BEST SIRES
Practice Should Be More Carefully
Considered This Year Than at
Any Previous Time.

There has never been a time when
the Sires to which mares are to be
bred should be more carefully con-
sidered than the present year. The
last five years have seen a gradually
increasing difference between the price
of good and of inferior horses. Dur
ing the last year those horses and
mules which were good enough to do
some job well have found ready sale,
while others have been q drug on the
market, and have lost money for the
men who produced them. A good use
full draft horse, or useful horse from
among the lighter breeds, or a useful
mule, meets a ready demand, but the
cullS and inferior horses and mules do
not.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
GIVE SKIM MILK TO POULTRY
Comparatively Safe Feed for All
Kinds of Chickens-Be Careful
With Young Fowls.

Skim milk for all kinds of chickens
is a comparatively safe feed. They
can be given all they will drink, yet
it is not best to let it stand in drink
ing vessels where young chickens
have access TO it, as they are liable
to get into it and make 1t unsanitary.
it should be fed to young chickens
with more care than TO old hens.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21

Here is coat to make one glad that
soutache braid was invented. IL will
delight the heart of the large woman
to know that this model was specially
designed to give her ample figure the
sveIt, stylish lines of slenderness.
Correct dressing makes stoutness In.
visible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
NECESSARY FOR CLEAN MILK
Most of Bacteria Comes From Dirty
Cows, Utensils, Etc.-Particu-
IarIy So in Summer.

Most of the bacteria which gets In
to milk come from the dirty cow and
from the utensils, such as cans, pals,
strainers, coolers, and separators
which have not been properly cleaned.
In winter the cows are likely to be-
come dirty from confinement in the
barn, but in summer they are easily
kept clean so that they are then of lit
tie relative Importance in contaminat-
ing milk. On the other hand, a far
greater number of bacteria get into
milk from dirty utensils in summer
than from a dirty COW in winter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
BOMBS KILL % IN ENGLAND
Fifty Others Injured When German
Flyers Bombard Town Forty Miles
From London.

London. Aug. 13.-Twenty-three per-
sons. including nine women and six
children, were killed and fifty persons
were injured at South End, in Essex,
40 miles east of London, by bombs
dropped by German raiders on Sun
day, says an official statement issued
here. Two men were injured at ROch-
ford.
Considerable damage to property
was caused at South End by the near
ly forty bombs dropped on the town.
A score of German airplanes carried
out the raid. They were driven back
to sea by British battleplanes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
FERTILIZER FOR GARDEN USE
Best Way to Prepare Hen Manure Is
TO Crush II and Mix With Equal
Amount of Earth.

The best way TO prepare hen ma
nure for use in the garden is to thor
oughly crush 1t and mix it with an
equal amount of dry earth, after which
1t can be applied quite literally around
the plants. About two handfuls well
worked into the soil around each to-
mato plant will make a good, liberal
application.
If you wish TO put it into the hill
>efore setting the plant, be sure TO
mix it thoroughly with the soil, other
wise It will cause injury 10 the roots.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
the number of wireworms in the soil.

the number of wireworms in the soil.
Land already in corn, which is badly
infested, should be cultivated deeply
even at the risk of slightly root-prun-
ing the corn. This should be continued
as long as the corn can be cultivated,
and if wheat is to follow, the field
should be titled thoroughly as soon as
the corn crop is removed.
In regions where wheat land is seed
ed down for hay, any treatment of in
tested fields is precluded. Where the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
CUTICURA KILLS DANDRUFF
The Cause of Dry, Thin and Falling
Hair and Does II ouiekty-TriaI Free.

Anoint spots of dandruff, itching and
irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol-
low at once by a hot shampoo with
Cuticura Soap, if a man, and next
morning if a woman. When Dandruff
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l..
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Advertising in the Street.

That the ingenuity of people in the
Orient sometimes finds expression
through thoroughly modern channels,
says the August Popular Mechanics
Magazine is demonstrated by a sprink-
ler employed in Osaka, Japan, which
writes advertisements in water on the
roadway, as it is drawn along by man
power. Solidly mounted on the axles
of a two-wheel cart is perforated
drum, filled with water, which revOlves
with the wheels and, as it does so,
traces Oriental characters along the
thoroughfare.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Gauntlet Gloves Worn.

There is vogue of gauntlet gloves,
whether Of silk or kid, that is a very
smart note in the ensemble Of the
summer feminine toilette. The same
effect may he obtained. however, by
having dress cuffs Of the gauntlet
shape, matching the color of the glove.
Light sand color and pale gray gloves
are worn as well as white.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
TRY A MEDICINE THAT
PROVES ITS VALUE

During the entire period of time that
| have been handling DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root / have never heard a single com
plant My customers are generally pleased
with results obtained and speak words of
praise for the merits of The preparation
Very truly yours,
GILL COMPANY, Druggist,
Per Julian J. Gill;
Sept. 20, 1916. Starkville, Miss.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Dainty Tea Gowns.

The feminine eye cannot fail to be
attracted to the dainty new tea gowns
and boudoir gowns, which were never
more lovely than they are this season.
There is distinct revival Of the es-
sentially feminine, daintily tinted bou-
doir gowns of flesh colored georgette
crepe or crepe de chine combined with
a coatee of wide, sheer lace founcing
Occasionally georgette crepe is used
beneath the founcing to give the
coatee a little more stability.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Call Dealers in Coal Quiz.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Wholesale
coal dealers of the city of Washington
were directed by the federal trade
commission to appear before it for n
conference on prices charged custom
ers. The hearing was in connection
with the effort to fix and enforce
prices
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
European Water Transportation.

Water transportation in Europe iI
more expensive than rail transpOrta.
ton. For 1905, for instance, the wa.
terwayS of Prussia showed a deficit OF
$3,523 n mile, while the railways yield
ed a net profit of S1,S14 for every mile
The Prussian govern nent, consequent
ly, uses the railroad profits to offset
the waterway deficit.
None of the canals of Europe and
but few of the rivers serve economi
caily as carriers of traffic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Honest Advertising

all hear
clned Yet has physician told that claimed
remedial properties Caoa
We won't
to-day early days
the
that its standard will be maintained.
limitations
that Mr. Fletcher the genuine
Honestly advertised Honestly before public
which he Honestly expects receive his reward. ~
/<IEC<M
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21

By way of color choice there are
wells OF black, of dark blue, Of beige
and of gray; and sometimes these
show the embroideries done In con-
trasting color, although, on the whole,
the decoration is Of the same tone as
the veil itself. 1t is likely that the
white veil will again come into its
own as logical accessory Of the
summer hat, and the veil of purely dec
orative quality may give way later to
the chiffon variety whose mission is
one Of protection.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
soortinoIv Considered.

Remember the story of the hare
and the tOrtoiseT
Yes" replied Mr.. Erastus Pinkley.
"But dat story don't tell you muffin
bout de odds dat was posted agin de
tortoise. Dem long shots do come in
sometimes. But you KANT pend on
EN-"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Insistent.

THAT" said the physician, as he ex-
amined the lump on the mans neck,
'Ts the remains of an old boil that
started to come and then became en-
cysted there"
"WelI," said the unlettered patient,
sit has sure encysted on staying there. .
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
nin Clarke Passes Naval Test.

Detroit. Mich, Aug. 11.-Slipping
quietly up two flights of stairs, Justin
CNicj Clarke, former baseball star,
stripped before recruiting officers Of
the United States Marine corps and
uassed the physical examination.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Good Advice.

When you are through Matching,
market all the cocks that you do not
intend to use next year. They are only
a bill of expense and as well get rid
of them now as later. They are not
needed with the fiocks after the hatch
ing season is over.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21

wheat is not followed by seeding to
other crops, the fields should be plowed
as soon as the wheat is harvested.
Flowing kills the worms by destroying
their food supply and preventing them
from preparing suitable quarters for
the winter.
Some kinds of wireworms live only
in land that is poorly drained and for
this reason tile draining of land is
beneficial, especially where the gen.
eral condition of the field is further
improved by applications of lime and
by thorough cultivation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
Methods of Eradication.

In the Northwest and northern Mid
die West the dry-land wireworm is
sometimes very injurious. The follow
ing methods have been found to be
valuable in the eradication of this
pest: (D Disk or drag-harrOw the
summer fallOw as soon as possible in
the spring. in order to produce a dust
mulch and thereby conserve the aCcu-
mulated winter moisture; (2) continue
the disking as often as is necessary in
order to maintain the mulch and KEEP
down the weeds; (3). pillow the summer
fallow in July or early in August and
Immediately drag; (4) pillow the stub
BILE as soon as the crop is removed.
Farmers Bulletin 725 contains ad,ii-
tional information on wirewOrms and
will be mailed free of charge on appli-
cation to the secretary of agriculture,
Washington, D. c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-21
II { AGENTS Fire at Punitive.

New York, Aug. 15.-Fighting arrest,
in which shots were fired by pursuing
United States secret service agents, a
man whom the federal authorities ac-
cused of being a French swindler was
taken into custody.