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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01
Last Nights Halloween Quiet
est He Has Ever Spent; Lad
SneakS Away From Party
By the Office Boy

Dl tut OlllNN NY
Last night was wun OF the quictcst
haloweans / ever spent Kids m this
town don't seam to have the saim
amount OF pep they uSta have. Their
sisSies and want to dress up on sheatS
and ack like coasts and play with girls
and put candles in punkins and holler
boo and do sissy things like thai. !
don't see where theirs any tun m put
ting on falts faicc and pralding around
IN piller caises.
Camelflsge.
About ate o'clock last night mama
asked me, Willie, are YOU going to 60
a. Annas party to which you wuS in
vited and / says yes mama don't YOU
see have washed my neck and ears
and put on a eileen shirt and blackcd
my shoes and brushed my teeth. this
vas cameflage because herd the gang
wishing for me behind the barn but
mama told me eudnt play with them
on halowean because We were shure to
eet inta devvilmcant
So mama kist me and said now Willie
you be good and don't pull the little
girls hare and don't be rough and don't
ask for a second helping and try to
ack like gentleman even tho YOU do
take after you fathers side OF the fam
lily, and ser yeSsum / will be good
and try TO be a gentleman and had
my fingers crost all the time.
Well, wen she shut the door ! sneeked
out to the barn and found three or fore
kids OF the gang out their and we start
cd up the allie looking for a chanel to
o do some devvimeant ses gee kids
Nets not dew enything that might make
q pleecman mad because my mama red
In the paper this evening whair they've
got a hundred spcshul pleccemen lookin
for kids and lets be quiet
Yelled Like Indiens.
So they said shure we'll be quiet be
cause we don't want to be arrested so
the first thing we did was to tie a wire
on a tub on mrs Jones back porch and
pull it down the Streat hollering like
the indien used to do before they got
to drinking whisky and dying off like
flies like my history says. mrs Jones
got mad and ioned for the police but
we didn't car because by the time she
got to the ione we had all jumped on
the bottom OF the tub and busted 1t out
and were gettin redy to take growchy
Mr.. Smiths COW from the barn and
put her at streat crossing so the au-
tomobiies wood have to go around her
which we did.
then eddie marsden stole some sop,
from mrs. hardeys back porch and SCI
gee lets sope the street car tracks ant
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01
TOWN IS LACKING
SUGAR AND COAL;
RELIEF PROMISED
State Fuel Administration to
Send IS Carloads,

MONROE, La, Nov Mayor Ap-
gar yesterday received a message from
John X. O'kelley OF New Orleans. state
fuel administrator saying he had re-
QucSted federal authorities to send at
once fifteen carloads OF coal needed to
break the fuel famine here The mayor
said he would sell to families at cost
ten carloads OF coal ordered for emer
gcncy city use II other relief was not
speedily forthcoming
JobberS today announced their sup
plies Of sugar were exhausted and stated
retailers had no more than enough 10
last through the week.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01

knows the very inside fashions, you
will be told that the plain velvet or
satin sleeve which partly covers the
arm is a neck ahead IN the race for the
blue ribbon
opposed to this sleeve as far as
material is concerned, IS the sleeve Of
the twelfth century, which sweeps TO
the knees al the back
There are other sleeves that have
a ring or bracelet Of the material to
hold them to the hand. and then the
velvet widths drop to the hem of the
skirt to a point which is weighted by a
metallic tassel Copyright by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01

NEW YORK, oct jl-Those who
come back from Paris. filled with aneo-
dote and narrative OF the lie IN the
war stricken country, which still dresses
and spends money as well as 1t fights
and suffers, tell us OF the type Of eve
ming gown which the smart French wo-
men wear They say 1t permcatcs the
social atmosphere It is so constantly
repeated on every side that 1t seems TO
have been prescribed by the French gov
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01

kcaping my word. and anyhow ! didn't
want my sister martha 10 heer me be-
cawse shed tell at Skulc
so went up 90 bed and papa hung
up the switch and a, got under the
covers without undrcSsin becaws / wa
so sleepy SCI to myself gee but this
was a quiet halowcan. kid, don't seam
tn have much pep these dazc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01
P71 .! DRESS j! E;!!:s ) S.
A.Qll]B Nuoe RkttcS>houe>

tulle, 20 keep it from irritating the flesh
OF the arm
The floating tulle sleeve is still in
high fashion. This short piece OF arm
covering that is often cut in one with
the bodies does not dominate the sit
uoton hut Il you ask anyone VINO
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01
And Different Words

The Maid hear they now have
woman'S dictionary wonder II it
differs much from others
The Brutc-lt probably has more
words IN it-CartoonS Magazine.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01

In Frankfort Germany, household
waste is collected and burned in a plant
that provides steam to dynamos that
produce about 1000 horsepower
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01
Concert Hour for Mixed Quartet.

NORMAN. Okla. Nov. l--(SpeeiaD
A mixed quarter has been organued
IN the fine arts school OF the University
ot Oklahoma for concert work, oyer
the state The quartet will give eve
ning entertainments on the university
lyceum course and nv special engagc-
ment. II includes Miss Lota Johnson.
soprano, Miss Betty Bedford, contralto.
Chester Fleming, tenor and Gerald
Mosicr bass,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01

In France, the women have settled the
fashion for a certain kind of print
tive evening gown which has short
plain sleeves and a half low neck
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01

Tom Watson IS one man who knows
when to get off He has announced
the suspension Of his publications for
the duration of the war. .I
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01

ernment, which is looking after the
clothes and gaycty Of the nation as well
as after the soldiers and trenches
The French have an abhorrence OF
obedience, as do the people OF their
sister republic, America, but they have
the intelligence to known that co-opera-
tion with a government in its endeayor
to provide the utmost good for the larg-
est number, is the part OF an enlght-
ened nation
When the government tells its dress
makers that five metres OF cloth are
enough for a irock, when it insists that
IT'S women shall not expose a third OF
their bodies at the thcater and the
opera, when II insists that dancing must
not be permitted until peace is de
clared. then the French people co-oper-
ate with the government Mind the
word. 1t is psychological II is not
obedience The word Ncrboten would
make a Frenchman as aggressive as It
makes a German passive.
The Universal Dinner Gown.
This is the situation that confronted
the dressmakcrs when they laid down
the hws for the new kind ot evening
lrock ,Nand the unanlmlty with which
the Freuchwomen accepted the gown
shows that they appreciated the need
for conservation OF material and con
cealment of gayety If by any chance
it exists in the heart
The French evening gown as Paqun,
Cherult. Poifct and Bulloz make It for
the Frenchwomcn. is exactly on the or
der Of the sketch which is given today
This gown is OF shrimp pink char
meusc and is intended for a debutante.
! The shocking in shrimp plpk threads
and French knots proclalmS that fact
Smoking is for youth, although quill
ing may be for old age
Paqun makes this irock without the
cape dtapcry hanging from the Shouli-
! erS. black velvet with a Colorcd lining
and Cherult makes it in black satin with
! the front ot the bodies embroidered n
gold and the skirt draped in cascade
effect az the sides.
Each designer has her own way OF
working out The type OF gown which
has been accepted in Europe. The
youngSter needs little less severity
than the woman over 30, and therefore,
she has shocking instead OF embroidery,
a sash that wraps around the waist in
stead OF an ornate girdle and a bit
OF shoulder drapcry that hangs below
the knees
New Type Of Sleeves.
Regard with interest the sleeves IN
this gown II IS the SmarteSt thing
where France is concerned, and It is
offered to the we'll dressed American
wouen by the buyers who know what
the Parisicnnc oi position wears these
days These sleeves are not put into
the gowns that are offered for the
American trade, but they arc installed
IN the frockS that are worn in Europe
Therefore our conservative women over
here dcsite them Also, they are a nov
city, and that is drawing card for
the commcfcialiStS
n iS not necessary ~ make the sleeve
as short as the ono IN the sketch. II
can drop TO the elbow Sometimes II
IS open at the back from shoulder I,
elbow, where II is weighed with a gold
or silk taSSel When the gown is OF
velvet the lining OF the sleeve, y,
sometimes ot flowercd metallic uSsu,
which IS thinly ,rilcd with flesh mink
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
The Hundred Years, war.

The origin of the Hundred Years
war was the king of England's claim
to the crown of France Philip of
France left three sons, all of whom
died without issue, and the nearest
male heirs were Edward I'LL, who was
the nephew of the three sons, and
Philip de Valois, who was their cousin.
The law in Edwards claim is the Sale
law, which passed over women, and
Edward owed his blood relationship to
his mother. Edward claimed that,
though Salic law applied to his mother,
being woman, it@could not apply to
him, being a man. On this dispute be-
gan the war that lasted nearly CEN
fury, ending with the many victories
of Joan Of Arc, which crushed the Eng
hsh authority in France.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
Stain Waste Effort.

Elevators and other conveyances uti-
lied ordinarily for handling materials
may be used also iD conserving the
strength and increasing the efficiency
of the workpeople. 1t Is nothing less
than stupid to make tired employees
climb down several flights Of stairs at
these end of a long, days work when
there are elevators available and even
more stupid to make these people
climb up the stairs in the morning.
using unnecessarily a large amount OF
energy which might otherwise help to
tide them over the critical fatigue point
during the day. It would be part of
wisdom to install elevators merely for
use of the workers, even If they were
Of no use for handling materials.
Some of the best recently constructed
mills have installed escalators for this
purpose.-Engineering Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
GRANDmoT HER KNEW
There Was Nothing So Good foe
Congestion and Colds IN q
a =. as Mustard

But the old-fashioned mustard-plaster
burned and blistered while it acted. You
can now get the relief and help that
mustard plasters gave, without the plas-
ter and without the blister.
>Mustero1e does it. It is a clean,
white ointment, made with oil of
mustard. It is scientifically prepared,
so that it works wonders, and yet
does not blister the tenderest skin.
Just massage Musterole in with the
finger tips gently. See how quickly
it brings relief how speedily the
pain disappears. sr5s
Use Musterole for sore throat, bron-
asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges,
ton, pleurisy, rheumatism, 1umbago,
pains and aches of back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chill
blains, frosted feet, colds of the chest
lit >often- prevents pneumonia).
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
Force Of Light.

y Light has an actual mechanical pres
sure and can be measured in the lab
oratory. It has been found that the
suns light in itself presses against the
earth with force something like TO-
600 tons. As the surface Of sphere
varies as the square Of the radius, and
as the volume or mass varies as the
cube of the radius, and as the me-
chanical pressure Of light on the whole
surface varies as that surface, and as
the force of gravity varies as the mass,
If sphere is made smaller and smaller
it is easily seen that the pressure OF
light does not decrease so fast as the
force Of gravity, so bodies beyond a
certain minuteness could not reach the
sun, but would be repealed by the me-
chanical force Of its light.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11

~ The intricacies Of great mans char
acter are often simplicities to his wife.
Once, when the late Alfred Austin
had paid a visit to Tennyson. his I'M
mediate predecessor, Tennyson walked
With him as far as the gate which led
to the highway. There, says Alfred
Austin in his autobiography, while the
elder poet stood leaning on the gate
Z party of wide eyed sightseers ap-
peared.
,,"What a vulgar people the English
sarer Tennyson exclaimed. 'Theylcome
here to watch for, me, and when they
see me they say quite loudly. There's
Tennysonrf" - {
! : Nj. Austin afterward repeated this to
Lady Tennyson, who smiled tenderly.
but archly. r. -
Z my husband would be much more
annoyed If the people didn't come"
she said
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11

John Palmer, who died some years
ago I'm rather straitened circumstances
In little town in Michigan. was the
Inventor OF the check system. Palmer
was a fiddler and assumed responsible
1ty for the hats, coats and wraps Of
those who came to his dancing parties.
In keeping things straight he gave
numbered checks for the articles com
mitted to his care. Il Some railroad men
who attended one Of the dances noticed
how perfectly the idea worked, appro-
priated it and in short time it was
adopted all over the country. As is
often the case, the inventor got moth
ing out Of it-Philadelphia Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11

PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT,
To Prsvent Colds.

DR.. Eugene L. Fisk OF, the Life =
Extension institute, in New York =
city, suggests that one of the best =
methods for preyenting colds is =
to breathe as much fresh air as +
possible. A draft. he holds, 1s =
not to be feared unless it is. +
strong enough to be chilling. It. +
ia as silly to weaken your resist 4
ance by coddling as it is to be 4
over-Spartan. The skin can be i
/ trained to help resist germ in +
lection, and one Of the worst 4
ways to train it is to work and +
live and sleep in overheated i
rooms. The same sort Of rules 4
apply to clothing Adapt your 4
clothing to the condition Of your 4
health and to the conditions Of +
the weather. 4 One man can wear 4
light underclothing all the year 4
round; for another whose ply +
siQue is not so hardy or who 4
has chronic heart or kidney trou- Z
BILE such courseis folly. Ills +
sas harmful to expose yourself +
too much as it is to weaken =
your resistance by building up. 4
Baths? One man can take cold 4
baths and be no worse for them;
another Of q more delicate consti- 4
tuition Will suffer nervous shocks 4
from the same temperatures i
Try out your skin and find out i
its reaction point. OF course you i
will, do well to avoid constipa- i
ton, overeating and extreme IA :
tigue,# for these all aggravate 4
colds and invite them. The man I
who is subject to colds shoul Id +
be paring in his use of tobacco 4
and should know that he weak 4
ems Shis resisting powers If he 4
drinks alcohol. ! Z
81 3-A2. ~, Z ~ =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
Making q Hot Compress,

In the American Journal of Nursing
Elizabeth Robertson gives the follow
ing directions for making a hot com
press: Wet the compress with tepi
water, then iron it rapidly with a yer
hot fatiron. This produces suffice
steam to hold more heat and obviat
the necessity of wringing out exec
sively hot cloths.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11

Manageable Daughter--I think, IA
ther, you do Arthur a great injustice
when you say that he IS penurious.
PrecOcious Brother - What's penuri-
Gus, father?
Father-Why, penurious means close.
Precious Brother Then you're
right. That young man is awful penu-
rious when he comes to, see Sis.-Ex-
change.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
SaJesmanship.

The mere selling Of an article is not
always proof Of good salesmanship
One observer declares, IF customer
is persuaded into buying something she
does not want she will not come back"
The best craftsmanship is that which
looks to the future-in other words,
which is based on the sound policy Of
honestv.-Yuuth's COMPANION.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
Bigger Game.

Booth Harrington, while in New
York recently, was discussing the sub
ject of5debt with playwright friend
known for impecunfousness. & (,
"About $1,000 would see me clear OF
debt" said the playwright. "And I tell
You, Tark, IL I ever get out Of debt
once IN never get 81, 200 in the hole
again. It, will be $4,000 next time.
No more piker games for me."-New
York Globe. ~ sSts@'<
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
Wijlina to Bear Il.

- Willing to Bear Il.
well, dearest, I have just asked
your father for your hand"
"What did he say?"
He asked me If I felt capable of as
Stunning heavy burden"
=""And what did you tell himY
II told him I would take care Of all
he would give us."-Boston Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
TIE Just Wonderful, de Way GETS .JSs
am Aakes An CnRna Go Ouiek"

tie Just Wonderful, de Way GETS m
$I Makes An Cos1s Go Quick"
ever known because you don't have
to fool and putter around with your
dages Or try to dig them out.
aGETS-IT" is q liquid. You put on
a few drops in a few seconds. It
dries. It's painless. Put your stock
regular shoes You won't limp or
have corn twist" in your face. The
corn, rcallus or wart, will loosen from
your toe-off it comes. Glory hallelu-
jah! "GETS-IT' is the biggest eell-
ing corn remedy in the world. When
"GETS-IT' is sold and recon-
me ~ = ID by druggists everywhere. 25c
r. ho+t,A,For sent on receipt Of price
~ n Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, Ill.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
Not a Dancer.

Mistress-Sarah, don't believe that
I have given dance since you've been
in my service, but do YOU think you
could make yourself useful? Sarah
Well, mum, 1-you see, I amt never
took. dancin' lessons in all my life
Boston Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
EIGHTY Per Cent

'eThe Browns are celebrating their
silver wedding next Saturday"
'sTheir silver wedding? Why, they've
been married only five years.
II know, but that's five times as long
as anybody expected them to stay mar
ried, so they feel that they are entitled
ITO. q discOunt."-New York World
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
The Money Power.

Braggs-It is positively absurd to
talk about money power in tht
country. There is no such thing
Waggs-rd just like to discuss that
with you. Have you got q minute to
spare? Braggs-Not a minute. I've
got note due at the bank, and they're
bothering me to death about it.-Life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
More Advanced.

Heller - Have you q book called
"How to Acquire Good Carriage?"
Clerk - No, sir, but here is ''Seven
Ways to Obtain an Automobile. ITO
ledo Blade.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
'1See How That Corn
Comes |. Clear OFT! .
"0ETS.IT" Loosens Your Corns
Right OF, Ifs tho Modern Corn
Wonder - Never Fails. s

act like that In getting q corn OF.
Why. I just lifted that corn right
or with my finger nail. 'GETS-1T
g certainly wonderful" Yes. GETS.
TT q the most wonderful corn.cuIe
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11

We reduce life to the pettiness Of
our daily living. We should exalt our
living to the grandeur Of ufe.-Phillips
Brooks. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11

"Why don't you look around for
work."
Cant; I've got stiff neck."-Ex-
change.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
Publicity Work.

Kathryn-Of course this story about
Kate is just between us two. ~Kittye-
Sure! And between US two it ought
to get pretty wide circulation
Puck.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
An Artist.

Sue-You said you were going to
marry an artist, and now you're en-
gagged to a dentist. Flo-Well, isn't
he an artist2 He draws from real
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-11
1ennIvson's Vanity.

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21
T.: Finance, Real Estate Insurance g: /
of Finance nance,
Moss Roses,

The original moss rose was ''sport"
or child of the Provence 1t seems to
me there is nothing lovelier in the
whole flower kingdom than spray OF
moss rose buds, yet how seldom do
we see them nowadays! 1t is difficult
to improve upon the old pick moss for
beauty, but just as fine are the other
pink sorts, Salet, crested moss, Zenobia
and Comtesse de Murinais. And the
white sorts, with shapely buds gleam-
ing from their bright green garment,
seem 1oveliest of all These are white
bath, Blanche Moreau and perpetual
moss, which blooms in bewitching clus-
ters and is well messed. There are
also crimson sorts, but these are not
so lovely. The best of these, is Grim
son globe.
Moss roses have one drawback, their
liability to mildew, but with generous
treatment and very little trouble
they may be protected from this af1ic.
ton. They should be planted abso.
lutely free from shade and never
against O. wall, that all the winds of
heaven may sweep around them, and
let their roots be set in deep, well
drained, rich soil.-From 'My Garden
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21
Makinu a Victoria Cross.

Ever since the Victoria cross was
instituted by Queen Victoria at the
end of the Crimean war the making of
the medals has been in the hands of
the same firm. The ordinary medal is
made from steel die, being stamped
and completed in the same process.
But the metal from which the Victoria
crosses are made is so hard that no
die would stand it without breaking
It is well known that the first crosses
were made from captured Russian
guns, but now the materials come from
guns taken from the Chinese. With
an order for the cross is sent supply
of the metal.
First rough cast of the cross is
made, and this has to be filed, drilled
and chased The chasing occupies the
attention of a skilled artisan for many
hours. The barzis a separate casting
and is also chased The authorities
are most careful to see that none OF
the metal is wasted. 1t is most care
fully served out, and if any is left ovel
from one lot Of crosses it is used W
before fresh supply can be obtained
London Globe.