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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
HATS CAUSE MARITAL ROW
Woman's Weakness for Millinery
Causes Husband to Seek separa-
ton In Court.

Chicago.-Mrs. John w. Olson's
prime weakness was hats. But her
husband found little interest in the
millinery magazines with which their
home was strewn. Neither did he en-
Joy standing before show windows in
which Partisan creations were exhib-
tied. That is where the trouble
started.
"Billy" Stamm was twenty-five, well
tailored and good-looking. He adored
millinery and he was an artist at turn
ing out nifty headgear from a miscel-
laneous assortment Of trimmings. So
Stamm, being an old friend Of the fam
lily, became an extremely friendly per
son to Mrs. Olson and finally they
opened hat store together. Then Oh
son left home. He has filed suit for
divorce, naming Stamm, whose ability
to trim hats, he alleges, has wrecked
the Olson home.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
USES FIRE TO START MULE
Percy Lands In jail After Furnishing
Considerable Excitement for Fire
Department.

Pleasantville, N. J.-Percy Cline saw
a balky Missouri mule leaning sound
asleep against lamp post in one of
the busiest streets of Pleasantville
last night. Percy stopped and watched
with interest while the mule owner
tried every conceivable way to make
the animal go, except the Missouri
sure-fire method Of tickling the mules
left hand hoof with a straw, but the
mule only blinked, sighed deeply and
settled himself more firmly against the
post.
"Ill bet I can make her CO." re.
marked Percy with the modesty of
genius. "Ill build fire under her.
and then she'll Co."
"1f you do" said an agent of the
s. P. G. A., who was also a spectator
I'll arrest you for cruelty to animals"
Shucks!" said Percy. "You can't
be cruel to a mule. I'll do 1t, and I
bet he'll CO."
He did. And the mule did. And the
agent did.
The fire department put out the fire
the soclety's agent put Percy In ia,i
and the mule was still going in the
general direction Of San Francisco
when last seen.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
DADDSEV[NDl(
ARY ALE az
PARK BEARS.
~ MARY 1AHANRQNNER

"In park where there were ami
mails" commenced Daddy, there lived
two polar bears next door to two
brown bears.
perhaps 1t would be little better
to say that they lived In cages side
by side instead Of saying they lived
next door to each other, for we usual
~ think Of houses when we speak of
people living next door to each other
But the bears had fine yards to
play in, as well as their places for
sleeping. Their homes were almost
entirely Of rocks, and In each place
there was big pool where they could
swim.
"Now the polar bears were very
handsome They were white and they
waved their heads about as much as
to say,
"'We are such beautiful bears. We
are so much admired
"But the brown bears looked at the
polar bears as If they didn't think of
them at all. For to themselves they
were thinking how cross the polar
bears often were. and how friendly
and nice they always felt toward ey-
eryone.
"'Fish day, fish day. called the
keeper and into the pool of the polar
bears he put some fine fish.
with great Hopping and splash
ing they had gone after their fish
meal, and how happy they were. 1t
was q real treat. For the polar tears
love fish better than any other kind of
food.
"But the brown bears were just as
happy for they were getting bread
crumbs and soup and bran-a very
delicious mixture they thought.
'Sniff-sniff,' said Mr.. Brown Bear.
"And Mrs. Brown Bear made the
same noise-just like shifting the air.
at is going to rain said Mr.. Brown
Bear.
81 do believe 1t is said Mrs. Brown
Bear. And they pointed their noses
into the air-just in the direction of
Mr.. Wind.
"The bears always point their noses
In the direction the wind is coming
from, and they always know If storm
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
The Secret of Youth.

After ALL the plain truth Is that ad.
venture consists less In the experiences
one actually has than In the indefatiga-
BILE expectancy With which one awaits
them, writes Edgar J. Goodspeed in the
Atlantic. Indeed, sometimes fear that
people must be divided into those who
have adventures and those who appre-
ciate them. And between the two the
affinity for adventure Is greater treas
ure than the experiencing Of 1t. If we
are possessed Of the affinity, adventure
itself is, at most, just round the cor
ner from US. This opens the life Of
adventure to all who crave 1t. What
possibilities lie in merely crossing q
street. for example Some one re-
marked the other day as he lodged
across among the motorcars, why not
take chance now and then and lead
q real life for a few minutes2"
I therefore recommend the life Of adj
venture. 1t conceives each ray as a
fresh enterprise, full of delightful pos
sibilities and promise, and so preserves
the wine Of life from growing fat.
Here is the secret Of youth.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08

pure cussedness,' as it is known local
~, was the cause of the trouble" says
Judge Williams.
you see, Henry would go home In
the afternoon, and not being of par
ticularly affectionate nature, failed to
greet his wife with q kiss. Now she,
being in love with her husband, want
ed to be kissed. After frequent fall
ures Of this kind on his part she
charged Henry with an extreme frig-
tdity Of affections. Henry denied the
allegations, affirming that he had too
many serious and important things to
do to consider without indulging in
osculatory e "cises with q woman,
whom, after all, was nothing but his
Wife.u .r--,,,-,.,, -: 49,.
This enraged the wife, who proceed
ed to tell Henry just what she thought
Of him. Henry opened hostilities with
a dishpan.
To make up for past omissions, and
to cause him to cultivate a taste for
such things, City Judge Williams SEN
fenced Henry to two kisses daily.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
1.-THE Bears Enjoyed II Thoroughly"

Is on the way. In fact they can al
ways tell about the weather, and if
only we knew bear talk we might go
20 the bears to find out if the day was
going to be rainy or not.
"But they do not mind q storm as
the lions do. In fact they quite en-
JOY 1t, while the lions roar and get
very much upset.
pretty soon it began to rain. Good
for u.s. said Mr.. Brown Bear. I was
feeling pretty hot, for my fur coat is
rather heavy for the summer
81 wouldn't want to change 1t for
lighter one though said Mrs. Brown
Bear. 1t would be such q waste Of
time, in the first place, and In the
second place, how could we ever pick
out a summer coat that would be as
handsome as our fur coats. We would
look so strange with summer feathers,
for instance
"'Yes, it Is best to always wear a
fur coat said Mr.. Brown Bear, and
besides it Is something we can always
afford. Furs are not a luxury to US.
But this rain does feel very fine and
it is cooling me off,
81 enjoy a rain better in the sum-
mer than any other time said Mrs.
Brown Bear.
az shall have to tell the King of tire
Clouds that said Mr.. Brown Bear.
L am sure he would be very much
flattered.'
$50 he shifted in the air and tried
to have the wind take a message to
the King Of the Clouds, telling him
how much the bears liked the rain.
"And from the way the rain kept on,
1t seemed as If the rain wanted to
please the bears.
"There are some people who 60 in
side when it rains said Mr.. Brown
Bear.
"'And I have heard 1t said,' added
Mrs. Brown Bear, that folks who do
not 60 in when it rains, do not know
much. In fact there Is saying about
very foolish people, that they do not
know enough to 60 in when 1t rains
"'How can such foolish sayings go
aboutT asked Mr.. Brown Bear. well,
they never consulted the bear family
when they made up that saying-cer-
tainly they never asked US about it in
the summer time And throughout
the rainstorm the bears stayed outside
and enjoyed it thoroughly"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CAN'T TELL KISS BY SOUND
Momentous Decision, Handed Down by
New York Judge, Rules
Against Hubby.

Beacon, N. You can't tell wheth-
er it's kiss or not by the sound alone.
A momentous decision, truly, but one
easily reached by Judge Willard Brock
way when Herbert Jordan attempted
to Justify his leaving his wife because
she kissed a grocery clerk.
SHOW do you know she did," asked
the judge.
Jordan brought forward q neighbor
who said she had heard the Sound Of
kissing through the keyhole." "We
have to go by fact, not by sound" re-
marked Judge Brockway. 1T might
have been some other noise with a
kissing SOU ,d.'
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
HAWAI|ANS SEEK
DEATH IN LAVA
Fanatics Attempt to Make Sacri-
flee to PeIe, the Goddess
of Fire.
LED BY SCHOOL GIRL
Twenty-SIx Persons Begin Trip Up the
Lava-Encrusted Slopes, but Ex-
haustion Thwarts Their
Purpose.

Honolulu. - Twenty-Six Hawaiians,
sought to fling themselves into the boil
ing lava of Kilahea crater on the re-
cent anniversary of King Kamehameha
the Great. The fanatics were attempt
ing to make human sacrifice to Pele,
the goddess of fire. Their plans were
frustrated when they fell exhausted
on the mountainsides after the long
journey toward the volcano.
The pilgrimage was started from
Hookena, Hawaii. by old men and
women, children and even infants in
arms, all unprovided with food and wa
ter and scantily clad. The blazing sun
Of the lava-encrusted slopes Overcame
the pilgrims after a day and night
Of continuous travelling, and they were
found by A. r. Casper, who operates
an automobile stage around the island
from Hilo to Kona.
Vision Revealed to Girl.
The schoolgirl, Kaneau by name, had
recently made an appeal to the people
Of Hookena telling them Of vision
that had been revealed to her in a
dream. She said that the spirit Of the
goddess Pele had come to her and told
Of the destruction that was to visit the
islands on the kings anniversary.
Every living being was to be de-
stroyed, she said, except one man and
one woman. All Of the islands were to
be destroyed except two and they were
to be Joined together into one. The
destruction was to be wrought through
an eruption of Mount Kaneau and moth
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08

were useless and only an operation
would help me, but Lydia f. Pinkham' .
Vegetable Compound has proved it
otherwise. 1 am now perfectly we'll
and can do any kind of work; Mrs.
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We wish every woman who suffers
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tiers written by women made well by Ly-
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If you have bad symptoms and do not
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
lfE} 1F[HHE> lL[ZNnLZLlG|fl1E
BENEFITED BY AMERICAN TRAINING

Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, who
has been appointed new first lord of
the British admiralty, succeeding Sir
Edward Carson, Is one Of the handful
tof great Britishers who emerged out
tof comparative Obseurity with the adj
gent Of the war. Until hostilities be-
Ean he was scarcely known outside of
railroad circles, and American railroad
pen knew him best, for it was In the
United States that he got his training.
The new first lord is q Scotsman,
born in India, but owes his abili-
ny In large degree to his American
training. He is only forty-one years
old.
He spent year in the Homestead
mills In Pittsburgh, and backed that
experience with three years in the
employ Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
When Lloyd George took the post
of minister of munitions In 1915 he
made Sir Eric his principal lieutenant,
or director general. In that post he COZ
arms, munitions, etc.
Sir Douglas Haig had him transit
Transportation. He was knighted only
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
Led by a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl.

Ing but human sacrifices could appease
the goddess and avert the tragedy, &C
cording to the vision.
The appeal Of the schoolgirl was so
eloquent that 26 persons were imbued
with the spirit of primitive Hawaii and
decided to sacrifice themselves. They
planned to go to the brink of the era
ter and leap into the seething lava.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
DIRECTED TO BUILD MERCHANT MARINE

The biggest constructive job since
the building of the Panama canal, the
task Of fitting together fleet Of mer-
chantmen that is to save Europe from
hunger, and possibly starvation, has
been turned over to a Chicago man
Edward N. Hurley.
Edward N. Hurley was picked,
probably, because Of his record of
achievement. He is not q politician. He
Is business man. 1t Is not so many
years ago that he was sitting on the
throttle side of an engine cab for the
tChicago, Burlington and Quincy rail.
road. From this position he stepped
unto a salesman's job for the United
States Metallic Packing company, Of
which concern he soon became man
eger.
For this enterprise he originated
and developed the pneumatic tool in
dustry Of the United States and Eu-
rope.
He is the executive head and prin-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
Earn Their Own Way.

Everyone Of the four hundred boy
students in the School of Agriculture
of the University of Minnesota is self
supporting. The majority of them
work on farms during the summer and
earn and save more than enough mon.
ey for their six months Of school
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
POWERFUL RECRUIT FOR RED CROSS

Another addition to the business
executives enlisted in the service OF
the Red Cross during the war was
made when John d Ryan, president
Of the Anaconda Copper company, was
appointed as director general of mill
tary relief.
Mr.. Ryan will have supervision of
the bureau of medical service, the bu-
reau Of nursing service and the bu-
reau Of supplies. The maintenance of
so or more base hospitals will be one
Of the large tasks which will be laid
Immediately before him.
He has the position Of director
general Of military relief and will be
in charge Of all relief work for the
fighting forces.
Mr.. Ryan succeeds Col. Jefferson
r. Kean, who has been ordered to
take command Of the 160 United States
army ambulance sections In the war
theater.
The military relief deDartnent
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
COURT GIVES WIFE
TWO KISSES DAILY
Young Hubby Is Hailed Before
Judge for Failing to
Show Affection.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Charged with fail
IRE to love his wife. young hubby
hailed before City Judge R. P. Will
liams here was sentenced to kiss her
twice daily.
"From the testimony Of neighbors,
who. as Is often the case, seemed to
know more about the affair than did
the principals themselves, 1t seemed
that 'temperamental incompatibility,'
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
FIND SKELETON WITH
HORNS; A TAIL, TOO

Wheeling, W. Va.-Boys here
have unearthed q skeleton close
ly resembling the popular idea Of
the devil. The skull Is much like
that of the present human race,
with the exception Of two horns,
which project from just above
the temples on each side. In
life the creature was about four
feet high, with long tail. There
are four powerful legs or arms,
each of which has four fingers.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08

receive no Dement,
when 80 many have
proved that Lydia
E. Pinkham Vege-
table poun d
will make them
we'll I? For over .
year l suffered so
from female weak
ness I could hardly
stand and " 40
afraid to go on the
street alone. Doc
tors said medicines
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
Lightning Shipped of Woman,s To.

kimball, Neb.-A bolt Of lightning
shipped off one toe from the foot Of
Mrs. Isaac Barrett when she was cir.
ting on her porch during a storm. She
was left otherwise unlnjured.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
Result Of Modesty.

Jenkins changed color when you
praised him before everybody"
Yes, I noticed that when I said he
was white man through and through,
he turned red"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08

cpa stakeholder
diversified that banking
boadened his
TO the literature Of American
Mr.
to
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR PRACTICAL MAN

When Secretary Daniels informed
Rear Admiral Washington Lee Caps
that the president had selected him to
build the merchant fleets that we must
have if the U-boats are to be con-
Quered, shipbuilder had succeeded an
engineer in job upon which the des-
tiny Of democracy depends.
Admiral Capps will build ships in
quantities desired, on order, for build
ing ships, one way or another, has
been his steady job for 80 years. He
Is a practical man, and as chief con-
structor Of the navy has the inner.
most details of every yard in the coun-
try that bears the slightest resem-
blance to shipbuilding plant In the
grasp Of his two hands.
The work upon which Admiral
Capps has been employed since the
new naval building program went into
effect a year and half ago is directly
in line with that which he will have to
do now In his new position. A man with
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
IT'S IMPERATIVE

that you keep bottle Of Mississippi
Diarrhea Cordial in your medicine
chest. In constant use for fifty years,
Price 25c and 5Oc.-Adv.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
And she accepted him 2"

Vets, but she's insisting on an Inn
mediate marriage. Profiting by the
experience Of other girls she isn't
going to take any chance on his
breaking another engagement"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08


trained by of practical service
dgreements with associates
which he has the instinct clear He VIII orders anu oo
although he will surrender professional opinion
the which
builder Of the Panama canal II his
professional standing fully
ahead under full steam the
was beginning possible to calculate delay terms OF human
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
As Usual,

SIS your wife canning anything this
yearw
THE servant girls as usual"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08

months
relief work the front 1t
ade Of the e9Rga1ee sections which were first
the fighting lines ~"'<~
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
Going to Land Him.

'He was engaged three times before
he proposed to her."
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
Cheering Her Up.

Bess-I could marry a man who
loved me for my looks alone.
Jess-Why, dear, the blind some
times marry-Judge.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
woman COULD
HARDLY STAND
Restored to Health by Lydia
E.Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Fulton, N. Y. why will women
nav out their money for treatment and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-04

Members Of the different chapters
of the County were at the Red Cross
rooms Monday receiving instructions
in surgical dressings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-04
Do you have any letters, writ
ten by James Whitcomb Riley.
Indiana,s most lpyed poet?

Indiana's most loved poet?
Edmund H Eitel, adm1nisha-
tor of the estate OF the famous
children's poet. is preparing for
publication q set Of R1ey's let
tiers and he viii be very CRATE
full if any one who has letters
or who knows OF their existence
will communicate with him or
will send the letters which will
be returned as soon as copied.
He can be addressed in care
of the Riley estate, Indianapolis,
Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-04
GERMAN DOCTOR
PLANS TO WORK
FOR DEMOCRACY
DR.. Christian Sihler, Native
of Fl. Wayne, Sees Error Of
Kaiserism.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Dec A. To
help uplift the real German people
after the yoke of Prussian militarism
has been cast off by the victory of
America and the allies is the aim OF
DR.. Christian Sihler, native OF Fort
Wayne, but born of German parents.
So thoroughly is Dr. Sihier imbued
with the idea of aiding the Teutons
after Prussianism is no more, that he
has forsaken his duties for days at q
time as head of a sanitarium In Cleve-
land, O., to help organize "The Society
of Friends Of German Democracy"
For the last two or three weeks, how
ever, he has devoted his efforts in be-
half of this organization to writing
and speaking in Cleveland.
Dr. Sihler's father, a typical German
Lutheran, founded st. Paul's Lutheran
church in this city. The son was rear
ed in the Lutheran faith, grew up In
a home where only the Teuton tongue
was spoken, attended German schools
and received the finishing touches to
his education in German universities
and colleges. He later was associated
with these same institutions as an
instructor.
Stories Of German atrocities were
not believed by Dr. Sihler who had
been reared in the German belief. But
he made a visit to the home of his
parents, talked with his former asso-
ciates in the universities and colleges.
and saw that the stories Of the war
were not exaggerated
Becomes Pro-AlIy
In an interview while here recently,
he said then he realized the teachings
Of the pulpit and press for the years
even while he was ir Germany had
been all to instill in the hearts Of Teu-
tons that they were meant to domin-
ate the world. During the course of
the war. until shortly before Amer.
ica's entrance, DR.. Sihler was intense
1y pro-German. With these revela-
lions to him he become pro-ally just
as strong. and following the broad
statements OF President Wilson at the
outset of the war, he with others be-
gan a movement to aid the real Ger
mans get rid Of Prussianism after the
war.
Even before America declared war,
DR.. Sihler started making speeches in
behalf of the movement he now is
fostering. His sister, who is in Ger
many, was thrown In prison as spy,
when It was learned her brother was
doing this work in America. Not a
word has he heard from her for
months and her fate is unknown to
him.
In spite Of this fact, DR.. Sihler is
keeping up his work and says one of
the needs of the world when Prussian-
ism has been crushed will be to help
restore the real Germans, who will be
glad to have a democracy and rid of
the rule of the kaiser and his ilk.
C. Z. Sihler, local banker, is the
brother of DR.. Sihler.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-04
CAMD O.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graham and
children returned to Hamilton Sunday
after a visit here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Carver of Mddleiown, spent
the weekend here with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Carver. Miss
Anna Windste was home from Dayton
to spend Sunday. Clifford Phares
and wife of Hamilton spent Sunday
here =. Miss Grace Moon of Middle
town spent Saturday here with her
sister, Miss Blanch Moon. George
Loop spent Monday in Cincinnati. -.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Shuey were Sun
day guests Of relatives in German
town August Craig was a Middle
town visitor Sunday evening. :. Fred
Van Skiver spent Sunday and Monday
in Cincinnati. Mrs. Louise McFall
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LYNN. IND.

The funeral Of Mrs Charles Moody
was held at the Friends church Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. Conducted
by Rev. c. F. Miller and Rev. Henry
Pickett. -. Mr.. and Mrs. Merl Bowen
of Richmond, spent Sunday with Mrs
Josie Bowen. Miss Gussie Rinard
of Farmland, visited Saturday and Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. P. D. Gray.
Miss Tracey Parker of Indianapolis,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jeff Parker. .. The funeral of Ella
Bowers was held at the M. E. church
at Winchester Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Mrs. Bowers, was the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Benz Bowen of