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The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Boston and vicinity proves a strong
lure TO Washington folk just now, and
the many prominent weddings which
I'll the last days OF August and the
nTst days Of September are an added
attraction. Miss Frances Hoar left
w asninEton Wednesday for Boston to
attend the Burgess wedding and al
most all the others Of Importance
, SCHEDULED for that period. She re-
Gently returned from Fort Monroe,
where she ard her mother, Mrs. Gil
lett. spent several days, being enter
taiEed constantly. Miss Louise Hoar
is already making a round of visits at
Milton and other places in and near
Boston, attending weddings.
Mrs. HOgg, wife OF Commodore
William ;. HOgg, L. 5. ", will leave
town the first OF September for a visit
10 Boston and NIarblehead. and will
attend the wedding OF Miss Geraldine
BOush, daughter OF Admiral and Mrs.
Clifford J. BoUsh, 10 Mr. Glenn Bur-
IelL Nlr. Edwin T. A. Morgan, a
Harvard boy, will leave his home in
Chevy Chase this week to attend the
Wedding, August %. OF Miss Ruth
HCrrick and Mr.. @. Newell Hurd in
81 NliclaCFs Church, Milton. He will
be an usher ara will make a series Of
visits when in that vicinity. Mr.. Nor
gan is the son Of DR.. and Mrs. James
Dudley Morgan.
Mr.. ECtor o. Mum. son Of .'-.r
Charles \. Mum. has gone to T. sa
to serve as an usher at the welding
OF Miss Katharine HerriCk and Nj
EouGhtOn Pierce Mctcalf. which takes
place in Milton at st. Michael :
church ana preccdes the other Her
Tiei. wedding by three days.
Washington dressmakcrs are simply
swampCd with trOusseaus, and will
not get a moment Of vacation in the
next three months. Weddings will be
a matter OF almost daily happening
until the last bachelor soldier is well
on the other side OF the ocean.
Food conservation still continues to
he the theme everywhere. and one
hears above the din Of an orchestra
tr the hum Of an automObilC-"NO, l
Put it up by the cold water process
or I I=EIeamed it three hours or 1t
takes no COolSnE mt all And while
it is all going ON Mrs. JoscphUs Dan
icIs mildly pulls ont an old family
recipe FOR dried okra. without which
no Southern soup pot is finished. Mrs.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
Dinner and Thenter Party,

Lieut. Commander Hayne Ellis. L.
5. y. and Mrs. Ellis, entertained al
dinner on the Army and Navy roof
garden last evening Miss Marie Eu-
senia Smith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George r. Smith. and Lieut.. Comma n
der Hollis Taylor Winston, U. s. NJ,
whose marriage will take place Sep
tcmher q. Miss Smith. sister of the
bride elect. was the only other guest.
Commander Ellis and Commander
Winston were roOmmates at the Aca-
DENY, and Commander Ellis will be
best man at the wedding, while Miss
Smith will be her sisters only attend
ant. Following the dinner last even
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
Foreign Missions Engage Society

IT is Tuesday the Japanese High Mission will arrive in
Washington with Vcoun Ih its head and already there is
buzz and best lawn ocks being fresh
ened the that follow The of action
that eventw be the Pan American
Building while the President will entertain Viscount hm and
his suite he and Mrs Wilson will in the really brilliant
role of of honor the entertainment at the Pan American
Union.
wonderful which history repeating ITSELF
that Fort Mye Va Monday afternoon when the President and
Mrs Wilson and thousands of other notabes Secretary of War
Baker who had
months of hard training the officers their commits
Members of the French High Mission members
the Russian Belgian and Norwegian all there many
OF the their uniforms red and blue
sky blue and odd-cooed which, after all,
wholly immateria with such handsome boots below them.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
Among Diplomats.

The Embassy Of Japan will be the
center of diplomatic life for the next
week, and VisCount Ishii, and MI
| Aimaro Sato, the japanese Ambas-
sador will be the central figures. The
Viscount heads the japanese mission,
and tre Belmont house in New Hamp,
shire avenue will be quite ready for
his occupancy when he arrives In
Washington about Tuesday. MIR.
Hanihara. for a long time attached
to the Japanese Embassy here in
various capacities, and since then,
| Japanese consul at San Francisco
is accompanying the mission to
Washington.
: The British Ambassador has gone
to Woods Hole. Mass, to join Lady
Spring Rice and their children who
have been there for several weeks. The
/ Ambassador has been staying with
Mr., Thomas Beaumont Hohler, secono
counselor of the embassy. who has a
house in Massachusetts, avenue, thai
he might escape the atmosphere OF
incessant work at the embassy.
Lady Spring Rice has quite a flower
and vegetable garden connected with
lile pldNt AlstN OSNhbg az 'NNN'"' @@S'
and she and their children spend
almost their entire time outdoors
Another interesting diplomatic family
enjoying farm life just now is that
Of the Minister of China, Mr.. vi
Kyuin Wellington Koo, who early In
the season took the Frank Lee Man
sion, at Garrison, Md, and established
Nine. Koo, and their little son there.
They have all the joys of farm life
including extensive lawns with shade
trees, a big garden, cows, chickens
and other of the animal kindom gen.
orally seen about a farm.
The Minister has motored back to
Garrison to be with his family, and
in fact, makes the trip in his large
and comfortagle car several times
week, always disdaining the steam
or electric car as a mode of trans
portation.
The Ambassador OF Italy, Count
Macchi di Cellere, has gone TO Sara
toga, N. Y, to spend several days
Countess di Cellere, who with Their
children is at her summer home at
Blue Ridge Summit, will join him
there.
Mr.. Brambllla, counselor Of the
Italian Embassy, has returned to
Washington from Hamilton, Mass.
where he was the guest for ten days
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Won Lengerke
Meyer and their daughter, Miss Julia
Meyer, to whom he is engaged.
|, The Duke di Sangro, attache OF the
/ Italian Embassy, and Mr.. Andrea
Geisser Celesia di Vegliasco, third
secretary, have returned to Washing
ton from Newport. DR.. Floria. ply
sician attached to the embassy stan
has returned from Atlantic City
where he spent some time.
Mr.. Thomas Spring Rice, cousin OF
the Ambassador. and second secretary
of the British Embassy, has returned
to Washington from North Carolina
and Virginia, in which States he has
made visits.
Lieut.. Col the Hon. Murrough
O'Brien. military attaChe of the Brit
ish Embassy, has gone to Newport tc
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
Social Notes.

Mr. and Mrs. Friedman stopped IN
Washington last week as the guest OF
friends. They were en- route 10
Atlantic City where they will remain
Tor several weeks.
Mr. Louis Levy. Of Charleston. ".
Va. who was the guest OF Miss
Florence Levy, has returned to his
home.
Miss Cecilia Oppenhcimer has re-
turned 10 Washington after making
a visit OF some week TO friends in
the North.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Kohner have gone
70 Atlantic City. accompanied by their
family. and will be absent for some
CONTINUED on PAGE TEN.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Adelaide Pepper, was her sisters
matron of honor. and the party of
bridesmaids included Miss Frances
Wharton Scott Miss Dorothy z. New
bold, Miss Jean w. Thompson, Miss
Sarah c. Nelson, Miss Cornelia C.
Leidy. Miss Gainor Owen Baird. Miss
Margaret w. Harris, Miss Virginia
Roberts, Miss Mary d. Thayer. and
Miss Elizabeth Cushman, OF Albany,
N. Y. Miss Reta D. Krumbhaar
was flower girl.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
q! 2llb!.illlliiP.s:,bt.nt,r!.nt .llliP P.:,t.t, r..
COS TO CID ELEVENTH STREET
E. Business House, s:1S to S. Saturdays s:15 to I.

We are showing good assortment of New Fall
Models i'm Tailored Suits, Street and Afternoon
Dresses, Separate Coats and Blouses. Authorita-
tive styles marked at less than seasons prices to
induce early buying and to keep our workroom
busy.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Capt Carl Boyd, who succeeded Col.
Spencer Cosby as military attache AZ
the American embassy in Paris, has
entered active service with the Amer
lean army in France. Maj. Frederick
\. Mahan, L. S. A. retired, will sue
coed Capt. Boyd. Mai. Mahan and his
wife are among the Oldest residents
OF the American colony in Paris
where they are very well known.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

James \. Reed, whose senatorial hus-
band from Missouri is always con-
spicuous in the upper house, strings
beans and puts them up by the cold
water process, and so on, till a market
day in the Center Market, with its
long rows of flower, fruit and vege-
table stalls is not unlike a fashionable
bazaar, as women of the world of
fashion and those of official life motor
there to select their own vegetables.
Mrs. Robert Lansing gave an ALI
dried luncheon Tuesday, and Mrs.
Daniels. Mrs. Redfeld, Mrs. Champ
Clark, Mrs. Hugh L. Scott and Mrs.
Atlee Pomerene all pronounced 1t a
great success. Everything of the many
courses seemed to be dried and
brought back" as the soaking pro-
cess to remoisten them was called. At
the Lansing luncheon, which was got
ten up by Mrs. Bertha Grimes, of New
York, who is on a lecturing tour on
the subject Of dried foods. crackers
made from oatmeal and soy beans
were used instead of wheat bread and
pronounced perfectly delicious.
Folk of fashion who take their
daily afternoon run down about the
Potomac speedway now stop in Penn
sylvania avenue in front of the White
House or in the narrow street be-
tween the Treasury and White House,
10 watch the antics of the small party
OF suffra Sists known as the Congress
sional Union, and the mob of thou
sands of men and women who gather
to tussel over the Kaiser banners
held out for the Presidents inspec-
/ ton. Mr.. Wilson's tolerance is
wonderful, for he and Mrs. Wilson
cannot drive in or out their gate in
the afternoon without meeting the
distressing spectacle. The foreigners
look on in wonder. and even the older
diplomats like NJ. Jusserand, and
Nine. Jusserand, stop to watch the
-roccedings with serious faces. The
act is staged for 4:3O every afternoon
Just as the forty thousand govern
mcnt clerks fill the streets and the
more idle part of the world make for
the river drives where thousands of
soft toned maTshmallow blossoms
lend wonderful note Of color, lining
completely the st-st~h of park be-
tween the driycT md the river
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
Remaining Summer Garments
At Fractional Prices

Here's the final wind-up of remaining gar
1erts-at prices rdiculousy low that you afford TO
pack them away If you have enough for present
Many of them be throughout fall and winter
staple styles that are proper at all times.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Mrs. Mason NJ. Patrick viii leave
Washington next week 10 visit her
mother, Mrs. Martin l. Cooley. at
Plainfield, y. J.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
Entertain ..sTisc Party.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harper, of
Washington. who are occupying their
beautiful home, Caradoc Hall, at Lees
burg, tor the summer. have almost
a continuous series OF house parties.
and last week Representative and
Hirr. Dudley Doolittle, Representative
md Mrs. OldhCid. DR.. Brauner Hiet-
held, l. s. N; Col. and Mrs. Earle 1.
Brown and others were in the party.
Mrs. Frederic a. Keep and Mrs.
Arthur Willert have gone for a motor
trip through the White Mountains.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Col. Henry Jervey. L. 5 A. and
Mrs. Jervcy have taken posse sion Of
the commandants quarters at Wash
ington Barracks. Col Joryy succeeds
Col. Mason NJ. Patrick as command
ant.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Capt Henry Wiley, L. S. y, and Mrs
Wiley.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Any remaining suit from summer stock
Cloth, Jersey or Silk,
Now $1,000 and $500.
Heretofore SIS to SIS.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

IS Corduroy TaHa and Tweed Coats Were to
Tweed Goats. Were $1,000
md
Skirts Were S2oo
It and de SEC
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

MRS CHRISTOPHER SMITH, formerly Miss Dorothy Shuey whose
marriage Thursday the chief social of the week. Mr. and
Mrs. Smith will probably sail for Norway the end of the month
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

Mr.. Brambllla, counselor Of the
Italian Embassy, has returned to
Washington from Hamilton, Mass,
where he was the guest for ten days
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Won Lengerke
Meyer and their daughter. Miss Julia
Meyer, to whom he is engaged.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

The Ambassador OF Italy, Count
Macchi di Cellere, has gone TO Sara
toga, N. Y, to spend several days.
Countess di Cellere, who with their
children is at her summer home at
Blue Ridge Summit, will join him
there.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19

CONTINUED on PAGE TEN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27

no child to $50 for wife and six chill
dren, but in no case more than one-half
months pay. Voluntary allotment may
be made in addition for parents, grand
child. brother, sister and children rang
ing from S. up to amount equal to one
half of months pay, depending on num-
Der of beneficiaries and whether or not
compulsory allotment is required. In
case of either or both compulsory and
voluntary allotments the government
will gratuitously add sufficient to these
allotments to double same at least, but
in no case will the government pay
more than $50 per month in addition to
these allotments. Nothing in the act
prevents voluntary allotments being
made as heretofore providing they do
not interfere with compulsory allotment
above mentioned,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
Red Cross An Open Book.

New Orleans, La, Oct. IT,
1.-The American Red Cross is be-
ing run as an open book" said
Leigh Carroll, manager of the
Gulf Division, with headquarters
in the postoffice building, in an
swer to rumors and innuendoes
critical of and calculated to en-
barrass the Red Cross. The
Red Cross has no secrets. 1t is
making a sincere effort to serve
mankind and is doing it as care
fully and economically asst knows
how"
Mr.. Carroll said the accounts
of the American Red Cross are
to be audited by the War Depart
ment and the utmost effort is be-
ing made to give publicity to all
activities.
1.-The reputation and standing
of the American Red Cross is in
the hands of the officers of the
different Chapters over the coun-
try" said the manager of the
Gulf Division, and naturally we
look to them to protect the name
and interests of the organization.
Rumors are being industriously
circulated as part of certain anti
patriotic propaganda. Many of
the stories circulated are utterly
unwarranted and emanate stimuli
taneously from too many differ
ent parts of the United States to
be merely accidental. We are
asking the Red Cross chapters
over the country to notify CEN
trail or divisional headquarters
whenever the officers or mem
bers hear attacks on the Red
Cross"
The Red Cross, Mr.. Carroll ex-
plains, is actively engaged in re-
lieving suffering in Europe and
is also taking care of many fam
lilies OF soldiers who are being
prepared for battle at the Euro
pean front. Thousands OF women
throughout the Gulf Division
and this condition exists over the
entire country-are daily engage
ed in the preparation of hospital
garments, surgical supplies. knit
ted articles and the like, all for
distribution among the American
soldiers. Thus you will see, 7
said Mr.. Carroll, the Red Crest
is engaged in a great humanita-
rian cause and should have the
hearty. sincere support and back
ing of every true American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
WONDERFUL STUFF!
LIFT OUT YOUR C0RNS
Apply few drops then lift corns or
caiIuses off with finger5-
no pain.

No humbug! Any corn, whether hard,
soft or between the toes, will loosen
right up and lift out, without particle
Of pain or soreness.
This drug is called freezone and is
compound Of ether discovered by Gin
cinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a small
bottle of freezonc, which will cost but
a trife, but is sufficient to rid ones
feet of every corn or callus.
Put few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn or callus. Instantly
the soreness disappears and shortly the
corn. or callus will loosen and can be
lifted off with the fingers
This drug freezone doesn't eat out the
corns or callises but shrivels them with
out even irritating the surrounding skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no sore
ness or smarting when applying 1t or
afterwards. If your druggist don't have
freezone have him order it for you.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
Oldest Editor.

Editor Scanlan of the Bossier Ban
ner, having oied some months ago, H.
g. Goodwin of the Colfax Chronicle is
probably the oldest editor in Louisiana
E if not years, at least in continuous
service.
After working for ten years as q
compositor on the Little Rock Republi.
can and Gazette, the Memphis Appeal
and the New Orleans Bulletin, Mr..
Goodwin landed in Colfax on Nov. 2,
1877, and Immediately assumed charge
of the Chronicle, which had been start.
ed the year before. He has since con.
tinuously edited that sprightly little
journal and thus has passed forty
years of unbroken service in Louisiana
country journalism.
The Chronicle recently moved into 9
new home of its own and shows abund
ant evidences of prosperity. The least
we wish for its estimable owner is tina,
he may live to celebrate his golden an
niversary as Louisiana editor. New
Orleans States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
Grant Parish Exemption Board Issues
Call For 200 Additional Men,

Chairman l.. o Clinton is busily en-
gagged in mailing out notices to two
hundred Grant parish men to report at
Colfax on Monday, November 5, for
examination under the selective army
draft. From these two hundred men
will be selected whatever percentage
will be necessary to fill the quota from
Grant parish made deficient by exemp-
tons already granted to married men.
or which may hereafter be granted.
The call now being made will include
single and married men of both colors,
whether with dependent families or not,
and each individual case will be acted
upon for exemption or service in &C.
cordance with rulings which have al
ready been made by Provost Marshal
Crowder, or which may be made before
the actual examination and draft is
made.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
YOUR SKIN
I'll LEMON JUICE
GIRL
Make beauty lction for few cents to
remove tan, freckIes, saIIowness.

Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
you with three ounces of orchard white
for a few cents. Squeeze the juice of
two fresh lemons into a bottle, then put
in the orchard white and shake we'll
This makes a quarter pint of the very
best lemon skin whitener and complexion
beautifier known. Massage this fra
grant, creamy lotion daily into the face,
neck, arms and hands and just see how
freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and
roughness disappear and how smooth,
soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes!
1t is harmless, and the beautiful results
will surprise you.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
The Murderer of Swords Is Hung.

The Murderer of Swords Is Hung.
Hellaire Carriere, the man who
killed Sheriff Swords. of st. Lam
dry parish. was hung at 1910 p.
m, on Friday, October 10. This
man, Carrier, Immediately fol-
lowing the killing of Swords, was
the object of a sensational man.
hunt in the woods and swamps
of south Louisiana. He success
fully eluded several hundred men
for a month, and was finally cap
tured after being desperately
wounded. He had frequently
boasted he would never be hung,
and attempted suicide twice. He
was an ignorant man, and an ex-
emplification of the rule that ig-
norance and crime go together.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
The Chronicle Gained so Days In AZ
Years.

CdISs
1t will be observed that The Colfax
Chronicle entered upon its 4lst volume
on October 20, 1917, whereas the date
of our first issue was November z, 1877,
and the fortieth anniversary of that
date still lacks few days of being
here. An inquiring friend is curious to
know how it is, or why it is, We have
moved the date forward, apparently.
The reason is because our newspaper
volume is composed of 81 issues printed
so weeks in the year. A week is
days, and 81 weeks only contains 1854
days, and consequently we have gained
day for each of the forty years We
have run the paper. To this must be
added 10 days additional for each of the
10 Leap Years that occurred mean
while.
So it appears The Chronicle has gain
ed fully 80 days in the forty years we
have had charge of it. This would be
still more apparent had it not been that
We missed three editions in the yellow
fever and smallpox epidemics in the
70's and SOS, owing to inability to get
paper. AS make-shift we printed on
wrapping paper and wall paper couple
of times, it having ever been our rule
never to miss an issue if it could posi-
bly, be avoided
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-27
Women Registered and Food Pledges
Signed In Grant Parish.

signed In Orant PARISH.
The registration of women October
II, 1917, for Grant parish resulted as
per the attached list for each precinct
and ward, as compiled by the Woman S
Committee Council of National De-
tense:
Ward 1-Colfax, 764; Paramount, l52.
Ward 2-Bagdad, 1914; Bruce, 23l;
Pollock, 436; Simms, 81.
Ward 3-Creed, 81; Dry Prong, rs;
Antonio, IS.
Ward 4-Buckelew, So; Lincecum,
129.
Ward 5--Selma, 237; Rochelle, 334.
Ward 6-Summerfield, 149.
Ward Montgomery, 1863; Hargis,
80; Verda, l67.
Making the grand total 8, 400 women
registered in Grant parish.
The Home Economics committee Sc.
cured signatures to Food Pledges on
October II, for each precinct and ward
as follows:
Ward 1-Colfax, 275; Paramount, 160.
Ward 2-Bagdad, l42; Bruce, SO;
Pollock, 1902; Simms, SO.
Ward 3-Creed, 40; Dry Prong, AZ;
Antonio, 81.
Ward NBuckelew, 20; Lincecum, 60.
Ward s. Selma, 205; Rochelle, 1872.
Ward g. Summerfield, 3S.
Ward 7-Montgomery, 81; Hargis,
II; Verda, lat.
Grand total of pledges, 1855.
Mrs. j. A. Williams, the commission.
err appointed for registering babies,
born since January l, 1917, submits the
following report for Grant parish wards
end precincts:
Ward 1-Colfax, 10; Paramount, Z.
Ward 2 Bagdad. Z; Bruce, z; Pol
lock, 81; Simms, 9.
Ward 3-Creed, a; Dry Prong, s; An.
tonia, 8.
Ward 4-Buckelew. S; Lincecum, 9.
Ward 5-Selma, 5; Rochelle, %.
Ward 6-Summerfield IL.
Ward 7-Montgomcry, 10; Hargis
TO-, Verda, 10.
! Grand total. 2l0.
MRS. GEO. H. Mcknight,
Chairman.
MRS. R. S. CAMERON,
Secretary.