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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-14
BY LOUIS n. COOK.

When your son, brother sweetheart
pr husband goes to war he will leave
Ids club, his church and his school
behind him. He cannot carry them
- the camp or trench.
His lodge, too, is left behind, and
his general opportunities for recrea-
Mon, study and social enjoyment
must be supplied by some new or
Ganization which win supply all of
these things.
IL is this field that the Y. M. c. A.,
10 q larger extent than any other
tDrce, is occupying for his own, and
has already cultivated so thoroughly
That wherever the soldier goes he
will find the red triangle of the Y.
~. G. A. displayed, and workers for
MAT organization ready to meet his
demands.
The army Y. M. c. A. is one Of the
most remarkable developments of the
war. Its branches are now found on
loyery battle front, and it is the aim
bcf its leaders. to supply full army
lnnit for every brigade, that is, each
1000 men.
Work Everywhere.
This is being done in every large
military camp, either at home or
abroad, and plans are being made by
the International Y. M. C. A. to spread
khe work not only among all Ameri-
fAn troops, but among those of the
allies as well. 1t is believed that the
~, M. G. A. will prove to be one of
the great agents In developing new
lmoTale among the Russian fighting
hcrces, whore isolated units have al
ieeady worked with marked success.
tocveral units are busy among the
kfench, and General Joafre himself
tlos asksd that every effort be made
10 spreaA It all through the French
lakmy. The British have Q Y. n. c.
"a organization Of their own which
" dating fins work
WhAt Ii tbs army Y M. C. At II
- tAs soldiers headQuarten when he
- 81 duty. n Is his class room, Loaf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-14
Twelve Tons of Honey.
BY HARRY ]. GREEN.

Elkader, Ia, Nov. 12.-Nearly
twelve tons of honey was shipped by
two parties this week to firm at
sioux City. John G. Wagner shipped
$4,000 pounds and Herman Ahrens
i1.76O pounds. Both parties claim
it was a very poor season for bees,
owing to the cold and lack of sun
shine. The extracted honey was
largely of Eastwood and clover flaw
or.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-14

Leave your order for piano tun-
ing and repairing at the DEBORAH Mu-
sic Shop. All work guaranteed. John
r. Thorson. 45tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-14

If you have lost or found any,
thing, want to rent a house or farm,
or sell them, place a wait in Public
Opinions want column. tt
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-14
Looks That Way.

You know these war rates!
Yes.
Are they going to hurt matters?
dunno. I fear that Scent postage
is going to put lot of poets out OF
business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-14

Try Our Want Column.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

subsection of women to costly
fashion, We are now, at any rate
in a position to say what the
explanation is not. 1t is not
that women are specially vain.
1t is not that women are spcci-
ally like sheep. 1t is not that
they lack intelligence. 1t is
not that they enjoy tyranny.
And it is not that they are
spcndthrifts. If the explanation
lay in any Of these directions,
men would read fashion papers,
60 to sales and change their
suits four times a day.
You will say, "Womcn adorn
themselves in order to be at
tractive to the other sex"
This is true, but only to a
limited extent.
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they are so human, and therefore so for
givable.
No feminine raiment has ever equalled the
classic Greek. which was not costly. But,
then, the Greeks were not worried by too
much wealth. And the Greek dress would
be highly inconvenient without the Greek
daily life and especially without the Greek
climate.
And doubt if, nowadays, we should care
greatly for the Greek life Still, the sense
of beauty does emphatically exist among
us, and the desire of women to be attractive
is quite as powerful as it was in the time
of Aspasia. These two motives are con-
stantly, and often VIGOROUSLY, fighting
against the motive of ostentation, and it is
probably the interplay of the three motives
that produces the continual confusion and
expensive changes of fashion. as has been
well argued by Professor Franklin Henry
GiddingS. one of the most brilliant social
philosophers in the United States.
But all this must be altered ~ the ardent
among you will cry out. ''In future women
must dress solely to be attractive and to
satisfy the sense of beauty"
Well, they just won't. Men will never al
low it, and women themselves would never
agree to it, Costume will always be more
than costume: costume is so handy and Ell
fectivc as a symbol of something else; and
that something else will always be-success::
When wealth ceases to be the standard OF
success. then costume will cease to be en-
ploycd as proof of wealth and not before.
Leisure, the ability to be idle and useless,
is still, to certain extent standard OF
success in life. but not anything like SO much
so as in the past. People are gradually per-
ceiving that to be idle and useless is vicious.
Hence the unpracticalness Of women S cos
tunes will gradually decrease. Beyond ques-.
ton high heels, for example, will vanish
from our pavements and from our drawing.
rooms. even have hope that women will
one day wear dresses which they can put on
and fasten unaided-without the help Of
one two or three assistants. But such
changes, will arrive slowly. You cannot
hurry nature.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

After ALL nature has the business Of SEX
attraction in hand, and she is not dependent
on fashions. Long before fashions had been
evolved she managed it precisely as well as
she manages it today. She relies not upon
textile stuffs but upon the stuff that dreams
rIcl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

TuTHY women wear the clothes they do has
w for generations been one Of mans most
" fruitful topics of discussion. Ponder
ing over the cause of feminine clothes as well
as the time and thought put into their making,
and noting how greatly in excess of their uti-
litarian value these things are, man has, from
this. drawn one of his impressions OF his own
superiority. Women, he says, are slaves OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

their felicity in spending for the sake Of
spending is touchingly boyish
Whatever may be the explanation of the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

are made of-namcly, chances. gestures, ac-
tionS and speech.
The authentic major explanation of the
expensive observation-disclosures Of women must be
sought in another direction. As usual. men
arc at the bottom Of the affair. When woman
gloriOusy dresses herself up To 20 Out she
does so in order /" prov" to the world some
thing which man wants TO be proved to the
world. In old days the two attributes when
man held in The highest esteem were wealth
and idencsS. TO be poor WIS shameful. and
to work for living was shameful. Alan,
therefore. had to demonstrates publicly that
he was neither needy nor Industrious One
Of the best methods Of demonstration was
costume, and the costume Of the successful
man iii those days was very expensive and
so gorgeous aud delicate as tc make toll I'M
possible for him.
The time came when the man ceased Ia he
1917 ~ the Star Company. Great Britain Rights
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06
The Distinguished English Writer
Ingenious and Interesting Theory
That Men, Not Women, Are
the True Slaves of Fashion

fashion. But is this so? Arnold Bennett, one
of the most famous English writer's, has quite
different and ingenious theory, which he ex-
plains on this page.
The article is the first of a series of enter
tanning and instructive ones on specially Sc
lected topics written by Mr.. Bennett for Cos
mopolitan Magazine 1t is reprinted here from
the November number of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine, now on the newsstands.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

The Really Unitarian Dress for
Women, Which Is Only Modified
Mans Garment and Which Mr..
Bennett Thinks It Is Extremely
Doubtful Whether Man Will
Ever Allow Women to Wear
Generally. =
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06
Bv Arnold Bennett,

From The Meaning of Frocks in Cosmopolitan Magazine
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

~ ENG a man. I know that, on the sub
* ject of women's fashions. men still
talk vast amount of nonsense. partly
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-06

altered according
IL. Then the duty
Of demonstrating
wealth anci idle
ness by means of
costume fell on
W o m an. N an
could not do the
demonstration OIL
ilIS own person.
h. was TOO busy
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is her Junction.
tn" prnof> Of the substantial! correctness
Of this explanation Of women $ dress are in
nrmcYah' Perhaps The principal proof is
that III" very man who glmmhlrS at fashion
abrnrS$ in women would be the first to com
plain II his wife started to ignore fashion
and 10 dress merely for comfort, utility and
charm.
Even in small country towns where per-
somal adjournment is theoretically discouraged
and where proplc preach the entirely false
maxim that extrrnaIS don't matter-cvcn
there The theory holds good The middle
class wife will have her scaISkin coat before
she has her automobile Fur coats arc de-
t">tahlr garments to walk in, hut real seal.
skin is a symbol which cannot be denied.
You say, but women wear high heels to
increase their apparent height" Not hit
All women whose business it is To demon
stratr idIcness to the universe wear high
heels because hi Gil heels are clear pre-
sumption that the wrarcr is not obliged
really to exert herself. If woman with
rich husband is so inor'lnatcly tall that she
is ashamed Of her height she will wear high
heels to prove that her husband is rich. And,
not to be outdone. the delightful typrwriting
girl walking down the street at \ 30 Il. IN,
will also wear high hcclS-and each hurried
step she takes is d miracle Of balance. pluck
and endurance. Life is marvellous!
Ion will say. "1ifr may be marvellous, hut
these revelations about human motives arc
terrible. and they depress us.
They ought not to dcprcss yon The say
mg quality about human motives is that
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
Fresh Vicksburg Bread every
Tuesday and Friday.
r. r. Busick.
Notice to Bidders.

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received by
the undersigned clerk Of the
Board of Supervisors of Rankin
county, Miss, up till II O'Clock
noon on the LIST Monday of Nov.
1917, which is the 4th day of
said month, for supplies for the
month of October, 1917, for the
county of Rankin, to-wit:
Oats, corn, mixed feed and all
other kinds of feed for teams for
he several Supervisors Districts
of said county, delivered at
Brandon, Florence, and Pe!a-
hatchie, said county; also
Supplies for the County Home,
including corn. oats, ETC., deliv-
cred at Brandon Depot, Miss.
For a tent for Beat No. 2, 20x
80, or 30x40 16 OF duck.
All the above work to be done
according to plans and specifica-
tons now on file in the office OF
the chancery clerk.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any OF all such bids.
j. A. Robinson. Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
Do You Know What 3S,O00,OOO,OOC
Means?

The following calculations illus
rate what the number three billion
means:
4. A silver dollar measures AZ
inches in diameter. Eight of these
would take up foot; 1920 dollars
would take up a mile. Three billion
dollars, therefore, if laid edge to
edge in a continuous line would cover
about II 900 miles, or go nearly three
times around the earth.
2. If you would count 81 every
second in the day for "a hours you
would count in one day S86, 400. 1t
would take you to count three billion
dollars, 1928 days, or 90 years.
Working only twelve hours day, it
would take you 100 years.
3. The Pyramids were built be
tween 5000 to 1000 years before
Christ. If the contractor that built
the Pyramids received FOR his labors
81 a minute all day a. d all night
long, it would have take him until
the year 1920 before ht would re-
ceive his three billion dollars.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08

Your home paper is really tire
less letter writer, if nothing more.
Week after week we prepare this
printed letter for those living here
and for those who have moved away
to some other locality. telling OF
marriages, births, deaths. the coming
and going of people, o. BUSINESS eff
forts and progress, aGcfg"nts, crops,
improvements, meeting. and SO on
In fact, everything of Importance
and interest. If you should under
take to write letter to an absent
friend every week, telling him all the
news you would get faint idea OF
the task in preparing newspaper.
Many of our fellow citizens recognize
this and take pleasure in giving
items of news. 1t helps us and is ap-
preciated.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
A cablegram from headquarters Of

A cahlegram from headquarters OF
the American army In France an
nounces that q small detachment OF
infantrymen was attacked in the
front line trenches early Saturday
morning by a much superior force
of German shock troops. The Amer
leans were cut off from relief by
the heavy barrage fire i'll their rear.
They fought CALAMITY until over
whelmed, solely by numbers. The
fighting in the trenches was hand
to-hand. 1t was brief and fierce III
the extreme. AS a result of the en-
counter three Americans were killed
and five wounded. A sergeant and
corporal and ten men were TAI en-
prisoner. Two French soldiers who
were in the trenches also were
killed. The enemy lost some men,,
but the number is unknown. as their
dead and wounded were carried of
hv the retiring Germans. From the
beginning of the engagement until
the end the Americans lived up to all
the traditions of the American army.
the records showing the bravery OF
the detachment and of individual
members.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
What the War Has Done to One Man

A writer in the November Ameri-
can Magazine says:
"The war has put into ny soul
something that IL has never harbored
since the day when took my first
step alo,a--Fear. Fear Of what
might happen to this country has
turned ME from mild paciflst into
violent advocate of preparedness.
Fear of what might happen to bust
ness made me lose more chances In
these three years than ever before
IN my life. And recently there was
added another fear, the fear OF
Death.
"rhc fear Of God, remember
hearing in church, is the beginning
Of wisdom. Perhaps that is true.
Perhaps needed this war to jog me
out of my comfortable, unquestion-
ng rut and make me think why ! am
here and where am going and what
it is all about. Perhaps the whole
world needed it. Who can say?'
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
Here Are the New War Taxes.

On admission to all places OF
amusement except religious and
.haritable entertainments and shows
whose maximum charge is cents,
md outdoor shows in amusement
parks charging 10 cents or less, 4
cent for each 10 cents or fraction
hereof. Children under ~ charged
lat tax of cent
On dues to all clubs with dues OF
si2 per year or more, except fra
'crnal orders on the lodge system
10 per cent. of amount of dues.
On all freight, 3 per cent.
One cent for every 20 cents or
'raction thereof for express pack
lges.
Railroad and boat fares. except
season and Communication tickets fol-
,hirty miles or less or individual
fares of IS cents or less, 8 per cent
If amount.
On seats, berths and Statef0Oms on
,ars or boats, 10 per cent.
On oil delivered by pipe line, 5 per
'ent. of charge.
On telephone, telegraph, or radio
messages costing Is cents or more, 5
,ents per message.
On all life insurance, 8 cents for
each 500 of insurance, except indus
trial insurance FOR $500 or less
which bears 10 per cent. of the first
weekly premium. For each dollar OF
fraction thereof. of fire, marine, in
land, or casualty insurance, 4 cent.
On cigars. IS cents to 81 per thous-
and: on cigarettes. so cents to Si.2C
Der thousand; on tobacco and snuff.
cents per pound; on cigarette pa
Ders, u to 4 cent per hundred.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
Notice of trustees Sale.

On the 18th day of March 1917, Will
Cox and wife, Letha Cox, exc
cuted and delivered to w. G. Barnes
trustee, deed of trust to secure an
indebtedness therein named due and
owing w. D. Ragland, the said
deed Of trust being of record in the
chancery clerks office of Rankin county
Miss, at Brandon, in Land Trust Deed
Book No. 5, at page DC thereof. De-
fault having been made in the payment
of the said indebtedness and having
been requeted by the beneficiary to
foreclose the said deed of trust, | will
on Monday the 3rd day of December
1917, within legal hours, in front of the
court house door in the town of Bran
don, Miss, at public auction, offer for
sale and will sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, the following de-
scribed land, situated in Rankin county;
Miss, to-wit:
The NWl-4 of SW1-4 and 10 acres off
of West side Of NEl-4 Of SW1-4, all
in Section q, Township 4, Range
East, being 30 acres of land and all the
land we own.
The said property will be sold to-
ward satisfying the SAID indebtedness
and the title thereto is believed to be
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
Notice of Trustees Sale of Land Undel
Deed of Trust.

On the 10th day of December 1910,
Will Orman and Lany Zachery executed
and delivered to R. E. Murray, Trus-
tee, deed of trust to secure an in
debtedness therein named due and
owing w. H. Till, said deed of trust
being of record in the Chancery Clerks
office at Brandon, Rankin County,
Mississippi, in Book No. ", page 1885,
Default having been made in the pay
ment of the said Indebtedness, and
having been requested by the benefi-
ciary therein named to foreclose the
said deed of trust, will, on Saturday,
the 18th day Of November, 1917, in
front of the postoffice in the town of
Pelahatchie, Miss. within legal hours,
offer for sale and will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest and best bidder for
cash, the following described property,
to-wit:
The North East Quarter of North
East Quarter, Section 2, Township 6,
Range East.
Also one black horse mule about Ia
years old named Jack; one red cow
and calf, all the cattle they now own;
also one James & Graham 2 1-2 wagon.
The said property will be sold to-
ward satisfying said indebtedness In
said deed of trust. and the title thereto
is believed to be good, but l will con-
vey only such title as is vested in me as
trustee.
Witness my signature, this 18th day
of October 1917. r. E. Murray.
Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
AMBITION.

If you would rise above the throng
And seek the crown of fame,
You must do more than drift along
And merely play the game.
Whatever path your feet may tread
Whatever be your quest,
The only way to get ahead
Is striving for the best.
Aim high! and though you fall to-day
And may tomorrow fail,
Keep pounding steadily away,
Some day you'll hit the Nail.
At no halfway mark to pause,
In snug content to rest,
Who would win honor and applause
Must want to be the best.
"Tis not enough to wish to do
A days toll fairly well;
If you would rise to glory, you
Must hunger to excel.
The boy who has the proper stuff
Goes into every test,
Not seeking to be Good Enough
But eager to be Best
The best must be your aim in life,
The best in sport or work,
Success in any form of strife
Falls never to the shirk.
The crowns of leadership are few,
The followers move in thrOngS,
If you would be leader, you
Must shun the Drift alongs."
American Boy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08

On the 22nd day Of March lgl6.
Frances V. Hawkins and her husband
j. A. Hawkins executed and delivered
to George Robinson, trustee, that Ger.
tain Geed of trust which Is recorded In
the office Of the chancery clerk Of Ran.
kin county, Mississippi, In record OF
lsnd true. dosus and mortgages No, a
at page $50, Conveying lands In RHnkin
county. Mississippi, to-wit: South East
Quarter CT South West Quarter and
three and three quarters acres In the
south west corner of South West
Quarter Of section Is. and the North
West Quarter and the North Half OF
South West Quarter and the South
East Quarter of the South West Quart
or of section IS, and the North West
Quarter of South East Quarter and the
East Half Of South East Quarter OF
Section e. less three and one half
acres, the said three and one half acres
being the one acre where the colored
church is, and the one acle where the
school house is, one-haif acre of Lou
Crook and one acre of the Henry Lacy
place, in the North West Quarter of
South East Quarter Section rs, all said
land being in Township 6 North, Range
D Ec st, 10 seizure Gel CdlIl IlluSDISutlcco
therein named, due w. E, Kelly and
new due Mrs. E. w. Kelly, EXecutrix
Of the Estate of W. E. Kelly deceased,
said Indebtedness being evidenced by
one principal note for 100000 due
March %, 1917 and one principal note
for $2,50000 due March %, 1921, and
one interest note for $4,000 due March
q, 1917, as it appears on the face Of
the said notes, but all due, after any
default. under the provisions of said
deed of trust, and the said Indebtedness
is now due and unpaid.
In consideration of the premises, |,
the said trustee, will, under and by vir
tue of the terms said deed of trust, to
pay said two principal notes and the
said interest note and cost of sale, sell
all the said property or so much thereof
as may be necessary, at public auction,
in front of the post office at Pelahat-
chic, Mississippi, in said county, during
legal hours on the 18th day of Novem-
Der 1917, to the highest bidder for
cash.
The title to said land is be-
lieved to be good, but shall only con-
vey such title as is vested in me as a.
foresaid. GEO. ROBINSON. Trustee
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08
I'M PORTANT!

Every item that enters into the
makeup of a newspaper has
advanced nearly 100 per cent
during the past IL mOnths. In
order to make ends meet a ma
jority of the newspapers of the
country have advanced their sub
scription price from ST to $50.
However, The News will COntin-
ne the ST a year rate, bat it
will be absolutely necessary for
us to strictly enforce the cash in
advance rule. At dollar a year
we cannot afford to lose a sin
gle dollar. Therefore, after the
list day of December next we
will discontinue all subs criptiOns
to parties who are not paid in
advance. We have several hum
bred dollars long past due, and
we need the money BADLY right
now. If you know yourself to
be in arrears won't you please
send it in right away? You will
greatly help us by acting prompt
~ in this matter.
Very respectfully,
w. S. May, Editor News.