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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
MAGAZINES FOR SOLDIERS

nstnoa Of sspsss ssnains nSs.sas, sns sass
to soldiers. recently an
nounced by Postmaster General
Burleson, deserves the thanks of
the army and the praise of people in
general. The method is cheap, con-
venient and simplicity itself
Magazines and periodicals bearing
the following official authorization
Notice to Reader
When you finish reading this
magazine, place a one-cent stamp
on this notice and hand to some
postal employe, and it will be
placed in the hands of our SOL
diers or sailors at the front,
No wrapping-No address.
A. S. BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
may be mailed at any post office, un-
addressed and unwrapped, by simply
placing a one cent stamp on the
magazine. regardless of its weight.
Only magazines bearing the official
potice and not addressed to any in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
Metropolitan Idea

It appears that once a westerner,
visiting New York, was held up by
a footpad with the demand.
give me your money or I'll blow
out your brains!"
BLOW away" said the man from
the west. You can live in New York
without brains, but you cannot with
out money. THE Lamb.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
A Persistent SIeuth

Rural Policeman Paysinger went
out. In the Mallory section and fail
ing 70 locate the criminals for which
he went in search, he resolved moi
to return empty handed, so he came
down upon large rattlesnake and
dealt 1t a death blow. The rattleI
was Sc inches long and had twelve
rattles.-From the Mullins Enter
prise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
The Coolest Place

Yesterday. the hottest of the year,
brought out that the city lookup is
the coolest place in town. New cleo
trio fans keep a nice breeze going
through the screened windows. =
Post
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

A thoughtless reporter yesterday
wrote an item concerning the end of
vacation. The TELEGRAPH asks
pardon of the countless boys and girls
thus offended.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
which says:


by a recent editorial in the
Cleveland, o., Plain Dealer
which says:
Pennsylvania was the pioneer
constabuiaTy State. Years before
the present war this highly
trained and efficient organization
of State police had made an en-
Viable reputation for itself. A few
other States, impressed by the
necessities of the war situation,
have tardily turned to PennsylVa-
MAS example. Louisiana is the
latest to embrace the constabu-
larry idea.
With the National Guard units
now in the federal service, Home
Reserve companies not yet equipped
and no provisional Guard organiza.
ton in sight all that stands between
the people and lawlessness is the
State Police. This little band of vel
trained men has big task on its
hands, but it faces the condition
fearlessly and may be expected tc
give good account of itself under
any circumstances. States that hav,
no such force at their command are
in bad way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg tried out
steam navigation on the Susquc.
hanna I'm the thirties?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

SAVING SPACE,
Why all this cry for thin
Fatches?
People are living largely in flats
now you know. All you save in
space helps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Tammany is pledging itself to re-
form. When the devil was sick the
devil a monk would be, etc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

f. j. .STACKPOLE,P Pres't s. Editor-in. Chief
=. r. OYSTER. Business Mdnager.
fUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
HISTORIC HARRISRJTRc

Where the Commonwealth stands
used to be pig iron warehouse
whence iron was sent to Fort Pitt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Bird-Now just what kind OF o
bird could have laid those funny
green eggsi
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Published evenings except Sunday by
FHE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
CHRISTIAN" GERMANY
CIlANAoL1AN ubttMAN
4 PASTORAL letter read in all
~ churches of Germany last Sun
day contains this sentences:

We will comport ourselves as
Chrlstlans toward our enemies and
conduct the war in the future as
in the past with humanity and
chivalry.
Then God preserve the world from
Germany turned barbarian.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

How did the accident happen ?"
He got run over when he stopped
% read a safety first sign"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
OUR DAILY LAUGH

ASSISTING nature.
"Our young rubber trees are not
growing very rapidly"
why don't you go around and
stretch 'em a little every morning" "
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
WHAT OTHERS THINK

TOW others regard the Penn
n sylvania State Police is shown
by a recent editorial in the
Cleveland, o., Plain Dealer,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Housewives in Bell City. La, have
adopted overalls for housework.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10
FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 10

Moderation is the SiIken string
running through the pearl chain of
all VirtueS-FULLER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Retail clerks at Memphis, Tenn.
have secured minimum wage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Canada's Independent Labor Party
will place candidates in the field.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Peoria (Ill.) Machinists Union ha
raised wages 10 cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

Canada has opened a government
creamery at Henriburg, sask.. Can
ada.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
A Closeup of Suffering France
The Starving Children, the Broken Repatriaes and the
Huns Deyastation-Thesc Are the Gloomy Pictures
Painted by Returned Red Cross Man.

viii grow UP not knowing who thenr
parents were.
AN ancient historian said Of the
Roman armies that they made
solitude and called It peace, In
more sinister sense that may be said
of the portions of France from which
the Huns have been driven. The enc
my showed a well defined policy as
he gave back the land to its children
He meant so 10 leave it that the heart
Of France should be broken, the spirit
to fight gone
Hence, like tile primitive tribes on
old he fought against Frances God
and in each ruined village the parish
church is a heap of powdered stone.
Next. he destroyed the town hall
where the records OF birth. death,
marriage, land tenures, all the data
that help in the perpetuation Of a Sc
cure and orderly existence were to be
found. and burned the records
Next he attacked the great hlstori-
cal monuments. Then he cut down all
the fruit trees, all hacked at the same
height above the ground, about three
fourths through, and all bent the same
way Along the highways he left the
dead or Charred stumps of the great
shade trees,
IT was oppressive to ride as | did
through this dcsolated and deserted
countryside, now ruined SO completely
that in some villages 1t was no
longer possible to distinguish where
the streets ran through them. Amid
the ruins autumn flowers were
springipg up around the broken walls
and charred beams. But everywhere
there were sinister silence of death
and the only human touch vas the
solitary sentry of France
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
SYRUP Of FIGS
FOR CROSS, SICK
FEvER|SA CHILD
If Little Stomach Is Sour,
Liver Torpid or Bowels
Clogged.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
california SIr of Figs because in
q few hours all the cloIgedup waste,
sour h..e and termenting food gently
moves ont % he bowels, and you nave
a well, playful child again. Children
simply will not take the time from play
20 empty their bowels. and they become
tightly packed. liver gets sluggish and
stomach disordcrcd.
When cross. fcNersll. restless. Sc" u
tongue is coated. then give this deli
cious fruit laxative" children love II,
and il cannot cause Injury. No differ
ence what ails your little one it full
OF cold. or a sore throat. diar,'hoea
stomachachc, bad breath. remember n
gentle inside cleasing" should NJ
WAYS be the first treatment given. tull
directions for babies. children of al
ages and grown-ups are printed on
| each bottle.
Beware OF counterfeit fig syrup. ASK
Your druggist for bottle Of 'talitor-
mia Syrup Of Figs" then look carefully
aud see that it Is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup COMPANY. w" make
, no smaller size. Hand back with con
| tempt any other fig syrup. ADV
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
GIRLS! M0|STEN A
CLOTH AND DRAW
It THROUGH HAIR
1t Becomes Beautifully Soft,
Wavy, Abundant and
Glossy at Once.
Save Your Hair! All Dan
druff and Hair Stops
Coming Out.

Surely try a "Danderine Hair
Cleanse" If you wish to immediately
double the beauty of your hair Just
moisten cloth with Danderine and
draw 1t carefully through your hair,
taking one small strand at a time, this
will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or
any excessive oil-in a few minutes
you will be amazed. Your hair will he
wavy, fluffy and abundant and pos
sess an incompatible softncss and lux
uriance.
Besides identifying the hair, one ap-
plicatton of Danderine dissolves every
particle of dandruff; invigorates the
scalp. stopping itching and falling hair
Danderine is to the hair what fresi
showers of rain and sunshine are te
vegetation. 1t goes right to the roots
invigorates and strenthens them. IT.
exhilirating. stimulating and life pro,
ducing properties cause the hair t.
grow long. strong and beautiful.
You can surely have pretty. soft
lustrous hair, and lots of it. If 70,
will spend few cents for a bottle o
Knowlton's Danderine at any drug stor,
or toilet counter and try it as directed
Save your hair! Keep 1t looking
charming and beautiful. You will sa.
this was the best money you eve
SpeOt,-AdS,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
IN FIVE MINUTES
NO SICK STOMACH
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Fope's Diapepsin'' Is the
Quickest and Surest StOm-
ach Relief.

You don't know what upset your
stomach--whch portion of the food
did the damage do you? Well don't
bother. II your stomach IS In a revolt
II sick. Eassy and upset. and what you
just ate has fermented and turned
sour; head dizzy and aches, beich
gases and acids and cructate undi-
gcsted food: breath foul. tongue coat
cd--iust take a little Papc's Diapepsin
to neutralizc aciditN and In five min
utes YOU wonder what became OF the
indigestion and distress
Millions OF men and women today
know that II is needless to have dys-
pepsia. \ little Diapepsin occa sonallv
keeps the stomach sw.etenod and they
eat their favorite foods without fear.
II Your stomach doesn't take care OF
Your liberal limit without rebellion. If
Your food Is II damage instead of q
help. remember the quickest SurcSt
| most harmless autacid is Papcs pia Il
pnpsin which costs only fifty cents for
n large ease at drug stores. It's truly
| wonderful~-it stops food souring and
/ sets things straight. so gently and
easily that II is really astonishing
! Your stomach will digest your meals If
! YOU keep acids ncutralized.-Ad
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

New York.-The most characteris-
tic note of the winter fashions is the
tremendous vogue for the long, envel-
oping coat of velvet or fur--prefer-
ably both-which the French call by
the pretty name "Manteau."
All Paris--all feminine Paris-takes
the air attired in these fascinating
manteaus.
The materials for heavy coats are
almost universally velvet. velours or
duvetyn, a supple material with all
the fabric charms of velvet and the
grateful warmth of wool. In line the
, MAINTAIN Of the. season il, still straight
and severe. but the waistline Is often
more decided than in dresses, and the
broad belts are good Almost every
coat Is trimmed with fur, sometimes
30 heavily as almost to conceal the
coat material itself, except when the
collar is upturned, when the shoulders
covered with the velvet or broadcloth
are revealed.
The chosen colors are old Bordeaux,
a rich wine shade, gray. lynx and a
fine shade of brick red which is most
effective with trimmings OF brown or
gray fur.
The three coats shown in the pic
ture have the best style points of the
vogue. The first Cat left is an excep-
tionally clever management of very
heavy materials. The coat itself is OF
black velour, with the collar and cuffs.
both broad and heavy, of fox. The
belt, broad at the back and narrowing
at the front, with the velour buttons of
remarkably large size, is well suited
to the outlines of the garment.
The coat shown in the middle Is
charming for the slender young debu :
tante. 1t Is constructed of velvet, in
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
WOULDBE SOLDIER:
TEARS SPOIL GAME
Disguised as Boy, Girl Balks
at Examination.

Salina. Kas-"T want to Join the
army" said young man of splendid
brown complexion. blistered hands. and
wearing a brown suit of overalis. to
Recruiting Officer keenan, at the Sa-
lima recruiting station. 4 splendid src-
cimen out OF which to make q soldier.
though Officer Keenan,.
The papers were made enit and were
signed and. picking up tape measure.
he pointed To the examination room.
The boy hesitated. Come on Buddy,
I'm in a hurry"
Then the recruit BEGAN to weep IT
cause I'm u girl Sh. cxnlaincd hcr
name was Leida Bachtold and she
lived in Concordia.
She said she had been working In
the harvest folds ror two months.
wearing the mems clothing. and liked
il very much. y have been reading
about tho kuss,an girls going D tho
war and Thought | would like to ro
myself. You wouldn't have known the
| difference whether | was u boy or n
! .itl Jus, looking ut me would 1ou ~
she questioned I'm roine back 70 tn.
! harvest fields so long ~ / can, ioir
| the arr,N.
No effort was made to dctaiu her.
she made tho hest ~Ipoltinc boy
| have seen ia this room since have
hoon here" said tho recruiting officer
"If she hasn't boon IN tho harvest ticld'
/ she has been Soma place whcr" har,
work has been going on"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

drops Of "Gets-It' eases your corn
pains at once. and you know that that
old corn has been "nipped in the bud"
"Gcts-It' makes cutting and digging at
salyes or anything else entirely I'M
necessary. Remember Gets 1t" is safe
You'll not have to take off your shoe
or pumps under the table at the cafe
TO ease your sauirming soul. See that
you get Gets 1t" Don't be insulted
by limitations. 25c is all you need pay
at any drug store for "Gets-It," or 1t
will be sent direct by E. Lawrence e.
Co, Chicago. H.
Sold in Missoula and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy by
| Missoula Drug Co. David c. Smith
| Geo, Freisheimer h II, Bateman &
> CU,~-Alv,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
BY Milton 6ronner,

Washington, Oct 20,-omitting from
the picture the glorious armies on the
battlefields and in the big war faeto-
ries. close up view of France today
would be marked by three features:
First--What war has done to the
children.
Sccond-The tragedy of the repa-
,riates,
Third--the terrible solitude IN the
regions desolated by the German in
vaders.
These were the points made in a
talk ! had with DIR. Albert Parker
Fitch. Amherst professor. who has
just returned from a French town for
the Red Cross.
Perhaps" said he, "tho first inn
preston is what war costs the non
combatants-the aged, the helpless.
the very young.
lone who has been In France never
thinks of war without seeing the chill
dren--lookling like little birds with
| reed like scraWny faces and too old
eyes.
Il think of the little girl I saw In
Hoye, who had lost her right arm be
cause the retreating army had buried
"A shell in the coal where she went
to get the daily fuel for her mother.
Or | think Of the little boy at Ma
rigny who had lost one of his legs
from shell fire: or the little child | saw
at Toul who had been literally fright
| ened out of her wits by the shock and
horror of the battlefield and sat al
| ways gazing furtively into space.
France is full of these sick children,
! sick because they have been deprived
! of the care OF their parents. because
! they had no shelter from rain ane
storm. because Of the lack Of food.
Il saw poor little Riddles with the
distended stomachs which are the sure
! sign of peritonitis. | saw an orphan
| age group shrek in chorus whet
Il Sister of Mercy dropped a tray
| Their nerves have literally been shot
10 pieces.
But the terrible background for /,
all is the want and poverty saw
| children whose heads were n solid
| mass Of vermin when they We're res
! cued from outhouses and hedges wher,
| they We're found children who
| looked aged because they had seen
| that which is not good for anyone
! TO see.
THE second great tragedy Is that oil
+, the repatriates. The enemy is now
sending out of the French territory
! which he holds the old men and wom-
en- past their usefulness. little boys
and girls, and women with young ba-
| bies. Also some vicious women ManA
/ are diseased. The Germans send then
back so France will have to feed ant
| clothe them.
They are coming at the rate o.
nearly 5000 a day. doubt whether
the world holds more pathetic
spectacle. l saw a trainload arrive
They filed slowly out, being welcomed
by the mayor and Red Cross com
| mittee.
| They saw standing in the station a
Alpine Chasseur in his dark blue uni
form. \ great cry broke from thu
ranks: All. there you are Oh w
must embrace you. Half a dozel
old men and women and children RAJ
up to him. He. with instructive Latil
understanding of their poignant JOY a
seeing a defender of France, opene'
his arms and Rugged them to hi
heart.
The repatriats are carefully fed an
housed. Often families are reunited
but for the great ma jority this is i'm
possible. The old men and wome
will live out their last days amid ne
faces aud other scenes little childre
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Was Handy Borrower.
Georges Carpenter Denies
He Is Coming to America

London.-Informatio has been re-
ceived here by the News of the
World" that Georges Carpenter. the
famous heavyweight champion of Eu-
rope, who has done such splendid work
with the French aviation corps, denies
the report that he is being sent to
America.
1t had been rumored many times
that Carpenter was coming to the
United States with Jean Navarro. an
other aviator TO give the American
flying men the benefit OF their great
experiences in the air and to engage
in exhibitions for the benefit Of tn.
French Red Cross society.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
GRAIN AVERAGE GROWS.

canada's 1918 grain acrcag" Will be
increased by IS Per cent.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

hunters green and is rather elabo-
rately embroidered in soft grey wool,
in a conventional, well-balanced de-
sign. The fur trimming of Australian
opossum is in pleasing contrast to the
dark richness of the coat.
The third coat is designed for alter
noon parties and is quite elaborate
enough to do service for evening al
fairs also. Here, dark blue velvet, OF
lighter weight than velour, is used
with a generous hand. and very 'b-
eral amount of kolinsky fur outlines
the. ripping cape and collar
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
,4t' 4
"WAR HEROES" LOSE
CASTE IN GREELEY
Colorado Town Lionizes Last
of Returned Warriors

Greeley, Colo.--With the arrest in
Colorado Springs recently of man
who has been known here as Corporal
Conrad Quinn of the queens hussars.
Greeley has become skeptical of war
heroes" and. as in the case of Ser
geant Breckenridge who spoke here Il
short time ago and who was later
found to be Il deserter. has decided to
be slow about lionizing any more pub
lie speakers who return from the
trenches" Quinn is charged by Mrs.
Dora 4. Muloek of Greeley with the
theft of diamond ring valued at 5000.
Deputy Sheriff Hobart Frazer left
Greeley for Colorado Springs to bring
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Delivered Public Address.

Since his arrival in Greeley the lat
ter part of July Quinn is said to have
become engaged to marry half dozen
girls in this city and the surrounding
country. He was much thought of.
delivered one public address in which
h. told of being "gassed" while in the
trenches, was entertained at dinners,
and in short, was a social favorite,
lie obtained work on the ranch of $.
D. Griffith, near Milliken, and 1t WAS
said he took the job in order that he
might work In the open air and re
cover from the effects of the gas the
Germans had thrown at him.
Mrs. Mulock sWore to a warrant for
his arrest this morning. She says that
while dining with him last Friday he
proposed that they exchange rings I'M
til the next day She consented and
gave him the $500 diamond. He, in
turn, slipped one on her finger. When
he did not reappear as per agreement
she took the ring he had given her to
a icweler and learned that it was
worthless.
Was Handy Borrower.
The authorities, since beginning 4
search for him, claim to have diseos-
cred that he borrowed sums Of none.
from many persons before leaving
Greeley. These sums range. it il
claimed. from so to several times thai
amount. 1t is also said he contracted
several board bills and neglected to pa,
them,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Il Should Worry
Now About COrnS!''

They Peel OF With Gets "
TWO COrnS are no worse than one,
and one is nothing at ali--when you
use "Gcts-It.' the one real corn
corn loosener, peel right
Off corn remover. That's because two
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

Whale meat to be served on beetless
days hereafter IN one New Work hotel,
where guests have already tried IT,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
NOT WHAT SIZE MEANT.

Hubby I've got u bad head this
morning"
Wifey-l'm sorry dear | hope you'll
he able TO shake IL off
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