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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22
REFLEcrlNa CHINESE INSPIRATION.

no one knows why the odd suit
aI"Wn above was christcned by Its eA-
Tutor at Il recent style show rs "Io-
" hontns." except that the material 1t
(" made Of is In Il light leather brown
"o'l has n surface like doe-skin. "Fnn
.tHn" Or "Sing JOY" would fit 1t eX-
acily and 'Titti Sing" leave nothing
10 be desired In the way Of q name.
ItB inspiration halls from the Flowcry
s tngh0m, as plain as day. and 1t does
Cfcdit to Its origin. 1t managed to
hrlp Its designers to win the Inurels
Ror originality and beauty OF design in
apparel for all hours Of the day ana
avening and for all occasions tnut
happen In the lives Of women of to-
day.
A glove finish material Of wool,
@hich miy have been velOura. was used
30 make the straight one-piece frock
without waist line and the Chinese
coat that constitutes this suit. One
might question the origin Of the style
In the dress but "China' Is proclaimed
by every line of the cont. The lining
Of t%an-cOlOred satin makes a facing
Tor the arms and sleeves with edges
finished with buttonh0le stitches In
black yarn. An OvercOat stitch Of the
same defines all the seams In the frock
and outlines the pockets on the coat.
They nave pointed flaps %buttonhole
stitched about the edge and fastened
down with q small fiat brown button.
At the front Of the body Of the
frock. cutout applique figures in cloth
and needlework stitches form a large
medallion In which white appears with
q little blue and red. A similar medal
lion, but much smaller, appears on
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

form with leather, cretonne or any
durable material and hang 1t by silk
cords. Crimson is a suitable color
scheme. Apply an easily read calendar
near the top center and with celluloid
tabs index the lower part so daddy
may fill his advance engagements in
proper style.
For daddy and brother a child cnn
enamel gay!ly the handles of garden
hnd carpenters tools. THIS adds an ot-
tractlVe touch to cold steel.
For the children an ]"cvcrprccn Mo"
served at the Christmas breakfast IN.
bic always cause great excitement.
10 make 1t fashion nm immense pic
dish of cardboard, paint it leaf green
and cover thickly with sprays of ever
green. Put in the prcscntS-nll prcvi-
onSly wrapped and labclcd-nnd then
put on the lid. The latter is shaped in
cardboard and covered with nice ever
greens.
Tn" wee baby makes n new appeol
to our gift instincts. Cover n downy
square pillow with palest pink silk and
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

MS morris chair. THE cut suggests tho
embroidery done or a background Of
linen crash.
y quickly made gift for q little girl
ana m which serves to teach her 8
lesson of ncntncss IS a set of ribbon
rolls for her hair ribbons. Small paste
board cylinders, such as are used for
mailing purposes, are first covered with
cotton wadding and sachet powder and
then with silk or satin. The material
may be plain or lowered, but must be
OF q quality not to run"
For the friend who boards n glass Of
homemade jelly or orange marmaladc,
would be useful az we'll as ornamental.
Apple jelly and orange mnrmnlade can
be made at the holiday season rs well
as In the summer, and thor one car.
truthfully say on the little card Of
greeting that ~ was made expressly
for the friend to whom 1t Is sent.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

the upturncd brim of the round tur-
ban. made Of the same material as the
suit. Perhaps II Is these odd orna.
ments, that suggest bead-work designs
or the Indians. that led madame, The
designer. to call her effort by an In.
dian name; otherwise 1t il simply q
matter Of poetic license.
The Pocahontas suit Is q diversion
in suits. for the woman who can have
several kinds and carry of odd STYLES.
1t rs pretty nnd sensible. and nlto-
gether comfortable. but is not pres.
ented as n rival of the regulation tail.
ored suit. 1t belongs to a different or.
der Of things and Is rcfreshingly novel
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

Illustrated is II desk set for father
hubDY or sweetheart. If you are clever
you can saw it out Of thin pine and
enamel 1t beautifully, filling 1t with
good paper. pens and stamps. Or you
can make the frame of stiff cardboard
II cover it with any attractive paper
that matches his den or library.
Handmade linger;a is always q tcst
or affection. So make sister an under
vest made OF crepe de chine. One yard
and n quarter OF n good quality of
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22
METHOpisTs TO RAISE
GREAT CAMPAIGN FUND

PhiladelI hia.-The Methodist Epis.
c,pal boards OF home and foreign mis-.
sions at a joint conference approved
a recommendation that a campaign be
inaugurated to raise $50, 900. 900 In the
next five years. Forty millions are
TO be raised by each board to spread
Methodism to all corners OF the earth.
About 200 clergymen from all Parts OF
the country including the entire board
Of 20 bishops attended the cont, ence
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22
Why Not Make
Some Gifts
This Christmas?

&soMN philosopher or other said long
~ ago that we do not appreciate
that which we do not work hard
to obtain and that we love more tho
people whom we do for than we love
the people who do most for us.
If your best friend motors make her
4 cap, II Ia sunbonnct, out Of some dur
able silky material that matches her
motor coat. Stiffen the visor with
buckram, line It with plaid silk and
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22
SILK Underwear.

Much silk Is shown In the new sun.
plies of underwear and many Of tho
trOusseauX show all kinds of under.
wear ms well as nightgowns made in
silk, cut on simple lines and finished
In tailored fashion. There Is a Ger,
tain simplicity about most of the new
underwear, as this tailored finish sug.
gests, but no matter how simple all
other garments may be, the under.
bodice, camesole. bodice cover, corset
cover-call 1t what you Willis elabo.
rate. 1t IL made Of every fabric lmag.
Unable, including much net and georg.
cite crepe. and 1t Is trimmed with IA
much elaboration as ever.
England employs 10000 women as
ClerkR In P0yarnmaut nfiooa
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

use the rest Of this for u banding that
ties carelessly in front.
Smoking jackets, ~suspenders, BATH
mules, necktie and collar cases for
travellers, knitted golf gloves, throat
mufiiers and fooled heather picture
frames are some Of the gifts you can
make for the men In your family.
Nothing "%boughten' could
with the Joy furnished a youngster by
these toys thnt daddy made himself.
Pine or sweet gum wood are easily
manipulated, n the delight enters
with the gay enamel paint that daddy
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22
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Christmas Gifts
That Are
Sure to Please

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n CHRISTMAS gift that can't DO
4 u used and enjoyed Is Il disappoint-
ment. The average man or wom-
an you'd rather receive a post card
WIN a cheerful "Nicrrie Christmas on
II tn"h u gift that Is just pcrfunctory.
me war has made us all alert this
year for the cheer and welfare Of our
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

crepe. the same quantity of bending
n q little more narrow ribbon are re.
quired. Cut the vest straight, hem on
the bottom, put the beading across the
top and run the ribbon through It.
SIX sachets filled with the favorIte
scent Of the recipient and made, say, In
heart shape edged with harrow lace.
would be ATTRACTIVE, and they are al
ways useful. Little lavender silk bags
filed with dried lavender flowers
would be appreciated by anyone With
linen closet.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

call duty presents and of all gifts
they give the least pleasure to the glver.
SO try to put yourself in your gifts
his year. Begin early and knit the
cherub u play suit. Nothing Is so soft,
so warm and so comfortable for robust
children outdoors In early winter
weather.
For big brother get ribbon two and
one.half inches wide, eight inches long /;
fringe both ends, then embroider ini-
tia In center or have gold letters put
IN. The band can be glued inside Of
his hat to indemnity It.
Father will need n new desk calen-
dar and file for his office. SO cover n
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

Some Good Things
For the
Christmas Stocking


NOO often the days Immediately be-
fore Christmas are spent in wor-
rytng over the buying Of gifts
which the Jlver cur but i'll afford and
which are going to people whom she
cares little about. These are what we
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

boys on the sea and In the army.
So why not knit the young patriots
gray wool sweaters and those excellent
long-wristed mlttens, with finger TIPS
missing not to impede their work at
II riggings and behind the guns2
Uncle Sam does not furnish, the bows
with these two winter ~luxuries.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-22

England employs 10000 m as
clerks In government offices.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21

system had placed the state at the mere! VI .i'
North and East, both in buying ana seillns' TLio
cotton crop was sold in 1913 for So3'OVOooV' ms
amount and $12,OOO,000 more were sent out VI
the state to buy foodstuffs which should nave Oeen
produced on the Arkansas farms.
Professor Holden realized that 1t woulu ne d
tremendous undertaking to change a one-crop
system of forty years standing to a safe system Oh
agriculture whereby the farmers OF an enure
state might be induced to raise their own teed
and thus make cotton a cash crop. But the great
err the odds, the greater the incentive with him.
and he entered upon the work with enthusiasm.
With a staff of sixty men the campaign was
carried on for a period of thirty-hve days, approx
mately 1900 meetings being held in forty-nlne
different counties, covering the entire cotton belt
Of the state. The speakers were not eloquent
orators. They were men who had given their
lives to the study of agricultural problems and
knew their subjects from A to 2 and back again.
They pointed out to the farmer the folly of buy
ing food and paying n big profit to someone else
when he could Just as we'll raise that food at
home and save this big profit. Likewise they told
him that If the farmer up North could raise grain
and beef and pork and sell them to the Southern
farmer at a profit on lands valued at from 500 to
5000 an acre. the Southern farmer could make
an even greater profit by raising these commod-
tiles for himself.
According to the Little Rock chamber Of COM
merce this campaign added $90,744,150 to the
value of the agricultural products of Arkansas, a
fact which is proved by government statistics.
But there were other benefits of that campaign
which are not so easily measured. This huge
increase does not take into account the money
saved and kept in the state by the farmer who
raised his own food at hOme-money which in
other years had gone out of the state, never to
return. Nor does it take into account the fact
that by raising his own food, the farmer enjoyed
a better living than ever before.
Thus one by one the states of the Union are be-
ing covered by Professor Holden and his army of
expert talent, the campaigns in each instance be-
ing pertinent to the direct needs of the people.
They talk about soil Improvement, crop increase,
sanitation, better homes, better roads, "swat the
fly" fruit and vegetable canning, and ~ multitude
Of other s~ubjects-whatever, in fact, that will tend
to the advancement of the health and home COM
fort for the farmer, his wife, his children, house
servants and farm help.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
Universal Language of Indians.

A white man who visits a foreign ma.
ton finds it hard, and sometimes i'm
possible, to make his most ordinary
wants known. The red man has no
such difficulty; the problem of a uni
versal language was solved centuries
ago by the savage inhabitants of this
western world.
Should an Indian from northern
Alaska go to Patagonia, he could by
means of this universe. language con-
verse with his southern brethren al
most as easily as he could with his
neighbors at home. That would also
be the case If he visited Central Amer
ice or met the tribesmen of our own
western prairies and mountains.
When this language was invented no
one knows, but every Indian learns it
in addition to his own. Recently two
chiefs of different tribes met in the
Geographic society rooms in Washing
ton and held a conversation that lasted
nearly three hours, and yet neither n
knew a word of the others language.
This universal language is, of course,
made up Of signs.-Youth's Companion
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21

ture of incredulity and sarcasm, and
he threw a strong accent on the
'"your."
81 hate sitting at a desk, being
cooped up inside walls all day, and
every day. I want to be out in the
open. 1 want fresh air.
az want fresh air, and I want free
life" broke in his father. "Laska,'
wasn't it that you used to recite every
chance you got? 1t must have got into
your blood"
"No," answered Donald, at was
born in the blood. That's why 1 al
ways liked the poem"
swell, what do you want to dol"
asked his father returning to the
charge with businesslike directness.
"Td like to go West, take up some
land, and go into the raising of live
stock"
"Oh, you want to ride around in
chaps and a flannel shirt-cowboy,
eh?"
Donald ignored the covert sneer. 81
want to do something where there's
foot-room and sky-room."
"You seem to have left the girl
you're engaged to entirely out of the
scheme. You can't have any idea that
she would take chances with you in
that wild, uncivilized life"
II believe Doris would wait till I
could get started at something"
"Do you think a girl who has lived
ten years in New York would stay one
month in a ranchman's shack without
the ordinary comforts of civilization?
Not on your lifel Now 1 like Doris,
and l had looked forward to your
coming into the firm, marrying, and
settling down like a decent citizen"
Jason Paine had played his trump
card, and he noted it's effect in the
thoughtful face of his son. Nothing
more was said. But about a week aft
,er, the young a announced his de-
termination to go West.
"Dad," he said. "There couldn't be
but one thing on earth that could
keep me here-that's you. 1t cuts me
to the heart to disappoint you. But
this would either kill me or drive me
mad. Some day 1 might go through
the window. or burn up the store"
"How about Dorisf"
"She has said she would watt
"Umphl Perhaps she WILL"
Paine senior went on to say that
not a penny could his son expect from
him to invest In his "fool venture"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
DonaldPaine,
the Rebel
By Hi Akers
By Hi Akers
Copyright. 1917, by w. G. Chapman.)

ITS no use dad, l can't do It'll" >
Donald Paine sat back in the library
chair and looked squarely in the face
of the elderly man on the other side
of the table. He was a ~good-looking,
wholesome specimen of a young Amer
lean, about tw%enty-four years of age,
and when he spoke seriously it had
the tang of sincerity.
His fathers brow grooved itself into
q frown.
IL haven't any patience with people
who say they can't" he snapped.
"If 1 had said can't I'd never have
built up the business 1 have from
nothing. It's a big business now.
The money it has made has given you
every advantage of education a boy
ought to have. Ever since you were
a little lad I've looked forward to the
time when you would come in, learn
the business, and help me, be a part
ner, and-in course of time take con-
troll"
eyes, dad, 1 know. I felt you ex-
pected that of me, and l tried-tried
hard. But 1 hated 1t. 1 hate it worse
all the time"
"There must be something wrong in
the training of boys these days." re-
sponded the elder man thoughtfully.
"They don't any of them like to work"
"Oh yes they do. But they want to
do the work they like. It's no use
grinding your heart and soul to dust
doing the thing you hate when there's
sc much to do that you feel is your
work"
"Will you be good enough to state
what you think is your work."
His fathers tone had an equal mix
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21

7 THE present time, when prices of
all foodstuffs have reached the
highest figures known in this coun-
try in a generation, it is interesting
to consider the efforts of those who
have labOred long and increasingly
to so improve u agricultural re-
sources that this very condition
should be avoided. Among these IN
selfish workers for the common
good the figure of one man stands
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21

ming meeting of agriculturists was to be held.
Even the schoolchildren got their lesson irons
this campaign not only "A lesson on alfalfa out
on history and geographical subjects. 1t was a
diversified program that the versatile speakers
who travelled with the alfalfa special, were aDle
TO offer at each stop; but, underlying every talk'
whether it was to the boys and girls, or to the
men and women who had grown old on the 1arh'
there was the same lesson to be learned: 'feru-
lie the soil with brains"
The result of this campaign was that over 2Oo'-
600 acres of land in the inland empire, never pe-
fore in any kind of grass crops, were put into
alfalfa the following year. Other farmers were
quick to see the benefits received by those VINO
tried it first, until today there is hardly Il 1arm
in this great agricultural section that does ho'
contain at least n few acres of the wonder plant.
Thousands of farms which had been deserted be-
cause of the soil, worn out from constant plant
ILL -
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
EeYPT's OLD CIVILIZATION.

AS early as $500 B. G. Egypt is known to have
first come under the rule of a single dynasty, but
before that date stretch centuries of progress.
When the Romans swept over Britain after Boad-
icea's rebellion they destroyed villages of wig
vans and reed built over circular excavations;
when they zane to Egypt the pyramids of Giza had
been standing for nearly 80 centuries, and Caesar
borrowed the Egyptian calendar, which was Is CEN
turtles older than the pyramids
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21

ing to one crop, did not
yield returns of any sort,
were reclaimed, rejuv-
enated, and the land
given a value which it
did not possess even in
its earlier prime.
Having accomplished
so much for the farmers
of the Northwest, Profess
sor Holden turned his
eyes to the South. The
state of Arkansas imme-
diately invited his atten-
ton. The need here was
similar to that of the in
LAND e~mpire-crop diver
sification. The farmers
of Arkansas had been
growing cotton for nearly
forty years-growing ii
TO sell for money to buy
food for man and ami
NAL. The practice of this
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSNOOL
LESSON

CBy r. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union)
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-13
FAMOUS TEAM DISBARDS.
Buffalo Germans, Basketball. Champions
Of the World, Retire From Field.

The Buffalo Germans. tasketbai
champions Of the world since the Pan
American exposition IA 1904. team OF
stars. each member OF which has play.
81 the game regularly every season for
twenty-five years, have passed into
history. Three Of the quintet will pos
tiyely retire. it was announced.
The famous Germans. knevn lately
as tho GermanOrioles, have around u
thousand victories 10 their credit and
lcss than fifty defeats. one Of which
was the triumph of the White Autos.
Cleveland. ON the Germans last home
appearance In Buffalo recently. Age
bowed to youth by the margin OF one
point IN one OF the greatest contests
ever played
Al Heerdt has been managerplayer
On the Germans team for the eitire
twenty-five years. When the team was
selected OF Il number OF applicants
I,acs in 1906 Heerdt was Il youth oe
beautiful raven locks. lie has little
hair left now. Henry Faust aud Rho
die are the other two original mem
bers Miller brothers. Harry and Ed,
die. and Sciell have also played on tho
Germans great number of years.
The team has toured the United
States n number of times. In several
seasons they played throughout thu
winter without once tasting defeat
They always cleaned mp" at world
fairs and cxpositions.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-13
Flowers in the Churches.

Easter Is essentially Christ's day
And Christ loved beautiful. simple
reverent things. For that reason. keen
your churches simple. beautiful and
reverent. Christ would not have en-
joyed tight punches of flowers with
their poor little stems all choked up.
He would have wanted them to be
loosely. gracefully. happily placed.
Christ would not have loved the rare
orchids and the dollhouse palms bet
ter than the field dnis.es and the nod
ding daffodils and the shy arlntus.
Trim your churches with IN eye to
color and sense of grouping. and.
above all, the spirit of love in your
heart.
And your church home, blessed by
Gods flowers, cannot fall to be beauti-
full and simple and rcvcrpnt.- Mar.
garet T.. Sangster, Jr., In the Christian
Herald
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-13
REWARD or NATIONAL DEcENcY.

Perhaps no phase OF the war situa
ton gives Americans more pleasure
IL there Is anything pleasant about
going to war-then the attitude oil
Cuba. We have sometimes felt rather
hurt by the behavior OF the Cubans
They have seemed to take our great
and disinterested service as a matter
OF course. They have seemed suspi
cious OF us rather than grateful. But
all at once there comes a change-o
perhaps its only q revelation of the
spirit that has existed all the time.
II looks as II Cuba is actually going
10 declare war against Germany. And
che will do II not so much because
OF any grievance of her own as be-
cause she feels In duty bound to stand
by her big benefactor. Uncle Sam, and
help him fight for world-freedom as he
fought for Cuban freedom. AS Presi
dent Menocal put it. in his appeal to
the Cuban congress asking for a dec
laration OF war:
Cuba cannot appear Indifferent to
acts OF war without quarter, directed
against all nations, which cannot be
tolerated without accepting them as
legitimate today and always. Nor can
Cuba without loss OF dignity and honor
show Indifference to the noble attitude
assumed by the United States, to
which we are bound by ties OF graft.
tude and treaties" He proposes the
closest cooperation with the United
States, lending 1t whatever assist
+, snce may be In our power for the de-
Tense Of the liberty Of the seas, Of the
rights Of neutrals and Of international
Justice"
Cuba's military power is small but
the moral influence Of such decision
must be great. It will set an example
TO all ,Latin-America. Brazil is appar,
emily disposed to take similar action.
It II conceivable that several other
Central and South American republics
may follow suit That would give
Germany, and all the world. striking
evidence Of the solidarity of the west.
ei. hemisphere. 1t would make our
ideal OF Pan-Americansm reality.
And this may come because we have
been generous and square with her in
the Boxer matter.
II really pays a nation, like an indi
vidual, to be decent