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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
WEAR MORE, EAT LESS
Short Skirts Make Girls Require
More Meat, Lecturer Asserts.

Philadelphia, Feb. 1.-THE less a
girl wears, the more she must eat.
This is the law of clothes, Miss M.
Jane Newcomb, a state college lee
turer, has discovered in her research
work on the folly of fashions"
She laid down this law in a lecture
here before a group of women at
tending a three-day session of the ex-
tension school of Pennsylvania State
college.
Miss Newcomb said an inch cut off
the skirt means an extra pound of
beefsteak inside. But the worst of it
all is that girl who stirs the streets
with skirts to her knees silk stock
ings and a chest barred to winter
winds,' as Miss Newcomb described
her, must eat so much to keep warm
that she becomes dyspepic, nervous
and irritable"
I'VE have been drawn into the whirl
of the folly of fashion," she said, and
are dominated by the makers of
fashion. 1t is going to take strong
convictions to free ourselves from the
tyranny of the fashion plate.''
The girl with money can get
she undresSes for the street." Miss
Newcomb went on, but the working
girl who spends all she earns on
clothes to initiate the heiress has so
little left for food that she become s
weakened and an easy victim for tu-
berculOSiS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
HAS MILITARY COURSE
Chicago University to Become Poten-
tiaI West Point.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE University
of Chicago will become a potential
West Point when military training
courses, which were announced today,
are put into operation.
Maj. o. w. Bell. of the United States
cavalry, who has been designated by
the war department to take charge of
the uniVersity'S military training
course. spent practically the entire day
in conference with President Judson.
working out details of the courses.
The plan includes a progressive
training which will be started in the
freshman year and continued thruout
the four-year college course. Students
who take the entire course will re-
ceive practically the same training
that a West Pointer gets, only in a
modified form.
The first military training class ~
Northwestern university was held to-
day. Prof. Philip Fox, former lieu
tenant in the Twentieth Kansas, Fun
ston's fighting regiment, is in charge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
CLOSE ALL LINES
Last Road to Receive Seaboard
Freight Now Joins Embargo.

New York, Feb. 14.-The critical
freight situation caused by the tieups
shipping on the Atlantic seaboard was
emphasized today when the Delaware
& Lackawanna railroad announced an
embargo on all shipments west of Buff
talO. N Y.
At the railroad offices it was said
the Lackawanna was believed to be
practically the only line open to the
west before the embargo was issued.
1t becomes effective at midnight to-
night.
Stoppage of shipments routed west
was necessary owing to embarsoes
that have been declared by connecting
lines in that territory, it was said
There are 300 Lackawanna freight
cars held up in Buffalo today it was
stated at the offices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
URGE FEELER ON WAR
Propag andist Appeal to Congressman
to Take Vote in Each District.

Washington. Feb. 14.-An appeal
to members of congress to organize
informal referendums in their dis
tricts to obtain an expression of the
popular will on the question of war,
was today sent to each member in the
form of a proclamation from The
Working Men of America" The three
foot proclamation bears the portraits
of Lincoln and Samuel Gompers.
Gompers, it states, has communi-
Gated with Carl Legien, head of the
German labor movement, "to prevail
upon the German government to
avoid a break with the United States
The president is requested in res
olutions from 100000 trades union
lists to keep US out of war;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
For Skin BIotches

There is one remedy that seldom fails
to clear away all pimples, blotches and
other skin eruptions and that makes the
skin soft, clear and healthy.
Any druggist can supply you with
zemo, which generally overcomes all
skin diseases. Acne, eczema, itch, pirn-
pies, rashes, black heads in most cases
give way to zemo. Frequently, minor
blemishes disappear overnight Itching
usually stops instantly. Zemo is a safe.
antiseptic liquid, clean, easy to use and
dependable. 1t costs only 25c; an extra
large bottle, $1O0 1t will not stain, is
not greasy or sticky and is positively
safe for tender, sensitive skins.
The E W. Rose Co.. Cleveland, o.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
81 81 ia IA Ia
UzzzEiISIa /!

Some one wants that which
you do not A small ad in the
state Journal want columns sat.
isfies both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14

Look at the tongue, motheri If
coated, it is a sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish. cross, list-ess, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad: has stomach-ache, sore
throat diarrhoea, full of cold. give a
teaspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste. undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of the lit
tie bowels without gripping, and you
have well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick Children to
take this harmless fruit laxative: -
they love its delicious taste and it al
ways makes them feel spl-ndid.
Ask your druggist for 4 50-cent
bottle of california Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages md for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware - coun-
terfeits sold here. To be sue you get
the genuine. ask to see tlat it is made
by california Zig Syrup Company"
Refuse any other kind with contempt
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14

forms of tobacco are to come under
the ban later, she thinks.
Mrs McHenry has a boom under
way to become doorkeeper at the next
session of congress, and she says
Shouse, Thompson and Ayres are sup
porting her for the job. Il have been
in Washington so many times" she
says, that l know who ought to be
kept out"
Friends of Mrs. McHenry have
urged her to run for congress but she
would rather be doorkeeper. In an
swer to their queries she quoted the
Bible to the effect that 1T is better to
he doorkeeper in the house of the
Lord than to dwell in the tents of the
Wicked.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
MYRA M'HENRY
She's in Topeka for Purpose of
Fighting City Manager Bill.
Unique Kansas Crusader Is OPP
posed to Bone Dry Law.

b. For the seventh time Mrs. Myra Nc
Henry is in Topeka attending the ses-
sion of the Kansas legislature. She
came here today with her system full
of opposition to the city manager bill
and incidentally with a lot of dope on
the anti-cigaret, Henry ]. Allen and
bone-dry bills. Mrs. McHenry has
been milling around in Wichita for
some time among lawyers and promi-
nent people. and she declares the town
is almost unanimously against the city
manager plan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18
SCHOOL LIFE


Purdy of Greenville were visitors at
b. H. S. Thursday Of last week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18
Subscription Postpaid
Advertising


Orleans w. C. 7. u. will meet al
the home of Mrs. Vennie Clements
April 81, at two %. m. The following
program will be rendered:
Song. ................B by the Union
Reading. ........... Mrs. Mae Fero
Vocal Solo. Mrs. Elizabeth Murray
Paper-"The Coming Citizen,"...
............... Mrs. Edith Face
Observation-Disclosures .............
............M Mrs. Amelia Noddins
Let every member present take part
in the discussion of this important
subject.
Song. BY the Union
Leader. Mrs. Jennie Beach
Mrs. Harry Mattison of Ronald
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Spauld-
ing last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Tuttle from
near Cooks Corners, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Rowley last Thursday. Mrs.
Tuttle and Mrs. Rowley attended the
Farmers club meeting, while Mr..
Tuttle visited Mr.. Rowley, who is
slowly recovering from a severe at
tack of pneumonia.
ID. c. WILDER sold span of horses,
harness and wagon to Harry Mattison
of Ronald last Thursday.
Mrs. Clifton Yost and Mrs. ]. c.
Limbaugh wish to thank their friends
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

The eleventh grade English class
have finished their work in the Hal
leck English books and are now TAX
ing up for study, "Carlyle's Essay on
Robert Burns"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18
Guard Children Against
Throat and Nose Diseases

CDR. j. w. Shanks, nose and throat
surgeon, New Peck Building, IS Mon
roe avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich, has
prepared a series of educational ar
ticles on adenOids, tOnsils, catarrh,
and deafness, extracts of which will
appear in this column from time to
time. DIR. Shanks is nose and throat
surgeon at st. Mary's Hospital and
st. Johns Orphan Asylum; chief of
the nose and throat department of
the Grand Rapids Anti-TuberculOsis
dispensary, and chief surgeon for the
Michigan Railway mpany
Editor.)
Fright now is the time when par
ents should guard their children
against attacks of infantile paraly-
SIS" says DR.. Shanks. "The proven
ton is simple, if ordinary caution is
used, and is nothing more than keep
ing the child's nose and throat healthy
by clearing up catarrh. The infan-
tile paralysis germ enters through
the nose or throat. If the child has
catarrh or adenoids-and the country
is full of adenoid victims-the germ
has fertile field. 1t lodges in the
decayed membrane, and infantile
paralysis results-in many cases.
keeping the nose and throat clear
is one of the best preventives known
to the medical profession. Aside
from the danger of infantile paralysis,
a child-or adult-suffering with
diseased membrance, is susceptible to
other diseases, notably cancer. The
longer victim is permitted to go
without having the cause removed,
the more liable he is to infantile
paralysis-if child-and to cancer
If an adult h>e
"Infantile paralysis is not a new
disease, and is as prevalent in the
country as in the city, and its attack
is ,insidious. You note child who
has difficulty in breathing, in fact,
breathes through the mouth. That
child goes to bed with what is
what is thought to be a slight cold
in the head and wakes up paralyzed.
When the paralysis comes on the
damage has been done, and the only
change after that is improvement up
to certain point If the catarrh or
adenoid had been removed, the child's
nose and throat cleaned, there would
have been little danger of infantile
paralysis developing. Delay in this
essential--having the adenoid remov-
ed-either leads to a Gripping of the
child's mental or physical develop
ment, or, perhaps, to death.
Delays are dangerous in such
cases. l would advise parents to
consult a specialist at the first sign
of difficulty in breathing on the part
of a child, when a child sleeps with
its mouth open, or is anemic, weak,
without ambition, cross, or irritable.
Catarrh and adenoids are so closely
allied with infantile paralysis, that
to neglect removing either, is crime
against the child. 1t is counting an
attack of infantile paralysis, with its
attending evils, which may be arrest
ed mental or physical Development
or DEATH.
eff there be a parent whose child
has these symptoms, or an adult who
has any affliction of the head or
throat, / will be glad to have them
write to Observation-Disclosures.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

for the many kindnesses shown them
during their illness.
Martha Purdy and Mildred Sagen-
dorf of Greenville visited at j. M,
York's Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week.
Miss Jennie Crippen left Friday for
Muskegon to visit her nephew, Harry
Hendryx and family.
Rev. and Mrs. Drew spent from
Friday until Monday near Stanton.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Sabine spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Two King.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18
FENWICK

Rev. Iehl took Rev. brakes place
in the pulpit Sunday evening.
G.. w. Hunter and w. w. Root went
to Rosebush Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. ". Cole went to
Lansing Saturday to visit her sister,
Mrs. George Lattimer.
Lloyd Snyder returned to Big Rap
ids Monday.
Guy Parks, Raleigh and Dexter
Thompson have enlisted in the U. 5.
navy. ~ ~
Arthur Walker has purchased the
C. j. Hunter house and lot.
Uncle George Soules celebrated his
eighty-seventh birthday and was CIV
en- a shower of cards by his friends
and neighbors.
c. H. Lent has been working for
T. w. Worden the past week.
A. j. Daley, the mail carrier, Of
Route No. /, has a new Ford car.
The /. o. o. f. degree team go to
Palo April 26 to confer the second
degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Worden call
ed on his brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. w. Worden, one day last
week. ,tts ,sfaf
Farmers from near Butternut were
here Monday buying seed potatoes.
The Cleaner lodge will have an
open meeting Tuesday night.
C. H. Walker and l.. jerks are TAX
ing treatments from DR.. c. B. Root.
housekeeping and dooryard clean
ing is the order of the day around
here. G
H. B. Lee is clerking at the hard
ware while Mr.. Root is absent.
Will Wells and family of North
Sheridan visited /. G. Parks and fam
lily Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry MCGOWAN Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hansen Sun
day.
The L. o. T. M. M. gave a reception
for Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Hunter in the
/. o. 0. F. hall Saturday evening.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

Harry Holmes, a student of the u.
Of NJ, and graduate from b. HI. s.
in 10, was visitor at school Mon.
day morning.
A most startling revelation I:
Miss Eaton Tin physics CLASSY
when lightning rods were first in
vented nearly everyone had one on"
The eleventh grade English class
have finished their work in the Hal
leck English books and are now TAX
ing up for study, "Carlyle's Essay on
Robert Burns"
Miss Sisson has been asked to fur
nish some musical numbers by the
high school chorus for the Pomona
Grange meeting. The selections will
be along patriotic lines.
The many friends and acquaintan-
ces of Ruth Edwards are taking
great pleasure in congratulating her
on having won the honor of valedic-
torian of the class of IT.
Ruth Edwards has always attend
ed the Belding public schools and has
never but once been required to take
an examination and that was when
the whole eighth grade history class
was obliged to take it. She has al
ways stood the high, if not the high
est, in her class work and now right
ly bears the honor of valedictorian.
Stanley Glass is the next in rank
and received the honors of salutator-
ian for the class of 1917. The aver
ages of the honor students were so
nearly alike that the faculty could
have easily awarded two "first
honors."
Theron Richmond, a former stud
ent of the Freshman class, has left
school.
Fern Claus of Cedar Springs, On
tario visited school with Ellen Blair
Monday.
Thelma Wilder and Margaret
Schild visited B. H. S. Monday.
Samuel Richie of Cooks Corners
visited B. HI. S. one day last week.
al pledge allegiance to the Ameri-
can flag and the Republic for which it
stands; one nation indivisible, with
liberty and justice for ALL"
In the Chicago schools $4,000
pupils salute the flag and repeat the
above pledge. Why shouldn't the
pupils of the Bedding schools do the
same?
Frank Davis has been absent from
school for several days because Of a
severe attack of tonsilitis.
1t is certainly a grand good thing
that there is talk of installing mill
tary training for the boys of B. H.
s.; but why not install something for
the girls of B. H. S. also. Perhaps
training wouldn't be just the
thing, but how about a little Red
Cross work?
Just because they would be learn
ing a little about bandaging and
"first aid" is no sign that they will
be sent Immediately to the front.
(They would not be wanted there.)
If the boys are going to have mill
tary training to work up their patri-
otism why cannot the girls have
FIRST aid" training. Classes could
be organized under the direction of
the high school teachers and perhaps
with a small expense receive some
assistance from some of the city
physicians.
Continued Next Week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES


The local high school base ball team
started the season off right by de-
feating Ionia high school here Sat
urday afternoon by the one-sided
score of IA to 8. 1t was a loosely
played game on both sides and the
usual aarge number of errors and
"bone-head" plays were in evidence
by both teams. 1t must be said, how
ever, that Bedding outhit and out
played their opponents in every de-
partment of the game, and their work
at bat was unusually good for the
first game, If the boys continue to
improve as the season advances, there
is no reason why Bedding high
shouldn't bring home the base ball
cup in June. They play Lyons high
school there next Saturday.
The game by innings:
L 234 5 6 z 8 Or H z
Belding 20 451 90 A 0 x-14 IL 6
Ionia % l 2 O o ! 1 0 o. 5 5 8
Batteries-Belding, Jersey, Alien
burg, Lambertson, Hanson; Ionia,
Dingman and Voelker. Umpire
Torrey of Lake Odessa. Time of
game, 1870.
"A. j. Reed.
Remember the Art Exhibit at the
city hall Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, in the afternoons
and evenings.
The exhibition is to be presented
in this city for the purpose of in
creasing the interest in the study of
art and to raise money for the pur-
chase of pictures for the schools.
Nearly every art gallery in the world
would have to be visited in order to
see the originals Of these pictures,
which, although copies, are some of
the very best, in existence.
To aid in the appreciation of some
of the pictures, a number of groups
of living statuary will be presented
under the direction of Mrs. M. A.
Reed. There will be varied pro-
gram of music also.
Military Training
About forty boys responded to the
first call for military training Tues
day afternoon. Much enthusiasm was
displayed. The first movements of
the squads easily demonstrated the
fact that military training offers a
broad field for the development of
team work or group action. Under the
able instruction of Mr.. Pellet, who
is a graduate of M, A. c., we should
soon have a company to be proud of.
Decoration Day is not far off but
the fundamentals of the drills should
be mastered by that date, and we
may be represented in the celebration
Of that day set apart for honoring
the heroes of the Nations army and
navy.
The Misses Tuck. Thornton and
Emery of Greenville high school Wis
ted Bedding high school last week,
Friday. 81. ~ s
-7-yC3, .s -. !.
Miss Eaton was absent from school
Friday as he was out Of town on
business. Her classes enjoyed CD
written lessons on that day.
Doris Mulholland was absent Mon
lay and Tuesday. ~
Wells Hall, a graduate of '16, visit
ID high school Monday.
Esther Pinkham, a student of the
u. of M. and graduate from B. II.
). in '16, visited school Wednesday;
also her cousin, Mary Elizabeth
Wiley, was a visitor at high school.
The boys have base ball, foot ball,
ennis and track work; and what do
he girls have? Oh, they did have
title tennis last year and entered in
o it with good enthusiasm, consider
ng@.
Mildred Sagendorf and Martha
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

Harry Holmes, a student of the u.
Of NJ, and graduate from b. H. s.
in 10, was visitor at school Mon.
day morning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

Est. in 1889 and published every
Wednesday by Banner Publishing Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18
Obituary

Agnes X. Hubbard, youngest
daughter Of Chauncey and Althea
Hubbard, was born in Otisco October
8, 1891, and died April 8, 1917.
1t was the privilege of her parents
to care for her the last FIVE weeks
of her earthly life. Her sisters
Mrs. Edward Reeves and Mrs. Frank
Bedding, with her brother, Frank
Hubbard, were with her parents in
constant attendance at her bedside.
Her funeral was held at her late
home Wednesday, April IL. Rev. H..
s. Ellis spoke words of comfort to
the bereaved parents and relatives.
She was faithful member of Daugh-
tiers of Rebekah and the services
of that order were used. Interment
in the Otisco cemetery.
Card of Thanks.-We desire to ex-
press our heartfelt thanks to the
many friends and neighbors, Shafter
Arbor A. o. O. G., Otisco Ladies' Aid,
and the Rebekah Lodge for the many
acts of kindness and the beautiful
flowers during the sickness and
death of our beloved daughter and
sister, Agnes X. Hubbard.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Nj. Hubbard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j. Reeves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Belding.
Mr.. Frank Hubbard.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18
J. M. LANGSTON : e. b. LAPHAM
Editors and Publishers

Entered into the Bedding, Michigan
Postoffice as second class matter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-18

A most startling revelation! /:
Miss Eaton Tin physics CLASSY
when lightning rods were first in
vented nearly everyone had one on"
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-21
hand, they would do the same which IS rignt' Be man or mouse, should be adhered to.
UNAPPRECIATIvE CITIZEN

It beats all how hard it is for newspaper man to please everybody in some community. For instance something unusual will happen af- ter a comparatively dull period, and in order to show life. man will try to make good story with true facts as background, as it were; but To- and behold, he is sure to offend some one. It may be for giving much notoriety of the happen inp. or not enough. Or some ones names nave been omitted; or something like that.
 A case in point is the recent flooding of the town of Seward from glacier stream that runs through the town Yesterday, while the Ala meda was in port, a resident from one of the westward towns visited the Progressive-Miner office and in speaking of the flood, he complain ed bitterly of the notoriety the paper of that town gave the incident, claiming that the flood was not half as "ferocious," as he put it, as the editor of that paper wants the world to believe As matter of fact, the man asserted that the world need not have known "a thing about that affair. That it could in nowise help any one to know about it and much less the town" And in a way. he is right. Unfortunate affairs hap pening within a community, such as the flood at Seward; or when man falls to his death when drunk affect no one outside of those immediately interested Therefore no benefit can accrue to a town by making little rush of water down stream a sensational story. But all this is only cumulative evidence of the utter impossibility to please everybody.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-21
THE PIONEERS ACTIVE.

From various reports the real pioneers of Alaska have been active to counter act the result that might have followed the campaign against Governor Strong If we are rightly informed, the governor is a member of the order and known by every pioneer of the territory, and to see one of their members picked to pieces by few dis qruntled newcomers who have nobody to offer but an ambitious politician to replace the Gov
 ernor is more than the old pioneers can stand. All of which is evidenced by their action is unan
 imously endorsing their member for re-appont- ment. It's pity that the governor of Alaska is not chosen by popular vote. If he was, a lot of peanut politicians would have to shut Up. However, from the Governors opponent point of view if they believe him to be on the ''fence" they have perfect right to object to his reap pointment. We say they have right, because, if the Republicans of the territory had the upper