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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-08-24

KledZik Colts:
40 4 I 2 0 - 10
Uderzenia ma cztery mety Kierz
kowski, Unicof, Polek.
Uderzenia ma try mety S. No
wax, Cook, E. Golchert.
Uderzenia ma dwie mety - Cook,
Kaskey, .Unicof, A. KTedzik.
Wymachanych: przez Varchima
6; przez Golchberta .; przez Cooka
10.
Wolne mety ma pilki: cd Varchima
.; cd Cooka 2.
Podw6jna gra - Golchert do u
Nicola do A. Kledzika.
Uderzony piika przez rzucacza
Varchima - P. Kledzik a przez Col
cherta - Natzki, przez Cooka j.
Nowak.
,.Skor-kijper" - A. Golchert.
Sedzia CRY: Michai Black.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

ed like Don't be fool my dear child let the young men enjoy themselves m their owE way; they don't want to be botheredT-a reply that evinced no sort or sympathetic knowledge of what any
 one of the party would desire under similar circumstances.
 At another table l noticed Miss Emile Grigsby, who some years ago used to pc rather famous personality In New fork. Over here Miss GrIgshy leads secluded but distinctly interesting. lie She is immensely admired in the small and exclusive circle into which she has penetrated. She is said to be the only American young woman who was ever allowed to be on terms of comparative intimacy with Princess Mary They met, so the story goes, at one of the em- oroidery classes held at the South Ken sington Royal School of Needlework, over which Princess Christian presides.
 Princess Mary, who was only just em- barking on her teens, took great fancy to the beautiful American woman with her lovely hair with it's blonde cendree color shot with auburn, and her dark grey eyes. The two fell into converse ton and, after frequent meetings, Prln- cess Mary was permitted to present her American friend to the Queen It is said that Miss Grigsby frequently went to Buckingham palace and has more than once week-ended at Windsor castle. Whether the intimacy has continued now that Princess Mary is "out," l do not know. Miss Grigsby has lovely house near Grosvenor Square, where she en- tertains a small and very exclusive cir cle. The house Is full of art treasures which include many famous religious pictures In fact, Miss Grigsby at one time hinted at the possibility of enter ing convent, for she Is devout Roman Catholic and spends many hours in re- ligious contemplation and retreat.
 However, the other evening she seemed to be in sufficiently worldly mood to enjoy herself thoroughly. She was look ing very handsome and was beautifully dressed in pale mauve chiffon, with mass of orchids at her waist. She still has lovely coloring and complexion,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

though she is not as sim as she used to be in the days of long ago, when she was chaperoned by Mrs. Dunlop Hopkins of New York and lived in quaint riverside villa at Maidenhead on the Thames.
 Another pretty American dining at the Carlton on the same evening was Lady Chetwynd. 1 am told that she is going over to your side of the water soon and will travel from New York right across to the Pacific slope, where she will spend a good portion of the winter. Lady Chetwynd is one of the best dressed women in London, and owns pearls that are unique in the history of rare jewels. She was wearing wonderful rope of perfectly matched pearls the other eve- ning with a very simple dress of white georgette. Her only other ornaments were her single stone pearl screw ear rings and two extraordinary pearl rings. One is an immense pink and the other is black pearl and both are of record size.
 Talking of pearls (and even in war time the beauty and interest of this really perfect jewel cannot be eclipsed) I was shown one day this week a rope of pearls the like of which does not exist even among the most famous crown Jewels owned by emperors or kings in any part of the world. This sounds rather exagger- ated statement but it is positive fact. The string that mention is com posed of 28 pure white Australian pearls. the smallest of which is as big as a good sized pea. while the largest is as round and as large as a marble. In fact, there are three of these mon strous pure white spheres and I was told that they alone are valued at $250,000. The necklace has taken 10 years to collect in it's present state and so huge is it's value as an entirety that 1t Is not considered negotiable. Each stone has been chosen with such mathematical and scientific precision that not one varies from the other i'll color, shape or size except the three gigantic stones that are it's crown and glory. AS clasp at the back this amazing string of priceless wealth has a huge oval diamond of pure color. It Is set in a narrow rim of platinum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Slam on Mother

From Pearsons Weekly.
 Phoebe was bored. In all the six long years of her life she had never spent such a miserable day. Circumstances at ast grew too strong for her. and she cried She was one of those who do not often cry but who. when they do, make no secret of it. In short Phoebe neariE lifted the nursery ceiling off.
 -Irnstairs came Phoebe's mother, al- ready dressed in her sfnartest clothes' ready to have tea with friend
 why, what's the matter, Phoepe! she asked. dle of the nursery, only howled the louder. and refused to see anytiihs cheerful about life. ,,.4,.
 "Just look, Phoebe, at that ugly h'.ie face in the looking glass?''
 Phoebe Immediately became lntercsted and stopped crying
 ] (which one. mamma?' she asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
LADY MARYS LONDON SOCIETY

London, September 1.-(Special Cores pondence) )-The chief objects of admira-
 ton and attention nowadays are the American soldiers and sailors who take advantage of their leave and come to London to Hook round" the little old city" that most of them seem to regard as a very comfortable and home-like place.
 In alt the fashionable restaurants, mill
 tary and naval officers receive smiling and admirng attention and I really think that If they were able or willing to take advantage of ali the glad eyes offered to them by charming ladies of gentle birth they would have every excuse for
 feeling decidedly pleased with them selves. I was dining at the Carlton last Sunday evening and saw at many of the tables in the big dining room clean cut, smart looking men with high -buttoned tunics either of khaki or of dark blue,
 who were apparently serenely uncon- scious of the large amount of interest and attention they were receiving from
 all the other diners.
 One party of English people included a handsome rather stolid matrOn, two extremely pretty girls, and lieutenant colonel who probably was their father. The two girls were greatly intrigued by the presence at an adjoining table of three very good looking young American officers. Evidently the one desire of these damsels was to attract in the incest way possible the attention of the young men. They, however, were ob- viously well brought up and just little shy, therefore there seemed to be "noth- ing doing" as far as an exchange Of filtration glances was concerned. Then I heard one of the girls say in tragic voice to the colonel
 "Or. dear how awfully lonely those three Americans look; don't you think, as their superior officer, you ought to go and speak to them and ask them to joint us at coffee?" I heard the colonel make some rather brusque response that sound-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

She is to have eignt bridesmaids and they will wear pale lemon colored Geor- gette frocks with hats of golden tissue. She is marrying Major Mcdonnell, who was recently gassed in France, but Is now quite well again.
 am told of another domestic upheaval in the ducal family of Westminster It is. of course an open secret that the duke and duchess do not "get on very well. but until recently the only child of the marriage, Lady Ursula Grosvenor, has lived with her mother
 Now. however, having arrived at aoout + years of age, she has. It is sad. elected to live with her father at Lui- worth castle, which the duke of west minister is making his home for the du- ra ton of the war He is in charge or the tanks" in that particular part or England. and Lady Ursula is acting as his chatelaine. It will be remembered that the duke received the D. s. O. Tor his gallant conduct In Egypt some months ago The duchess of Westmin- ster continues to preside over her nos pital at I.e Touquet. Lady Ursula IS a very handsome girl, tall and fair and closely resembling her good-looklng father LADY MARY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

and gives the finishing touch of per lection to a really amazing display.
 The owner of these jewels keeps them in his safe in his superb man. sion in Mayfair. I asked him If any one would ever wear them. He laughed and said: Perhaps. but I don't think that people would realize that they are genuine pearls. Their color is so white, their size so enormous and their shape so flawless that l fancy they would be regarded as too good to be true.' However. there they are the most perfect things in the world Very few people have seen them and ! seldom take them from their hiding place for outsiders to see. It IS s sort of vice with me just to lift them from their steel-cased home and gloat over their matchless beauty alone. No, I will never sell them; they must al- ways be entirely mine."
 The man who made this extraordt- nary speech as he stood with those 2S pearls dripping from his thick, rather coarse fingers, gave me the impression at that moment of a vision ary materialist. As matter of fact, he Is multimillionaire of sporting proclivities. with immense business interests and leading a life of cease less energy. The only thing that he
  about are those pearls. think would like to write a novel or a play about them
 Since the war commenced an extraordi- nary revolution has taken place in the costumes of fashionable brides. Sacri- ficial white used to be considered de rigueur for a girls wedding gown. Nowadays any amount of latitude is al- lowed in this matter, and there has been a craze during the past year at smart London weddings for golden bridal cos tunes. Golden weddings (not the 50- year-old anniversaries) have been in- creasngly frequent, and now it is rather unusual to see an "all white" wedding. A bride of this week, for instance Miss Vaughan Williams, who is a niece of Lady Maitland, is wearing lovely gown of antique gold brocade that be- longed to her grandmother. Her veil will be of the finest golden net and she will carry huge sheaf of golden lilies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

affair. and where the casualties were from disease rather than from bullets, the ratio of battle loss to disease was as l to 56. The chances of loss from disease have been largely wiped out. Typhoid alone caused S5 per cent ot all the disease deaths in that war.
 The American experience table, which is standard for life insurance computations, shows that under nor nal conditions. at the age of 21, 1855 of each 1000 will die in a year. At the age 31, which is the maximum of age. the same table shows that the number who will die each year is S.51.
 In an article published In the Eco homie World" of August f. 1917, Miles NJ. Dawson gives as the total death rate per 1000 per annum among 2,0O0,- 900 men insured by the London Pru dential, who have been in the present war, as 30 per 1000 per annum. And he estimates that the ordinary death rate among those policyholders in time of peace was at least 10 per 1000 per an- mum.
 The war registration showed that there are in round numbers 10.000,00o men between the ages of 21 and S1 in the United States, and the average death rate among these in time of peace is per 1000. It sounds like a calamity to say that among the young men of America between 21 and S1, S0,000 will die in a year. It is a terrible thing, but it is the condition that prevails in time of peace when the young men are engaged in their usual vacations The figures show that they die at the rate of 6666 per month, or over 220 day. If the entire 10,000, 900 who are registered went to the hn 1fc% 1P lna I rt, Ercf year would be sickening when deco rated with headlines in the newspa- pers. The actuaries' table shows that S0.0o0 of them would drop out one by one if they remained at home
 War is help in it's casualties, but it's less than four in a hundred. on the average. who die for their country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Toll of the Submarine

Henry Farrand Griffin, in Leslie's.
 Cabled reports of Lloyd Georges speech in Parliament on August 1S when he discussed the submarine losses, were in- complete and unsatisfactory, but 1t is apparent that the situation has been steadily improving of late In the main the official statement of losses corre- apond closely with the estimates that have boen published here from time to time in diagram form. Tn April, 560,0O0 tons were lost; in June, s2O000 tons; in July, about 175,000 tons, and in August the losses 50 far as reported were run ning Ut about the same rate as in July. For some reason the losses for May were not included in the cabled reports. Aver aging the four months gwen, We would ret losses at the rate of 5o7,5O0 month, or A690,0O0 year. This Is only little ohort of the annual estimate of British losses given here few weeks ago. and tho sIight shortage may be explained hy the fact that the iosses were then running at a higher weekly rate. If the losses for the balance of the year can be held down to the present rate, the total loss for this year will be well under 100000 tons for the British mer- chant marine. Adding 25 per cent addi- tional for the losses of other entente beliieerents and neutrals we would have a year rate of 3,750.000. On the whole it eeems fairly safe to estimate that if the present rate Of slnkings continues the total loss for all nations will be not less than 3,500,000 tons ana not more than { 600,0n0 On this showing England is cer- .a4nly in no danger of starvation-espe- cialiy in view of Lloyd Georges state ment of the largely increased crops in prospect throughout the British Isles. At the same time an indicated total loss of around 100000 tons of shipping year is very serious matter, and the prob lem will become increasingly difficult when we are called upon to transport and supply enormous numbers of troops thousands of miles across the ocean. It is satisfactory, indeed 10 see the sub- marine losses decreasing, but we shall bo very foolish if we relax our vigiant efforts to combat the submarine by every means in our power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Deaths in Peace and War
' R. Little, in Leslie's

XUfhef E. IlIttIe, III AesIIe 5.
 The American people have always been singing. When Johnny comes Marching Home" Too many peorlc now are pointing out the terrible cas ualties. the catastrophes, the violent deaths, and all the other horrors Of Wnr. A casual reading of mortality 6ercentages in various wars is rather ~ncouraEing. Tn the Spanish American TIT. which was. of course, small
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

Naturalists are at a loss to explain how the whale. can descend to 8 depth of 5000 feet, at which point the pres sure should be great enough to crush 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

We have left from purchase short lengths sheeting hundred yards and it and the short lengths good for pillow cases Buy all want tomorrow while buy it at this price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

A splendid lot of childrens good comfortable school hats, including French felts.jn all the good colors and styles. You can find hat in this lot to suit any child and it will be just the one it will like the best.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-18
MORE EVIDENCES OF
GERMAN SPY SYSTEM

JUAREZ. Mexicia. July 1S.-Native
laborers, with their families, guitars,
pots, pans and kettles, continue to ar.
rive here from the United States and
are given free transportation to the
interior. One family recently arrived
from McAllister, Okla. where the men
had been working in the coal mines
Another large group came from Los
Angeles while others quit Jobs in New
Mexico, Colorado. Arizona and Texas
to return home. Many said they had
been told they would be impressed in
the American army II they remained
Others said they had been told by Ger.
mans they would be imprisoned II
they remained in the United States.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-18
A POVERTY
STRICKEN TUBERCULAR

Yesterday afternoon tall, fiat
Chested man of about thirty-fiye years
of age wandered into the Independent
office and requested that we give the
following verses publication. 1t could
be seen at n glance that he was afflict.
ed with tuberculosis in an advanced
stage. The lines may not have liter.
airy merit, but they picture the man
as he is and his hopeless view OF life.
| am not in a pleasant mood,
Have gone all day with little food;
II someone is not real polite
I'll have no place to sleep tonight.
Perhaps they'll want me off their hand
And chase me to some distant land;
I'll take some train and then will go
To some other place. do not know.
Perhaps I'll land there In the jug,
No more to fight the dreadful bug;
IT'S | alone who soon must leave,
I leave no one behind to grieve.
care not where my dust may blow,
I've done some good--that much
know;
When I am head they all may say
Twas only Fred who passed away
FRED KIRBY.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-18
AS THE FATHER
AS THE SON

BUTTE, Mont, July 1S.--Ethan
Allen, n direct descendant OF the or.
iginal Ethan Allen of Fort Ticondero.
ga fame. was accepted for enlistment
in the United States Marine Corps
here, today. He has been principal
OF n school in this state for the last
three years, and has also taught in
6aio and North Dakota.
Aliens enlistment recalls the early
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-18

days OF American history when Fort
Ticonderoga was held in turn by the
French and British until finally cap
tured by his illustrious grandsire In
HIS. 1t is another reminder OF the
wiping out OF old differences between
nations. happily now serving together
against a common enemy.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-18
Recipes for Cake
Gold Cake

TWO AND ONE-HALF CUPS WHEAT-RICE
FLOUR
ONE AND ONE-FOURTH CUPS GRANULAT-
ED SUGAR
THREE-FOURTHS CUP BUTTER
THREE-FOURTHS CUP WATER
YOLKS OF EGGS
TWO HEAPING TEAsPOONSFULS BAKING
POWDER
ONE-HALF TEASPOONFUL EXTRACT
Sift flour once, then measure add baking powder
and sift three times; cream butter and sugar thor
oughly; beat yolks stiff add this to creamed butter
and sugar. and stir very hard; add flavor add water,
then flour, then stir very hard and thoroughly. Put
in slow at once; will bake in 80 to 40 minutes.
Invert Immediately when taken from oven let hang
until cold; cut out directed under angel cake Can
be used as layers with any kind of filling desired.
LOWELL GRAIN { MILLING CO.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-03-29
External Application Better Than In
ternal Medicines Say Kansas City
and Lawrence Mothers.

Every mother knows how hard 1t Is
to get children to take medicines, and
how injurious this internal dosing Is
to their delicate little stomachs. The
solution of this problem is the South
ern treatment Vick's Vap-O-Rub
Salve. 1t is universally used in the
South, in place Of internal medicines,
plasters, poultices and vapor lamps in
treating all forms of cold troubles,
from head colds, asthmatic or ca
tarrhaf troubles, down to deep chest
colds, sore throat, bronchitis or incipi-
emit pneumonia Kansas mothers were
quick to try this Outside" treatment,
when 1t was introduced there last
winter, and have found 1t quicker and
better than internal medicines.
Mrs. Ida Thomas, 921 s. Forest,
Kansas City, Kas., writes
II have used your Vap-O-Rub
Salve on my little girl for bronchi-
tbs, and think 1t is just fine. She
was very bad-would cough all
highland l had her treated by
several physicians without results.
The second application of Vap-O-
Rub gave her relief. Now / would
not be without 1t in the house."
Mrs. Lena Kneip, GAL Perry ST., Law
renee, Kas., reports
Last winter my four children,
aged from two to eleven years,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-03-29
YES! MAGICALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS

You say to the drug store man.
"Give me a small bottle of freezone."
This will cost very little but will
positively remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet.
A few drops Of this new ether com.
pound applied directly upon a tender
aching corn relieves the soreness In,
stantly, and soon the entire corn OF
callus, root and all, dries up and can
be lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid ones feet OF
corns was introduced by Cincinnati
man, who says that freezone dries In
moment, and simply shrivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezons
tell him to order small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.-adv
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-03-29
Pneumatic Tires for Hiking Shoes.

FuShH'astS iHCo ioT flthiHS SHoCos
Taking his inspiration from automo-
bile tires, and going the ordinary rub
Der heel one better Oscar Musslnan
of New York city has invented pneu-
matte tire for his own shoes. The
"tire" differs very decidedly. from the
ordinary heels In that partition of
rubber is built in it half way up its
thickness. The partition thus forms
an air chamber with the bottom OF the
leather above 1t, and still another one
with the ground when the heel comes
down upon it, explains the Popular
Science Monthly. Each of these two
chambers is connected with the out
side air by n small opening. When the
heel strikes the ground, the air in the
chambers becomes slightly compressed,
causing the jolt of the walking to be
very greatly cushioned in q manner
very much similar to that in which the
automobile tire cushions the jolts Of
riding. To prevent the air from be-
coming too suddenly compressed and
SO. putting the bottom Of the heels out
Of shape, the air Is allowed to escape
slowly through the openings.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-03-29
SEE FAILURE IN THE HOME
Growing laxity In Discipline There
Declared Crime Cause by
Prison Directors.

Growing laxity in mental and moral
training and discipline in the home is
responsible in large measure for the
unprecedented growth of population at
Callfornia's prison and reformatories
during the last two years, the Sacra-
mento Bee observes. This Is charged
by the state board Of prison directors
in the biennial report fled with Cover
nor johnson.
There appears to be an increasing
disposition among parents to place
pleasure above duty and to place much
Of the responsibility of parenthood on
the state, a condition that should not
be tolerated, the report says.
The responsibility Of the home is
taken up In the report.
1T should be made the imperative
legal as we'll as moral duty Of parents
to rear children properly" it is de-
clared. "If the moral training of chill
dren is neglected; II they are net
taught self-control; If no rules of home
conduct are promulgated or being pro.
mulgated, children are permitted to
disregard or evade them, 1t may be ex-
pected that such children, when grown,
will not give due attention to rules of
organized society,""