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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23
Uncle Hdrry s
Current Event
Talks For the
Youngsters.

do you think the Germans will
capture Petrograd ?" asked Joe
That sounds as though you had
very carefully. lately" answered
UEcle Harry.
They captured the big city Of
Riga. didn't they added Helen.
Yes. one of he German armies,
assisted by some OF the German
ships. captured Riga. Russias prin-
cipal port on the Baltic sea" said
Uncle Harry.
We'll then the German army can
go right on and take Petrograd,
can't they, and the German ships
can go right on up into the Gulf
Of Finland and"
Joe had spread his geography be
fore Uncle Harry. and opened at the
map Of Europe. he was tracing with
his finger what he thought might
be the course Germany would take
in possible attack on Russia's cap
ital-Petrograd.
This is a pretty good joke on
me" said Uncle Harry. laughing. L
think we'd better change our name
10 'Joe's Talks instead Of Uncle
Harry's."
i've been studying this up" add
ed Joe, because IT makes my gecg-
raphy lessons a whole lot easier and
It certainly is interesting. Places
in Europe and other way off coun-
tries never seem like anything in
the geography except just pages,
but now you read all about Russia
and Italy and France and Germany
and Turkey in the newspapers every
! day, and things are happening in
those places and it makes them real.
like the United States and Cuba and
Chicago and New York"
I'm very glad to hear you say
all this, joe said Uncle Harry.
because now is the very best time
to study and learn geography. AL
most every day when / read the pa
per I wish ] were back in school
in the geography lesson. Every
/ body is taking more interest i'm geOg-
raphy than ever. because they feel
| just as you said. that those coun-
/ tries and cities in Europe are not
merely names and maps printed in
: books, but places just like we have
I in our own country"
But do you think Germany will
Try to capture Petrograd?" asked
Helen.
And II they do will that put Rus
STA out of the war;" added Jimmy
"One at a time, not so fast with
your questions" said Uncle Harry
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23
HENRY STUDEBAKER
SCHOOL
Oscar Nelson and Charles shaffer.
Editors.
THE FLOWER SHOW.

THE FLOWER SHOW.
Monday the Studebaker school
had a flower show.
The IA received IS as prize for
the best table OF flowers.
The following children received
prizes:
Asters-Frank Kenyon.
Nasturtiums-Hel Slaybaugh.
Verbena-Lydia Emery.
COsmos-HOward Kizer.
Phlox-Lydia Emery.
Dahlia-Howard Kizer.
Gladiolus-Ruby Shine.
Marigold-Virginia Turner.
Zinnia-Helena Henrikowski
Tomatoes-Gerald Shine.
Potatoes-JOhn Steele.
Carrots-Elsie Worries.
Walter Boston.
Cabbage-Opel Myers
ONE-B.
No one has been absent since
school started
TWO-B.
Madelyn Carrel and Burrl Fet-
ters entered this room from the Lin
coin school
Mildred Moon entered from Mish-
awake. Helen Grippe and Bernice
Deniston entered from the Muessel
school.
TMO-A
Miss Harmon and Miss Shirk
were at the building
Miss Wiser is substituting for Miss
smith
THREE-B.
Florence Selbers was absent Fri
day
Helena Gilman entered our room
from the Elder school
Virginia Miller entered our room
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for September are HARRIET Wiser,
Mildred Bertch, Perry Fuller. Ken
meth Wolfe and William Gibbons.
The committee appointed TO help
entertain the class are: Dorothy
Nelson, Lawrence Kuhl, Lawrence
DAILY, Erma Cormican.
GENERAL NEWS
The carpenters are here making
openings for four doors leading to
the fire escapes.
Plans also are being made for a
special room for the school nurse
who will visit the school regularly
Monday and Friday afternoons and
Wednesday morning.
Miss Ruth Pamert. one of the
lib teachers. has been out since
Tuesday on account Of illness.
on account of the crowded con-
ditions il has been necessary TO have
half day session in the second grade
Last week the PAS came in the
forenoon. The obs in the after
noon Next week the Obs will come
in the forenoon and the 2As in the
afternoon.
Each week one section Of the 1B
uses the kindergarten room after
Moons The other section has all
day sessions in room II Next week
Miss Pamert's section will come all
day while Miss Shelper's will come
afternoons only.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23
ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL
Harold Miller and Serge Rivard,
Editors.
GRADES ONE AND TWO.

Our memory gem for the week is:
know three little sisters.
/ think you know them too;
For one is red, and one is white.
And the other one is blue.
We had a good attendance at
catechism sunday afternoon.
Monday morning at $3.50 o'clock
we had cur first singing lesson.
We have all our new books now
and we think they are very nice.
Our first lesson in catechism was
on the Sign OF the Cross.
We ike the work in our new arith-
metics, because il is illustrated in
pretty colcred pictures. and because
it combines sentence making with
number work
Our reading lessons were "A Sum
mer Day" and Snow Birds.
Our picture study was Christ
Blessing Little Children.
We drew the American Flag. which
was in our first arithmetic lesson.
The subject Of our nature study
lesson was the apple. in which We
learned many nice things about that
much-loved fruit.
THIRD GRADE.
We enjoyed our lessons in breath
ing in fresh air a few minutes every
day last week. We must be good
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23

members Of the Fresh Air club.
Thursday it rained just at our re-
cess time, so we enjoyed the time
playing some lively games on the
blackboard.
Some girls from the academy gave
US a good surprise last week. when
them came in with big packages Of
books and since then we have been
quite busy. mo more excuses for
bad lessons"
John TOwne and Marvin Kimban
were absent last Thursday.
FOURTH GRADE.
Twenty boys in our room Joined
the Fresh Air club last week, and
they promised to keep the rules, es-
pecially TO clean their lungs with FIVE
full breaths of outdoor air every
night and morning, and always clean
their lungs with fresh air, when
leaving any badly ventilated build
ing, and to sleep every night with
wide open windows, because too
much fresh air is just enough" to
keep the mould off our lungs, and
no room for tuberculosis.
Francis Sousley was absent last
Thursday.
Wednesday at choir practice We
learned some new hymns.
Our class is just doing fine in
arithmetic. We are now studying
subtraction Of fractions.
TIE attendance at mass was very
good the past week.
We began our note singing last
Tuesday morning and we expect to
be fine singers by the end of our
school term.
We congratulate Lucian Shirhart
OF the third grade for winning the
Studebaker wagon.
FIFTH GRADE.
Notwithstanding the rainy weather
Thursday morning we had a good
attendance at holy mass
Palmer method seems TO be
getting the right swing in our de-
partment.
What happened Norman" Thurs
day? He being our reporter we
missed him very much.
Louis Bertrand was absent Thurs
day on account Of the rain.
Edward Dunn entered our fifth
grade Monday morning. Always
room for one more"
We are having written spelling in
our class. Next week those who re-
ceive 100 per cent will be mentioned.
SIXTH GRADE.
Last Sunday we had our first Sun
day school, and a very good attend
ance.
Another person we do miss around
St. Patrick's school on Wednesday.
is Sergt. Campbell We do pray
that he will soon do them up and
come back home.
Burton Toepp was absent three
days on account Of sickness.
We had our first drawing Thurs
day afternoon
The boys Of our room are doing
fine in their Palmer method, and
many OF them are trying 10 get the
Palmer method button.
We at last have nearly all our
new books and work is starting in
earnest
SEVENTH GRADE.
The boys in time for mass this
. week were James McCay, Serge
4 IC-oNrrNrrruTO OK PACE EOTrpN
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RIVER PARK SCHOOL
Garnet Bowles and ZelIa smith.
Editors.
Two B AID TWO a.

TWO b AND TWO a.
The attendance Of the second
grade is fine.
The Atkinson children are moving
% Michigan.
THREE II AND THREE A.
Gertrude Forsberg entered this
school from the Batteu school OF
Mishawaka.
Attendance in the third grade has
been ane the three weeks OF school
-FOUR II GRADE.
Ruth Murdock left the 4B We'd
nesdey morning
SEVEN Il AND SEWN 4.
Attendance has been good
Two pupils have gone home i'll
but returned next day ready for
work.
Nearly AL pupils are doing good
work: some are doing excellent. A
few seem disposed 10 set at least
one lesson after dismissal so defer
.t until that time
one boy. who chose 90 not keep
his place in the marching line when
dismissed. was escorted back TO his
room where ne pleaded guilty. re-
peuted. was pardoned and went
home happy.
EIGHT u AND EIGHT \.
We are 20 have birthday party
every month The guests or honor
viii be those who have birthday
IN that month. The guests Of honor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23

in the early part of the war, the
German ships have not been very
anxious TO try again"
but suppose the German ships
and armies did capture Petrograd
would that make Russia stop fight
ing?" asked Joe.
Not necessarily" answered
Uncle Harry. Many people believe
that the attack on Riga and its
capture were made TO try and CON
vince the German people that Ger
many was winning the war so that
they would be more willing to go
through another winter of want and
suffering. Others think that even
if Germany should capture Petro-
grad that would make the Rus
slams even more determined 10 keep
on fighting. The government would
OF course move its headquarters
away from Petrograd long before
the Germans were near enough to
strike at the capitol city. Mos
COW. the ancient Russian capitol.
would undoubtedly become the new
capitol Then, too. Russia is such
q vast NDNAA+A anu the winter
months are so very severe that IL
is questionable whether Germany
would undertake TO send her armies
so far into such a country, with
the bad weather coming on. The
world has not forgotten the disas-
ter that overlook Napoleon in 1912
when he captured Moscow and then
had to retreat and lost fve-sfxtbs
of his army. The kaiser's army.
if Of course, much better equipped
in every way than Napoleons was,
but even so, Germany would be
taking a tremendous chance on
campaign into the heart of Rus
sia.
Then, too, maybe the kaiser is
just trying to get as strong a hold
as possible on Russia so that he
can make a better bargain when
peace terms are discussed. Well
wait and see. and Joe can watch
the Russian-German news and keep
us all informed on what's happen
ing"
Then maybe some evening I'll
play Uncle Harry and give
talk" said Joe. winking at Uncle
Harry.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
PERLEY SCHOOL
Bertha Kelley and Eta Osler.
Editors.

Visitors for this week were Supt
Nuner. Mrs. Ware Of South Bend
Training school. Mrs. Jenries. Mrs.
Proud. Mrs. Whitney and Mrs.
spaulding.
Miss weisberger is the cadet in
the portables.
Miss Gerhard has been transfer
red 20 the Lincoln school
TWO-A.
Mrs Spaulding visited our room
Wednesday morning.
Marie Pinkert0n has moved 10
Colfax av, and viii so to the Co
quillard school
THREE-B.
We are learning the poem. My
shadow"
Our quotation for this week is
"Be not simply good.
BE not good for something
In history we are learning about
the Indians and how the. live.
For our drawing lesson this week
we made colored crayola drawings
OF carrots.
Mrs. whitney visited our room
Wednesday morning
THREE-A.
Mable White and Edna Ash enter
ed our room.
We are learning selections from
Longfellow's "Hiawatha"
we are so interested in the adven-
lures OF THE Patchwork Girl in the
Land OF on, which Miss Jacobson
reads for morning exercises.
Wednesday we painted simple
landscapes.
FOUR-B.
Our teacher. Miss Gerhart, was
transferred TO the Lincoln school.
We miss her very much, but hope
we will like the teacher who is tax
ing her subject.
We are all trying TO get good
marks in our spelling and arithmetic
and hope we may succeed in doing
so.
We are saving paper in our room
so We can get a pair Of white cur
tains for our windows. This viii
make our room look very pretty.
FTVE-B AND \.
our memory gem for this week
ia.
Smile a while and when you smile
another sr.iies
And soon there will be smiles
and miles Of smiles.
And life worth while.
Because you smile"
We have learned a new poem in
language. "Good-by, Good-by u
Summer"
We have been studying about Co
lumbus in history and we are very
much interested in him.
SIX-B AND 4.
The poem that we are studying
this week is "Gradatim. which
means step by step. The first verse
is as follows
Heaven is not reached by a single
bound.
But we build the ladder by which
we rise
From the lowly earth 10 the
vaulted skies,
And we mount 20 IT'S summit round
BY round"
Frank Kollar, who attended the
school last year. returned again
Tuesday.
In arithmetic We are studying
square measure. In history we are
finishing the chapter OF Commerce
in the Dark Ages In reading we
are studying Rab and his Friend:
and Territories and Dependencies OIL
the United States.
SEVEN-A AND h.
Friday we hal a reading test OF
The Biography Of Sir Walter Scott.
All received good marks
Our geography teacher Miss Ger
hart. was transferred TO the Lincoln
school Miss Mooney is now takinl
her subject.
The seven-A's are now studying
Asia in geography. II is very inter
esting and we like il very much
We are going 20 subscribe for tn
Current Events paper.
Those who received A-plus il
arithmetic we're Harold ShanafeId
Mildred Herzog. Della Cleyhorn, Ed
ward Kubiak
The seven-B's had a history ties
Tuesday given by Miss Mccartney
The seven-B's canned beets and 70
natoes at domestic science.
At school we are bringing boiIe,
water because OF the epidemic goint
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23

Editors note-Uncle Harry will be
glad 10 answer inquiries. either In this
column or by mail, provided letters are
signed with the full name and address
Of the persons writing. The cores
pondent's names viii not appear in the
articles.
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(CONTINUED on PAGE FOUR)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-06
Doctors and Eye Specialists Agree
That Bon Optic Strengthens Eyesight 5O%
Il, Weeks Time In Many Instances

when not congested had the dull. suf-
fused expression common to such cases.
friend suggested Bon-opto She used
this treatment and not only overcame
her distre ssing condition. but strange
strengt hened her eyeslght that she was
glasses ana her headache and neuralgia
have since verified the efficacy OF this
treatment in number OF cases and
- to IS per cent in a remarkably short
time. ! can say it works more quickly
than any other remedy ! have pre-
scribed for the eyes"
ence, says: Il have treated in private
practice 4 number OF serious opthalmic
diseases with Eon-opto and am able to
Office suffering with an infected eye.
The condition was SO serious that an
peratiye. Before resorting TO the
OPTIC and in a hours the secretion had
gan to aubsidc, and in seven days the
20 was cured and retained it's nor
NAL vision. Another case OF extreme
timely use OF your coilyrium. The
frightened external muscles yielded to
| the soothing and anodyne effects o!
Bon-Opto. l always inst!l Bon-Opto
after removal OF foreign bodies and
apply it locally to all burns, ulcers
and spots on the eycball or the lids
for it's therapeutic effect. By cleans
| ing the lids Of secretions and acting
as tonic for the eyeball itself tbs
vision is rendered more acute. hence
the number OF cases OF discarded
| glasses
Dr. Conner says: my eyes were i,
had coalition owing 10 the severe
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-06

strain arising from prottracted micro,
aenpical research work. Hon-onto used
prising service. | found my eyes re-
markedly strengthened. SO much so 1
have put aside my glasses without dis
comfort Several of my, colleagues have
also used it and we are agreed as to
it's results. In Il few days, under my
observation, the eyes of an astigmatic
have been discarded by the patient
Eye. troubles of many descriptions
may be wonderfully benefited by the
use of Bon-opto and il you want to
store and get bottle of Bon-Opto
| tablets, Drop one Bon-Opto tablet In
dissolve. With this liquid battle the
eyes two to four times daily. You
should notice Your eyes clear up per
ceptibly right from the start. and In
| !ammation and redness Will quickly
even a little it is your duty to take
too late. Many hopelessly blind might
| have saved their sight il they had cared
for their eyes in time.
Note: city physician to whom the above
| article was submitted, said Yes. EonOp,o Is
| remarkable eye remedy. Its constituent In
| gradients are well known TO eminent eye spe-
| ciaiists aud widely prescribed by them. l have
| used 1t very successfully In my own practice on
| patients whose eyes were strained through over.
work or misht glasses can highly r.coume nd
1t In case OF weak. wat.ry, aching, smari.ag,
|
| for eyes insamed from exposure to smoke, sun,
dust or " nd II Is one Of the very few prspars
| tons frcl should be kept on hand for regular
| use in almost every famil.' Bon Opto Ia not n
patent medicine Or secret remedy. II 10 a.
ttthicai pr'paEaii"u the formula being printef OF
the package. The manufacturers guarantee II n
| strengthen 'ycsght 20 per cent In weeks tim.
in maUy Instances or rrtuud the moury. IL 10 dis
penscI by all good druggists la this city. Including
II. II. Bateman and other druggists
Adv.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-06
a FREQ Prescription You Can Hav'
Filled and Use ut Home.

Boston. Mass.-Victims of eye. strain
and other eye weaknesses. and those
who wear glasses. will be glad to know
that Doctors and Eye Specialists now
them. Many whose eyes were falling
say they have had their eyes restored
and many who once wore glasses say
they have thrown them away. One
most blind. Could not see TO read at
all. Now can read everything. with
out my glasses. and my eyes do not
PAIN PAIN dreadfuiiy. Now , they feel fine ali
the time. It was like a miracle to me-"
A lady who used it says, The atnaos.
glasses. but after using this preserip:
ton for fifteen days everything seems
clear. ! can read even fine print with.
out glasses" Another who used II
caused by overworked. tired eyes which
induced fierce headache. ! have worn
glasses for several years, both for dis;
lance and work, and without them ]
envelope or the typewrit!ng on the
machine before me. ! can do both now.
and have discarded my long distance
glasses al.ogs,her can sorn. n, me
street, now: which for several years
have looked like a dim green blur. 10
me: l cannot express my JOY At what
it has done for me-
+ 1t is believed that thousands who
! wear glasses can now discard them in
a reasonable time, and multitudes more
will be able to strengthen their eyes
pense Of ever getting glasses.
DIR. Beck, an eye specialist OF nearl!
twenty years practice, says: "A patient
came to me who was suffering from
Ilcphartia Marsinalis with all tn,
concomitant symptoms. as morning
aSC!Vt.na,ioR VI the LIDS, chrome con
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-06

have been possible evcn' less than two
wears ago. for the reason that Ger
many was relied upon by the Ameri-
can war department to furnish the
peculiar dye indispensable for color
ing army cloth. The extraordinary
progress, however made by domestic
color men since the British blockade
shut ont Teutonic supplies LAS had
the effect OF putting this country in
an independent position"
The Times then quotes the repre-
sentative Of a prominent dye house as
saying: ut is now rossihl" to obtain
khaki shades dyed by the use Of
strictly American made dyestuffs and
dycwood extracts which will fulfill
these government requirements. Fore
seeing the probable call for these
cloths, certain cnterprising American
dyestuff manufacturers have been
working on this problem in anticipa-
| ton of the requirements for many
months past and already have tried
and completed formulate ready for the
| use of the mills. Some of the for
mulae have been developed under mill
| conditions and have not only proved
that the standard government shades
can be matched exactly, but that the
results are as fast as the prescribed
tests a s the imported colors."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-06

up and down the country at the pres
cnt time.
There are several interesting cases
in this war Of individual women hav-
ing dist inguished themselves as fight
ers. but, so far as know, there Is no
women having fought in trained and
disciplined bodies.
Of the Crusades II is stated that body
of noble French women fought gal
lantly in Palestine under a leader who
was called THE Lady With the Golden
| find any sober historical warrant for n
belief that this dame and her damsels
ever existed.
It is also fat: that during the
| French Revolution a brigade of Anna :
IONS was formed, but here again
cannot find any trustworthy record OF
their having done any fighting. As
to the .AmaZons of antiquity, there is
hardly any room for doubt that they
were purely mythical. Notwithstanding
the circnmstantial accounts Of them
/ to be found in many OF the early Greek
writer's.
! 1t is possible that this war will pro-
vide the first authentic case OF the EN-.
ployment of regiments of white womer
in war I do not think we shall fal
back on our women, whatever hap.
pens, but, speaking from an intimate
knowledge of German character, l an
inclined to the opinion that our mei
may have TO face organized bodies o
German women il we ever get SO ia
as the invasion of Germany. Scnti
ment would prevent us from utilizing
women as soldiers, even If our nationa
existence were threatened. but there l
no sentiment in Germany when |
find their inspiration in the Rerli
Amazon. a statue in the imperial mu
scum believed to be a copy of Poly
cletus's work.
| II reports speak truly. nom German
and Austria are already utilizing won
en- in quasi military employments o
the lines of communications and it
but a short step from that to maxim
real soldiers of them.
Women could fight. right enough
They are better sufferers than mel
and | am not sure that they are nj
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@,sIllQjater'.
WEEKS ADJUSTMENTS.


Sunday.
Emrrrss-"rh Tides of Barnc-
gat."
Dijou-IIippodrome vaudeville.
1sis-Clara Mcdowell in The
Bronze Bride"
Alcazar-"S Saint, Woman and
Devil"
Monday.
Empress--Clarl kimball Young
in 1.-THE Price She Paid
1sis-"lron Claw"
Helen Holmes.
Tuesday.
Cmpress---Clara Kimball Young in
"The Price She Paid"
lsis--"Snsan's Gentleman
Alcazar-lIelen Holmes.
Wednesday.
Empress-Anita Stewart in 1.-THE
Combat"
1sis-Universal program.
Alcazar-"A Woman's Fight"
Bijou--Hippodrome vaudeville.
Aiisso,la--"Daddy I.onglegs."
Thursday.
Empress--Anita Stewart in "The
Combat
Isis-Universal program.
Alcazar-"A Woman's Fight"
Observation-Disclosures vaudeville.
Friday.
Mary Pickford In Lit
tie Pal
Isis-"Purple Mask"
Bijou-Pauline Frederick.
Alcazar-Pathe Gold Rooster play.
Saturday.
Empress-Mary Pickford in Lit
le Pal"
lsis--Universal program.
Bijou-Paulinc Frederick.