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The Robesonian., 1917-09-06
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as executor
Of the last will and testament Of w.
t. Fisher, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims
against the said estate, to lodge them
with the undersigned at Parkton, N
c., duly authenticated for payment
on or before the 31st day of August
1918, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar Of their recovery All persons
indebted to said estate must make
immediate payment.
F. N. FISHER,
8 3O 6thur Executor
The Robesonian., 1917-09-06

Rocky Mount Man Wounded in France
Among the wounded in the list of
casualties in the Canadian forces in
France announced at Ottawa Monday
appears the name Of F. w. Carroll
Of Rocky Mount, N. C.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-06
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

The undersigned having qualified
as administrator of Mack G.. Moore.
deceased, notice is hereby given to
all persons having |dlaims against
said deceased, to present them to the
undersigned administrator duly item-
lied and verified, on or before the
3Oth day of August, 1918, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate must make Immediate
payment.
This the 28th day of August, 1917
| r. H. CREIGHTON,
Administrator of Mack C. Moore. de-
ceased. 8 s0 eth1
The Robesonian., 1917-09-06

:. Never can tell when you'll mash a
1lnger or suffer "a cut, bruise, burn
or scald. Be prepared. Thousands
rely on DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil.
Your druggist sells it. 3Oc and 6Oc.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-06

Thomas L. johnson E. M. johnson
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
LUMBERTON, N. c.
Practice in State and Federal Courts.
Notary Public in Office. Offices over
first National Bank.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-06
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
E. J. BRITT
Attorney at Law

Offices over Pope Drug Company.
Will practice in all courts. prompt
attention given to all business.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08
Says Henry Ford, "Raise Government
Salaries, Don't Lower Them"
Continued from First COlumn.)

Continued from First Column.)
happy that they cannot be happy you take HOPE away
from them, tells the story.
And KNOW that the President of the United States
will not permit the Government of the United States
an employer to set bad example to others.
Above the door of He'll Dante saw written the words,
Leave hope behind you that enter here
While Mr. Wilson is President of the United States,
those words will be written above the entrance of any
department of Government empl the language
Of a celebrated character, "You may lay to that
PS-observe that there is force behind the opinion
Henry Ford because when he advises the Government to
raise the pay Of its employees he advises the Government if
necessary to raise HENRY F0RDS TAXES. Ford will
pay to the Government millions anyhow and he is willing
be taxed additionally that Government employees may be
well paid congressman surely need not object permit the
good pay.
Running full speed Henry Ford employs forty five thou
sand workmen averaging in pay than five dollars daily
This means more than XTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
year paid in wages by Ford-and if he wanted to- he
could and put into his pocket half of that amount
more than thirty three million dollars year.
These figures do not include the money that thousands
agents and the mechanics hired by them make through
Ford every year. And they do not include Fords high
salared men, engineers, managers, and so forth.
The who pays out sixty million dollars year
high wages and overooks the opportunity keep thirty
three and half million yearly in his pocket because he
feels that employers should be just entitled give
advice upon the question Of national wages And this
paper is glad to give publicity to his advice.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08
he5-and-lO Increase NotEnough
BvlEARL GODWIN
Il Never Was Enough Starvation Wages in the Capital

Government clerks in Washington being paid sarva
ton wages.
ton.
Government clerks must receive increase pay and
must be more than the trivial and 10 per cent increase
grudg1ngly allowed them for the current year.
There Is no dispute to the facts Starvation wages
LOT government employees shown absolutely by the Depart
men OF Labor In response to the Heating resolution the
department OF Labor has made careful inquiry into the ul
details OF the housekeeping and the clothing and food of
large group OF Government clerks
In one OF the most pathetic stories told in the cold
ana IMPENDING style of Government report the Depart
ment OF Labor shows by scientific tests that many of these
clerks do not get enough to eat and do not have
enough clothes to wear.
Underpaidl Underpaidl Underpaid!
Certain officials here claim that stories of coal famine
IN Washington might have exhlaratng psychological eff
feet upon Berlin What effect Berlin will the cry of these
underpaid Government clerks producei
The Government clerk has been the subject of mean
economies for years Now that the labor unions begin
ming to take his part of the most rampant economists
have quit praccng their political trckery upon the Gov
eminent clerk because the voters back home have been adj
vsed by the labor unions to the statesmen who repre-
sent them in Congress do not imagine the Government
clerk will be the subject of political ckery at this Con-
gess because the facts going to be held before the
United States in a manner never before attempted.
Last year Congress would have granted more than
the and 10 per cent increase had not certain Government
officials taken it themselves to advise Congressional
leaders that the Administration would not stand for
This Administration has done considerable toward rails
ing wages 1t certainly will not allow starvation wages to
continue the payrolls of the Government in Washington
The Washington times., 1917-12-08

WAS talking to a great author
ity on dress yesterday. What
is the answer to this eternal
riddle Of clothes?" l asked him.
Why do some women look well
dressed In the simplest, most mex
pensive garments. and others with
q small fortune to spend on their
adornment fail to rise above the
commonplace, or, worse, the
tawdry? Is a 'fiair' for clothes a
gift bestowed upon a few or are
there some general rules which
can be mastered by the many?
The answer to the riddle is
line, he said. ANY woman with
a feeling for line and an under
standing Of its Importance can be
we'll dressed"
What about color?" asked.
oh, color?" he shrugged his
shoulders. Color Is a great temp
tation. Only a woman who has a
real artistic feeling for it should
attempt It. Monotones for the ma
jority, believe me-"
A dun-colored world" l unused.
But q less frantic, a more rest
ful one" he answered quickly.
Eye Told Story.
With the conversation in mind,
my eye roved over an assemblage
OF women a little later, wondering
what on earth was the matter with
them. The older ones, that large
contingent in any gathering OF
women-who are Just beginning
to get gray and should have fin
ishe6 getting fat but have not
had an upholstered look about
their bodies and fussy look about
their bonnets.
As for the younger ones, they
were either sloppy or else their
clothes were more conspicuous
than their personalities. And TAX
ing the whole group together
birdseye view OF them, as II were
they didn't mingle in a harmon
icus and decorative whole. Their
clothes were on them, and vet
not Of them.
had stopped saying hopefully.
"Peradeventure, there will be one
well-dressed woman" when INV
puzzled and disappointed eyes
were gladdened by the sight of
what seemed to be the real thing.
Her beauty, il she had anV.
would not bear analysis. There
were a dozen women present who
outshone her in that regard But
she was in the picture; she suit
ed her environment. MY first i'm
preston of her was one of grace
and charm, Of sometime subdued,
yet vivid.
Then l began to dissect her
appearance. I discovered that her
gown very subtly emphasized the
best lines of her figure; that her
hat was not merely becoming to
her face, it was marvelously suit
ed to the shane of her head. II
was, in fact, becoming all around
and the lines of It in some wav
converged into that of the gown.
1t was not merely a hat on ton of
a woman's head; it was the right
thing in the right place, and It
The Washington times., 1917-12-08
OrientaLSm Comes West OnMrs. Wilson Woodrow on
EaSt'S Power
By M a b el bod ge.

And not only through the city,
but Through the State-Gnd
through all the States and
through Europe.
Are we becoming orientaliEsd :?
What is ito become oriental
lied?
Are all the new" religions out
of the EAST, too?
Are YOU a neo-Buddhist with
out knowing it?
Have you a little Buddha In your
home?
You'd be surprised to know how
many women have!
1t began only a few years ago,
too
The artists and poets brought it
first. They are always the first to
arrive in any new movement.
They run ahead, the pioneers, to
tell of the change that is coming.
The Russian Ballet.
(Have you read Omar?)
The EAST was strickling slow
into Europe. while Queen Victoria
was alive, and then the Russian
Ballet came and actually danced
it in.
The RUSSIAN BALLET has
done more to bring the EAST into
Europe than any other influence.
Through that gate eastern
clothes and had dresses and jewell
ry-eastern taste and eastern
ways have spread like lava over
Europe, and then, of course, we
had to have it over here.
Our shop windows began to look
like oriental baZaars.
And the women of Europe and
America began to look like hours.
1t has been total color immi-
grafton. 1t has affected our houses.
our theaters, even our gardens.
Our awnings are o1ientaliEed!
There hasn't bee a single indi-
vidual dressmaker Or stage pro-
ducer who has had any influence
of late years whose inspiration has
not come out of the East.
Women are using Eastern per-
fumes, powders, and other privi-
leges.
Aren't you?
So we have the increased use Of
cosmetics-the variously shaded
powders and paStes.
The clothes need cosmetics to
harmonic them with faces!
With the clothes and the cos
metics come the cigarettes.
The lady's cigarette!
The Turkish cigarette!
cite!
You can say that perhaps this
has come about because the world
Is opened up and communication Of
all kinds is possible.
Barriers are down and locomotion
Is easy. But does the West 90 to
the East?
=, The only thing we have given
tnem Is the power to reach US.
Iney are using our science-our
arms-our methods Of travel to
come and conquer us.
have they already conquered
The Washington times., 1917-12-08
AVE you an embroidered

AVE you an mDroldered
n Chinese cOat'
= = So has Mrs. Vanderbilt!
So has Isadora Duncan!
So has Mary MacLane,
so have Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. Brown up and down this
city and up and down this country
and up and down Europe as well.
All the women are having an
embroidered Chinese coat or some
thing just like it. Some have Jap
anese ones and some have Indian
ones or Persian or Egyptian ones.
All OF these coats are not alike.
oh, no! They vary as much as the
women who wear them. The
variety Of the East is unlimited.
There are as many different
kinds OF embroidered coats as there
are different levels OF taste.
There are priceless mandarin
coats and there are the cheap ma
chine-made ones of crude colors.
The finest textures and the coars-
est.
There are coats that are coats
and coats that are dressing gowns
and coats that are opera wraps.
Oriental coats OF every nature
have invaded the lives OF women,
There is something so universal
about the oriental coat that It has
become a kind OF common band be-
tween all women, no matter how
varying their lives.
What is the meaning Of II?
What is the oriental coat doing
in the occidental life?
Is it following any law in ma
ture?
Is it a straw showing which way
the wind is blowing?
II IL is, then the wind Is blowing
from east to west. And the sun
rises in the east and moves wset.
Acquired OrientalIsm.
In fact, every day We hear
something new that makes us be-
lieve that all movement in nature
is from east to west. The last
news we hear about II is an article
by Isabel Lewsi, who is connected
with the Nautical Almanac office
Of the Naval Observatory. She
tells Of some discoveries which
shake La Places famous ''Nebu-
lar Hypothesis" One thing she
says is that It has been found re-
Gently, that certain satellites OF
the outer planets do not share
the common direction Of revolu-
ton OF the planets from west to
east, but more in a retrograde mo-
ton around their primaries from
east to west.
Now, does this Chinese coat cpl
demic show US this same move
ment?
Is the east coming to the west?
Has it come?
1t looks as though orientalism
were the last acquired Characters
tic of our race. OF the women
anyway.
Look at the increase of oriental
shops up and down Fifth avenue!
And not only up and down Fifth
avenue, but all through the side
streets.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08
By Mrs. Wilson Woo drow.

conveyed Just that touch of dar-
ing audacity that the gown need
ed to redeem it from its severity.
l began to look for false notes
shoes, gloves, veil, etc. They
were all perfect.
The lady had not a really good
feature in her face neither had
she a strikingly good figure. But
she knew what to subdue and what
to emphasize, and she had achieved
something more than the effect Of
being well dressed. A casual OBJ
server would never have noticed
her clothes, but would have car
ried away a very strong impress
sion of an unusual woman.
Clothes are something more
than coverings. They are indica-
tions of character. did not meet
this woman. / did not have to. I
knew all that L was interested In
knowing about her from her
clothes and the way she wore
them.
She is fastidious. She is re-
served. She is disciplined. She
has herself thoroughly in hand.
She concentrates on one thing at
a time. She does not scatter or
splatter. She understands her
self and her temperament. She
has a strong personality, and she
does not allow her garments to
eclipse it.
/ contrasted her with another
woman who stood near her in a
lovely gown and gorgeous furs,
but she wore them so wretchedly
that she suggested more than any
thing else a badly dressed doll.
Nothing that she had on belonged
together or belonged on her. Her
clothes were scrambled and so was
her mind. | could tell that by the
breathless way she talked.
Clothes VS.. Hysteria.
| think the remark that hysterla
has wrecked more homes than
drink. was uttered by DR.. Weir
Mitchell. What creates hysteria?
The knowledge that from the
cradle to the grave we can never
get away from them.
These questions are always be-
fore us. How to get them? What
to get? How to pay for them
when got?
Doctors talk about muscle
strain, eye strain and nerve strain.
Why do they never lay anything
to clothes strain?
am so tired OF jumping rapidly
from one frock into another that II
somebody don't invent a costume
that will be trim and suitable for
morning Dust the thing to shop,
ride, skate, walk. and work I'M.
and then be fascinating or unfas-
tening a snap here and there be-
come a sweetly pretty rock for
afternoon, suitable for teas and
things, and at o'clock, with the
pushing OF a button, transform
itself into a bewitching evening
gown-why. I'll do 1t myself.
And then my grateful sex Will
erect a statue to me. Only hope
they will not put 1t in the Nal at
Central Park with all the other
crimes against scripture.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08

o. F. BUEHNE, % Michigan
avenue northeast, makes the timely
suggestion:
"As you set forth, why not allow
jitney men to operate their cars
wherever they please? Why not, if
necessary, increase the license fee,
and put the operators in the class
with hackers, and 80 forth? l am
sure there would be no objection to
this. It is a well-known fact that it
Is impossible for the operator Of q
jitney to compete with the railway
companies. The distance from the
Treasury to Brookland is nearly five
miles and it is almost impossible for
q man to operate his vehicle profit
ably, charging q scent fee.
"Until satisfactory service can be
had, say back with the jitneysl We
The Washington times., 1917-12-08

Please notice that JESSE c.
SUTER IL the coal administration
man and that Jesse L. Suter IL not.
The latter -Suter tells me his tele-
phone, which is Main S247. is busy
all day long on coal business and
that . woman came all the way from
Chicago to get a coal administration
job from him. Remember, please, that
Jesse l. Suter Is NOT the coal man,
but that Jesse c. Suter Is.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08

This city ought to be radiant with
goodness. The police chiefs of the
country and the w. C. T. U. are
holding simultaneous conventions
here.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08

NY idea of nothing to t0orry about
Is the threatened famine IN electric
light advertising signs.
The Washington times., 1917-12-08

a Wiling 20 pay lO-Cenb Iee. AScD
I'D the GOOD WORK.
ROBERT DOUGAN suggests that
q walk-to-work day each week would
save enough gasolene to win the
war.
Near RUBEN RoBINSON'S home
there is q house from which flies
service flag with 1--WE stars.
"Who are these people represented
on your flag?" asked Ruben 81 did
not know you had five members Of
your family in the service"
To which the proud owner of the
flag replied:
{ 1.-TWO of the boys are in the navy
yard, one in the Patent Office, and
two in the Department Of Agrieul-
ture."
Speaking of mental slackers,
MISS JOSEPHINE BURKE, prin-
cipal of the John Eaton School. told
Cleveland Park parents that she has
drilled her pupils almost daily on
certain Ehard" words-among them
the word guerrilla" Despite this
gruelinR training, she says SOME
pupils never spell that word right
Never mind, MISS BURKE, l
never learned to spell banana" un-
til this month.
FRANK c. STEWARD, who is the
president Of a business college, asks
a very pertinent question:
why the dickens cannot l enjoy
hearing DR.. GORDON strafe der
Kaiser without having my automo-
bile stolen?"
nv idea of nothing to tcoTrg about
a. fha fhranfaned fnrllfla IN aLRctrla
The Washington times., 1917-12-08
HEARD AND SEEN

GENE ALLIES says he Is just as
good a business man as his brother
MILTON ALLIES, in addition to be-
ing extremely good looking. Amen.
Add to those first over the top"
the name Of Policeman JACK 0'CON-
NELL, to whom the FIRST war savings
certificate was sold In this city.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15

Miss Lydia Guhl is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Martin Bernhard.
Several from Cassell attended the
basket sociable In the Lower Wilson
Crew schoolhouse Friday evening.
A farewell party was given the
Peter Schrofer family at their home
on Wednesday evening.
Fred and George Luitscher Of South
Dakota were present at the Schro-
fer auction. They are In Wisconsin
on account of the illness of their
mother, Mrs. Hattie Luitscher.
Several arrests were made here
recently for breaking the game laws.
The game wardens have been in the
vicinity a number Of times, but until
last Thursday no arrests were made,
Mrs. Dan OFT Is spending a week
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bills. Of La Crosse.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15

last summer, returning home some
what improved, but is again suffer
ing from a recurrence Of the old
troubles.
Arthur Zeigler is Gin 1t" this year,
having just marketed four hundred
bushels of potatoes at two dollars
per bushel. Who's next?
While in the city last week the
writer had occasion to step into the
James Dickie harness shop. A fine
looking, well-dressed man stood talk
ing with the proprietor Something
in his looks or appearance attracted
the writer's attention and he stood
staring and listening to the CONVEX
sation. It soon dawned upon him
that he knew the gentleman and
made bold to ask him il his name
was Thomas Tolliff. He replied In
the affirmative and shook hands
Tom, as he was Familiarity called
formerly resided here and was al
one time employed in Elliotts har
ness shop, James Dickie later sue
ceeding Mr.. Elliott as proprietor
Mr.. Tolliff was on his way to his
home in Laramie, Wyo., from Colum
bus, o., where he had been to visit
his daughter Nettie, now the wife o.
a Congregational minister in thai
city, and stopped off in Baraboo t.
visit relatives and friends and to re
| new old acquaintances. Mrs. w. III
Newell is a sister Of Mrs. Tolliff
and Mr.. To1liff is a relative of Charles
/ Poison. Mr. Tolliff owns a ranch Of
! 800 acres not far from Laramie, and
it has been between thirty and forty
| years since he visited here. He was
also a veteran Of the civil war, serv
/ ing three years in the army.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15
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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15

Rollie Horton, who has been a
guest of relatives several weeks, &C.
guest of relatives several weeks, &C
companied his father, L. s.. Horton,
when they returned home after at.
tending the funeral of E. D., Horton.
Mrs. Mary Mayo came home Sat
urday from Black River Falls, where
she had been caring for her brother,
A. Jackson. He was improving when
she left.
Guy Wright Of Ironton is doing
some paper hanging for Mrs. Bert
Mortimer.
Mrs. Gage visited her husband al
the hospital at Madison last week.
Mrs. Della Mortimer accompanied
her brothers and sister when they
returned home after the funeral OF
their father. She will remain for 9
short visit.
D. r. Dunnett and O. W. Shore at
tended a buttermakers' convention IL
Madison last week.
Rev. Sidney Hotchkiss is taking
charge Of Mr.. Cages store while ht
is at the hospital.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15
WITWEN

Mr. and Mrs Ed Sprecher and
children visited friends in Westfield
from Saturday until Monday.
John Buelow attended the funeral
of his half-brother in Bear Creek on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schneider and
Wesley Sprecher attended the short
course session at Madison Wednes-
day and Thursday
Miss Mabel Schneider of Black
Hawk spent few days at the George
Schneider home.
Elias Witwen attended the conven-
ton of the Wisconsin Telephone as
ISOLATION in Madison on Wednesday
and Thursday
The Misses Cecilia and Adeline
Schneider helped Carl Enge celebrate
his birthday on Friday evening.
Newton Witwen had a narrow es-
cape in the woods last Saturday
while cutting down trees. A tree
fell before expected, and Newton got
away with few bad bruises.
Mrs. William Schweppe is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Herman Gasser,
in Irish Valley.