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The sun., 1917-07-01
THE GIRLS LIVE IN A BIG WHITE COLONIAL HOUSE
WITH A SECRET STAIRWAY AND RUMORS OF
GHOST AND PLAY AS ENERGETIcALC1 AS THEY

that they have put a table right be-
fore that pier glass, so you can't see
yourself below the waist
When l noticed that was worried
about the effect OF farm labor on the
womanhood of America. but / looked
out OF the window and beheld two girls
sitting in the sunshine on the grass
having their hair curled and their nails
manicured by four other girls in
preparation for a party they were GO
Ing TO that night, and l decided that a
few oreralls would never, eradicate
woman's craving to be admired.
In the rear of the parlors is the
kitchen, which has been loft out Of this
story too long. for there three die
ticians with any number OF college de-
grees and wearing white overalls,
Florence Gondring. Helen Ridley and
Constance Fender, are feeding fifty
healthy farmerettes for $25 a day,
three good meals at SO cents a head.
Hearing this / secretly and craftily
took first one girl and then another
aside and asked them what about the
eats? And one and all said, yum,
yum" or words TO that effect. so I
knew the food must be fine right along
and not just for company, as the day
/ was there.
Caramel ice cream and chicken
creole and salad and so on last night
for dinner" said one. Fruit, coffee,
eggs, cereal and cream for breakfast" )"
said another. MILK and crackers in
the middle OF the morning for those
who are working here" said a third.
And they certainly do look fat, spite
The sun., 1917-07-01
Bedford Hills Workers Welcomed on
Estates and Are Gaining Health and
Strength in Outdoor Tasks ~;

the building of the new hen house 10
shooing OF the photographers that in
terfere with the work When l first
saw her she was doing a marathon up
and down the hall that divides the
house. entertaining some callers on
tho front porch and seeing that the
two farmerettes who were cleaning out
the we'll didn't lie down on their job
of hauling up the 1881 barrels Of
water that had to be removed before
the stones could be scrubbed by Bar
nard standards.
II anybody can explain why such q
charming old house as the one the
Woodcock estate has lent the farmer
cites for year was shut up and
deserted for nearly ten years I'd
like to know II. II is an ideal
place with enormous bedrooms on
the upper fioors-the college girls
have the second floor and the
Manhattan Trade School girls the third
and the prospect from every window
is lovelier than the prospect from the
other windows and the leafy branches
knock against the caves and the robins
sing for the farmerettes as they leap
or crawl from their cots at 6 in the
morning and draw on their overalls
after a hasty wash at one of the three
shower baths.
There's a fireplace in each OF the big
parlors, where on rainy, cool nights
the farmerettes roast marshmallows
and tell stories as long as they can
keep their eyes open, which isn't long
after a day at farm labor. The big
gest parlor has a wonderful old pier
glass. but so Indifferent are the young
women to the hang Of their overalls
The sun., 1917-07-01

and pack his crop, and the real or
common variety of farmer is begin
ming to follow the lead OF the big es-
tates and send for the overalled ladies
when the weeds are too much for him.
Sophia AmsOn told me that the only
persons likely to suffer permanent
shock from the innovation were the
French maids and English buffers OF
Westchester. She said that when the
French maid or one OF them, at the
Gouvcrneur Morris home first saw her
in her overalls' with her rake over her
shoulder, making tracks for the pars-
ley patch, it appeared TO strike that
maid as rertainement, Mon Dieu. tres
terrible. The butler dropped a teacup
when he saw Sophia, but she thinks
the shock will not injure him perma-
nently.
II the committee had searched the
whole round world they couldn't have
found a chaperon better equipped to
make Westchester swallow overalls for
women than Ida II. Ogilvie, professor
OF geology at Columbia. She can ham
mer her way through prejudice as II
it was a rock formation with a rare
specimen in the lower strata. II was
DR.. Ogilvle who rode horseback in suf-
frage parades in the days when suf-
frage and women riding astride weren't
as popular as they are now, and there
isn't a stunt she puts her girls at
Barnard up to-and she puts them up
TO plenty-that she doesn't lead the
way in.
They call her the chaperon at the
farm, but her jobs range from bosslng
The sun., 1917-07-01

Blanks have been prepared for the
registration OF women, which Is to
take place during the first half OF
this month.
The registration will tabulate every :
grade of service, trained and unframed. :
The blanks arc printed at Government
expense, the Council of National De.
fence having decided at a recent meet-
ing upon maximum expenditure Of,
$1,000 for that purpose. -,~atl
The blanks will be in wEite and one
other color to differentiate between
trained and unframed service. The :
committee has made thorough study
Of the methods used in the recent State
registrations and gives Its list Of quesS
tions as the latest word in getting
inside information concerning the
working force Of the women OF this
country.
The woman registered will give her
age, color, occupation, references de-
sire TO work, time pledged for service,
citizenship, education, person depend
ent upon her and her training, whether
in agricultural, clerical, domestic. in
dustrial, professional, rcl4,f social ser
vice work or whethcr she has any
knowledge or skill of possible value TO
the Government. The registration VIII
also show whether she has any physl-
cal defects ard the condition of her
eyes, ears ard voice.
when we hnyc finished this regis
tratinn." said Mrs Joseph Il. Lamar
of Georgia, member of the woman'S
committee ~ the Council of Na-.
,t-Sl
The sun., 1917-07-01

unworkable the people will discover
what II means to have over them an
iron handed dictator.
voluntary Ala sought.
There Is no blinking the fact that
Hoover, in spite Of all the amendments
upon the Administration food bills,
is going to have dictatorial powers,
his decisions, Of course, being sub
ject to the approval OF the President.
And any one who knows Hoover
knows that he will use his powers to
their full limit II he believes the situ-
alton warrants his doing so.
But he hopes that he will have to
do little more than call on the Ameri-
can people for their voluntary CO.
operation. He hopes that the women,
the farmers, the grain men, the mill
ers and every one having anything to
do with the handling OF foodstuffs
will work together 20 conserve sup
plies and keep prices down.
Hoovers first step In building up his
system OF voluntary cooperation will
will be the organization Of the women
OF the country. which will begin to-
day In the observance OF Conservation
Sunday. For the next fifteen or
twenty days the registration OF the
women will be conducted by women's q
organizations throughout the country
and by the state Councils OF Defence.
Every name will be filed with the
food administration in Washington
and every woman will receive from
washington sct OF instructions, a
pnttern'for a housewives uniform. IN
sigma to be placed on the cap and on
the sleeve OF the uniform. and a shield
10 be placed in the window to indi-
cate that that partlcu'ap home Is CO.
operating with the national Govern
The sun., 1917-07-01

TINE women of the country are
being modified. not to the in
significant number OF 100000
or 100000 or even 5000, ,oo0--which is
probably more than the men that will
be sent TO the front In France viii
humber--but to the very limit Of
Americas feminine population. Every
last woman in the United States Is
expected TO become a member OF q
vast organization which will be direct
ed from the offices OF the food admins
iration in Washington. It will be the
most ambitious organization OF women
ever attempted.
Herbert c. Hoover, who Is to be
Americas food administrator. has said
mat tho winning of the war depends
largely on women in the final analy-
SIS, He firmly believes II, even II his
natural gallantry might have led him
10 say something equally 1attering
anyway.
Hoover regards the proper yictual-
ing OF the allied armies and civilians
as Of absolutely the first Importance
IN working out a plan OF cooperation
Ior the prosecution OF the war against
nermany Hope for success will he
d'mmed or extinguished entirely n the
people are subjected TO privation and
.ne armies are poorly fed. according
10 his theories.
Hoover has an idea that food ron-
@rvation and the elimination OF waste
may be made largely a matter OF vol
uh'sry effort on tho part OF the pubic,
particularly on the part of the Ameri-
csh housewife who controls nearly 90
yer cent OF the consumption in Amer
" ~ah households. lie IL going to give
ns theory a trial, soliciting first the
cooperation OF the American women.
"NS A. Gao voluntary system proves
The sun., 1917-07-01
GROWING FEM1INISM AND POTATO CROPS IN WESTCF1ESTE
Fifty Farmerettes From Manhattan,
Many of Them College Girls, Making
Overalls Popular Summer Costume

still life film OF beans growing in
field.
When we reached the hyRlenic ward.
fitted with the latest improved drink
Ing cups aud other comforts by the
rsrmerettes who built the chicken
house-yes. they did build Two
round twelve snow white feathered
beauties huddled In a corner, utterine
loud squawks OF suspicion against
Florrie Holzwasser and Olga Ihlsing,
Barnard, class of IL. who were scat
tering grain from their hip pockets
and grooming "ChiclIie, nice chickiel"
In B minor.
why, there's no rooster" 1 OBJ
served.
NO" said Farmerette Ihlsing loftiiy.
Il believe roosters are not necessary"
And they don't appear to be, for
latest advices from Bedford Hills state
that that feministic chicken house is
supplying the farm table with highly
satisfactory new laid eggs.
Need of Women Farmers.
OF course when an undertaking is
but one month old II In too early TO
crow--beg pardon. cackle--over It's
success. but the women's Agricultural
Farm does seem to have the malSlngs
OF a thing that is going to revolution
ise farm work in this country accord
ing to the war time needs. and to do II
with complete satisfaction to all con-
cerned. The nifty fsrmerettes, half of
them college girls--Barnard, vassar,
Teachers College-half Of them grad
yates OF the Manhattan Trade School,
are working hard. but not too hAnu.
and at the same time having the best
time IN the world.
The sun., 1917-07-01
fhofes. a. Ly the iNrssMA,oNAL nll@ seRwes

stead Chaperon Ogilvie told me that
some Of the farmerettes had been toll
ing right straight along two weeks or
more on the same estates, which ef-
fectively disposes of a scandal a male
farm laborer recounted to me to the
The sun., 1917-07-01

effect that those women in mems
clothes on the old Woodcock place
don't know beans when they see 'em.
The owner OF an apple orchard near
Bedford Hills with 400 trees in II has
spoken for farmerettes to pick. sort
The sun., 1917-07-01
WOMEN BY MILLIONS UNITING
TO AID FOOD CONSERVATION

ment in the conservation Of foods and
foodstuffs and in the elimination OF
waste.
The idea Of tho uniform is original
with Hoover and his corps Of assls-
tants. 1t has been the subject of
some ridicule ami the source of con-
siderable amusephent, but Hoover has
not abandoned bis faith in the useful
ness OF the uniform. He believes It
will serve n pal purpose, by giving
the women tsngiblo evidence Of the
fact that they are cooperating in win
ming the war ns effectively as the uni
formed soldiers on the battlefield.
The uniform, although the last word
in simplicity and Responsiveness, Is
not at all uhattractive. 1t is a sim
sic garment (which opens out fiat and
can be iroued as easily as small
sheet. Thd housewife merely pokes
her arms through the sleeves OF the
garment as In putting on a coat.
folds II ABOUT her. buttons the belt
straps in the back, dons the Jaunty lit
tie cap with It's American shield bor-
dered by hcads OF wheat, and she Is
ready for work. The cap itself can
be taken apart, when II becomes sim
ply two plain pieces OF cloth ready
for washing.
There are two capacious pockets
on the sides OF the skirt and two long
white cuffs which are buttoned on
The colors used are chiefly red. white
and blue---the red in the insignia, the
white In the collar and cuffs. and the
blue in the uniform Itself. Patterns
are obtainable now at the Food COM
mission In Washington,
The sun., 1917-07-01

To the women who enlist instruc-
tlonS viii be sent from Washington
containing, among other suggestions,
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09
O6H6ernUl.

Qus Berlin piro geI9risbsn: SIN
pergan9eneH Sabre bonn &riegsauss
I4uB fir pflan5lide unb tieriIde SeIe
uno Settle i'm 0roben unternommsns
8erfu6e, Sbitterne Der Selgepinnung
nubbar gu MAIDEN, lieferten tein be-
frie0igenoe3 @rgebnis. Die 2~iteraturs
angaben iiber ben SelgebaIt erpieien
Ii4 als 81 bod gegriffen. Der &riegss
ausi9uB bat es ni9t bel ben Nu6priiz
fungen i'm Qaboratorium bepenoen
IaFen, ionoern Die gsIammeIten DIT
ternmengen Dur6 fetnen S6lagperiu6
i'm 0roBen auf Sel perorbetten laTen.
0as Grgebnis ftanO leiber in teinem
8erbdltnis gu Der auf9epanotsn
Miibe uno gu Den entItanoenen Soften.
Die 8ienertzS elmiible bat Elm @srfabs
rem erfunben, bic Srennun9 Der Wans
bel ppn BEN S6alen mai9ineu gu err
m0gli6en. Die a~ngeipanbte Mpparatur
1T bic oenftar einfa6fte, oos 8erfabs
rem ielbit bietet teinerlei S6piertgfeis
ten me6r.
Die erfoIgret4e 0ur6fiibrung Die
Ter 4rbeiten bat ben ariegsausfduB
peranlaBt, bic ObItterne CUR Stdrfung
unierer Selbilana in oieiem Sabre
beran3u5ieben. Die Sammlung err
itredt Ii9 ouf &iridz, 3petI4enz uno
pflaumenterne, Iopie auf MirubeIs
LEM, ReinetIaubens uno Qprito1ens
terne. @Iei43eittg miro Die Samms
lung Der &iirbi8terne, bic cine OeIauss
beute pon 10 pro3ent bel 8erfu6en
i'm 8roBen ergaben, nit ben Steins
obitfernen perbunoen. Ollie anoeren
SbItferne blei6en unberiid5i9tigt.
Die 8aterldnotIden 6rauenpereine
baben in oantensperter WeiIe bic Or
ri6tung BON Sammelitelen in alien
beutfhen 8auen iibernommen, our
QbIieferune Der in Sdule uno 9aus
~gefammelten Obltternmengen. Die
Serne felbit iinb gepaiden uno 9ez
trodnet, Iopte 9etrennt na9 Irten gu
iammeIn.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09
Re6t Drnkti16.

BON ben @er3ten pirb INNER uufs
nsue ols duberlt ldItig bic unn0ti9e
Strung our6 cine Nadtglode Ems
pfunoen. Der Wortenoe, meiit nod
in nerp0ier 9erfuTun9, pieoerbolt
nit 9orliebe als cine Dirt 8erubigung
Ieiner Nerpen ben Wedruf 70 LANCE,
biz Der 4ngerufene erideint. Gin eins
Fa6er Signalapparot fou nd6 Der
Mitteilung res 4potkters WaB in Der
,3eiti6rift fir Grstlide 6ortbiIoung"
oieIen 8eroruB erfparen belfen. Gr
beItebt aus einem tleinen 3dIt6en, oas
neben Der Na6tglode an Der Wauer
dngebraht 1T uno cine tleins 9irne
entbGlt, bic Der Nngerufene als Nnts
mort ouf oos alingeIn burd Oriiden
uuf einsn 8ropf i'm SdIaf5immer
gum @Iihsn brin9t. Sir ben War:
t,rocn erIhetnen odnn auf Der 9ldss
platte oes &ditfens bic Ieuhtenoen
8orte: Bite parten, i'd tomme." Die
oas n8artefieber" einodmmsn foqen
uro Dem Nr3t Die neroenerregenoe Wies
oerhoIung oes 8IingeIgerduIde8 err
Iporen.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09

Gin anberer ii pi.aeidt nod Dryer
baran. Snfolse elmer aOpfpunbs finb
fdp.re 2Gbmunsserideinunsen sine.>
treten. Die redte 30rpsrIeite 1T pons
itdnois unbspsgIi4. Sober @sriu4,
bur9 WaHier.n ober glsttriiisrsn cine
geps9li6teit Der totem 9Iieomaben
berpor5urufen. piro pobl gang ners
sebIi9 fsin. gr pirb Isin 2sbenIans
an ous Sett esfsfelt fein. 4rmsr
asrI! Gr 1T bic StiBs fsinsr Wuttsr.
elmer blutarmen Wittpe."
rWie trdet er fsin uneliid?"
rgrgeben uno TAPER. Sang pie Der
braDe 3orporal, ben mir felt Woden
bier babsn. Der orms SsufeI mar psrs
lobt. er Iiebts lsibsni6aftlid feline
graut uno puroe aud BON biefer
ebenIo p~ieoergeIisbt. - Oils aber bus
MGoden porgeitern ben &ranfen gum
eriten Mal bsiu6te. iibsrtam fts Elm
Iolfss GntfeBsn iber oefen sntfteutes
4subere, oaB lie ibm Den Gbihiebse
brief idrieb. - Sd0n 1T Der 8erl ia
ni6t, aber mas lam er fir ben SD
belbieb, nit benz Elm Soiat fetn Sc:
Ii6t perunftaltete?"
So pisl 2eio," ftObnte Der 6dbn.
rid.
rSo. pieI 9eib," pieberboIte Iaut
Der aIte 9ottor, Der e6sn ans 8ett ges
treten mar, unb fubr bann fort: ~Sie
baben gar lieben 8eiu6 betommen.
Sbre GItern finb ga. Sic nouen Sic
glei6 mitnebmen. @erfpreten sic
mir, ni6t mutlos gu iein unO Sbren
Gltern 8uIiebe Sbr 5utiinfti9es 2eben
nit 8eouIo gu ertra9en."
Del 8linoe CAB benz 4r5t Die Sanb.
Sc mar ipie elm titles 8elDtnis. Gr
po1te oas 8reu3 auf fid nsbmen uno
ben peiten, miibfeligsn Weg ponoern.
slei6 ben onOeren Seloen.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09
Drr Dlinor.
Cine Grirgsseididte bon Oh. =.

~Gerfuden Sic es nidt, mid gu
tduidsn. 9err Oottor. Sd bin pers
loren"
~@erIoreu2" Iatt Ser Grst gsSpun=
gen ouf. .9srIoren, p,iI sic, usbms
men mir bas SdIimmits an, oas Qu=
genIitt perIieren mibten2 Senten
sic an bic 2duienoe Sbyer Samerds
ben. Die iiberboupt uiht mebr Surids
tommen, Die orauben i'm 6eIoe ibr
iunaes 2ebsn Idfen miiTen."
Die Iino ia bsnsiosn5rert i'm Der
oIeih su mir. l~lebrissns, Iieber 6srr
Tottor, oante ia Sbnsr, oaB sic mir
Ercit Suiprehen poIen. Sd rpsiB.
Sic meinsn's gut. @bsr belfen tam
mir niemauo, niemanb. Sd bin, ipis
gein9t, perlpren. Sic itIbIt piFen
has an beitsn. tpsnn 81, Is aud be-
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09

Mebrere enqIifae 8IGtter ipifen
bon einsm Ieltiamen Ibenteuer oes
q~r1iibenten 9oincare unb ietner Sat-
tin 81 beriften. Bel feinem ~alubenos
Iiden SpnSierqong in Den 8Grten oss
GlnFes itieben Die betoen IN Der Bic
aung zines 2dubengan9e8 pI0Blit duf
einen risIigsu 4ffen. Der Miene madte.
fh duf oas Qaar gu i~tiir3en. DIS
Siener berbeieiIteu, t~letterte Der 4ffe
auf einer toben Baum. Gs 'telte iit
bsraus, oab oas 3isr Gigentum oes
oiht nsben oem gIiIee pobnsnoen ga
ron 5srrp RotbIhiIo ipar, Der es me-
gen Der SsItsnbsit isiusr RaFe aus
4frita mit1sbruht hattie. Der Qffe
Iisb iih ribt betpegen, bag GIiiee gu
psrIafsu, bis isin idrar3er 0drter
in sinsm bsnndbdrter Gaze aefunhsn
ruroe. Der i'm harr nit Ieittsr Tubs
in isiHsu adfis suridbradts.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09

8leihen uno oreimol %mertbooI.
Ter als fir baiielbe 9elo 0Ieti&
ODER Die bette Butter. uno ebenlo
in aranfbeits. uno g d 10 a.
d. It onben elm unpergleid.
lihes Sur uno Stdrfungs-
mittel, l~iefert ouf eielieitiges
@erlaneen, S. 8. g. sos aneeIes,
Gol., ODER Den 3peienieoerlageR
Chicago, ST., uno 9eaoms Sols.
@ermont, ie na6 Der geoeropbiidea
2ofotion Der 8eIteIer, oos 9 a.
nitats 9epartement Der
~SolfSpoit" gum 8reiie bon
$40
Fir cine aiite bon 5poIf eroBer
5loi6en, trosoem Der Warftpreis
oieies SeIes in ~nerelter 3eit itart
geitiegen lit. Gies bat ieires
@runo BARN, baB ourd oos @eies
fir refine HabrunesmitteG
piel perfalidtes DOlieenol"
bonn Morfte berorGngt miro.
Senbungen in tIeineren Quonti-
t1ten iino meeen Der tbeuren Ser
potung nidt profitobel. 0ieies
Slioen0l lit elm SousbynIts.
u eriter alaiIe, unb penn bic
2e1te crit oeiien boGen @ertb erfen-
men milrben, 10 f0nnte niht genus
baoon proou5irt peroen uno Der
Hrels miiroe bol0 ouf's 0oppelte unS
0reifad)e iteigen. 8eIteaungen,
nebit benz @ctroge an unier Can't
tGtsbeportement gerihtet, tperben 5m
ben bisberigen 9reiien prompt aus
aefiibrt.
@ir wiirben Hieies Gel gu ireenb
elmer 3eit polmertbig suridneDmen,
ober tper eS einmal fennt, Del gibbs
nidt nie6er Der! glae 8eIteGu1tgeR
nebIt Dem @etroqe iino on Dos
SGuitGts = 9epartcment bes yNorbs
term, "a Gruiic, isis, gu ritten.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09

Sin belIercS @ilo i'll CcIfarGeu
bon &olicr MiIbcImL gleldl Der he.
b%enltchen0cn AbbIlounQ, @roBc -
au S34 3ou, lietern mir 3uIn Erejie
BON 25e pro Stlid. port0frcl.
Die @IIocr lino cine pollcuoc 3icr.
DC fir ieoes ocutlhe @au@. mo IN Icl.
mem ioutc Elm Iolde& icblcn.
VeiteIlurQcn mcrbcu prompt be-
forQt, obcr mn ioIonec Scr &orrnth.
iocbcn elnqctrofien rcid)t. Ytou be.
iteue gleih!
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-02-09
Gbtes OlipenI
Gin Udhrmittel ionoer
6leihen.

btes Slipene
uno omar 90
runtirt DIT.
iteriliiirt iink
oeBDegen baIt.
bar, iuB unA
BON berrliAem
SIipen @e-
fdmod. elm
Rabrungs.
nittel ionoU
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14
MOTHERl LOOK At
CH|LD'S TONGUE
II cross, teverIah, constlpated
give California Syrup
Of Figs"

A laxative today saves q sick child
tomorrow. Children simply win not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become el0gged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish: stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, m0therl II coat
ed, or your child Is listless. cross few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full Of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give a
teaspoonful Of california Syrup Of
Figs" then don't worry, because 1t is
perfectly harmless, and In few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste viii gently
move out Of the bowels, and you have
well, playful child again. A thor
ough INSIDE cleansing" is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of
California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

relief and six bottles have entirely
cured me. All women who have female
trouble of any kind should try Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" .
Mrs. ETA DoRIoN, Ogdenshurg, Wis.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this case steadily and could
do no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties of the good old fashioned
roots and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complication exists it pays 10
write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass. for special free advice.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14
The Modern Law.

Look here. sheriff." said the irate
householder, "this section is filled with
second-story men and sneak thieves.
MY house has been robbed five times
in tie three weeks. Do / get any
protection from you, or don't IL
81 have done all can for you. Mr.
Bhckensdorf," returned the weary Of
ficer. 81 warned you after the second
robbery to move out of that house, and
1t isn't my fault If you continue on
there knowing that these burglars are
after your stuff"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

the teachings Of
the Christian re-
ligion generally.
and some have
had their faith in
God shaken. They
a SIX insistently.
lis the God that
we were taught
to believe in,
W b at we were
taught? II there
is a God, is he
not just what 9TH
er m en- are
swayed and con-
trolled by what is
transpiring in the
xrar1d ~ +l,o 1rf
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

Idlit6 uAC d kHlAO
through my back
and side. | finally
lost all my strength
$50 ! had to 60 to
bed. The d octor
advised an oper-
alton but / would
not listen to it. ]
thought of what l
|hadread about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
tried it. The first
hottIa hrouUht oreaf
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

Our grandparents never knew the
perils of automobile lodging. and it
begins TO look as if our grandchildren
will say the same of us concerning
the danger from monkey wrenches
dropped by careless aviators.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

Model prisons are now the fad.
While no one would want to 90 back
10 the old day of brutality, there is
the danger of making prisons so at
fractive that unprinciplei characters
viii find Incarceration more desirable
than the life of liberty and labor out
side.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

General Wood declares that no one
American in 500 knows how to shoot.
This ratio possibly is based on statis-
ties of guides slaughtered by deer
hunters.