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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
THE BEST BEAUTY DOCTOR
10 cutieura for Purifying and esauti'
flying the Skin-Trial Free.

For cleansing, purifying and beauti-
flying the complexion, hands and hair.
Cuticura Soap with touches Of Cuti-
cura Ointment now and then afford the
most effective preparations ut the mini
mum of cost. No mnssaging, steaming
creaming, or waste Of time.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
Draft Leaves Only Aliens.

Weirtown. w. Va.-The selective
lraft will leave only foreigners In this
steel mill town. OF the $50 registrants
here 1t has been found that 700 are
hlicns who are exempt from military
service. Practically every physically
vt American will be taken In the first
iNtiOna, rny
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
WANTS TO SHINE SHOES
FOR PERSHlNG'S ARMY

Pueblo, Colo.-Thomas Price.
twenty-seven. legless boot
black here. wants the job of
shining shoes for General Per
shing's Sammies "over there"
His crippled condition prevents
him from entering the army, so
he has written President Wilson,
requesting that he be given
chance to do his bit"
IT am told that soldiers have
to keep their boots polished"
wrote Price. who conducts
shoe-shining parlor here, land
that they have to do 1t them
selves. If you can make place
for me to do the shining for
them I don't think you'll find me
loafing on the job"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
What He's Going to Be.

"Yes." said the nice little old lady.
II am much interested in the war. I
hive two nieces who are going to be
Red Cross nurses and one fine nephew
who is now at FIT. Sheridan studying
to be an Armenian"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
The Turtles Choice.

The auto had skidded and upset. An
Irishman came up and said to another
in the crowd: whats the excitement,
PATTI"
turtle"
Turned turtle. Is ~" snid the new
conner. "Bedad. that must he the rny-
son II chose a mud puddle"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
The Elusive Cook.

81 see the army is advertising for
cooks. with II proviso that they need
not enlist for any stipulated time"
"Shows they understand the nnture
of cooks. nll right enough.
Courier Journal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
Very kearsiahted.

"Are you nearsighted, sir?" asked
the waiter, as the diner was leaving.
NO" replied the man.
"Well, you've left n dime on the
table. SIR"
'"rhnt's for you"
swell. If you think I'd take tip
like that, you must be nearsighted.
SIR"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
A Suspicious Note.

A school teacher felt that she had
every right to feel suspicious when .
young boy pupil presented her with Q
note written in boyish scrawl which
read rs follows:
"Mis Jones pleas let Johnny out Of
school this afternoon as I want to go
to the ball game.
Johnny's mother, Mis- Perkins"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01

Many man with perfectly good
scheme lacks the nerve 70 push II
thiough
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
With Reservations.

"Do you care for jam?"
"On the supper table. but not In the
trolley cars"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tho
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
Suffered For Years
Back and Kidneys Were in
Bad Shape, But Doan's
Removed all the Trouble.

my kidneys were SO weak that the
least cold / caught would affect them
and start my back aching until 1
could hardly endure the misery" says
Mrs. D. C. Ross, 973 Fulton ST., Brook.
lyn, N. Y. I'm the morning when
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
Bound to Get There.

"In spite of the fine war-training the
editor has had at home-meaning in
his particular household-the army
people turned him down three times"
says the Adams Enterprise, "but he
hasn't lost hope; he's going to get in
that war somehow! They shouldn't
discriminate against man who is
merely gray-headed from worry
The Atlanta Constitution.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01

The less a man says the more guess
ing his wife has to do.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01

One of the worst things under the
sun is shady reputation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01

OF course the good loser makes the
best husband.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01

Down along the waterfront thert
is a great promenade. 1t is perhaps
IS feet wide. When hopeless casei
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
RED CROSS TO
 GIVE MONTHLY
 FINANCE REPORT
Salaries Paid In Peace Time Increased By Big
 War Work.

Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross War Council, authorizes the following:
 It is the plan of the War Council of the, Red Cross to publish monthly statement concerning its finance and administration. The following facts concerning salaries pail by the Red Cross may prove of interest to the public.
 One year ago, on peace basis. with only about 200 chapters and a little over 200. .o00 members, with an- nual funds of only few hundred thousand dollars, the Red Cross em- ployed at its headquarters in Wash ington 75 paid officers and employees, of whom 29 received salaries of from s2.0Oo to s7,5o0.
 At the present time, with the Red Cross on a war footing, with 2,600 chapters to administer, s.e21.011 members and war fund of $1Oo,OOO,- 000 pledged, Red Cross National Headquarters employs 624 paid of11c- CTS and employees, of whom 46 are paid salaries of S2,00 a year or more.
 In other words, since war was de- clared, 559 paid officers and employees have been added to Red Cross Head quarters staff, and of that number IT receive salaries or from $2,0O0 to $6,000 a year. The highest salary added since war was declared is $6,- 900. The highest paid official in the national organization received $7,500, and he was on the staff on peace basis.
 Of those receiving less than $2,0O0 year, 49 now receive salaries of over a hundred dollars a month. There are 38 clerks being paid one hundred dollars, while clerks and messengers receiving less then $1O0, number 491.
 In addition to paid officers and ern- ployes in National headquarters, the number of full-time volunteers now contribute their services to the Red Cross is TT. Practically all the inn portant administrative positions creat- ed since war was declared are filled by volunteers.
 During the last month, although the number of Red Cross members has increased from 2,547,412 to 3,621, ,011. and the administrative work at Ma tional Headquarters has increased substantially, the number of paid em- ployes has decreased from TOT to SPA. This is partly to be accounted for by the decentralization of the work among thirteen territorial divisions. under a, new plan of or ganization adopted by the War Coun- cif
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Expect German South
 Africa To Be Land
 Of Milk And Honey

Capetown, South Africa, Sept. 1o- A despatch from Windhoek states that the members of the Union of South Africa parliament who are touring what was formerly German Southwest Africa were agreeab1y surprised at the prospects of the Pro- tectorate. Sir Thomes Watt, Minis ter of Interior and Public Works sa1d he came. expecting to find a desert and instead found land with wonder full grasses, deal of vegetation, fat cattle, splendid horses and first class sheep and he gained the impression that it only required money and ener- gy under British occupation to make it a land of milk and honey
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
MEXICAN CORN
 CROP IS SHORT

Mexico City, Sept. 10.-The com mittee of the National Chamber of Commerce which has been consider ing ways and means for raising money to purchase 100000 bushels of corn in the United States and bring it to Mexico where 1t will be sold at cost for the benefit of the poor has decided that the nose feasible means to raise. the money is by popular na- tional subscription.
 The National Chamber of Com merce at first asked the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to aid in establishing a credit for, this pur- pose but the American organization was unable to do so. The commission regulating the sale and price of SisaI of Yucatan, one of the richest orfian- nations in Mexico. then was appealed to, but declined to act.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Daughters of Confederacy

The United Daughters of the Con federacy held their first meeting in Nashville, Tenn, twenty-three years Ago today, Sept. 10. 1894, when 8 permanent organization was affected, The membership consists of the widows, wives. mothers, sisters and lineal female descendants of men who served honorably in the army and navy of the Confederate states. and it's rolls include the names of a majority of the leading women of the southern states. The organization has, among other things, erected me- morials to Dixe's heroes throughout the South. The society has about 8O.- 900 members, with 1880 chapter, and though a distinctly Southern society. it has many chapters located in north ern cities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
AMERICAN HARDWARE
 STORES
 (IncoFporated) FAIRFIELD AVE. AND MIDDLE ST.
TEN MORE FOREST
 BATTALIONS AUTHORIZED

Washington, September 1O.-The formation of a second Forest" regi- ment comprising ten battalions and composed of lumhermen and woods workers, who will go to France and get out Nof the forests materials for the use of the American, French, and British armies, has been authorized by the War Department.
 Two battaIions are to be raised at once with the active aid of the For est Service, of the Department of Agriculture. It is expected that the remaining eight battahons will be call ed for in short time Nine service" battalions, made up of 1aborers who will be used in connection with the Forest regiment, have also been au- thorized and two battalions have been ordered raised at once.
 In order to provide for future con- tingencies it has been decided to com mission at the present time enough of ficers for other :battalions yet to be raised. Those men not needed now will be placed on the reserve, and will be called as the other units are form ed.
 According to the present plan, fifty per cent. of the officers will be saw mill and logging operators, twenty five per cent. will be technical fores- ters, and twenty-five per cent. will be men with military training. num- Der of the graduates of the engineer camps have been selected for service with the new units. .5~
 A considerable number of captains and 1ieutenants to be selected in the immediate future. The minimum age o6 nffioarae has been set at 31.
 : A first regiment of woodsrnen num- bering about 1900 men and desig- mated as the Tenth. Engineers Cor est) has already, been recruited and assembled and is now being trained at American University, D. c. This regiment was raised at the request of the British government. to undertake the production in France of cross ties, bridge, trenchties, bridge, 'rench, and construction timbers, mine props, lumber and other forms of wood re- uuired in connection with its naili- tary operations. :.
 The landing of the American expe- ditionary forces has made neces- sary similar provision for their needs, while the French military authori- ties have indicated that some of the work incidental to their operations might be taken over by woodsmen from this country. Decision to raise the new and much larger force has followed study of the field of pos sible usefulness to the Allied cause, made by American foresters attached to General Pershing's staff.
 Each of the ten battanons of the second regiment will comprise three companies of 250 men each. and will be under the command of it's own ma jor.
 The regiment will be made up of volunteers. Applicants must be white and between the ages of 19 and 40. Skilled lumberjacks, portable mill op- orators, tie cutters, logging teamsters. camp cooks, millwrights. and char coal burners are among the classes of men desired.
 For the 'tservice'' battalions both negro and white laborers will be en- listed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
RUSSIA INVENTORIES

Petrograd, Sept. 10.-A commission has been appointed to prepare an in- ventory and valuation of the proper ties of the Russian state
 N. Pokrovski, president of the Gen. tra1 War-Industrial Commission, will direct the work.
 The inventory will comprise lands, forests, railroads, factories, work shops and other profit-yielding state undertakings. The governments aim Is to alleviate the burden of taxation by inausurating a less wastefuI and m ollt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Teachers to Teach
 Food Conservation

Durham. N. H.. Sept. 1o-New Hampshire s{ college, within the next few days, will send out nine young women, all teachers of home econo- mics, to visit every city and town in the state in a food conservation cam paign. The college is cooperating with the public safety food committee, the state and Mrs. Mary I. Wood, re presentative of the federal food ad- ministrator on the women's commit tee of the council of national defense.
 The teachers will demonstrate par ticularly how to use fats, milk and corn meal and the making of meat substitutes and war bread.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
IREQUISITIONING !. 0E.NECESSARIES
 PLAN OF FRENCH
Government Will Begin On Footwear of Nation,
 Then Cloth

Par1s,s Sept. 10.-Before adjourning LOT summer vacation last week. par Eliament passed a law on requfsition- ling which allows the government to Irequiait1on. or take over a fixed price, Eany commodities necessary to civil life. just as 1t has always had power tto reQ1isition anything for, the army.
 The new law will allow several Imeaares intended to alleviate the Edearness of living to be put into inn mediate effect as all necessary pre- I1iminaxies have been arranged for kweekss in readiness for the moment tthat t1xis law would give the authori- lties power to act.
 Thea first measure will be to fnau- kgurate 'National Footwear" This Edoes not mean that everybody is to buy and wear state boots. but that sgoods boots will be available to the tpeop5e at a fair price. The prlce ol boots and shoes has scared since the twar to such a height that only we'll tO-do people can buy them. The cost kof foot-wear, other than of leather, keven Of wooden sabots, has of course, Ereatly advanced owing to the great Ter dene1d from those who are now znabse to buy leather boots
 .N1f1onpa Roo6wear" will of course be standazdtzed. The Ministry of tCon1mercs. In collaboration with the Army Counan&ssariat, will requisition the necessary leather and the boots will be made for the civilians in ex- sac1y tho Rasne way as they are al- ready4nnaa6M for the army. The prices gwili be stamped on them so that no one need pay more than the official E.st@ Mensss boots will be sold at s5.60 at pre-war exchange, woznen's at f$4.60. boys and girls at $&.60, and children'S at price not yetsffxed. be- Eween $3 and s32o. These prices all low fair profit to the intermediary
 between maker and buyer.
 Tine Army Comnlissariat has under taken to supply 100000 pairs of boots D month from the present time and Do double that output, very. soon As tz1e average demand for "Naffonal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
MAKING FRUIT JAM FOR HEROES
 OF THE COUNTY
How Housewives May Aid In Supplying a Diet
 Necessity.

It is long way from Fairfield
 county to the trenches Somewhere in France" but our boys are going to be there sometime, perhaps sooner than we expect. Norwalk, Stamford, Danbury, Ridgefeld boys, boys from Bridgeport, boys from the country towns, soldiers of America, and so we are vitally interested in the ser vice of the Red Cross just back of the firing line.
 This is the story as told by Mrs. E. G. H. Schenck, of Wilton, Farm Bureau Director and chairman of the Farm Bureau Home Economies com mittee:
 k The field hospitals in France have been remarkably successful in treat ing wounded soldiers, but although
 the surgeons did their part, it was matter of concern that the wounded
 did not thrive on the diet that Is the
 usual bill of fare for the men in the trenches. Patriotic women of France rich and poor, were appealed to, and
 the result was the establishment of diet. kitchens to work with the field
 hospitals, under the direction of ex-
 perienced dieticians. The wounded
 were served with meals especially de-
 signed to aid and comfort sick and
 shattered heroes, and 1t has done
 wonders. But those in charge of the
 diet kitchens are worried because
 there is a lack of sugar for the in-
 valids, and it appears that one way to get the sugar to these soldiers is by sending tons of good American fruit jams, the kind that mother makes every fall, and that has tempted every generation of active boys to- all manner of contriving to obtain it. Soldiers are only boys grown up, hardly more than boys yet, some of them, and jam will be as well come as it was in the days of knicker- bockers and Christmas holidays. So Fairfield county is asked to send a ton of jam to France!
 Mrs. Henry o. Havemeyer has gen. erously agreed to donate the sugar to the Town Home Economies commit tees or to groups of individuals or other organizations who will agree l to take one or more cases of con- tainers and Mill the cans with jam.
 Each case holds six one-gallon cans,
 which means 4s lbs. of jam, req1ir- | ing 16 lbs. of sugar, as the propor-
 ton of fruit to sugar required is two thirds. :
 The containers come in a packing
 case of the kind required for ocean shipment and cost $1 each. When the eases are filled. arrangements will
 be made through the Fairfield County
 Farm Bureau to notify Mrs. Have meyer, who in turn will send a truck to collect the cases and deliver them
 to the Red Cross shipping office in New York city.
 It sounds simple and 1t is.. Fur l thermore Mrs. .Havemeyer will make
 one or more addresses in the county l shortly to further explain the work. Norwalk will probably be selected as one of the cities, in which she will
 talk to the patriotic women
 | Announcement of her coming and where she will speak will be given through the columns of this paper. | In the meantime if you, Mrs. House wife, are interested in helping to make
 Fairfield county's quota of a ton of jam for the soldier boys, write or l phone the Fairfield County Farm Bureau if you desire further informa- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10

sYou are careful to observe the or dinarv courtesies in your civilian life. You would soon make yourself of- fensive to all your friends if you were in the habit of passing them with cold stare or discourteous nod.
 These customary rules of good breeding apply in slightly different form in the army. There is the same reason for them in the army as in ci yil life. Courtesy helps to make the great army machine run more smoothly. It is the outward sign that the right relations exist among off, cers and men.
 These right relations should be g1v- sn expression both within the mill tary camp and outside. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to discipline; respect to superiors will not be confined to obedience on duty, but win be extended on all occasions. z (Arny Regulations, par. A The ob- ligation to show proper courtesy IS binding upon officers just as well as upon men. The commanding general of the Army is required to be cour- teous to you just as you are required sfo be courteous to him.
 Importance of Correct Forms
 Courtesy among military men is shown by speaking and acting in a respectful manner. It is shown also by using the correct form of recog- nitaDn. This correct form when meet ing Or addressing commissioned off, cers is known as the military salute.
 sIn the old days the free men of Europe were all allowed to carry weapons, and when they met each would hold up his right hand to show that he had no weapon in it and that they mst as friends. Slaves or serfs, however, were. not allowed to carry weapons, and slunk past the free men without making any sign. In this way the salute came to be the symbol or sign by which soldiers (free men) might recognize each other. The lower classes began to initiate the sol dkers in this respect, although in a clumsy, apologetfc way, and thence crept into civil life the custom of rais- ing% the hand or nodding as one pass ed an acquaintance. The soldiers, however, kept their indfviual salute, and purpose1y made it intricate and difficult to learn in order that it could nbet acquired only by the con- stant training of all real soldiers re- cefved.
 ITO this day armies have preserv- eG their salute, and when correctly dose it Is at once recognized and nev- CT s1nistaken for that of the civilian. All esoldiers should be careful to exe- cutet the salute exactly as prescribed. The civilion or the imitation soldier who tries to initiate the military sal ute invariably makes some mistake which shows that he Is not a real sol dRer; he, gives it an apologetic man. ner, he fails to stand or march at at- tertion. his coat is unbuttoned or hat on sawry, or he fails to look the per- son sGaluted in the eye. There is a fwide difference in the method of rem idertnsa and meaning between the ci- tvi1fRn salute as used by friends in passing, or by servants to their eml ;ployers, and the military salute, the symbol snd sign of the military pro- { fesaonsr (Manuai for Noncommis- sioned Officers and Privates, sec 6.)
 Proper Way to Salute
 In order to give the salute proper. fly when you are without arms, first sassune the position. of soldier Gas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Wool Manufacturing In South America
 Is Open To Japan

Tokio, Sept 10.-Unlimited possi- bilities in the wool manufacturing business are open to Japan in South America, especially in Argentina, ac- cording to Paul. Dedyn, wool ex- porter of Buenos Ayres, London and Amsterdam, who has been in Japan. The great needs. at present, he said, are shipping facilities between South America and Japan, and preparation by Japanese manufacturers for hand ling crossbed wool as well as the mer- ino quality.
 MT. Dedyn said there were un1irn- ited trade possibilities with the South American continent in wool, hides and feathers to be exchanged for all sorts of manufactured goods from Japan. f-.