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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
SOME RIFLE FIRING KINKS
There Are a Thousand Things Not
Mentioned in drill Regulations"
That Recruit Must Learn.

The average recruit who starts in
at West Point knows as much about
the fine points of rifle firing as Il
lOngshoreman about flying. First he
masters the elementary steps-the
manual of arms and the correct firing
positions, says the Popular Science
Monthly. Then he must learn Il thou
sand facts not mentioned in the drill
regulations" Among the rifle kinks,
for instance, is the smoking of the
glass rifle sights for work i'm the sun.
BY simply holding the sights over the
flame Of a match-Or better, oxer an
alcohol fiame-a light layer of lamp
black is spread over the sight which
enables the soldier to fire even when
he Is directly facing the sun. And
when his back is toward the sun, the
rejected glare is eliminated so that he
can work without danger to his eyes.
Another kink is the doubling up of
the ordinary rifle strap in order to use
1t to obtain sling-grip. BY making
the sling short enough, it is possible
for the left hand to obtain a viselike
grip on the rifle. This helps consid-
erably In steadying it.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
German Coal Shortage.

Ansterdam.-The coal famine is in
creasing from week to week through
out Germany. Although large num-
Der of miners have been brought back
from the front and thousands of war
prisoners are employed in the pits.
even the ammunition factories cannot
get sufficient fuel. The use of electric
power and gas has been reduced 20
per cent everywhere. hut this measure
fails to bring relief. Many cities have
been compelled to prohibit cooking
and heating with gas. and large num-
bers of tOwps had to shut down their
lighting plants. The manufacturers
of war materials have warned the gov
eminent that they will not be able to
fill their contracts If the present con-
ditiOns continue.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Paris Presents
Various Designs

New York.-This is n vastly exciting
time In the fashion zone. 1t il not
alone exciting because women want
new clothes for new season, but for
the more important reason that COM
merce in this country IS entirely en-
tangled in the industry of clothes.
A question as TO what will be worn
is supposed TO concern itself with wOm-
ans vanity. Never was there such a
foolish conclusion. The question of
what Will be worn is inextJicably
mixed up with the lives of millions
Of Industrial workers in this country,
and upon its judiciOus adjustment de-
pend the bread and butter. the happi-
ness and the ability to be free from
nervous depression of thousands of
men too old or too young to fight and
thousands of women who have not the
leisure to offer their services to war
relief.
1t Is curious thing that The woman
who wants to know, even through an
assumed Indifference. whether her coat
and skirts are in fashion. should he so
densely ignorant of the vast ramifica-
lions of fashions into the innermost
recesses of American life.
No one laughs at fashions in Paris.
No one takes them lightly. Every one
regards them as supreme branch of
French industry that brings welfare
to millions. Each artist takes his or
her designs for new clothes under seri-
Gus consideration, and the state ac-
cords them the merit or demerit that
they deserve.
Now, what have these great de-
signers done for America this season?
That is the leading question among the
shopkeepers, the dressmakers, the mil
lions of woman workers in the in
dustry of clothes. the mills. the manu-
facturers, the importers and the ex-
porters.
We know that the styles for the
autumn have been settled. but the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
THIS woman ONLY
WEIGHED76POUNDS
Takes TanIac and She Now
Weighs One Hundred
and Six.
SUFFERED FOR rs YEARS
Says Words Cannot Express the Gratl-
.ude She Owes master
Medicine"

words Of praise can't express the
gratitude I feel TO Tanlac, for it has
nos only relieved me of troubles that
kept me in misery for twenty-five
ye0rs, but has built me up until l am
thirty pounds heavier than was when
I started taking It," said Mrs. J. c.
BOgardus, of 1920 Clifton street, FL
PasO, Texas, few days ago.
Il have suffered since | was about
ten years old" she continued, with
catarrhal trouble of the stomach and
Of recent years with rheumatism and
1t seemed my troubles were steadily
growing worse. My food would sour
on my stomach and the gas pressing
against my heart affected my breath
Ing. / fell off until 1 only weighed
seventy-six pounds and was so weak
and nervous 1 got but little sleep at
nights. was constipated and suffered
terribly from headaches. The rheuma-
tism affected my lower limbs mostly
and had such pains through my back
and right side l simply could not look
after my household duties.
TT surely was surprising to me the
way Tanlac took hold of my troubles.
! began improving right from the start.
My strength came back to me day by
day and / soon Overcame the trouble
from constipation and the headaches.
The pains in my back and side have
left me and don't even feel the rheu-
matism In my lower limbs any more.
i now weigh one hundred and six
pounds, and many Of my friends have
spoken of my great improvement and
asked what on earth I had been TAX
ing. OF course. I simply tell them Tan
lac for think 1t the most remarkable
medicine ever made"
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
town. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
TO WEAR ON COOL EVENINGS
Pretty Novelties Are the Shoulder
Wraps That Will Be Needed Now
the Days Are Shortening.

One Of the pretty novelties for
house and porch wear is Il decorative
cape to throw over the shoulders.
In these days of all too thin dress
tops, and the consequent disappear
ance of sufficient underclOthing over
the chest and back. such wraps are
necessary on cold days or in the chill
Of the summer evening.
One of these capes is made of about
two yards of wide pink and white
striped material, with V cut out of
the center of the back so the stripes
come in points together and the mate
rial thus becomes slightly draped. The
lowest fold in the back is weighted by
a Chinese tassel; so are the front ends.
The cape is lined with plain pink
China silk.
Another cape to wear over the thin
topped waist or dress Is cut from
shorter piece Of cloth-abOut one and
one-lfAlf yards.
This scarf is lined with a contrast.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

desired because ii has been featured
by few of the great French dress
makers. The fabric is difficult to de-
scribe, because it owes everything to
Its manner of weaving.
Poiret uses an unusual amount of
black and white and brings back
quantities of black AND white jet Law
ishly arranged on frocks with Slavic
or Oriental tendency.
His evening gowns feature the high
line Mt the neck, which he has always
sponsored. His wife, beautiful woman
who wore his clothes better than any
one else, always adopted the evening
gown which showed only two or more
inches Of the neck and dropped in n
flexible line to low belt.
Poiret will never give up the skirt
that suggests Turkish trousers. 1t is
almost as much a symbol of his work
rs the fiat, red rose that he used in his
MARITIME house decorations. He does
not object to the separate bodice Of
velvet that forms part of the evening
SWIM biihOuSii HIS NdtCICu Il SOOu
many other dressmakers use it since
he invented it nearly half dozen
years ago.
lanvin Is Slavic.
There have been SO many things in
common between Paul POiret and
Jeanne Lanvin for so many years that
some dressmakers have insisted that
they are related or that the houses
are commercially connected. The per-
sOnalities of these two designers in
France are as different as can be, even
beyond the fact that one is woman
and one is Il man.
Therefore. it is not surprising thst
while Poiret clings to the sumptuOrs
effects of an exotic past, Lanvin also
continues to hammer upon the anvil
of Slavic and Russian fashions.
She has gone to Serbia and Rou-
mania for inspiration and probably
draws Il color, Il line or "a suggestion
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

ing color and has no dressmakjnq he.
yond catching the material together
under the arm by pert little taffeta
bow and curving the hem from there
down to the center front and back.
Still another model is closed and
goes on over the head, buttoning on
ny TWO buttons and loops on the
elongated slash down over each shout.
der. This can be made of chiffon
cloth or satin, and there is no open.
ing for the arms except two big circu.
lar holes. cut in the sides, to which
wide applied satin cuffs are added
which form sort of short sleeve.
The hem of this slip-over, which
comes almost TO the knees, is cut full.
but is gathered in slightly to a seven.
inch band of the satin.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

| from the COsSacks of central Russia,
In direct contrast to these short, bril-.
liant Slavic clothes. she has put out
most dignIfied evening gown. The
skirt is quite long, but without a train,
and the belt is nearly over the hip
line. The top part Of the skirt has
the tightness Of the days of the Renais-
sance. and judging by the many things
that Lanvin is doing, as well as other
French dressmakers, 1t looks as though
the loose blouse in any form will soon
belong to day that Is done.
This is not startling news TO the
American woman, because the smartly
dressed young women have been
adopting the tight bodice and the long
tight sleeves i'm their summer clothes
even making them of Bingham and
especially of jersey cloth.
Lanvin also exploits the large waist.
coat in various materials. to be worn
under a coat suit and to serve as n
blouse or jerkin when the coat IS re-
moved.
The hats she produces with these
gowns are often small of brim. She
clingS to the Russian effect, but she
has introduced small edition of tho
Continental worn by Lafayette and
Washington.
copyright. 1917 by the Mcclure Newsn,-
per Syndicate)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
MeatIess DAYS on Diners.

Portland. 0re.-Meatless meals on
Mondays and Fridays are now served
on the dining cars of the Spokane,
Portland and Seattle railroad, part
of the Hill system. In addition, chefs
have been cautioned to waste as little
food as possible. Passengers are
handed small suggestion cards indi-
eating ways by which waste may be
cut down. All this comes as the re-
suit of an appeal from the food ad-
ministratiOn at Washington, the rail-
road officials announce.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Neighborhood Society.

"Oh, mother" cried Mabel, who had
never visited in the country, II Nave
just had letter from my schOoImate
inviting me to spend two weeks on
her fathers farm"
Mabel's mother looked up languldiy.
Yes, DEAR" she remarked and
what does she say about the society In
the neighbOrhood? Does she mentfon
'anyoneT
NO." answered Mabel thoughtfsAy,
''but I've heard her mention the Bsl-
stems and Guernseys"
"Oh, WELL" said her mother, II pre-
sumo they are pleasant people."-Re-
hobOth Sunday Herald
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

masses do not know what each de-
Signer has done and what each great
fashion establishment has sponsored.
To begin with, Paul POiret has again
opened his house, to show models.
That interesting little sign that went
up over his house on the Avenue
d'Antin, which was also placed on
many other doors, saying that the
place would be closed until the end
Of the war, has been taken down.
France may have fOreseen long war,
but her people felt that things would
come to a crisis before the fourth year
broke.
WaistIine Below Normal.
Poiret is always important; there
fore, what he shows is of interest. To
begin with, he features the waistline
which is dropped below the normal,
In the Oriental manner. There is very
little that would ever appeal to Poiret
in the first and second empire fash
ions. He is strongly barbaric in what
he does. He has genius for fabrics.
He knows the art of weaving and dye
ing better than most artists in Paris
do, and he has special places that work
out his ideas. Therefore, he has been
able to make frocks in the new kind
Of plush which will be very hard to
get In snhis country, but which will be
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
His Turn.

Mrs. Wattles was clearly out of
sorts ut breakfast yesterday. Urged
to give reason. she said. "Well,
dreamed you tried to marry another
woman last night"
well. II was my turn" replied Occy.
You ran away and Joined dramatic
troupe the night before."-Kansas City
Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
VANITY CASES FOR NURSES
Red Cross lassies Going to France
May Beautify Themselves to
Hearts Content

New IOrk.-Red Cross nurses going
to France TO do their bit, as arduous as
the soldier in the trenches, are not
being forgotten In the distribution Of
small bundles Of comfort" The army
and navy field comfort committee Is
planning 10000 special vanity" cases
for the nurses who will serve with the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
All EiQuratiNe.

my DEAR" said a young manied
man, Il have changed my mind about
going out riding tonight"
May 1 be permitted to inquire ne.
reason why?" responded his sarcastic.
wife.
you may"
swell, what Is the reasOnY
my darling. in the first place, it's
rather expensive. and, In the second
place, don't want to CO."
II don't care fig"
I'm that case. 1 presume you have a
date"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
THIS DRUGGIST KNOWS
BEST KIDNEY MEDICINE

Sixteen years ago l began to sell DR..
khmer's Swamp-Root and today / believe
It e one of the best medicines on the
market; and my patrons are very much
pleased with the results obtained from its
use and speak very favorably regarding it.
swamp Root has been very successful in
the treatment of kidney, liver and bladder
troubles according to the reports received
and l have no hesitancy in recommending
1t Tor have great faith in its merits.
Very truly yours,
OWL DRUG STORE,
By r. f. Boies,
Oct. 3, 1916. Sedalia, Missouri.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Useful for Mendino.

\ smooth, thin board, 10 inches In
Length and 6 inches wide at one end
tapering to inches at the other, is
a great help in the sewing room. Slir
yokes, sleeves. trousers legs, ETC., over
it for mending or patching. 1t is far
more satisfactory than a darning bal
for darning the legs Of stockings.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

l65 pounds and am as strong as q man.
I think money is well spent which por-
chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOS. O'BRYAN, I756
Newport Ave-, Chicago, III.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inf1am-
nation, liberation, Irregularities, peri
odic pains, backache, bearing-down feel
ing, fatulency, indigestion, dizziness,
and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the stan
dArd remedy for female ills.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

American troops. The articles which
VIII be contained in the cases are:
One bottle toilet water.
One cake toilet soap.
One box talcum powder.
One tube dental paste.
One tube toilet cream.
One vanity box, with mirror, etc.
Though the retail value of the cases
would almost double the amount, the
nurses boxes are packed at a cost of
one dollar.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
She Would Get Even.

Marcellis was very fond Of playing
with the calves. One day one chased
her. Very much frightened, she crawled
under the fence and said. You can
stand there looking at me now, calf,
but I'll have some of you in my stom-
ach before long"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
But lottie HADN'T One.

FlOssie (alluding to her new ring)-
1t isn't always what a present costs
that makes 1t appreciated
Little (whO doesn't think much Of
iO-NO, dear. Very often II is what
other people think 1t costs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Cen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives ont
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and BuSds
up the Whole System 90 cents
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
See, Honesty Does Pay.

Parkersburg, w. va.-Theodore Van
kirk found package containing 5000
In the street near his home. On in
vestigation he learned that the pack
age had dropped from an express
wagon and belonged to a man in Bal
timore. When he took the money
bundle to the express Office he was
rewarded with IS cents for bis hon.
esty.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
A Careful Man.

She working him up)-You should
never propose to girl on a Friday.
1t Is unlucky.
He (nOt having any)-Not always.
once knew a fellow who did it, and
the girl refused him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Fine Farmhouse.

Fine Pumphouse.
Charles had lived his four years on
farm. He was on a visit to his city
aunt and upon arrival asked for a
drink. His mother took him int the
bathroom and drew some water from
a faucet. My" exclaimed Charles,
looking around the white enameSed
room. AUNT Dell has a lovely psRp-
house."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

Latest photograph of the beautiful
Mrs. Ava Willing Aston, first wife Of
the late John Jacob Aston, who has
been living in London for several
years.
She is now devoting her life to war
relief work. She Is one of the most
industrious workers among the society
women and nobility in London. She
seems to be indefatigable, for every
moment of her time is spent advantage
ousIy.
Mrs. Aston has won a place high in
London's social sphere, and 10 much
sought by nobility. Her daughter,
MurieI, aids in the relief work.
1t is reported that Mrs. Vincent As
tor paid her mother-in-Iaw a visit
while on a short stay in London. Mrs.
Vincent Astor is now in France aid
ing in the organization of a hospital
behind the lines.
Every now and then a count breaks
into the news with information that he
is trying tc win the hand of the charm
ing Mrs. Aston. Many members of
nobility have been disappointed
suitors.
Moul, a perfectly reliable employee of
the Bureau of Highways and Seweys.
He has the proof on exhibition at his
home in Lockhart street. He got it
yesterday when he was sent to fix
a sewer in Royal street.
He had lifted the manhole and was
prOdding to remove the obstruction.
when a strange face, with rather evil
looking eyes, bobbed in his range of
vision.
After the first shock Moul grabbed
the head and drew forth a 3-foot ALI
gator. He got rope and led it to his
home and is trying to dope out how
the Florida native got this far North.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
ALLIGATOR FOUND IN SEWER
Employee Of Pittsburgh Bureau of
Highways and Sewers, Pulls
Out 3-Foot Saurian.

Pittsburgh.-The North side has
been famed for many things. Now it
is the habitat of the alligator.
If you don't believe it, ask George
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

This is difficult for a woman: TO
believe the nice little things she tells
other women about her husband.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

was unable W WoAA
or do any of my own
work. / read about
Lydia E. PinkhNn's
Vege table Com
pound in the news
papers and deter
mined to try it 1t
brought almost m
mediate relief. Ny
weakness has en-
tirely disappeared
and l never had bet
ter health. I weigh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Letter to
DR.. kilmer q Co.
Bin6hamton. N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root will Do F.f Yo

Send ten cents to DIR. Kilmer G. Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
win also receive a booklet of valuable in
formation. telling about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and men,
ton this paper. Large and medium size
hottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Where IL Works

HAS Matilda n rack for her piano?"
"Sure. All her hearers get their
nerves on it,"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
DON'T GAMRI z

that your hearts all right. Make
sure. Take "Renovine"-a heart and
nerve tonic. Price SOC and $1.OO.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

This world Is willing to tolerate a
lazy man who has money.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

Men with long heads are capable Of
using them on short notice.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

1t is believed that the magnolia vas
named after Maanol dc Montpelier.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
How Did She knoW2

DO you shave up or DOWN."
Down"
1T feels like down. "-LampOo
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

Here
dinner frock of pink silk
that turns into pockets
embroidered the lower The
bodice finished with neck
lace Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

THIS Is THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger If you
darken your ugly. grizzly. gray hairs BY
using la Creole" Hair Dressing
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
All Sorts Of Officers.

many classes in the army and there
will be more. Already there are all
sorts of officers. There is the regular
from West Point, the occasional regu-
lar from civil life, the officer who came
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
By HAYWOOD sRoUN.

accredited to the Pershing Army in
France by the New York Tribune and
Cvndicatel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04

Oh. Columbia enjoys the distinction
Of being one "f the old towns of iir-
GINA NJ ia" time of the removal Of
the capital FROM WilliausO burg It's
claim. Were G.vcn serious considcra-
zion. and on ou" ballot came within
foGr votes "f being selected as the
capita Of this state BESIDES tho
houses aud estates Of tn" old ana dis
;inGuish"d families. whose names re-
cun all the rycutful cpoohs ~ this
country. the road passes through the
State Farm. which is an object of in
tc"cst Nearing Richmond, il passes
Wcs,hamptom College and Richmond
college. the Country club of Nirg mia.
entering Richmond through its most
beautiful avenues. which cannot fail
- Impress the tourist
The failure of The state 10 avai, it.
self Of this opp"ytuuitN :" co-opcratr
with ohio and West Virginia. and 10
develop aud thereby demonstrate TO
tho tourists Of tho country rht great
value Of this Tri-Stn;c Highway.
would hc = signal misfortune. In all
diiion to tho Scrvic" il viii render 10
Il large body of the citizens 81 tho
state. and the wealth IT Viii bring and
IA" desirable element it will induce