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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
"rrench Foot" New War disease,

In spite of vaccines and modern
hygiene disease still stands close to
the enemy in the number of French
and British soldiers it destroys. For
example, trench warfare has develop
ed a disease of, Its own, which is
called trench foot" and is a sort of
gangrene. 1t is caused by standing
in cold water day after day. A sort of
mold enters abrasions in the skin
and the foot literally rots away.
often rendering an operation neces-
sary.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
Conserving Leather.

Leather is one of the materials
which must be used economically In or
der that the army may have shoes, har-
ness, saddles and puttees. The depart
ment of agriculture explains that the
civilian can conserve leather by maxi
ing his shoes last as long as possible.
Greasing them when the leather gets
hard and dry; wearing heel plates or
otherwise preventing turnover heels,
which ruin the shape of a shoe, and
having them half-soled when practical
bic, will cut the family shoe bill, and
help the government keep the soldiers
properly shod.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
Glass Bottom Sea Boats.

After refusing to accept a 100000
shrapnel order at the beginning of the
European conflict from the British gov
eminent because of Humanitarian rea-
sons, Charles r. Bryson, president of
the Electric Steel company, has placed
his patriotism above his conscientious
beliefs and is now aiding Uncle Sam
in seeking a solution for the German
submarine menace, says a Pittsburgh
correspondent of the New York Com
mercial.
He has submitted plans to the gov
eminent of his "glass-bottom" pattol
boats, which, he declares, can be used
as a means to lid the sea of the u
boats, mines and other Unseen perils.to
navigation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27

some of the most trifling daily habits
of everyone, and select the very hum
drum subject of complaining about the
habit many men have of drawing their
trousers over their boots In undress.
ing, instead of taking their boots off
first, no dOabt there would be readers
who would take 1t as an instance of
giving weight to triles.
Yet they would be wrong. l am
sure that one product Of this habit is
the common, yet always annoying and
often dangerous boil. A moments
thought will convince you that there is
something in the theory. During a
days walking your boots have gone
through miles of filth. When you slip
your clothing off over them, you are
taking the chance Of transferring to
your clothes, and thence to your body,
whatever disease germs you boots may
have picked up In this filth.
So these "trifes" are not always tri-
fies. If we are going to do our duty
in preserving tie health of the civil
population, we fnust have less cases
of sickness than ever before, because
we have decidedly less doctors at
home to take are of whatever comes
up. Later on, when wounded soldiers
come home with unsupported communal
cable diseases, we must know how to
do the best thing for them and the best
thing for ourselves, so that we may
not have here, as they have had In for
eign countries, widespread epidemIcs
among the civil population to be a
drain on the vitality of our military
efforts.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
Onions for Colds,

The efficiency of onions is well
known to the singers of Italy and
Spain, who eat them every day to i'm
prove the quality of their voices.
Onion plasters are prescribed to
break up hard colds. They are made
Of fried onions placed between two
pieces of muslin. The plaster is kept
quite hot until the patient is snugly in
bed. Then it is placed on the chest to
stay over night. Onion strip is said by
some to be unequaled as a cure for a
bad cold on the chest.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
Big BUSINESS men
Some Who Do a Days Work Be-
fore Breakfast.
Lord Rhondda and LIoyd-G George Of
England, Roosevelt and Rockefeller
Among Quick Thinkers.

Lord Rhondda, the food controller,
is one of the greatest business men
England has ever produced, London
Tit-Bits says. His lordship is accus-
toned to commence his days work be-
fore he rises in the morning. From
then until the time when his dressing
Is completed he is busy with various
problems, and upon man. occasions
he has actually settled important mat
ters in connection with the department
at the breakfast table. Thus, when he
arrives at his office he has already
done what many men would consider
a good days work.
Perhaps no member Of the win-thes
war government leads a more strenu-
existence than its leader, Lloyd
George. Always up before six in the
morning, he is busy even at breakfast
when he gives his attention to multi
tudinous affairs Of state. Although he
invariably spends his week-ends at htS
charming house in the country, tho
prime minister is in constant touch
with 10 Downing street by telephone,
If any important question arises during
his s]oiourn out of town, less than half
nm hour finds the premier back at No.
10. This wonderful little Welshmah
frequently makes an "all-night sitting
in order to solve some problem of mo-
mentous importance that has cropped
up"
Our foreign minister, Arthur Bal
four, is another expert at time saving.
He gets through a large amount of cor
respondence every day during meals,
debating letters to his secretary be-
tween the courses. Although he Is sell
dom seen in the house of commons
nowadays, it was invariably his prac-
tice before the war to compose his
speeches while listening to the debates,
EX-Prcsident Roosevelt is another
celebrity who has reduced time saw
ing to a fine art. He constantly takes
a paper and pencil out with him when
he is riding on horseback, and at such
times decides upon his reply to a diff
ticNlt question or outlines an article
for the press.
j. u. Rockefeller believes in an econ
Omy OF words. When he has an i'm
pOrtant piece of business to negotiate,
he thinks out beforehand what is the
simplest and quickest way of getting II
through. Another man who had once
to negotiate an important Oil deal with
him, one involving the transfers Of
hundreds of thousands of pounds,
spent weeks in preparing for the final
mOmentOus interview.
Mr.. Rockefeller walked into the
room where he was sitting with his
piles of papers. "How muchY' he
asked. The man named a figure, though
almost surprised into dumbness by the
b]luntness of the question. Fright"
said the millionaire, and left the room,
thereupOn handing over the other
party to some of his subordinates for
the completion of details, while he him.
self gave his attention to other mat
tiers. 1t is part of his system of saw
ing time that his mind and attention
shall only be occupied with the settle
ment of principles, and that thereafter
the arrangement of details shall al
ways be taken in hand by his numCr-
u assistants, who are quite compe-
tent for the purpose.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
Suggestions for School
Lunches to Stay Riddles
Craving Until NIGHT Meal

Don't let the school lunch be merely
something which will fill the lunch box
in the morning and be only n sop to
stay the Riddles appetites from noon
until night. Make II a real contribu-
ton to the food which the children
require to meet the needs of their
growing bodies and active brains-to
satisfy their appetites and keep them
in health.
These are the suggestions Of home
economies specialists of the United
states department Of agriculture, now
that millions of the future citizens of
the country are again eating their mid
day meals from box, basket. bag or
confectionery shop instead of from the
family table under watchful parental
eyes.
The preparation of luncheons which
will fill the needs of the child's body,
does not mean the use of more expen-
sive foods or the expenditure of great
er effort, the specialists paint out. In
many cases both expense and work
will be lessened. What is needed for
the preparation of more satisfactory
lunches is merely that parents and
'big sisters" or whoever fills the lunch
box, shall inform themselves of certain
facts in regard to the choice and COM
bination of foods. The need in many
cases is for neither more nor less food,
but for the representation of needed
food groups. The necessary facts are
set out plainly in Farmers Bulletin
712, "School Lunches"
The following suggestions are among
those made In the bulletin for we'll
balanced lunches TO be carried to
school:
l. Sandwiches with sliced tender
meat for filling; baked apple, cookies
or a few Jumps of sugar.
.. Sliced meat loaf or bean loaf {;
bread and butter sandwiches, stewed
fruit, small frosted cake.
3. Crisp rolls, followed out and
filed with chopped meat or fish, moist
ened and seasoned, or mixed with
salad dressing, orange, apple, a mixture
of sliced fruits or berries, cake.
4. Lettuce or celery sandwiches, cup
custard, jelly sandwiches.
8. Cottage cheese and chopped green
pepper sandwiches or a pot of
cream cheese with bread-and-but-
ter sandwiches, peanut sandwiches,
fruit, cake.
6. Hard-boiled eggs, crisp baking
powder biscuits, celery or radishes
brown sugar or maple sugar sand
wiches.
7. Bottle of milk, thin corr bread
and butter, dates, apples.
S. Raisins or nut bread with but
ter, cheese, orange, maple sugar.
0. Baked bean and lettuce sand
witches, apple sauce, sweet chocolate.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
Foreign municipalities
And Governments Add to
Revenue With Side Lines

There are foreign municipalities as
we'll as foreign governments that do
not think it beneath them to add to
their revenues by "a side line or two"
The city of Paris, for instance, in
creases its by q few francs
each year in the cultivation of a lit
tie state orchard In the Luxembourg
gardens, and the same municipality
also takes its share of the receipts of
the Eiffel Tower.
A curious evenu accrueS to the
city of Palermo, which makes CONNER
cial use of its SHOWS from the noun
tains. The Sicilian snow is brought
down at night in baskets and shipped
to the neighboring towns, where it is
sold for refrigerating purposes.
The Greek government has a most
profitable side line in It's monopoly in
playing cards, from which it derives a
handsome income.
The Russian government once I'M
dertook, to its profit, a deal In junk.
1t was just after the Crimean war,
when for months old iron, shot and
shell were picked up around Sebasto-
pol. A regular trade in this junk
sprang up, thousands of tons being
sold. Finally It struck the government
that the idea was such a good one
that 1t would take a hand itself. It
thereupOn interviewed between buyers
and sellers, imposing a tax of ten
cents per hun.iredweight. 1t was es-
timated that the imperial government
profited in this way to the extent Of
$4,000.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27

dashed forward at breakneck speed.
Miss Burrell screamed and chung to
the seat rail.
Leila tore Off the ragged skirt she
wore, posed to meet the %onrushing
horse, made a daring spring, flung the
skirt over its head and chung to the
bride, dragged, trodden on, and final
ly flung upon a heap Of stones, but the
runaway brought to a halt.
Leila lay upon her poor bed, bruised
and b%andaged. The next day when
Miss Burrell visited her she drew her
skirts closely to evade contact with
the bare floor. She shifted the plebian
air of the howell with contempt.
II am glad you was not hurt" spoke
Leila. "That was all 1 thought of, be-
cause you are Mr.. Warden's true love,
and 1 would do anything for him; he
has done so much for me. Don't tell
him." whispered Leila, "but l love him,
and that makes me happy all the time.
Oh, / would willingly die for him !"
"Indeed?" breathed Miss Burrell loft
lily, and Leila shrank at the hidden FIRE
of suspicion and hate in those basilisk
eyes.
"She is not good enough for you"
the open-souled, artless Leila told War
den, when he, too, came to see how she
was getting along, and within a week
the amazed young man thought so,
too. Miss Burrell had seized upon the
circumstance Of the mysterious inter-
est of Warden in Leila to create a
quarrel. AS a matter of fact, her tickle
fancy had been transferred to a new
flame and she seized o. ready excuse to
break with her fiance. The enlightened
Warden was abashed and hurt, but he
kept his suffering to himself. The real
soullessness of Miss Burrell showed in
her neglect of Leila after one call. It
was weeks before Leila could get
about.
Warden had returned to the city,
but several times he ran down to visit
the little invalid and the day she wax
able, resting on his arm, to go out into
the garden, he disclosed to her his fu-
ture plans.
81 am going away, Leila" he ex'
plained-to cure his heartbreak. He
did not tell her, but she guessed it, and
regarded him pityingly. 81 shall be
gone a year. Your people here have
agreed that I shall care for you and
give you a chance in the world. You
are to go to my sister in the city, who
will look after you and place you in a
school, and help you to enjoy the
bright new life your true, gentle spirit
deserves"
81 am learning to write" a little
scrawl from Leila reached Warden
three thousand miles away on his wan
derings. "Just see If it isn't plain. I
love Mr.. Warden more than anybody
else in the world"
And a year later, as the travel-weary
man was longing to turn his face home
wards, in perfect handwriting came a
second note. 81 can read anything now
and they say I am the best writer in
the school, see-'I love Mr.. Warden
and always SHALL"
His heart warmed at the artless mes
sage. His gaze took in with surprise
and gladness the new Leila Trask who
greeted him at his sisters home.
"Kiss me, too she told him, as he
took his sister in his arms, and Bliss
Warden recognized the %unsullied love
of an unspoiled being, and knew that
he had found a treasure he must cher
ish to the end of life.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27

grain, or ground grains and water.
The best method is to feed a mixture
of ground grains and skim milk. Birds
fattened this way In close confinement
are known as "milk-fed" poultry, and
such when in prime condition com
mand the highest market prices. The
time required for fattening is from one
week to ten days, after which time the
birds will not gain in weight and
should be sold Immediately.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
The Greater Luxury.

az hear Mrs. Gadder is in the hos.
pital again"
Yes. She wanted a new town car
this year, but Mr.. Calder told her
firmly that she could not have a new
car and an operation, too, so natural,
ly she chose the operation"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
His Guess.

"what beautiful daughters they
havev"
"Yes, indeed. There must be a bat
tie royal at their house every night
to decide which one of them is to help
their mother with the Dishes"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27
Concerning Women.

Policewomen in Kansas work
only eight hours a day.
Rhode Island was the first
state to grant presidential suff-
rage.
New York has more working
women than any other state in
the Union.
Barnard college girls are knit
ting sweaters for the soldiers In
France.
Wellesley college girls have
declared martial law on Ice
cream and other delicacies.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02

Sales: 800, $50, 20, % EnseIs, QUO
%, II -Enuels, 5.S7H.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02
:: Business And Financial News ::
RUSH
CALJSINGDELAY
INCAbLEGRANS

Until further notice, all messages
accepted by the Commercial Paciti2
Cable TO. will be subject to a delay OF
from "a to 80 hours.
This announcement was made TO-DAY
al the offices Of the company on Bish'
Cd street. The ruling applies TO all
messages and just how long it will re-
main in effect is not known. Heavy
congestion OF traffic over the cable
line, ard Luck Of facilities by the local
office 10 handle the steadily incTeas'
ina rush CT business, are the reasons
given for the delay in messages,
The suddenly increased traffic has
Leon noticeable for the last two weeks
officers Of the company say. and they
are unable to give any authoritative
reason for the rush. This business,
hey add is made up largely OF com
mercial messages.
at is hard to say when the rush
will end" declares an officer, and
the necessity of delaying messages
nav continue for some time to come.
Persons bringing messages TO the
cable office for forwarding are warn
ed that they will be delayed, and in
this way the company is relieving lta
patrons from any inconvenience.
The naval radio station on For;
street reported today that it is delay
ing no messages and that no marked
increase in traffic over its system has
been noticed.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02
PLANTATIONS OF
MAUI ARE MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS
Pioneer Tunnel Will increase
Water Capacity BY 50,-
100000 Gallons
Especial s.ar-Runs.in corrsspondencs3

WAILUKC, Sept. 29-Improyements
OF a permanent nature have this sum
mer been made in Maui plantations.
The most important matter at the Pho,
neer Sugar company is the permanent
increase in water supply. The new
Honokowai tunnel has been the main
Improvement in the water system o.
Lahaina's big plantation. The main
tunnel will be a mile and a half long
and will have a total capacity of 90
600, 900 gallons of water. Heretofore,
the water of the heavy freshets in the
mountains has been lost and ii Is eX-
pected that this "cw enterprise VA
collect and save large shares of this
water. A branch tunnel 1000 feet in
length will also help to augment the
main flow. This branch will have a
capacity of 25,000,000 gallons.
Pioneer is also following the exam
pie of other Maui plantations and do
ing away with all wooden bridges.
Concrete is taking the place of wood in
all bridges over the bitches, An iron
flume of a mile and half in length
has also been added to the equipment
during the summer months.
At the Wajluku sugar mill new
warehouse 237XS0 feet has been added.
This will give a capacity of 5000 tons
Of sugar.
There has been some shifting Of
tracks and new garage is soon to be
built for the housing of ploughing ma
chinery and the plantation trucks.
Reinforced concrete fumes are to
take the place of wood on the bitches
and bridges. The concrete fouuda'
tons will also be made substantial, so
as to overcome all possibility of wash
outs which on the Wailuku plantation
are more feared than elsewhere in
Central Maui because of the heavy
mountain freshets. A large amount Of
concreting on the Waihee ditch will
also be done in the near future. This
new improvement will save much loss
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02
SEPTEMBER BUILDING
PERMITS TOTAL MORE
THAN HALF MILLION

The total of money involved in
building permits issued in September
broke all records for many years, &C
cording to Harry Freitas, building in
spector, who declares that, from pres
ent indications, the building boom will
continue to increase steadily. Per
mits numbering SO were issued in.
volving the expenditure of over half a
million dollars for labor, building ma
terials and supplies. The exact fig.
ures were $535,115.
AS evidence that the building boom
is becoming reality Mr.. Freitas ex'
hibited a permit issued this morn.
ing to the Hawaiian Evangelical as,
ISOLATION for the construction of the
Second Chinese Congregation church
on Beretania street, to cost SAL ,459
This will be a stone and brick struc.
ture 80 feet long and 80 feet wide.
Work on the excavation of the eel.
lars will begin within two weeks.
Four other building permits were
granted today. E. c. Peters will erect
a one-story dwelling on the makai
side of Wyllie street near Liliha to
cost $500. Oliver G. Lansing was
given q permit for a one-story frame
bungalow to cost $500 to be built at
Sixteenth avenue and Leahi avenue.
The Trent Trust Co. secured two per.
mits, one for a cottage to, be built on
the mauka saide of Kualini street near
Nuuanu and one on the Eva side of
Nuuanu near Kuakini street, each to
cost $3.50.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02

Between Boards: Sales: 20. 5, rs,
IS Pioneer, 35.62Ia; so Pioneer, $3.50;
IS Eva, $3.50; 10 Oahu, 1880; 80 OIaa,
$50.
Latest sugar quotation: e6 deg. test,
| 500 cents, or $13s er ton.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02
LIBERTY loan
drive STARTS
ON WEDNESDAY
Opinion is Hawaiian District
VIII Subscribe at Least
Five Millions

throughout the Hawaiian islands
the campaign to sell the second Lib
ertv loan bonds will oven Wednesday
and will cOntinUe until October &c.
The meeting Of the advisory commit
tee, com! Osed of representatives from
cgcry phase Of society and every or
SANITATION in Honolulu, will be held
Wedr psday in the Chamber Of Com
merrc to launch the drive.
This committee will select the
speakers for the various propaganda
meetings to be held and the work OF
pushing the bond sale will commence
the same evening
The twelfth reserve district en-
bracing the Pacific coast states and
the territory Of Hawaii has been al
lotted seven per cent of the loan,
$40 600 900. and it is believed that the
amount subscribed will be S350,000,
GEO. The executive committee for
Honolulu, composed of L. Tenney
Peck, Clarence II. Cooke, E. |. Spald-
ing and J. L. Cockburn are bent on
seeing that these islands oversub-
scribe their share which it is esti-
mated will be about $5,000,000. 1t is
the aim of the distribution committee
appointed last week to put Liberty
loan in every home on the islands.
The question of the dates of pay
ments of subscriptions will have to
be changed for these islands. The
dates set for the Pacific coast states
were November Is, second payment,
December IA, third payment, and final
payment January IS. These will have
to be revised for the islands and
will probably be set back two weeks
so that the first payment VIII be made
November 2, the second December 2,
and the third on January 2. The rea.
son for the change is so that island
subscriptions can reach the twelfth
federal reserve district headquarters
in San Francisco on the date set for
payment on the coast.
The letter sent out this morning to
the various representatives who are
to attend Wednesdays meeting, is as
follows:
"The Liberty Loan executive com.
mittee Of the Territory of Hawaii
charged by the honorable secretary
Of the treasury through his excellency
the governor Of Hawaii, with the duty
of orfanizing campaign for the sale OF
the second Liberty Loan has through
its chairman, L. Tenney Peck, called
general meeting for the. purpose OF
forming representative central com.
mittee to be held at the hall Of the
Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday
October 3, 1917, at p. m.
An organization plan approved by
the executive committee will be pre-.
sented for its consideration and def.
mite action. +
you are earnestly requested to be
present in person or by representa-.
ton and to be prepared to actively CO.
operate in this patriotic service"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02
PLAN INJUNCTION TO
STOP SALE OF LANDS

An Injunction suit to restrain City
Treasurer d. L. Conkling from selling
the land belonging to l.. l.. McCand
less on Beretania near Maunakea
street. to satisfy a lien for assess
ment under the frontage tax law, will
be fled by Attorney P. L. Weaver in
circuit court sometime between now
end Saturday. The sale OF the land
Is advertised for Saturday at Il
o'clock in the treasurer's office and
the plea for an injunction to restrain
the official from selling the land will
be filed prior to that time.
I'VE will ask for the injunction on
constitutional grounds" explained At
torney Weaver yesterday, Put II
this way: On the ground that the
assessment is unconstitutional"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-02
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Wong
Chun Shee in no longer member of
the firm known as "Yee Sing Com
pany" and the undersigned will not be
responsible for any debts or obliga-
tions contracted by said Wong Chun
Shee from and after this date.
YEE SING COMPANY,
By TAM SHEE
and HEE WONG SHEE.
6906-6t