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The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
Choice Of Eight Styles Of Voae
Waists at Soc.

Told you above-of Sunday
Waists here at sc These less
elaborate models, at Bsc, are Just
as we'll made and in every size up
to 81 bust measure.
Compare the Vests Here at Sc
With the Usual 10c Garments.
If the usual 1oc vests are worth
1oc then the vests now here at &c
are worth 20c Choice of regular
and extra large sizes. Special at
0c-enough for today'S sale.
Stockings for Your Boys and Girls
2 Pairs for 2Sc.
ChiIdren's Fast Black Hose, No.
l rib-the quality usually selling
at Csc. Mill mends" cause the
"mends" will hardly be noticed and
will not interfere with the, wear.
Reckon on getting two pairs Of
stockirEs for the price OF one pair.
Sizes . to sh, at 1Sc pair or for
25c.
Little ChiIdren's Wash Coats Now
Here at Only S1.1s.
or ratine and tussah, cotton, but
we'll made and attractively trimmed
with white pique. Sizes 2 to s
all at S1.1e.
Basement Store
The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
LADIES' FASHIONABLE
STATIONERY

SPHEFERRED LINEN1 = New
novelty writing paper-tinte6 pa
per with gold border.
Colors, blue, pink, violet, and
white; all gold bordered; "a sheets
and "a envelopes TO box.
Special at sc box
The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
Eiber-Slk Stockings, With 12-ineb
Boots, at Only I7e.

White Silk Stockings for women
with all the luster of pure silk
and with greater Durability than
associated with cheap silk hosiery.
(3) pairs to each purchaser.
Basement store.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-02

Materials as in 81 90 Wats-a the STYLE finish and fit of 81 90
T4s-Sh better of sizes than usual 81 00 Well made
Of voes corded and stripes white and coo. All sysh-some
with rue 'front.' all with the correctly large sailor collars. Some
plainly tailored others lace and embroidery trimmed Superior wash
, able waists Ample qusHy-at Soc for choice. ....~
Today-in the Paas Royal Basement Store.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
Others at Sz.9S.

For porch and garden wesr; plain
white and black and whit. Etr1p.
Poplins, pencil stripe tissues. eoI-
ored striped Voiles. plain, sinpl.
one-piece styles. trimmed win or
randy and lsoes. sises TO a.
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Garden Dresses, 2.7s

OF white dotted swS~s wrrh rr,,
and collar edged with narrow lace.
all sizes.
On Ssle-IHird FIser.
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~wBITE FLAx"-A new high
grad, white linen writing paper; ~
shec and "a envelopes 70 box; as
sortment Of styles and sizex,
At 1Se per ben.
Street F1oSE.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
Corsets-Dainty Pink and White
Creations, at CSC.


The nonrust kind, of extra quail
ity coutil. with the elastic top and
hose supporters. White and pink,
in sizes to Is. Specially good at Csc.
Summer Lingerie, Better Than
Usual, at $1.o0, for Only SSc.
Undermuslins of fine quality
longcloth and nsinsooks, beautiful
ly trimmed with lace and embroid-
cry. Choice of gowns, chemise,
and envelope chemise at only s5c.
Glove Fitting Ribbed Union Suits,
Values to SEC, at 3sc.
women's Union Suits Of extra
quality combed yarns; umbrella
style, lace trimmed; regular and
extra sizes; standard at SOC and
soc, for only Soc
The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
Three-Door, Open Front.

RefriEerator~I white enamel lined:
ice capacity. so lbs. Ga Sn
Regularly $500. at. pA8'oV
RefriEerstorvt white enamel lined:
ice capacity. 115 lbs. C12 0n
Regularly $3.50 --... PAC'oV
Guarknteed Ice Chests, reduced:
strongly made, galvanized lining.
good food preserver; ice 81 S0
capacity. rs lbs. Special
Nursery RefrIEeratorsy guaran-
teed: metal. oak finish. galvanized
ia4I4 Ii5ins and Res sDis0s ssss si,s 1s1 $3.50
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prop erly shaped
and otherwise relia-
BILE medium weight
half hose in black,
white, and gray.
street Floor.
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07

show up. My, but the old folks were
peeved about 1t.
"And then l was to leave today for
the West, Los Angeles. Had tick
cts and everything. But when ! got
TO the station this morning there were
papa, mamma and the girl. saw them
In the distance before they saw me.
I'm afraid of papa. When he takes
notion, it's all of. He never fails to
get what he wants. l wasn't going to
have that poor child thrown at me,
So l bolted Took the first train in
the opposite direction, and here ! am,
| don't know where I'm going, but I'm
on my way!' he added fiippantly, and
then more soberly. II have some bust
ness interests In Indianapolis,
Mildred looked suddenly very pale
and Ill. The man almost dropped the
baby in his CONSERVATION. "What have
1 done? What have | saldT
The mother came just then and res
cued the baby and carried 1t of. The
stranger moved to the seat beside Mil
dred.
'Do tell me what's wrongH" he
pleaded.
The color was slowly returning to
her face and ghost Of a smile was
playing around Mildred's mouth.
"Why-why-you see. I'm the girl.
and I'm running away from you, too
to an aunt OF mine. You're Richard
Harvey, aren't your
He was staring incredulously now.
"Then II you're Mildred Wilson, all ]
have to say is that was an awful fool
to shy so. Iwonder If you'll ever for
give me?"
81 was just thinking something like
that myself" said Mildred, colorlng.
"And after all it would be shame
to disappoint your father"
Mildred wouldn't say whether she
thought so or not. but somehow or
other her companion did not appear to
be discouraged. At any rate, no one
paid any attention to the cornhelds
after that.-olive Roberts Barton, In
the Chicago American.
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07
THE PRUssIAN SYSTEM
Told by f. Z. Walcott at Conference
of Field Men, Sept IL.

Told by f. Z. walcott at Conference
of Field Men, Sept IL.
This | have seen. / could not be-
lieve it unless | had seen It through
and through. For several weeks I
lived with Il; went all about II and
back of it; inside and out of II was
shown to me-until finally ! came to
realize that the Incredible was true.
II Is monstrous, II is unthinkable, but
II exists. II is the Prussian system.
A year ago l went to Poland to
learn It's facts concerning the remnant
of a people that had been decimated
by war. The country had been twice
devastated. First the Russian army
swept through 1t and then the Ger
mans. Along the roadside from War
saw to Pinsk. the present firing line
230 miles, near half a million people
had died of hunger and cold. The
way was strewn with their bones
picked clean by the crows. With
their usual thrift, the Germans were
collecting the larger bones to be
milled into fertilizer. but finger and
toe bones lay on the ground with the
mud covered and raid soaked clothing.
W lGhtI DdShtlS "SlS
along the way-the basket in which
the baby swings from the rafter in
every pleasant home. Every mile
there were scores OF them, each one
telling a death / started to count,
but after a little I had to give 1t up.
there were so many.
That is the desolation one saw
along the great road from Warsaw to
Pinsk, mile after mile, more than two
hundred miles. They told me mil
lion people were made homeless In
six weeks of the German drive in Au-
gust and September, 1916. They told
me four hundred thousand died on the
way. The rest. sacrcely half alive, got
through with the Russian army. Many
of these have been sent to Siberia;
ii is these people whom the Paderew-
ski committee is trying to relieve.
In the refugee camps. 100000 sur
vtvors of the flight we're gathered by
the Germans, members OF broken fam
lilies They were lodged in jerry-built
barracks. scarcely waterproof. un-
lighted, unwarmed in the dead of win.
ter. Their clothes, where the buttons
were lost, were sewed on. There were
no conveniences, they had not even
been able to wash for weeks. Filth
and infection from yermin were
spreading They were famished, their
daily ration cup OF soup and piece
orsbread as big as my fist.
In Warsaw. which had not been de-
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07

stroyed, city of one million inhabi-
tants, one of the most prosperous
cities OF Europe before the war. the
streets were lined with people in the
pang of starvation. Famished and
rain-soaked, they squatted there, with
their elbows on their knees or leaning
against the buildings, too feeble to
lift hand for a bit of money or a
morsel of bread IL one offered it, per
ishing of hunger and cold. Charity
did what 1t could. The rich gave all
that they had. the poor shared their
last crust. Hundreds of thousands
were perishing. Day and night the
picture is before my eyes-a people
starving, a nation dying.
In that situation, the German COM
mander issued a proclamation. Every
able-bodied Pole was bidden to Ger
many to work. If any refused let no
other Pole give him to eat, not so
much as a mouthful. under penalty of
German military law.
This is the choice the German gov
ernment gives to the conquered Pole.
to the husband and father of a stary-
ing family; Leave your family to die
or survive as the case may be. Leave
your country which is DESTROYED. to
work In Germany for its further de-
struction. II you are obstinate. we
shall see that you surely starve.
Staying with his folk. he is doomed
and they are not saved; the father
and husband can do nothing for them
he only adds to their risk and SUI.
fering. Leaving them, he will be cut
off from his family. they may never
hear from him again nor he from
them. Germany will set him to work
that a German workman may be re-
leased to fight against his own land
and people. He shall be lodged in bar
racks, behind barbed wire entangle-
ments. under armed guard He shall
sleep on the bare ground with a single
thin blanket. He shall be scantily fed
and his earnings shall be taken from
him to pay for his food.
That is the choice which the Ger
man government offers to proud,
sensitive, high strung people Death
or slavery,
So asked General Won Kries. Cen
eral, this is a civilized people Can
this be true?"
yes" he said. cit is true"-with
an air OF adding, Why not?
dared not trust myself to speak:
| turned to go. Wait" he said. And
he explained to me how Germany, o..
fetal Germany. regards the state Ct
subject peoples
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07
Bretonne Soup.

Peel and chop two large onions, and
put them in a stewpan with two ounces
of margarine and fry until light
brown color. Then stir in one ounce
of oatmeal and three ounces Of harieot
beans which have been soaked over
night In water. Now add six pints OF
water and half a gill of milk. Boil for
one and one-half hours, until the beans
are quite soft. Pass the soup through
II colander. return to the stewpan and
reheat. Add salt and pepper to taste
and about a tablespoonful of grated
cheese and a sprinkltng of finely
chopped parsley; stir. Serve very hot
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07
Vegetable Outlets.

Put Il tablespoonful Of butter In a
stew pan, add four tablespoonfuls corn
starch, soften with one cupful milk,
the same quantity of freshly grated
corn and minced green pepper. Bring
to boil and stir while boiling for
four minutes. Remove from the stove
and add a tablespoonful of minced
parsley, liberal seasoning Of salt and
pepper and one wellbeaten egg, Stir
well and spread on platter to cool for
an hour or SO, then shape with spoon,
dip In beaten egg, then In fine crumbs
and fry in hot tat-
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07
Fathers Plan

The train was stifiing and the air
that filtered In through the tiny Pull
man screens only brought dusty.
scorching discomfort to the weary pas
sengers within.
Mildred leaned her aching head
against the hot green plush cush-
ion and wondered how many endless
miles still stretched between her and
Indinnnpolls--her destination. Miles
and miles of cornfields flew past-she
wondered how the whole world could
consume so much-and still beneath
the half-lowered shades she could see
more corn and more-growing up close
to the track. II she looked another In
stant she would lose her senses-what
with corniields, the heat and the pain
in her head-lt was uncomfortable.
Then the baby began againl 1t had
been going nll day, not crying exactly,
but frettIng to be amused. This con-
sisted Of running up and down the
aisle In n drunken staggering fashion.
its worn mother hanging on to Its
skirts. Mildred felt sorry for the
mother. She was doing her best to
keep 1t quiet In the morning she had
kept 1t amused with pretty, pretty
- out of the window, and "See,
darling, the big red house" And, oh,
look at the piggies. Baby say piggy
This little pig went to market" etc.
But now there were cornfields only
what could mother do7 And the big
bnck teeth that were coming through
hnd started to sting the little gums.
Mildred suspected this. Besides, baby
wanted her nap. but could not sleep
on the noisy train in spite of the pill
lows the porter brought. So she In
sisted again on scrambling down Off
her mothers knee and running down
the aisle.
The weary mother started in pur-
suit again and Mildred caught the look
of deadly weariness in her eyes.
let me have the baby for n little
while. won't your" asked Mildred,
reaching out detainlng hand for the
little figure MS 1t toddled past.
The mother looked her relief. "Why,
If you don't mind" she accepted CRATE
fully. "we're both so tired-but I'm
afraid you are, tooT
mot so tired rs you are" smiled
Mildred. "You can go back and rest
n little and I'll see If CurlIlocks and 1
conft hoya "A pond timan
CurlIlocks looked up into Mildred's
face appraisingly for an instant with
big. solemn eyes. "Pitty lady" she
decided suddenly, with whole-hearted
approval and started to climb up into
the seat.
There was nothing outside to dis
tract baby's attention, just the ever
lasting corn. So Mildred took turns
with her wrist watch. the ivory mirror
out of her bag and the screw top of
her talcum box. Baby liked this best
but after baby and her new nurse
were powdered pretty well all over
Mildred decided to put 1t away; Curll-
locks thought differently. The watch
and the mirror had lost their charm.
Baby wanted the talcum box.
Mono, dearw said Mildred.
"Lets see what else there is In the
pretty bag" But baby screamed and
kicked and refused a substitute. Mil
dred booked appeallngly toward the
mother. She had fallen asleep"
Maybe these would do" said uinn
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07

across the aisle. holding out bunch
of keys that Jlngled beautifully.
Mildred took them gratefully. She
hadn't noticed the man before. He'd
probably been In the smoker all day,
and came in while she was fussing
with Curlilocks. She'd seen his bag
on the seat-that was all.
Baby liked the keys. The powder
was forgotten. Blessed mani
"Cuttlng teeth. / suppose" sympa'
thized the man.
"Yes," said Mildred.
awful weather for babiesi" said
the man. tanning himself with his hat.
which meant that he. too, was suffer
ing.
Worse weather for mothers" said
Mildred.
"You bet 1t isl"
Then baby discovered something she
liked In the mans voice. Daddy,
daddy" she cried, stretching out her
little arms to him.
Hush, dear. that's not daddy"
"Let me have her little while,
won't your" The man came over to
the seat facing Mildred and held out
his arms.
There was nothing for It. Baby
crawled right In. Moreover, there was
something restful and protecting about
a pair of strong masculine arms and
big. broad, comfortable shoulder to
lean on. Baby curled up like a kit
ten and was soon fast asleep.
That's perfectly wonderful" de
clared Mildred. Most men don't know
a thing about children" She hest
tated, perhaps"
He laughed easily. "No. I'm not mar
ried. That's what you were going to
say. wasn't it?"
"Yes," she confessed.
I'm not-rm sorry TO say. And
yet" he half smiled and looked out
at the racing cornfields. "What would
you say If l told you l was running
away from that very thing?"
at sounds interesting" said Mildred,
"but mysterious"
at isn't mysterious at all. It's just
a case of mistaken kindness. But do
you know I'm more than half a mind
to tell you about 1t. I'm so full OF
1t It would do me good to tell some
body, and really need sympathy, too.
Do you mind being burdened with 9TH
er peoples troublesT"
"No-rm terribly interested. II
you're not afraid to trust me-"
He regarded her intently for a mo-
ment! "No. I'm not afraid. Besides,
being married. you'll likely sympathize
with the girl. 1t was she / was think
Ing Of"
I'm not married! Goodness, no."
isn't this your baby2"
mo. There's It's mother over there
asleep"
He showed his surprise. "WeIl, I'm
kind of glad you're not married, after
all. And 1 still feel like telling you
my troubles-lf you still care to hear"
''Yes, l do"
swell, you see, it's this way. have
a business partner whom don't see
very often, although I'm terribly fond
of him, and'he is of me. too. That's
the trouble. He took a notion that
was the one person in the world he
was fondest of besides his only daugh-
ter that we two ought TO get married.
She's just out of school. l was asked
to dinner last night to meet her
couldn't get out of it-but do you know
the girl evidently didn't like the idea
any better than I did for she didn't
The Lamar register., 1917-11-07
FOOD YOU SAVE
WILL WIN BATTLES

Colorado has done her share in
every appeal made by the government,
She answered the call and sent more
than her quota of men to the regular
army, navy, marines, officers training
camps. national guard and national
selective army She oversubscribed
her share of the Red Cross fund and
the Liberty Loan Bonds,
We have sent our boys to France
to fight side by side with our allies
Are We going TO feed them and their
comrades fighting the battle of De
mocracy?
Our Nation and our Allies are con
fronted with food situation OF such
grave menace that its solution re-
quires the cooperation OF every Amer
lean home. The needs Of our Allies
and of the soldiers we send across
the sea cannot be met unless there
, are tremendous increases in our ex-
ports-wheat, meat. sugar and similar
products. Increased demands present
4 problem that cannot be met unless
In our homes such substitutions in
the customary diet are made as will
conserve our wheat and meat supply.
In order to bring 10 the people OF
the country a realization of the grav-
ity OF the situation, pledge card cam
paign, national in its scope. viii be
made during the week OF October 2Sth
20 November ith. During that period
an effort will be made to pledge as
many as possible of the 23,On0. 900
families to cooperate with the United
States Food Administration in pol,
icy calculated to increase our wheat
and meat reserves by means OF a
larger use OF corn, vegetables and
| other products. The success of the
propaganda depends upon the force OF
the educational dive made.
Save the food ard help the fighter
fight Eat plenty. wisely and without
waste. Use substitute for wheat and
help win the war Fat is fuel for
fighters-save IT.
Eat wisely and keep the wolf from
the door Of the world. Feed our
! children, Use less c~Hgr 70 Z AZ they
may have who'h Hih. Eat at least
cne whe.te IS D erl q day Eat at
least one Ec1ters meal 4 lay
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
Science DethrOnes Cupid
By GARRETT
P. SERVISS

When Q person loses an arm or Q
leg he sometimes experiences sharp
and vivid sensations, apparently af-
fecting the missing member.
Strange superstitons and practices
have grown UP in connection with
this remarkable phenomenon- The
explanation resides in the fact that
the imagined sensations, arise in
the cerebral corteI, where, alone,
-nsEtion OF any kind is felt. They
may be the result of memories
stored in the cells, and thus "a
missing arm may be represented by
sensations years after II has been
severed from the body"
OF still wider interest, scien-
tifcally at least, is the conclusion
that the message-bearlnE function
OF the nerves Of the body Is an ac-
quired quality, the development Of
which has given rise TO mans men
tai life. The great majority Of the
sense organs OF lower animals. says
Professor Parker, yield impulses to
motion, in no way associated with
consciousness. Probably sensory
equipment OF this kind, with the
beginnings OF q central apparatus,
'anoroed the necessary settings Tor
the appearance OF consciousness"
and "at this stage the sense organ
must have added to its primitive
function OF calling forth muscle ac-
tivity that OF supplying messages
to a growing central organ, a funo-
tion that has become OF such para
mount Importance in man"
Thus is drawn the significant
conclusion that "our sensations are
not our most fundamental and prim-
itive nervous processes, but behind
these, and OF much more ancient
lineage, are our impulses to action"
And Gaping this comes the prac-
tical advice. which everybody
should heed: 1--WE do we'll to warn
ourselves to think before we act.
Action 10 the Oldest and most in
grained OF our nervous functions:
thinking the newest"
The Washington times., 1917-07-02

The tramway system OF Buenos
Ayres is the greatest of any city in
the world. there being three hun
dred and thirty miles of line In
operation. This fact Is more re-
markable when Il is remembered
that the population OF the Argentine
city Is only shout one million and a
half.
A blast-furnace Is to be erected In
the State OF Mysore In India. with
a capacity of about twenty thou
sand tons OF charcoal iron per
annum. Native hsrdwoods are to
be earbonized in retorts, produc-
ing alcohol and acetate Of lime.
There are mentioned in the Bible
the names OF nineteen different pre-
cious stones, six metals. lo4 trees
and plants, thirty-five animals. thir-
ty-nine birds. six fishes. eleven rep
tiles. twenty insects and other small
creatures
II is stated that the fuel value
of peat-powder. as shown by the
investigations OF the Swedish State
Railways. Is about two-thirds of
that Of coal. but greater efficiency
is expected from use on a large
scale.
During tha ys&E I916. 2s.IIG iIn-
The Washington times., 1917-07-02

other old notions besides those
which made the heart the controller
Of affections. the liver of melan-
choly and the spleen Of temper. II
brings out the fact that all our
- Nrioas are located In the eere-
bral cortsx and noWhers else In the
....--y. .sUsI.Uy the cerebral cortek
and there 10 no sensation. no mat
ter what stimulus. or injury, may
AFFECT the so-called organs OF SEN
sation. Destroy . part Of the cor
tex, or arrest its activity. and no
sensations are felt pertaining 70
the corresponding organs.
Add TO this the still more sub
vsrtiVe fact. as stated by Professor
Parker, that there is good reason
for believing that our whole con-
sciouG life is similarly restricted.
and one can understand what q
revolution IN popular ideas about
the phenomena Of human life un-
derlies these discoveries. In the
cerebral cortsx lies memory with
its wealth Of stored experiences;
IN this organ love, hate and fear
come into being; here arise the
cool deliberations OF the man OF
science, the dreams and aspirations
Of the poet. the passion Of the re-
nEious enthusiast. and. when abb
normalties intervene. the rawlings
of the mailman"
When q pin pricks you. or . knife
cuts you. or dre burns your finger.
you think that the sensation IL At
the seat Of the injury; but not so,
it is in the cerebral eortex- The
nerve connecting the point Of in
Jury with the cerebral corteE
simply carries a message. but feels
nothing itself, the feeling being ut
the place Of reception Of the mes
sage. Cut the connecting nerve
and the part of the body which IL
serves a. q telegraph line may be
severely injured without any SEN
GatIon being felt
Professor Parker offers a strik-
ing illustrs-'ion of the wonderful
functions Of the cerebral eortsx-