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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-24

beet factories Is not being restricted
and a temporary shortage in the
northwestern States gives no warranty
for the advances by retailers to over
nine cents per pound a
THE price of the new Cuban Puer-
to Rican and Hawaiian harvest in
December will maintain the beet level
as soon as it is available. The beet
Is one and three-quarters below Au-
gust prices and without the concerted
action of beet manufacturers and the
refiners of cane sugar, prices would
now be up to Is cents, owing to the
short supply during the next few
days. .ea
I'm order to provide equally good
substitutes for lard and cooking fats.
the food administration is arranging
for the importation Of larger supplies
OF cocoanut, palms, nut and soya bean
oils. This should at once affect the
prices OF soap.
''Since the food administration came
into existence on August 10, a great
deal of exertion has been required
TO remedy food situations growing out
of the Over-export and short supplies
of the 1916 harvest.
There were no reserve stocks i'm
practically all of the main staples with
which to enter the new harvest year,
and. in fact, in some of the principal
staples, the exports had proceeded to
such lengths that there was an abso-
lutte undersupply of our own necessi-
ties during the past two months.
Ion the top of this situation various
factors have interferred with earl
ier arrival of the new harvest. The
farmer in preparing 70 Ia 80 per cent.
increase of winter wheat acreage in
the face of the shortage in agricultur-
al labor. has prevented the free mar
keting Of many commodities and in
addition to these difficulties there ex-
lists through the country, owing to the
large coal and munitions shipments.
a considerable car shortage.
"Resulting from these causes there
has been periodic shortage in first one
commodity after another, in one local
ity in the United States after anoth-
er. and a large part Of the energies OF
the food odp, m iat ro fion hoe boo,> oI
sorbed in securing q distribution and
redistribution of existing supplies in
such a manner as to keep the coun
try generally supplied with foodstuffs
and ways i'm meeting first one emer-
gency but for the cooperation of the
rail situation after another we should
have had local famines i'm one COM
modify after another in u great many
sections.
Furthermore the authority of the
food administration does not extend
over combinations of growers and
producers 1t extended over the great
majority of retailers at the other. The
distribution chain lying between
that is the arehOuse, wholesale com
mission, and manufacturers of prime
commodities-has required a great
deal OF study and development for its
proper regulation and these regula-
tions are now coming into force"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-24

Petrograd, Oct. 19.--The govern
ment has definitely decided to move
this announcement being made by the
minister Of public welfare.
The evacuation of fortified port
Reval, at the entrance of the Gulf Of
Finland, has begun, the inhabitants
being sent into the interior. The
landing of Germans on the Esthonian
coast, near the islands they recently
captured would threaten Reval from
the rear. 90
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-24
ABILITY TO COUNT.
Seniority Rule of Promotion i'm Army
to Be Disrcgarded.

Washington, Oct. 19.-The historic
seniority rule for army promotions
of National Army and National Guard
promotions. Officers of the regulars,
Guard or National Army are held to
be equally eligible for temporary ap-
pointment or promotion (based solely
on demonstration of fitness without
regard to seniOrity.)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-24
GERMANS FEAR ITALIANS.
KAISER TO MASS $4,000 TROOPS
ON ITALIAN BORDER.
Condition OF Austria AMI
Threatened offensive OF CadOrnI
Compel Tcutons to Rush to Ifcr
Relief.

Washington, Oct 1S-Official dis
patches received today state that the
Italian high command has learned
the Austro- German command has de-
cioed to move forty divisions, ap-
proxin,ately 100000 men from Rus
sian to the Italian front.
Lately it has been determined that
large forces of Germans, Bulgarians
and Turks had appeared on the -Isoa-
20 front, especially in the zone of the
Baineizza plateau. This is the re-
ported operation of the Austrian ami
German general staffs and according
to the written statements of German
and Austrian military critics, is con-
sidered the most dangerous in .Eu-
rope from the Teutonic standpoint
Despite this great reinforcement
of the Isonzo front, Italian dispatches
say General Cadorna, commander-in-
chief of the Italian armies, proposes
to continue throughout the winter his
offensive against the Austrians.
News coming from Austria is far
from optimistic. Austria, according to
reports here, considered we'll authknti.
Gated, is at the end Of her manpower.
The latest evidence of this is the ap-
pearance of men sixty years of age
and more on the great battle front
along the Isonzo. They are landstrum,
called into t. trenches because OF
the lack of ot.. er reserves.
Austria has no more civilian reserve
to draw upon. Every man capable of
bearing arms is in uniform. How
serious her situation now must be il
evidenced by the fact that as far
back as the late months of 1915 She
was forced to call upon Germany for
help and Bavarian troops were sent to
her assistance. Numbers of Bavar.
ian prisoners were taken by the Ita.-
ians, although Germany was not a.
the time at war with Italy.
The most serious aspect of the sit
uation from the Austrian viewpoint
Is that in order to hold her Isonzo line
against Cadorna's powerful blows
they Will be forced to Withdraw forces
from the already skeletonized organ
izations holding the lines in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and in Serbia. Any
further Withdrawals from thess
fronts would enable the Italians ID
strike hard in Bosnia and Herze-
govina--as it has already been re-
ported they are planning to do-aiui
for Sarrail's pan-allied army to
launch blow out of Saloniki.
1t is believed here, however. that =
campaign by the Italians In Bosnia
and Herzegovina is more likely tha:,
Balkan campaign. The submarine
situation in the Aegean Sea is known
to be most serious and the allies have
had tremendous difficulty in getting
supplies to Sarrail, much less brin.-
ing up sufficient materials for a great
campaign.
Winter has already descended in
the mountains where Cadorna, mass
ing his forces to the best startegic ad-
vantage, is preparing to resume his
operations against the faItering Aus
trians.
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ORDERS MINERS TO WORK.
President of Miners Union Threatens
to Revoke Charters of Local Unions.

Springfield. ILL.,. oct. 19.-Frani
Harrington, State president of the
miners organization has sent tele-
frams to local miners unions, saying
that at mines where men are not back
at work Monday. the local charters
will be revoked.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-24
BRITISH FLEET CRITICISED.
London Daily Mail Calls on Admiralty
TO Explain Disgrace i'm Baltic.

London, Oct .19.-The Daily Mail
condemns what it calls the failure of
the British fleet to prevent the Ger
man fleet from becoming master %
the Gulf Of Riga and demands thai
the admiralty make an explanation
OF this humiliating disgrace in the
Baltic"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-24

Mr.. S. l.. Smith of Camp jackson
spent Sunday with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. S. II. j. Smith.
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ANOTHER LOAN TO FRANCE.
Government Today Advanced Twenty
Million More.

Washington. Oct. 19.-The govern
ment today loaned twenty million dol
lars more to France
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-01
kauai OBSERVES
CHILDRENSDAY
Especial Star. Bulletin Correspondence


LIHUE, Kauai, May 30.-on Sun
day, May q, a patriotic service was
held at the Lihue Union church, the
occasion being Children's Day. A
new flag was raised over the church
with impressive ceremonies.
A feature Of the service was the
raising of the flags of all the allied
nations in the order in which each
nation entered the war. The child
rem Of the Sunday school saiuted as
each flag was brought forward, and
the long row Of flags made fine and
imposing sight.
The service which followed con.
sisted of patriotic Rotations by the
children, and the singing Of patriotic
songs by the choir and audience.
Rev. J. NJ. Lydgate told the story OF
THE Man Without a Country" to the
children in q most impressive man.
ner.
The church was beautifully decorat.
ed with flags and flowers, while
small flags were presented to each OF
the children and to members Of the
audience.
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"AARD TIMES" PupDINe

An original recipe for q hard
times" pudding: One cup molasses,
one cup of raisins, chopped, one cup
water, three and three-fourths cups
flour, one teaspoon soda. Dissolve
soda in water, beat in molasses. But
ter pan. Steam three hours.
Sauce for .pudding-one-half cup
sugar, tive tablespoons butter, two
tablespoons flour; beat sugar, flour
and butter together; mix smooth with
a little cold water; stir boiling water
into mixture; cook q few minutes
over fire, then add one teaspoon va
nilla.
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COUNTY FAIR AT
!. v. c. A. 1OBE
REGULAR AFFAIR
Young Ladies Win Stage En-.
tertainment on Friday Ev-
ening, June 8

The Asilomar County Fair, planned
BY the Honolulu Business Girls Club
as q means Of raising money to send
delegate 10 the summer conference
Of the Young Women's Christian As
sociation at Asilomar, California,
promises amusemen. Of a sort q little
different than the usual week by
week entertainments. The fair win
be held on the evening Of June 8 In
the building Of the Young Women's
Christian Association. 8
Az IN all county fairs, there VIII be
exhibits or the useful arts-wonderfuI
economy" dishes prepared by the
household efficiency class, dainty "Y.
w. G. A. goodies prepared by the adj
vanced cooking class, rayishingly
beautiful creations" made by the
members Of the millinery class, and
frocks Of all kinds made by the dress
making classes. z..,-
As In all county fairs, too. there
will be marvellous side shows TO de-
light the small boy, and the grown
ups who have not forgotten the days
Of their youth. The physical depart
ment IL preparing circus, the best
ever presented In Honolulu, including
a large collection of trained wild AMI
mails, acrobatic stunts, clowns, and
all the rest. Mrs. Mae Seharlin will
present q vaudeville troupe which will
provide an entertainment slightly
more intellectual. The board Of direc.
tors, however, win have the most
timely stunt, an. animated vegetable
garden. The rivalry is keen as to
who shall impersonate the animated
pumpkin, who the animated string
bean, and the animated carrot.
The very useful country store win
be operated by the homestead. This
store is being planned along the sue
cessful lines established by the fam
Gus Woodwork five and ten cent
chain. Peanuts, lemonade, ice cream
cones, and candy will be sold by
other association clubs and classes
A fancy work booth In charge Of the
LYRIC Club and flower booth in
charge Of the Wakaba Kai are being
most attractiyely planned,
Two other features show with what
care the convenience and safety OF
the patrons Of the fair are being con-
sidered. These are Q checking coun-
ter-not included in the price Of ad-
mission-and several stalwart police
men provided by the Hawaiian Girls
Club.
The committee In charge Of the az
fair consists Of Miss Wayne Nelson,
chairman; Miss Ethel Carter, seere-
tary. Mrs. Mae Scharlin, Mrs. Mollie
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OLAA COMMUNITY RAISES MONEY FOR
french ORPHANS BY Entertainment
Mrs. c. F. Eckart Describes
Generous Plan in Letter
to DR.. J. R. Judd

Olaa, Hawaii, has led the way for
all the islands in a community effort
to raise funds for the French war or
phans.
DR.. James R. Judd received the
news in the following letter from
Mrs. Edith M. &C. F.) Eckart:
"Olaa, Hawaii, May rs, 1917.
DIR. James r. Judd. Honolulu, T. H.
Dear DR.. Judd: We had an enter
tainment Saturday evening, May rs,
at the Olaa Casino, for the benefit OF
the "Fatherless Children Of France"
and In behalf of the Olaa community
am sending the proceeds amounting
to $252.65 to you because know that
you know the proper officials to seno
the money to in France. / am enclos-
ing one of the hand bills which l had
distributed through the camps, also
program. was assisted by Miss H.
e. Carlson, who worked on the Sailor
Boys Chorus, and by Miss Frances
Macredy, with the Japanese girls cho-
rus. Both were fine. The newsboys'
chorus was written by Mrs. Day, wife
Of the late DR.. Day Of Honolulu, and
put on the stage with the Peacock
Ballet in Honolulu some time ago.
Sine gave me the music and wanted
me to work it up here some time,
which l did with great success. This
entertainment was not to begin until
8 o'clock, but there was not a seat
left at 1880.
MRS. Day visited US some time ago
We spoke of you often and OF the
noble work you and Mrs. Judd were
doing in France, and Mr.. Eckart and
I have always read with keen interest
the accounts published in the papers
from time to time of your continued
efforts in behalf of that splendid and
heroic country.
with kind regards to you and Mrs.
Judd, IN which, my husband joins me,
/ remain, very sincerely yours,
EDITH NJ. ECKART."
The program was as follows:
La NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. song Of
France.)
Duet Elizabeth and Joseph Teves
Moving picture.
Sailor Boys Chorus ..............
T.. Twelve Olaa School Boys
Moving picture.
Japanese Girls Song .....:.
Twelve Girls Of Olaa School
Moving picture.
Chorus of Newsboys, by Mrs. Day.
Twenty Olaa School Boys
Every day subscriptions to the Jof'
fire Tribute fund for the support Of the
orphans are coming to Mrs. A. G.
Hodgins, the treasurer. Yesterday
ten individuals pledged themselves to
give the ten cents pc day necessary
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She can take a cut paper pattern, q
few yards Of cheap cloth, and a sew
ing machine, and evolve a creation
that looks forty-nine dollars instead
Of fortyrnine cents. Moreover, a GER
tain taste and style and way Of wear
ing things are Indigenous with the
the poor woman look as we'll dressed
as the well-to-do woman does abroad.
We have no peasant women in the
L. s. A., and none that look like
peasants.
No man need be afraid Of marry
ing an American girl. She'll do her
part If he will do his. And there's no
danger Of losing her in time Of need.
She'll stick through adversely as we'll
as prosperity. II you will also go
down and attend a session of the Do
mestic Relations Court, you will OBJ
serve that there are practically no
Husband Deserters but the Wife De-
serters keep the judge busy handing
out warrants. 1t is the men who have
quit on the job when things got bad
at home, not the woman.
1t i'll becomes anyone in this coun-
try to speak disparagipgly Of Ameri-
can wives when practically all Of us
are the children and grandchildren
of those heroic pioneer women who
followed their men into the wilder
ness, and with their own hands helped
blaze the path. Of civilization from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
Gulf to the st. Lawrence, All the
hardships that the men endured the
women dared a thousandfold, because
they braved the dangers of mother.
hood with no science or skill Of a
physician to help them in their ex-
tremity.
And these women, who had the
strength and courage to do and dare,
left behind them worthy daughters,
who are just as ready to stand back-to-
back, fighting with their husbands as
their fore-mothers were. Read the
stories of the successful self-made
men of today, and you will find just
such a wife working, saving, sacrifice
ing, pushing him on to the goal.
There is nothing the matter with
the American wife. She's all right
Three cheers for her.
Copyrighted, 1917, by the Wheeler
Inc.)
Dorothy Dix articles appear regu- |
IarIy In this paper every Monday, |
Wednesday and Friday. |
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! but kept their husbands courage SO
that the men were able to make a
fresh start in the world?
For one American wife. who IS a
milestone about her husbands neck
you can find a thousand who are the
power behind the throne, who are
making of their tender shoulders a
ladder on which their husbands are
climbing to success.
Some extravagant American wives
there are, but the great majority are
far more thrifty and economical than
their husbands, which is abundantly
proven by the fact that not one man
in ten ever saves money until he gets
married. A great many salaried men
turn over their entire pay envelope
to their wives, not because the wives
demand II, but because experience has
shown the husband that their wives
can take better care Of the money and
get more out Of it than they can.
As for the American wife not being
as good a wife as the foreign woman
is, that's all tommy rot. At any rate,
she suits the American man better
than any other wife would, because
she has been evolved according to his
tastes and needs. That she fills the
bill to his satisfaction is amply shown
by the fact that while the American
woman often marries a foreign man,
the American man very rarely mar
ries foreign woman.
The clergyman referred to at the
beginning Of this article criticizes the
American woman because he says she
is always gadding about instead Of
spending her time in the kitchen as
does the German hausfrau. Well,
what of It? II the American woman
is clever enough to plan her work
better, to have more kitchen conven-
fences, and to get through her domes-
tic labors so that she has time for
clubs and reading and outside in
terests, she should be praised for it
rather than blamed.
Certainly nobody will claim that
American husbands and American
children don't get plenty of good,
well prepared food. Their looks show
that they do, and statistics declare
that only one family ir ninety keeps
servants. So the wife must do the
Homework.
Another thing the clergyman lam
basis American women for is for dres-
sing too well and not looking dowdy,
as middle class foreign women do
Score again for the American woman.
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MANY TURNIr RECIPES

The yellow turnip is nutritious
healthfuI, fairly cheap and can be
made very palatable. In addition to
the usual way Of cooking them
(mashed) try the following:
Pare, cut IN cubes, cook until tender
in boiling salted water, drain, dress
with pepper, salt and butter.
Pare, cut in pieces about half inch
thick, season with salt and pepper
lay in baking dish, cover with milk
and bake In oven, much the same man
ner as Hubbard squash.
Select as many as required Of a uni
form size, scrub. and bake, as sweet
potatoes.
Same as above, but when tender, cut
Zach one in half, scoop out inside.
mash with salt, pepper, butter, a little
milk, yolk of one egg. Refill empty
skins with this mixture, sprinkle bread
crumbs and dot Of butter on top OF
each and set in oven to brown.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-01
AMERICAN WIVES
By DOROTHY DIX
Tho Worlds Highest Paid Woman
Writer

Writer.
a. IHENEVER foreigners or expa.
w triated Americans run out OF
any thing else TO say, they take
a few whacks at the American Wife
whom they accuse of heartlessness
extravaganza. laziness and general
triflingness.
The latest individual to heave few
verbal brickbats at his eX-countrymen
is a preacher, who has Just come back
home after living in Munich for twelve
years, and the things he has TO say
about American wives would raise
the very hair on their heads with hor-
ror and indignation If they weren't
It all so often before.
The reverend gentlemen's remarks,
however, have greatly impressed a
man, who writes me a letter in which
he echoes the preachers charges, and
tells q pathetic story Of friend Of his
whose wife deserted him because he
lost his money. This is the way the
selfish American wife treats her hus-
band In the day Of adversely" says
my correspondent. The Euro
pean woman, devoted only to her hus-
band and family, would not act so"
Pitfle. Also, nonsense. There are
good wives and bad wives, faithful
wives and unfaithful ones, the world
over. Loyalty has no geographical
limitations. One swallow does not
make q spring, nor should one selfish
American wife queer the whole race
Of Patient Grizeldas IN this country.
Judge woman by the majority and
not the exception. One American
wife. may have left her husband when
he lost his property. but how many
thousands Of women have you seen
roll up their sleeves and 60 to work
20 help their husbands under similar
circumstances2 Don't you know dog
ems Of women who have converted
their fine houses into boarding houses
after their husbands failures In bust
nessf
Can't you recall plenty OF women
who have dismissed their servants
and gone into their kitchen to do the
work, who have made over their old
clothes, and trimmed their hats, and
pushed their own baby carriages
when their husbands came a crop
per IN business, and who not only
turned Q smiling face upon the world,
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table Compound had helped her, 50 I
began taking it. The result il I am
now in good health and never loso Q day
from my work, and You nay publish
nv letter to show other girls the
good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will do. - Miss MARIE
ScHMELrz, 81 Gardner St., Troy Hill,
N. s., Pittsburgh, Pa.
This good old root and herb remedy
has proved unequalled for periodical
suffering of young women it contains
what is needed to restore healthfnl con-
ditions. - -. I. +. 4
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicins
Co. (eonfdentiaD Lynn, Mss, for tree
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VITAL STATISTICS

DIED
JONES-In the Department Hospital,
Fort Shafter, Honolulu, May 20,
1917, Sidley B. Jones, private in 25th
Infantry, of Schoield Barracks, un-
married, q native Of Mississippi, Is
years old.
wELLS-In Honolulu, May 20, 1917,
Mrs. Lena @. Wells, of S6SA Alapai
lane, Palama, a native Of Chatta'
nooga, Tennessee, forty-one years
old.
HAM-At sea, aboard 8. s. Kuyo Ma.
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May 20, 1917. Cnun Sam and Miss
Hattie Makaonaona. Rev. John j.
Mathews, pastor Of IA Makua Mau
Loa church, officiating; Witnesses
H. H. Akana and Mrs. Ahuna.
TYLER-ESEUBIO In Honolulu, May
%, 1917, William H. Tyler and Mrs.
Louise Smidt Eseubio, Elder Ernest
L. Miner of the Church Of Jesus
Christ Of Latter Day Saints official
ing; witnesses-Ffneas Fortson and
Mrs. Rose Kong.
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neck makes one loon quite demure
and debutante-ish.
Low decollete Of any sort makes
youth look mature. The deep W
back and front belongs to the
woman In her thirties; the dress
cut on In a straight line running
under the arms, with only small
straps or puffs Of maline over the
shoulders, belongs to the same Pc
Rod. The young girl, or the wom-
an who wishes to appear younger
than her years, should keep to but
slight decollete and rounded necks,
for youth is supposedly far more
modest than maturity and age.
Sailor collars, unless cut very
long in back, are rather youthful,
too, and almost universally becom-
ing. Indeed, any wide white collar
takes years and lines and hardness
from the face. The high, tight col
lar belongs to but two sorts-the
woman SO beautiful she can be
pretty in spite Of it, and the un-
usually thin woman who must hide
her scrawny neck. But even here,
a collar that opens q tribe in the
front, and then rolls softly over the
shoulders, viii be much more be-
coming.
Do a little experimenting with
collars and see which sort looks
best ON yourself.