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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08
What Are We Going to
Do About It?
I.
By E. e. HARTMAN
OF The YlgHnzfes

This war Will end some day. Some
folks are already planning what they
will do after 1t Is over Are we?
read the other day that the German
and Austrian prisoners now In Russia
had resolved, almost to a man, that
they would not go back to their former
homes when the war ended, but would
emigrate to the United States and Can
ada. What will our twin countries say
to them7
''Come right along, brother Make
yourself at home. Take this chair,
1t has higher hack and thicker cush-
ion. Have a glass of ice-cold beer with
me. I'll tell the wife and she will cook
up a mess of sausages and make some
biscuit and open her best canned fruit
for you Let me adjust this stool under
your trench shoes and offer a cigar
to while away the time till the dinner
Is ready"
VIII we talk like that? Oh, will
we?
If we do l shall start out on hike
into the frozen north and begin to live
on whale steaks and seal blubber.
Isn't it about time for us to begin to
plan? Should we go on with our job
of licking the Hun and never look
ahead to the time when he is going to
become an economic question? Should
we let things slide till he is on the
sea, coming over in any old bottom
that he can rake up, prepared to grab
off a lot of New World coin and land
and help us make our laws nice and
easy for the Hun at.home?
Or shall we tell the Hun in Europe
to get inside the Hunnish lines and
stay there, while he works out his own
salvation? Shall we say to the Hun
who, being in America and enjoying
its advantages, has elected TO 20 back
to Hunland and join in the frightful-
ness that has been the backbone of
Kaiser Bits plan. that it was no more
| than should be expected and he is well
come to come home to us?
Start With Clean Slate.
Shall we open our internment camps
and let them spew cut upon our land
the rotten messes they now hold? Hav-
| Ing a clean dish aud wholesome food,
she'll we defile it with propagandists
and spies and enemy agents? Having
made our bed with clean sheets and
piilowslips and blankets, shall we turn
the covers back and let the wallowing
swine from the roadside mudhole
creep within?
There Is only one line of conduct
shat we can follow with honor and
| Ommcnsense, and that Is the line tn !,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08

For some reason the millinery OF
midwinter Is more colorful and some
what more elaborate than that which
ushered in the fall season, although
the simply trimmed hat cannot be
outclassed. But variety is the spice of
millinery as we'll as of life, and some
OF the latest arrivals in the assemblies
OF midwinter hats are far from simple.
The hat at the center Of the picture
Is an instance Of this new departure.
In the face of vogue for sedate coll
ors and meager trimmings, its design
er has chosen to be audacious and has
yindicnted her choice by making a
beautiful hat. 1t is picturesque
model with wide brfm, faced With
rose-colored crepe and edged with n
double frill of velvet in that cool
brown called elephant" The brlpi is
wider at the left side than elsewhere
and has as many graceful turns and
curves as the edge of a flower petal.
A whole company of small curling
ostrich heads which is the millinery
name for little plumes--finds a~resting
place on 1t and they are of the same
shade of brown. The crown is rather
high and lifts at the left wth~a band
OF tucked betting ribbon about IL in
rose color.
Just to show that quite lot Of
trimming can be used successfully,
rather large brown beads are set at
wide intervals about the upper edge
of the ribbon, and even the lovely
little ostrich plumes are not left alone
In their glory-brown japanese al
grettes spring up among them.
Another lovely midwinter hat, at the
right OF the picture, brings visions OF
theater parttes-weddings and all
sorts of bright assemblies. 1t Is q
taupe velvet faced with silk In three
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08

A splendid fabric appears at its best
In the rich and stately wrap which Is
shown In the picture above. The de-
sign reveals an understanding by its
creator of the fitness Of fur fabrics TO
the making of ample and luxurious
garments. This one is long and beau
tiful draped cape to which sleeves
have been added The fur-fabric Is an
imitation of broad tail and it is finish
ed with marten collar and cuffs
Each serves to set off the other; the
fur and the fur fabric are rivals in
beauty.
This Is one of several very hand
some wraps in which furs have been
made up with fur fabrics with an ef-
fectiveness not equaled in the past.
Among them there are long coats, In
which very wide borders of genuine
fur form half the length OF the skirt
portion and collar and cuffs are very
large. A variety Of plushes-which Is
the other name for fur fabrics-mnle
up with a variety OF furs, have result
ed In some entirely new and very hand
some coats, but nothing finer In de-
sign has been offered this season than
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08
ACQUIRING A
HABIT
By GERTRUDE ATHERTON
OF H. V3ez1ouees

Probably nothing could humlIiate US
moro than to be forced to admit any
superior quality In race for which
We have profound loathing and con-
tempt And yet 1t is fact that the
national habit Of thrift in Germany
is one secret Of its prolonged resist
ance to the combined might of the civ
ilized world. 1t is quite true that be-
fore the war the Germans were gross
eaters, but they wasted nothing. The
moment the civilians were ordered to
ent less and save the scraps they drew
In their belts and did as they were told.
1t might be difficult to control the
but to scrimp and save involved no
long apprenticeship. cost them practi-
cnlly no effort whatever.
The same may be said OF France.
While Englnnd-as wasteful a nation
as our own--was Issuing repeated and
almost frantic warnings to her people,
devising constant new methods to con-
troll their natural extravaganza, and at
one time threatened with starvation,
the French simply went on economic
Ing and never were in danger for a
moment.
I never shall forget my first visit to
Paris 1t was to friends, who lived in
great style, but If happened to feel
hungry during the day or when l went
to bed late, I either had to go hungry
or satisfy my healthy young appetite
at conflserie. There Is never an ex-
ira roll in French household. Elk
act rations are bought every morn
ing for the day. If there are children
In the home, who must be fed between
meals. that IL provided for, but moth
ing whatever for eccentric appetites.
I rebelled vigorously and denounced
the French as mean, stingy, economI-
cal race, my opprobrium extending to
the Americans who drifted supinely
into the national habit.
Easy to Follow Hoovers Rules.
Little did l think in those days that
the national habit of thrift and severe
economy In France was one Of theil
greatest sources Of strength. The ma
tional debt Of France before the wal
was subscribed to almost exclusively
by the peasant class and lower bour
geoisie, people who periodically dug
Into their stockings and bought new
bond Nothing can exceed the self-de
NAL Of those classes 1t was for thi,
reason that LIE Bien-Etre du Blesse
which was formed at the request o
the French government to provide del
icacies for the wounded soldiers in til
hospitals OF the war zone, was a pr
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08
A sIlp-over Blouse.

A pretty slip-over blouse is of white
dotted Swiss with deep circular yoke
of white organdie, to which the dotted
Swiss blouse and sleeves are attached.
The organdie yoke is rounded out at
the throat and finished only by cord
ed piping. Cuffs are of organdie and
the long sleeves of dotted Swiss. Swiss
Mad organdie are Joined throughout
the blouse with lines of hemstitching.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08

the regal wrap pictured. 1t covers It's
wearer from neck ia shoe top, looks
warm and Is warm and it is really n
splendid achievement If the cloth man
ufacturer and the designer.
One wonders where all the pelts
come from that go to make up ever
present furs. 1t seems as If many
species of animals must become ex-
tinct before long. In the meantime fur
fabrics are showing their ability 10
take the place of skins and may grad
ually replace them; at any rate they
are already joining forces in making
wraps that are everything we could
wish for.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08

VIII keep our bed and food and home
clean. The line that will maintain the
purity that we have attained through
the refining by fire. We must say to
the Hun in Europe, In America, in Asia,
anywhere he may be found:
"Get to work within the confines OF
your own country Build up and purt-
fly your land. Purge it Of the filth
that clogs Its spirit. Wash 1t clean Of
the evil 1t has chung to SO long Re
fine it with years of sacrifice and earn
est work for the right. Then, after
the leaven has worked and passing
decades have carried away the last
grain Of the old devilish doctrines and
beliefs, then 1T is possible that the
nations may grant you amnesty and
let you go out through the world at
large once more. 1t is up to you. Get
to work on yourself"
Letting the Hun wander at will after
this war is over will be like leaving the
line of fuse burning and merely cutting
off the dead end after the spark had
crawled inward toward the magazine
Allowing him to have the same old
freedom to come to our shores would
be as foolish, and as disastrous in the
end, as 1t would be to smother fire
with cotton loosely piled.
No Room for Traitors.
President Wilson and his advisers
have great many matters to handle
and many questions to decide. Let us
n m, do oil h
or all the talking on this question. The
American people are concerned to such
a degree in this matter that they
should not delegate to any man or body
of men the task of thinking for them.
They should do their own thinking and
when they have had time to formulate
plan that looks feasible and
thoroughgoing, they should say to their
servants at Washington, from the pres
ident down:
Here! You put this through along
the line we have laid down. 1t Is no
time for fooling or for doing party
politics. Put up the bars and spike
them fast so no one one can slip t.sem.
We have q stomachful and we must
have time to digest it before we swal-
low any more.'
Then get busy with the American of
foreign birth and Americanize him or
throw him over the bars TO the soil
| that bore him. We have no room in
America for the man who shouts
'Hurrah for America - and follows 1t
with Il whisper of Colt sci dank, Ich
| bin Deutscher"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08

An astonishing Partisan turban, de
signed by Lucle Hamar, has q crown
Of kolinsky fur. while the rest is made
up OF gold beads twinkling through
thin folds Of crepe In 81 ct brown to
mato red. and white.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08
TO ERADICATE COTTON PEST
Mexican Agricultural Officials Here to
Confer on Various Inn
portant Subjects.

The Mexican secretary Of agricul-
ture and his associates. are Writing
the United States department of agri-
culture for conferences on several sub
jects, particularly on the pink boil
worm which Is injecting the cotton
crop of Mexico and some portions of
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08

Texas. One Of the objects OF the trip
is to reach a cooperative agreement
between the departments of the two
countries on measures to eradicate the
cotton pest. In the group are, left to
right: Clarence Ousley. assistant sec
rotary United States department. OF
agriculture Don Jose Duvallon, Mexi-
can director Of agriculture; Don Pas
tor Rouaix, Mexican secretary of ag-
riculture and development, and Don
Ignacio Lopez Bancalri, Mexican dr.
rector Of irrigation.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08

waite organization. the funds to be rsis
ed by subscription. The men must
have the tempting and delicate foods
or die, but II the government had TAX.
en- over the task Itself, that would have
meant another tax, to be followed Inn
mediately by Il popular cutlery. To the
average French mind delicacy rhymes
with luxury. and it would have been
impossible to convince the millions
drudging at home that wounded men
needed what they never had had be
fore. Ill or well.
When | lived in Munich | had
Swiss maid in whom l had implicit
land justiiiable) faith. She would
come to me periodically and say,
Madame, je mai plus d'argent," and
would hand out several hundred marks.
That was all I had TO do with thu
housekeeping during my seven years
residence In Germany. And yet my in
comparable Elsie would never give me
anything to cut between meals but
zwicbach, which in Germany Is as hard
as the thrice accursed national heart.
I have found 1t comparatively cas-,
to follow most of the Hoover rules, for
] have always eaten meat merely as
matter OF duty, and took kindly to
Graham biscuit with my morning tea.
Moreover, the bread and butter habit
at lunch and dinner / have always
thought vulgar. But to eliminate waste
has been different matter. Still
have in measure succeeded There
Is nothing in the bread box or any
where else Except the inevitable boxes
OF Graham biscuit) but the daily RI
ton; so that now when I come home
In the afternoon hungry l either for
get it or eat few more Graham bis
cuit-which l shall never look at again
after the war is over
VIII Be Greatest Nation.
I mention this personal experience
because 1t is no doubt that Of many
others. In a short time 1t Will be the
experience of everyone In the United
States; for the way this nation has
walked up, denied itself It's customary
luxuries In order to rut the money in
to the Liberty loan ane War Savings
stamps is the most significant thing In
Its history. And as there Is something
very fascinating about thrift and econ
omy after 1t has been practiced for
time no doubt the habit will be last
Ing one and this nation will reach
heights of wealth and strength Of char
acter that its most ardent native ad-
mirer never would have ventured to
predict More than any other single
cause does national habit, II 1t Is
a good one. knit nation together,
prevent the dislntegration which comes
from the softness of over-indulgence.
And for the formation Of this habit
OF thrift. and the lucid exposition Of
what thrift means in the winning of
the war, we must thank the War Saw
ings stamp campaign. I doubt II any
individual in this country, barring the
traitors who call themselves pacifsts
J and I. w. WIS, has failed to buy him
: eelf at least one War Savings stamp
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-08
OUR BOYS

BY MARY ELIZABETH RODHOUSE
Of the Vioilantes-
God make Us worthy OF our boys,
Fearless and true as they must be,
Ciear-eyed to face reality.
And blithe withal and glad OF heart
Help us each one to do his part,
With faith serene and spirit high
As they who teach US how to die.
God make us worthy of our hnvS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-05
@ F
EXEMPTION IS
MADE BROADER
MANY OF PENsAcoLA's LEADING
OMEN ON COMMITTEES NAMED
TO RAISE MONEY FOR ALLIED
HOSPITALS IN sRANcE.

Washington, Sept. 4.-Much broad
er ground for the establishment of
claims for exemption from military
service are provided in new regula-
tions being worked out by Provost
Marshal Gen. Crowder to govern rne
classification of men between 1s and
4o who will register on Sept. IL.
Important notifications are based on
the change of few words in the
original draft law made in passing
the new man power act. The term
industrial occupation" is eliminated
and the law now provides that persons
may be given deferred classification
when engaged 'in occupation or en-
ployment, including agricultural which
can be established as necessary to the
military establishment or the main
tenance of the national interest,"
This section, officials pointed out to-
day, with the regulations constituting
it, will definitely allow district exemp-
tion boards to exempt bankers and es-
sential bank employees, men engaged
in necessary commercial enterprises,
and necessary workers for Red Cross
and kindred organizations.
The regulations will not attempt
specifically to define the status of regis
trants who shall be entitled to exenrz-
ton, but still allow the boards to work
out the details, after the authorization
has been given them. It was said that
the regulations would straighten out
completely a situation arising since
district boards in various localities
have ruled, under the old law, that
railroads and banks are not industries
and that an importer of necessary war
materials and his staff are not engag-
ed in industry.
Since the requirement that a man
exempted because of his occupation
must be of such Importance as 20
threaten the continuance Of the enter
prise to which he is attached, has been
retained, however, the sum total of ex-
emptions is not expected to seriously
affect the new manpower which VIII
finally be placed in class 1.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-05
abandonment of Whole Flanders
Defense System Only
Question of Time.
Unable TO MATCH
FOCH'S STRATEGY
Lens, Famous Coal City, Evacu-
ated and British Are
Taking Possession.
By Associated Press.

TIE Germans are giving ground over
the entire $50 mile battle front from
yures TO Rheims.
apparently the question whether
the Germans will be able to hold even
relatively their present line from Flan-
isrs to Champagne is being answered
in the negative. The strategy of Foch,
which compelled the Germans to Tall
hack in Flanders, Artoss and Picardy,
also necessitating their withdrawal
rom the Vesle river, between scissors
and Rheims, northward toward the
4.sne in order to avert disaster. ftie
French have virtually swept away the
last remaining portion of the Noyon
salient.
French and Americans north of Sois-
sons have reached positions donimat-
ing the Afsne and Chemin-Des-Dam
and crossed the Vesle on a front OF
nearly 20 miles. In the north the Ger
mans are also facing a crisis
Lens, the famous coal city, is evaos
ustsd and British are only awaiting
the dissipation of the noxious gases to
enter IL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-05
Chamber of Commerce Commit
tee Will Go to Mobile to Inves-
tigate Produce Conservation.
WILL ENCOURAGE
BIGGER CROPPING
May Establish AbattOir and Pro
vide Means for Insuring Sup
ply of Foods for City.

committee of Pensacola business
men are shortly to visit Mobile where
they will investigate refrigeration and
market which will stabilize business
done with the view of establishing a
marwet which will stabilize business
conditions here and prevent the waste
of Escambia county farm produce, as
we'll as furnish a buying medium for
goods needed but not handled here now
While the plan is still nebulous. the
neee. of a medium through which pro-
duce raised here can be gotten to a
market after Pensacola has been sup
pied, is recognized The necessity of
a means of purchasing many articles
Used by farmers and city people alike.
PARTICULARLY goods not now handled
iiere, is urgent.
! Crder the direction Of the Chamber
tof Commerce il is proposed to estab-
llsh some sort of market here which
viii fulfill this need It will be an
incentive to greater production in ev
Iccy line throughout the county. since
producers viii be assured a market
tErnueh added shipping facilities. for
whatever surplus they have above
Pensacola's needs.
Recently farmers have become dis
ccuiaeed in raising various farm pro-
duets because of the inability to sell
their crops here, and in this way PEN
sacola seems likely to be unable to
buy several needed food products. The
marketing plan proposed would pro-
vide a market and arrange shipping
| facilities for. such surplus products,
! ard at the same time insure both PEN
s2cola and the farmers an adequate
SUPPLY and market.
There are many articles needed by
. II.
sorts which cannot now be bought in
Pensacola. Such market would remedy
! this condition by finding supply OF
such articles and securing them for Es-
Gambia farmers. in cases OF emergency.
At the same time such market would
act as !, stabilizer, keeping down spec
ulaton and in all probability reducing
the cost OF living in the city to an
appreclable extent. It is not the in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-05
SERVICE FOR THE
JEWISH NEW YEAR

>>ys of Jewish faith at Fl. Bar
rancas and at the Naval Air Station
have been given permission by Col
]. L. Hughes and Capt. F. M. Bennett
to attend the observation of the Jew
ish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. b.
the congregation OF Temple Bethel in
Pensacola, Friday, Sept. 6.
Beginning ar O'Clock Friday even
ing solemn services will be held in
honor of the occasion. These will con-
tinue until 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing and will be conducted by DR.. Ack-
erman-
E1aborate preparations are being
,nada hv members of the Jewish Wei
fare Board for the care of service
men of the Jewish faith on the occa-
sion. Amendments viii be provided for
them and the hospitality of Pensacola
homes is to be accorded the visiting
men
The celebration marks the year o6is
Of the Jewish calendar.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-05
COMMUNICABLE
Disc Asses TO
BE REPORTED
SURGEON GENERAL BLUE ASKS
PENSACOLA DOCTORS TO CO.
OPERATE WITH HIM FOR PRO-
TEcTioN OF HEALTH.

Surgeon General Rupert Blue, Of the
United States Public Health Service.
has written all Pensacola doctors urg-
ing the Importance of promptly re-
porting all cases of communicable dis
ease which come under their observa-
ton. The latter states that the re-
ports are necessary for the health Of
men of the army and navy service and
of persons carrying on war work. DR..
Blue says:
sIn this war thousands of doctors
have Joined the colors, willing to sac
rifice their lives Compared to that
sacrifice, the giving OF the time and
trouble required for filling out and
mailing morbidity cards seems a mod
est enough task. The fact that SO
many have left their practice for direct
war service makes it doubly import
ant that those who can not go ana
us1o remain in provate practice
exert all their efforts to prevent the
snread of communicable disease To
this end, they should cooperate as
fully as possible with the health au-
thorities-"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-05
W. S. S. DRIVE
TO OPEN WITH
BAND C0NCER 7
COMMITTEE NAMEr 70 CALL ON
PENSACOLA MERCHANTS TO sE-
CURE THEIR COOPERATION IN
PROCURING PUBLICITY.

Through the courtesy Of Col. j. L.
Hughes, the military band from Fort
Barrancas will give a concert on the
east balcony of the San Carlos Hotel
next Monday evening from to s
o'clock The music will be to boost
the sale of War Savings Stamps, az
the beginning OF the intensive cam
paign for the sale OF the Baby Bonds.
City Chairman Charles Hervey an
nounces that the committees who are
to supervise the campaign during the
coming days have all been named and
are grooming themselves for the OPEN
ing of the drive. It is expected that
the concert Monday evening will be
one of the best boosts given the stamp
campaign throughout the drive.
A committee has been named, con-
sisting of t. C. Watson and Benz. CIut-
ter. to call on Pensacola merchants
and secure their cooperation during the
drive for additional advertising public
.ity in the newspapers and other med
iums. Everything is being done by
CITY Chairman Hervey and County
Chairman B. s. Hancock to make the
drive a complete success Reports
coming in from the country districts
indicate that the purchases made this
time will far exceed the quota Set and
will run over the amounts bought at
the last campaign
A bulletin board may be put up in a
prominent place in the city on which
the names of PensacoIians who pledg-
ed themselves to buy ><amps at the
last drive and then failed to make
good may be posted Postmaster B. S.
Hancock is fostering this idea OF hav-
ing a yellow dog bulletin for the
slackers.