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The melancholy days have come. but
10 have the new fall hats, and they
have brought along with them a sure
cure for the blues. 1t is just out of
the question to try on this enticing
new millinery and go on regretting
the passing of summer at the same
time. for winter is foreshadowed and
welcomed by the lovellest Of head
wear The war has thrown Americans
on their own resources In des.s-AnG, to
n greater extent than ever before; It
is hard to tell just how much we owe
to our own homegrown" miliiners,
but there cannot be two opinions about
the new hats. They are excellent
from every standpoint.
There are shapes that are large and
there are small hats, and all of them
are graceful. Lines are wonderful and
trimmings do not interfere with them
or blur them. Brims are irregular.
crowns are soft, materials are rich
and trimmings simple. Much hand
craft appears In the making of these
hats and in the making of their trim
mings. The predominating colors are
quiet, but nevertheless brilliance Is
universal In the seasons models.
A group of representative hats is
pictured above. The shapes have style
and becomlngness to recommend them
and include the principal types of hats
to be worn during the coming season.
At the top hat of dark blue panne
velvet is faced with long-napped bea-
yer and has band of beaver about
the crown. There is silk tassel of
the same color for the trimming. The
The Ordway new era., 1918-09-13
THE WOMAN'S
PART
By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
OF The YigHanfes

Perhaps because my life has been
very much occupied with children and
their various needs and interests, the
child always looms large in my hori-
zon-the child-that ''brings hope with
1t. and forward looking thoughts"
God knows how many war babies
bring fear with them in place of hope,
and the ''forward-looking thoughts"
must often be fraught with misgiving.
One thing is certain, however, that
though individual mothers here and
there must of necessity have hearts
laden with doubts of the immediate fu-
ture, there never was time when
child life ought to be so carefully pre-
served. nourished. guarded, and guided.
This Is pre-eminently woman's
part" Not her only one, for she is
proving again and again her ability to
take mans work when needful, and
do 1t with an unexpected strength and
skill and staying power. There are
few things left indeed. that she cannot
do, and her activities might be prac-
tically boundless, were it not for the
fact that in the shuttle of the sexes
men cannot perform similar feats of
fiexibility and become mothers!
What Women Are Doing.
A great many of our tasks are per-
formed as they have always been, rath-
er in the background. though we are
more or less dragged into the limelight
of responsibility nowadays. Il almost
hope that we shall not like 1t so well
that we shall never want to work in
the quiet places againD The bearing
and rearing and saving of children, the
conservation of this great life force
that the dreary, blood-stained world
needs for its hope. its comfort and re-
freshment. the literal staff on which
the future Is to lean, this is woman's
most practical contribution to the serv-
ice of humanity. Make munitions. drive
cars, nurse, and succor the wounded.
mother the soldier in the camps and
canteens-all this must be done, but
the child must be kept in mind Mt every
turn. He has right to be born, to
be welcomed, to be loved and wished
for, that homes and hearth fires may
not vanish from the earth, and that
men and women shall not lack the
greatest driving force in the universe,
fatherhood and motherhood-the love
and care of children.
There may come a time when the
service flags are taken down because
there are no armies battling on the
. field, no gold stars needed to mark pa
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rental sacrifices, but II new banner
should one day be hung in windows
here and there with n star meaning ::
Unto us child is born. unto us a
son is given" 1t would be not n flag
of sacrifice but still flag of service
and honor
Let us save the children, then. even
If the task be carried on humbly, pa
tiently, unostentatiously. All We own.
and wear, and are. all that is the outer
husk of us, all that is the inner kernel.
Is being tested in these days. 1t is as
If there were a universal wash" and
only the fast colorS" in life and char
acter were coming out clear and true.
In all this the mothers and the IA
theirs, the preachers and the teachers
are great factor. 1t is the children
who are the seed corn of the future !;
it is the boys and girls of today that
will have to endure the terrible re-
actions of this war and settle the prob
lens that will vex us for years after
peace is formally declared. Every man
or woman who lends his money to the
government in this crisis protects the
future of his children; makes it more
certain that America will never re-
pudiate its debts, but pay them rs it
did after the Civil war, with speed
that gained the worlds applause.
All Put Shoulders to Wheel.
The children are II definite factor In
all our campaigns nowadays. Boy
Scouts, Junior Guards, Camp Fire
c;.I., .ov,n,I chiIdr.n haya oil put
their shoulders to the wheel and in be-
Ing an active part of the movement
have grown In wisdom and understand
ing, self-denial and right use of their
slender powers. These are our own
American children, for the most part
sheltered, not always indeed from pov-
erty, but at least from more terrible
evils. whenever buy bonds or War
Saving stamps or subscribe to the doz-
en- and one causes forever knocking at
the door, long to give more and more
because of the lives of women and chill
dren across the seas, innocent lives
sacrificed to the relentless war god !!
mothers. potential and actual-the
mothers who would have replenished
the standing armies of the wOrld-and
blameless little children who were the
hope of the future.
Then let MS work, sacrifice. give. In
memory of their sufrerings and the un-
speakable anguish in which they
groped and bled and starved to death.
do not speak of repaying slaughter
with slaughter-vengeance is the
Lords part-I speak of'giving as If we
were laying n "sprig of rosemary for
remembrance" on those hundreds of
little pitiful, uncofiined bodies, that
their more fortunate brothers and sis
tiers may be saved. fed, clothed, shell
tered and educated.
Whoever loves child loves his coun-
try; whoever helps a child holds n
stake in the future of his country
whoever saves a child sits on the seat
with the builders of cities and the
prophets of lasting peace.
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| tained by ordinary freight trains. eth
er In normal times or under present
conditions.
Transportation Problem Acute.
1t is admitted that the transporta-
tion facilities of our country, as well
us our transoceanIc shipping, under
lie our ability to carry the present war
to successful conclusion. The war
has, indeed. brought us face to face
with problem in transportation that
is vital and critical. There is not n
business community from one end of
the country to the other that is not
dealing with the question. A con-
Sestion has arisen that has affected
almost every factory In the United
States and even extended to our homes.
The New York Barge canal offers n
solution to many of our transportation
problems. This waterwny-and 1t may
be called the most important cnnal In
the United States-has been thrown
open at time when its usefulness can
be fully appreciated, and when 1t can
fulfill mission not dreamed Of by
Its original projectors. 1t can easily
carry total of ten million tons Of
freight and this is as much as can be
carried on one-fifth of all the freight
cars on all the rail lines in the United
States. 1t Is equivalent to what could
be carried on a string of freight cars
which, II placed end to end. would eN-
tend from Denver to New York city.
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Why Indeed?

II we may judge by the recent and
determined intrusion of spirits into au-
thorship. heaven bids fair to be
stacked with printing presses. One
of their number. indeed. the Living
Dead Man." whose publishers have un-
hesitatingly revealed (or. l might say,
announced) his identity, gives high
praise to n ghostly library, well cata-
logued. and containing millions of
books and records. With such re-
sources at their command. with the
universe for Inspiration. and the un-
counted dead for readers. why should
disembodied spirits force an entrance
into our congested literary world and
compete with the living scribblers who
ask their little dayf-Agnes Repplier,
in the Atlantic.
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Everything, from richest furs to
kitchen aprons and war overalls.; was
given a chance in the recent style
show at the, Hotel Morrison. Chicago.
It was real exposition of practical
garments of all sorts. designed by
Americans, for Americans, and not
merely competition between manu-
facturers to see which could exhibit
the most unusual. expensive and elab-
crate designs in women's apparel. The
garments were made to sell, not simply
for exhibition. and therefore one could
Judge from them the standards reached
and the progress made in public taste.
1t was a valuable and interesting ex-
hibit.
There was great deal of interest in
the new service suits for women who
have taken up work usually done by
men-as work in factories, munitions
plants, gardens and the lighter farm
work. The suits are made with trou-
sers instead of skirts and usually in
one piece with a blouse. Several varie-
ties of overalls were among them and
these warlady clothes proved more
slightly than the usual skirt and blouse
that are so prone to part company.
Nightdresses and negligees were not
neglected; for the eternal feminine may
clothe herself in war overalls five or
eight hours in the day lin order to be
able to buy dainty and frivolous things
for other hours) but she will not be
weaned away from filmy fabrics and
laces. A pretty nightdress and a neg
ligee. shown in the picture, were
among the most graceful of several
such garments in the exhibit at the
style show. The nightdress of main
sook is low-necked, finished with seal
The Ordway new era., 1918-09-13
Color and Horse Character.

An old cavalry officer says that one
may judge the constitution and char
acter of horse from Its color. Bright
chestnuts and light bays are high spir-
tied, but nervous and delicate. Dark
chestnuts and glossy blacks are hardy
and good tempered Rich bays have
great spirit. but are teachable. Dark
and iron grays are hardy and sound.
while light grays are the opposite.
Roans, either strawberry or blue. are
the hardest and best working of all.
even tempered, easiest to train. taking
kindly to everything. Rusty blacks are
distinguished for their pig-headedness.
A horses white stockings" give an
other clew to character. A horse with
one white leg Is a bad one, with two
Its temper is uncertain. with three It Is
absolutely safe. with four may be
trusted for a while only.
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Plain Erocks of SILK.

The best-dressed young women at
fashionable summer resorts are wear
Ing. mornings, perfectly plain shirt
waist dresses of soft wash silk; waists
gathered into belt and trimmed with
graceful collars and turned-back cuffs /;
skirts deeply hemmed at the foot and
with or without patch pockets. Some
times collar. cuffs and belt are plped
with a contrasting color or the finish
Is done with hemstitching. These soft
silk frocks look very fresh and dainty
and are extremely graceful. blowing
about in summer breezes. Plain white
silks and silks with hairline stripes
In color are used.
The Ordway new era., 1918-09-13
SELLING Money a Business In China.

In China dealing in money is busi-
ness. one of the fiourishlng Industries
of the country, says World Outlook.
There are shops that deal in nothing
else-money exchange shops. You will
find one In nearly every twisted little
street in every city. often merely little
holes In the wall, where skull-capped
proprietor sits behind brass railing
with little piles of money on each side
of him and swiftly fingers his counting
board. Here you go shopping for
money. just as you go for white fan
mel. suits, eggs, green Jade and Can
ton silk-and you bargain just as long
and just as hard in the obllque and
devious ways of the Orient. A ma
tional currency system there is not.
The coins. like the dialects, charge as
you 20 from city to city.
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loped edges and fine tucks across the
front. There is an embroidered me-
dallion ut each side and full sleeves
that are much longer than sleeves have
been for several seasons. There Is not
much needlework on this gown. but
what there is. is very well done.
The negligee is a long slip Of plait-
ed silk with an overdrop Of lace that
hangs from the shoulders. having the
effect of a short. full lace coat. 1t Is
open down the front and is to be worn
over lacey petticoat or slipped over
the nightdress for bedroom wear. Satin
slippers edged with silk fringe are a
detail worth remembering for pretty
negligees demand the right sort OF
footwear.
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brbn is wider at the right side than
anywhere else and has a beautiful up
ward roll to the left.
Just below is lovely hat in dark
brown satin with the entire underbrim
covered with tightly curled ostrich
fiues, also In brown. These very short
curled fiues look like Persian lamb fur.
The hat is finished with n smart. wired
bow and In this shape the brim widens
at the left.
The big picture hat ut the right is
of black panne velvet faced with plain
velvet. There is not much more to
say Of 1t except that Its brim is soft.
It's lines marvelously becoming and its
crown embroidered with wheat and
flowers in heavy silk floss. At the
other side of the group small. droop-
ing-brimmed hat of porcelain blue felt
makes one waver In allegiance to big
hats. The felt Is overlaid with crepe
georgette in the same color and for
trimming there Is generous bow of
wide grOsgrain ribbon. matching the
hat In color.
None of these shapes have rigid
brims or crowns-each Of them is SIM
ply trimmed and each proclaims itself
the work of some skilled and clever
milliner. -t-
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Instead of better. and the result would
have been social upheaval. But the
inevitable result of this war will be
pruning of capitallstic tyranny and n
healthy invasion of socialism from the
top. to say nothing of the general
awakening and desire for the better
ment of mankind. which will remove so
many of the proletariat grievances that
they will not have half leg to stand
on. 1t is pity 1t could not come
sooner. but history is history our war
did not come until 1t was due. More
over, people, particularly when mod
erately successful. never rouse them
selves to reform until they have re-
ceived n severe jolt.
That, however. is for the future, and
there is only one way to deal with
the present problem; exterminate it.
When n careless farmer has permitted
his fields to be invaded by gophers,
rats, rattlesnakes and other vermin, he
cannot afford to sit down and reproach
himself and invent excuses for the
invaders; he makes n clean sweep and
kills them off. sweeps away the
formidable menace to his prosperity.
Then. n wiser man. he, takes measures
to keep his fields and granaries free
of verrnin in the future, and watches
increasingly. But he exterminates first.
rt One Glass Without Friends.
To reason with an l. w. w. would
profit as much as to reason with a
rattlesnake. charged with poison and
waiting its opportunity to strike. In
the first place. what brains these out
laws ever had not only have deteri-
Grated with class hatred. but they
never would have been l. w. W's, II
they had had Il shred of natural abil-
ity, or were not too lazy to work.
They must be got rid Of root and
branch. The leaders should either be
executed or shut up in asyums for the
criminally insane. and the rest either
deported or punished.
AS for the American Liberals who
are trying to raise n fund to defend
these outcasts, no censure Is too harsh
for them. They are either German
agents, cowardly pacifists, or little
groups of would-be 'intellectuals," who
long to be thought academic, detached,
govern mankind in time of war. Well,
that is the point. We happen to be at
war. An attitude that no one would
quarrel with in times of peace, for we
are quite willing to let inadequately
gifted men and women win little
prominence In whatever way they can.
when all are living for themselves
they come under the head of menaces
or pests when the entire country
should be united sin single purpose.
No doubt the government will get
round to them in time. but If it does
not there is an ever worse punishment
in store for them, the contempt of
their fellow citizens. They will be
outlanders. forced to endure the So
ciety of one another to the last of
their days. In other words, they will
be boycotted. Perhaps they would
prefer the word verboten.
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Cattle In Forests.

To meet the war needs of the Unit
ed States sheep and cattle will be
grazed on the national forests In In
creased numbers this year. Half
million more sheep and nearly a quar-
ter of a million more cattle will be
taken care of this year than last, ac-
cording to the officials of the forest
service. This will bring the total num-
ber of stock grazed under permit to
about 100000 sheep. 100000 head
Of cattle and $1,000 swine. This In
crease is on top of an increase of 2eO,-
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900 sheep and 100000 cattle made last
year. when 1t was recognized that the
country's need for beef, mutton, wool
and hides called for the fullest possi-
BILE use of the national forest ranges.
Through conservative handling OF
these ranges for more than ten years
their productiveness has been steadily
rising.
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eood Money for Days Work.

1t Is said that boat with five fisher
men went out seining from orr's island.
Me. for herring recently and received
$500 .pr their days work, sharing 500
each
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suitable for admiralty use as fuel oil.
This viii, be awarded to the first com
petltor submitting "A successful process
which must be capable of ready and
economical application without undue
absorption of material and labor.
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Should Stimulate Thinkers.

The British government has decided
10 offer II prize of $4,000 for proc
ass of making a mixture of dehydrate'l'
The Ordway new era., 1918-09-13

engineering difficulties over
~ al come in construction, which
J links the Great Lakes with the
Atlantic ocean was formally celebrated
recently. The completion of this great
inland waterway. which required 13
years to build and involved the ex-
pendlture of approximately $15o0Oo.-
600, will be a wonderful boon to war
time transportation. 1t will relieve
the railroads of n tremendous guam
tIty of nonperishable freight. Its ca
pacity is estimated at ten million tons
annually, which Is the equivalent of
half million carloads.
The canal Is made up of four different
channels, all of which have the same
general dimensions, the depth being
about IL feet and width varying from
20 feet in earth sections of LAND line"
to minimum of 200 feet in the beds
of canalized rivers and lakes. These
channels are: The Erie canal, or main
line, between Buffalo and Troy; the
Oswego. running from Syracuse to
Lake Ontario; the Champlain, extend
ing from Troy up the Hudson to Lake
Champlain. and the Cayuga-Seneca,
connecting the so-called Finger
Lakes" with the main channel. By
means of the Hudson river, New York
city and the municipalities and vii
laiges south of Albany are brought into
touch with the system.
This new channel was constructed In
accordance with principles radically
different from those which governed on
old canals. On these old channels the
idea was to keep the hillside above the
rivers and streams and to use animal
power for towing purposes. In the
present work. however. the practice In
vogue on the Continent, where the low
water routes available in natural
streams are used, has been followed
wherever practicable. In fact. the
larger part of the new system consists
of the canalization of the rivers and
lakes.
Locks and Dams Built.
In order to make navigation possible
on the rivers and lakes it was neces-
sary to maintain n specified minimum
depth and provide what Is termed
"slack-water navigation" This was
accomplished by the construction OF
dams and locks. the dams holding the
water Mt a more or less fixed elevation
above the level of the stream and the
locks permitting the barges to move
from one level to another. Between
Little Falls and Troy, on the Erie
canal. ten dams have been constructed,
which provide for navigation on the
canalized Mohawk river. Two of these
structures are of the fixed type" while
eight are movable. These actually
make the river series of lakes, the
water between the dams being prac-
tically level and ordinarily without
much current. A lock is constructed at
one side of each dam to enable the
barges to pass from the different lev
els.
Many travellers across the state have
wondered at the movable dams which
appear to be steel bridges, yet have
no approaches. This type of struc-
ture was necessary, however. because
from the bridge floor of each structure
the controlling works. which swing
underneath, are operated. These works
consist of heavy steel frames and gates
which may be lowered or raised at
will by operating electric winches run
ming on the bridge floor of the dam.
The particular function of the movable
dam Is that when the gates are rnised.
during the winter months and spring
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Great Barge Canal
Of New York. Marvel
of Engineering. Aids
War Transportation
BY ROBERT II. MoULToN.

HE opening for through traf-
~ fic of the Barge canal of New
York. remarkable both for Its
picturesqueness and for the
engineering difficulties over
q ~ come in construction. which
links the Great Lakes with the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-12

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case o. Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Pol
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After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you win see a
great Improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
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Sold BY all Druggists 7bc.
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Tender Thounhts in VIII.

Sometimes there are found such ten.
der touches as these in the will Of a
late town clerk Of Monmouth, who
died in 1915. aged seventy-two. He
left to the Monmouth General hospital
and dispensary, for the children's
ward, in memory of his darling child
Lizzie, f500 and framed portrait of
the child, and desired the authorities
to place on her grave wreath of flow
ers each Palm Sunday and wreath
Of holly each Christmas day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-12

When the bowels become irregular
you are uncomfortable and the long
er this condition exists the worse
you feel. You can get rid OF this
misery quickly by using HERBINE
Take dose on going to bed and see
how fine you feel next day Price
soc. Sold by Wren Drug Co.-Adv.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-12
SOMETHING GOOD

Those who hate nasty medicine
should try Chamberlain's Tablets for
constipation. They are pleasant to
take and their effect is SO agreeable
and so natural that you will not real.
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Adv.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-12

Gas in the stomach or bowels is a
disagreeable symptom of torpid liv-
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HERBINE. 1t is marvellous liver
stimulant and bowel purifier. Price
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