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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
FULTON

Oscar Ellefson was home from Chl-
cago last Sunday.
o. P. Murwin was in GAINESVILLE one
day last week on business.
Mrs. Horace Pease is reported as do
ing nicely at Mercy hospital, James
vile.
Mrs. o. P. Murwin was in GAINESVILLE
three DAYS last week with Mrs. Horace
Pease.
Miss Helen Fessenden Of Edgerton
was an over Sunday visitor with her
mother.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Kramer last Monday
morning.
= Mrs. Charles Raymond returned from
Beloit last week after visiting her
mother for few days.
Word was received Tuesday morning
of the death of Mrs. Schroada in Chi
cago. Mrs. Schroada has been visiting
in Chicago this week.
Mrs. Andrew EIlefson and Mrs. Os-
car Ellefson were at Camp Grant one
day last week to see Fred before he
left for southern camp.
w. N. Lee was in Memphis, Tenn,
on business last week and reports snow
all the way to that city. Memphis has
had five weeks of sleighing and 22
inches of snow. The thermometer reg
istered 20 above on Thursday when we
were having the coolest night this win
ter. He also reports 100 or more cars
of coal just out of Chicago with snow
on top, which goes to show that these
cars have stood still for ten days.
The lecture course committee request
that all those who have signed up for
tickets should pay for them before the
next number, March 5th. There is still
a shortage of $40 not paid in. This is
a handicap to the committee who have
had to borrow the money to accommo-
date those who have not paid. The
course was planned and engaged on
these promises. There will be no de-
ficiency if all pay and if not the COM
mittee will have to make good. 1t is
not fair to the committee who have all
the work and responsibility of arrang
ing the course to meet these obliga-
lions. 1t makes no difference whether
the tickets have been used or not as
the obligation is the same and the
course was engaged on these promises.
Don't put this off as the committee
need your help.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
AT THE LYRIC

"High Play" a tense drama with
William Russell will be the attrac-
ton at the Lyric tonight (Thurs-
day.
Alice Joyce and Harry Morey are
co-starred in Vitagraph feature
on Saturday, "Her Secret" 1t tells
the story of how the arm of fate
stretches over the years and lays
the fruits of a mans sin at his door.
With Carlyle Blackwell and June
Elvidge as the stars the Brady
picture, ''The Price of Pride" will
be shown on Monday. This picture
is a particularly interesting one
dealing with two brothers who bare
a strong resemblance but are not
known to each other. Mr.. Blackwell
plays the dual role of brothers
which calls for some stron.. acting
Dorothy Dalton will be seen as a
selfish woman of the world when
she appears in the Ozark Road" on
Wednesday. This picture gives Miss
Dalton many opportunities to dis
play her talent.
Coming February 18th "The Bar
rier" one of Rex Beach's greatest
works.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
Red Cross

1t has been suggested that an ex-
PLANTATION relative to certain re-
quired regulation of the local branch
of the Red Cross be offered. The re-
gulation pertains to the matter of
knitted goods, the local provision
being that any garment knitted with
yarn secured from the Red Cross is
to be sent to the Red Cross rooms
for distribution by that organiza-
ton. The local branch will send
knitted garments to any Edgerton
boy who is reported as not complete
ly equipped.
The national organization places an
absolute prohibition. upon chapters
and branches which make it impos-
sible for any local organization to
go farther than this.
Action in the above matter is the
result of the attitude of the execu-
tive committee of the Edgerton
Branch and the ladies in charge of
materials are merely acting in &C
cordance with the rules given them
to work under. z
A local committee has been APP
pointed which shall have charge Of
sewing to be done for Belgium child
rem. Mrs. John, Dickerson has been
elected as chairman of the commit
tee, the other members being Mrs.
Willard Doty, Mrs. Al Lyons, Mrs.
Frank Hadden, Mrs. Will Tyler. The
public schools are to cooperate and
under direction of Miss Hoen will
assist in this particular branch of
the work.
The possibility of accomplishing
anything by the Belgian committee
will be determined by the number OF
people who will volunteer to render
assistance and by the response which
people will make in contributing
cast off clothing. All contributions
should be cleaned and then sent eth
er to the library or to the high school.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
ALBION

The Home Benefit society met with
Mrs. K. D. Whitford Tuesday after
noon.
Beryl Whitford of Milton Junction
visited relatives here portion OF last
week.
Mrs. o. A. Kruger visited Mrs.
VIM. Toynton at Fulton one day last
week.
Kathlyn Saunders of Edgerton Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. FL. IL. Babcock,
recently.
The Academy students resumed their
studies Monday after nearly two weeks
vacation.
E. A. Drake and family and Harry
Powell took supper at V. E. ABBY S
Sunday night.
Marjorie Bliven is at her parental
home as her school is closed on account
of the shortage of coal.
Misses Eloise Thomas and Mildred
Painter of Milton college were at
their parental homes here from Wed
nesday until Sunday.
The young people of Albion were en-
tertained at the James Harrington
home Monday night in honor OF their
son Jesse's birthday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
CLUB NOTES

/ Monday Club met with Mrs. Earle.
There were 13 members present.
Mrs. Nicholson was leader of the
meeting and read an article, "What
England is Doing"
Mrs. Cuiton read an article ,"War
Relief Work in England"
Mrs. L. N. Pomeroy gave an in
interesting review of H. G. Wells
book, "Mr. Drifting Sees it Through"
The Club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Schmidt on Feb. 18th.
Fourteen members of the Educa-
tional Club met at the home of Mrs.
Marvin Marsden Monday evening.
Roll call was responded to by quo
tations from one of Wisconsin's
poets, Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
After the business session the
study of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, her
life and works was ably presented
by Mrs. Frank Williams. Mrs. Hor-
ton read two of her best known
poems and Mrs. Whittet read an ar
ticle by the author upon women suf-
frage.
After a general discussion Club adj
journed to meet with Mrs. Frank
Williams Monday afternoon, Feb.
18th at 2:30.
The Philomathean Study Club met
at the home of Mrs. Lucy Dickinson
Feb. 4th. Roll call was responded
to by current events and quotations
from Celia Thaxter and Thomas
Baily Aldrich.
Mrs. l.. A. Anderson had charge
of the program and in a very origi-.
nal way gave a pleasing descrip-
ton of Portsmouth and it's by-gone
greatness and quaintness.
An interesting story of Celia
Thaxter and her associations with
the Isle of Shoals was also read.
The club adjourned to meet next
Monday afternoon at 2:30, at the
home of Mrs. Ed. Grassman.
The Thursday Bridge Club met
with Mrs. T. B. Earle. Mrs. Walter
Mabbett won high honors.
The Evening Club met with Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Farman Thursday and
enjoyed an evening of Bridge. Paul
N. Grub won high honors.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
Wnman's Guild

The Young Woman's Guild of the
Methodist Church met at the home
of Miss Florence Child, Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Bramhall and
Miss Simmons as hostesses.
Superintendent of Young Peoples
Work was present and told of the
work for war babies, in France.
The Guild decided to take up this
work and will begin the preparation
of outfits for French war orphans
at once. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. VIM. Bus
sey, Feb. 18th.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
Whatever That Is.

Armed with a hooked bill resembling
hawk, with a spread Of wing as big
as a good-sized eagle and equipped
with long legs, which he carries
straight behind him, bird which Al
Ian Irish, of Sabine, Me-, says is
zyphunkquilipherz and is rare in that
vicinity, has been seen frequently near
SabinO
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
New Nitrate Plant.
tory.

One of the nitrate plants for which
congress appropriated $20,000000. will
be located at Sheffield, Ala, according
to reports from the war department.
The place chosen is on the Tennessee
river near Muscle Shoals. This plant
will manufacture ammonia and nitric
acid.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
For Sale.

l bed room set, rocking chairs, 2
parlor tables, l hall tree, couch, l
wash stand, side board, Oakland
piano.
This furniture is in Al condition and
can be seen at Fred Strasberg's home
in the Peters block over Borgnis'
store. LIVE
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
w. c.. T. u.

The w. c.. T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Lucy Dickinson Fri
day, Feb. 9Th. Leader Mrs. Horton.
Program
Roll Call, responses quotations from
Francis E. Willard.
Francis E. Willard Memorial Fund
MIS-. I1OICOH
How the Fund is Used..-----.-.-.-------
-............--..-..- Mrs. w. Pomeroy
Solo --.. Lorraine Dickinson
Memories of Francis E.. Willard---.---
Mrs. Conn
Piano Duet..-.-......- Beatrice Holton,
... Lorraine Dickinson
Golden Words of Abraham Lincoln.
Mrs. Clark
Star Spangled Banner------Mrs. Badly
Song-Star Spangled Banner
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
The Artist.

He who is firm in will molds the
world to himself.-GOethe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Employment Service
Has Good Results

HE United States employment
= service, which opened quarters
here only last Monday, is doing good
work. 1t finds places for those who
are too old for military life, but not
too old for civilian duties.
It looks after all classes of labor,
akilled and unskilled, male and female,
white and black. 1t has way of
placing nondescripts those wage
/ earners who are somewhat eccentric
yet are capable Of doing work in GER
tain fields of endeavor and who are
dependable for whatever they under
take.
Its aims are at once economic and
altruistic. AS the war progresses
labor will become more and more
scarce. This government conservation
II labor helps greatly in many ways.
II enables Uncle Sam to secure the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

New York respondent Pi.tslGig Dis
patch.
We'll l see they have increased the
price of whisky again., remarked the
proprietor of a Broadway cabaret show
last night to one of the habitues of the
place. IF things continue this way 1
do not see how we can make living, ;"
was the reioinder And those who heard
the remark let go a loud guffaw. Any
one who visits a Broadway lobsteria
knows the tax they put ON drinks. There
is no regular scale, for each place seems
to size up the width of a guests roll
and then charges accordingly. The tariff
has been 60 cents for a highball but now
it is from rs cents to 81. Then there
is the war tax to consider. The propri-
etors at first paid the tax, but they sude
denly recalled what r. 7. Barnum said
"about a sucker being born every min
ute" They asked themselves, why not
get it when it is easy?' So now you
not only pay the increased price for
liquid refreshments, but you are called
upon to come across with the war tax
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Fitting Celebration of War Anniversary

TT was one
of manng devotion to the flag
stirred the
thrill this of today and the
fitting celebrate
IL months how unprepared the United
full Speed up is the motto
thoroughly aroused to
gravity which Indifferent when
entere
many citizens had ideai They
beginning; doya they felt that could
Of danger of
being being sacked by the Huns
1t was hard to act
his theories. understands
tragedy and cruel it real has no
ing pacifst
section of the country The people
heaedy who for it slack and
and should be dealt with relentlessy
In year gone the United States has drilled more than
training the firing line total
100000 gallant fighters went forth
has been brought up to high standard e
before If
100000 the field but matter now long
1t already
and another that vast amount may
exceeded by 100 cent - !.
will be forthcoming
be subscribed
highest pitch and it will SO until peace
Birmingham the celebration with its accustomed
enthusiasm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
DEPARTMENT STORES IN CHINA

consideration or worse. 1t is even more
toner and to make good use of psychol-
ogy than it is for occidental merchants.
His craftsmanship is appraised not so
much by the quantity of wares he sells
as by the amount of money he wheedles
out of the purchaser. This is not to
say there are no one-price stores in
the orient. Such things can be found,
and they are operated on a mercantile
code as worthy as that which obtains
in most American stores
Rich and poor, high and humble, shop
side by side in the Shanghai department
store, each according to his or her purse.
That is something new, too, and it tends
to break down social caste among the
Chinese 1t is regrettable that Mr.. Hol-
lington X Tong did not have anything
to say about bargainSdays, special sales,
rummage events and the like. Chinese
rush on bargain counters surely would be
a picturesque occasion and yield itself
well to the purposes of descriptive
writer We must be content with the
equally interesting and more practical
assurance that the Chinese department
store, of which there are plants in Hong
kong and Canton as we'll as Shanghai.
is having the effect of introducing west
ern articles to the common people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
M E7R. KIPLING was wrong when he
lNWll wrote that East is East and
W. West is West and never the
twain shall meet" The twain is meet
ing in China The trysting place is
department store in Shanghai, and
that store is helping to democratize the
Celestial land.
Mr.. Hollington K. Tong tells about the
Shanghai emporium in a commercial re-
port sent by Consul General Thomas
Summons to the United States. We do
not know who Mr.. Hollington K. Tong
may be, but the name suggests he might
wear a frock coat and carry cane
with becoming grace in an Easter pa
rade along Fifth avenue.
The Shanghai department store is
magnet, first, because it is something
new to that part of the world; second,
because it makes shopping easier in
hot country, and, third, because it is
one-price institution, with price cards on
each article plainly marked SO that ali
who rubber" may read.
From time immemoHal shopping in
China has been essentially matter OF
bargaining. The average Chinese mer-
chant sells his goods for what he can
get for them; their real value, based on
cost and handling, being a secondary
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Dreams Come True

= made number Of visits to Florence
Before | moved there, and then for years
have had some Florentines as my
friends" said DR.. Henry J. Arlington.
There may be others who have had
visions and dreams about the day when
the modern American city on the Ten
nessee would come into it's own, but
none were so constant in stopping me
wherever and whenever he found me,
and like the Ancient Mariner of old,
compelled me to listen to his tale. as
Cyrus W. Ashcraft
Now, there may be others who were
just as prophetic in their gIimpses of the
time when the Great Bend, which is
said to be the Indian meaning of Ten
nessee, would be damned, and it's great
power put at the service of the people,
but so far as 1 am concerned, the first
man who made me a convert to the gov
ernment's developing 1t was friend Cy'
Il am free to confess that for many
years | gave but scant attention to Ash
crafts rhapsodies, although / was willing
that he should ride his hobby to his
full bent. I'm glad his dreams are COM
ing true. 1t means much for Florence,
Alabama and the entire south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
From Golfers.

From Golfers.
NR 7AR lifted Rupert Brooke to an
WNW eestacy of self-surrender'
nance that Alan Seeser marched to ms
rendezvous with death; Francis La
widge gave his life for his blackbirds
and 1.-The fields along the Boyne. IT
has remailed for Siegfried Sassoon 70
sing to US Of .'clay-sucked boots" OF
trudging through
Five miles of stodgy clay and freezing
cludge,
And everything but wretchedness forgot
ten,
Iof the
draush,y dugout frowsty with the
fumes
OF coke, and full of snoring, weary man;
Of
crouc,ling for ''crumps' to burst
While squeaking rats scampered across
thef slime.
Here is a poet who gives us the very
taste and feel of war. He flashes ungcT-
getable pictures into our minds as if "a
rocket fixed and burned with blanchng
flare" His lines are fortnight, uncorl-
promising. forceful as bullets He rouses
in us battle lust he lifts our hair, he
sickens our hearts, and, suddenly, with
a sardonic twist of humor. he flicks us
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Taking the Lure Out
of Summer Travel

1T is going to be comparatively easy
Y for people who lack the price to
do without a vacation this year. Here
tofore they have read attractively IL
Illustrated railroad folders, showing the
delights Of travel along this or that
scenic route, until their hearts were
filled with discomfort and the worka-
day life assumed duh gray tint that
nothing could brighten.
Director McAdoo has put stop to
all that. He has issued an order
against railway advertising and one
paragraph reads:
"Folders must be purely informa-
tive and contain no advertising of
luxurious trains, claims of superior
service or extraneous matter Of any
description"
We will no longer gaze at snow
capped mountains, crystal streams
and azure lakes, printed in their ma
tural colors and wondrous enchanting
Nor will we behold the splendors of a
modern dining car, with its attentive
white-coated walters and smiling pa
irons, something that always did make
us hungry There will be no bathing
beauties lounging on cleaning sands,
with foam crested pillows breaking at
their dainty feet and in the back
ground spacious summer hotels, with
pennons flying There will be nothing
but time tables and cold, bare facts.
The Chicago and Northwestern will
not be permitted to make its time-hon-
ored claim, "The best of everything"
Nor will the Pennsylvania harp on its
slogan, "The best way any day" The
Alton may still be, "The only way"
but it must not dwell on that fact The
Denver and Rio Grande must be con-
tent with past performances as "The
scenic route of the world" and Phoebe
Snow may no longer extol "The road
of anthracite Even our southern rail
roads are forbidden to sing the praises
of the gulf ports and the charm of old
New Orleans, with its peerless cook
cry and quaint Creole life.
For these reasons staying at home
next summer will not be quite the
hardship it was in piping times Of
peace.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Luxe M,LuKE SAYS

About the busiest period in the life
of man is when he lands his first
steady job and his first steady girl and
is doing all he can to hold BOTH
1t doesn't take n manicure girl long
to discover that while the hands of a
male customer may be soft, his con-
science is callous.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned mother who used to call her son
"Jamesie?"
A man can go to the devil and get
back But woman can't get return
trip ticket.
Cripples are excluded of course. But
no man who can carry a gun should be
carrying cane.
| The alarm clock gets a lot of credit
for getting folks up in the morning.
But where would the blame alarm
clock be If mother wasn't on the job
to second the motion made by the
alarm clock?
Every married woman believes that
all other married women are better off
than she is.
A man will crawl half mile on his
hands and knees to get revenge when
he wouldn't ride a half block in an
auto TO do favor.
We would hate to be able to polish a
glass as perfectly as a bartender can
do it, We would be afraid that friend
wife would expect us to attend to that
sort Of thing at home
The woman who can't go out without
having some man flirt with her is
usually that kind Of woman.
Look out for the man who has little
to say about what he has done and less
TO say about what he is going to do.
Nobody is going to put anything over
on him.
The reason why man doesn't mind
paying So and 20 cents war tax to see
a show is because he always frsks
through his big change to find dime
when the collection IL taken up in
! church.
| \ woman Is always willing to throw
out past performances and bet that she
J can select a better husband for her
! daughter than she did for herself
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

From the New York Times
Mr. Edward p Foster, secretary OF
the University Language society OF
Marietta o.. wants to know if news
papers don't realize that it is abb
solutely impossible to have permanent
peace or to make the world safe for
democracy so long as in 5000 con-
fictng tongues are chanted the songs
of mutual Misunderstanding and Of
hate"
Wouldn't "a scientifically constructed
language advance education more
potently than 100 leading universities
can do?"
1t would 1t must. 1t shall. And Mr.
| Foster has the language that some
happy day will leap from every larNnx
on this terradueous globe. Which its
name is Ro, never enough to -be-cele-
brated, suaviloquent as batrachian ser :
enades beautiful as choruses OF all the
guinea fowl on earth:
FAC I'd sac We zef.--Two and two are
four.
zaf nd zaf we zar?--Are four and
four nine?
Ne, zaf nd zaf ne EAR ub We had. No,
four and four are not nine but are
eight.
| Speech Of fire and honey. whereby
all the world shall be one; rah, rah,
rob, Ro, Ro, Ro,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Do Not Wait for
Limit to Pay Tax

WOU have made your income tax
u returns and many of you who
are liable have paid, although the law
allows until June Is for the taxpayer
to hand in his check.
But the treasury department needs
SO much money in this time Of crisis
that it will be a boon if all who are
assessed for income tax will antlci-
nate the official date There may be
some here and there who would be in
convenienced by having to pay now,
but such are few in number. Wage
workers, salaried men, merchants and
manufacturers are prosperous. They
surely cannot complain of hard times.
Most of them are flush with money.
1t is safe to say that 95 per cent
of those who have not paid their in
come tax can do so today without
feeling it. Let them be patriotic,
therefore, and walk up to the cap
tains office, or rather the office Of
the internal revenue collector, and
settle.
Uncle Sam will be grateful, and
/
the man who pays will be conscious
of performing patriotic act and do
ing 'bit" to win the war.
~ Il X
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

From the Baltimore American.
Reference at a social session was made
to the crspness of some brands of repair
tee, when Congressman Seward H. Will
liams of Ohio related an anecdote along
that line.
When a young lawyer in small Ohio
town first opened business he took a
room that had previously been occupied
by a cobbler, and naturally he was more
or less irritated over the fact that mors
people came to have their shoes half
snled than for legal repairs.
"The cchblers gone. Oi see. remarked
i sen of TIE Emerald Isle. entering the
place one afternoon with dilapidated
pair Ct SHOES, and glancing at the unfa-
miiar appearance of things. "Phat
might ycu be selling?'
II am selling .blockheads,' was the
peeyish response of the ANNOYED LAWYER
"pesorra, an We must be dom q
moghty fine business smilingly replied
Mike. "Oi notice that We have but wan
left