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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-05

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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-05

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ment in @aibington meiit 6oroufbin,
oaB 6ie 5abritanten un6 &dnoler in
SEN Ser. Stnaten ont 80. Sunni Die
les Sabres 1866 Wilionen Yf11n6
8ole onf 9ager batten, gegen 585
WiQionen I'M 8oridbre. Dieie Mb<
nabme BON 119 Miuionen Bfun6 in
einem Sabre lit cine febr ernfte
Code, ga 6ie Nadfroge no6 8orle
gr0Ber lit, als lie 5uoor. Cine an-
mabli6e 8eHer1ng itebt nur Damn
5n ertparten, penn 6ie 8emiibungen
oes lan6mirtiduftliden Deporte=
ments, ie6en 5armer gu beranlaiien
cine Mn5obl Sdofe 5u balten, @rfolg
baben. 9as @al1ptbin6ernis gege11
cine erfolgreide Sbof5n6t lit ongeb=
1i9 in 6em tpeitberbreiteten Mber-
glauben unter Sen Sarmern gu iu=
den, 6aB Climber un6 Sbafe ni9t 5n-
lommen ge5iidtet tper6en fonnen. Crit
penn 6ieier Nbergla11be o~usgerottet
lit, miro man @rfolge baben.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-05
Die 9AMte Der Rtmber.
@om 81. Butter aeiegmete @ebets'
mein1tng fit ben Monat Sep.
temher 1918.

Mab ben Mngoben Sa9beritan6i-
ger beitebt ungefabr 6ie &dlfte a1er
.Sterben6en aus @in6ern, bie ben
@ebrau9 ser 8ernunft nod 1idt er.
langt baben. Son bieien aber iin6
gegen 5pei Drittel Die &tn6er bon
nngldubigen, Die alio obne Saufe
iterben; ober ielbit bon &in6ern Drift
lider @ltern iterben iebr biele unge-
tauft, neil 6ie @ltern ent4pe0er nidt
an 6ie Sm1fe glm1ben, ODER tie Der.
nadldiiigen, ODER Ole Eaufe ungil-
tiger @eiie erteilt miro, ODER gar
nidt erteilt tper6en fann. oft fommt
oie1er traurige Sal iogar bel &atbo-
life11 Dor. 0eo6 Ser 2ebre u1ierer
FL. Stride aber 1T 6ie 1pirflide @ai-
i%ertaufe BEL &in6ern Dor Dem Ser
mnfgebrau6 1nl1mgqonglih> not
tpenbig fir ben @intriH fir Die &C.
Iigfeit in BEN &hnmel, tpabren6 mir
iber 6os Sos Der 11ngetauft iter-
benoen &in6er ni9t beIebrt mer6en.
ga folde @ir6er freili6 obne ieoe
perf0nlide Sdul6 iin6, nebmen mir
an, baB life tpenigitens feine Citrate
erIei6er, obtpobl iie neil Die not
penoige @e6ingu11g ni6t erfiM tpor-
Sen lit, gu Sen Sreu6en Ser iiber<
nntirltden Mn19mtung @ottes ni6t
5ugelaiien tper6en f0nnen. sic tper-
ben alio ni6t teilnebmen an ienem
9obne, Sen ufein Muge gefeben fein
DIR geb0rt bat, Ser in feines Men-
i6en @er5 ge6rungen it," neil er
Elm 2obn it, 6en @ott in feiner n11-
en0liden MadH, @eisbeit un6 Site
ienen bereitet batz Sic i'm liebeh."
8elde @obltat alfo, tpenn mir Ben
&in6ern oie @no6e ser fl. Smfe
permitteIn fonnen! 5finen mir nod
M0glidfeit 6urd Mlmoien nn6 @ebet
6os Sebnen 6es 6er5ens Sein nod
SEN Seelet1 ser &leiniten, 6amit iie
@ott lpben f0nnen in Der Seligfeit,
Die er fir ale beitimmt fat. Inter
ltiiBen mir Sen &in6beit=Se1u8erein
Ser auiabrli6 Tauien6e FOLDER &in=
Ser Sic Bforten bes 8ara6teies off
net. Die olio @eretteten per6en uns
ielbit unausipredli6 6anfbar fem.
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
Japanese Hairdressing.

In Japan not only men but women
70 to the barber Il there be any
sign Of hair on their faesL They
do not permit even the soft down -
grow. which the Japanese are oftsa
astonIshSd to see left unmolSstsd
on the faces Of some western Wom-
en-. Often. too the eyebrows are
shaved In recent years the female
barber has become = feature Of the
profession in Toxic. most OF these
being the wives Of BARRIERS who
wish TO make themselves useful 70
their husbands. though SEINE are
independent
The seventeenth OF every month Il
regarded a. q BARRIERS holiday. when
all Japanese BARRIERS close up shop
and 90 to theatres and places %
amusement for which they are
Oftsn furnished with free tiekOtA,
because they allow the playbills End
other Advertisements OF the place Of
amusement to be posted In their
shops free. Most Of the instruments
now used by Japanese BARRIERS are
made In Japan. though At arEt thar
we're all imported
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
Part One-(conEinued)

Harold took off his coat and hat
The doctor noticed how his hands
shook, and that he stumbled ratheg
than walked up the low, broad stair
case. He leaned heavily upon E1-
theirs arm.
''It must be the result Of his aeci-
dent" thought the doctor, but how
strangely like his father he isl I
never noticed II before. Yet the
father always bore himself we'll
not like that wonder He
whispered quickly 20 Esther. Mrs.
Borradale's main desire 10 to know
that your marriage is happy. That
Is the question which has been burn
ing her lips ever since she took TO
her bed"
Must Pretend Happiness.
Il know" returned Esther. eve
win both assure her Of our hADDi-
ness"
The nurse, leading the way, they
entered the great chamber On the
first floor, where MrA Borradalo
lay dying. II was q vast room,
draped in tapestry. Otherwise q
was bare OF ornament, for Mrs.
BOrradale had never professsd fond
ness for pretty niek-nacks Candles
Illuminated the room. but were in
sufficient to light Il completely; the
corners were In darkness a. was the
great four-post bedstead upon which
the dying woman lay.
Mrs. Borradale looked strangely
well; that was the first impression
that Esther had She vas lying
peacefully a. II Ia sleep. There was
no trace OF pain upon the beauti-
full face. Her eyes seemed bright
as she turned them slowly in the
direction OF her son.
"HaroldF"
Mother" he muttered. "oh, my
dear MOTHER II was reasonable 20
expect that his voice should falter.
His eyes were filled with tears.
And Esther have prayed to
see you both-before I 60" The
voice came brokenly. but with some
firmness. Il have wrestled with
death. In a few minutes resign
myself to him But want 10 hear
from your-Own hps-that you are
happy
yes yes"
There Is nothing-there has been
nothing?"-
Lies TO Soothe MotheF.
''MOther'-Harold sank upon his
knees beside the bed. He had his
hands TO his face, and in the sub
dued light the change in his express
sion was hardly noticeable. For
those brief moments il Seemed to
Esther that her own Harold was
restored to her. Mother, let your
mind be at peace, we are happy
and the future is full OF promise"
The lies trembled upon his lips,
but he spoke them for the sake OF
the peace. OF q dying woman.
you say so. too, EstherF'
Yes" murmured the girl family.
II wish could see you better.
Harold, but my eyes are dim and
cannot bear the light But I am
rejoiced and no longer fear death
Stoop down that may whisper to
you"
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
PHSs in Boots J.
AN ENTERTAINING GOODNIGHT SERIES

Puss simply, but the old man hardly
noticed what he said. for he didn't
know that what little Puss had
wished a. he sat on the whining
stone was that some poor person
who wanted something very mueh
should have It
And think that was = very lovely.
unBslhsh kind Of . wish. So very
different from the kind Of wishes
one usually hears about For moat
OF Us wish for something for our
selves. but little Puss JuniOr had
made . Wish for some one who
needed It more than he. and perhaps
that II the reason It came trua. WhO
knoWBG
Well after that Puss went upoa
his way. and the old man plueksd
. rose and took It home with him
and placed II In . vase and set Il
before the little mIrrsr In which his
good woman was wont to look when
she did up her hair in the morning
before she got the breakfast.
And all that night the wind sang
down the chimney Of the little OLD
mans house:
She sees your roses blooming rel
Upon her quiet ErGSSy bed
oOpyriEhI 1913 DuviA on.
To bs Continued.
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
By David Corey.

y NJ morning a. PuGs was
travelling through . strange
land. where the brooks ran
ID hiu and the birds new upside
down. and the moon Shohs in the
daytime and the sun At night. and
the little Stars stood on the tops Of
trees, and the Door people all had
Liberty Bonds and the rich men
War Saving stamps. he came TO .
great stone. II was carved into =
rude kina Of chair. and o. = stone
slab ever u was written.
WISHING STONE"
So Puss sat down and made .
wish But I won't tell you Wha; Il
was, for II you tell your wish. you
. know, Il never comes true. and
GomstimeH Il d0ssn't anyway. 80
I've been told.
And while be sat there . poor cid
man came By With = rose bush In
mis- hand Where are you -oinET
tsksd Pusa But At hrst the old
man did not reply. for his eyes we're
full Of tearI and his voice was very
husky, and the pain In his heart
vas very great And the reason for
Eu this vas because his good wife
had died Gnd lay buried In the
ehurehyArd.
Il am taking this rose bush to
plan. b my good Woman's grave
answered the cid man after q little
while.
May come with your asked
PusG. And the old man answered.
Come with me ~ you like" 80 to-
Esthsr they went down the road
and after a while they came TO the
eaist churehyard where the people
rested who had travelled lifs'S hard
road and had reached the journeys
end
And when the old man came to
the grave OF his good woman. ne
planted the rose tree and the tears
that fell from his eyes wAtersd II
until Il budded and bloOmed- and In
a short while II was laden vita
beautiful roses
"Ah. my wish has eomS truG"
said the old man. See, the tree has
many roses upon Il. Ny good
woman always loved roses And
then he drisi his eyes with the back
Of ms rand
And 80 haS nina" said little
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
TTTEI DT OTTTD @ A Romantic Serial
ILL 4 AO1 N1CO of East and West
Elizabeth Makes All Arrangements to Meet the
Invalid on the Old Farm
MUGLid on the Old Farm.

. en-, pOOrOG SUt frOm the vines
screening the windows at the young
man who was dsSesn ling from the
depot wagon. his bag in his hand.
He IL surely 4 eadaYsrous lock-
ing Bpeeimen!" was Elizabeth
WAds'S mental comment 4 wonder
II DouElAG IL right in thinking that
II II only nerves that ails him But
Of course he Is right" she reminded
herself Loyalty. Douglas always
knows what he IL about. He could
not have been mistaken In this d.
AgnosiE- And an going to try to
Dc Just what he orders. I have
wanted to do something to help
him and to show my love for him
and here Il the opportunity. Unjust
make good"
will you come mp to your room
neWr" she heard Mrs.. Chaplin say
ing in her pleasant voIeG
elizabeth watched to see II Anoa
sRsrSd to take the younE mans
bag. but he ala not
IT'S the hrSt door At the head Of
the stairs on your Left Amos
said 4 guess he eAa ind hII way
up alone. Mother
no. III ShOE him. the matron
insisted
1t was evident that Mrs.. Chaplin
stood In some awe Of DR.. wads'a
prOtsES. and that her husband did
not.
Elizabeth wondered II this elder
u couple would be able to act the
part assigned to them By her
brother. She had certainly given
them their Instructions often
enough. Amos was a better actor
than MrH- chapin- II only he ala
not turn ugly!
She had a sudden panic-liks feel
ing of responsibility. 80 much was
at stake! But she must see thiH
thing through
TO Ne COstiausL
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
Saving the
Garden
-HERB are parasites that pre-

THERE are parasites that prey
upon society and parasites
that live upon garden plantA
Do not let them eat up any Of your
good food. Ar. Gardener. advises
the National War Garden Commits
sion. Most garden diseases are
caused BY some kind OF fungus
which can be controlled BY spray
ing.
Fungus diseases are fought with
remedies called funEicideA The
best All-purpOse fungicIds Is Bor-
deSux mixture, which has been used
for many years in lighting many
kinds Of diseases. This IL the for
muls for ten quarts OF It: Copper
EUiphats or blue stone three ounces:
lump lime or fresh hydrate lima
three ounces: water. ten quartz
You can procure copper sulphRts
from a druggist or scotsman. and
lime from a scotsman or a lumber or
a coal dealer. Dissolve the cop
per sulphate In two quarts Of hot
water in wooden bucket or
earthen jar. or II you plan ahead
Just tie II in a piece Of cloth and
hang It Just below the surface of
q quart or two OF water.
1t will dissolve slowly and settle
to the bottom. II you put it At the
bottom Of the cold water It will not
dissolve. Dilute this to five quarts
with water. Stake the lump lime
and pour on enough water to make
five quarts. II you have hydratS
lime. j"st mix It into the five quarts
OF water.
Now pour the copper GulphAtS
slowly into the lime water and stir
with a paddle while doing so. This
Is Bordeaux Mixture. Il is a good
plan to slRks a couple OF pounds Of
lime in the Spring. so as to have Il
on hand when wanted IL will keep
for many months II you have water
over It 30 II cannot dry cut
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY s
On Her Deathbed, Harold Tells a Par
dOnable Lie to His Mother, and
Strives to Better His Ways

Harold ObeysL
Put your arm Gbout ne. HEpld. ~
4 Il n your arms hat VIA - d.
Again be ala e. she had8 him
TMYed for you, Harold, tosaFo ~
and future generations from IL curo9
% your f0refafherL Ten ne aEain
that-that have been sucoe1gell@
~YeS-yes.- he mutfGod ~H0u hago
been successful
Thank God" ghs lEy back heaElg
upon his arm. kiss ma.s - 90,
with sudden Vshemenca
He ki8sed her forehead
And you. E5theE.s
The girl obeyed-
Bless yun-blesS yOu both-my lago
Words-thank God for HIS merclas-a
marriage full Of promise. you 49,
new generadon-a BOrradalo IN
cursed - @ 80
she fen back. Thsrs vas q hap1g
smile on her Lips --e
u was . few minutes bGfore thaY
realized that she Was dad
The Washington times., 1918-06-17

, here to visit you this Sumner, and
to help about the house. Ny name
iS Lizzie Aoors.-don't fOrGStI You
are to call me Ii1EIo'"
NrE Chaplin laughed nsrvouSly.
tn try to remember. dear. 1 know
that Amos will remember all right
for he's more clever than me"
And you must be sure to order
me about a. II belonged to you."
the girl went on And If your son
comes on 70 see you this Summer
you are not to tell even him the
truth-undsrEtandl He 10 to think
I am the second or third cousin he
has not seen since she was . tot In
pinaforss-If then. hope I look
all right" she added eagerly.
There was = mirror ever the
Kitchen sink, and shs peerSd into Il.
Her fair hair was eoilsd closely At
the back Of her head, but some
short locks refused to be confined
and eurlSd psrBistOntly about her
face. She wore q plain house dress
Of bIuS bingham with white cellars
and cuIE
"Har<! Here's the carriage noW!-
she exclaimed. Il shall not 90 out
to meet Mr.. Butler. II would look
very bold OF your young cousin to
do such q thing. Go on. Mrs.. Chaplin
I will stay here and wash the let
tucs for you
Dear MIss." the matron started
to protest
Elizabeth checked her perempOrilH
Mrs. Chaplin. from henceforth I am
LIME" to you. and you are Cousin
Martha to me- THERE hear Mr..
chapin-I mean Cousin AmOs-eall-
ing your
Ny. my. such dOingS!- the elder
ly woman mattered. as she FASTENED
out to the front door in answer to
her husbands summons
Elizabeth. left behind in the kiteh-
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
CamOuflaged
Clothes
How to Make Over
Your Last Seasons
Dresses.
By Rita Stuyvesant.

ITO make needs meet this summr.
many girls are stealing a march
on wartime prices and remodel
ing their old dresses.
Almost every one has some left
over dress which IL HtIll in good
condition The fuller skirt OF last
season can be rOmOdslSd with COM
parHtiVely easy and very smart re-
suits, which IL indeed encouraging.
When you bring out your old
Summer froek and md II looks out
Of date, begin At once to recut Il,
and with = few yards Of fresh ma
teriEl your old frock will be we'll
camouhaEed to DO service another
season A pretty blue linen frock
that was too volumInOus to be styI-
ish was rSeut and made over with
blue and white checked bingham.
The skirt was cut OF a little below
the knees and q panel about ak
inches cut up the front
Under this tunic was q narrow
skirt OF the checked Bingham, but in
the interests OF economy a cheap
muslin was used for the sides and
back OF the skirt. a. It did not show
under the tunic-
The blouse was extremely simple
All trimming was removed and the
front buttoned with me. small
pearl buttons. A tiny vest. TRAN
Eular in shape. was set into the
blouse at the wAistllns. A big sab
OF bingham was tied into n bow at
the back. Fine white orEandy col
lar and turnback Guns gave that
cool. crisp appearance so refreshing
on q hot day. This model affords
a number Of suggestions for make
overs.
A frock OF lettuce green muslin
from last year was successfully
made over into q very dainty dress
on this same pattern. To eonesdO
to the craze for 8rEandIs. the I'M
derBkirt was made OF that crisp
material. and the front panel and
little vest were done In clusters OF
tiny horizontal tucks. put IN by
hand. The white orEandis was also
used for the dainty collar and cuIs
and as there was not enough Of the
last years green muslin to form the
sash, this WAs Of the white OFgandy.
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
The office MterTupter


; ana infOrmatIOH he had eoIIsetsA
When he desired to consider one
piece Of information be aEuratIVsly
opened one drawer containing that
Information, but his mind was
closed to everything elsa
It IL = hereulean task for some
women to stick to one point for
long periods, Just AZ sustained
physical activity IL impossible to
OthSrS. But with q determined eff
fort to shut out every outside
thought-to keep Othsrs from inter-
ru1tiens and to cease intsrruptinE
othsrs-yeu can keep your mind
free to pursue the enc work
planned
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
By Eleanor Gilbert,
Author 81 ~,rhs AnbItious WSnan
IN BunIBssa.w -

AuthoR 81 The Ambitious WonAn
IN Bunlnela" -r
IF we really had eight solid hours
OF work each day the majority
Of US would accomplish two or
three times a. much a. We do. AZ
a matter Of fact, most business
women and business men do not
actually Work more than hVs hours
per day At \ uniform rate Of speed
and effectiveness
Ths one thing that BcatterS time
and energy in business iS-intSr-
FuptIon. There are the Interrupt
lions Of tie telephone. and the mes
saEes and vIsitinEs and the quss-
tionG from associates or Bubordi-
nAtsA There IL the sudden rush
ordsr, which nSesSSitatS present
vsrk being dropped 70 take up the
new task
Worst Of all, -seattSFing" forces
e the undiSeipIinSd mind which re-
fuses to sISaVS to the work in hand
unswsrvinEIy until II IL finished.
There are minds which are VOritabiS
weather VAHOS-thsy seem eontinu-
ously the prey Of every s1trGRSouS
thought that presents itself
Ana just 20 there are buSinSsSss
where Interruptions are not the SE-
eeption. but the rule. Indeed. onS
executive had 50 far permitted the
intorruptIon habit to prevail in his
organization that when he wanted
to concentrate thoroughly on .
piece Of work he stayed At homo -
finish ST.
In order to SSnoSntratS on any
given work or thought Il IL nSeOG-
sAry. HrSt 70 shut cut the physical
and. second. the mental intsrruR-
tionL The curt sign Busy On the
private OIieS protects many other
wise haunted SXOeutiVsG- In an
other oRIeS all communications
among the stan during business
hours IL done in writing. with the
result that there are brief queries
and equally brief rssponSSA
The serious injury which the in
tsrruptIon habit SRSetB IL that Il
eventually disturbS the power Of
concentrated thought Miss X
has the habit Of asking questions 81
anyone and everyone around her.
she doesn't stop TO think that in
tsrruptinE others - disastrous -
their work. or II the thought doss
occur to her, she SsomS 70 think
that her pleasant Excuse the In
tSrruptIon- pAlIiAtOs the irritation
Nine times out Of ten. II she hAa
taken the trouble TO work out the
problem by using her own mind.
or By consulting hlsS or rsfsrsnesA
she would have found II unnecSaSary
20 call on anyone elsa OF course
the most efficient organizations
encourage the Interchange Of infor-
nation among the entire stan. but
the thouEhtlsssneGs which imDslS
enc worker 10 Interrupt another to
get information. regardless should
promptly be checked.
Mental concentration means the
showing out OF consciousness every
thing except the one object II 10
said that Napoleon described his
oGn mind a. desk wherein he
kept locked aHA1 All InS SxPSrisnsS
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
By William F. Kirk.
THE MAN FROM CHI.

TIE saw the Singer Building
when the western sun was
gliding All It's WindoWA and.
says he, That locks pretty good to
me. but It would hardly get By. out
In Chill"
He saw the Art Museum. and he
spent an hour or two looking over
many paintings that have often
WinkSd At you Yes" said he,
they suro are nifty. but for each
great work I spy, could show you
maybe nifty. cut In CHR
h saw the great Aquarium. where
en- the hottest days the cool old
hshSs swim around. Indifferent TO
your case. He noted we'll the
srsekIsd trout, the goldfish Japan
csc. but said, when he was leaving.
we've some BWsllsr hsh than
thsSe-some that swim and some
that ny. out in Chil-
He went to vat n the Giants. and
he heard the New York fan going
mad about the science Of AcGrAwS
.RErssEiYs elan. Yea" he said.
aNeGrnH'G . stopper, and his team
IL not % sIoW-but they didn't show
that pepper whom they played the
white SoK, Boz"
He had . tSn-ooursS dinner at .
rfldsd old cafe, where the wealthy
saint and sinner pass the dinner
hour away. He seemed TO like his
fodder well enough to order more.
and he said Il was a credit 10 the
chef Who looked 1t Ger. But" he
added. 81 can buy better grub than
this In CHR
He went to see = vaudeville show
and get q little rest He said he
didn't like It though, a. he liked
the shows out West He said that
western people were too clever for
thu bunk-that acts like this wound
fail out West that acts like this
vsrs Junk. These actA" he BEorS
.vould not get by II they were
sprung in Chi"
And thus the stranger in our
midst went on from day to day
until he did his business and closed
his New York stay. Goodbye.
small yiII4Gs: he exclaimed. "EsrS