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American Wealth
and Cay Clothes

iceahle rs those worn by the italian
police, and those who care for the
quietness of distinguished clothes can
put n of these over a slightly worn
and much-used frOck, thereby enclOs-
ing an old friend in a new frame and
presenting a brave front to a world
that is not too critical in these war
days.
But Paris does not stop at these de-
mure capes. Her ecstatic mood shows
itself in capricious and exquisite gar
ments called capes, which are fash
toned for afternoon and evening wear.
They are made in Chinese colors, In
Slavic tones, of satin and chiffon and
metal embroidery. Sometimes they
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
INCREASE EGGS AND POULTRY
United States Department of Agricul.
ture Urges Every Farmer to
Keep 100 Hens.

To increase the production Of poul-
try and eggs In the measure necessary
to meet the demands for them, the
United States department of agricul-
ture is urging every farmer to keep at
least 100 hens, and to increase the egg
production for each hen from the pres
ent average Of about 70 to the more
satisfactory average Of 100 eggs to the
hen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
Eggs for Turkey Hens.

Turkey hens cover from Is to IS
eggs, and in some cases more, depend.
Ing on the size Of the hen. Chicken
hens OF the general-purpose breeds
v from eight to ten.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03

expensive of time or ma
terial. An easy-running
freezer, a heavy block set
with an old brooln
handle for pounding the.
Ice and a good gunny
sack to hold it while
pounding will make the
the freezing light work.
Use one measure of
coarse salt TO three of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
Nu. Ml44~t@
Oil on the Waters,

Oh has practically no effect on trou-
bled water, close in shore, because the
surface there Is not usually broken by
the wind, but by cross-currents, rocks
and eddies.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03

Of honey, three table
spoonfuls of olive oil, a
tablespoonful Of lemon
juice and q dash Of salt.
Use when well blended.
This is especially good
on pineapple.
Beef Heart Chop
Suey--Boil a heart and
chop in small pieces, re-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
Raisinu PouIts.

When, on account Of rainy weather
or unfavorable range conditions. 1t Is
advisable to raise the poults by the
coop method, more care must be given
to their feeding.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03

and thin. The sash, which ties at
the side, is finished with large gold
tasseI at hem of skirt. The scarf, of
black lace and tuIIe, with band of
gold lace at each end, slips under
belt at right, and is loosely thrown
over left shoulder.
light blue taffeta and worn over Il
gray gown of crepe de chine or satin
and chiffon.
What the Prophets Whisper.
There is no disputing the fact that
French women have yielded to the
American desire to wear short skirts
on the street, and the skirts in these
new clothes are both narrow and short.
The women who appeared on the street
in them without leggings or high shoes
have created unpleasant criticism,
which should compel them to change
their style.
The smart women run a Logging or
4 high clOth-top boot well up under
the hem of these short skirts, and the
effect is military and pleasing. But
at the very moment that we are ac-
cepting with enthusiasm this continued
style of short and narrow garments,
the prophets say that the real French
skirts are growing longer And the
smart American designers say the
same. They are making the garments
slim, without using an inch of surplus
material, but they are dropping them
to the ankles, emitting the leggings
and the high boots. and coming back
TO the ]flat-heeled pumps with broad
ribbon bows across the vamp.
Three or four of the best houses in
New York emphasize these skirts, and
those who are tired of the brevity of
the skirts we have worn for years are
accepting this new type of garment
with more than the usual enthusiasm.
If it had fullness it would be impoS-
sible for street usage, but its narrow
ness and the slight bias line at the
sides, that m from the material
being pulled backward and upward,
make it a pleasing picture on the
street and an artistic contrast to the
prevailing garment.
Miles of TulIe.
Even when France starts out to be
demure she changes her mind and gets
a little fling Of gayety into the most
CnVN1hnr nXr Enp Avnf,nJa .aI,
makes a black satin restaurant frock
in the style Of the eleventh century,
with the long chemise, the slight Cir
ding about the hips and the half-low-
decolletage. Well and good. But she
is weary of the black surface by the
time she gets to the armholes and the
neckline, so she swings in a pair of
floating Chinese sleeves Of jade green
tulle edged with jet, and she winds a
narrow scarf of tulle once around the
neck, pulls its fullness once over the
chin and weights its ends with jet tas-
sells. When green isn't used, kings
blue or wine color Is chosen.
Every French designer used what
she could of colored tulle. There must
have been n competition over there
as to who could reduce the amount of
tulle in France most quickly.
One designer took 1t into Her head
to omit white collars and use as a
substitute tulle wrapped about the
neck and tied In a bow. This fashion
is already considered quite smart over
here. In restaurants, for luncheons
and for any affair where the hat is re-
tanned the tulle which covers 1t forms
this collar, and sometimes drops in
long ends from the nape of the neck
to the knees.
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
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Inside Information.

The Boss-But ! have an office boy.
The Applicant-Naw, you amt He
tried to stop me from comm in, an
he's on his way to de hospital by now.
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Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit
allure, no ambition corrupt thee, no
example sway thee, no possession move
thee. to do anything which thou know
est to be evil.-Franklin.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03

New York.-Paris has sent her
clothes over here. We have viewed
them. They have been acceptable in
large measure and approved of in full
measure. And yet observes a prOmi-
nent fashion writer, we don't under
stand why they should be rs they are.
They are q somerSault from what has
been. Paris has preached occurrences,
economy, simplicity and mOdeSty. Her
cloths have been symbolic of the tidal
wave of depression that swept over her
spirit since 1914.
The Reason for the Change.
Do you realize why Paris has sent
us over such brilliant, alluring, rich
clothes? 1t is because American mon
ey has burst upon her with such force
that she has gone up in Il balloon, fig
uratively speaking.
France settled herself down for de-
mure clothes on the day of the war
and has kept to his contract with
herself, compelling the rest of the
world to dress likewise; but in the
autumn Of 1917 there burst upon her
aStOniShed vision the vanguard of
America. They were not commercial
buyers; they were not cosmopolitan
mAlti-milliOnaires who aped the French
woman. They were the tru repre-
S%entatiVeS of Il country whose VaStnesS
and resources France had only guess
ed at. Boys in blue flannel sailor suits
had bank accounts of ten thousand
dollars each WOmcn in Red Cross
uniforms could afford five hundred dol
lars per gown. if they wished privateS
in khaki paid their bills without look
ing at their change; 'Canteen workers
hid under their collars strings Of
pearls worth fifty thousand dollars.
All these Americans laughed and went
to the theater and ordered expensive
dinners and ioked with the midinettes.
The confusing part about this stu
alton is that America is getting into
the spirit of economy and somberneSS
that Paris had a year ago. Our re-
formers preach Standardization, uni
formity in clothes; our economists
preach conservation our e~motionaliSts
beg us to go about in black. without
smiles and turning our heads from the
wiles of pleasure, as though we were
early pUritanS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
Chemise Robe.

Among the new evening gowns from
France this spring the twelfth century
tunic is as frequently seen'as in the
street gowns. but the effect of the two
Is strongly differentiated. For the eve
ming the designers use a narrow, slim,
primitive slip of satin or metallic
cloth the latter preferred. over this
slip drops Il much wider, mor volumi-
nous, transparent robe. 1t is cut like
II chemiSe; it has a half low decol.
letage; the sleeves usually cover the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
A FEW FROZEN DESSERTS.

An ice, ice cream, or sherbert or a
mousse or frappe need not be either
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

A delicious salad dressing for fruit
Is made by using two tablespoonful
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
He Knew Human Nature.

Hobo-Lady, would you swap some
thing to eat for dis pie and cake | got
at de next house?
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- THE
1KITCHEN
dCABINET6
Let's Just be glad,

Let's Just be glad,
30 many joys are given
To us, each day and m that we
know,
For o and me the blue sky arches
over,
For you and me the slender daisies blow,
Let's Just be glad.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03

are maroon cOlOred faille lined with
light blue tatfeta and worn over Il
gray gown of crepe de chine or satin
chiffon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
'kAntRAD" STOOD
NO SHOW WITH PAUL
Coa,a Fool Him Once, Hut Net All
the Ttme, says Donovan.

London. Oct s.---"Kameradt" souealed
a terror-stricken boche as Private
Paul Donovan, a twenty one-year old
Chicago lad. raced toward him, bayonet
shot forward. The German, operating
a machine -Aaa-beeH- wa#tea4u
moving down nonovan's friends after
the Americans had surrounded the po-
sltion. Donovan had seen his buddy,
Carter NJ. Smith, receive wound and
several others slain ruthlessly. His
visaEe grim. Donovan charged straight
ahead.
"kamerad kamerad' howled the
German, but Donovan remembered the
unnecessary expenditure of goo d
American lives and drove his bayonet
through the boche's heart, pinning him
to tree and killing him instantly.
Here do you get that kamerad'
stuff, He looked at the corpse dang
ling there. DO yea think came
way over here, 4.ooe miles. to play
ping pong with yea"
That happened last August .. near
ci1iptliy on the Somme front. To-day
Private Donovan liz still on the job.
killing boches in France. But his
buddy" Carter M, Smith. of Chicago.
who was wounded in the same action,
Is in the Finsbury Park American hos
pital here with only one leg as a re-
suit.
Smith used to be professional
dancer on the stage in Chicago. AS I
sat on the side of his hospital cot he
pointed to the stump of his left leg. cut
off near the thigh and said:
"Ill never dance again. but I'm not
sorry. I'd do the same thing over again
for Uncle sam"
Reverting back to the exploit OF his
buddy" Donovan. he smiled:
The funny part OF 1t is that Dono-
van amt no bigger than minute
some FIVE foot nothing-and that big
trembling boche he pinned to the tree
was a strapping six footer.
1--WE were to take hill of great
strategic value 1t was infested with
maehine-gun nests. We all knew it
was a hard Job and we expected lot
OF ca sualties.
Colonel Ssnborn called us together
before the attack and said, Boys do
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

your best That's all he said. but II
was enough. We went out and got
that hin. There were some casualties
but you can take II from me there were
more dead and wounded Germans
strewn around than there were Chi
cago boys.
"A bomb exploded ana caught me in
the leg. I FELL. my leg bleeding pro-
fusely. But / was conscious all the
time. Ahead Of me our boys raced on
singing and yelling.
i don't know how long ! lay there
wishing to God could pull myself to-
gether and mix UP in the battle.
Finally Private shelton, a stretcher-
bearer Of Chicago, came along with his
buddy and lifted me into a 'stretcher.
shells were whistiing overhead and
some were dropping and exploding
dangerously near US.
TT was long way back to the
neid hospital ana I thought we'd never
make II. Every time we'd hear shell
whistiinE near they set me down and
sheldon leaned over my body so tina
II shell exploded he'd get hit and
not me. That guy was white.
Then we came to trench 1t was
Uttered with German eorpses. There
was one corpse sitting upright. half
the face blown away and the solitary
eve staring. only Few feet away
was another German corps, both feet
sticking straight in the air.
THE hnche was giving US hell there
and we decided to stop while in a
trench. Finally we got out and reach ed
the dressing station.
ON the way we met little pal of
mine. Private Horace Smotherman. OF
Chicago. who single-handed was bring
ing in fifteen prisoners. He was max
ing EN- pick up and carry wounded
Chicagoans back to the field hospital.
Whenever one Of them got stubborn
or too slow, he'd prod them with bay
onet. or watlop them with the butt end
of the gun--and you can bet they
soon got busy in rescuing the wounded.
Finally we reached the dressing
station and the lights went out for
me. ! became unconscious, They told
me later bloodposoning was spreading
SO rapidly they had to operate hur-
riediy.
AT any rate. when I came too I was
shy a leg, that's all"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

under the trees. the owner OF the
the portch and fed it over There"
and Good bye Broadway, Hello
NFrance" Questions followed and pres
entity the farmer found himself talk
Z Ing TO his men about the WAR
He began to tell them Of the west
ern front and the difference between
( the Hindenburg aud the Foch method
Of attack. The men seldom read news
: "a ners, so he conceived the idea of a
bulletin board news poster, Upon it
he pasted typewritter abstracts of the
, day 9 war ana sporting news, the hap
peuings of the farm aud short editor
ieis having 10 do with both local and
patriotic subjects.
Once week now he holds his open
air forum. Sonnet times he talks to the
men himself. The milk from the farm
goes To engineers and TO marines at
their respective camps It is n vital
food especially In the hospital He
drills into his force this fact--that
I7f man cannot get into a uniform
himself he can fight the Hun by feed
ing the men who can.
one ar the farm workers had been
Ian aviator who was injured in service
He told the farm family at weekly
meetings about hedge hops" and
, spiral dips Canadian from one
Of tho canine 20 mo aowy ara r.,atas
-cxneriences at tho front Mon
from, oth,r uar vor, toll ,bn story ~
What tbov AFRO +rvinu 10 Az
Thrift Stamps rs Bonus
Then the farm owner began 10 az
perfrpent stiu further Al she end Of
Tho rooptb nc ,ur,ca a,,ar ., naeh
man over ava ahnvp hie uav.e a *
war sayings stamn n. his rart ~ the
farm nronts He txt,iafuad that only
lv closa oo-onarotinn eouId the ven.
turA he made a succeaw TYn po. the
dairy tnsrector 40 rjci, tho host hon,
sections Of the harm and gave addi
finnaI urtzns 10 ;hf men In charge Of
then, He offered nrsyuiprpa Tor idnas
showing how the work oo,,,d no done
better or in Less time
Tho mon solso .n In an ir+nrast In
tn, farm Moef -fbey, bad uyad
from hand 70 mot,tb ali thoir lives
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
DAYLIGHT SAVING
IS NATIONAL ASSET
As Allotted Period Approaches Its Lam-
il, Governments Experiment Prove>
Great Success

Washington, Oct. Uncle Sam $
first experiment in saving daylight
y tremendously successful experiment.
Will end when the time pieces all
over the country are turned back to
O'Clock AT precisely two hours after
midnight on October 81.
With the country about TO turn its
clock back one hour and again run
on regular standard time, abandoning
s}iss daylight saving system which has
obtained during the summer officials
of the fuel administration are seeking
figures on the amount Of coal saved
the country by the experiment
No official totals are available. and
Or. Garfield and his staff are refus-
ing to announce any estimates but
unoIficial reports in their files point
the way 10 certain general conclus-
ions.
About 1I0 hours OF daylight have
been saved out of = yearly average
OF 1920 requiring artificial iliumina-
ton. Figures from the illuminating
companies of the country indicate, on
the basis Of approximately four
pounds Of coal required TO produce A.
kiiowatt hour Of electricity during
this late afternoon hour, when the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

! companies have normally had to car
~ their peak load, with the power
I plants still running. and the car lines
/ using their heaviest amount of Juice,
and all electric lights In the homes
/ turned on. has been $4,000 tons OF
! coal in electrical plants and 1A4,o0o
! tons OF coal in the gas lighting plants,
/ or a total of more than 100000 tons
| OF coal.
/ some Of Many Coed Poiats.
! This saving OF coal alone would JUS
/ tifv the daylight saving plan. fuel ad-
/ m inistration heads say, but other
! friends of the plan point out Dement'S
" hich they think exceed this. They
are.
I J. One hour more for outdoor recrea-
lion. which ia a big asset TO the ma
/ tiona morale. especially in nerve
! driven times of war.
! 2 working mothers and fathers OBJ
( tain an extra hour for outdoor play
| with their children
/ ,. one hour less for bad lights in
| tenements
! 4. Less eye strain for workers and
I school children, due to use OF artificial
flight
B. Smaller risk of accident in indus
! trial esta blishments. because of "A light
of the day, and at the time of great
est fatigue and consequent least care,
$ fesAeHea- sh-ef accident due to
transportation and traffic conditions.
because the afternoon rush falls in
daylight instead Of dark
: Working girls return home by day
light insteadeof by dark
8. The last hour of sleep viii be
sennder and Of more benefit because
/ there Is teSs light
> In summer cool hour In morning
is substituted for a hot hour in the
afternoon al work,
10 Opportunity to work in gardens,
and thus effect reduction IN cost of
living.
I Individual reports Of fuel conserva-
ton under daylight saving in the fuel
admfnistratlon's 1lea show that an
Illinois county seat which has Sal
meters installed in homes and small
/ stores, cut lis current consumption
from 23.e06 XIV. hours in April. 1917,
to 2i.e42 XIV hours in April. 1918, and
in May from a1.672 to 1884.
In one nationally known hotel the
daily average current used during
April, 1917. was 3.45i XIV. hours. as
against 3.067 under daylight saving.
Extend these figures to the entire
country and multiply the XIV. hour
saving by four to get the saving In
coal pounds and you get treme ndous
fetal In fact. it is no secret that
the fuel administration would not be
surprised If ii IS ever able to get final
figures on the sa wing. to see them reach
far above the 500 06o-ton mark, poss-
bly, TO the 1900 .Q0o-ton mark.
Opponents FAN In Line.
Marcus NJ Marks, former president
Of Manhattan Borough. New York, who
ts head Of the Daylight Savings assoc
citation. sponsor for the law by which
congress decreed that the clocks
lands should be turned ahead one hour
between March 81 and october 81. said /:
'At first there were many conserva-
tive people who told us that the idea
could never be a success. Some peo-
ple said that they would not consent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
PIGEON OF PEACE IN
HI mr.

Chicago, Oct 5.--A snow white
piseon--symboI of peace. fiuttered into
the trading pit of the Chicago board
of trade today just as the brokers
bowed In silent prayer for the SUCCESS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

lat any rate, when came too was
shy leg, that's all"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
GENERAL GOETHALs ON
WAR INDUSTRIAL BOARD

Washington Oct Sd. M. Baruch
chairman Of the war industries board
announced that Major General George
w. Cocktails has become a member OF
the board. He is assistant chief oil
the army, general staff and director
of the division of purchases. storage
and traffic. As such his work brings
him into close and frequent contact
with the operations of the war Indus
tries board which the membership will
intensity.
General Goethals takes the place on
the board formerly filled by his recent
assistant. Brigadier General Hugh a
Johnson. who has been assigned to a
field brigade for active duty.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
nov FARMER TAUGHT
PATRIOTISM IN LABOR
" ing Cows and tching Hay in Tune
WIKI Freedoms Guns.

4 washington, p G, Oct. This is
nc story OF how one farmer. ham
zm4red by poor help and a difficult
s&h0r situation, tied his business in
nth war needs and won out Milking
XoWD and pitching hay for SO many
SXn1Iars month ara duh Jobs, but
hiking cows and pitching hay 10 win
- war are altogether different pro-
lntfjofsf.
He il the owner II the dairy farm
~ many miles from "a large city.
~ from several army cantonments
re dairy supplies MIX for the army.
has found his output continually
mpered by the turnover Of his
Snr.
Eany aaricaisursi i8horers are in
habit Of shifting their jobs Some
gnaf Hike TO stay long in one place.
SGre rs.Ay work o few months and
ri 70 10 the city, spend what they
- earned, and look for work some
- else All these consid erations
~ for waste Of lime at critical
n9n, u waste Ia breaking IN q new
n and big waste in lack OF IN
1k In the work
zEGtruck this YOUNG farmer that il
ma fe good business for himself
the country if ne could minimize
lOss~
1hllrlng Machine Started II
>no hot evening. lot many months
While the meE were Ioungtng
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

OF America ana hsf Aires.
Flying low ovsf the hsAda u the
men. the gentle nap Of the pigeons
wings caused every eye to Be trained
upon 1t.
Down from ths center Of the hall
hangs 4 service flag. In its center II
one large star, a single CLEAN for 1900
board Of trade men who have gone to
war. q
About the flag circied the pigeon
With a graceful glide 1t scared to the
center OF the pole from which the ha<
Is draped.
From the pit came muffled Aas~
Many of the traders cried openly. And
as the bell for the conclusion OF the
daily prayer period telled. there was
not dry eye in the trading hall.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

to- having their clocks turned aheat
but OF coutse they had 10 fall In line"
: I'VE hAv.n't deahlte nsarss ~ yet
81 the saving In gAa ana electricity
brought about BY the law. but there
are a number OF ways Of estimating
the amount.
rust "a pefsoh1l example; At my
camp Ia the Adirondacks this summer
we burned denatured alcohol for light
ing purposes as in the past. Usually
we have had to burn about forty gal
Ions, but this year we needed but thif-
teen, The saving everywhere must
have been fairly pfoportionate."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
MANY WIVES CLAIM
CHICAGO BTGAMTST

Chicago Oct 5.-The boast of
Jesse Otley Gibbs that none of his
six alleged wives would appear to
prosecute him for biEamy stood up
strong today when he faced court.
Gibbs admits he neglected the for
malty OF divorce when he married
several of the wives and places the
blame on the women, who he said,
could not resist his firtations.
The only woman present when his
trial was called was the police wo.
man who obtained evidence against
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

him. She explained TO the court that
four OF Gibbs alleged wives promised
to appear against him.
And what do you suppose?" she
complained. II found the four women
visiting him In Jail. bringing him
money, dainties and neck ties