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Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29
SOCIETY
Hawaiian Dance

Those attending the dance at the
beautiful country home of the Van
.denheuvels last night experienced the
sensations of an actual visit to the
Hawaiian islands. Everything in dec
orations, music and entertainment was
typical, carried out in Hawaiian style.
The approach to the home from the
highway was marked with colored lam
lterns-yellow of course-and as the
guests entered the house the beauti-
full scene that greeted them will long
be remembered The long verendahs
on both sides of the house were trans
formed into veritable bowers of green
ard yellow, palms and pepper boughs
entirely concealing the woodwork. The
long trailing vines were hung from
the ceiling. This part of the house
was used for dancing. The spacious
living rooms were also beautiful with
soft light caused by the yellow lamp
shades and great glowing fire IN the
DlS fireplace SellultlS OuI Coilioll anu
cheer. The card tables were here.
The guests were then taken upstairs.
There all furniture had been removed
and the entire upper floor converted
irto a Hawaiian club room There
were no chairs. Rugs and cushions
thrown around on the floor provided
the seats This floor, too, was deco
rated in yellow and green A Vic
trola in far-off corner, playing those
beautiful, weird, dreamy selections so
suggestive of the care-free, lazy life
of the Hawaiian, made everyone feel
that the would just like to stay right
there and dream dream for a long
while. The delicious refreshments,
consisting of sandwiches and coffee,
were served here. There was six ta-
bles at cards and as a. result of the
game the first prize went to Ernest
Poston, cut glass bud vase. Mrs.
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GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVAL VICTORY

victory the sinking of the Bresau and
the triumph for the British
month of waiting Both were new IN i9z;
though deterioraed Turkish waters the
II inch made her the Black
political the heightened by the history
close Mssna by
Turkey and sod to hat country though
They did
KEY into the attacking Russia their
Gemanys other allies Turkey tired of the from
possibility profit remains her. Will OF
cruelty suffering outraged by German
gance destruction the of the
Gap of the German ships that
dragged unwillngly into the conflict?
That Vnas market of 10000 people seeking to buy
pig 20 a pound is also indication.
Nearly everybody nowadays to favor OF Govern
ment something if it belongs somebody else
weather sandwiches between of the
record opic deuge that floods the East
A. Wards classic phrase y nutch
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29
Reciptal This Evening

Those wishing to spend a pleasant
evening and at the same time contrib
ute to the support of woman to-
tally blidn, should go to the Masonic
Temple tonight to hear Miss Fran
els Hughes, reader. Miss Hughes will
give a program of choice selections
from James Whitcomb Riley, Rudyard
.Kipling and Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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Mrs. A. Nance. Ed.
Phone PSI

Guy Beynon received the second prize
"a beautiful little Hawaiian doll. The
yellow lais which are always worn
by Hawaiians were the favors At a
late hour the party came to an end
an dthe guests reluctantly said Good
Night" as the soft sweet notes of the
dreamiest and sweetest of Hawaiian
songs, aloha Oe," were heard flot-
ing out on the air fthe still, STAR
ry night.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29

the oranges There is a big wheel
filled with spokes. At the end of
each spoke is a branding iron, or die,
bearing the words to be used. The
dies are automatically heated by cleo
tricity. The heat rises until it
reaches certain temperature, and
then thermostat arrangement shuts
off he heat and reduces the tenn
perature, so it is impossible to burn
the skin of the fruit, and at the same
time the iron will not become too cool
to perform it's function.
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Red Cross Notes.

That the Red Cross Shop has been
great success and gives substantial
aid toward the upkeeping of the Red
Cross headquarters was verified by
Mrs. J. Elliott Druiff, chairman. She
reports $3.50 as the net profits for
the month of January
i *
The Salvage Department is COM
ing right along The house cards are
now ready for distribution and the
committee hopes, through the school
to soon have one in every
house These cards give list of ar
ticles that the Salvage Department
can turn into money, thereby adding
o the treasury for American soldiers
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29
America

America, you mother heart is bleeding;
Your son has gone away,
Snatched from your arms, while yet
sleeping.
The child is a man today,
And in this worlds last battle
None shall say him nay,
For the spirit of great men like Lin
coin,
Watch over him in the fray.
But if in the fight he falls for the
right,
You are finding him in losing him
America, your boy is alive today.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29

Marketing Fruits by Electrical Devices
The branding of oranges and other
citrus fruits of California, Texas and
Florida, with trade names, by means
Of an electric device, promises to be-
comes a very general practice.
An electric iron is used to brand
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29
SCHOOL STUDENTS
DROP THE GERMAN
(By Associated Press)

Colorado Springs, Colo, Jan. Is
At the local high school last semes-
ter lis students wer attending Ger
man classes. Now there are 80, and
these are taking the courses only to
avoid loss of a college credit, which
would enue if they should drop the
subject in the middle Of the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29

Mr.. and Mrs. j D. johnson of Ham
lson avenue have as their guests B
V Jones, Mrs NJ Johnson, Connie and
Catherine Johnson, of Grandview, Tex
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29
DOINCS OF CLUBS|
PERSONALS
and sailors.

and sailors.
X \; X
Mrs. Robert Campbell and Mrs.
Carl Sargent were the tea hostesses
az Red Cross Shop yesterday
X X X
The surgical dressings class was
well attended last night. Fifteen
were around the table cheerful doing
this important work.
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Personal

Mr.. and Mrs J. Elliott Druiff left
today by auto for a two weeks visit
on the Coast.
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Inconsistent,

Some men seem to be happy when
they have a grievance
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Hardly Ever.

Never judge what a woman thinks
by what she says.
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Mrs A. E Nance Of Imperial was
IN Ell Centre visitor yesterday
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29

A woman may have poor mem
ory but she never forgets a compli-
ment.
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That riot at Viennas market of 10000 people seeking
pig at 70 cents pound is also peace indication.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-29

Nearly everybody nowadays to be in favor Of Gov
,en ownership of something belongs somebody else
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
That Woke Her.

The visitor had dropped in "just for
a minute" but she remained about
three hours after the minute was up.
Little Freddie had formed several
plans, the execution of which must be
postponed till the departure of his
mothers guest, so he sat quietly think
ing things.
Dear little mani" gushed the visi-
tor. "And what is he thinking about
SO deeply?"
II was wondering II it wasn't time
for you to be going" said Freddie.
"Hush!" said his mother. Then,
turning to her guest: you mustn't be
offended Mrs. Smith. Children will go
blurting out the truth without think
ing, but they don't mean anything by
It,"
Then Mrs. Smith recollected that she
had only three minutes In which to
catch the last car home.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

we start back another mile or so to an
other station where the most desperate
cases are operated upon.
"In the first week we handle the
wounded four or five times and finally
leave them in the evacuation hospitals.
From there they are carried to the
base hospitals. usually on trains"
Thus the Red Cross ambulance driver
risks his life to get American soldiers
to the surgeons. Lieutenant Dempsey
had his ambulance blown to pieces
while he was a short distance away
picking up a wounded man.
When the wounded soldier gets to
the dressing stations or hospitals he Is
assured of the best bandages because
loving hands In America In Red Cross
chapters have prepared them. And a
CHEEKY Red Cross nurse will smooth his
pillow and make his convalescence
pleasant.
The dollars given to the Red Cross
are doing more than 100 cents worth
Of good.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Is Only Job of Its Kind

of chantie singing. they will be the bet
ter equipped for their work, according
to sharps on the seafaring game.
Stanton II. King probably is the
country's best-known chantie singer.
Chantie singing is part of a weekly en-
tertainment he gives Jack ashore ut a
mission Of which he is head.
The program Is usually varied. and
to hear Mr.. King lead his sailor friends
in shenandoah" Bound for the Rio
Grande" or "Blow the Man Down" Is
to understand the psychologist punch of
the well-sung chantie.
Mr.. King is an old salt and learned
chantie singing on deep water vessels.
He began going to sea 80 years ago,
from the Barbados, in the merchant
service.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
SEA CLOCKS ARE in BIG DEMAND

watch or clock, that would prove IN
perviOus to changes of temperature.
His first great feat was the production
of "gridiron pendulum clock" the
first chronometer, which in 1735 he
took to the royal commission. 1t was
tested by the commission by being
sent on a voyage to Lisbon.
The test was not decisive, and Hnr-
rison. continued to work on his chro-
nometer, seeking the great prize, for a
period of % years. In 1861, when six
ty-eight years old, Harrison announced
that he had solved all problems in
volved in his work. He produced n
chronometer which the commission
sent on a voyage to Jamaica, to test
for heat. 1t varied but two minutes
on the entire voyage of several months.
The commission demanded another
test, and the chronOmeter was sent to
Barbados, varying but two-thirds of
second a week in voyage of r1ve
months.
Harrison had now fairly won the
prize, but he was paid only half of 1t,
the chronometer being given further
exhaustive tests before, when eighty
years of age, he received the balance
in 1773.
The result of his life work was ex-
traordinarily beneficial to mankind, yet
conservative mariners continued to find
their longitude by dead reckoning for
half century after the perfection OF
the chronometer. Today captain
would almost as willingly put to sea
without rudder as without chro-
nOmeter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
MOST DANGEROUS JOB
Men Of Ambulance Service Work
Under Fire.
Risk Their Lives to Get American Sol.
dIers Wounded In Action to
the Surgeons.

Washington.-Most dangerous Of all
me work of the American Red Cross
is the ambulance service. The drivers
and attendants of these ambulances
are always under fire.
Lieut.. Frank Dempsey talked inter-
estingly about the life of Red Cross
ambulance driver in the Verdun sector
where the fighting has been the hot
test. The Germans know the country
and are able to drop big shells with
great accuracy on the roads the ambu-
lsnces must travel.
"Our work is never out oe range OF
the big guns" said he. 1--WE so up to
the third-line trench. gather the
wounded and take them back a mile to
the dressing station. Here only the
roughest bandaging il done and then
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Merchant Marine Has an Official
Chantie Man.
Stanton n. King Of Boston, an Old
Salt, Teaches Rockies to Sing
Sea SonQs.

Decentralization H. King Of Boston
has the only war Job Of Its kind.
He is ofYicial chantie man for the
American merchant marine.
His work will be to revive chantie
singing among merchant sailors who
will join the country's new cargo ships
through the United States shipping
board recruiting service, national head
quarters of which are at Boston.
While chantie singing has declined
on all seas, owing to the change in re-
cent years from sailing vessels to
steamers-there not being much op-
portunity to "heave and haul" on
board steamer-its revival Is consid-
cred important for two reasons.
Chanties insure team work when
crew is pulling on ropes, even aboard
steamers; while the building of large
numbers of American schooners means
an increased demand for men who can
''reef hand and steer" on sailing YES
sells, where chantie singing used to
flourish.
The shipping board trains men to
serve on steamers, but II a certain per
centage ship on sailing vessels and
carry with them the almost lost knack
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
STEP TO VEIL TARTAR WOMEN
Mohammedan Order EnIarpes Hand.
kerchIefs to Hide Face Of
Wives and Daughters.

Petrograd.-The Mohammedan Tar
tar men Of TchistopOl district, province
of Kavan, have ordered their wives
and daughters each to sew half a
square of extra material to the hand
kerchiefs with which they cover their
heads.
The women long ago ceased to veil |;
but when meeting unknown men they
took a tab of the bow formed by tying
handkerchiefs beneath the chin, and
held the tab before the face in place
of a veil.
Unluckily, as the handkerchiefs with
the passing of time grew smaller. the
tabs ceased to cover the face, and the
act became only a symbol. To make 1t
again a reality husbands and fathers
are insisting on bigger handkerchiefs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

,helr ships progress from day to day.
This system> was uncertain, and
caused great many shipwrecks.
Longitude is merely the difference
of time between two points on the
earth's surface, and 1t became appar-
ent to students of the problem 1t pre-
sented that If an instrument could be
devised that would keep accurate time
at sea, 1t would be possible to find the
longitude of ships position whenever
weather conditions were favorable.
Time at the ship could be determined
by an east or west observation Of the
sun, morning or afternoon, worked out
by accepted tables. If the time Of a
given point on shore was known
aboard the ship, the difference In time
would give the longitude of the ship.
England was the first nation to cope
with this great problem. In 1714 1t ap-
pointed Commissioners for the Dis
covery of Longitude at Sea-" and au-
thorized the payment Of large prizes
to stimulate research to the desired
end. This commission existed until
1928, and distributed more than $500,
600 in prizes.
Wins 100000 Prize.
The chief prize offered by the COM
mission, 100000, was won by John
Harrison, Yorkshire matchmaker,
who spent his life in perfecting the
chronometer.
Harrison made the best watches in
England. Although of limited educa-
ton, he conducted many original re-
searches in the expansion of metals,
in search of materials for an improved
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
AND NOW THEY ARE COOKING
TOBACCO TO MAKE 1T BETTER

For a good many years The American
Tobacco Company have been conducting a
series of experiments having as their
object the improvement of smoking
tobaccos.
And it is interesting to know that one
of the greatest of their discoveries was one
of the simplest, and that was, that cooking
or toasting tobacco improved it in every
way, just as cooking most foods improves
them.
They took a real Burley tobacco grown
in this country; toasted it as you would
toast bread; moistened it to replace the
natural moisture driven off by toastinA
made It into cigarettes, called them
LUCKY STRIKE, the toasted cigarette"
and offered them to the public.
The result has been the greatest demand
ever created for any tobacco product in a
similar length of time.
The change produced by toasting is not
only most wholesome, but the flavor is
greatly improved, just as cooking improves
meat, for example.-Adv
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
THE FLY
BY Theodosia Garrison
Of The Vioilantes.

The bearer of fool-stOries,
Would liken to the Household Fly,
Who Is, considered at Its best,
A-Germ-C Conveyer and Pest.
1.-The Red Cross sells the things we
knit"
"Our camps are evil-men unfit"
These are the germs they bear about
To spread distrust and gloom and
doubt.
With Sense and Science let us try
Elimination of The Fly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
EMPLOYEES WEAR
WAR SERVICE BADGES

Portland, Ore.-"War service
badges" are being proudly worn
by employees Of the Northwest
Steel company here. The con-
Germ is engaged in building g.
0OO-ton freighters for the Elmer
gency Fleet corporation and Its
5000 employees have all been
exempted from the draft. The
"war service badge" is about
three inches long. two inches
wide, and is oval in shape, of
nickel and bears the words
"War Service -Shipbuilding."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add l OF. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound,
and 4 OF. of glycerine. Amy druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box Of Barbo
Compound. It will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy 1t will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub of. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
War Causes Shortage of Chro-
nometers Used In Ocean
Navigation.
NONE IN THE OPEN MARKET
Price Jumps From $500 to $500 and
over-EneIisbman Who Perfected
Instrument Won Prize Of $780,
600 and Thanks Of Mankind.

Washington.-Among the busiest
people supplying the United States
with war materials are the makers of
chrOnometers. Great care and pre-
cisiOn are necessary in turning out
these navigating instruments, which
are the most accurate portable time
keepers known to science.
Hundreds Of chronometers have gone
to the bottom of the ocean since
the war began. This alone would
cause n shortage in the ordinary sup
ply, while the eQuipping of the new
American merchant marine is creating
an unprecedented demand for new in
struments. Each of the 1000 ships to
be added to the national cargo-carrying
fleet under the shipping boards con-
structfon program, will carry two, and
many of them three chronometers.
At present there are virtually no
chronometers to be had in the open
market. Before the war England sup
piled the world with most of its fine
chronometers. Chronometers are also
made in America, though the English
type still is most esteemed by sailors.
In ordinary times n good chronome-
ter costs about $500. The present price
Is $500 or better, according to the trade
made. The supply in this country
passes through the hands of few ex-
perts, who are doing their utmost to
meet the demand, and to expedite the
output of the manufacturers.
From six months to year and a
half are necessary to make and adjust
chronOmeter. The mechanism is of
the finest metals, and specially adapt
ed to resistance to extremes of tenn
perature. A high-grade chronometer
will keep just as good time If kept in
cold storage six months as in ordinary
temperature, while voyage in the
tropics will not seriously change its
time-keeping qualities.
In appearance chronometer is a
small metal-faced clock. 1t Is kept in
wooden case, usually of mahogany,
and is swung on gimbals, to keep 1t
always on a level. 1t is sensitive to
rough handling. and care is always
taken not to jar it.
Errors Are Noted.
No clock or watch has ever yet kept
perfect time. so there is always a
Slight gam VI lOSS " u
For this reason the chronometer's rate
of daily gain or loss is determined by
observation ashore. and card show
ing the rate is made out, and deliv-
cred with the instrument. This rate
Of error is allowed In all notations Of
time made from the instrument for
working up observations made at sea.
A gain or loss Of second day is
considered large rate" for a good
instrument.
The chronomnter completes, with
the compass an. sextant, the trio Of
indispensable instruments required in
modern navigation. BY Its aid, longi-
tude, or the east or west position Of a
ship. is determined.
Longitude >bafiied all navigators un-
til the chronometer came into use in
1735. The ancients and later naviga-
tors, including all the great discover
ers. could find their latitude by OBJ
servAtions of the suns height. but they
could determine their longitude only
by "dead reckoning" or estimating
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
PERUNA-The Greatest
Human Vitalizer -

Mr. VIM. A. Hartman. 2171s South
iecond ST.. Muskogee. Okla. writes:
During the winters of 1897 and
1898, was SO badly afflicted with
catarrh of the head and thought
must surely die from 1t. After try
ing many doctors and all other
recommended remedies made known
to me. was induced to use Psruna.
I was cured entirely by using twelve
bottles Of Peruna and one bottle Of
Manalin.
Since that time. have never been
without Peruna. use Il for colds
and a. 4 general tonic during Spring
and Fall months and find 1t the
greatest human vitalizer."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Becomes a General Nuisance.

"De man dat's always bossin'
around" said Uncle Eben, 'is liable
to git folks so interested dat dey neg
lects deir work to listen to him talk"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
His Role.

1T heard Blinkins boast that he had
a stormy part In the new play"
$50 he has. In the big storm scene,
he is one Of the ocean waveS"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

"How would you kindle the fires Of
romancew
II think the best way would be with
love matches"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
s,.ssss.. ss's' ses o, &HAzzZ<
In Use for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Quite Literal

Quite Literal.
"What did the Jockey exclaim when
his mount threw him and fell on top
Of him?'
HE said: This is horse on me-"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

Advice.
'My son, 1t is easy enough to be u
promising young man."
eyes, father"
"But the trick in life is not to prom
ise, but to perform"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
OffieIaI Approval.

"He says I'm nice enough to eat"
"Oficial praise, my dear. He's food
Inspector"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Lemon I'M PronuneiatIon.

Lesson in Pronunciation.
Harry Lauder told n story at Rob
ert Burns dinner in Chicago.
"A new minister preached his first
sermon in little Scottish village" he
began, land at the end of the services
the preceptor came to him and said:
$50 We call 'em Sawms, do yei
LOsh. moo. we never knew what to
make O. that there P hereabouts. We
always called 'em Spasms.'
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Like All Men,

Hokus-"1 like girl who Is re-
served" Pokus-"So do l, II she is re-
served for me."-Life.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

which is manufactured by us, have remedy which in
stany relieves the intense itching of piles and get reu
sleep after the first application We have letters from large
Der of saying they permanently cured of this
very annoying trouble Every druggist has authority from to
the money every who perfectly satisfied
after using Most all druggists handle it, but druggist
should not have it in Stock send so postage stamps with
your and Address and will be mailed you promptly
After you try box of PAZO PILE OINTMENT know you
your druggist keep in Stock and will recommend
your friends.
Send for box of PAzO OINTMENT today and get imme
date relief.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

A merchant can get along without
advertising and so cana wagon with
out grease-but II goes hard.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better, eoe.
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Aid In Emergency.

"Did those speeches you delivered
help anybOdy?"
YES" said Senator Sorghum. II
have no doubt some of the copies had
printed were used for fuel"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21

Those who object to liquid msdi.
cinss can secure Psruna tablets.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Not Where Age Is Concerned.

NOT WheTe N0e IS ConceTheo.
The little twins, John and Jennie.
were questioning as to which was the
older.
John Strengthened himself up and
said, Jennie, l am the Oldest"
NO, john" said Jennie, calmly; "la-
dies first"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Modern Blindness.

Husband-Did she look out of sight
Wife, can't imagine any persoi
with sight wearing such a gown.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-21
Quite Frequently.

Exnminer-How is Central America
divided?
Pupil-By earthquakes.