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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
POSTURE OF WOMEN.


Upon II In Great Measure Depends
Good or Bad Health.
Miss Jessie B. Merrick, director OF
physical education for women in the
University Of Washington, insists that
every woman's home or office be la
boratory of health. She points out that
there was time when woman's house
hold duties were so varied that all her
muscles were brought into play. Work
has become SO highly specialized, how
ever, and woman has taken her place so
actively in the business world with
man that she Is deprived of the oppor-
tunity to live rational life in which
she would exercise every part OF the
body in accordance with Its natural
functions.
Good posture Is to be thought about.
1t depends upon the maintenance OF nat
ural conditions Of life. Some health
specialists attribute all abnormalities
Of health to bad posture. Depressed
mental condition, i'll fitting clothing
and poorly adapted furniture all con-
tribute to slouchy sitting or standing
posture.
Bad posture Is blamed for such dis
eases as sciatica and lumbago.
Good posture represents initiative,
courage, responsibility, self control and
self direction.
A strong nervous system is to be
gained by physical activity in games,
dances and exercises involving rhythm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
WondsrftII Menories.

Michelangelo had on his lips the
greater part of the poetry of Dante
and Petrarch, and Galilei could repeat
most of Ariosto, Petrarch and Berai.
,Justus Leipsius knew Tacitus by heart
and could repeat any passage called
for. Locke states that Pascal knew
the whole of the Bible by heart. Lieb-
nitz, even in old age, could repeat near
ly all the poetry of Vergil, word for
word. Saunderson knew by heart
Horace's odes, Cicero's "Olices" and n
large part of Juvenal and rersius.
Porson, the great English scholar, de-
clared that he could repeat "Isoderick
Random" from beginning to end.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
TIL, Christian Church.

The Christian church will have a
good menu Sunday, from the two
morning sessions. to the close of the
evening session. Bible school 10 a.
M, Geo. R. Gerking in charge. Class
es for every one. The morning theme
will be: Observation-Disclosures" the
evening topic Advancement. The
midweek meeting was well attended
for the first Of the new year and prom
ises better as the good work goes on.
Mrs. Haynie and Mrs. Haworth sang
duet which was much appreciated.
Special program again next Wednes-
day evening at 1880.
The meeting conducted by the Kel-
lens Bros. will begin some time the
coming month. Every part of the
Church is getting ready for great
"drive." This meeting has been
planned for many months. You are
cordially invited to all our sessions
and services. D. Errett. Minister.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
Notice of Final Account

In the County Court for Umatilla
County, Oregon.
In the matter of the estate of
Maggie La Biache-Franz, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has filed her final account
and report in the above entitled mat
ter, and that the above entitled Court
has fixed Saturday. February 3, 1918,
at the hour of 10 o'clock a. M, of
said day as the time. and the county
court room as the place. for hearing
said account and report. Objections
to said final account and report should
be fled on or before said date.
Mary LaBrache- Baddeley, Executrix.
Dated January !, l9lS.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
Baptist Church Notes.

The revival meetings continue with
unabated interest. People are becom-
ing interested. The Bible studies in
the afternoons are gaining in interest.
The meetings will continue all next
week. Topics for the week beginning
Saturday evening of this week, 1.-THE
Little Foxes" Sunday, 20th, ] l a. M,
''Does 1t Pay to Be Christian" Sun
day afternoon Mothers meeting, "The
Ideal Mother" will be the topic;
7:s0, "The Glories of Heaven" Mon
day. "The Hobab Club" Tuesday,
"Three Big Fools;" Wednesday,
"Cain's Wife," Thursday Goods Mes
sage to All Men," Friday "The One
Thing Lacking" Saturday IA Sad
Neglect" These services will be at
7:30. Afternoon services Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at
$3.50. Topics for Sunday 27, II a. m.
Goods Care for the Aged" 1880
"The Last Amen" Let the public
attend these services and get the good
of them, while they are going. !
D. E. Baker, Pastor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
New Books at Library.

The following new books have beer
received at the Athena branch library
Burrill. Living on Little.
Franck. -Tramping Through Mexico.
.-"Mademoselle Miss"
Powell. THE Last Frontier.
Williams. s.-Russia of the Russians.
Fiction.
Buckrose. - Bachelors Comedy.
Farnol. Money Moon.
Hill.-The Thirteenth Juror.
Hutchinson. Happy Warrior.
Walpole. Dark Forrest.
New Rental.
Empey.-"Over the Top"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
The Churches,
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Sunday services: Sunday school 10
a. M. preaching services II a. m. and
1880 p. m., morning topic, "The Su-
preme Conquest; evening, words of
Life" The increased attendance and
interest at the Sunday services is
pleasing. To all who have no church
home, we invite you to worship with
US, at the house of welcome.
Walter S. Gleiser, Minister.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

Gliding the war, has no doubt excited
Germany to supreme endeavor along
the same line, and before airplane
force can be brought to bear upon
them, they will have taken appalling
toll from the allied armies on the
Western front. Great is the freedom
of the press. but greater still would be
the balance in our favor in this world
war if it could be completely muzzled
when it comes to belching forth mil
itarv secrets.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

The Press man has been Informed of
gastronomic feats Of a certain country
editor-hitherto considered sane-men-
tion of whose name is unnecessary. He
is said to be setting Hooverized pace
that if followed by all would release
every bushel Of wheat and every ton
of meat for shipment to the allies. The
original cuss simply camoufages his
annette with O. X. ice cream.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

Enough small coins should be shaken
out of the toy banks in this country to
relieve the present stringency in
pennies, nickels and dimes--a strin-
gency that is keeping the United
States mints working "a hours every
day including Sunday, turning out
"chapge."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
How Thew Kent Her,

Our last cook stayed with us six
months"
"Whnt! Realyf"
"Yes. She broke her leg In three
places an hour after she arrived. and
the doctor wouldn't LET her be moved, :"
Buffalo Express.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

A thousand Hobsons would work
wonders in forcing an entrance to the
Kiel canal-and the mortality might
not be greater than results from an in
fantry charge on the Western front.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
A To Eatinn.

1t is good plan not to eat when you
are hurried. ..
When you are troubled
When you have no appetite.
When you are laboring under any
strain of mind
When you cannot lay aside every
care and give yourself up to leisure by
enjoyment of the meal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

Ferndale has joined the Red Cross.
The new auxiliary has growing men,
bership. Thus Umatilla county puts
another jewel in the diadem of the
Worlds accepted organization of Mer-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

1t was mete and proper that curious
crowds be excluded from sight of the
Butte scaffold when three murderers
were swung to eternity at one stroke
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

With the discovery of the German
dye formula. it is presumed that val
entine supplies will again assume nor
NAL proportions.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

of lever, Monday morning. 1t would
appear that the gruesome newspaper
accounts of the world carnage is suffi-
cient to satisfy even the morbidly cur
ious.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

With corn at s1.50 per bushel ard
pork out O. sight, that once humble
dish of the humble, "hog and hominy"
has entered the list of luxuries.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

The "pungent paragraph" becomes
repugnant when it compares the suff-
rage movement to an organization Of
hatchet wielders.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

A vigorous plant cannot be raised
without sunshine, nor can any nature
he truly strong and helpful without
cheerfulness
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
ESpert Advice,

Give your potatoes time to grow.
Don't send for the oculist to see if their
eyes are opcn.-Mcmphis Commercials
Appeal,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
a Rule of conduct.

So live that your former sweethearts
will point you out to their husbands as
the man they might have married
Kansas City Stnr.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18
NOTICE,

All parties knowing themselves in
debted to me for the year 1917 will
please come forward and settle the
same. N. A. Miller. il
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
FOOD ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE
 CARDS FOR WINTER CONSERVATION

given to the Liberty Loan by com mon consent. The week Beginning October 2S was set apart for the Food Conservation drive, but the influenza epidemic has now caused a postpone ment of five weeks
 All over the country the presses were ready to start the minute the plates were received and the huge task of printing 10000, 900 cards in one week was begun. In Connecticut the quota was 100000 The work was speeded, the cards were ready to be
 delivered and the workers were pre- pared to begin the house to house canvass, through the same splendid organization that handled last falls pledge card campaign. The new pro- gram will be less specific but no less definite than that of the last twelve months. Then the food adniintstra- tion was meeting one emergency af- ter another as it rose. This year it will be a long, steady pull directed to the whole food situation and not so much to particular commodities, Af- ter years experience the Food Ad- ministrat1on is on a new footing here and abroad. The ways have been learned, the methods have been de- veloped. :; -s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
FOOD ADMINS STRATION ORDERS
 REGARDING HOTELS AND LUNCH
 ROOMS OF STATE OF CONNECTICUT

In every one of Connecticut's 1,6o9 hotels. clubs. restaurants. lunch rooms and public eating places generally. the U. S. Food Administrations new rules and regulations became effec- tive Sunday, under the penalty of the yiolator- being subjected to an ''un- fair order'' which automatically cuts off all their sl1nplies from the licensed wholesalers.
 In issuing 12 General Orders to the public eating places the Food Admin istration says Tt has not been deemed advisable or necessary at the present time actually to license the operation Of such public eating places, Ibut in cases where the patriotic CO., operation of such public eating places cannot be secured by other means, the United States Food Administra Hion will not hesitate to secure com pliance with its orders through its control of the distribution of sugar, E1our and other food supplies. A failure to conform to any of the following orders will be regarded as a wasteful practice forbidden by Sec ton Four of the Food Control Act of August 10, 1917.
 1 Here Are. the Orders.
 General Order 1. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be served any bread or other bakery product which does not contain at i least 20 per cent. of what flour sub stitutes nor shall it serve or permit to be served more than two ounces of this bread, known as Victory Bread, or if no Victory Bread is served, more than four ounces of other breads (such as corn bread, mullins, Boston brown bread, etc:) Sandwiches, or bread served at boarding camps, and rye bread containing 50 per cent. or more of pure rye four are excepted.
 General Order 2. No public eating
 served bread on toast as a garniture or under meat.
 General Order 3. No public eating place shall allow any bread to be
 brought to the table until after the first course is served.
 General Order 4. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be
 served to one patron at any one mea, fmore than one kind of meat. Fol
 the purpose of this rule meat shaI
 be considered as including beef, nut.
 ton, pork, poultry, and any by-prod
 ucts thereof.
 General Order 5. No public eating
 place shall serve or permit to be Iserved any bacon as a garntture.
 General Order 6. No public eating place shall serve or permit to bt lserved to any one person at any ont
 meal more than one-haIf ounce O
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
BUILDING IS NOW
 MUCH CURTAuED

Hartford, Oct. 25-samuel Fergu- son. State Director of. Non-War Con- struction, yesterday issued a state ment correcting what he said appear ed to be misunderstanding by the public of the scope of the non-war construction program of the Federal War Industries Board. There seemed to be an impression in some quarters, said MT. Ferguson, that it was not necessary to secure building permits if the proposed construction was to cost under S2,500.
 Except in the case of farm build ings costing less than $1,OO0, no new construction whatever can be done without a permit" MT. Ferguson said. This applies not only to buildings but to new construction work of every type, including sidewalk, sewer, water, gas and electric construction and municipal improvements of all kinds. The $2,5OO exemption applies solely to repairs.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25

Hartford, Oct, 25.---Because of the prevalence of influenza, the Food Ad- ministration has postponed until the first week in December the general distribution of the new Hoover nome card. which was to be distributed to 200, 900 Connecticut families the last ol this month. The new home cara COT tains the fundamentals of the. foou Administration intensive conserve. +ion nrogram for the coming Wlnter and inc newspapers of the State are heinz asked to emphasize the fact that because the home card distrlpu- tion must be postponed, continued 'nonservation in every kitchen remains a military necessity.
 The improved military situation IS no reason for relaxation of food con seryation by anybody; but, on the uontrary, the splendid European oe- yelopments emphasize the need TOT continued and increased conservation because the evacuation of invaded ReIgium and France imposes on the Food Administration the responsibility for feeding additional civilian popula- tton in those starving and devastated districts.
 The new conservation program or the United States Food Adm1nlstra- ton will go into twenty million Amer tcan homes the week beginning De- cember 2 to hang upon the kitchen wall until the war is over. Its pro- visions arc the chart by wh1ch~tne conduct of American households must be guided as long as the stress of wal lasts.
 One year ago the pledge of food conservation was taken by two hun dred thousand families and a. home card was given to each for its guid- ance This year no pledge Is taken z She government knows that every 7 loyal American is committed to doing all that is necessary to win the wal [ and fulfill the nations purpose. The American war conscience is aroused.
 When the inter-allied food counci was held last summer, the needs o. the Allies were computed and the re- sources from which they could be me were reckoned. Corrected as the re turns from the harvest were ascer tained and the shipping possibilities were developed, the schedules show that America must, this coming year send for our armed forces and th' Allies half as much again of. food sup plies as last year. In place of clever and three-quaIter million tons th' shipments, this year, will be seventeen and one-half million tons. We arr pledged to send 50 per cent. more foo' and from substantially the sam stocks as last year there must be in creased conservation to accomplis the result. The inter-allied councd was told to pay no attention to tn American food situation. "We hay 1t or we will find it," MT. Hoover tol his associate food controllers.
 And in the light of Americas 191 achievement of sending 140, ,OC bushels of wheat where no surplu was to be reckoned in advance, tn Allies gave full faith to America promise.
 As a first step in the new program it was resolved by the conference C Federal Food Administrators who me in Washington when MT. Hoover re turned from Europe in September place in every home the card tellin the essence of the new program.
 The fret weeks of October wei
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
LESSONS TAUGHT BY THE EPIDEMIC
 OF INFLUENZA

It is now generally realized that the epidemic of Spanish influenza is one of the most serious calamities that ever befeIl this country. We had been boosting how our soldiers were not going to suffer from disease as in earlier wars We had learned better how to care for them. But it Is now seen we did not know. it all. ALSO II the country gets through the cpl demic without 100000 deaths, it will escape better than now seems likely
 Some medical authorities think this fatal result could not have been helped, since the beginnings of the disease cannot be distinguished from a cofnmon cold.
 However, a. great many people have been very careless. The story is told of one lady who was out on her porch one day talking with her neighbors. Don't come after me, she said, Tor I will give you this awful cold I've got. But I'm going out to a, nice long ride this afternoon that will break it up." She did go out on the ride, but after she got home she had a severe chill, and in a few days she was dead.
 The management of one large fac tory in a town where the disease has prevailed, showed how it can be han dled: The owners were no doubt moved both by generosity to their help, and by the feeling that it was poor business to let the disease get a start. They provided doctors and nurses, and when one of their ena- p1oyes got the influenza, they sent him right home, and had a doctor and nurse call. The same thing was done when members of the families of the hedp were taken sick. As a result not one death was reported in all the | 5000 families connected with that mill. If that policy could be followed everywhere, the influenza would no be very fatal.
 Of course the shortage of doctors and nurses has aggravated the situa tion. After our medical forces .ge
 back from France the danger will b. Hess.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
EATS BREAD MADE OF
 WHEAT STRAW

Moscow. Oct. 25.---(Correspondence of The Associated Press.) )---The aver age Russian wants bread and rest from the turmoil through which he has been passing for the last four years. and he believes he will event ually find these two blessings. He doesn't know exactly how, but he's hopeful.
 The Russian public is struggling along with great patience, making the most of its very limited food supply, making over it's much-worn clothing, polishing it's shabby shoes and getting all the amusement it can out of life by attending the theatres and visiting the summer gardens.
 Moscow'S bread allowance is one quarter of a pound daily for each per- tson--if he gets it. An the quality of the bread varies so greatly that there is much betting and testing daily as to what sort of bread the food com mittees will supply the following day. I Straw enters largely into the com position of bread supplied to Moscow, Petrograd and other cities far from the gra1n-producing centres. Some times the straw is chopped so finely | it cannot be detected. On other days 1 it is so coarse and abundant in the | loaf that straws an inch long may be found.
 A recent cartoon in the Moscow l Novoye Vreyma showed an old man plating a straw hat. Two urchins wearing straw hats were playing at his feet, and a loaf of bread from which long straws were protruding lay on the table. A neighbor who stood beside the weaver replied:
 How do yoh find the bread these days?"
 The reply was:
 ''We can't eat 1t, but 1t makes ex- celleht straw hats"
 The dearth of alcoholic drinks af- fordded the subject for a cartoon which gave Moscow a hearty laugh. A customer holding a bottle of per fume in his hand stood before ar apothecary, to whom he complained:
 T don't like the odor of this eau de cologne"
 Gracious, one doesn't smell 1t now adays!" the druggist exclaimed. "One drinks it!"
 Under the greatly restricted diet en. forced by the food shortage, persons In all walks of life have lost flesh tc such an extent that really fat mer and women are seldom seen. The chief work of taiEOrs and dressmakers nowadays is taking in of garments tC adjust them to reduced figures.
 At a recent musical performance
 an enormous fat man who was show1
 to a seat near the stage broke hi
 chair into pieces when he sat down The accident made such a noise tha the attention of the entire audienc was drawn to the unhappy man wh was extrtcated from the wreckage b two ushers. The audience rose anb z cheered vehemently. The fat ma acknowledged the applause good-na turedly and took no offense at shout ed inquiries of How do you do it O a quarter of a pound of bread a day?