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The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09

Women are not running a1ter strange gods in neckwear this spring. There are some new departures in the styles but they are unobtrusive and no one kind of neckpiece is dominant, overshadOwing others, as the jabot did last spring. Favor is divided among several good styles and much atten- tion given to the development of them to the last degree of daintiness. This spring the guimpe, the vestee with collar attached, the stock collar and tie and the long collar with cuffs to match are receiving the greatest amount of consideration.
 In so many of the new spring suits coats are open in the front to the Waistline; that waistcoat or vestee comes in as matter of course as the most logical of accessories. But one must put up brave front these days, whether the suit coat allows an eX- panse of waistcoat to show or not. Therefore, collar and cuff sets have been forged to the front with new vi-
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
GERMANS EAT WAR HORSES,
Food By Hungry and Thrifty Hun Soldiers

With the French Armfes-Hundreds of horses killed by the rench artillery are eaten by German soldiers, accord ing to letters found oa many of thR recent prisoners.
 The Germans, enable to obtain any food, because of the terrible and in cessant bombardment, cut up dead horses on the battlefields during tha night for the next days meals
 Here is sample of a letter found on prisoner:
 We think we will capture Amiens soon. We have been outdoors fifteen days and nights and are dead tired. starving uncombed. uswashed, en- cased in mud to the neck and soaked, to the bones. Neither food nor am intuition is arriving, but they are al- ways promised tomorrow
 q have only four cartridges left
 There are more than 500 dead, horses in our vicinity. During the, night we carve off quarters for steaks Our hunger hurts but we cannot go to the village for something to eat as the bombardment is too severe"
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey
 Company
CHAPTER VI-Continued.

.r,o. man can't swim. He's drown ..m Iucile shouted. Wont some
 l h0dy save him"
 T,ll get him." l immediately voiun- teered briefly. You'll De dro"neu souAeo o aNo he won't" Bopp assured her. utontv can swim like turtle. I've of- .an oeen him in the tank at the Ath-
 ,esc club. Besides, from fasting he's
 ss ful, of air as life preserver." disengaged my hand from Kent, rbo WAS next to me in the line, and .,ruck out for the spot where 1 had
 ost seen the head just before 1t had
 disappeared. Ry A freak of luck l was in hme.
 Tho body rose to the surface just in
 f,opt of me, and grabbed it before
 i, eould sink again It was a woman, lad I lowed her easily by her hair. Soon was again In shallower water, where was able to stand l turned and picked her up. She was still tn-
 |sensible. twas not until had almost reached
 ehose that noticed anything pecul-
 liar about the young woman. l almost
 dropped her when happened to glance |down and discovered that she was clad
 |h the silk tights, doublet and boots of |Dosalind in "As You Like It"
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
THREE MOBS TAKE THREE MEN,
Away After Hanging Until He Became Unconscious.

San Jose.-H. Steinmorfz, an Oak land tailor, was hanged here until hs became unconscious, then he was tied to tree, and later taken away in an automobile by an organization known as the Knights of Liberty
 George Koetzer, an alleged pro Ger man. was in jail for his own protection. after he had been tarred and feathered and chained to a cannon in a park by another band Of the Knights of Lib cray.
 Guido Poeniseh of German extracL tion. was taken from his home in a suburb by yet another band of these jealous knights and tried for disloy- alty, found guilty. and tarred and feathered
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
MENDING BROKEN LINES Tr DE. LIVER THRUST AT
 AMlENS
ALLIED ARMIES CLOSELY KNIT
Remaining Divisions Not More Mum erous Than Allies Can Offer Reserves of Enemy Are HaIf
 Wiped Out.

French Army Headquarters, via Ot- tawa.-Under the German blows the allied armies seem to be welded to- gether as never before. There now is no point of junction at which the Ger mans can thrust. The process of weld ing together the two armies is com plete, but 1t will not stop there. Fran co-British divisions will be moved about on a soldly knitted front at the wish of the allied high command as. freely as German divisions.
 The Germans began the offensive with a reserve of 65000o in depots in France at at home. Behind these there is only the 1919-20 class, consist ing of youths, half of whom are under IS The enemy's genuine fighting re. serve is thus half exhausted before he has covered anything like half the. distance to his goal. His reckless employment of divisions has left himl with a total uf 66 out of z06 in France. which have not yet been engaged or these 12 are Landstram divisions. which cannot be used for the purpose of an offensive. The Germans thus can have little hope that the remain ing 60 divisions can accomplish what the first 40 failed to accomplish.
 Already the German staff fs most anxiously realizing that their reserves of fresh troops are not greater than those under Gen Foch,
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09

Daytime frOckS that prove most in- teresting this season, whether they are made of silk or of wool materials. are those that provide n way of dressing for almost any occasion. Naturally foulard has come back to us, and has forged to the front in m endless va riety of patterns and made np in an endless variety of ways, proving itself q reliable resource in the wardrobe Women have need of just this kind of frock now that war time makes them wish for n limited supply of dresses. Striped satins, in separate skirts, or combined with georgette crepe or chif- ion cloth in frocks. plays the same sort of role as that undertaken by foulard in the apparel of today. It is the new understudy whose performance iS proving equally as good as that of the star.
 Just one more of those fine comhina- tions of satin and crepe that have been plentiful this spring k pictured here. The tunic and the bolero strengthen its consciousness of being strictly in the mode while fulfilling its many duties. It's wearer will know herself to be ,lnartly and quietly gowned-whleh knowledge k very comfortable-a con summation to be devoutly wished in daytime froeks.
 For once stripes do not run diag- onally; in this froek they proceed in matter-of-fact directness about the fig ure, fin tunic that proves itself an execution to the rule of uneven lengths
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
GAINS IN CHURCH MEMBERS

Washington. Church membership in the United States increased from 35.06S,05S to 42.044.374 during the f0- year period which ended Dec. 31. 1s1es according to the figures given out bx the census bureau. The number os churches increased from 212,230 toe 22S,007, ministers from l64,S3o to 1Sl.- 722, Sunday school scholars, from 15s- 337,811 to 20,569.83t
 The total number of denominations covered by the statistics was 2zt. 1S more than reported in 1906. Of the total membership 25.691, TIA. or 61.l per cent comprised members of the. Protestant denominations.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09

1 Almost Dropped Her When Hap.
 psnsd to Glance Down. ask about the result of the experiment. because you are going to try 1t your self"
 A burst of applause greeted me from Bopp.
 Eating three meals a day is hab- it." I quoted "'We have made ty- rants of our stomachs. They demand to be fed every so often, and if VIC an swer that demand wo are slaves
 Lipton s. Clair groaned.
 l explained how we had sent our supplies and cook away so that we should not be tempted.
 And when do you expect to receive more supplies?' he inquired.
 You were on the boat which was bringing the groceries" informed him.
 linen they are out there in the lakeT'
 nodded. He rushed out
 Where arc you gotngr' Kent yelled.
 '-To save some of those groceries, !" said the distinguished author.
 This was such . wonderful idea that we all followed him, Kent, more thoughtful than the rest, pausing to get a clothesline from the shed.
 It was stin too rough to go out to where the Mary Bell had gone down even if we had possessed . boat. but boxes and crates of groceries, fruits and vegetables were still streaming past the leeward point of the cove.
 We spent two hours trying to lasso these packages. Only one throw net ted us anything, and when we had opened the case we lowed in we found three dozen boxes of wet matches. How soon can I get awayT Clair asked Captain Perkins as we struggled up the path. That sea out there" unused the cap tain, don't look like it had any inten- ton of quitting for couple of days anyhow, so jest set" l"Stay hereT "You guessed it" Clair walked on in silence for a mo
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
CHAPTER VII.
Upton s. Clair and the Five Fridays. | IICII ES Qa SD of sf mnnf W hAY

klpton D. Clalr and tno ftNo fr1ooyos 1 UCILE'S gasp of astonishment when
 she saw what I had rescued was followed by an exclamation of
 womanly concern.
 Is she drownedT' she asked.
 lshook my head negatively.
 Just swallowed a little too much water, l guess" explained one of the men from the boat She'll be all right as soon as she gets cup of hot coffee h her.
 Who is she, Captain Perkins, and why Is she dressed that wayT' asked Lucille, ignoring the reference to coffee. T dunno who she be-" sata the cap tain. "She come aboard at Buena Vista and said she was going to Fair yiew.'
 Dressed like that7"
 NO, sir; she was dressed swell. When we struck the rock over yonder told her We might have to swim and shed orter dress just as light as possi- ph. She went into the cabin with her gHp, and when she came out she was like this and asked ne if calculated mat was light enough. lowed 1t was, and We didn't have no time for explA- nations, because just then we broke in two'
 we made a rough stretcher and car. neo the unconscious girl to the house. When we had placed her in an upstairs room We left her to Lucile's care and ead stag party in my bedchamber. Rnere were now six men of us.
 Ol the newcomers the captain was a an, wiry old man with sharp. ferret pAcs eyes and a set of whiskers cor scty trimmed for one of the natives" Shore Acres"
 one of the other men, . green, lanky 0unsster WAS obviously an employee tne boat The other was just as 0''ousiy passenger. The boatmen sere inclined to take things philosoph- 'any' The passenger was annoyed ua uncomfortable under the incon- salences he had been made to suffer. e was not fat man. but he had a uid similar to mine before 1 started asting
 ooered the passenger a suit of my aotnes, You're about my build," I nsgested,
 ne looked at me with disfavor, as if De same.
 4 eoia the captain and the other man would outfit them with some of Mir. sens old clothes. l rummaged tho se.s' but all l could find was a xntiy moth eaten suit of evening v.nes and a red and white blazer. I " never suspected MT. Green of own
 hything as frivolous as that
 1ue captain possessed himself of the elns clothes and while he was put ened. N didn't have no business putting q. S ne replied, 'but that good looking :, Aere seemed in an awful sweat to ~ 10 Fair View, end old as be, I so. "eF hornswoggle me. My biier were ,r ~ hrst class shape. In fact, may
 .nat some of her fiues was con or's ..ed on the general principle of a h,n] which is more hole than any Ih,s sise' Jim, here, my engineer, regular engineer, being as how hl,.s sarhed by correspondence, but I Eoas sa nm because he's one of the best ma.l as m the state. He must have done % %e'hing wrong'-
 a, 4e other man tried to interrupt. Ie,.ln snow"-the captain brushed him booa y one side-''but you must have |ost os something. Anyhow we plumb kha ss Dur steam completely. Drowned Ebna afes too. Afore we could do any lnd we straddled the rocks out here s.n, s0a know the rest. Now if you
 rattling good cup oe cofree sad
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09

some bacon and eggs just turn Jim loose in the kitchen"
 l looked at Bopp, and Bopp looked at Kent, who grinned.
 There ain't any coffee" he announc. ed, "and there ain't any bacon and eggs"
 Well, anything will do, even tea"
 There ain't anything"
 "WhatT The passenger was on bis feet in an instant. Nothing to eat ?
 Not a thing" Good heavensw he raved. "We1l all starve. l am positively faint with hun. ger now. What shall l dop'
 Why don't you try fainting1' sug- gested Bopp amiably. Besides have an important engage. ment in Fair View" continued the pas senger. "A friend of mine wired ne that he was going to be married there this morning and must prevent him. T
 Prevent him7" said inquiringly.
 "Yes; marriage as an institution may be all right for the average intellect, but man like Ned Blaney must not te his genius down to the height attain able by woman"
 Med Blaney," I repeated. "That telegram must have been for him."
 "Is there telephone?' inquired the passenger.
 We escorted him to 1t in body.
 Over the wire he asked for the best hotel in Fair View. That was a cinch for the operator.
 Hello.
 "Is MT. N. Blaney registered there?
 Thank you. Will you see if he is in his room?
 "Just gone out? When he comes in will you please tell him to call up"- He turned to us. What is the num- Der of this telephone?"
 Tell him to call up Greens island" I answered.
 Hello. Tell Mir. Blaney to call up Greens island and ask for MT. Upton s. Clair. Goodby."
 After he had hung up the receiver there was silence for a few moments then Bopp in tone of repressed emo ton inquired, May I ask if you are MT. Lipton s. Clair2'
 "Yes."
 "Tbe famous novelist and magazine writer?"
 "Pd hardly say that, although sup pose my work Is more or less widely known"
 And you." continued Bopp, check ing ofr on his fingers, feel faint from hunger and think that you will starve to death if you don't get food"
 "Is there anything strange in that7'
 Bopp said nothing, but picked up a magazine which Lucille had left opened face downward on the table and hand ed 1t to Mir. Clair. He looked at it for a moment and then smiled.
 "I remember when I wrote this. Il was over a year ago. It's e bully theory. isn't it7''
 Didn't you ever try itT'
 Why. no. I've never had time. I've always wanted to meet some one who had made the experiment to see if was right"
 You have met them," I thundered in the tones of a judge, "and you need not
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
Sweater e catin Ribon.

The new sWeuj4r k made oi Hurrow satin ribbon instead of worsted The first oHe brought to this country rom t'laace contained 1,Gg9 yards of baby ribbon, yet the cost was less than the average silk sweater. These sweaters are promoted by the French to con serve wool The idea k very clever and will undoubtedly appeal to hun dreds of women who can do the work at home.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
kto Didn't Know.

In a murder trial six experts were examined. Most of them had a na- tional reputation. A hypothetical ques- ton of 10000 words. which 1t required two hours to read. was asked of Doc tor Jelley. Boston expert on insanity. The learned doctor answered the ques- ton in three words: 'I don't know" A frank answer. but rather perplsxing to coungei.-Case and Comment
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
Raise for Ironworkers.

Youngstown, 0. - Thirty ttousans ironworkers of the United States wilk receive an increase in wages, now ef- fective as a result of the recent rise in the cost of iron and steel products which controls the wage question.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
Swiss Citizen Shot as spN.

Paris.--The French government has been unable to find any reason why Citizen Nivergel. spying Swiss shouldt not be put to death, in spite the pre- test made by the authorities of thaa victims native land.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-17
e ReddiNd 6r' Wdmndnd al the hMN H

ties and linens as they packed for
their soldier boy.
But Neal didn't see the tears. I
was the sister of a soldier now. and
if my lonliness was complete. I had
to be a fine enough woman to bear
it without stealing his strength to
help me meet it.
By six our packing was finished,
and then came a wonderful twilight
chat. We sat close together on the
big couch. Neal forgot his boyish
horror of being soft" and sat
quite unashamed-his fingers locked
in mine. Whispered condolences,
little promises-our youth contured
up again. Then Neal-very shyly:
"Babbs-do you think I might
have this evening with Phoebe? We
may start tomorrow in order to re-
port Monday. l don't know yet"
You shall have it, lad. dear. I'll
see to that" l promised rashly.
But how Virginia was to be man
aged, l didn't know. Then into our
quiet room came Jim and Phoebe
aElow with the zest of their after
noon. We told them that Neal was
lpL camp at OHN's anu Jllll
took it as the best news in the world.
But Phoebe started back with star
lit eyes and trembling lips.
"Oh, Neal" she cried, I'm so
proud-and so lonesome"
Net yet. You arn't going to be
lonesome yet awhile Phoebe" cried
Neal, beaming with tender joy be-
cause she cared. Were going to
have this evening-if Jim is will
ing"
Phoebe turned to Jim-cheeks
ablaze, hands flying out to him.
Virginia" she pleaded. make
her let me have this one evening""
This evening is yours by every
right in the world. children, said
Jim. I'll come with you and tell
Jeanie."
Then he limped out with them to
claim their one evening from Vir-
Einia. After five minutes he came
back alone-and with quiet under
standing of what Meals going meant,
he caught me to him.
You'll be lonely, honey. 1 Won
der if it wouldn't be better for you
if we arranged to share an apart
ment with Jeanie and Phoebe?" he
said.
gasped and my heart missed
beat. How could I tell Jim that
and l weren't eten on
speaking terms?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-17
Dwarf Tailor Is Head
of Brunswick Republic

London. - A hunchback dwarf,
four feet in size, Merries by name,
formerly a tailor, is now president,
and washerwoman is minister Of
education of the republic of Bruins
wick, the Daily Chronicle learns
from its Amsterdam correspondent
The duchy of Brunswick was one
of the first German states to be
turned into a republic and it's mon
arch led all other princes in abdicat-
ing. The former duchy is now COM
pletely in the hands of the German
reds"
The hunchback- president gets
S17,500 a year which he insists on
having paid him in daily instalments.
His first act was to order a search
of all houses and arrest all enemies
of red rule. Thereupon he appoint
ed as minister of education a wash
erwoman, the goings-on in whose
house used to call for serious atten-
ton from the police under the old
regime.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-17
MOTHER. WHERE'S MY SWEAT
ER: WHERE'S MY HATs


We all remember the age-worn
story of the boy who couldn't find
his cap because it was in it's proper
place. Indeed, it frequently is re-
called as a result of actual expert
ence in many of our homes.
Looking for things out of place
Cor without a place. is not only a
waste of good time but the practice
often results III friction and i'll fee
ing.
System in business is essential e
success. And ovderliness in the home
is just as important for the stand
point of domestic efficiency and hap
piness.
Let us take a case a father writes
to me:
"Our twelve-year- old boy tells alb
solutely to keep his personal effects
in order. He leaves his clothing
scattered around the room, the dres-
ser drawers open and his tools lying
where he used them last. Will great
ly appreciate any suggestions"
Procure a seperate hanger for each
of the boys coats. Either paste a
a slip of paper on each hanger tell
ing which coat it Is for or tie a rib
bon on the hanger the color of the
coat for which it is intended. Have
hook for each hat or cap. Be
sure to have hooks or a pole low
enough in the boys closet for him
to be able to reach the hangers
easily.
Show him or explain to him the GUS
tom businessmen follow of always
putting given article in the same
place in their stores and even on
their desks to save time.
Watch for an opportunity to tell
him that you see an improvement in
him.
Let him suggest places for tools
that will be convenient for all and
then when he leaves a tool out OF
place kindly without further comment
ask him to put it away.
If after fixing his room so that II
is most convenient possible for him
to take care of his clothes, you find
that he has left things out of order,
ask him to put them in order at once,
very kindly but in an eXpectant man
ner.
Let no time go by when he is not
required to put his belongings in
their proper place. But no fault
finding comments. He soon will
learn that 1t is easier to put his cloth
ing to rights while in his room than
to return to it later to "straighten
up" a constant condition of order
illness will beget a desire to him to
keep order.
If you find that his memory" about
putting things away is improving to
slowly, after you have furnished
him with the hangers have a little
frank talk with him some time when
you both are in a friendly humor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-17

there. The only objection is that
soldiers death would be too hon
orable for such a coward. Still, he
might serve to save the life of a
better man."
In contrast with this is the other
wopan's letter, also detailing the
story of a man. She speaks of him
only as a friend" but one does
not have to read very deep be-
tween the lines to gather that he
will probably be something more.
This poor fellow has struggled
all his life against the heavy han
dicap of an asthmatic affection
which came upon him in childhood.
1t retarded his education and has
served time and again to interfere
with his progress in business, to
say nothing of the physical suffer-
ing it entailed. The greatest hard
ship to him, though, was when. the
war broke out and he found that
this disability would prevent his
serving his country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-17

Then, nerved to desperation, he
demanded of the doctors an heroic
measure. Kill or cure" he said,
and they took him at his word.
The other day, the girl writes, she
met him at the door of the hospital,
pale and shaken from the oreal,
but with a broad grin on his face.
"Well," he greeted her exultantly,
"I'll be in big scrap soon!"
She admits that he has been a
failure most of his life, that he
hasn't much to offer, that she
could probably do better" as the
saying goes. But, oh, the pride-re-
gretful in way, but still, exultant
with which she tells of his gallant
determination.
So there you are. The soldier
stands as the king of hearts in the
feminine deck of cards, and moth
ing seems able to alter it. Fortu-
nately for the girls of the present
generation, there will be no dearth
of soldiers when the boys come