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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25
Gives Stamps for Change.

Warren, PA landlord here has
an electric sign on his desk and when
a patron steps up to settle his bill the
sign is flashed, "Will you take Thrift
STAMPS for your chancaT
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25

est-Germany as we'll as all the others
must sacrifice self to secure its
neighbours welfare.
This Is the command of the hour
Dare Germany hesitate in Obeying itw
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25
No (,AMQIjFl'- i AGE
IN THIS STORY
APPLY A FEW DROPS THEN LIFT
TOuCHY CCRNS OFF WITH
FINGERS.

Don't hurt q bit. Drop q Httls
freezone on an aching corn, instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you LIFE
It right out. Yes, magic!
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Acid Stomach. Heartburn and Eaussa
quickly disappear with the use OF wrtghca
Indian Vegetable PiilaL Send for trial boz
TO 37a Pearl St.. New Yoyk. Adv.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25
Next One.

"Can you tell me why q dog licks
your hand?" Certainly; to put on
you the stamp of his approval"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25

Lots of people are Interested In the
man whose principle Is for sale.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25
HOW TO AVOID. !
bACkACHE and
NERVOUSNESS
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
Own Experience.

Providence, r. LII was all run
down in health, was nervous, had head
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25

A tiny bottle Of freezone costs but q
few cents at any drug store, but Ia
sufficient to remove every hard corn.
soft corn, or corn between the toes.
and the callouses, without soreness or
irritation.
Freezone Is the sensational discov.
cry of q Cincinnati genius. 1t is Won
derful.-Adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
The American Duchess.

NTHE Duchess of Marlborough"
said a London correspondent,
still looks like young girl. saw
pur American Duchess as the Eng
lish call her. at a charity concert last
month with her two stalwart soldier
sons, the Marquis Of Blandford and
Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill. and she
looked more like the young mons sis
ter than their mother.
"The duchess retains all her girlish
wit. A patroness at the concert came
to her and said:
"'Did you know. duchess, we're to
have an extra number? Dear Lady
Constance has. volunteered to give VS.
one Of her barefoot Persian dances
''The duchess turned to her soldier
sons and said. with a smile:
Didn't l tell you, when spilled
the salt at luncheon, that something
dreadful was bound to happen?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
Prison Camp Starvation Diet

dated the 18th Of April. 1918. The
writer said: 4 am sorry to tell you
ers come into Langensalza camp late
ly, and us old birds made collection
OF food and tobacco and cigarettes
and sent It into the camp to be shared
between them, because they will not
SO we must help them as much as we
can and I think it is only our duty
to do SO. as they are all Englishmen."
The officers fare no better than the
men. The following are from officers
tnterned at Rastatt in Baden. One
just had g feed of potato Feelings
and that they are not bad. Another
writes: II have only the clothes I
wore In the line. torn, always hungry.
only allowed to send tive cards a
all o. X"
Another officer. prisoner in the same
camp. writes: ION the evening of the
2sth (Marchl got piece of bread.
Except for the food question. we are
to arrive we will continue to be rather
hungry. Bread is scarce. Meat and
butter are unknown
1t is not only of food and clothing
that they 60 short. Another ofiieer,
writing privilege is as follows: four
cards and two six-page letters per
month. but this week, owing to lack
of paper, we have only this card to
use. Am hoping for the six pages
next time. You cannot send too much
eatables and as often as you like.
Also a little saccharine. Sugar and
meat are items of the past. That old
adage Hunger Is the best sauce is
fully realized here. Anything tastes
nice to us. We cannot buy foodstuffs
and the prices of everything are en-
brilliant"
copyright, 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
BY CAPT. j. A. F. ozANNE.

LONDON. November Z, 1918.
TIME prisoners Of war In Germany
are entirely dependent on their
i parcels. II the parcels do not
come they starve. This is very
clear from the letters which they
write. Here are some extracts from
them. They are pitiful reading.
Ono English prisoner writes: 1--WE
are looking forward to parcels COM
Ing. rs we are clemmed. am as thin
az lath. sold my watch, and all 1
could get for 1t was rds. Of a 2h
loaf, and I was lucky to. get 2 rds.'
Tor IT," It may be as well to point
out for the benefit Of the uninitiate6
that "clemmed" or "clammed" is the
north country word for starved. When
starved" he merely means that he is
Another prisoner wrote: II am too
weak to walk about; we are starving.
All we get is a bit of brown bread
and Q drop Of coffee for breakfast,
with no milk or sugar. and for dinner
we get mangolds boiled, so If you
/ could rub along q bit"
Another writer says: I'VE are is
sued with fifth Of loaf and SOUP
every day, also coffee in the morn
ings. ! have seen men smoking the
grouts from the coffee in their pipes. !"
Another says: Il could do with a
good tuck -in-for we are living on
the grass-to tell the truth. It is
awful. We get no tea, nor any food
of.any kind. The people are not 80 bad.
but they have no food to give u.s."
Those letters all came from the
same camp. Langensalza. That Lang
ensalza is big camp IS evidcn, from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
Impressions of a French Town

There Is q glimpse through open win
dows Of big rooms. The shutters are
flung wide. An AMBULANCE passes.
The town Is. too near the line to be
pleasant, and most Of the inhabitants
have gone elsewhere. Practically all
of life that Ia left belongs to the
war. There Is an activity of lorries,
and now and then one meets columns
Of infantry marching through toward
the line. Their singing starts to life
echoes that sleep in the empty houses
and the deserted streets. The chime
Of their heavy boots can be heard q
long way of. There Is an insisterit
muttering Of guns ahead OF them.
dramatically. appropriate. British
panss y yraeea Gg sra 60 hey Wnss
glinting In the sun.
Down a side street you have q
glimpse of men loading lorry. There
are mountains Of loaves. and the men
come out of yard, one after the
other, with armsfuls Of tins. while the
caustic remarks. In another street
column Of men makes its way to the
baths; towels danglc over their arms
and they grip chunks Of soap. They
are very dirty, In strong contrast to
the clean men who pass them, coming
the other way after their spell under
the sprays. A priest, with q book
under one arm. smiles at them, and
one or two raise. their hands in salute.
Somebody ventures "Bonjoor," which
plcases the French priest nightly.
On a green patch OF ground outside
the town Scottish troops are kicking a
foot ball about. and there are French
soldiers and an old civilian or two
looking on. The hum Of q motor. cycle
disturbs the game, and man white
with dust from head to foot flashes by
on his way to the line. They watch
his curved back until he goes out Of
sight round bend.
Toward nlshtrall Il deeper stiffness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

nAu one CnanGo OF underwear, anu
did their own washing.
go
Others Of tho advancing battalions
had regular changes of underclothes.
and the small showers going with
them were kept very busy. Other
unities. on orders Of medical officers.
bathed simply in creeks and ponds,
whether or no they had clean UNDER
wear. All the while. further back,
the divisional establishments bathed
troops in reserve and those coming
out Of the line into support ana re-
naming in the area. "a
The men of the.-th and -th Regi;
ments. for example, had their full
big soap baths about once q week:
Another regiment, had been detached
from the division. first with the -th
and later with a French division. and
got very little bathing or change Of
which had been reduced to streams
and ponds, had, later on, the luck to
come back near to a large divisional
bath establishment. It kept fairly
clean and we'll, but not so well as
the s-th and -th. Just mentioned.
So you see. And now 1t gets hotter
and hotter.
Because am quoting few words
from high personages. the story can.
not let itself go. but must be framed
in measured and conventional Lam
guage., For Ave days the division
was Every actively engaged in hold.
ing the Germans. Then they crossed
another river, French and Americans
side by side. pursuing the enemy.
During the first week bathing was
going on daily at the divisional
baths-frst of troops in the back
areas and support, then Of troops re-
lieved from the lines. =.
Things got SO hot in this pursuit
that they shortly got ahead of the
divisional baths entirely. 80 that they
"remained inactive for two days." to
quote my friend McCague: but. dis
n,antled. they soon caught up in an
area which had been occupied by
Germans four days previously. The
ground was still covered with Ger
Four days after this break in con:
tinuity. bathing was going on full
example, take the -th Infantry
As relieved from the line they were
marched to the big, baths and fully
flxed up. In one day. 1900 men went
through those established at a GER
tain pontoon bridge. They bathed all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

and disinfectors and portable laun-
dries be furnished with each division"
says the Pittsburgh Medical College
man become captain in war. mo diff
Guilty will be experienced in following
the most active warfare and bathing
thousands Of men daily %Com supply
reserve"
Aye. even in the line!
"By means of small individual por-
table shower apparatuses." he tells
me. "even troops in support can be
bathed at frequent intervals"
This, repeat. Is the measured Ian
guage OF responsible Afficer speak,
ing for publication Thj man to man
facts go farther Medical officers.
sergeants In charge and the men on
their own initiative set up the show
ers. when they can lay hands on them,
in any shelter where there is water,
In the thick Of modern fighting.
Il X
And here is the hic Of 1t. AS cold
weather opens and natural bathing"
closes the required equipment has
been coming along. but much still
awaits transportation from home, ne
cessitating all kinds of makeshifts on
the part of buddies and their medi-
calls. determined to fight clean"
The equipment which permits 1t, ac-
cording to Capt. McCague, is to have.
first Of all, at each of the brigade
baths (three per division) one large
and four smaller tents furnished with
six to ten portable shower baths.
Then, each brigade baths requires one
disinfectory, one portable laundry,
one four-wheel trailer and about 1000
suits of underclo.hes and 1000 uni
forms and pairs of socks.
In addition. each division should
have three or four similar establish
ments to be used in more advanced
areas. for troops in reserve and rest,
who cannot reach adjacent baths.
And, finally. quantities of individual
portable showers with means for
heating their water and small tents
to shelter them.
Real "rooms with bath" in battle!
These big brigade baths at the front
cannot. of course, run to steam disin-
fecting or truck loads of clean buds.
The fighters must wait for them fur
ther back In periods of relief: but
they have been getting this boon,
along with clean. disinfected clothes,
almost invariably once in two weeks,
and the thing is to keep it up.
Why, during two weeks Of intense
offensive. when "baths in battle" were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BY LIEUT.. j. b. MORTON,


FRANCE, November Z, 1918.
~ on come down steep slope to
" the beginning Of the town, the
i first small houses. with their
quaint "Reminiscences Of Spain.
The shutters are closed, SO that the
windows are blind eyes. There are
white shutters, brown shutters. green
shutters. with a mantle of dust over
them from the continually passing
ira ff1c-lorries. motor cars. motor
Cycles.
You realize quite soon that there
IL little life in the town. You meet
few people as. you come to wider
streets and bigger houses. In the
square some lorries are packed and
q man IL washing the wheels. An
other man is filling buckets at a
pump in a cobbled yard. You read
RI. A. d. O. S." in neat black letters
or low doorway. and further on
medical Inspection Room" Is chalked
IN, half-obiiterated by now; In the
main street one or two shops are
open. A peasant girl Is buying some
cnbbages and a we'll dressed woman
in black Is filing basket with pro-
visions. A gray stan car flashes by
and military policeman springs to
attention and salutes. -
Further on the cathedral stand up,
graveiy quiet. There lis bird sing
Ing over the porch. There Is the curl
ously prolonged waiiing whistle Of a
French train In the distance. Some
men in khaki loiter in q doorway and
~ French Interpreter hurrtes along
the pavement. He,e, In the main
street. one OF two houscs are alive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

night. During the night the area was
heavily shelled and ten casualties oc-
CURED in the vicinity Of the baths.
tits good thing we weren't there"
said big George Street Of -
Eyes. but the clean things was" an.
swered Lemuel. Lets go find some"
And together they crawled through
the Smelling, picking up shirt ana
underwear.
The division rushed ahead Of the
big baths again.
X X
Again they were dismantled and re-
established in two days. The first aft
ernoon afterward the entire -th
Regiment was bathed. French knock
down shacks had been moved up, with
baths and disinfectors. to another riv-
or. One section found we'll arranged
barns which the retreatinR Germans
had not time to burn. and ran tho
whole business in them. with excellent
success. Ten trucks were required to
do the moving. Meanwhile. extra
clothing and blankets for distribution
In the division were sent to the baths,
and although the shacks were soon
left behind again. the extra supply OF
uniforms and underclothes necessitat-
ed keeping the trucks. No difficulty
was experienced in obtaining them,
although the division was engaged in
the most active warfare.t
Arrangements were made for the
rapid bathing of the rest of the or
ganizations during the remaining
days of the month. but the men did
not wait. Small showers were used
extensively, in particular by a regi-
ment in and Immediately behind the
battle. At the same time other small
showers from the supply train were
moved forward with other organiza-
lions and used continuously, hundreds
Of mon passing through them as op-
portunity offered.
Yet elsewhere. Capt. l1cCague made
ingenious use of town fire engines
which he discovered in two lombard
ed villages. They were hand appa-
ratus and proved very satisfactory
pumps. one being established at q
thinks that these can be found in
many villages. especially when we get
into German territory. and provide an
easy means OF pumping water.
Is 1t a tour de force. a stunt, excep-
tional. not to be counted on, this bath
ing in the battle? Capt. McCague
says no: the. thing is now routine in
in all. Perhaps 1t Is. by now.
III portable tents and shower baths
holds the town, and the voices of the
guns are more distinct. One can almost
hear the terrible things they are say.
Ing. The pavements are still now, but
half-opened shutters as a lorry or q
car goes by, laundering over the dusty
cobbles.
Copyright, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
BoIshevik Dust.

A SENATOR was talking at tho
Philadelphia Club about a very
hustling new commission and its sem
sational reports.
well. at any rate" he said, "the
commissio works hard"
He smiled and added:
"A new broom sweeps clean. but
sometimes It throws dust in our eyes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

under direction Of Division Dermatol.
egist Mccague. being assigned by al
visiond orders to rum certain big bath
establishments. the men were rushed
In trucks ~ soon as they were out
OF the line (or marched when the dis
lance was short) to such divisional
Datns. where they were showered and
and uniforms given to them. y. 80.
werS disinfesled. and i the aI un unrvr
washed and reissu6d, but 1t was found
impossible to disinfect, clean up and
repair the ou<er clothing a. rapidly
uniform suits were issued to almost
every one, and to some more than
once. Bayonet boys are hard on cloth
ing. y. - $50 :
Can't you see It? Do. I tell it7 It
10 terrible. but splendid. those boys
'mud-soaked. dropping ali that, bath.
Ing and then getting into clean gar
ments. About $4,000 new uniforms
were obtained and used for the pur-
pose. exclusive Of fresheninE up bat
tle-worn suits, in the course Of the
things was lost; all went to the SAL
wage for repairs, cleaning and sort
ing. And about the same number Of
underclothes and pairs of socks were
furnished by the Quartermaster Corps,
although the distributing persbnnel
was drawn from the infantry. Does
this last say nothing to youe
Yes; but I said baths. in battle"
as distinguished from relief. Here's
the high novelty. -
Small shower baths were arranged
in more distant positions" 1t is per-
'mitted to quote Capt. McCague in his
own words, $50 that battalions and
other organizations could be bathed
in the front lines" S - :
baths were in charge Of regimental
medical officers. Others were intrust-
ed to particularly intelligent and de-
voted sergeants.w with picked personnel
OF enlisted mon. There were no
changes Of uniforms or underclothes
at them, but the men used them con-
tinually in the hottest Of the combat,
and all in reach of the supply trains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
Special Correspondence Of The star.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE,

SOMEWaERE IN FRANCE.
November T. 1918.
ERE Is a war story that beats
III the record,
In crashing battles, with
out intermission. you see al
most an entire division Of American
soldiers victoriously advancing and
taking their morning bath!
The facts. beginning in early July,
continue In the present hour. with
hot-water showers and shelter tents
xor chill weather in the open.
Also. you get. here and there. the
comments Of famous American hy-
CHEMIST, with full permission. He Is
Lieut.. Col. Hugh H. Young, senior
,consultant dermatologist and uro1o-
gist IT the A. q. r, and previously
eity Medical School and Hospital.
,bookwriter. member Of learned So
cieties and leader In his line. See
ideals OF living At the same time.
there are glimpses Of the work of an
untiring friend Of the boys health.
Capt. Edward J; Mccague Of the Med
Etst. from the University Of Pitts
burgh medical department..
The division was frst thrown into
ection to prevent the Germans from
crossing q river. Portable shower
baths and disinfectors had been left in
the training area when the division
was hastily moved front. Later, the
disinfectors caught UP with them. but
only the portable shower apparatuses.
which were brought by the sanitary
trains. were on hand for the first
fighting. A week later seven more
showers were received from the
american Red Cross and installed,
creek. French, portable shacks. hos
pital tents ahbut sixteen feet square
ANA the hurriAd-u steam disinfActors
then formed the equipment.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-06
GRAND DUKE WORKS AS CLERK
"london Michael" and Countess En-
dure Reverses OVERWHELMINGLY
In London.

London.-One of the Russian grand
dukes known as the London Michael
to distinguish him from the other
Grand Duke Michael, has fallen from
great wealth to comparative penury as
result of the Russian revolution.
Before the war he lived in one OF
the finest residential estates in the
neighborhood of London. When his
income from Russia was cut off he
subleased this property and is now a
clerk at $1,000 year In an Office near
Westminster abbey. His wife, the
Countess Torby. conducts their small
home with zest and without grumbling.
Probably no family in Great Brit
ain has endured greater reverses than
this one, or borne its misfortune more
cheerfully," comments the Evening
News.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-06
BARRIERS BEM0AN TRADE LOSS
Women Who Are Taking Mems Places
In Industries Are Not Helping
Tonsorial Artist.

Memphis. Tenn.-Women taking the
place of men in the industrial world
may be filling the jobs all right, but
they are not helping the barber. I
Visit any tonsorial establishment
and ask the man who yields the gleam-
ing blade. He will tell you some Of
his best customers have gone-gone to
fight the Germans. And he will tell
you that all the women who took their
places are strangers to him.
While the barber complains the
"beauty doctor" has a different story
to tell. She says her patrons are
more numerous than ever before, and
they are more liberal. They spend
money lavishly. A few dollars to re-
move wrinkle that has appeared as
a result OF business worries is handed
over without a murmur. Powder and
paint and toilet water are used Law
ishly.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-06
MUST CUT IN WHEAT
Need for Limitation in Consump-
ton Very Great.
Food Administration corrects False
Impression Given by Recent
News Dispatches.

Washington.-Recent press dispatch
es widely circulated through the coun-
try have given the wholly false impress
sion that there is no longer need for
rigorous conservation of wheat and
flour. The food administration de-
clareS that every aspect of the wheat
situation, both present and ptospec-
tive, intensifies the need for TIL. great
est possible limitation in the American
consumption of wheat and wheat prod
ucts. If present restrictions should be
in the slightest degree relaxed 1t would
result in serious want for the people
of Europe before the new crop can
reach the market.
The food administration estimate
of the position on the first of June in
dicates total available supply until
the new harvest, including the grain
which will be available from the farms,
in country and terminal elevators, and
mill elevators, of about 56,000.00O BUSH
els. OF this 100000 bushels must
be exported before new wheat is avail
able for export If we are to maintain
the absolutely necessary shipments to
our army and the allies. That leaves
about 100000 bushels for domestic
consumption for the next two months.
Normal American consumption Is
something over 100000 bushels
month, so that the most liberal con-
sumption at home would be only one
third Of normal.
The harvest will not be generally
available in flour until the middle of
August or early September, although
in the extreme South 1T will be some
what earlier. SO long as the war lasts,
with its increasing drafts for soldiers
and munition workers, the world will
steadily produce less food. If we are
wise, a great harvest will mean the
willing building up of great national
reserves.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-06

deered and also the complete stock
held by refiners; importers and deal
ers. but this, 1t is said, will only fill
a small gap and that temporarily.
1t has been hoped by federal officials
and chemists throughout the country
who understand the seriousness OF the
situation that the whims of fashion
might yield to national needs and that
purchasers of jewelry would denand
gold and silver or a white alloy and so
release platinum for its highest use,
but the results have been disappoint-
ing.
The American Chemical society, au
organization composed of the leading
$4,000 chemists of the country, which
is also back of this movement, has is
sued an appeal to the people not under
any circumstances either during the
war or after the war to use platinum
jewelry. but to conserve this unique
and fast dwindling metal now priced
at five times the cost of gold for the
exclusive use of the chemical and
other necessary industries.