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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-23
Use the
Telephone

The grocer, the butcher, the mer-
chant-anyOne you wish-tley are oil
in reach at a moments notice.
Whether weather conditions are
stormy, threatening or fair the tele-
phone is in waiting to save unneces.
sary footsteps.
Everybody is your neighbor; every
town, county and state is next door.
Call Contract Department for install
latiOn information.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-23

The Daily Public Ledger and the
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune for
$3.50 per year.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
Within Sound Of the Guns.

A new sound arose In the darkness,
. sound which held for me thrill as
vital and incomparably more alluring
than the hint Of distant battle. 1t rose
slowly. a rich. mellow undulation.
which stirred every fiber. and then
Quavered. descended and broke of. We
stood motionless. listening with all our
ears. ard again 1t came. Enthusiastically,
from the depths Of the misty woods.
My companion smiled at me In tri-
umph. His first surprise had come of
promptly, even ahead Of time, for 1t
was only now growing dusk. We could
zee In Imagination the dropped tail, the
hollow-cheeked muzzle raised skyward
"a wolf uttering that cry which of all
sounds Is most symbolic Of the north
ern wilderness; un hurlement plaintiff
ct lugubre. l could not believe my ears.
that here In the heart of France. with
In sound Of the guns at the front. !
had heard the voice of a wild wolff
William Beebe In Atlantic.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
He Couldn't SPELL 1t.

In the spelling list for class in a
certain Indianapolis school were the
words singing and smuggling. The
class was asked to write sentences
using these words TO show that they
knew the correct meaning of each.
One little fellow, Robert, wrote:
"The Italians are singing nation
The allies will soon be smuggling the
beard of the kaiser"
With sideward glances he watched
his teacher mark his paper and timid.
ly asked:
us it all right?"
YES" she said, 'but the kaiser has
no beard; he has a mustache."
l know, l know: but I wanted 100
on my paper. and couldn't spell mus
tache. "-Indianapolis News.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
DEEM PICTURE OUT OF PLACE
British Authorities Request Removal
OF kaiser's Portrait From
Tonga Kings Palace.

Germanys interesting relations with
the little kingdom Of Tonga in the
South Pacific are recalled by recent
incidents there. A few years back
Hfe-size portrait of the kaiser mounted
within massive gilt frame was pre-
scented by the German government to
King George Tuboa II, the present
ruler of the archipelago. Forthwith
this picture adorned the walls of the
wooden palace at Nukualofa, the cap
ital Of the kingdom. Germans-who,
shortly before the war, were rather
conspicuous In Tonga-were wont to
admire the painting when they came
to pay their respects to King George.
Moreover, close ut hand were busts of
Emperor Frederick of Germany and
Prince Won Bismarck. So delightfully."-
Informal In many ways is the Tongan
court that the busts did excellent serv-
Ice as hat racks on festive occasions.
But not so with the present from the
"All Highest" But alack for the big
picture of the kaiser In little Tonga
After the war had been In progress for
some time the fact of its existence and
whereabouts came within the purview
of the British government and that
government requested the Tongan gov,
eminent to remove 1t from the palace,
The pith Of this request was that Ton.
Ga Is British protectOrate. But not,
withstanding Tonga is a British pro,
tectorate 1t is the last Independent
Kingdom In the Pacific and It prides
itself on having not only a monarch
but cabinet and parliament-New
York World.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
Expert At Tribal Sport.

Ont method the Zuni practice for
keeping In trim is their tribal sport,
which was witnessed for the first time
by 9 number of Americans at the re-
cent ceremonies. The game Is known
as "kick-the-stick." and is a sort Of
hockey played with the bare feet. The
stick Is a bit Of wood three or four
inches long. and each team tries to
kick It down long course to goal.
So expert are the players and SO fast
do they travel, that number of spec.
tAtors wore out their horses trying to
keep up with the game.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
HISTORY WROUGHT in STONE
MarveIs OF French Architecture Which
tho UncIvlllxed Hordes Of Ger
1 many Would Destroy.

z In architecture France Is supreme,
1t well may be said that without
France there would have been no Goth.
&c architecture. The cRthedrals of
France are absolutely unrivaled, says
Cass Gilbert In the Worlds Work. One
has only to mention the names of No
tire Dame de Paris. Bourges. Reims.
sChartres, Rouen, Amiens, Eeauvais and
.Coutauces to bring up memories of mir
sacles of creative design which no
words can fittingly characterize or de-
scribe.
Wonders Of constructive ingenuity
as they are. they have yet more su-
preme significance as evidence Of the
refinement and taste Of people in
stinct with emotion and ennobled by
idealism In Its most exalted phase.
These great buildings give expression
to the spiritual aspirations Of great
people.
They are constructions of superb
scale and fascinating beauty, embel-
lished by tracery and arabesQue. carv.
ing and inlay, stained glass, tapestry.
bronze and Iron Of marvellous crafts
manship and exquisite design. They
are the product of thousand years
Of faultless taste. the contribution of
innumerable thousands Of craftsmen
devoted to the glory Of God and the
love Of France. And 1t Is this glorious
nation that the hordes of Germany
would destroy.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

George H. Hughes Of Denver Colo
forty years old. enlisted in the M.
tionai army ut the first call of presi.
dent Wilson for volunteers. R,chara
a. hughes. eighteen. son of George H.,
with the consent of his father enlisted
a Few days after the parent. Roth
were sent to Camp Kearney. Cal
where the son has become sergeant
of the company in which the fothsr e.
corporal.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Following representative confer
ence at Kalamazoo, Mich, women Of
fered their aid on state farms.
The principle of the opaque post
card protector has been utilized in a
new machine for registering color
printing plates on printing psess.
A Partisan has invented roller
skates propelled by q one-qIart'.r horse
power gasoline motor. the fuel tank
being carried on the wearer's telt.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
Hot Stuff,

One negro porter was getting en-
thusiastic over cigars. Brother" he
said to his companion, "when l die
want box of cigars tucked under
one arm"
What kind do you prefer?" asked
the other.
Just anything. A 27-cent near-Ha-
vana will do
Near Havana? Say, when you're
dead for two days you'll think Havana
used to be as cold as the winds that
blow over Greenland's icy mountains"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

| says positively that the trans
atlantic airplane flight will be made.
| While he does not set definite time
for the start, he says that Capronl
airplane will turn the trick.
This western ocean flight has been
talked Of and dreamed Of for many
years. Three things are essential for
1t. They are faith. skill and organi-
zatiOn. With these Lieutenant BellOni
believes success Is sure. Italy has the
faith, she has the skill in the trained
aviators Of her army but she does not
possess the organization, says writer
in New York Sun.
He believes that this is at hand in
America and that Italy and the Cap
ronis would desire nothing more than
that the United States should furnish
the organization and share in the laur-
els which will fall to those who first
fly over the Atlantic. At the same
time the lieutenant admits that Amer
lea Is well supplied with skill, too. As
he puts 1t:
'The flying youth of Italy and Amer
lea would be proud to make the flight
The organization, he says, should
consist of ships stationed at intervals
along the line Of flight to wireless the
course to the pilots of the transatlan-
tic machine and for precautionary
measures. Other work necessary would
be the gathering together of weather
reports and data vital to the men who
will rise in the air in one hemisphere
and land In another.
AS to the type Of airplane for the
trip, Lieutenant Belloni favors a regu-
lation italian army CaprOni. He has
no preference for a triplane over a b.
plane, but he does believe that the
machine should be speedy and should
carry small crew. instead of heavy
and slower air cruiser capable of car
rying several men.
Would Like Liberty Motors.
For engines he says emphatfcally
that there Is nothing that would suit
the Caproni brothers better than that
a plane of their making equipped with
Liberty motors should make the at
tempt, guided by an Itallan-Amer
crew.
"CaprOni would have 1t so," said
Lieutenant Belloni. "He loves Amer
lea. He patterned himself after your
famous Wright brothers, and l know
that there Is nothing would give him
greater pleasure than to have Amer
lea share In the honors of an ocean
flight"
Had Gianni Caproni, father of Italy's
huge bombing and fighting machines,
which have given n good account of
themselves on the Italian and French
fronts, been asked II the flight across
the sea were probable this year 1t Is
safe to say that he would have re-
piled: 1--WE will do It,"
Caproni. who Is just thirty-two. was
born In the Trentino. of Italian parents
who had lived the greater part of their
lives in the mountain hamlet of Mn.
some, which numbered about 500 souls
under the yoke Of Austrian rule,
Despite the fact that they were
forced to bow to the will of the Haps-
burg government, they remained Ital-
ians at heart and instilled the love of
the mother country into their younger
son, who Is now serving Italy so well.
The home ties of the Caproni family
held them under the despotism of a
hated ruler. and they lived and dream
ed of day of repatriation.
1t was In this atmosphere that young
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

killina 8urdocks.

An experienced gardener says that
good way Of exterminating burdocks
is to cut them OF close to the ground
just before they go to seed, then apply
little kerosene to the root. He uses
a common machine oil can for apply
ing the oil.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
Heal Baby Rashes

That itch, burn and torture. A hot
Cuticura Soap bath gives instant re-
lief when followed by a gentle appli-
cation Of Cuticura Ointment. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. X,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment Is and 5O.-Adv,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

a deserving working girl of par,s
s saS Iailen heir to an annual income Of
S.m which was enjoyed by a net horsa
vi " aaolpn de Rothschild until its re-.
cent death from old age. This was n
Rothschlld. w. ue
rive hundred sheep growers On rho
M'hidoka reclamation project Id.ho
are consolidating their aocss "a '..
larger bands for summer pr,,,n.
s.'"'' sheep growers realize tho heno.
n's 0, inexpensive summer g,azin,
through this cooperation.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
Not a New Experience,

Two recruits were waiting for fur.
Their instructions at Camp Dodge, la.
One of the men, striving to be so
cable, said: well, suppose this
war business will be new work to u.s.
20, l don't know" replied the other.
"You see, have been married to the
wrong girl for five years."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

A woman's voice isn't necessarily
heavenly because 1t sounds unearthlv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

Americans are touring New Zealant
in increased numbers.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

Ohio farmers are forming co-operat-
ing buying societies.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

California hopes to presently irri.
gate 5,49O,36O acres of land.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11
Italian Aviator
Believes Feat Can
be Accomplished
Easily With the
CaDroni Plane

EUT. LEOPOLD BELLONI
of the Royal Italian flying
corps, now In this country,
says positively that the trans
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

n. N. ", Salt Lake City. No. a7-tsta
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-02-21
CASTORIA
Fur Sauglinge und Kinder
IN GEBRAuCH MEHRALS 30JAHREN
Inner nit der II
0assT 3 &MNzZzZzM

SIM ueitliden Sbeile 6es Staates
Seem Dorf fiittern Sic 6armer lire
;Sdhpeine nit @ei5en, neil tie feline
.@elege11beit baben, i'm NIT Ser 8abn
GIT berl6ide11. 60 iagen lie. 3ieie
jMittbeilung ml1rbe I'M Sberbm1ie Der
Seem Yorfer 2egislatur gemo6t, man
miro alio apob1 an1ebmen milien>
DOB Tie Sen Sbotio@en ertipridt.
Mber 6an1t ioute es Elm !Wittel geben,
bieie Garmer 511 5auinger, ibren @ei=
5en aufal1beben, big er berianm tper=
6en form. Sc itebt eirpem @fon6al
ber6d6tig abnlih menm in elmer
3eit, tpo 6as gar3e 2o1r6 @ei3en
.1part nn6 1paren muB, I'M meitli6en
oes @toates Netp Oorf 6ie
ySdhpeine 6amit gefiittert tper6en.
@erb1t 1T in 6ieiem Ebeile
6es gmpireitootes Obi int @ertbe
bon fteben MiIionen Do0ar berfol1lt
neil sic giienbabnet es nidt abbol=
ten nn0 befor6erter, aber i6lieBlih
>por oie1er 8erlu1t, 10 be6o11erli6 er
an iib NOR, imrper noh letdter 51
Der 6mer5en, als Ser 8erlnlt oes
@ei5e11S, Sen jebt Ste Shmeine frei=
fen. @ir itn6 iiber5eugt, 6aB SEER
Soober, tpenn er es fort, i6leuntglt
11od 6em &edten ieben miro.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-02-21
3 It + II t.

Ser It rent. Nrofefior
S6medele fat feline @obna1ng &c.
medielt, u16 ols i'm am onberen
Gage ipat obenbs Ser @eg aus Der
Stommfneipe oil %leirer friiberen
@obnlu1g boril6eriiibrt, ber1erft er
ooielblt cine Setter letnel 11n0 ie-
mono III ieincr friibcren 8ebal1,
Jung nit eineln 2idt boltiereu.
lin einen Srrtl1m 81 perbin6crur
f~lettert er pflidtida1loigit inter
GROCER Nnitrengnllg bis 81 ieiner
@obnung an Scr 2eiter binauf uno
ruff at Sem, %allerOingS il6er 0ie
geralnlte @obul1g enttdltidteu
go11ner binein: uNdl entihuloigen
sic, mein @lrteiter, ipenlt .i6 bielz
lei6t fibre, ober id uollte Sic
MIR oufmerfiam moden, 6oB ib
ieit geitern @otterltrobe SIR. 10 To-
aiere."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-02-21
tpie Elm Seuf5er flang. ISN'T 8abn-

mie Elm 9el,f3er flang. ~SSm @obn-
finn. -.
Darm meitete1r li6 feline Mrgen
pl0tlid in frobem Stnunen: lleber
Sen nol1en &iesplat, 100 nob oie
Sprite itonb urtb 20idmanne1 Die
S6lqud)e %a1rfroater, font fem 9obn
@rm in Mrm NIT 6lora, neben Ser
fr0blibe @iIlp einbertrippelte $50.
mie emit IN lh0nen Sagen, ebe Sou
tic ent5tpeite.
Dlora trlrg &leiOer bon So1epba
u1o ibr ldones BLONDES Saar mar
talb Der ellgt, ober lire %rebbraunen
Mugen itroblten ionnig mie ein 5rilb-
lilrgsn1orgen.
limo MiQg lief : er lief mabr=
baf tia pieoer al1f ieinen lieben flei=
men 8eird)en 1pie emit!
9a 1to11oen tie n16 i6on bel linn
uuo ber5ten n1tb fiiBten ibtl nn6 iein
5ob>t itanb oa1teben, blei6 5tpar>
aber NIT 6en1 alter, treuel1, flaren
9lif int 9(lege> ser iolange BON ur1=
lt6tem Iel1er perorangt getpeien. =.
Sett bel1gte er ii6 nieoer gum go
ter uno fliiiterte beapegt: uSie bat
mir pergeben @ater. @ergib nun
audi Sui"
& 8erl1ubfi mar feltgenommen. Wtan
botte bet ibn1 5tpei Docltmente gefl1n=
Oe1r, Sic ein greles 2idt onf 6ie Gr=
moroung Barron Soodim's mar EN-.
Sri tens ei1 re11es 5e1tmnent, pel6es
oaS f%riifere pollltdnoig umitieB nno
leine 6ral1 21roopifa, gebore11e Sotpe5,
poQig enterbte. 3meitens ei11en nif)t
oa11s pollenoete11 8rief an lei1en $50
ter, 1porin CT oieiem m%ittbeilte, 6aB
CT Sou Dor 5lpei Gtunben I'M 5artlt=
d1cn Scte=o=tete nit einem ge1pillen
Selnifolp a11getroffen babe nno oes=
bulb u1aper5iigli6 Sic S6ei0l1ng ein=
leiten tper0e.. -.
95od) einigem 9el1eren geita1o0
@errobfp neiter, baB Sou, TIM oies
SIT p%erbin0er1l Selnifom 5um ioforti=
oer1 Moro q II ibre1n. @atten a11ge=
fel1ert bobe. Gie pollte .6aonr6 it6
6oS reide grbe ltdern inns nit Sci
11ifotp Damn cine 3tpeite gbe einge=
fen.
Noh Selnifo1p's @erbaft1t1rg dn=
0erte lie ibren Hla11 nno ging 1rper=
5iigIi6 nod Girtob. @ier erregte Ser
0eOonfe an bie gld115etl6e Steal1ng,
melde 6loro nun ols ~0ereinltige Spr=
rim oieier groBen un6 rei6en 9err=
l6uit einnebmen miirbe, ibren Net6
uno lie bei6loB, pas lie nidt 6urd
Sen dlterel1 8r110er errei6t batte,
0ur6 6en iitngeren 51 ge1pinnen> nnD
began1r ibr Spiel.
grl It 0as &i110 = bann Sen alten
Monn! Mit groBem G%pniSmus CAB
ger11atfi, ols Gr. Mlgers in Dem
9fudttrl11f Des 8oron5 @posepam1n
nudhpies, 5lt, 1einer Sobter tpie0er=
bolt Goien bieies @iftes beridufft 5u
baben. Sic bielt es oben in Ser ST.
bliotbef peritedt nnb be0iente ii6 iei=
ner IN Ha1i en bal0 in groBeren, balo
in flei11eren Mengen.
(Sdlub folgt.)
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-02-21
St. Benedict's Academy
81. Spieph, StearnS &c., Winu.

Cine ser beiten Nnitalten CUR b6.
bpren Eohterer3iebl1ng i'm gan3n
Noromeiten. nnterriht in oert.
1dyer, engliider uno fran5oiiiher
5prude, Stenograpbie, Eppe"
rpriting, Buhfiibren, W11itf, Wa-
Lem, &ohen nno netblide &anb.
arbeiten. H~rtpat5immer, nit al.
len mooerner ~8equemli9feiten
ausgeltattet> iteben Den 3oglingen
jur gerfiigun9. Wit obtgem SSn.
Ititute 1T cine 5hule FIT &naben
non 6 Biz IL Sobren perbun6en.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT tpen6e n1ar, fh an
Sister Directress, o. s.B.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-02-21

-0as 9 lie r.
g%ierbroucr: u@ie lino Sic NIT
uneincm 8icr 5uirieocn?"
@irt: u@al,5 gut. Sic Gdlte lais
len es mciItens ltebcn, unO ga pera
faufe ib es bel1n 5,uei- o0er aud
oreim1oI."
Gerronnt. o9ia, ser &rt-
tifer bont @odcnblott reiBt ia Sbr
l1e1es @ub nidt lhlebt berltnterl"
vM6!, Ser! Gin Menib oy11r
eigene Meinlrng, Ser nur alles nad
plappert mas ct bon all0eren 9eb0r..
bat."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-02-21
Onemtr 9hreibrbrtrf hfs
! btlipp : %anrramptrr.
Mein lieber 9err Reoadtiondr:

Wte mebl niooer
6ei Den Webesme!=
Ter beifamme &C.
io6e ten, oa bat sr
gela9t: ryfa 1eb
Ybuipp, nenn lth
ou9 loge nluB, bob
t9 oetne Storle
orig gut glei9e an
bob t9 gar nit err
Da.te fann, Bis Du
lpiooer itarte oub;t,
.X>l - I.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-02-21

uDn bit mirflid l6redlidl Gil
Ie! sSeoe nod 10 olberne lu1o TINT
lo1e O3poe n1od)lt gu n1it!"
9ber Mdnnd)elt bod imn1er
MIR ouf fur5e 3eit!"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13
DOGS FINE COFFIN
Buried in One That Was Trimmed
With Velvet and Silk.

High cost of living did not inter-
fere with the plans of Nine. Ritz
Elandi, an operate star, when Xxi,
her Pomeranian dog, died suddenly at
Mount Clemens, Mich. The dog was
of aristocratic ~parentage, coming from
the royal kennels of Bulgaria.
The madame engaged the services
of a veterinarian as well as of a nurse,
who remained on duty constantly.
When notified of the dogs passing
Nine. Elandi broke down with grief.
She ordered a special casket of white
velvet with silk trimmings and the pet
was encased. Thomas Duncan of the
hotel wore a band of crepe OF his arm
to help appease the famous singers
grief, and burial was in a rose garden.
Nine. Elandi ordered a granite slab to
mark the resting place of her pet.
Huge floral pieces sent by guests are
resting on the new-made grave. The
cost of the funeral vas over $75.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13
DARING PEARL WHITE
AND ANTONIO MORENO
IN NEW SERIAL.

Beautiful, blonde, daring Pearl White
with handsome dark, daring Antonio
Moreno in a big serial photoplay.
That is the promise held out to film
fans in the announcement that they
will be presented here by Pathe in
"The House of Hate" a timely and
interesting mystery story dealing with
Americas great munitions factory.
Manager Zimmerman, of the Strand
Theatre is negotiating for a BOOKING,
on this big serial.
The cast, in addition to Miss White,
includes Paul Clerget, the famous
French pantomimist, and J. H. Gil
mour, the well-known character act
or, and Peggy Shaynor, who is said to
reveal a new type of screen vampire.
"The House of Hate" is a picture of
thrills and mystery, revolving around
the attempt of an awe%-inspiring and
unknown person, to destroy Pearl Wal
don, heir to the Walden Munitions
Factory, and hers to defend herself
against him.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13

every one, were Due 70 tAe 1oIlowla.
causes: The rise in the price OF
comestibles, the decrease in the con-
sumption of bread, principally because
the first war bread was unpalatable,
and the %rationing of sugar, meat and
fish.
A curious effect, Visible to every one
was that many people grew thinner.
Outside of the general decrease in the
usual amount of food because of in
creased cost this loss of fat can be
logically attributed to the lessened
consumption of the foodstuffs which
are the principal factors in putting on
fat-bread and sugar and pastry,
which last unites the combined effects
of sugar and flour. This loss of fat
will benefit the health of a city, as
those thus affected compose that part
of the population which each year fur
nishes the greatest percentage of
deaths attributed to diabetes, arterio
sclerosls, heart and kidney troubles.
Plenty of Food for ALL
At the same time there is plenty of
IOOd u an, LIZ ohiy nildolIpS liH-
posed by the restrictions being felt by
persons in delicate health who are de-
prived of delicacies. Persons with nor
NAL appetites are not affected by the
restrictions. The general result has
been an improvement in the general
health.
AS to the victim of a disease in
which loss of weight is serious and a
generous diet necessary, for example,
tuberculosis, they too seem to have
benefited by the restrictions. This may
be only apparent and due to the fact
that invalids of this class are largely
in hospitals where they lack for moth
ing or may have left Paris for the
country where life is easier. But sta
t%istics, which do not lie, show that the
number of deaths from tuberculosis
has been much less than the number
in preceding years.
cit is many years since so few con-
sumptives died in Paris as this year..
There are months, as in August, for
example, where, as against the usual
average of 153 the weekly deaths have
been 115, 1885,. 115 and So, or for the
entire month a total of 461, compared
with the average of 612.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13
ode LUXE" NOW CARRIES TAX
France Has New Measure to Raise
Additional Revenue.

In the latest supply bill voted by the
French chamber of deputies, which is
intended to raise 5000, 100000 addi-
tional revenue, there is n curious
clause that creates a distinct class of
purveyors of public comforts.
A tax of 10 per cent on all payments
for lodging, accommodation, food,
drink in frst-class establishments of
any kind, in hotels, restaurants, cafes,
pastry cooks and teashops will be i'm
posed. A list of such establishments
will be drawn up by local committees
appointed by the commercial tribunals.
AS compensation for this tax all such
establishments will have the privilege
of styling themselves "de luxe" No
other establishments will, by law, be
allowed to call themselves "de luxe"