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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Hindu Crepe.

No fabric nowadays. however, Is
quite content to play along with one
color. Hindu crepe, certainly has u
zest for excitement. Not only does II
come in white and solid colors but IL
acts like q man from small town
putting In three days in New YORK
For instance. one bright azure blue has
a queer wriggly. allover pattern In
white that looks like combination or
the rush hour at the subway and the
line in front of Galli-Curci matinee
Another of blue-what strange dream
of the bacteriologist is that pattern of
nervous white?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
FRHLS AND PUFFS

The straight one-piece dress is still
the smartest garment.
Batiste promises to rival vOille for
lingerie blOuses.
Bands of wool embroidery trim
tailored dresses.
Chenille braids are being used for
spring hats.
Cardinal is actually seen among col
Ored umbrellas.
White linen Is promised for vests In
navy blue suits.
Wells are things that everyone should
renew as often as may be.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Red in Fashion.

Scarlet and white seems to be fa.
vored combination for sports clothes
indeed. Fashion has very decided
penchant for red this season. a stun
ming sports blouse for wear with n
white tub silk skirt is of SCARLET sill
jersey with white facings on the pock
cts, under the collar and revers ana AT
the edge of the sleeve, which is slasbeC
from wrist to elbow and buttoned with
covered red buttons. The blouse is
cut loosely. without gathers, and its
lower edge at the hip merges into q
soft sash. which knots over one hip
fringed ends and falling to the knee
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

of mimicry has been used by the war
ring nations. Just as many of the
hright-plumed birds and gay butterflies
use their brilliant raiment for attrac-
tion, Squadrons of our war airplaneS
ar" lavi>hly coated with Kaleidoscope
color> To attract the enemy into the
danger zone. where a superiority of
numbers lie.
The old ways of fighting battles and
of laying siege with I'll due formalty
is past. The weapons utilized in the
present day force the contending ma
tons TO invent every manner of shell
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

cloth taut between them. the first one
revOlves slowly. the scarf winding
around his hips and waist as he turns
until the men are brought close
together, when the first one takes
the end and tucks ii under the
edge of the folds. Several suits which
have braved the submarines have ar
rived with these wooden sashes de
signed to wrap around the figure, and
high up under the short jacket. giving
almost princess line to the top O,
| the skirt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
COPIED FROM MOTHER NATURE
Most Deadly Wartime Contrivances
Are Imitation OF the Oenizens of
the Sea and Air.

Man has constructed the submarine
70 course the ocean depths. initiating
in shape and dark hue the sea mon
STEERS. He has produced a winged ma
chine. along the lines of Il bird or but
terfly, and has painted il white that
ne NAV speed among the clouds I'M
seen. Recently, however, u new mode
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

loads of beets she was 40
ing the work of ten TWO
horse teams. With hay at S''o
n ton, rolled barley at from
S55 TO $50 Il ton and other
feed proportionately high' IL
will keep a farmer busy 10
feed his work stock. let alone
make a profit. The united
States department of agrlcui-
ture once made an estimate
that it cost $121 in feed ana
time to keep Il horse through
out the year. The operation
of L-54. which replaces ~
horses, costs as follows
Twenty-Five gallons OF dis
tillate developing 20 horse
power (the work of 20 horses
for ten hOurs), mt I'D cent?
per gallon. $50; two gal
Ions of cylinder oil at about
So cents a gallon. Sl.lo
track oil, transmission oil
and cup grease will probabl!
90 from - cents to 81 Il Gay
Total, $4.GO. :,
If anything in the worl'
could stave off a threatened
crisis in the worlds food sup
ply it would be the tam
in agriculture. If Their
were a sufficient number o
gasoline tractors in IN
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Substitutes for Wool.

The rough weave heavy silks are
good substitutes for woods. and will
answer every purpose Of gaberdine or
serge and at the same time q little
cooler for summer. Silks Of this de-
scriptiOn can be used either in light or
dark tones. and some models have been
made up most successfully with fiat
braid applied in smart conventional de-
signs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

ter and protection. No longer do
armies meet armies on the open plain,
necesSitating usually stronger force
to win the battle. Science in every
phase has stepped into the ranks and
forced the warriors To become cleo
tricians. Sappers. chemists. Invention
today is the mainStay or fighting. and
Yet. what is our invention but the
means of overcoming as nature has
taught her children for aeons?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
A Certain Fact.

Concerning this food shortage, 1t seems to be
there is argument which covers the ground.
What Is that?'
"A good wheat and corn CROP
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

have created unpleasant criticism.
which should compel them to change
their style.
The smart women run a Logging or
a high cloth-tOp boot well up under
the hem Of these short skirts, and the
effect is military and pleasing. But
at the very moment that we are &C.
cepting with enthusiasm this continued
style Of short and narrow garments.
the prophets say that the real French
skirts are growing longer. And the
smart American designers say the
same. They are making the garments
slim, without using an inch of surplus
material, but they are dropping them
to the ankles, emitting the leggings
and the high boots. and coming back
to the flat-heeled pumps with broad
ribbon bows across the vamp.
Three or four of the best houses In
New York emphasize these skirts, and
those who are tired Of the brevity OF
the skirts we have worn for years are
accepting this new type of garment
with more than the usual enthusiasm
| Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Irnored machine that moves upon the ground Is
capable of surrounding obstacles.
When the squadron of tanks appeared in the van
guard Of Byng's famous drive at Cambria its APP
pearance seemed provdentia writes Hamilton NJ
Wright in the New York Sun. The armored leva-
thans pushed through the German harbed wire en-
Engagements as if they were 80 many cobwebS
They sidestepped deep pockets stretched their long
tracks over miniature chasInS, dipped, rose, backed
and tipped mt dangerous angles they picked their
way forward amid hail of missiles.
And yet for all its supreme adaptation To the
needs Of the hour the tank not invented for
war purposes. The first tanks introduced into
Europe were used in numbering operations and in
heavy hauling just as they were in the United
States. Rapidly their use extended to large
agricultural works and before the present war
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Effect of Cold Weather.

THE cold weather seems to give Mrs. Flingilt
q lvelier complexion
"Yes." replied Miss Cayenne. II think she
puts on more to keep her face warm"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Belief that there are as good fish
In the sea as ever were caught Is poor
consolation when we've lost our bait.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
FOODS TASTE BETTER COOKED
TOBACCO TASTES BETTER
TOASTED

Since the day of the caveman. who
liked his meat raw, civilization has
learned lot about the scientific treat
ment of the things we eat.
Naturally none of us would now
prefer to have our meat raw, our po-
tatoes as they come from the ground,
our coffee unroasted.
And naturally follows the great dis
covery recently made by The Ameri-
can Tobacco Co.-that tobacco tastes
better TOASTED!
This wonderful new idea-simple
like all great inventions-was first
used in producing the famous LUCKY
STRIKE Cigarette-made of toasted
Burley tobacco.
Burley has mellow favor. entirely
different from the tobacco usually
used for cigarettes. 1t is pipe to-
bacco andLUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes
taste like a pipe. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

broke out the track lay
ers were well-known in
every country in the
world. Even the prosaic
track layer used in
farming will. if arm
Ored, make a tank for
war use. Indeed dur
ing the 1917 recruiting
season ordinary track
layers arlnored with
sheet iron plOwed
through walls almost as
readily as the biggest
war tanks yet built.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Anyway. half Of the world knows
that the other half is looking for the
best Of II.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

The road to knowledge crosses the
plains of Ignorance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Polite Reply.

"Are you trying to make fool OF
meT mo, indeed. l never attempt to
improve on the works of nature"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
TANK. NOT
INVENTED
As WAR
MACHINE
Thousands of Tractors
Now in Use on Farms
mall Parts of the World

HOSE who have watched the
operation of the tanks at the
movies and have marvelled ut the
numbering machines that crawl
over the face of the earth like
prehistoric monsters have gained
some idea of the adaptability of
the modern tank. No other
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Ladder TO Fortune.
The wonders of compound interest
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
j. s. CALLED UPON
TO CONSERVE FOOD
FOR ALL EUROPE
HOOVER IN AN ADDRESS 10 THE
FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTER
TON SAYS 60 PER CENT OF THE
WORLD FOOD MUST BE FUR
NISHED BY AMERICA.

Washington, Nov. II - The Amer
lean people this afternoon were called
ON to exercise the most stringent con
seryation to enable the United States
government during the coming year
to furnish twenty million tons Of
food stuff to the stricken people OF
Europe.
In sounding the conservation call
this afternoon in an address to State
and Food Administrations Hoover
pointed out that the amount 10 be
sent to Europe during the coming
year is greatly in excess of our pre-,
war export of six million tons OF food
than the export last year.
In speaking of his coming trip to
Europe as food representative Of this
country Mr.. Hoover said that he would
expand the activities of the Belgian
Relief Committee of which he Is
chairman to cover the whole rela
ton of the United States to the re
construction of Belgium.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
SHELL SHOCK CURED
Physicians Say AIment Is 'War
Meur0Sis."
Men "Scared Stiff" Often Get SACK
to Normal In Ten Min.
utes,

With the American Armies In
Trance.-Shell shock isn't she'll shack
after all. It's war ncurosls, so doctors
have discovered,
That takes all the prestige and dts
tinction ont Of being shel-shocbed. So
much so that lot Of people who hno"
about it won't even admit there's saeil
shock anywhere. Here's viz:
Were you over surprised speeches.
or scared stiff? Well, that's TIE sumo
thing going on within YOU as when YOU
have so-called shell shock, rhe fel.
low who went time after time 10 pro.
pose to his girl and couldn't make his
tongue work, had the same thing, Only
on n smaller scale than they do ct
the front.
These discoveries about what they
used to call shell shock are interesting
and valuable, because they show that
the victim merely has lost control over
some faculty. He may stutter or his
head may shake or he may have the
trembles. but it's far from being In
durable.
Just as The chap who wants to pro-
pose finally gets his tongue and gets
the ldea over to her, so the shell-shock
patient gets back to himself again.
Doctors got busy and figured out Just
what ordinary shell shock Is. Nobody
Is scared of It any more, since it can
be cured, sometimes In less than ten
minutes.
The best cure, II seems, Is to put
your mind on practical and concrete
work. Washing dishes, saving a log.
or knitting soX would be good for Shell
shock because they would give you
something you can concentrate your
mind and hands upon,
In the shcll-shocl hospital they worl;
on manual training objects, making
toys, building boxes, boats or making
designs. Anything one can concen.
tratc on Is good.
Just figuring out what the PROPOSE.
ton IS has taken all the honor and
danger out Of shell shock, and since
nobody's scared Of II, everybody gets
well pretty quickly. Most of the boys
go right back to the trenches and new
or get It again.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
GERMANY BANKRUPT.
WILL Be ASSISTED

Washington, Nov. 12.-lt is pointed
out here today that while 1t is true
that Germany apparently Is bankrupt,
yet the new Germany Will find the
world, and especially the United
States disposed to give her the neces-
sary assistance to rehabilitate herself.
There will be foodstuffs set aside for
the rationing of not only Germany but
also for the people Of her PROSTATE
allies. Therefore, If the socialist gov
eminent that is now being formed is
strong enough tC weather the next few
weeks it will find a disposition every
where to assist it. The nations OF the
| world are not anxious for another
Russia to be thrown on their hands.
Announcement Of the signing of the
armistice was sent broadcast by wire
less An official message to the fleet
prepared by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels was. however, held up for a
while. 1t was to be distributed by
the Arlington station after President
| Wilson's promised statement was
| forthcoming some time during tht
course Of the morning. Secretary tC
the President Tumulty said that The
statement would be given out by the
| President as soon as he received de
tails of the armistice signing from
| Colonel House.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
SCORES INJURED IN
CHICAGO PEACE FETE
THREE FATALITIES REPORTED
CROWDS RECKLESS AND OAR
ING DURING WILD CELEBRA-
TON.

Chicago, H., Nov. 12.-Three per-
sons lost their lives and more than
score were injured yesterday during
the big peace celebration in Chi
cago but the police expressed sur
prise that the casualties were not
even larger.
considering the wildness of the
crowd, the reCklessnesS of many OF
the celebrants," said veteran, 1T is
wonder that hundreds were not
hurt"
Almost all Of the accidents were due
to automobiles. In most instances
the victim was run down, but the cas-
ualty list was increased materially by
several collisions between machines
And there were two persons hit by
stray bullets fired carelessly by uni
Identified persons.
Some of the DRYERS whose automo
biles manned pedestrians were held
by the police pending the outcome
of their victims injuries. One revol
yer shooter, Julian Euppi, 50 year!
old, ISL West Grand avenue, wai
caught firing his weapon at Jackson
boulevard and Wells street. He ad
mitted firing it fifty times.
The Dead.
Fetpak, Zigmond, years old, 4S1'
South Elizabeth avenue, killed by au
! tomobile driven by Thomas Kirkwood
272S South Wells street.
SczIignaski, Adolph, 35 years old
Steger, H.. run over by ambulance. il
front Of 1858 South State street.
Unidentified boy, about II years old
killed when motor truck on which h
was riding overturned at Seventy-seC
r ond avenue and Ninety-sixth street.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
City and Vicinity
News

Ward Hallett returned to Camp
Grant In Rockford, Monday. after Wis
iting with his wife in Utica, for few
days.
James Fitzgerald and Tom Hickey
attended the dance in Peru Turn hall
Saturday night.
st. Marys academy and Utica pub
lie schools will open Monday, after
being closed for five weeks on account
of the flu:
Miss Catherine Francis, who has
been visiting relatives in Bloomington
for few days, has returned TO her
home in Utica.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Folrod visited
with eratives in Peru Sunday.
Capt Walter Hahn spent the week
end with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Hahn, on Webster street He
has been transferred from the Aber
deem proving grounds to San Fran
cisco.
Morey Roberts Is confined to his
home on Guthrie street by illness.
Kenneth Olson and Lysle Day o.
this city visited friends in Marseilles
yesterday.
Miss Jennie Lindebloom of Aurorf
visited friends in Ottawa yesterday
Earl Locke and William Hornuni
visited friends in Streator last even
ing.
Miss Hilda Vail of Marseilles was
an Ottawa visitor yesterday.
Miss Josephine Bowermaster o
Third avenue visited friends in Mar
seilieS yesterday
Mrs. Earl Benson and son Richar,
have returned to their home in Blu,
Island after visit at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Benson Of Popla
street,
Mrs. Clyde l.. Casey and daughte
Jane arrived in Ottawa last evenins
to spend the winter at the home o
Mrs. w. II. Highly on East Lafayette
street. Or. Casey is serving in tn
Medical Department Of the army.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boynton and daughte
will leave Ottawa tomorrow mornini
for Boston where they will maxi
their future home The trip to Boston
will be made by motor,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12

kAOulluuCu ltOLu pd6o A.J
sentative Kitchin, the present floor
leader this forenoon that when the
former was relieved Of the speaking
and the Republican will take his place
then Clark will take kitchin's place
as leader of the house.
Hesse a Republic.
London, Nov 12.-,The German
grand duchy/f Hesse has proclaimed
a republic, said dispatch from Ge-
neva today. The German wOrkmen
and soldiers council at Hamburg has
received word from Wilhelmshaven
that the grand duke of Oldenburg has
been ousted by the reyolutionaries.
No Tax Reduction.
Washington Nov. 12-The end OF
he war will bring no immediate re
ductiop in tax to the American people
The senate finance committee decided
| To-Day that all revenue that can be
raise dunder the new war tax bill
vii lbe needed in addition to the
| funds raised from the floating Of q
new victory liberty loan.
A Month FurIoueh For Enlisted Men
Washington. Nov. 12-All officers
and enlisted men of the United State
would be given a months furlougl
with full pay before being discharged
under q bill presented in the senate
| this afternoon by Senator Tremmel
CT Florida. The purpose of the bill Ii
| to SivC men who are DISCHARGED o,
| whose designations are accepted ar
| opportunity to secure positions in pri
yate life before being taken Off the
| government payroll.
Dardanelles Open.
| Paris. Nov. l2-French and Brit
ISM wal craft have assed through thu
DardSneHes, arriving at Constantine
PIE. il was announced. The rest o
the allied fleet will join them there
AleXandretta, Turkey, was occupied
British and French marines wer,
landed Flags were raised and salut
ed.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Subscribers to the Free Trader,
journal should watch the label on
their papers. The government has d.
rected us not to send papers to sub
scrlbors who have not paid in ad-
vance, and those subscribers who find
that their papers have stopped should
Immediately remit the amount due
and have their names replaced upon
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datory and we have no choice in the
matter.
FREE TRADER-JOURNAL PRINT
ING COMPANY.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
ORIGINAL UNITS TO
RETURN TO THE j. s.,
OTHERS TO REMAIN
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PEACE
CONFERENCE ARE NOW BEING
ARRANGED.

Washington, Nov. 12-United States
troops will be brought home very
slowly. There will be no hurry to
muster out the troops in this country
and only the division of this country
Pershing army will be brought home
for some time to come. The ship
building program must now be hurried
even faster than while hostilities act.
ually were In progress, inasmuch as
now the army abroad must be kept
supplied by the use of American boats.
Great Britain has practically with.
drawn all OF her ships as they are re-
quired for service between the home
country and the overseas colonies
Vhe greater part OF the army abroad
will be held there for possible fur.
Their services for long tome to
come.
Meanwhile consideration of the
plans for the peace conference had
been begun by the president. 1t was
expected that today's cabinet meeting
would be devoted to discussion of
participation plans. 1t Is understood
that Colonel House has sent the Pres
ident volumnious suggestions cover
ing the attitude this government
should assume. lnasmuch as the su
preme council has gone on record as
favoring the original terms outlined
10y the President it is expected here
that Colonel House and the American
representatives Will dominate the sit
uation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
The Supreme Test,

To retain our faith In our ideals
when broken and trodden beneath
mems feet in the dust, to know how
to lay aside our inward sadness, TO
dismiss our enervntlng doubts and
struggle on, to continue our march,
sustained only by the thought of duty
and an unyieldlng will, to make the
most of life as ii Is given us--that
is the supreme test of all great souls,
That Is the real victory Of faith that
overcometh the world.--Elwood Wor-
ceSter.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money.

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with &c and mail 1t to
Foley & Co. 2S35 Sheffield avenue.
Chicago, H., writing your name and
address clearly. You will receive in
return a trial package containing
Foley.s Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs, colds and Group; Foley
Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and
back; rheumatism, backache, kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley's
Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation, biliousness, headache
and sluggish bowels
w. ID. Duncan, Druggist. Ottawa, Ill
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
Bobolink Restored to Favor.

By reason of Its Expectations on
the rice fields, the bobollnk was form.
erly rated the most destructive feath-
cred creature on this continent. But
the rice has moved away from the path
Of Its migration, and on this account
1t has become almost harmless. Hence
forward we may admire the protean
bobollnk without qualification, and,
protected against It's only important
enemy, man, It will doubtless become
a much more numerous species.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
mSafetV First" Tea Kettle.

A new tea kettle Is supplied with an
extra opening in The top through which
1t may be filled without the inconyen-
fence and danger of being scalded by
the steam generated when cold water Is
poured into the hot kettle. The Sec
ond opening IS q small one In front
of the bail and Is protected by a
hinged swing cover, which may be OPP
Grated by the thumb while the kettle
Is being held by the bail under the
faucet.