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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

Greece will get to thinking that the
United States is piker as the world $
pawn broker. The Government is only
offering to lend $44,o00,0O0 on what
Greece can give to the war.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

Jack Lacrosse has the right idea.
He says "I'm going to have 8 notch
in the stock of gun if I have to
shoot a prisoner. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

Now the city is figuring on buying
a pile driver. Wonder some fellow
with a white Elephant does not come
round. He would at least get an audi
ence and probably make SALE
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16
POTATOES! poTAToEsl POTATOES

800 bu. fine Northern potatoes, fine
for seed or table use, zoe per bu. de-
livered or Soc at the Park. Anderson
Park. Phone 17nz advm-21
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16
EDITH cAvELL LODGE.

Daughters of st. George will meet to
sew at the home of Mrs. Robinson, 900
Sheridan Rd. this Thursday afternoon
Instead of at Mrs. Marsha1ls. adv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

And if Doc Mccarthy wants to run for
governor Of Wisconsin next fall we
would advise him to start now. He has
a lot of people to get acquainted with.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

The Camp Taylor Bugle says Cheer
up: If you make good in the kitchen
police you may be chief of police
some day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

Won Hindenburg, echoes the famous
retort of Mark Twain "'The reports
of my death have been grossly exag-
gerated.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

The Manitowoc Herald sagely says
"It's time to stop when the soldier
blood dyes the red tape a still
deeper red"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

The best way to defend Governor
Philipp's record on CONSUMPTION is to
forget tht : he ever had record along
these linz
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

The place where kodak finishing is
done by professional photographers.
Sydney Studio, $50 Market st. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

Four Of these student-teachers have
been named by the faculty for special
honors and will deliver the commence
ment original addresses on topics re-
lated to their chosen work. The stu
dents meriting such honors are Jessie
Larson, Esther Gooder, Alice Carter
and Elna Larson. This selection is
based upon excellence in regular class
work, ability and success in practice
teaching, and individual traits which
give promise Of splendid future as a
teacher. We join with the friends of
these girls in extending congratulations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16

office on their knees to get the "blood
on their door posts.'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16
Carl Maegaart

Secretary, Board of Civil Service Ex-
aniners, Post office, Kenosha Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1918-06-18
LI1ILLE&oR!Es L1L
6rBEDTlr1E
BIZ THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1913. BY T. W. Burgsss.)
Slow Poke Gives Peter a
Fright.

Peter Rabbit and Slow Poke the
Box Turtle were dining together on
the Green Meadows close to the edge
Of the Green Forest. Peter was feel
ing pretty well acquainted with Slow
Poke by this time. AS they ate they
talked. which you know is a way
people have Of doing.
There is one thing about IT," said
Peter. land that is that while you are
not afraid of anybody or anything.
you on your part cannot scare any
body. I mean, you can't scare any
body who knows you," he added. as
1t popped into his head that folks
who had never seen Slow Poke
might be a little afraid Of him Just
because Of his queer looks.
Slow Poke chuckled. How about
yourself. Peter" said he. who is
Peter saw the point right away
and grinned.
II don't suppose" said he. that
anybody is afraid Of me. But just the
same can scare people when / want
to. I mean I can scare them for as
long as 1t takes them to find me out.
There's Danny Meadow Mouse over
there. Just you watch me scare
him."
Slow Poke looked. and sure enough
there was Danny Meadow Mouse only
a short distance away. 1t was plain
that he had ID not na seen them yet Peter
hind legs as only Peter can. 1t GER
tainly did make startling noise
Danny Meadow Mouse jumped and
started to run as fast as he could. In
Of his private little paths. Peter
laughed. What did tell you?" said
he. "Of course. am perfectly harm
less. but can scare folks just the
Slow Poke said nothing. but reached
out for q ripe strawberry and slowly
ate it. You see he eats as he does
everything else, very slowly. Pres
emily Peter sat down with his back
to him: Something very much like
He drew a long breath and then let
the air out with long, loud. sharp
hiss. Peter Rabbit jumped straight
into the air. Then he gave two or
there sat UP very straight with such
a funny. anxious look on his face as
he stared this way and that way that
Slow Poke chuckled down inside.
whats the matter. Peter" he
Didn't you hear that Shaker" ask
ed Peter.
NO" replied Slow Poke. And then
as Peters head was turned he hiSsed
again. Once again Peter jumped. 1t
was very plain that Peter was ner-
vous.
Are you afraid of snakes?" asked
Slow Poke.
"No-o-o." replied Peter slowly.
THAT is I'm not afraid Of most Of
them. OF course. I'm afraid of Bug
tail the Rather. and the trouble Is
they all hiss SO much alike that when
I hear one I never can be sure which
it Is until see him.
Once more Peter began to look this
way and that way anxiously.
Slow Poke began to chuck1e even
more than before. Peter heard him.
What are you chuckling about?" he
demanded. What's the joke?"
THE joke Is" replied Slow Poke.
that there is no Snake that I know
of about here. I was just showing
you that 1 can scare other people
quite as easily as you can"
With this Slow Poke hissed again.
Then Peter understood and you can
imagine how foolish he felt and
looked.
Evening star., 1918-06-18
RUSSIAN COMING TO CONFER.

NEW YORK. June 1s.-Alexander I.
Konova1or, former Russian minister
Of trade and industry and vice Hresi-
dent of the council Of ministers un-
der the Kerensky regime. has arrived
here from Chicago, having fled to
this country by way Of Siberia, after
escaping from the prison into which
he had been thrown by the bolsheviki.
He announced that he would go to
Washington this week to confer with
officials of the State Department.
Members of the party of prominent
Russians who met him at the sta
tion said that he desired armed in
tervention in Russia, being certain
that patriotic Russians would rally
around an allied army, if certain
guarantees were given. While in
TOXIC, on his way to this country, he
declared that such Intervention was
needed.
Among those who met him here
was Boris A. Bakhmeteff, the Rus
sian ambassador to the United States.
Evening star., 1918-06-18
Value of Potatoes.

! By this time almost every one
knows that Uncle Sam wants us to
eat potatoes, and tho reason. to be
| sure. is SO that we won't eat so much
| bread. 1t was not strange that some
one-in fact, a good many persons
| protested. They would really very
much like to eat potatoes with the
best Of patriots but. alas, their figures!
Naturally enough. quoth they, meas
ure of that sort could be carried
through in Germany. No wonder that
| through because of her devotion to
potatoes, but could American women
expect to assume the German woman's
indifference to her figure?
No, to eat potatoes would ruin the
figure. It would make one fat. Had
not countless books, written to tell
you how to reduce your weight, held
up the warning finger to potatoes as
the greatest menace to tho sylphlike
contour?
Uncle Sam has answered the objec-
tions of these folk. IF you are doing
your Bit says he. do not fear for
your figure. Potatoes won't make you
fat. They supply energy for your war
work. Use up the energy as fast as
you can, and do not worry"
To be quite frank there is such a
thing as getting too much starch in
the diet. but you get just as much
starch in wheat bread. The whole
idea is that potatoes are a nearly per-
feet substitute for the wheat bread
which you have been denied. A po-
50 To Faf< xI,o cit
of wheat bread. The danger Of fat
comes from eating the bread plus
the potato. Therefore. cut out the
bread.
war work really has proved to be
an ideal reducer. In Germany and
even among some of our allies war
fare has proved a reducer because Of
tatoes, II one must go without fats Of
all sorts and bread entirely. cannot
keep one plump. But here whatever
other food troubles we have had, we
certainly havee had what the old
housewife would call plenty Of It
various food campaigns, cooking and
food preparation generally have
greatly improved, with the result that
food has been rather moro palatable
than ever. If figures could be gather
ed on the subject, it would probably
pe apparent tudl lolhs III America Hdo
eaten with better appetite and actu-
ally eaten better since the war than
before. And now the thing to do is
to turn this food energy into war
work. Give yourself the delightful
feeling of having earned every bit
you eat. Don't feel yourself privi-
legged to partake of your next meal
till you have done some bit Of patri-
otic work, If it is only to turn the
heel of an Army stocking or to weed
a row of onions in your war garden.
Evening star., 1918-06-18
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE

By ANNE KITTEN HOUSE,
Special Correspondents Of The Star.
NEW YORK. June 17.-China con-
tributes more than its usual quota Of
inspiration to wartime fashions.
It seems odd. on the face Of things.
that Paris and America should go to
ono of its allies tucked of In the most
| unbelligerent corner Of the universe
for a style that is exploited during the
great war.
There is so much on the western
front from which to draw inspiration.
There Is such a wealth Of material in
Rumania, Mesopotarnia, Bagdad and
even Siberia, that one is constantly
confronted by the question as to why
China.
Japan, for we'll known military rea-
sons, Is a more vigorous ally than the
Celestial empire, and yet. by common
consent, we dip down into Manchurian
Hongkong. of the boatmen who f1n
the port of Shanghai, Of the blue
bloused rice planter and Of the run
ners of the Yaloo river.
We initiate their crepe when we
| can't import it; we copy the designs
AlOill tic vases Ol lie V1lHS uyHdSty, !,
we use bits of their ribbon and bro
cade as accessories to somber gowns;
we have brought their kimono into
being for evening coats, and we have
taken up their slippers to go with
Chinese tea gowns of jade chiffon en-
broidered in dragons.
Shops Send Couriers to Far East.
1t is difficult to go to Europe these
days as commercial buyer, by reason
of restricted transports. lack Of cargo
space and the most Christian desire of
France not to feed those who can be
fed at home. But the American shops
must import, and, therefore, for the
first time in history. they are sending
buyers to the far east to get fabrics
and embroideries and also to take
orders for our occidental costumery.
1t is ridiculous that China and
Japan should ever think Of wearing
our clothes, SO ugly as compared with
the beauty of theirs, but they are only
human. and human nature constantly
stretches out for something new and
strange.
1t takes exceedingly well trained
buyers to go to the east and come
back richly laden with salable prod
ucts. wouldn't it be well for some of
the shops to give to the Army women
whose husbands are in France and
whose knowledge of China 8 valuable
the opportunity to be buyers for them?
There are Army women who are will
ing to work and who could go into
the furthermost and oldest quarters
OF Chinese cities to buy things that
Evening star., 1918-06-18
FASHIONS

capes have so utterly dominated
the field Of wraps this season that
very little out OF tho ordinary has
been offered in coat styles. While
the cape vogue continues. q closer
reefed wrap is more becoming to
some figures.
The coat shown in the sketch is
well worth considering, as 1t was
actually intended by the Paris de-
signer who originated it as a sug-
gestion for fall or winter coat. This
coat would be lovely developed In
dark colored satin and embroidered in
a lighter shade. or vice versa, as
GUNNER travelling or motor coat
Pongee or shantung. silk jersey cloth
or heavy linen might also be used for
1t IL preferred.
This coat has a number Of unusual
features. the most prominent being its
freedom from fastenings. It is q Slip
over model. The belt is attached
across the back section, the front ends
being loose. SO that the coat may be
slipped easily over the head, the belt
Evening star., 1918-06-18
TO RESTRICT OVERSEAS MAIL.
Orders From Omcer in Command
Must Be Presented at Post Office.

Tho War Department announces
that. because Of the congestion Of the
railroads In France. no exception can
be made to tho recent requirement
that persons desiring to ship parcel
post packages to soldiers overseas
must present at the post once an
order from the major or higher ofacer
commanding the unit to which the
soldier Is attached. This rule also
applies to persons abroad attached
to the Y. NJ. c. A, Red Cross and
similar organizations.
The department said that relatives
and friends of the soldiers will find
it possible to do a greater service
to the men by sending them money
for the purchase of articles in France
than by forwarding articles. as most
supplies can be obtained there.
Evening star., 1918-06-18
OflntereSt TO Women
THE CHINESE TUN1C IS POPULAR

the ordinary commercial buyer could
never reach because he knows nothing
about them.
Evening star., 1918-06-18

The Straight Chinese Blouse.
Take the sketch as an example of
what the designers are drawing from
China.
of white chiffon banded with blue
chiffon. There are two long slashes at
each side of the front and back.
through which is slipped q Chinese
blue silk girdle. It may be tied in
Evening star., 1918-06-18
New York's White Way Relighted

NEW YORK, June 1s.-An order
permitting resumption Of normal
street and display lighting, which
have been curtailed as the precau-
tion against possible enemy air raids
since German submarines became
active of the Atlantic coast, was is
sued by the police department late
yesterday. As a result, the metropoli-
tan great white way" blazed last
night with old-time brilliancy.
Evening star., 1918-06-18
20 Families Made Homeless by Fire

LAWRENCE. Mass, June 1s.-
Twenty families were burned out ir
a fre in the tenement district near
the center Of the city yesterday. The
blaze started in woodward and
spread rapidly until at one time nine
buildings were afire. The loss wa.
LRhout $4,000
Evening star., 1918-06-18

CHINESE BLOUSE MADE FROM
ONE WIDTH OF WHITE CHIFFON
BANDED WITH BLUE CHIFFON.
THE GIRDLE RUNS THROUGH
SLASHES IN THE FRONT AND
BACK.
bow at the back. Japanese fashion, or
IT may be pulled through the button
holes, loosely, and knotted at the side.
If you don't care for holding in the
blouse at the back, omit the button
holes and let it drop as a panel. This
square Of chiffon. which goes over the
shoulder without fastening, is dropped
over a low-necked blouse Of white lace
which has short sleeves.
Evening star., 1918-06-18

ends being drawn forward and but
toned as indicated. It Is open frol
hem to waist lins~on both sides. tn,
buttons and buttonholes being purel
decorative, although they may be ar
ranged to hold the coat together ii
such an arrangement Is preferred.
The coat as designed has an elon-
gated back collar, really a small cape
and this may be used or omitted.
A coat that slips over the head is
something decidedly new, but for
motor or travel wear especially such
a coat has many advantages over the
conventional open-in-front garment.
1t completely protects the garment
over which it is worn, and is always
shipshape and snug
II designed for wear during the fall,
this coat would be very smart de-
veloped in one of the rough wool
plaids that are being shown for fall,
both in dress and coat materials.
Plain color might be used for sleeves
and cape facing and for the wide belt.
Evening star., 1918-06-18

Swift & Company's Sales Of Fresh
beef in Washington, D. c.. for the week
ending Saturday, juno Is. 1918, aver
aged 22.12 cents per pound--Adver-
tfsement
The Washington herald., 1918-10-31
10000, 900 WOMEN
In INDUSTRIES OF u. S.
Twenty-Five Per Cent More Employ.
ed Since Beginning of War.

American women are doing their
share toward winning the war, the
Y. W. c.. A. War Work Council rep
resentatives announced here last
night in an emphatic deniaf of tho
statements of Miss J. Z. Allen of the
Du Pont Powder Company. printed
in a New York paper Tuesday. de-
cIaring that only ffteen per cent OF
the employees of that Company were
American women.
AS a matter of fact" the denial
says, there are now 100000 wom-
en- in industry in America, an in
crease of at least twenty-five per
cent since the outbreak OF the war.
Statements of the kind made by
Miss Allen are very misleading and
spread many false impressions. The
replacement of men by women in
industry in this country must neces-
sarily be slow for several reasons.
The first reason is that the war la
Dor policy OF this country has in
sisted that the principle of equal
pay for equal work must be ad-
hered to. something that is not done
in England. American women too,
are not used TO work as are the
majority of middle class women of
Europe, and many prejudices have
to be overcome. This nation has un-
dergone a remarkable transforma- :
tion and the most remarkable phase
of this transformation is the part
played by American women"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-31
NEW LOEW'S PALACE
THEATER ALL READY
Opens Monday with Pickford Film
House Seats 5000.

Loew's Palace theater, newest ad-
dition to Washington's amusement
enterprises, at Thirteenth and +
streets northwest. has been complet-
ed. and the management will throw
open its doors Monday night.
The new structure is not only
finer than any other controlled by
the Marcus Loew circuit, but is
accredited with being one Of the
most representative houses of its
kind in the entire country. With a
seating capacity of 5000. exceeding
that of any other Washington thea
ter. it also lays claim to being the
most beautiful
While the plans OF the manage
ment for the immediate future pro-
vide for the showing only of extra
ordinary first-run motion pictures,
the stage and house are so equipped
that even the most elaborate dra-
matte production can be presented.
The production arranged for the
opening week Is Johanna Enlists,"
an appealing patriotic feature in
which Mary Pickford has the chief
role. The gigantic electric sign
just placed over the entrance on F
street, the most striking of its kind
off Broadway, is already flashing
ing this announcement nightly.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-31
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS, Use SALTS
If your Back hurts or Bladder
bothers drink lots of
water.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you
keep your bowels clean, by flushing
them with a mild. harmless salts
I which removes the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them to their
normal activity. The function of the
kidneys is to filter the blood. In "A
hours they strain from it 500 grains
of acid and waste, so we can readily
understand the vital Importance of
keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of water-you cans drink
too much; also get from any pharma
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast each morning for
a few days and your kidneys will act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys: also to
neutralize the acids in urine so 1t no
longer Is a source of irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which every one
| should take now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active, Try
this. also keep up the water drinking.
and no doubt you will wonder what
became of your kidney trouble and
lbackache.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-31
URGES BETTER
COAL HANDLING
D. c. Weights Bureau Head
Advocates Improved
Distribution.

Better facilities for the distribution
of coal are advocated by George NJ
Roberts, superintendent of the Bu-
/ reau of Weights and Measures for
the District. in his annual report for
! the fiscal year ended June 30. 1918
The report states that the establish
1 ment and operation of coalyards by
! the District is not deemed necessary
! at present. The reason which Is
given for this is that majority OF
the householders have needed the re-
quest OF the Fuel Administration and
laid In their supplies for the COM
ing winter. 1t is suggested, how
ever. that, should private enterprise
fail in the distribution of fuel, 1t
would be a good thing for the Dis
trict to go into the coal business.
Coal Dealers Praised.
In the report the local retail coal
dealers are praised for having ad-
hered 10 the regulations regarding
weights and measures
The action of some dealers hand
ling ice in the recent shortage is
called "high-hsnded and despicable."
While the majority of the old-es-
tablished ice firms in the city OBJ
served the regulations. still there
were many hucksters and others who
took advantage of the situation to
give short weight and charge higher
prices. The whole ice situation is
reviewed in the report as being de-
cidedly unfavorable. F-..
The work of the bureau during the
last year was greater than ever be-
fore, according to the report. The
immense increase in population. due
to the war, the high cost of living
and the changing hands of various
business enterprises are given as the
principal reasons for this.
Concerns engaged in the sale of
foodstuffs have been watched par
ticularly during the last year to see
that no unfair advantages have been
taken over war workers here. Many
cases have been investigated by the
department, in which II was claimed
that the weights-and-mea law
had been violated. All such cases
have been carefully considered and
prosecutions instituted in many OF
them.
There have been thirty-eight prose-
cutions. Fines or forfeitures amount
ing to S445 have been imposed in thir-
ty-three cases and five cases are
now pending before the courts.
The scales used by druggists in
compromising prescriptions have been
thoroughly examined. In most cases
it was found that the scales used
were standard. Gasoline supply sta
tions have been inspected. and a
marked Improvement in measuring
devices was found.
According to the report, the main
building OF the Municipal Market at
the foot of Eleventh street has been
completed and occupied Repairs
have been made to the Eastern and
Western markets