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Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
MAKING OVER THE DRESSES
Great Saving in Material by Remodel
ing Gowns for the Children
To Clean Velvet.

With material for dresses at pre-
MUM, the thrifty housewife will look
about for something to make over"
not only for herself, but for the chill
1ren of the household.
Sometimes there is y velvet dress
eft from last year or the year be-
fore. Velvet if at ell of a good quail
.ty wears very well.
The steaming process is very SIM
Gle and quite effective. Heat an Ordi-
nary iron and place 1t in tin or gram
tie pan. Wet towel and place over
the hot iron. The steam will immedi-
ately begin to pour out. Hold the
velvet close to the top of the pan, be-
ing careful not to allow the material
to touch the wet cloth. as contact with
this will make a spot that will be hard
to get out.
Use soft brush on the velvet nd
the time you are holding it over the
steam, always brushing it the same
way. Soon all the creases and
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

This attractive hat is Of black panne
velvet and shows the high, graceful
lines so popular this season. Ghoura
encircles the crown.
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lection. Another advantage about a
will Loo. quite all right for street
wear and going about the stores and
shops in the daytime it will also do
service for afternoon and evening
wear. It will serve to add warmth to
the simplest street frock and likewise
to protect the most elaborate of your
dreSs-up frOcks.
Moreover. cape can be worn over
an autumn or spring suit to very nice
advantage, although coat might not
slip over the sleeves Of suit. Hence,
you can make leftover light
weight suit suffice all winter If you
choose.
And there is another advantage. Diff
ficult as 1t is to make cheap capes
look well, you actually can make
cape at home without having it look
l.ome-madey, which is more than one
can say of most homemade coats. You
see, everything is in the material. and
you would be far wiser to put, say.
SIS or SIS in material of fine quality
from which to make a cape than to try
a ready-made wrap that you could buy
for that price.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
MACHINERY HELPS CUT WOOD
Done More cheapIy and Quickly Than
by Hand-Three-Man Outfit Is
Recommended.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Wood can be made into fuel much
more chcaply and quickly by machin-
cry than by hand. A three-man crew
will cut ten cords day with an out
fit consisting Of gasoline engine Of
six to eight horsepower, costing 1919
TO $500, and a 26-inch saw with its
frame. costing $75.
If double-action 5OO-pound power
splitter (cost 5000 is added to this
equipment, four-man crew will aver
age - to IS cords day sawed into
16-inch stove lengths and split ready
for use. This IS at the rate Of three
to four cords man in a day, while
by hand labor one to two corks cut
into four-foot lengths is the average.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
v'''EATl.ESS nhTIONS
TO FhTTENl POULTRY
Efficient Combinations for Max
ing Rapid Gains.
Commercial Feeders WI! Find tests
Made by Specialists Of AgricuI-
t.:rai DEPARTMENT Economical
for Producing Flesh.

prepared nv the United States Depart
n.ynt of Agricultural
Nh~atlr>S lu,ions for commercial or
coop 1l"&lint of young chickens for
market offers to commercial feeders
singElarly efficient and economical "a
items for rapid gains in weight. In
tess conducted by specialists of the
United States department of agricul-
turc Il ration composed of cornmcal
arh fresh hutteTmi'k, fed again and
ag,in throughout the whole feeding
season, produced in II days coop feed
every S.>S pounds Of wet feed con-
sunch. Sill better results were Cb-
tanned With distilers' grains. In the
tests the highest and cheapest gains
were made by birds having an initial
weight Of two pounds or less.
The tests were made under cOmuler-
cial rather than farm methods of poul
try feeding. The aim Of the CONNER
ciab feeder IS to increase the flesh OF
young birds rapidly and economically
in a brief period after they are re-
ceivcd from the farms, and this neces-
states the use Of coops, which allow
the chickens little exercise and regular
and abundant feeding under clean con-
ditions. 1t calls for special equipment
and for use Of time and employment
of labor to a degree not possible on
most farms.
Three rations were used in the ex-
periments. Rations A, consisting of
100 pounds of cornmeal and 127 pounds
of water, after two weeks feeding
period, gave gain of 5 per cent of the
Initial weight. Ration B, consisting
of 100 pounds of cornmeal and $50
pounds of fresh butterlnilk, after a
feeding period of the same length, gave
a gain of 3O.41 per cent Of the Initial
weight. Ration c, consisting O. Is
pounds of cornmeal, 25 pounds ',2ied
distillers' grain (corn) and $50 p ;nds
fresh buttermilk, gave during this ed
ing period gain Of SOL per cent the
initial weight. The amount of we: eed
required to produce gain 0. one
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

Scene: An American home some
where in the United States.
Family reading the latest war news
from the front. Mother, dad and sis
ter Sue thinking about the big part
Brother Bill is playing in the great
game over there.
B-b-b-b-ling! The telephone rings
Dad takes up the phone Central
asks If you are there and then hooks
up the connection. After an instant
comes a familiar voice:
Hello, hello! Is that you, Dad!
. This Is Bill"
swell, well, boy, where are your
Just got in from ramming another
hole through the Hindenburg line.
Got the Hun on the run. Feeling
great. Good luck; good-by"
If Kaiser Bill had delayed pulling
down the roof on the house of the
world few years longer it is quite
likely such scenes would have been
possible, says a writer in the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger. Fathers and
mothers would have been able to talk
to their sons in the PARKWAY military
camps here at home. They could
have cOnversed with them thousands
of miles out at sea while the great
gray ships were conveying the boys
over the blue. They could have heard
the voice Of the boy from the battle
Scared fields Of France and Flanders.
Radio-telephony at the beginning of
the world war had just about reached
the practical stage where it was to
take its place with autobiography
as one one of the marvelS Of the age.
One year after Mars Embossed his guns
the human voice was projected across
the Atlantic Ocean-frOm Arlington,
Va. 20 the Eiffel tower in Paris. In
telliglble speech was transmitted also
from New York city to Pearl Harbor
in firaway Hawaii. close to 5000
niles, or further than from New. York
to Paris. Rome or Vienna. or from
New York to the North Pole.
Scientifically demonstrated as a
feasible proposition, the wireless tele-
phone was about TO ne commercial;zed
when the war interviewed. Fathers
and mothers Of America. could talk to
their sons in France today as out
lined above were the facilities avail
able. But man has had to devote all
his endeavOrS TO the overthrow of
militarism, and as a consequence the
peaceful developments of the scientific
world have been held in abeyance I'M
til the time when the beast of carnage
shall have been Gagged and the human
family take up again the wonders of
the new era.
War i1astens Development.
The war. if anything, however has
but fastened the universal utilization
Of radio-telephOny. While the world
is engrOsSed in the titanic struggle
from Belgium to Switzerland, it has
not had time to note all the remark
able progress that has been accom-
plished in the conversion of the
Theoretical" to the ''practicar'-the
dream turned reality.
Aviation was hazardous game in
America before the war-scOffed at
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
CAPES FOR WINTER
Warm, Roony Garments Are
Sure to Be in High Favor.
Will Do Good Service for Afternoon or
Evening Wear and Protect Most
Elaborate Frocks.

The problem of planning your win
lei wardrobe this autumn is not only
, one of style and becomingness. 1t Is
actually one of planning to keep
. warm, for undoubtedly with a mini
mum of artificial heat in our houses
and a minimum of wooden clothes on
the market, good warm clothes will be
in great demand and will be according
~ high in price, comments fashion
correspondent.
Now, if you are wondering about
your next winters wrap you cannot
dc better than to decide on cape or n
cape coat. There was danger last win
ter when they were first launched and
taken up enthusiastically among well
dressed women in the larger cities that
they would be run to the ground be-
fore this autumn came around. But
they weren't. The public did not grasp
the idea with such mad enthusiasm
that they were ready to cast it aside
In a few months. In fact, the price of
capes was too considerable to permit
this to happen, and the price has re-
NAMED fairly high because a cape re-
quires quite little material and it Is
the sort of garment in which really
inferior fabric cannot be camouflaged
by the cut and design into looking
smart. The success Of a cape depends
on actual quality, not on skillful ma
nipulation or designing of the ma
terial.
And now manufacturers of wOmen's
clothes and dressmakers say that capes
ere to be in the best favor this win
ter. So far as style is concerned you
will not 60 wrong in making this Sc
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
Correct Standing Position.

Correct Standing Position.
Practice this standing position If you
want to grow straight and tall Place
your heels nearly together, the toes
pointed slightly outward. the legs rigid,
the trunk and head well erect, and the
shoulders somewhat back, so that the
chest can expand freely. The arms
should hang easily ut the sides. the
fingers slightly bent with the thumbs
In front You wiz! feel self-cOnsciOus
at first when standing correctly, because
the more unnatural the position seems
to you, the more incorrect your stand
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
In dealing with the diseases Of hogs,
preventive measures must be most re-
lied on. The animals must be given
Cry and well-ventilated quarters, which
must be kept clean. Contrary to COM
mon belief, hogs have some habits
which raise them above other dOmes-
tic animals from the standpoint OF
cleanliness. For example, unless COM
Ielled to do so. hog will not sleep in
its own filth. If a part of the floor Of
the pen is raised and kept we'll bedded
with straw, while the rest Is not, all
excrement will be left on the Embedded
portion of the floor and the bed itself
will be always clean.
Attention to Feed.
In addition to cleanliness, close at
tantion should be given to the feed,
so that nothing may be fed that will
convey the germs Of disease, especial
~ tuberculosis, to the herd. II the
hogs are fed milk in any form OBJ
tanned from cows kept upon the same
farm, the COWS should be subjected to
the tuberculin test. If they run with
the dairy cattle Of the farm, tuber-
crliin test of all the cattle is none the
less desirable. Animals dead from any
disease should not be fed to the hogs
until the meat has been made safe
by cooking. Skim milk or refuse from
pubic creamery should not be fed
tc hogs until 1t has been thoroughly
stcrili2ed.
Feeding and drinking places should
he clean and the water supply pure.
Unless the origin is known to be I'M
contaminated and there has been no
possibility of infection during its
ctrlrSi hogs should not be allowed &C
cess to any stream. WallOws should
be drained out and kept filed up as
much aS possible. At least once a
month the quarters should be diSin-
fccted with air-slakcd lime or Il 5 per
cent solution Of crude carbOlic acid.
These precautions will be found valu-
ch'c aids in the destruction Of the va
ricUs animal parasites. rs we'll as a
protection from some more serious
troubles.
Danger of inbre eding.
Willie inhraadin- is. the sureSt and
quickest means to fix type, it should
be rcsnrtcd to with the greatest care.
The value of the system is that it en-
:.hlc' Ill" breeder 10 intensity desira.
bic characteristics in Il herd and
l1;tI."s Improvement pnSSible in
shorter ti,lr than where selection
a!on" i; used. 1t stands to reason
that If desirable characteristics can be
intensified. iii" sam" will he true Of
undesirable ones. Much Ot the disaS-
ter which seems to have followed in
breeding has nrobatly been due to the
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
DRAWN-IN LOOK AT BODICE
Effect Is Quaint and Regarded as
Prime Necessity if the Frock Is
to Be Smart.

Nearly all the smartest frocks of the
fall have Il narrow, rather drawn-in
look about the bodice. 1t gives a
quaint effect, which is the prime neces-
sity at the present moment if the
frCck is to be smart.
Black satin Is combined with blue
g;,bardine in a very youthful way. The
main part of the gown is made OF
blue serge. The waist extends at the
front over the skirt into long
square tab ON each side. This gives
the coat effect. (Of course it is neces-
sary to give the coat effect.) The tab
has large button of serge in the mid
die at the end Over this turns q
small rever of black satin.
Black satin fills in the front of the
waist and forms long apron in front.
The sash made Of it is quite full, and
after being folded generously around
the waist, ties in Il large bow ut the
back with ends about half way down.
A roll collar and cuffs are made Of
seal fur.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

Ing position has been in the past. Prac-
tice for a while at home until the po-
sition will become as natural to you as
breathing. An incorrect standing or
sitting position is responsible for a
multitude Of ills. both beauty and Or
ganic. This is due to the fact that
the entire organic system is thrown
out of place and so cannot perform its
work properly.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
Not Afraid Of Hanuman.

There are said to be about 10000
Czecho-Slovak troops in single group
with the italian army. They were
trained near the hill town Of Perugia,
and then moved to the battle front.
They are mostly deserters from the
Austrian army, and their uniform
cheerfulness, in view of the fact that
a hangman's rope possibly awaits
them, should they be captured. is re-
markable. But Italy is taking no
chances with these invaluable addi-
lions to her fighting force. who, though
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
He Takes the Blue One.

OF course you've heard about the
hardworked guy whose job was to
pick the blossoms off the family CEN
fury plant; the bloke who sticks the
spots on dOuble-blant dominOes and
tie culprit whose life work is making
bird seed for cuexoo clocks. but the
champeen, dOuble-bowknotted, floatin
axled and vulcanized war lOafer is the
cuss who said he was doing war work
by picking up the stitches his wife
dropped when she knitted.-IndianapO
lis Star.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

! fact that this point was overlooked
! or given only slight Importance, and
thus loss of vitality and constitution
and susceptibility to disease have fol-
loved. Therefore if the young breed
er cOntemplates inbreeding, he should
avoid matings that tend to unite SINH
lar defects. Not only should care be
taken to prevent this in the animals
mated, but there should be no chance
Of bad effects due to the inheritance
Of undesirable characteristics from
parents and other ancestors. Some Of
the greatest work ever done In hog
breeding has been based on these prin-
clples.
The straight corn diet, which many
hogs receive from one years end to
the other also lessons vitality, and the
researches Of the Wisconsin expert
ment station have shown that this Is
probably brought about by retarding
the development of the vital organs.
a minimum Of inbreeding and varied
diet. including, especially for breeding
stock. ample range. will therefore bet
ter enable the herd to resist the at
tacks Of disease.
Advantage Of Isolated Hog Houses.
The advantage of a number of small
/ portable houses, each accommodating
few hogs, rather than one large pig
gerry for the entire herd has been re-
ferred to previously. In districts
where cholera Is prevalent these are
undoubtedly the best shelters. They
make it more difficult to carry con-
tagion to all animals in the herd, and
the destruction of one Of them in case
expense. An added advantage is that
they may he moved from place to
place as needed. While more work
is necessary in feeding, the convent
cnce and safety from their use more
than offset this disadvantage.
Quarantine Restrictions.
Whenever any animals are brought
to the farm, or when animals are
brought from shows or from neighbOr-
ing farms, they should he kept apart
from the rest Of the herd for at least
three weeks. If they have been ex-
posed to hog cholera or swine plague
the diseases Will be manifested with
in this time, and the sick animals can
be treated or killed and disposed of
at once.
If cholera breaks out in the neigh
bOrhOOd the farmer should maintain
! strict quarantine against the infect
e. herds He should refrain from Wis
its to farms where they are located.
and should insist on requiring that his
neighhOrS stay out of his hog lots.
Dogs. cats, crows and buZzarls may
carry the infection from farm to farm
and should be guarded against as far
as possible.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

they wear the italian graygreen uni
form. carry on their collars the stripes,
red and white, Of their national Bo-
hemian colors. They are to be used
only when Italy strikes her next
blow, and can advance instead of re-
tire. Judging by the way things are
going for Austria, the smiling. singing
Bohemians ought soon to be finding
their hands full.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
BAGS PRETTIER THAN EVER
Patriotic Sock Bag In Colors Of Red,
White and Blue-Beads and
Japanese Pattern.

Many an eye will recognize the once
popular bag Of crocheted silk bright
ened by cut steel beads in fringe and
tassels. Since it is a patriotic sock
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
Spread Manure in Fail.

Manure for the garden had hest be
spread in the fall. The same is true
with lime. If lime is needed It may
be applied just following the plow-
ing.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
Manless Bombing Plane Invented.
Iacnh Woicho,r,, ~ C;po;,ro+; nh;

jacob WelSbaum Of Cincinnati. Ohio
has invented what he calls the "Weis-
baum manless bombing plane" He
claims the machine. without the aid Of
human hands after 1t leaves the
ground. can he propelled through the
air at terrific speed toward an objec-
tive upon which it will automatically
release death-dealing bombs.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
Unknown Ten
YearSAgo,Wire-
less Telephone
Is Now WIDELY
Used on the
Battle Fronts

OW would you like to
take up the telephone in
the seclusion Of your IL
brary and talk to your
son on the battlefields of
France something on
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

Woman suffrage was approved at the
convention of the Minnesota State Bar
association.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

Japanese claim to have invented
matches that will tight perfectly even
when wet.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09
Riuht Feed for Cows,

The cows must be fed on fOOdstuffs
that will not carry faint to the milk.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

Thoroughly dry bran will quickly
cleanse the finer velvet and wooden
fabrics.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-06
TAX
TO BE TOLD
Returns Must be Made to Uncle Sam
II You Come Under Provisions
Of This New Law Of
War Times.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Feb. 6.-Some-
body is going to tell on you il you
don't pay your income tax. Congress
has fixed it so that somebody must
tell whether he wants to or not.
One section Of the war income tax
law, exhaustively comprehensive in
scope, requires every person, without
exception, and every corporation, part
nership, association, and insurance
company in whatever capacity acting,
who paid $500 or more to another per-
son corporation, partnership, associa-
ton, or insurance company. as interest
rent, salaries wages premiums annu-
tiles compensation. remuneration, en-
oluments, or other fixed or determin-
able gains, profits. and income, to re-
port the name and address Of the per-
son, corporation, partnership, associa-
ment was made, together with the
amount of the payment, to the commits
sioner Of internal revenue at Washing
ton. using form prescribed for the
purpose-Form 1899, now to be had
from all collectors offices. The forms
must be filled out and returned on or
before March 1, 1918, accompanied by
Form 1895, which is letter of trans
initial and affidavit certifying the &C
curacy Of Form 1899.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-06
HOME SERVICE
WORK is YOURS
II This Department Of Red Cross Can
Aid You, You Have
Only to AK

A clause In the Red Cross charter
designates the society as "a medium
OF communication between troops in
tho field and their families at home"
This feature of the Red Cross work
Is being more and more developed.
Soon Red Cross representatives will
be in the camps to keep families in
formed OF the condition and progress
of men who are in hospitals or can
not for any reason, write his family.
At the other end Of the line the Red
Cross has established home service
departments which will serve the
families Of enlisted men in any way
they can.
In this community. SO large per
centage Of the population have mem
bersh1p in the Red Cross that 1t is in
truth your Red Gross. You have the
right to use It, If the home service
section, 20 North Fifth street, can
help you, you have the right to claim
their aid
At present this bureau has thrown
its special energies into an attempt
to reach men In military service and
urge upon them the desirability Of
taking out war insurance. There is
still time before February IL for men
who enlisted prior to October 10, 1917
to make their application for insur-
ance Any man who enlisted after
October 18th has 100 days from day
of enlistment to make an application.
Then his chance is lost Tell the men
or women in war service not to ne
glect this important duty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-06
PERSONALS

Chas. F,alkner Of Drumheller, Can
ada, is visiting his brother and
friend, VIM. School. Mr.. Folker was
a former resident Of this city and has
not been here for eighteen years. and
Is pleased to meet his old friends.
John Kaut, Jr., is home for the
week end, visiting his wife, 306 Ex-
change.
G. l.. Roth Of Portland, Ore, came
in Monday evening for a short visit
with old friends. Mr.. Roth at one
time was a resident Of Keohuk, but
moved to the western state sixteen
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Anton OF Los
Angeles, Cal, left this morning for
st. Louis, after visit with Mr.. and
Mrs G. c. Sharp. Mr.. Anton is Mrs.
Sharp's nephew.
Private G. G. Bartholomew OF Co.
L, 133rd infantry, Camp Cody, who
was here on ten day furlough, has
returned to camp, after a pleasant
visit with his wife and parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. r. Bartholomew.
Mrs. Hila Cory, formerly Of the
White Elk vineyard. has returned
from Orcas, Wash. and is located at
the Iowa hotel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-06
CITY NEWS.

Information was filed against Fred
Fernandez, Mexican, last night and
he was taken into custody this morn
ing. He Is being held at the city Jail
awaiting trial.
Catherine Angeline. the six
months old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. r. Shelly of Cedar Rapids. passed
away at the home OF her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. SAMSON, 600 Elk
change street, this morning at
o'clock. The little child is survived
by her father and mother and one Sis
ter, Lillian Lenore.
Eastern Star: Regular meeting OF
Elmira chapter No. 40, o. E. s., Thurs
day evening, Feb. 7, 1918 at 1880
O'Clock. Visiting members fraternally
invited. BY order of the w. M. Mrs.
L. N. Hahn. secretary.
ID. A. G. Hancock Of New Boston,
passed away at his home last evening
after a short illness Of pneumonia,