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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

Gown of deep green velours de laine
with four tassels holding down long
streamers. Short-waisted Zouave
Jacket and long, tight skirt.
1t must be admitted, however, that
these things are well done in the
gowns of the hour when they are han
died with skill by deXterous fingers
the hands of those not entirely great,
the result would be catastrophe.
Popular Dangling Ornaments.
Fringe is probably responsible for
this epidemic of pendants that hang
from the surface of our clothes. The
moment that the former primitive
adornment was accepted by us, the
designers began to drop ornaments on
the edges of cloth until we were in
danger of looking like Civil War chan
deliers.
These should not only. be Hoover
lied; they should be banished as nom
essentials. 1t is the part Of the re-
porter to speak of them at length be-
cause they are part and parcel of the
hours novelties. but they are not to
be approved merely because someone
has led the world to wear them. There
are times and places, or rather, fig
ures and fabrics, on which the tassel
and the pOmpon make a good appear
ance, but speaking by and large, they
are a nuisance.
There are frocks from the most
serious houses in France that have
small worsted tassels dangling from
the sides of the skirt panels and run
ming up the back of the sleeves from
elbow to wrist and there a few gowns
at the best American houses that have
long, swinging panels pointed or cut
off in a straight line and finished with
tasselS of heavy silk floss.
If one is going to use this kind of
ornamentation, it is the better part of
wisdom, as well as conservation. to
adopt the floss, and not the worsted.
The extraordinary fantasies to which
silk floss has lent itself this season,
cause no end of surprise, and whether
it takes on the form and appearance
of ostrich feathers or merely dam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

Do not turn to look after any per
son. or talk or laugh so as to attract
attention.
miss Reilly will answer in this
column all questions on matters of ETH
quette addressed to her in care Of this
paper. If personal reply is desired,
enclose a Scent stamp.)
I. L. H: 1t would be very nice-for
you to send flowers to greet your
friend upon her return and am sure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07
WOULD Join GERMANY
Disposition in London To Allow the
Change To Be Made.

sition here to agree with the sugges-
ton of Austrian Foreign Minister
Bauer that German-Austria necessari-
ly must join the confederation of Ger
man states, inasmuch as reorganiza-
ton of the Austrian empire is impos-
sible. Unless German-Austria does
make a move she will be left in an ex-
tremely difficult geographical and
economic position.
The truly German portion of Austria
that surrounding Vienna and bor-
dering the Alps-contains less than
100000 Inhabitants. Only these
would join with Germany. 1t is re-
garded as likely to stir up future trou-
BILE if these people should make a pro-
posal for such a union at the peace
conference, and it should be rejected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

New York-The French frocks this
season showed tasse1s. and the Amer
lean ones showed pompons. 1t is an
other bit of interior decoration that
has broken out on the surface of
women'S clothes along with gallOons,
tapestry embroidery and tiny nail
heads.
Exactly why the designers COM
bined clothes and the home, no one
knows; but it is evident that the in
terror decorators threw a glamour
over the seasons output of apparel.
A woman who carelessly followed a
few of the leading features. would
look like first cousin to a large up
holStered chair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

giles from a skirt as it would from a
chair, it looks far better than any
other kind of shredded fabric.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07
TALK OF FOOD SUPPLY
Berlin Official of American Associa.
ton Called by Hoover.
(By the Associated Press.l

(By the AssOciated Press.1
Berlin, Dec. Arthur E. Dunning,
secretary of the American Association
of Commerce and Trade of Berlin has
been summoned to Spa (former head
quarters where the armistice commits
sion has been in SESSION. for the pur-
pose of comforting with the American
military authorities and Herbert c.
Hoover, the food administrator. The
Berlin organization which Mr.. Dun
ming representsy had placed itself at
the disposal of the United States gov
eminent in connection with the pro-
posed food relief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

she would greatly appreciate your
thoughtfulness. Send little note with
the flowers telling Der how happy you
are that she is home again and ex-
pressing a wish to see her soon.
E.: Why not have all the guests
play cards as some of them do not
dance? 1t is too bad you and your
'chum have had a disagreement after
such a long friendship. Why not ask
her to talk things over with you and
try to come to an understanding. Life
is too short for petty quarrels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07
40 MILLION TO VOTE
Germany Will Have a Big Election
$4,000, 900 Women.

Berlin, Dec. by the end of the
month there will be between $1,000
900 and 100000 Germans on the
voting list, according to Berlin news
papers.
OF these $4,000, 900 are men. More
than 21,O00,0O0 are women. To this
list can be added 100000 war prison.
ers now abroad, who most likely will
vote in the next election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07
Bible Study BY Mrs. c. F. Menninger
Saturday Topeka

get to work again. I would urge you
to keep up your reading and study of
the lessons\ and then when we do be-
gin again it will be like a good, review
and the lessons will mean more than
they could have done otherwise. Next
weeks notes will be on Amos.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

course We are sorry to be interrupted
SO in our lessons by the quarantine,
but everything is suffering on account
get the Bible study notes each week
and keep them all together because
we will want them all when we once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07
DRESS
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE

The Introduction of Tassels Into the
Seasons Scheme Is of Doubtful Ar
tistic Value, But a Few Designers
Have Gone Quite Mad About Them
and Impressed Them Upon the
World,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

The summary sheet for the Kings
of Isreal fer today corresponds with
the summary in the State Journal of
last week. 1 want them placed on OPP
posite pages in your books SO we may
have them for constant reference. OF
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
G " "
FORGET 1T.
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS.


The Christmas tree is all alight be-
tween us and the trenches; beyond it
lies grevous fight and suffering and
stenches; this side of it are all things
good, and little folks are singing, and
over field and stream and wood their
joyous tones are winging. So let us
pull the curtain down on periscopes
and dying, and spread our smiles all
over town, and cut out sObs and sigh
ing. The little folks know naught Of
war, and little folks are happy; they
have no notion what it's for nor why
the kings are scrappy; and we know
no more than they do of the Outland-
ish reason; so let us sing: '"The skies
are blue, it is the Christmas season !"
So let US bring the turkey in and tote
in wood for mother, and polish up our
Christmas grin and try to love our
brother. The world is full of friend
ships yet, the world is filled with low
ing, and love outshines a coronet, and
sympathy beats showing. So let us
load the Christmas tree and let us
wear a posy and join the children in
their glee at ring-around-a-rosy -
Houston Post.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
The Milwaukee Electric
Railway & Light Go.

Passed by the Committee as not ncompatble with
the Natonal interest but without legality validity
worth or security. Opinion 70 A-2757
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
BY PEARL c. MILLER.

The whole world is a Christmas tree,
And stars it's many candles be-
The spirit of Christmas should be
one Of love, charity, sympathy and
hospitality. Christmas means the an
niversary of the birth of Christ, and
only the best impulses of the human
heart should characterize the season
Of rejoicing and giving.
Perhaps, when we are puzzled and
worried about our Christmas gifts, we
may not be wholly unselfish our
selves, or we may be striving to give
to him that hath. If you are doubtful
about the appreciation your little gift
may receive try giving it to someone
more needy, and the doubt will quick
ly vanish. Oftentimes the gifts most
easily selected and bestowed express
the trueSt spirit of giving. Cease to
give when it becomes q task, for it is
Not what we give, but what we SHARE
For the gift without the giver is bare
Is there a Santa Claus? The Ger
man named Krist Kindlein, Christ
child, finally became corrupted into
Kriss Kringle, a being now identified
with Santa Claus. Saint Nicholas, a
synonymous term, was Greek, who
died about 343 A. D. He was con-
sidered patron of the children and
good genius of the gift season. Santa
Claus means the spirit of Christmas.
The custom of hanging up stock
ings on Christmas eve originated in
England and was brought to this
country by the Pilgrim Fathers.
Decorations and music are indiSpen-
sable for the Christmas season, and
these are within the reach of all. 1t
is an ancient belief that the mistletoe
contains medicinal properties, and 1t
was supposed 20 have the power to
dispel any evil spirits.
Since Christmas symboliZes the
birth of the Christ child what a griev-
Gus custom it is to make the cOntrac-
ton Xmas stand for all that is so
good and beautiful. Surely we can
take time to write the word out fully
and portray a picture Of beauty and
dignity in commemoratiOn of the hOli-
day (hOly day).
Oh sing a carol joyfully,
The years great feast is keeping.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23

ess. It is, therefore, only partly q
a host for food is concerned, but ap-
parently none the less harmful on that
account. It secures from its host only
what the normal shrubbery plant de-
rives from the soil, namely, water and
certain necessary mineral constituents.
Imagine grapevine or a trumpet
creeper, while retaining it's foliage, to
sever connection with the soil and to
thrust rootlike outgrowths into the
body Of the tree to which it clings, in
order to absorb from the tree what
before it absorbed from the soil. This
would represent the relation which
mistletOe sustains to it's host"
1t Is interesting to note that there
are points of difference between the
American mistletoe and the European
mistletOe, to which such a wealth of
legend and romance attaches. But the
points Of difference are not import
ant, and the American is very like
the European mistletoe in it's appear
ance and it's habits of life. The name
"mistletoe' was long ago applied to
the mysterious parasitic European
shrub to which centuries later Lin
naeus gave the name viscum album.
Since that time related species have
been found in nearly all parts of the
world, especially in the warm coun-
tries. The family of mistletoes is
now known to be a large one, en-
bracing more than six hundred species.
1t has been written that in the course
Of botanical explorations in the west
ern hemisphere numerous representa-
tives of the family were found, and
among them was one which so close
ly resembled the original mistletOe
that it was given the generic name of
viscum, with the specific designation
of "faveScens," and one early bOtan-
zeal explorer, the celebrated Thomas
Walter, called the specimens which he
found in the Carolinas yiscum album,
under the impression that they were
Identical with the European plant.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
Parental Advice.

my boy, now that you are going out
into the world to make your mark, you
will probably have some love affairs"
eyes, dad"
but / ought to warn you particu-
larly against one type Of woman"
"And what sort is that, dad?"
1.-THE kind who says she is trying to
find herself. Ninety-nine out of
hundred men who join a woman in
that sort Of search come to grief soon
er or Observation-Disclosures Age-Her-
AID
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
HARVESTING TREES
An important Winter Industry in
New England.
BaIsam Fir Most Popular Because Of
Its Symmetry and Almost Perfect
Shape-shipped to Big East
ern Cities.
THROUGHOUT New

.oIv~ THROUGHOUT New
:: :: :: :: !: !: :; :: :: !:
ASXASNAl England, and especial
HH ASNA ly in Maine, where, q
R&$NgS study by the forest
EE$S9f service shows, balsam
.&G frs grow to best ad-
vantage, the annual
cutting and shipment of this ideal
Christmas tree is an important early
winter industry. Most of the hundreds
Of thousands Of tinsel-cOvered trees
that are set up each Christmas season
in the homes of Boston, New York and
Philadelphia are balsam frs, and many
of the selected specimens are even
shipped from their places of growth to
such cities as Baltimore, Washington,
Chicago and the cities of the middle
West
The reason for the great popularity
of the balsam fir as a Christmas tree
is it's symmetrical and practically per-
feet cOnical shape.
That the aid of this Christmas tree
par excellence in carrying out the Gus
tOmary observance of Christmas may
be had for number of seasons yet is
indicated by the report of the forest
service, which estimates that the total
stand of balsam fir throughout its
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23

range of commercial occurrence in the
United States is in the neighborhood
of 5,O0O,OOO,00O board feet. In addi-
ton there is larger quantity in Can
ada. There is a growing demand for
the woods, however, for a variety of
uses, and it is figured that something
like 175,OOO,OO0 board feet are being
Many thousands of feet of this cut go
to satisfy the Christmas demands.
But it is not only as the burden bear
er of gifts that the balsam fir contrib
uteS to Christmas observances. It also
serves in less easily recognized forms.
Its white, straight-grained wood has
come to be used more and more in the
manufacture of toys that hang from
the branches of it's younger fellows
and from the branches of the other
evergreens that are widely used in
many parts of the country. The wood
of the balsam fir is used to a large
extent, also, in the manufacture of
excelsior, of which thousands of tons
are used each holiday season for pack
ing gifts that are sent by express and
hail.
BalSam fir is the source, too, of the
wood from which are made many of
the food containers, such as fruit bas-
kets and butter boxes, in which ma
terials for the Christmas dinner are
brought to the market, the tasteless-
ness Of the wood making it unsur-
passed for such uses. Finally, the
balsam fir is being increasingly used
for the manufacture of paper, and
this, wrapped around thousands of
holiday packages, adds still another
chapter to the list of the trees almost
Indispensable usefulness as a factor
in Christmas observances.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
This SAFE 100 Note is
A Bargain
Investment

normal interest rate on 5-year, bond
secured Notes Of Wisconsin's largest and
strongest public utility company would be
between and percent Wartime cOndi-
tons compel this Company to pay percent
for new construction capital That is whv
we are offering per cent yearly interest for
five years use Of $3,6OO,OOO urgently needed
to finance plant expansion
Milwaukee is growing rapidly The Mil
waukee Electric Railway & Light Company
supplies substantially all of the Milwaukee
districts electric power light, heat and
transportation services Our service sys-
TENS MUST grow as the city grows.
Investors who buy our percent, 5-year,
bOnd-secured Gold Notes now on sale are
MAKING SURE OF A WARTIME INTER-
EST RATE on their money FOR THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS. They are getting
real BARGAIN--and they know it,
These Notes are issued in $780, $780, $500
and $1,000 sizes. The buyer of one $50 Note
is as welcome at our sales office as the buy
er of a dozen or hundred 81 900 Notes.
TERMS: Par for cash; no accrued inter-
est to pay; your Notes start earning per-
cent interest for you the day you buy them:
you draw interest twice a year; YOU get
your purchase money back in cash years
from date of purchase.
SALES OFFICE: Securities Department.
ground floor, corner Third and Sycamore
Streets PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING.
Telephone Grand 1913: Call "Securities De-
partment.
Out-of-tOwn buyers are asked to order
through your home banks; if you prefer to
order direct from the Company, Notes or
dered will be delivered to you through your
home banks, c. O. D.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
MistIetoe, Christmas Decoration,
Lives Off Other Trees.
Fastens itself Upon Host Where It
Thrives and Observation-Disclosures
Between American and Euro
pean Varieties.

sentimental, are being made to it..
Many boughs, branches and pendants
Of this beautiful and mysterious plant
other trees and now hang from chan
deliers, gas burners, door jambs or
other places where women and young
girls may pass beneath it.
A great deal has been learned about
mistletOe by the botanists, and yet
there is much about the curious plant
which the wisest men do not know.
The variety with which people are ac-
quainted is parasite, yet it is not
altogether a parasite.
William L. Bray, an investigator in
forest pathology for the Department
Washington Star:
"The plant is parasite. 1t fastens
itself upon it's host, the tree, pene-
trates it's tissue and draws nourish-
ment from it, deforming it and sap
ping it's vitality. Yet the mistletoe is
green, leafy plant; that is, it pos
sesses the pigment chlorophyll, which
gives the green color to normal veg
citation. Some of the tropical species
Of misletoe bear leaves as large as
those of the American elm.
"The presence of green leaves in
dicates that the mistletoe has the
power, which Independent green plants
everywhere possess, of constructing
organic foodstuffs, such as starch,
out of inorganic compounds-carbon
dioxide and we ter-utilizing sunlight
as the source OF energy in the proc
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
Another Feminine Industry.

"Girls wanted for mems neckwear,"
reads the advertisement of a depart
ment store. But we imagine that
man would be uncomfortable wearing
q girl around his neck.-New Orleans
States.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23

Unkindest Cut Of All,

VHKTNueSL OUT OF AIIs
"What's Dodsworth so mad about?"
"You know he weighs approximate
" two hundred pounds, and prides
himself on being every inch a man?"
"Of course"
"Well, some spiteful person sent
him wrist watch for Christmas
present"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
2n1kh

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
South.
Chicago passenger ------- 5:2S a. m.
Chicago pasSenger------- :07 a. M
Chicago ssenger------ 1870 p. HI.
GAINESVILLE passenger-- 7:15 p. M
5:2S a. N. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both 11:07 a. N. and 7:15 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay nger-------7:65 q. N.
Green Bay, Sundays only----8:10 a. N.
Green Bay passenger----2: AZ p. m.
Northern Michigan----- 80 p. m.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertOwn at $40 a. m. and goes no
farther.
The 1855 a. m. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 1:30 train south makes connec-
lions at Jefferson Junction for points
east
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. M
*Daily.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23

Juvenile Sophistication.
81 told my youngest son there wasn't
any Santa Claus"
"Did he seem sorry?'
"No. Said he knew it all the time,
but was trying to keep it from ME so
as not to spoil my Christmas"
HIS SCHEME.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-03-02
ATTEND THE MASS MEETING,

Circulars have been distributed
announcing mass meeting to-
morrow morning at ten o'clock
when patriotic addresses will be
delivered and the Importance of
purchasing Thrift Stamps and
Liberty Bonds discussed by dis
tinguished visitors. On this oc-
casion Hon. Andre Lafargue Of
New Orleans who has recently
returned from France where he
represented the City of New Or
leans will be the principal speak
err. A. V. Coco and others are
also expected to make addresses.
In this Parish Hon. Edward j..
Estorge is the Director Of the
Thrift Stamp League and every
possible opportunity will be tax
en- advantage of to urge the citi-
zens to invest in the same as well
as the Third Liberty Bond Loan
The meeting promises to be one
largely attended. Everybody is
invited and urged to he present.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-03-02

sands Of barrels are out there ia
the bay and only for the taking.
A tax has been voted by our peo-
pie for the purpose of improving
our streets and the roads leading
to town in the outskirts. Should
it be gravel is to be used, the cost
of same and the transportation
charged bid fair to consume quite
sum. Could we not use these
shells? The cost of getting them
here, using oyster boats during
the summer months, would be but
a fraction of that to be paid for
rail transportation if gravel is to
be used. The necessity of I'M
proving our streets is manifest
to all and the sooner the better.
War condition prevent an early
completion in so far as the gravel
proposition goes? We cannot tell
when ears can be used for this
purpose. But on the other hand,
if our canal could be completed
to town, to the basin at the end
of East Dale Street. it would be
an easy matter to Get these shells
on our streets. 1t is unreasonable
to think. to hope, that our town
can 90 forward until something
is done for our highways either
those within tl"corporation or
those leading to the City. Good
shells and good roads will spell
success and when the stranger
visits MS. should we be in posi-
ton to show him something worth
while along the street line. he
will leave New iberia differently
than he does to-day.
Solely with view of having
things better for our people, are
these suggestions made. The
writer expects to live here the
rest Of his davs-wants to live
here. He has the welfare of this
community at heart. ~ n
and just cannot keep from "but-
ting I'M
A WE'LL WTSHER.