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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
They Watch the Weather and
Draw the Blinds But Refuse
to Be Panic Stricken.
MANY DON'T SEEK SHELTER
Buses and Subway Trains Operate as
Usual and Club Men Sit Calmly
Under Glass Roofs-only the
Foreign Element Frightened.
BY o

I.ondon.-The thick London fog,
often referred to in America, is n of
the British capitals chief projections
from air raids by the Huns. II 1t is
n foggy or misty night the ~searchlights
of Zeppelins cannot reach their long
| fingers of light to the earth and pick
out the English coast or find their way
70 London. Airplanes, likewise are
bafled. So a thick fog gives a sense
of security and one buys a ticket to a
theater with far more cheerfulness
than on a moonlight night when the
air is clear.
The weather has attained a new
sphere as a topic of conversation. One
Londoner may greet another with
swell. it looks like a good night for a
raid" if the evening is fair. More
than a hundred bombings have taught
| the Londoner to expect a raid on such
nights. He considers it lucky If none
occurs.
"Blinds must be drawn at $3.50 p.
m. today" runs a line In the daily
napers. AS summer approaches the
hour is made later, to correspond with
dusk. And the blinds are drawn. Ho-
tel maids are instructed to attend to
this promptly. Hotels also have pla-
/ cards warning guests that police will
hold them responsible If a light shows
from their window.
Buses Operate as Usual. z
All London does not take to cover
when an air raid is on. During a re-
cent raid. when bombs were being
dropped and bits of shrapnel fell full
sumely. the auto busses, with their
woman conductors, operated as usual.
And there were passengers. British
ers do not regard the air raids with
fear. People in the street get under
| cover. If it is handy, so as not to be
hit by falling %shrapnel. But they 90
not dash madly to shelter or push or
lam their way into safety in the
underground railway stations. The
subway trains are operated as usual.
| ONLY the foreign element, largely en-
ployed in munition factories, has be-
come frightened. Many of these have
moved into safety zones.
AS an instance of afraid boredom
a British officer on leave, was on his
way to his hotel room when the
warning TO take cover was sounded.
"What are you going to do?' he was
asked. "Do?' he echoed. Hell. I'm
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

The slip-over blouse and others that
have the appearance of slip-overs but
fasten on the shoulder, have been
steadily increasing in popularity and
their chances for becoming a feature
In fall styles are excellent. So far the
slip-overs have been developed in
~georgette crepe almost to the exclu-
sion of other materials, but it is GER
tain that they will be made in more
substantial silks for fall. Some OF
them have a short peplum and are
belted down with narrow belts of silk
or patent leather, but these are few
In comparison with the number that
are made regulation blouse length
that is, disappearing under the skirt
at the waistline.
For ~georgette s~lip-overs, small pat
terms in brilliant bead embroidery are
so effective that nothing has supplant-
ed them for decorative purposes.
Bright colors, as emerald green, blue,
gold and rose, are chosen for many OF
the blouses with peplums. They hang
fairly straight and are belted in. Their
lines and beadwork are reminiscent of
American Indian art and they continue
to be at once simple and very dressy.
With q blouse of this kind and q silk
or satin skirt, one may dress up to the
requirements of almost any wartime
function.
The blouse shown in the picture Is
one of those that has the appearance
of a slip-over, but open on one Shout
der to allow it to slip over the head.
It hardly needs description, since it is
plain, except for three single box
plaits in the %georgette at the front
and back. Between the plaits at the
front there are two conventional How
err motifs outlined in coiored silks.
Four small crocheted buttons are set
along the shoulders.
The second blouse is a model that
has proved successful made of SILK
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Awning Saved His Life.

Tulsa, Okla.-Harry Skoog, an EN-,
ployee of a caulking company, while
working in a fourth floor window of
an office building lost his balance and
fell out. A smarting crazy bone was
the sum of his injuries. An awning
had just been lowered beneath the
window. He lit on 1t and rolled to the
sidewalk, lighting on his feet. He had
struck his arm in the descent on q
flower pot IN q lower window.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Fertilizers From Wastes.

Industrial wastes furnished about 40
per cent Of the potash, 8 per cent of
the phosphoric acid, and 85 per cent
of the nitrogen used in this country
in 1915, according to a recent United
States department of agriculture pub
LEGATION. Fertilizers From Industrial
CWastes.'
The potash was obtained from such
wastes as tobacco stems, cottonseed
hulls, hardwood ashes, wool washings,
blast-furnace f1ue dust, cement fue
dust and sugar residues; the phos-
phoric acid from bones, shells, fish
scrap, basic Stag and other materials ;
and the nitrogen from wastes in the
manufacture of castor, linseed and fish
oils; from animal wastes, as blood,
hair, horns, hoofS and hides; from
leather and wool wastes, coke, and
many other substances.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Neokmear.i in Youthful Effects.

Spring brought in its wake many
bits of dainty neckwear-neckwear
which will bring that air of dash and
y~outhfulness that proves such an eff
fective weapon to the summer maid.
Straight from La Belle France the col
lar. vestee and cuff combination has
won the heart of feminine America. A
collar, vest and cuffs can be worn with
silk sweater, developed in black and
white; the set itself may be of polka
lot handkerchief linen in black and
yhite. Tiny crocheted buttons trim
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
cAMOUFLAGE NO GOOD HERE
Old Indian Fighter Tries Various
Methods of Regeneration in Eff
fort to Enlist.

Los Angeles.-Rush p. Sheddy, old
Indian fighter, f1fty-nine, was so anx-
ious to go "over there" that he dyed
his mustache, had all the kinks mas
saged out Of his muscles, invested
money in all other aids to %rejuvena-
ton he could think of and then started
the rounds o. the recruiting offices
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
INTERCEPT and
DESTROY FLIES
Half of Insect Pests Could Have
Been Kept Out of Country
by Quarantine.
FRUIT FLIES ARE BEAUTIFUL
Immense Losses Caused Annually to
Fruits and Vegetables of United
States Could Be Prevented
Precautions Being Taken.

More than half of the insect pests
that annually cause immense losses
in fruits and vegetables of the United
States could have been kept out of
this country by thorough quarantine
against them, according to officials of
the United States department of agri-
culture. To guard against more In
furious insects being brought in from
other countries is the object Of the
federal plant quarantine act of 1912
which, with the development of knowl-
edge of insects throughout the world,
has resulted in the bars being put up
wherever the pests are likely to enter.
Among the insects of other lands
that have not yet become established
in this country are the serious pests
known popularity as fruit flies. They
resemble ordinary house flies but are
far more beautiful, inasmuch as their
wings are prettily spotted and band
ed and their bodies are usually more
brightly colored. They are like house
flies also in that they lay small, white
eggs that hatch into whitish maggots.
However, the maggots do not develop
in refuse or decaying matter as do
those Of the house fly, but they feed
upon the living tissues of fruits, nuts
and vegetables. Eggs are laid just
under the skin of the host plant or
fruit and these hatch into the mag
COTS which burrow in all directions
through the pulp. AS the maggots
tunnel about they aus decays to
develop and these rotting areas often
produce greater injury than the mag
gots themselves.
Where Danger Lies.
Increasing imports from the coun-
tension of trade to remote rne
of the earth, increasing density of
population in the warmer portions of
this country, are making greater each
year the danger that fruit flies may
become firmly established in the Unit
ed States.
To intercept and destroy fruit flies
as well as other pests, the federal
horticultural board of the department
of agriculture, charged with the en-
forcement of the plant quarantine act,
prohibits the entry of all horticultural
products likely to carry insect pests
unless they have been rendered free
from danger as pest carriers, either
by federal inspection or by treatment
by approved methods under federal SUI
pervision.
lished in the Hawaiian islands a sys-
TEN of inspection that is heartily sup
ported by fruit growers and transpor-
tation companies, whereby all planta-
tions and packing houses from which
fruit is shipped are kept from becom-
ing sources of fruit-fy dissemination.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Perfect Child Killed.

San Francisco.-Very proud of a
new p%arasol. four-year-old Naomi Poss
of San Mateo, who a year and a half
ago was adjudged "the perfect child
in a contest, started across the street
under the protecting shade of her new
possession and did not see an oncom-
ing interurban electric car. The car
struck the child and killed her in
stantly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

Caulifower can be grown almost as
easily as cabbage.
X 4 3
1t takes a good farmer to make good
hay year after year.
y = =
Plant the black-eyed pea in the corn
when it is laid by and it will do about
as well as when planted alone.
y = =
This year Of all years it behooves
every one of us farmers to utilize ev-
cry available bit Of feed for IA or an
imal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

FRUIT FLIES SPREAD

The Bermudas probably would
not now be infested by the Med
iterranean fruit fly had not a
sailing vessel bound for New
York from the Mediterranean re-
gion during the Civil war times,
been blown from her course and
forced to unload her cargo
containing infester fruits at
st George. The Mediterra-
mean fruit fly did not become es-
tablished in Australia until
steamships and cold storage
made it possible for the infested
Mediterranean countries to ship
oranges to Perth and Sydney.
With the pest established in
eastern Australia the ships ply
ing between Australia and Ha-
wall carried the maggots to Hon
olulu, and today the inspectors
of the state of California and
the United States are intercept
ing infested fruits on ships ar
irving at San Francisco and San
Pedro from Honolulu and Hilo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
IWGEJERAL
5TKRM1N0pES

Straw is too valuable to burn.
= = 4
The dairy COW and the manur
s~preaders are partners.
4 = s.
Rotation of crops is one of the best
methods of avoiding pests In ordinary
farm operations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

1t takes two cords of cedar, red
wood, poplar, catalpa, Norway pine,
cypress, Eastwood, spruce and white
pine, weighing about 1000 pounds to
the cord, to equal a ton Of coal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
NOW I'M MARINES

Kansas City, Mo.-Benjamin
Franklin has joined the marines,
and the Immortal four Of the
Kansas City marine recruiting
office is now complete. The 9th
ers are George Dewey, William
Jennings Bryan and John Hop
kinS. Ben hailed from Dewey,
Okla, where he has been "dis-
covering oil wells. He said he
wanted to discover the way TO
Berlin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
oraandIe Frocks.

Organdie frocks, though a bit out Of
the picture when we look at the cling
ing, long-lined frocks of medieval
tendency, or even the starchless frocks
of Empire origin, are charming for the
young girl in their crispness and fresh
ness. With a wide, beribboned garden
party hat they r bewitchingly youth
full.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

the vestee, which so ably camoufages
the absence of the blouse. An organdie
fichu collar edged with net can be worn
on a tailored suit. Organdie has been
exploited in this way. and a narrow
rufied edge of net makes an effective
finish. The color scheme may be apple
green and white.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

with the most youthful smile he could
muster.
Sheddy can't understand why he
was turned down, rs he carried papers
showing he served under General Mel
son Miles, helped in the capture of
Chief Red Shirt and saw scout serv-
ice in 1873 in Montana.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Lace Trimming.

Filet lace trimming and hand en-
~broidered are prominent OF sheer
white voile and organdie summer
dresses.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

OF Is wells bored in New Zealand
in a search for petroleum five are pro
ducing oil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Mating Guinea Fowls.

Guinea fowls have a tendency to
mate in pairs, but one male may be
mated successfully with three or four
females.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

and Of the sheer cottons, as voiles
batiste, organdie, with a shirt 'front.'
collar and cuffs of cross-tucked white
organdie set in. In the picture it is
made of cross-bar voile in china blue
with white organdie.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

going to bed!' During the same raid
the musicians in a hotel which fronts
the Thames and is well known in
America played on as usual and the
cafe crowd did not know there was
a raid until the "all clear was sound
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
Detailed statement.

founding Some OF tho items were
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14


canned. maintain ihat w" gov
'inmenl dldn mean 10 remove
'oAi -talla thai were already IN eK-
Silence
your Interpretation of tho order
doehn.t ini6tert me- said Luelia. u
ann patriot when ! am toid mt
roatiaiIa are unp1tro'lc. on they 90.
Am not saving material 100 my own
rownH7, Every street gown ! own
i8 siK inches shorter than before o
l"' mem OFT myself 10 save ma
~ 10
lou are saving too much ma
'er'hI my dear. SAID. The girls
in New YORK alone are saving
enough material et"ry week 20
,Iolho i"fshing.s army and gosh,
now lhey hdi' .in DO li' A good
looking woman hates short skirt
Nhr "a movie star hates h 'O-horHc
power Eolls.itDy. limousine u be-
% terrible Facrifir" 10 her when 70
woman ~ notlrtI'n pu'Chrltude is
forced 10 wear % snort skirt"
u would b" "a 'erflhl" sacrifice FOR
'''ir,'a i,,.N' W q ','"F,I ,h' aIoI'''
q, 'uN'N''. j. '''"sN 'h'hb ih''
,"' ""'.''i' .' WIS 'v"u,,N arc ~ ing
,' '' Il''' Hoo,' 'H'f
u'F 'F '' ,h' h''N WI lnIN re-
Ina yy,, .,.,. t.,rt,,t 80
lp,y. dam .,.. b.,. spi,,,y r,a
f,,I lg ~ ,.,., g., tt,,,.r ,,,,a,,
n,yc , go,I g. iurrh do,y,tl,.'r
A., IT,, ,, -, ,.,
cont cigars whom th,y never smoked
ANYTHING I.sa than GO.rent cIrars be.
fore
Tho other d,v met my friend
lfeur, stevens ito aocmod r6 be an
Iu about something
II have had tho roticnegt piece Of
luck have lost roll containing "A
hundred good turEH"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
Letters of Lemucl Bean

Economy o. running fnmpart Iu
our uoiFhborhnod 10 is nu account
"i 10" war Everybody ia Ipukiup to.
ward conservation Just tho. other
d'y Mrs. Peck. who lives ON our
sslI~rt bought her husband fDr his
his birthday a<ntfairht handled um.
hrclla 'p that hp couldn't leave ID
hanging on Homo bar The hdlrs
nf our community apartment h,H4a
get together every Thursday ana dc
Nl'' 'lltlc ways and means of saving
money
just tho other day ono OF tho
stores In "a ncighhorinr town ndycr
Used bargain ySlc iu huttcr al bg
cents a pound instead ~ o.. ns w,
had to pay out IN our little commun-
iN store.
Tho word WINS pusscd oropth
quickly and every woman toIophonod
hor husband CO. stop ut said store
and got a pound of butter Ever,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
Hard 10 Get Coal

ADA. July 15.--Unless some A.
uon is taken BY the federal railroad
administration TO get more coaA c,,.
to the western part OF Oklahom,
there is likely 20 he a real sbor,
ago OF coal next winter. aSrordlr,
TO Information given out today from
the office Of Z. A. Norris. state fpsi
administrator The rule that cas-
can be routed only In homewar5
direction r. working TO the dis,s.
vantage OF the people in tho weston
part of tho state
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14


husband dId ana paid 10 cents ear.
'"ir tn rn uut OF his way and rot tho
pound of butter Also. IL cont fiy.
''"H lo telephone each husband.
10 and Ect the butter Bach pounJ
or butter bought In that STORE coat
uH ha cents plus rs cruts c,rarscs
li"W much cheaper that was than
I'linb Do cents pound ut our
Economy m the Grand passIo,
''ul II calls Tor Just ls much cfrlrI
'N,} aH any other form uf human
'nl'aVur n not moro
W." all of us. Iuu love economy
We love Co SOC our r,Irhhuf .pflgtire
IT. " lH am interesting sight So fe,,
people know how 10 handle II.
have often told my wife. Luclln
lhhl 40" SHOULD learn economy from
an efficiency expert. not that he.
Ht'e In efficiency experts. but he.
/ cause ] know n Luclla began tnking
7 lessons from an efficiency cNpert she
would soOu become diseusted and
chuck the whole thing Iuclla .s
economy hlr really cost us great
| dent of money Like tho time We
got salmon ut % cents a can be.
,huso d was so cheap, and then SUI.
iorcd % dcliEhtful season Of pto.
wnlnc poisoning and u doctora hiu
some ot Lucllas dishes have driven
her faithful and devoted husband
10 the ono .armtu restaurant
Last season We saved great deal
or money hy going To hotel where
we obtained q room Tor $50 "a day
Tho room was ali that could be de-.
sired, but tho meals cost us 81
apiece Aud % cost us So M railroad
fare Co grt Co snd from tho hotel
The boys who write hotel ads are
not nt all hulmy ag 10 were
The other day gut homo nnd
found Luclla busily engqrci with a
pair ut shears cutting the tails or
my dress cont II Is the only coat
bad with tails
II don't wish 10 be inqusitlvc." /
said. and I know YOU have only INV
best wishes at heart. hut ! would like
10 ask why you are transforming my
dress coat into a Tuxedo hy rcmoy.
Ing the appCudnrcs1 was very
proud Of those coat. tails. They ro,
crcd up a mended place IN the
trousers.
Luclla said nothing hut pointed 10
t headline I'm the paper which am
uouucgi that the war udustri,a
hunrd was about to omit coat-taiIs
from tho general scheme OF exist
rur". $50 70 was to s1Vr material and
announcing that colt.uIIs A non
essential industry anyhow.
'Coatalls viii win tho war" said
LuclMl
..t..t
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14

LONDON. July Enlistment.
m the rate OF about three a day ara
being made at the recruiting offlro
bt American army headquartcre
mere. Nose OF tho recrults are of
dram age, and were In England bce
fore America entered the war The
oDy reiectlous so far have been Tor
heart trouble, and they have been
very few.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14

Deer va You know I told you
"a how You rot to boz prompt and
CouriyuH lo AN in order to be tirhi
w 900 tho pHiidge hIsurss WrU
that's our motto Ed ana you woulduf
thing ~ Was possible for anyone in
be- Olson 1i.Eficd but no impossible fn
slusy some people. A man drove
ip the other dnN ana ! didnt WnIHt
a minnit ! reached right up AMI
The home drcwmpker has ON ap.
wrunE tho boil was plauuluE 10
new plan va and kept ON plnuuIne
Zero and louie didn't come 20 Wat"
or him 90 ruug once more 10 hc
Hur0 thhy wasn't coming before lu.
teruptinE myself Well ne vpH nv
ful unreasonable before I could pri
chance 20 be promp he started in
% bah mo out "Say" no says "yng
must OF hccn % onllncor ON u through
ffste hcforc YOU got ihia Job ! can
tell bechws al YOU DO is 10 look out
tho window ana pun that hoh rope
Are you pnrnlizei in both legs or
Just In the hcndT' You can HaH
what havo 90 content with E1
anybody with out my tack would of
talked back
n was only the day before that !
got bnlled out aRAin for nothing that
was my fault but Halo ON ln tho
evening tounor ~ my way E1 aH
the polt ned Mrs Steel tclcfoucd
90 eileen up hor car ana bring 81 over
Wen ! polished n good and started
and when / was going past ni..H
house shc wna coming out and beck
oned mo 10 stop Sho clum right ln
tho cdr nnd SAYS she was due ont
on the hin in fifteen minnIts Was
that my fnlt Ed7 was late 10 Mrs
Steeles ana ! got hailed out Tor that
and bocaws the car was nll ART
again Thht wasn't all I'd whom she
came IN She gave u 10 mo again
hccawH somebody saw mo and hllIs
In tho car.
Monday IA tho worst though Ef
n YOU get through Monday YOU nre
ali right for the week Every cus.
toner We have Eots car wants
something done TO u on Monday Vht
none of them viii waite until 'nS~I
day for a. Everyone of tharo wives
always have an important engage
ment on Monday afternoon and have
60 have thare cars cant fte with
them I'D ana DO curlyus al tho same
time ~ I say all right come after
Il AZ three or four o'clock FirsLl
thing we know we have got three or
four days work to do before four
o'clock We look over the ilst OF
things on the tag on each one of the
cars and we pick out the most i'm
portant one and do what we can 10
doap II mp In hour or so Then
We check off tho items on the tag
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
Gormanr Wnnl. shlns.

AMSTERDAM. July II 1t ia
planned 20 establish tho largest shin.
building yard IN Germany At Ham
burg. says tho Hamburger Mach
rlchten. The combination ~ inter.
os,H at the hack of this concern In
clndea the Hamburg American I'm,
ana tho new company has a provi.
H'onal capital OF ten million marks
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14


tn thousand five hundRad cases
ot athletic goods, $40. 900 packages
% biscuits. 10000 pounds OF candy.
l4OO,0 600 cans OF canned fruit.
1000 600 packages OF chewing gum,
$4,000 pounds OF chocolate. 400. .
100000 cigarets. 2t.OOO0OO cigars.
2'O,pOO pounds OF cocoa, $4,000
pounds ot coffee, 100000 cans Of
ccudensen milk. 90 cases OF cough
drops. 100000 sheets OF letter .paper.
2..0e0.000 pounds Of flour. as. 900
cans Of jam, $1,000 yearly nubrcrIp.
lions 20 magazines. 100000 New
Testaments and other Scripture nor
tons. 5000. 900 other religious docu.
mcn's 220 cases OF moving picture
machines. 100 stereopticon slides.
900. 900 pounds OF sugar. 274 chests
OF 'ca, $50 talking machines. s4O.-
900 pounds Of chewing tobacco.
$4,000 pounds Of smoking tobacco.
3f5 900 tubes Of tooth paste.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
scIklrk WIN Sold

LONDON July t3 Tho '1,s,
VIII N Alexander NSlL4rk.. Lhe origl-
nal NJ huhinHOu HruHgo. was sold
~ auction hers this month for iann
yIhe VIII h"ginH. "HoiuE now bound
ont on "A voyage 10 sea and calllnr
tn mind the pcrils and dangers of
mo seas and other uncertainties of
this tsSnsItory ufe--"