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The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
sWATTING THE HIGH COST OF
LIVING

Among the many factors contribut-
ing to the high cost Of living which
affects the people in every walk of
life there is no single one quite 60
important as lack Of health. While
food and clothes and automobiles and
other necessary things have scared
in price, health remains one Of the
cheapest things obtainable. though
lack Of It now one Of tAs most sx.
pensive. In tact, the largest contri-
butors to good health cost nothiug It
all sasv personal effort
Ftssh air in the home day and
night . tree.
It costs nothing to chew the f,oa
thoroughly.
There 10 no expense In taking =
Ssw simple exercises night and morn
Ing.
1T costs nothing to stand up and
walk and breath properly.
Only muscular effort is expanded In
cleaning, the teeth at least twice each
day.
1t costs less to select food suitable
for the body than to buy lndiscrimi-
nately.
1t costs nothing to stop using pat
ent medicines, but instead saves many
dollars.
+. =. cCs.s nU,il4ng 10 AVE a cneelsa
happy disposition and to stop having
grouches. but it does help the health.
N. G. st. Bd. Hlth.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19

E. S. Babcock and family autoed
down from Fargo last Sunday to visit
Wahpeton friendx Their daughter.
Miss Muriel, will attend the State
University at Grand Forks this coming
year. She has position in ccnnec-
tion with the training camp at the I'm
iversity which she will continue to fill
aa we'll as being a student.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
RED CRcss NOTES
A Warning to Knitters

warning 10 Anlttef0
Stop knitting sweaters of bright
colore dwool! This is the message
Of the Women's Committee of the
Council Of National Defense to the
women of the United States. It
sends this message at the request of
the Government authorities, whom It
represents.
0mcial correspondence Of the
Women's Committee shows that,
while American nurses and soldiers
In France this winter have been ap-
pealing for . total Of six million arti-
cles Of clothing made Of wool, thou
sands Of women II the Uaitea States
have been using enough fancy wool
for sweaters TO equip the greater
part Of the army.
Knitting yarn has advanced In price
because OF the enormous demand
and the limited supply. It has been
impossible for contractors and mills to
do all required of them by Army, Navy
an dRed Cross, because enormous
quantities Of yarn were diverted to
non-essential purposes.
The women's committee believe that
in this emergency, possession of more
than one sweater by any woman
should be cause for shame rather
than pride.
In letter from Mrs, Hall, Division
Sup't. Hospital Garments and Sup
plies, this message was received in
regard to our work:-"We are in re-
ceipt of your letter of Sept. 7th and
in reply wish to state that it is impos-
sible for us to send out the next allot-
ment at this time as we do not have
the materials" Because of this It is
not possible to carry out the original
plans for a Fair exhibit, but we wisf,
any Branch having a partial exhibit
to make it, and urge the ladies to vis-
1t the Red Cross booth, as there will
be interesting and helpful informa-
tion in regard to the work.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
Civic Improvement Notes

We wish to urge everyone to COOP
crate with US in the Civic Depart.
ment Exhibit at the County Fair. The
score used to award the prizes will be
practically the same as the one out.
lined on page 81 in the Fair book.
Variety not only in the kinds of vege.
tables, but in the manner exhibited.
For example: The bean, string bean,
she1led ripe, in pod, navy, canned,
picked, dried (dried vegetables may
be exhibited in pint glass cans).
Then quality and quantity. Th.
same score will be used for vegeta-
bles, flowers and general showing.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
PRESENTATIONS MADE

Managers of local motion picture
theatres which have been co-operat-
ing with the FOUR MINUTE MEN OF
the Committee on Public Information
were honored last week by the pres.
entation to them of Certificates from
the Government accrediting them az
Theatre Members Of this Official or.
ganixation.
These certificates were issued in &C.
cordsncs with q recent expression BY
susw2pelAou4os ~ uoslIM auepIsal.3
OF tho debt the country owes to thosl
theatre managers.
In q letter addressed 20 The National
Director Of -Four Ninuts Men, the
President said:
THE motion picture theatres Of
our country are rendering & 90
substantial . servics In aiding
the -Four Minute Men 40 spokes-
men Of the National cause that I
would not willingly fail to &C.
knowledge the debt the country
owes to these theatre managers.
Their response to requests has
been hearty, and their co-opera-
tion is most helpful. Will you
please convey to them my appre-
citation of their aid in giving this
exclusive privilege to your speak
ers?"
The certificates. which are hand
somely engrosed on parchment tat
tractively framed), are worded as
follows:
"1n recognition of the grant of ex-
elusive speaking rights to the
Four Minute Men of the Commit
tee on Public Information, we do
by and with the consent of the
President of the United States,
hereby appoint w. L. Brown as a
Theatre Member Of the organiza-
tion."
Presentations were made to the
theatre on Saturday evening OF last
week by Jos. G. Forbes in behalf Of
the Four Minute Men.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
Fortnightly Club Meets

The Fortnightly Club held it's first
meeting of the year on Monday even
ing at the Cox home on Ninth Street
Mesdames Cox and Hanson were the
hostesses Of the evening. The pro-
gram given being Vacation Notes"
proved very entertaining and caused
much merriment. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19

Mrs. Devine has arranged, was there,
and spoke on several occasions, to en-
thuiastic audiences.
Mrs. Thompson has accomplished
great things on her tour. She is q
woman Of more than ordinary ability
and has been chosen by the Federal
Government to go to France, to enter
into the service of the Red Cross
Children's Bureau: that has been in.
stituted for the benefit Of the French
War Orphans. Mrs. Thompson will
sail for Francs In October.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19

at a time when all the other leading
countries were ruled on feudal lines.
the privilege of Englishmen that no
taxes could be levied from them with
out their consent. Prussia had at
that time not yet emerged from serf.
dom, which had disappeared from
England two centuries before. From
England, we must remember. Vol
taire derived that inspiration of liber-
ty and democracy which eventually
led to tho more sober part Of the
French revolution.
The whole history Of England sincs
the settlement Of the country 10 .
continuous democratic development.
In seeking the reasons Why the Ang-
lo-saxdn race led this development In
Europe. while the Germans were Il.
most the last to retain serfdom and
feudalism. We need not penetrate to
tribal differences of a remote period.
The Anglo-saxon race is, from the
cultural point Of view, a Teutontc
graft upon Roman stem. That is
the chief fact to bear in mind in
study Of the European conflict from
philosophical point of view. 1t is not
merely geographical nearness, nor
merely community of interests, that
/, unites England with France and Italy,
The spirit of Roman civilization sat
urated the soil on which the Anglo
Saxon race was planted, whereas in
Gremany it had reached no farther
than Cologne. and had indeed exerted
little influence in any part of thepre-
sent German empire. The little that
Roman civilization had done in Ger
many was, by the fifth century. OBJ
liberated by the waves Of northern
barbarism which swept over it. No
one except German takes seriously
! today the idealisation of the German
which Tacitus wrote for the Romans.
Other Roman writer's like Suetonius,
who knew him better, describes him
more accurately. ,--,..-~1|as>-
The Anglo-Saxon branch of the
! race entered land which Rome had
! thoroughly civilized, from Dover and
Canterbury to the northern hills.
Even in the early Anglo-Saxon king
! doms. therefore, we find social and
political institutions Of fairly dem
ocratic character. There was a feud-
al arrangement of classes, but power
! was more distributed and violence.
more restrained then in the prince
doms of the Goths and other Teutons.
The England of King Alfred was
remarkable polity for the period
The coming of the Franco -Nor1nans
hindered the development in some
ways and furthered it in others. but;
In 1915. as is known, there issued
from the struggle the first great
charter Of protection against autocra-
cy In modern Europe, the Magma
Charta. Fifty years later this con-
cession was crowned by the convoca-
tfon of the first real parliament in
Europe. In 1865 the representatives
of English boroughs sat in common
with the mobiles and clergy.
Continued on Page u
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
Enrolment Day September 9Th

EHrU11menl Day SepaemDeF g4fk
The State School of Science opens
fw the school year Tuesday, Septem-
Der oath. There will be found num-
ber of new faces among the faculty
each one chOsen because he has speci-
allied in some branch of learning
THAI is to be taught in the school
this year. Pupils can dc as we'll in
this school as far as their curriculum
goes. The course Of stldywfll he
found in this paper. Look 1t over. II
interested communicate with the
President
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
SPOKE IN FARGO

Mrs. Adelaide Devine, State Chair
man Of the Child Welfare League Of
North Dakota, spent several days in
Fargo last week, in the interests of
the League. Mrs. Breckenridge Thomp
son, one of the League speakers.
whose itinery throughout the state
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
IiNGLO.SAXON DEMOCRACY

The successive messages with
which President Wilson heralds the
coming action Of America in Europe
must embarrass those German writer's
who regard the greatness of the I'm
tied States as Germanic in inspiration
1t is difficult to understand how any
person ever entertained the theory.
One has only to glance at any succinct
history Of the United States to see tha,
not single German name stands out
prominently in the chronicle. From
Washington to Wilson its presidents
have. with the exception Of Roosevelt,
OF ancient Dutch stock. been mon Of
English blood. All it, poets. all its
generals and scholars and thinkers,
~ we'll ~ IT, statesmen. tell Of Eng
lish ancestry. Not even ireland with
its millions Of immigrants, has fur
nfshed to America a 1.-THE Of the dis
ttngutshed men who came Of English
ancestry. It is only in the business
world-the individualistic, money
making world-that German names
occur in any number, and of late years
in the well-paid chairs at the univer-
stiles; though in the list of living pro-
fessors German names are entirely
out of proportion to English.
The truth is that the Germans had
nothing to do with the making of dem-
ocratic America, whatever part they
may in recent decades have had in it's
business enterprises. For the earlier
period of immigration no reliable fig
ures are available, but the figures for
the third decade of the nineteenth cen
tury are instructive enough. In that
decade out Of 143,439 immigrants only
6,761 were Germans, as shown in the
official record. By 1880, it must be
remembered, the United States was al
ready a settled power, with popula-
tion of 100000. 1t was then that
the Germans began to arrive. Be-
tween 1880 and 1850 there were 5S7-
$50 German immigrants; between
1850 and 1870 there were 1,739.135;
between 1870 and 1890 there were 2
171,152. At the end of the century
the stream dwindled again, as Will
liam H.. in anticipation of his great
war, drasticaliy checked emigration.
In sum. America was a fixed and
unchaseabie democratic country he.
fore the Germans arrived, and they
had to adapt their reactionary native
traditions to he ideals of heir Anglo
Saxon home.
The basis of he American spirit is
the Declaration of independence
(1776), which in turn was based upon
the revolt against British rule. But
the superficial writer's who think this
a revolt against British deals are
curiously wrong. The revolt of the
American colonies was just such a
of the Anglo-Saxon
spirit as had put an end to the rule of
the Stuarts in England itself. It was
precisely on the ground that they
were Englishmen that the colonists
to pay the taxes imposed on
them by George I'LL 1t was already,
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19
Banks to Close

The Wahpeton banks will be closed
every afternoon during the last three
days of the Fair, September 25th, 26th
and 9th.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-19

You have not completed your shop.
ping unless you have visited the new
s and 10 cent store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22

Toxic, May 20.-Warning that ad-
verse economic conditions may devel-
op in Japan as result of the war
was given by the Japanese premier,
Count Trauchi, in an address deliv-
cred recently before the annual meet
ing of the clearing house banks. Re-
sponsibility of averting disaster, he
said, rested upon the bankers of ia
pan.
The premier remarked that the ne
cessity of industrial independence had
been wildly brought home to Japan
in consequence of the war and it was
because of this that the government
had introduced into the last session of
the Diet projects tending towards the
achievement of this Independence
Mr.. Shoda, finance minister, who
followed Count Terauchi, said that
the government in compiling the esti-
mates for the current fiscal year paid
the utmost attention to the perfection
OF the national defense. A project was
mapped out for the building of two
battle-cruisers, three cruisers. anf
seventy-five other warships of al
sorts at a total cost equivalent t.
Sl5O,25O,OO0. the disbursement O
which was to be spread over ST,
years. This together with the ex
; penditure of s141,5OO,OOO which ha,
; already been fixed, would bring tn,
total naval expenditure to be defrayet
during the next six years to abou
= 1892 100000.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22

cause they were too heavy. The South
American buyer wants a piano fin
ish" even on the bottoms of the soles,
which must be flexible and light, and
any loose threads are likely to pre-
vent a sale.
Another demand made is that shoe
uppers shoe uppers should come to-
gether over the instep, which is di-
rectly contrary to ideas of perfect
fit in this country.
Except in the very large cities,
there is no such thing as a fixed
price for an article. Every purchase
is the occasion of much bargaining,
so that the American custom Of
stamping prices on the soles Of shoes
lis not in favor.
American machinery is used almost
exclusively in the South American
factories. Buenos Aires alone has
more than 200 factories, some Of
which have daily capacity Of 5000
pairs.
Before the war, England led in the
sale of mems shoes to South Amer
lea. Austria, France and Switzer-
land sold the bulk Of women's and
children's shoes, but all Of the Aus
trian product was cleared through
Hamburg commission houses and the
trade statistics gave Germany the
credit for the sales. American firms
have an excellent reputation, for fair
dealing, the quality Of their goods and
the manner in which the goods are
packed, which probably accounts for
the increase in business in recent
years.
Mr. Brock pointed out that the
small population of Cuba buys more
American shoes than the 50,000,0O0
inhabitants of South America. He
said that in spite of export restric-
ticns necessary for successful pros
ecution of the war and notwithstand.
ing the difficulties of doing business
abroad at present, American manu-
facturers who are seriously interest
ed in building up a permanent export
trade, cannot be too strongly urged to
acquaint themselves now with South
American needs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22

Washington, May o. T the as
sistance of American sho manufac-
'turers in charging their South Amer
lean trade, the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce has imported
more than $50 samples of the kinds
of footwear most generally used in
Latin-America and will publish soon
a series of special reports on the
South American shoe trade by Her.
man G. Brock, of Brockton, Mass,
who recently returned to this country
after long tour as a special agent
| for the Bureau.
The best opportunities for the sale
of American shoes were found by Mr..
Rrock to be on the west coast by
South America. High grade shoes
are scarce there, while the countries
are very prosperous from the sales of
unusual quantities of nitrates, other
minerals and foodstuffs at war prices,
On the east coast there is an over
production of fine shoes by the nu-
merous and up-to-date factories in
Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Ar.
gentina recently doubled the duty or
imported shoes for the protection Of
home industry and tariffs in the 9th
ell two countries also are high
Peculiarities of the Latin American
foot must be considered in making
goods for sale in those countries.
was with this in mind, particularly
that the Bureau collected representa-
tive styles of shoes to illustrate tn
very high instep, broad ankle. shor
f vamp and high heel, which the Sout
+ American demands.
r In styles. the South American fac
! tories generally copy American types
i. adapted to local conditions. TIL
modes are varied frequently to main
i. tain the advantage of domestic owe
4 imported shoes. Niceties of finish ar
= required, rather than long-wearin
qualities. and objection frequently ma
n been made to high grade American
d made boots for women because Their
was some roughness of detail or be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN COURT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE. POLK
COUNTY, STATE OF FL0RIDA-ln re Es-
tate Of William C. Owen, Deceased.
To all creditors, egatees, distributes and all
persons having claims or demands against
said estate:
You and each Of you are hereby notified and
required 10 present any claims and demands
which you, or either of you, may have
against the estate Of William c. Owen, de-
ceased late Of Polk county, Florida, to the
undersigned administrator Of said estate
within two years from date hereof.
Da,ed May 8, 1918
HOMER =. OWEN,
.lai Non Administrator.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22

If these are the words for you t,
speak,
They are not for me to hear.
The half of my heart is with my son
But the half that here must stay
It beats as high and 1t beats as prou|
AS his own brave heart today.
Nov hold your peace!" said I'd
War Mother.
land the sound of the guns in h
hearty
My son and / stand side by side,
However the seas may part.
It's he with the sword and with g
word:
God give US both to thrive
Come life, come death, to our Ia
breath,
God grant us so to strive!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22
THE RED CROSS ANSWERS
(By TheodOsia Garrison of the
Vigilantes)

Dear God, to leave this sheltered
place wherefrom | may not go
To give my service to world torn
through with war and woe,
To heal the wounds of broken men,
to mend the shattered mind,
To lend my hands unto the MANNED,
my eyes unto the blind;
To give a woman back her man from
out the very dead
But I will do this for YOU" said the
great Cross Of Red.
Nay, but there are little towns that
once were white and fair
Now burned and bleak and desolate
mid blackened fields and bare;
If I might bring its people back to
find there as before
The staunch roof, the decent hearth,
the vines about the door;
If | might lift frightened child and
leave it comforted-
But | will do this for you," said the
great Cross Of Red.
you may heal the wounded and you
may guide the blind,
You may bring new comfort and JOY
to humankind,
If so within your sheltered place vol
give me for your part
The strength within your two hands
the pity at your heart;
Through you, from you, of you | am
by your own heart-strings led
fail but if you fail me"-said tn,
great Cross of Red.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22

The Adamant Brick Company, OF
st. Petersburg, is installing machin-
cry in a plant at Pinellas Park for
the manufacture of all kinds of build
ing stone and brick. They will ais
experiment in concrete shipbuilding
using a substance known as cemen-
tone. It is made from shell, rock and
sand, and is almost like granite. IN
stead of being pressed it is poured
and secret ingredient unites them
into a monolithic block which is said
usage.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22
STREET TALK
laura E. Richards of The
Vigilantes.)

"0h! isn't it dreadful?" the neighbor
said;
Isn't it dreadful?" said she.
To send your boy to be murdered
there,
Away across the sea!
The boy you bore and the boy you
nursed,
In travail and pride and pain,
The heart of you and the eyes of you
To be foully smitten and slain!"
Now hold your peace" said the War
Mother;
land the sound of the guns in her
earD
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22
The KaiSer'S Conscience

manhood of him whom Germany de-
llighteth to honor. There is to he no
escape for this Mannikin Of the
Wardrobe, for this puppet of the ma
| jesty of great nation which he, more
than any one other Of his generation,
has dragged down to deserved loath-
ing and contempt.
If the Kaiser's martial spirit sees
horrors in the more legitimate aspects
of war which even the children of
Germany are taught SIS the most
august and sacred of human activi-
ties" what does he see in those foul
and monstrous accompaniment Of it,
as waged by his race of Supermen, in
which the vile flower of his German
Kultur flourishes triumphant? What
does his royal mind say to him Of the
obscene cruelties to the helpless, be
they prisoners of war, unsexed and
crucified, or women, ravished and mu-
tilated, or boys, brutally and un-
speakably used, or sucking babes,
spitted on bayonets and shot in their
mothers arms? What has the Kaiser
done to spare the world those hor-
rors?
Let the Kaiser ask what hasn't he
done to render his name abhorred of
man! Is he having the worlds an
swer as he looks down on the battle
fields Of Flanders and Picardy where
all is not going so we'll as he might
wish with his cannon fodder?' Per-
haps, that is the only way to The
Kaiser's conscience!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22
(By Robert Adger Bowen of The
Vigilantes.)

Vigilantes.)
What haven't done to preserve
the world from these horrors?" the
Kaiser is reported to have CRIED dur
ling a visit to the Armentieres battle
front.
A child could answer the question
If, indeed, the question was ever
asked. 1t is almost inconceivable that
even the Kaiser's lack of humor goes
so far as to have let him put it. At
least, he is apparently too appalled,
by the results of his life's endeavor
to speak with positive affirmation
To the man of ordinary thoughtful
ness there has often been cause to
wonder as to the probable working Of
the Kaiser's mind in those moments
cf taking stock of his All Highest
conscience. Is there a conscience in
the quintessence of that egoism which
us PERSONNEL in the Vlcegerent OF
God upon earth? Could any humanity
sane conscience bear the weight of
the hideous responsibility which must
forever rest upon the soul of William
II, German emperor and king OF Prus-
STA?
| Is this question, false in spirit
though it be, in some sense an indi-
cation? Ominously, in superfuous
answer to it, comes the simultaneous
disclosure of Prince Lichnowsky's Sc
cret memorandum as to the Kaiser's
responsibility for the war. So at ev-
cry turn, Truth will reply to the sham
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22

The Kissimmee Ice and Cold Stor-
age Company has cured 10000 pounds
OF meat for the farmers of that Sec
ton during the past year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-06

4Onch crepe de cine-24 colors, also black or white
goodly of evening and street shades, yard
$l45.
36-inch khaki koo in novelty prints for skirts. Excel
lent vaue-wi make nobby Christmas gift yard, ST 95
36nch fancy silks for Dress skirt or waist in Scotch
plaids self-tone plads stripes and Broche ribbon
stripes in fact the seasons choice effects yard $195
54nch velour de Laine-an extensive line of best fall
and winter coors for coats and suts-no samples cut
yard $395.