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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06
Early Buying Is
Not Best Policy

New York.-The trade, which means
the vast multitude of people engaged In
the making and selling of women's ap-
parel, has at last sounded a warning to
those who buy too far ahead of the
seasons, advises a welI-known fashion
correspondent.
The public has deplored this condi-
ton. 1t has been well known for sew
eral seasons that the average woman
did not care to buy straw hat In
February and velvet hat In July, or
to have all her autumn clothes offered
to her the first of September with the
assurance that they were the fashions
that would rule throughout the winter.
She has been often betrayed, and that
betrayal has not soothed her irritation
against those who sold her the clothes.
1t is the fact also that the trade in
tArn has found itself caught In
net that tangled and involved IL, and
compelled each individual to struggle
for success In a manner contrary to
the dictates of reason and sobriety.
Through this web of circumstances
everyone has come to feeling that
something must be done in the crea-
ton of new fashions long before the
season for which they are to be worn,
and that the public must follow the
lines laid down by the trade COMPETE
tors.
Right here lies the extraordinary
gamble to women In buying clothes
early in the season. Right here lies
one Of the greatest sources of money
wastage. Thousands of women, who
have no way of knowing what the
fashions will be as the season adj
vances, buy what is said to be new as
the season demands a change.
What they buy in September has
probably been bought by the shop in
June. TO keep up with the rising tide
of forehandedness, the manufacturers
make the clothes earlier and earlier,
and the ready-to-wear shops and de-
partment stores, as a rule, buy these
clothes as early as the manufacturers
make them, and get them out at the
very moment there is a slight demand
for them.
What happens?
In October and in April the real
fashions come out for each season.
Hundreds of women-nay, thousands
are faced with the fact that they have
bought gowns, or wraps, or hats that
are not in keeping with the new
clothes. They have bought clothes ar
ranged six months before the anthem
tic exhibitions of new and seasonable
apparel.
What happens next?
The woman who can possibly scrape
up enough money to buy a new outfit
does so, and she also spends extra
money on seamstress or little dress
maker to have her other clothes re-
modelled. Therefore, she spends twice
her allowance on clothes.
Panic Has Produced Careless Buying.
Many of the traders in apparel real
ize that panic and form of CONNER
cial hysteria have resulted in a large
amount of early buying, which is not
fair either to the individual or to COM
merce. Every shopper has shared the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06

money. Women, feeling the press Of
this panic, have gotten clothes in adj
vance of the season, and they now find
that there are just as many to be had
ais six months ago, and that the shape
and texture have changed
1t would be far wiser method Of
spending ones money to buy little,
at the necessary time, representing the
best there is at that moment.
There viii always be material Of
some kind. Even If the world is re-
duced to whole garments of sewn fig
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06

One Of the new checked suits which
Paris houses send to America. II Is
made with narrow short skirt and
belted coat. The tall silk beaver hat
has a double crown band of black
velvet.
same experience this last year of be-
ing told that it is wise to buy at once
the articles needed, because they might
not be obtainable at a later day.
This has resulted in certain meas
ure of boarding, which the government
does not allow In food. 1t has already
resulted in severe waste of individual
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06
nartns ktns soy.

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sehh MeehHn y the United states ha-
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F8lis ~ having har8 q spy engaged in
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06

f.Ss}ntt premier David iI1yd
''spfsr - lHaehe9O given Frjaey ~
ths government tn bnapr ~ Samnnl
tS@wIRfs president ~ ihe AmerEr "a
trieraftan " tahas prg.esad i tHa
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it l1fiNE EpE3aua
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06
noOnssrusas SLAIN IN RAID
Roundup Results IN Capture et 2el
Others BY Federal Agents.

0tFefs oy Fed8fAt NaHfates
Washington THE biggest intensive
s....s.sl.ss. - lilielt AhiAky dlatillers ever
undertaken ny the government has Just
heen completed IN southern mountain
districts - rcvpnue agents and hns
resulted Ia the seizure of dsG STILLS
arrest ~ 200 mDDnshtuers. killing of
ilve outlaws ard two sherlffs nnd the
Wuunaing ~ number ~ ether GOV.
srnment men ana liquor makers
This systematic campaign 81 raids
has been under way eight weeks. mila.
D Ia mountains 1T Tennessee, Aiu
hanna. Georgia, Florida, North Caro-
tina ard south Carolina ilit tlry states
b8t announcement WAS withheld to
pFVld giving adyuncef Information 10
mnonshinera ~ she At;iyiiies ~ fly.
lue squadron Of fourteen experienced
revenue aSebt@
More than 8n.C0a gallons ~ pate
m0onshlnr whisky vas seized una
poured down muungnln streams over
slGoOo worth ~ nllat copper stills
~ atl Sizes aB1 other purapherualia.
automobiles, HORSES, mWles and wagons
helongias Is the dIs'.ltgfs was tnGpn.
thpni 2t0n paands IT SUGAR was con.
hseateh ana ne H0st IL II slyea 10
tag Rpa Cru@
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06
roothnIek consnruntlnn

Cleveland. o.-The latest conserva-
tlon move on the part of Cleveland
restaurants has Just been inaugurated
by some of the "eat shops" In refus-
ing longer 10 serve toothpicks with
mealS. What connection toothplcks
have with saving FOR the big fight over
there Is not readily discernible to pa
irons.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06

Genera Serious strikes lRy0lyjn.
100000 Warksnen have broken ont 81
Bochum, h WesiphalEa. according 8
dispatches Friday from Munich. Three
thousand strikers have been sent Is
the front AMI 800 dea 3rted.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06
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Ponghkeepslc, NJ Marked ere.
turned for correct address" postcard
mailed In this city by Miss Bertha
Newman Of Marlborough TO Miss Ethel
Hanson In bradford Pm. II years ago,
mas been returned, The card bearing
"a picture Of Vassar college, il as clean
ahd unrnftied as on the day ii was
mailed,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-06

Martins Ferry. o.--Here's case for
Hoover, Following n wedding here $40
spring chickens were consumed by III,
guests,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

various fevers, which comes almost entirely
from within. In the vast majority of cases it
has really nothing to do with the skin at all,
but IS an irritation "telegraphed'' out to tho
surface from the stomach.
The curious thing about this form Of indi-
gestlon IS that quite frequently the patient
feels little or no sense Of discomfort in the
stomach itself In fact, often the first thing
that warns him that anything has gone wrong
IS the sudden appearance of the rash and the
abominable itching. Then he will begin to
look into the matter and discover that his
stomach feels little full or heavy, or that
he Is threatened with diarrhoeal attack.
In some cases there will be cramping pains
aud severe bowel disturbances, but the at
tack does not come on like an Inflammation,
or gastritls, nor is 1T usually caused, like
most digestive attacks, by eating bad, or
spoiled or infected food
The great majority of urticarial forms Of
indigestion arc due to the eating of some par
ticular kind of food, often perfectly good and
wholesome in itself. but which simply will
not agree with that particular individual.
Of course, we all have our private and per-
sonal likes and dlslikes in the matter Of foods,
and there is wide variety IN the number
or things which can cause this curious explo-
sion OF dyspepsia in the skin. But we have
gradually hunted down and convicted COM
paratively small group Of foods as the crimi-
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

in which individual initiative or RESPONSE
bility plays but little part.
Considering what our skin has to put up
with, we get surprisingly little "back talk"
from it. Soft as velvet, smooth as satin,
tinted and delicate as the petal of flower
sometimcs-it is at the same time one of the
toughest, most resistcnt and patient tissues
known. Despite the "slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune" which it has to endure,
iii the form Of chafes and scratches insects
and germs, Winter underwear and Summer
heat, it comparatively seldom blazes out in
revolt.
When, however, it does finally conclude
that forbearance has ceased to be virtue,
the commoncst retort which it makes to the
insults heaped upon il takes the form of what
NC call eczema.
This annoying condition is far and away
the commonest of all forms Of skin diseases,
probably accounting for some two-thrds of
all cases 1t attacks every age from the
cradle to the grave, and has its special pe-
culiariies in each
Not that which comcth from within" but
that which comcth from without is the
principal cause OF eczema Lack Of the
strlctest and most Intelligent cleanliness,
letting the baby's skin and hands become
soiled by ITS own cxcretions, leaving its crib
unscrccncd from flies, mosquitoes and gnats,
all OF which are perfect joy-riciers for germs.
The use of TOO strong soaps or Of busting
powders which make sticky rolls in tho
crcases; the handling Of the baby by adults
or other children who have pimples or erup-
tons on the face or hands. These are tho
bad habits which cause eczema in childhood
and whose discontnuance will cure it far
more frequently than any errors in dict or
so-calletl conditions of the blood
Hives is one Of the few forms of skin dis
ease, unless We count the cruptions of tho
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

Other urticaria sufferers are "exploded"
by raspberries by cherries, by melon, by figs,
or by ripe oranges picked from the trees The
next commonest group Of matches to fire the
mine of nette-rash are the sea foods: CLANS,
mussels. oysters, Holsters, crabs, etc. Then
come cheeses Of various sorts, fiavoring herbs
like sage, parsley, marjoram, etc, and oat-
meal. A considerable group are "blown up"
by eggs, Of all good and wholesome foods,
much smaller one by milk, and few scatter
ing victims here and there by mutton, by Gu
cumbers, by nuts and by onions.
There are a few unfortunate individ-
uals who seem to have been born with or have
acquired the nettle-rash habit, in whom the
attacks will either hang on for week or two
at stretch or develop afresh every two or
three months The first thing for them to
90 is to watch vigiantly and carefully their
diet and sec If any of this group of occa-
sloDal food-criminals. or some other single
food peculiar to themselves, is causing their
trouble, and, il so, avoid it like the pestlence
in future.
Probably more than half OF the habitual
nettle-rashers will find their trouble caused
by some special poison food. In others it
will be some chronic disease, particularly of
the liver or kidney, or some form OF rheuma-
tism which is causing their annoying explo-
siveness and treatment directed to this con.
dition is the best remedy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

~ NE reason why skin diseases have an
unsaVory repute is the curious popu-
lar notion that there is apt to be
something discreditable about their origin.
This is most deplorable idea and should be
attacked and got rid OF by all possible
means, both because it is almost totally
unfounded and because this feeling of
disgrace or humiliation in admitting. the cx-
lstence of troublesome cutaneous disease is
serious hindrance to its cure
People Of perfectly bamcless life will often
hesitate for weeks and even months before
consulting a competent physician about a
troublesome skin condition, just from sheer
shrinking from the humiliation Of admitting
that they have such malady
In the meantime they have usually been
trying every imaginable or recommended
quacE and patent remedy. often with such
dangerous and aggravating effects that the
dermatoogist has difficulty in deciding what
was the real nature Of the original disease,
on account of the violent irritation produced
by the various so-called cures Sometimes, in
deed the original disease has disappeared en-
tIrely IN the excitement, and the whole pain
Jul and itching eruption from which the IA.
tlent is suffering is due TO the furiolslv irri
tating remedies which he has been rubbing
into his unfortunate hide
All that is needed to cure is to discontinue
the application Of Tie remedies, at the same
time appeasing the righteous resentment Of
the tortured skin by soothing powders or
lotions.
There is not the slightest real basis for tie
idea that skin disease is any more disgraceful
in origin than any other form Of lnalady,
the only possible exception being in so far as
skin diseases are caused by parasites and az.
gravated by insanitary and careless habits
OF living and clothing. But this is matter
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

Fortunately there are few diseases
which, in proportion to the temporary an.
noyance and discomfort they cause, do SO Lit.
the permanent damage rs urticaria. The itch.
ing and the swelling are literally the disease,
and when they disappear it disappears and
leaves no trace except that in some few
forms, little blood has escaped into the It's
sues and greensh or blush discoloration
like bruise hangs on for few weeks.
Tho treatment is practically the same in
oil forms and cases. Quiet the stomach by
an alkaline and antiseptic digestive and give
brisk laxative to clear the bowels as quickly
as possible then mop the itching parts freely
with an alkaline, alcohol lotion, with the ad.
dition of little boracic acid menthol re-
sorcin, or tar water. In the sevcrer and moro
obstinate cases there is one remedy which is
sometimes very helpful, and that is chthyol,
both as ten per cent salve on the skin and
in 5 to 10 grain doses by the mouth. When
the rash begins to subsdo mild busting
powder or simple cold cream will be all the
further treatment needed
The most disfguring and ANNOYING form
of all skin diseases from the fact, first, that
1t attacks chiefly the face, and, second that
1t appears in youth and early maturity at
period when we are all most sensitive to
our personal appearance, is acne, also pop
ularly known as pus-pimples," "black.
heads, or "a bad complexion" This has
nothing whatever to do with bad habits OF
irregular practises Of any sort-in fact it
is most commonly found and RACES most
fiercely in the painfully virtuous.
1t is, however, associated with growth and
development IN rather curious way, and this
perhaps has helped to give it some flavor Of
dlsreputableness. AT the period of approach.
ing maturity growth-impulse falls upon the
hair glands of tho face and neck, which re.
suits finally in the appearance Of the beard
and moustache in men. But unfortunately
this impulse falls upon all the hair glands cs
one region and in both sexes And as these
halr glands are extremely numerous. every
inch OF the surface of our body. face and
meek being thickly dotted with tiny downy
hairs and the glands which support them.
Two thlrds OF the face glands, or follicles,
stimulated in men, and all Of those in women.
miss fire. That is, they result in tho
production of either no hairs Of ali.
except scarcely visible down, or Of aborted
and twisted hairs which never reach the SIR.
face OF the skin. These last are the seed.hed
OF acne or plmplcs.
All the hair glands of the skin and face in
both sexes, not only upon the lips and chin.
but also upon tho forehead, the cheeks. the
neck are more OF less swollen and congested
and half lnf1amed at varying intervals all
through the long period of the growth Of the
beard and the moustache. SO Chat they are
extremely sensitive and explosive and anv
trivial form of irritation or infection that
falls upon them, whether from dirt, or dust.
or fumes. Or rubbing, OF touching with dirty
or infected fingers, or wping upon infected
towels. may set up violent inflammation in
glands.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

nails concerned in ct least half,lf not
two-thirds Of these urticarial fare
ups.
Tho list is headed by that frag-
rant and luscious fruit, the straw
berry, of which good old Bishop Ken
remarked: Doubtless the AL
mighty could have made a better
berry, but equally doubtless He
never did,
There are some curious varia-
tons in the susceptibility some
victims can eat the cooked or pre-
served fruit, but not the raw, others
just the other way about. A few
can eat wild berries, but not the
tame or garden ones, and still others
can digest tame berries if they pick
them directly from the vines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-26
MAY Be A SCREEN
Germany's Troubles May Prove
To Be Cameuflage.
Officials See Attempt To Escape
= Paying.
OTHERS SAY IT is GENUINE
Fear Bolsheyist Control VIII
: Be Gained Soon.
Spartacus Group in Saddle in
4 Some Of States.

Washington, Nov. 26.-Germany's
internal troubles may be a camouflage
screen behind which old Germany is
hiding in an attempt to escape paying
fpr its crimes in the opinion of some
officials here today.
4 Other expert observers. however
Relieve the revolutionary troubles to
be genuine, and fear that Germany
may slip into control of the Bolsheviki.
Dispatches received here from Ber-
lin indicate that Germany is splitting
into states and that the Spartacus
group-Bolsheviki- in the saddle at
some points while the Ebert-Schiede-
mann clique-modeFates- hold
the reins In others
As this disintegration proceeds, it is
thought the next whine from the Ger
man people will be to the effect that
they didn't start the war. the old en-
pire that was so foul is dead, SO why
should the people be forced to pay the
war bills?
Admittedly the task of collecting in
IDENTITIES from a scattering of indie
pendent Germanic states will be most
difficult,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-26
WINTER IN RUSSIA ON
Forces the Bolshevist Gunboats To
Withdraw From Front.

10y IHe AS8OFtdteu FFehB.I
Arctangel, Nov. 25.-Winter has be-
gun in earnest over the whole north
ern Russian front. All the rivers are
icebound and the Boishevist gunboats
which have long menaced the Ameri-
can and allied forces on the Dvina
have been forced to withdraw to es-
cape being frozen in. The Bolshevists.
however, have mounted big guns along
the front south of the allied armies.
Operations are limited to spasmodic
artillery exchanged, but the Bolshevist
forces are reported to be receiving re-
Inducements. The freeze up, while
bringing relief on the Dvina front, in
creases the danger on others, as the
once-impassa swamps are now
frozen, making possible bushwhacking
flank attacks by the enemy.
The correspondent has just returned
from a trip along the front where he
found a general reversal of the Opin-
ion that the. Bolsheviki would not
tight Near Kadish, a fortnight ago,
a body of Bolshevik infantry main
tanned an advance against strong ma
chine gun fire. A Russian resident, in
talking with American soldiers re-
ga rding this attack. said the Bolshevik
officers threatened their men that
they would be killed the next day if
they failed to advance. The cold is
30 intense in some sectors of the front
that the Americans sleep with their
machine guns rolled in the blankets
with them to prevent the water-cool-
ing chambers of the guns from freez-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-26
MRS. WARD IS in CITY
Field Secretary of Rcd Cross To
Spend Several Days Here.

Mrs. Lyman c. Ward, field secre-
tary Of the Red Cross. st. Louis. Mis-
souri,, is in Topeka for a few days.
She attended a committee meeting of
the Junior Red Cross Monday night.
and will remain in the city for the
meeting Saturday of the Shawnee
county teachers at the high school,
when final arrangements will be made
for the Junior Red Cross bazaar, to
be given in the city auditorium De-
cember g and IA. The meeting Sat
urday will be held at 2:30 o'clock
and Mrs. Ward will be one of the
speakers. Everyone interested is in
vited to be present.
The purpose of the December ha-
zaar is primarily educational, and it
Is given also to raise money enough
to pay the membership fees for the
children of Shawnee county in the
Junior Red Cross, for the great Red
Cross roll call in the winter. Shawnee
county has about $4,000 children eli
gible to membership in the Junior
auxiliary of the Red Cross.
The work for the sale will be
chiefly done by the school children.
but contributions from other persons
will be gladly received.
Beginning December Z, the week
preceding tine bazaar, headquarters
will be open at 5O7 Kansas avenue,
the room that is now the parcel send
ing office Of the Red Cross. Contri-
buttons for the bazaar may be brought
to the headquarters. and volunteers
will be in charge Of the office all dur
ing the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-26
OUTLINE THE POLICY
Lloyd George and Bonar Law Issue
Manifesto TO Electors.

London. Nov. 26 (via Montreal)
Premier Lloyd George and Chancellor
Bonar Law have issued a joint mani
festo to the electors of Great Britain
and ireland. appealing for support and
continued unity. outlining their policy
and simplifying their speeches on No
vember IS. A resume Of their plat
form follows:
The conclusion of joint and lasting
peace and so establishing the foun-
datons of a new Europe in order that
further wars may be forever averted;
reducing the burden of our ornaments
and the promotion of a league of ma
tons; state acquisition of land for
soldiers and sailors. either for cottages
with garden allotments or small hold
fngS on wide and large scale;
schemes for agricultural developments
and extensive reforestation and re-
clamation schemes; comprehensive
housing schemes; larger industrial OPP
portunities, improved material condi-
tions of employment.
Other planks are: Preferential
tariff for the colonies no fresh taxes
on food and raw material; develop
ment and control in the best interests
of the state of economical production
of power and light, also railways,
roads, canals, improvements of consul
lar service; removal Of all existing
legal Inequalities between men and
women and reform of the constftu-
ton and of the house of lords.