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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21
ALL COOL DRINK FOUNTAINS
MUST STERILIZE UTENSILS

Effective Wednesday morning at s
a. m, all public soda fountains, and
all public places serving refresh
ments are requested by the City au-
thorities and the local health officer,
either to stop serving drinks, or to
furnish individual drinking cups, or
to use q standard sterilizer for all
containers or glasses in which same
are served. This is done to prevent
the spread of the influenza, and your
cooperation Herewith is expected in
this important matter.
e. G. FLANAGAN,
1897 Mayor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING
GAUzE FACE MASKS


The local Red Cross Chapter has
been busily engaged in making in.
fluenza masks of gauze, but he ladies'
are not able to provide these in suf.
ficient quantities. They will, however
be glad to instruct any who may ap.
ply to them for help in this respect,
although the following instructions
are very plain, and by following them
anyone can make the masks at home:
Cut one piece Of gauze fifty inches
by eight and one-half or eight pieces
of gauze eight and ,one.half inches by
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21
six and one-half inches.

six and one-half inches.
Turn in all edges Of gauze about
one-Quarter inch except solvage.
Fold to size six, by eight with eight
layers of gauze.
Cut four pieces of five-enght-inch
tape
Slip tape in at the four corners par
allel to the eight-inch side.
Sew around all open edges.
Fasten tapes securely.
Quilt through center parallel to six
inch side.
In very center place black thread
stitches on one side only
If thick gauze is used four layers
is enough.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

pharmacist mate in the Navy. who Is
nursing Captain watkins; Miss Aileen
McRae, who is nursing a family on
North street; and others who are
nursing, but where could not be
learned, are Misses Florence and
Lucy Conibear, Mrs Maynard, Mrs.
Ida Lusk, Mrs. G.. e. Southland, Mrs.
w. l.. King, Miss Emma Robson,
and Miss Ruby Turner Those voluI-
teering to furnish diet to those in
need Of same are Mrs. W. r. Groov-
er, Mrs. l.. W. Cowdery, Mrs. j. w.
Lanier, and Mrs. George Watson,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Mr., Arthur Yarbrough, one of the
kilograms most valued attaches, is
recovering, we are happy to state,
from a severe case of the flu He has
been i'll for a week, but is now able
to sit up a little each day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

Miss Kate Reynolds, who has been
bnfned to her home for the past
Eo weeks with the flu, is now en-
irely recovered, and is able to be
lack at her place of business, to the
|elight of her many friends. She
has practically we'll all Of last week,
hut refrained from coming down
pwn until all danger Of communicate
be- the disease to others had past.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

The City Health officer reports the
spread of influenza continuing at the
rate of about rs cases day. There
have been no deaths, however, and al.
who have been so seriously i'll are
now entirely out Of danger. Only two
cases of pneumonia were reported to
day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

:. and Mrs. J. W. Hunter, Of
..,mouth, Va, are the proud par
). If a little girl, according to in
notion received here by friends OF
:. Hunter, who before her mar
: was Miss Ida Knight, a trained
rse Of this city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Wilson re-
,rned Yesterday from a pleasant
miner spent in Highpoint, N. c.,
nd we are glad to note that Mrs.
vilson is much improved by her trip,
efore leaving for the mountains she
as very seriously i'll, but is in much
ptter health now.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21
Bills Should BE Presented

The Secretary of the Fourth Liberty
Loan Campaign requests that all who
have bills to present do so not later
than Wednesday, Oct. 22nd. These ac-
counts will be settled Thursday.
VIM. B. CURTIS, Sec'y.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

The assignments bf LESSONS and
other school information is printed on
Page s. Reports from some of the
grades, which could not be handled
today, will appear tomorrow.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

Mr. Indie Edwards. who was called
report for service tomorrow, to be
hi TO Fort Dade, will not go, the
Ivornment having decided that his
Irvces as pharmacist at the Red
Loss Pharmacy were of more value
the community during the present
Didemic. and he will not go at this
mo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

V. Hutchingson, who has
~ at Dade City, left for that
TODAY, where he will spend the
.tor mart Of the winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

y. and Mrs. Cecil R. Scott, on
L. Morton Drive, are the proud pa
T. :, # an S-pound daughter, which
,.,od Saturday evening. DR.. H. M.
lizards in attendance.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

Mr. and Mrs. W. L. King have
leased the Paul ODoniel home on
Lake Morton Drive, and are moving
in to same today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

,,ro n. L. Collier was able To
% The Lake View Sanatorium yes
dow after being successfully ope-
|. u on three weeks ago by DR.. ].
Holmes. She is now GONZALES
! and gaining strength. Mrs.
,,lier has taken rooms at Mrs. j.
hollands, 312 South Kentucky
Ienue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

LlcOrlicS

- Fire Department was called
g saturday night by a false alarm
20 being pulled by a mischiev-
uers0n,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

were backed with their wealth, Lake
ianu went over the top and continued
70 nold her place of honor among the
cues Oh the land who are supporting
'he boys at the front and the cause
of freedom.
for the success of the campaign.
100 much credit cannot be given 70
the Rotary Club, and, If individuals
are mentioned, the city should be
grateful to 0. M. Eaton for his
lai'niul and untiring efforts as the
chairman of the Rotary committee. to
A ], Holworthy and c. E. Todd
VINO were everywhere at once with
directions and attention to many du.
ties and details, to Edwin Spencer
VINO on several occasions both in
Lakeland and elsewhere used his tai
ents in selling bonds. Previous to
Rotary's taking hold" for the good
work done, the citizens owe gratitude
10 the ladies' team, who, under the
leadership of Mrs. ]. B. Hannah
and more recently of Mrs. Thomas
Hatcher, made faithful canvass Of
the city and assisted in collecting un,
raid subscriptions; and to the Boz
Scouts who sold their quota of s1O-
ooo and more; to the members of the
mems teams; to the railroad COM
mittee who sold over $4,000 TO the
h, r. employees; and to all who at
different times made addresses in the
park
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21
Press Was a Power

Lakeland's honor In the Fourth Lib
erty Loan was upheld. This would
have been impossible without the val
ued assistance and publicity of the
press, which day after day through
out the campaign, cheerfully granted
every request of the committee ard
gave so much in addition to what
was asked.
W. B. CURTIS, Secy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

Mrs Edwin Spencer, Jr" chair
man of the Nurses Committee re-
rorts the following volunteer workers
among the influenza victims: Mrs
VIM Steitz, who is nursing at the
CITY Hospital; Mrs John Mckee who
nursed one day and was prevented
from giving further of her services
owing to a slight accident; Miss Mar3
Grower, who is in complete charg"
Of the Hingson family, on West Main
street. the mother and three children
being in bed; Mr.. Sutton Wilder
are requested to meet at the Elks'
Home at $50 tomorrow morning to
attend the funeral of our late Broth
or Gus L. Palmer.
W. L. KING,
Exalted Ruler.
p. O. JEFFCoTT, Sec.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21
NOTICE TO ELKS

All Elks. who possibly can do So
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-21

3, O. JEFFCoTT, Sec.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
More Women pentists7

Dentistry as a profession may have
few attractions generally, especially
for women. Nevertheless, it does af-
ford steady and, in many cases, highly
remunerative work, candidates for
which cannot but be reduced in num-
Der by the exigencies of the war. A
certain branch Of dental work known
as dental mechanics offers q field
which seems peculiarly suited to wom-
en-, or, at any rate, to those who have
the natural dexterity and fineness of
touch usually possessed by them.
Dental mechanics do not, of course,
extend their training to the surgical
side of their undertaking, though
those qualifying as dental surgeons
have to be adequately expert me-
chanics-the greater includes the less,
here as elsewhere-but the work is
fairly lucrative and distinctly regular,
so that it seems certain that more and
more of it will fall into the hands Of
competent women in the future.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
WAR GARDENS

What the Boys and Girls Have Done
From the Department of the In
terror comes word that 100000 boys
and girls are enrolled in the garden
army cultivating over 10000 war gar
dens. The crop reports indicate that
the average patch cultivated by the
youngsters is little over one-fif-
teenth of an acre, and the products,
which range from parsnips to pigs,
and turnips to turkeys, approximate
$500 an acre. This means that the
school children of America will this
year have contributed not less than
$50,000,000 worth of. food products
to the economy of the war. Because
this food is consumed or marketed
in the vicinity where it is grown it
is estimated that the children will
have released the equivalent of So
900 freight cars for the transporta-
ton of war necessities.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
Artificial Stone

The artificial Stone Age is coming.
Although we are accustomed to
speak of prehistoric man as belong
ing to the Stone Age, the real Stone
Age is only dawning. Forestry has
been declared farce, and fence
posts are being grown by farmers not
by planting acorns but by pouring a
mixture of cement, sand and stone in
to moulds. Hollow telegraph poles
of reinforced concrete are common
in France.
Fireproof buildings excite no COM
ment, and concrete cottages and resi-
dences bid fair to be equally numer-
Gus before long. Plenty has been &C
complished with reinforced concrete
to show that forests will soon be as
little needed, for building purposes as
buffaloes for carriage robes or deer
for dinners"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
Modern Military Balloons.

Great improvements have been
made in the construction of kite bal
looms in the past two years, according
to Henry Woodhouse, the leading
American aircraft authority. In
Everybody's he says: 1.-THE old de-
sign based on the original German
drachen balloon was sausage shaped
and could stand little wind above 30
miles per hour. The present design
used by the allies, and to some extent
by the Germans, is based on the de-
sign of Captain Cacqou of the French
army. 1t is pear-shaped on one side
and has three huge fins, one on each
side and one underneath the aft end
of the gas-bag. On the ground these
fins give it the appearance of a huge
elephant.
"This type of military balloon is
much steadier and safer than the old
type and can stand wind of up to
80 miles an hour. They are from 20
to so feet in diameter, and have a
hydrogen capacity of from 10000 to
$4,000 cubic feet"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
Farms for Soldiers

Governments; have, additionally,
repatriated their returning armies on
the land. The Roman legionary
became the Apennine farmer. The
A m erican Revolutionary soldier
crossed the Alleghanies in his OK
cart and tanned the wilderness of the
Mississippi Valley.
Mr.. FraTlzlin K. Lane, secretary of
the interior, is being before-handed in
his share of our Governments neces-
sary plans for army rehabilitation.
He aims first to provide employment
for hundreds Of thousands of men by
great public reclamation projects,
and then to settle such returned sol
diers as may desire it on the re-
claimed lands, providing liberal fnan-
cial assistance until their farming
ventures are self-supporting.
/ This would mean irrigation, drain
age and road building, to be followed
by home building and town building.
We nave the land. One-half of
the tillable land this side of the
Missouri river is out of use. There
are 150,000,000 acres of cut-over land,
nearly all Of it in private hands,
where it is likely to remain unproduc-
tive until Government, state and in
dividual owners work out policy of
development. Another 100000
acres of swamp lands may be treated
as successfully as the 100000 acres
already reclaimed for farming along
the Mississippi river.
A country Of Independent farmers,
owning their own land, is a country
in sound social health. The aim is
not to have tenant farmer class
such as is regrettably increasing in
the West; but highly intelligent,
northumberland agrarian popu-
lation Of men who have deserved we'll
of their country, and for whom, as
reward, their country will provide a
sound basis ft.r an independent liveli-
hood.
The secretary's plan goes farther:
it includes the planning of ideal rura.
communities in which the household
shall be less isolated socially, and the
farm women less numbered with
much serving.
To regard these reconstruction
plans as Utopian betrays a profound
ignorance of the social changes
which are bound to follow the war
They must be met. These policies
must be translated into action unless
industrial chaos is to follow the ces-
sation of the fighting, and now il
none too soon to begin.-Bostor
| Globe.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
HOW THE ARMY SAVES SUGAR
AND GLYCERINE

According to a recent announce
ment of the War department, consid-
cradle savings in sugar and glycerine
are being effected by the Quarter
master Corps in disseminating the
purchase of so-called glycerine soaps
for the army. Both of these pro-
ducts were used in the manufacture
of soaps for the purpose of improv-
ing it's appearance, but they are I'M
necessary, IS they do not add to the
cleansing value of the soap. A recent
order from quartermaster called for
100000 pounds of glycerine soap.
Based on the usual formula, this soap
would contain Is per cent of sugar,
or total of $4,000 pounds, which
would have been a complete waste.
The soap was provided, but it did
not contain sugar or glycerine, so
that $4,000 pounds of sugar was
saved for food and a proportionate
amount of glycerine was saved fol
the manufacture of powerful explo-
Sives.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
The Trail of the Serpent

eve cannot imagine that the invi-
tation will be declined" says the
Times of the Hungarian bid
for beginning toward an inconclu-
sive, therefore Prussian, peace. =.
So far as has been discovered, no
responsible official of the United
States, no citizen whose views are
sufficiently representative to be wor-
thy of quotation, no other newspaper
of prominence in the land, agrees
with the Times. On the contrary
there is unanimity of agreement with
the views of the Herald: eve can
not imagine how that invitation could
be accepted"
Prussianism is weary and wabbling
but it is not crushed.
We have just begun to fght!-
New York Herald.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
O-BOATS Baked
BY AIR FIGHTERS
AirpIanes Pre- of Great Assist
ance in Finding Enemy
Submarines.
NECESSARY ALLY OF NAVY
Great Britain Sees Need of Holding
Command of Air as Well as of
Sea-Aircraft Either Attack
or Summon Patrols.

London.-The measure of the sue
cess of the antisubmarine campaign is
the safe crossing of the Atlantic by a
million American troops.
There is very properly a good deal
Of official reticence regarding the
methods by which submarines are de-
stroyed, but it is an open secret that
the loyal air force has contributed
largely toward the defeat Of the u
boat campaign.
Just as airplanes have become an
essential auxiliary to the army, so air.
craft have become an indispensable
ally of the navy, making it clear that
ascendancy in the air in future will be
as vital to Britain as her present as
cendancy st sea.
Airships of two main types, the
smaller known as the submarine scout
and the larger as the coast patrol
type, and seaplanes, are the chief in
struments for dealing with submarines
from the air. The first business of all
aircraft or submarine offensive is to
find the submarine.
See Submerged Boats.
From a certain height in the air,
submerged U-bOats are visible to OBJ
servers and their position is commune
Gated to the nearest naval patrol. The
work of aircraft is by no means con-
fined to detecting the U-boats. They
have means of Immediately attacking
their prey without waiting for the ar
rival of the naval patrol.
There is the obvious means of drop
ping bombs, fully effective when the
submarine is caught on or just below
the surface. Modern antisubmarine
aircraft are almost equally at home in
the air Or on the water. Should the
U-boat dive through the water, it's pur.
lease depth charges, which have con
siderable range of action, and are much
feared by U-boat commanders.
In claiming for the r. A. f. a large
:, share in winning the safe landing OF
Americas first million the reservation
| 1uuSL NC LudOC IudL tuC 1d0SC VI I'LL
craft from their bases is limited, but
| their bases are not necessarily on land
| and seaplanes and submarine scouts
have accommodation on shipboard an(
are carried to the area of their deep
sea patrols.
Where They Are Thickest.>
Again, it is naturally in home wa
tiers and especially in the North sea
that submarines are thickest, outward
bound from Germany, so that aircraft
patrols are effective from home base!
over the sea zone most freQuented b.
| U-boats.
Coast patrol airships accompan!
conveys through home waters "spot
ting" submarines, to be dealt will
! either by themselves or by destroy
ers; and if the U-boat menace is no
yet mastered, it is steadily and IN
mistakably being brought under con
troll.
Safe landing of a million Americana
in France is a big fact, the signifi
canoe of which can hardly be missed
even in Germany, where, according t,
neutral witnesses, scepticism has beer
rapidly growing lately concerning tn
possibilities Of the U-boat campaign.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
LIVED IN
ROYAL PALACE
American Soldiers the Guests of
King George

King George heard that Eagle Hut
was overcrowded and hundreds of
boys landing from an American
transport were on the street in Lon
don without beds. He sent word:
"Send 100 over to the palace for bed
and breakfast" Quickly secretaries
secuted the streets, found the fellows
without rooms and sent them to the
palace in automobiles furnished by
the King and the Association to be
the Kings guests. When Secretary
Young offered the invitation he got
the characteristic American reply:
cav, go on, you're kidding us"
Jump into this auto and see." They
jumped, landed at the Palace, rub
bed their eyes. "Say, DO, the Kings
all right and so is the Y. M" What
would better cement the ties between
England and America. The next
night that same secretary was round
ing up "his boys" He found some on
the streets with a whiskey bottle and
women. "Say, boys, where are you
going to sleep tonight" cav, we
amt going to sleep. We don't leave
until late" "What do you say to a
bed in the Palace?" "That's better
than the park, all right. We're on"
And another truck load went to the
Palace and came out sober. By mid
night he had picked up Is. One was
staggering down bobby's seat. The
policeman did not want to take him
in to the station. The Palace might
suit him better. 1t was better to
be the guest of the King than the
guest of the city. The next day these
boys were the Associations guests
at the ball game, at which the King
Pitched the first ball, and entertain
ment with transportation and tickets
were furnished them free.-Associa-
ton Men,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
FOUND ONE SENTRY ALERT
Captain Satisfied No Enemy Would
Get by the CoIored Soldier Who
Challenged His Commander.

81 was recently breaking in a squad
of raw country negroes" remarked
Captain c., stationed at Virginia
camp not far from Washington, land,
despite their and my good intentions,
it was not proving the easiest task in
the world, since most of them knew
much better how to follow band than
military rules. This particular group
gave me a lot of hard work and I
kept pretty close watch on them. One
night l decided to give my sentries a
surprise visit, but had not got far on
my rounds when l was stopped with
a peremptory:
"tHalt Who goes dar?
II gave the word, but was again
brought up with sharp: Halt agin i
| wants to know who you is!'
"'Your commanding officer, was my
answer, which did not suffice, as my
sentry came back quickly with:
Oats all right, sub, but is you
got de right to go traipsin' roun' camp
at dis ungodly time o. nightY
"DOn't you know whether or not I
have such a rightY / answered him
sternly. It's your business to know
Excuse me, Cap'n, but 1 wash
quite sho',' he said-and in a perfect
ly respectful tone-'an' 1 axed you fer
information when I wanted to know
eff you did have de right to go prowl-
in roun' dis here camp like er liant
(ghost)?'
"He got his answer, and I am sure
of one of my sentries at least"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20
START COMMUNITY LAUNDRY
Canton, O., Probably First City in
Country to Make the
Venture.

Canton, O.-This city is probably the
first in the country to have a COM
munity laundry. Residents of the
northeast section of the city have
formed an organization for the es-
tablishment of the laundry. Shares of
stock were sold at $40 each and more
than 300 stockholders. are interested
in the venture. In connection with
the laundry the community plant will
operate a. dry cleaning establishment,
hat and shoe cleaning shop and shoe
repair shop. While the plant will be
a profit sharing concern, the price of
work, it is expected, will be held con-
siderably below the regular prices to
stockholders.