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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
FIGHTING CONDITIONS.
Wife Of Marine Tells How to Get Best
Results From Husband.

ITO get 100 per cent fighting eff
cheney out of John Parsons you've got
to give him his old carpet slippers
after hard days work in the
trenches. A good cigar and q piece
Of apple pie to rourd it out and you've
got satisfied man that will do any
thing you tell him. I've lived with
him for ten years and / know"
This note addressed to marine corps
headquarters by Mrs. John Parsons,
also contained an inquiry as to whe-
Their there was any embargo on carpet
slippers, Betsey Lees, and apple pie
going to fighting marines in France.
It's a big question and while the
marine corps maintains no time study
or welfare departments, it is.felt that
If his old carpet slippers will enhance
John Parsons fighting qualities he'll
just have to have them, that's all.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
WASTE OF MAN POWER.
Some Lines of Effort That Never
Would Be Missed.
(Washington Starr

Enlistment Of the available man
power Of the United States for duty
either in arms or in essential indus
tries is being urged as one Of the war
needs, and it would appear that there
are various non essential lines of
work in which able-bodied men are
employed. Observers and critics are
daily pointing out what they call nom
essential or useless occupations. One
critic of conditions as they are has hit
upon the barber shop boy as being
useless. The Mushroom boy also
seems to have little to do excepting to
work patrons of his place for tip,
and some observers have placed him
in the same classification with the
barber shop boy. The hat rack boy is
another young man who is said to be
performing a kind of labor that does
not contribute to the effectiveness OF
the man power of the nation.
The doorman-the man in livery
which often resembles a military uni
| form-who opens carriage and auto
mobile doors for the customers of
shops and hotels, or who opens the
doors of hotels, stores and restaurants
to save the patrons of those places
from that exhausting labor, might be
better employed in war industry, ac-
cording to one officer of the govern
ment The footman, who sits beside
the chauffeur and whose chief duty
seems to be hopping up and down and
off and on, to open and close the door
of the car, is another man who might
be performing more useful service to
the country
Then there is the bootblack. Time
was when the average American
BACKED his own boots or shoes, and
the backing brush and box of backing
were a part of the equipment of every
middle-class home. Public boot black
ing was done by boys, who usually
combined that work with selling pap
ers and running errands. The boy
bootblack Is nearly extinct and men
are now running that business. The
man who shines his own shoes Is a
rarity. And it may be that the man
who now blacks his own shoes would
be ashamed to admit that he does
such mental work.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
WAR PAINT.
Dangerous Practice of Girls in English
Powder Factories.

A warning issued by the explosives
department of the British ministry of
munitions reveals that many English
girls working in munition plants are
using dangerous war paint" r n r
powder is being rubbed into their hair
to impart a chestnut or auburn color.
The warning says: THE practice is a
most dangerous oen. The familiar
augmentation of the skin due to hand
ling this explosive is not in itself a
serious matter for it wears off after
time; but the skin is a great alb
sorber of poison, and toxic jaundice
and dermatitis may result. Those con-
tinually doping the scalp and roots of
the hair with T N 7 would lay them
selves open to this obstinate COM
plant, but apart from this the effect
of the stuff on their hair cells and
tissue is in no way persistent"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
HOW THOMAS A. EDISON
SPENT HIS EARLY life
POOR SCHOLAR IN SCHOOL, BUT
HIS MOTHER BACKED HER
FAITH IN HIM.

OF his early life, Thomas A. Edison
says: My mother, when a young wo-
man became a teacher in the public
school ait Vienna, Ont, where my
father and she met. She was an at
tractive, highly educated and cultured
woman and her influence upon my life
has been profound and lasting.
AS a child / was of fragile appear
ance and supposed not to be strong, SO
/ was not allowed to go to school at
as early an age as usual and then for
only short time.
l was usually at the foot of the class
but my mother, who had watched me
closely, believed in my mental powers
and resolved to take me out of school
and educate me herself.
Fortunately for me she was not on
ly loving. observing and wise, but al
so well informed and ambitious.
From her experience as teacher
she was able to give me an education
better than could be had in the local
schools of that day.
Under her guidance l found study
easy and pleasant.
What He Read at Twelve.
Before i was IL l had studied the
usual rudiments and had read with
my mothers help Gibbons Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire"
"Hume's History of England" Sears
History of the World and Burton's
Anatomy of Melancholy" and the
Dictionary of Sciences"
My father, a man of no small men
tai ability, also encouraged my liter
airy tastes and paid me small sum
for each book | mastered.
When l was about seven we moved
to Port Huron, Mich, where a few
years later, l began active life by be-
coming a newsboy.
Took to Chemistry.
My interest in chemistry started
when was II, and l tried many ex-
periments in our cellar, where / spent
most of my spare time.
AS l got deeper into my chemical
studies my limited pocket money dis
appeared rapidly.
l had read all the books within my
reach. So l decided if l became a
train newsboy l could earn all the
money l wanted for my experiments,
get fresh reading from newspapers
and magazines and spend some leisure
hours in Detroit at the public library.
My parents, particularly my mother,
objected. For my father, although
not rich, was actively interested in
several industries and was very pros
porous.
But / finally overcame their reluct-
ance, and in 1859, at the age of IL,
obtained permission from big rail-
road system to sell newspapers on the
trains between Port Huron and De-
troit.
Interested in Electricity.
While newsboy on the railroad,
became much interested in electricity,
probably from visiting telegraph Of
fees with a chum who had tastes SIM
liar to mine
1t may be surprising that a lad from
about IL to Is should have been al
lowed such liberty-going early and
returning late, newsboy, an expert
menter in chemistry, publisher
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
Inewsdealer, amateur locomotive en-
Capital $50, 600. 90

inewsdealer, amateur locomotive en-
gineer, and what not, which was.
My family, except my mother,
thought l was a strange boy, and If
any of them expressed nervousness
during my absences she would say
"He is all right Nothing will hap
pen to him. God Is taking care of
him."
She understood and allowed me the
widest possible sphere of action and
encouraged my ever increasing stud
les.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
NEW YORK DOES 1T.

The usc ~ certain Now York school
houses during July and August as dormi
tories and training schools for several
hundred soldiers is an admirable IN
stance of proper utilization Of resources
and of effective cooperation Tho pur-
pose IS to give intensive technical raining
IN mechanical work 70 selected men.
whose services will he greatly needed by
the army. The school equipment i we'll
suited for this instruction II not 50
used il would have lain practically idle
When the summers course for soldier
IS over il can be returned unharmed, to
its primary purpose The government
will pay for all necessary temporary
changes II is a good idea, bencfitinq
all interests concerned New York SUu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
Crepe de Chimes
CeOrgette Crepes
Striped Tub Silks $3
Of Extra Importance

One-day sale Wolfe remnants. Dress
patterns worth SOC by today's standard,
TO close out at fSc.
Best PercaIe in light and dark shades,
"a count. Very special, re.
Bates Seersucker Gingham, zoe yard
Extra large Huck Towels, good, heavy
quality, 2Hc.
Defender Sheets, size 8Ix9O, 81
value. Saturday only, Ss.90.
Mercerized Table Cloths, size 8xlO
Hemstitched. Special sSs.s0.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
SONG TO A SOLDIER.
Irene Mcleod.

Spring is gone, and summers here,
They're bringing up the hay,
Soon they will be harvesting,
And my loves still away.
/ see the apples reddening,
And yellow burns the wheat,
Lovers sit in summers heart
And sing TO summer S beat,
But my loves still away,
He lies there, he cries there,
! hear him night and day;
| cannot hear the birds sing,
For my loves still away
III not go through the clover field,
Along the Foxgiove wood
Nor climb the ash on chapel hill
We climbed IN happier mood.
For my owe still away!
o summer lanes. O summer fields
That smell so sweet OF hay
When this Is done, and truth is woE -
Though my loves still swav-
NAV happier lovers love here
Where | so lonely tread.
And build thy shining city, love,
Over our darling dead
Though my loves still away!
July Yale Review
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
WHAT THE HORSE
WOULD SAY IN SUMMER

II n horse could talk he wou have
many things to say when summer comes
He would tell his driver that he feels the
heat on very warm day quite ms much
as If he could read therometer.
He would say,-''Give me little
water many times day. when the heat
Is intense, but not much at time If am
warm; If YOU want me to keep well don
water me to soon after | have eaten.
He would say.-"Whcn the SIN is ho.
and | am working let me breathe once IN
a while In the shade of some house or tree
II you have to leave me on the street leave
me in the shade if possible. Anything
upon my head, between my ears, TO keep
of the sun is bad for me if the air cannot
circulate freely underneath 1t.
lie would talk Of slippery streets and
tho sensations of falling on cruel city
cobblestones the pressure of the load
pushing him TO the fall, the bruised knees
and wrcnched joints, and the feel OF the
driver s lash.
He would tell of the luxury of fly net
when at work and Of fly blanket when
standing still in fly season, and of the
boon to HIM of screens in the stable
10 keep out the insects that bite and sting
He would plead for rs cool and com
Portable stable as possible IN which 10
rest at night after "A days work under
the hot sun.
He would suggest that living through
n wnrm night in narrow stall neither
properly cleaned nor bcdded is suffering
for HIM and poor economy for the owner
He would say that turning the hose on
him is altogether too risky thing 10 do
unless YOU are looking for q sick horse
Spraying the legs and feet when he is
not TOO warm on hot day he would find
agreeable
He would say, Please sponge out
my eyes and nose and dock when come
in tired and dusty at night, and also
sponge me with clean cool water under
the collar and saddle OF the harness
Our Dumb Animals
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
AMERICAN MORAL STANDARDS.

II seems 10 me that every American
soldier could, with advantage bc remind
cd in advance that America has its own
standards, which have reasonable claim
upon his particular regard For if We.
in America, have any achievement m
the field Of civilization TO bc proud Of -
apart from our great experiment in dc
mocracy- is our attitude towards
women. am making no claim TOR
national righteousness. such az might be
shown lor moro probably disprovcdl
hv comparative statistics Of disease and
crime. am simply saying that America,
the assimlating America. In spite OF the
struggle Of all the traditions in the melting
pot. has a genuine nationality, state
Of public mind reflected IN literature
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
Women's Underwear Specials

White cambric Petticoats, cut very
full, with wide, imported embroidery
hounce, SIPS.
Fine nainsook Envelope Chemise, very
specially priced, Sf.OO.
Extra special Fine satin and crepe de
chine Camisoles, real S1.50 value. Sat-
urday only, = 100.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
SAYS TRACTION CO.
OWES CITY S9,288
ON FRANCHISE TAX
Councilman Robertson Collecting
Data Upon Which There IS
Indication of Suit.
SAYS PAYMENT DODGED

Business affairs between the city and
the Wilmington and Philadelphia lrac-
tion Co. occupied considerable OF Councll, S
attention last night, the general result
indicating that troubles lie ahead OF the
company
When Council got well under way
Chairman Robertson of the Finance
Committee brought up the matter OF the
,itys claim against the traction company
under AN agreement made with the Street
and Sewer Department to turn over two
ncr cent of its gross income, above n
certain figure. under which he claimed
the following sums to be due, as a fran
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
and art as well as IN law and cnstorn.

and art ma we'll as in law and custom
And without attempting TO define
more explicitly the American attitude
towards women, or 81 describe the free
and cornradcly and honestly chivalrous
relations that have grown out OF II here
and there, | simply state il is nv belief
that IN this respect We have hit upon
something worthy of particular adherence,
because ia principles are valid every
where MIR H. Hooking in July Yale
Review.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19

man Abbergcr of the Third ward named
George W. Denny. Mr.. Ford received
nine votes while Mr.. Denny received four
votes, and was declared elected
The action of Mr. Ford in reconsidering
his resignation came as A surprise TO the
Councilmen.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
More Expense for Him.

"Pa, what's = pscudonvm?"
II don't know, son, replied the man
whose car is in the repair shop great
deal of the time, hut II it's q thingum-
bob that belongs to an automobile, I'll
have to buy il sooner or later. -Birming-
ham Age-lferald
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
The Point of View.

The difference between American and
French automobile driving ia this. In
America when your tire blows up you say
Good Ieavensl There goes orr tire,'
and in France you say Hooravi That was
only the tire Stars md Strips
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
Choosing the Lesser.

In q choice between working and fight
ing great many men who are born
towards would find courage for fair sort
Of ow=Philadelphia Lcdg er.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
Dainty Blouses---N Newest Modes
White LmgerleS
Special al $1.25

Shown IN a score
of new rnodeis.La
and embroidery
trimmed and plain
tailored effects. All
sizes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
Sleeveless Jackets $6.98

The new rage. This special mention
is of extra fine quality black velvet in
braided effect and has a white satin
collar. Very specially priced.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19

Stunning new Gre
ations shown in the
wanted shades.
Georgette Hats with
satin crown, as we'll
as all satin hats. Won
derful value at this
very special price.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
Advantages Economic

w. 3. and American
Lady Corsets, in flesh and
pink. Newest shapes, for
ST. 30.
Beautiful colored sateen
Petticoats, SI.5O to
So. -.
Children's fine ginghar1
and chambray Dresses, all
colors, 6 to II years. Spe-
cial at SI.3J.
Boys Wash Suits, mill
tary styles, sailor suits,
&c, 2! to 10 years. Best
line in the city. Priced
SI.6o TO $500.
Long crepe Kinonos, fig
ured and plain. Special
at SI.OO.
Black and white Silk
Gloves, extra good quality.
Special, >oc.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
You Can Help

T~ELEPHONE service is an important agency
IN the country 5 war program. The use and
demands for telephone service have Increased
tremendously
The great task winch we, as a part Of The
National machinery are Shouldering IS being car
red forward successfully; but we may serve stll
more broadly if the public will cooperate in
its use Of telephone service as il is cooperating
in the conservation Of food and in the prevention
Of waste
You will observe that the operator repeats the
number. This is you may correct her if
she has misunderstood. II she repeats it cor-
rectly please say "Yes" or Right" if incorrectly
tell her the correct number befcye she completes
the connection.
Telephone users can prevent waste Of tirne,
service and telephone facilities generally if they
will always make sure Of the telephone number
before calling and make sure that the operator
has understood. Wrong number calls and the
possible tie-up Of telephone equipment over
unnecessarily long periods will thus DC avoided
Chicago eagle., 1918-06-22

Women are swarming into new ac-
tiyities to meet the needs of Industry
and to release men for service ut the
front. These war times call upon
every individual to do some kind Of
work, excusing only the very old or
the very young from active service.
And women are acQuitting themselves
like men. They are getting down to
business In uniforms scientifically de-
signed to meet the requirements of the
various kinds of work they have I'M
dertaken To do, and to meet their own
sense of fitness. Many n smart uni
form proclaims that its wearer is do
ing her bit by dlscharging the duties
of some man who Is "Oyer THEREFOR
on the way.
For the factory or farm or garden
there are ovcrettcs and service suits
like those shown in the picture. They
prove to be Immensely convenient for
house work, ana for outings In the
woods or mountains there Is nothing
so comfortable and satisfactory ns the
service suit. For tramping, climbing
and fishing il has any outfit that in
cludes skirt diScredited: there is no
comparison between them for cOnven-
ience.
For work that does not demand
breeches or bifurcated skirts there Is
Chicago eagle., 1918-06-22

In the New England Bulletin of the
American Red Cross there is II splcn-
did review of its work during the past
year from which the following Is un
extract under the title of "Thc Human
Side"
"rhe American Red Cross recognizes
that our first duty for humanity in this
war is the protection of our soldiers
in France. II recognizes also that this
duty lies with the United States gov
crnmcnt and that the government Is
responsible for II. AS u supplement.
ary relief organization the Red Cross
stands ready to cooperate with the
government I'm this work, and to put
its organization, money and supplies
into service at the call of the Ameri-
can army whenever and wherever they
can be of use. Fully realizing the dis
advantages that are always met In u
foreign country, and with the view of
keeping our soldiers In touch with
things American, the Red Cross begins
at the port of landing In France by
establishing rest stations. These rest
eAtehu tO"uIu thN
camps and are located In a series at
junction points and railroad stations
where the soldiers are required to
wait for train connections.
"Chief work of the American Red
Cross I'm helping care for wounded SOL
diers lies in its cooperation with the
government in supplying an efficient
nursing service; In assisting the Army
Medical corps In cases Of emergency,
and In furnishing materials for hos
pitals. There were on March 1, 1913,
more than twenty-three hundred Amer
lean Fed Cross nurses employed I'm
base hospitals and I'm the French mill
tnry hospitals throughout the republic.
The total number of hospitals of va
rious sorts In the French republic ex-
ceeds five thousand, and more than
half of these are receiving all or part
Of their medical and surgical supplies
from the American Red Cross.
Re.edueation.
"The re.cducatiOn Of mutilated sol.
diers Is being carried on Jointly by the
French government and the American
Rcd cross. There are between fifty
and sixty schools Of various kinds for
Chicago eagle., 1918-06-22
vogue IN AMERICA
New York Could Not Rule Styles,
Fashion Writer Asserts.
Jealousies, Climatic Variation, Differ.
enee In Mode Of Living, and
Many Other Reasons.

The theater guides fashion in
France, to be sure, but there Is little
prospect of its playing such com.
manding role in this country, even IL
America should declare sartOrial in
dependence of France, as result of
the war, observes New York fashion
correspondent. France, though she oc-
cupies such large place in our hearts,
is small country, as we Americans
understand size. 1t has been a COM
paratively easy matter for Paris to set
the standard for the entire population
interested In the mode. For New York
to attempt to do the same thing, in
the same degree, would be to foredoOm
the effort to failure. New York might
influence fashions, probably would
play greater part I'm their determine
tiOn and selection than any other place
i'm the western hemisphere; but that
New York should control the dress of
the country, down to the last detail of
the length of the sleeve, The placing of
ribbon, as Paris does would be an
impOssibility. America Is too big. BY
t1e tiIIle view 1OTK nuu SucCeeupu III
distributing its models to the last de-
manding woman, something else would
be In vogue. And then there Is the
natural Jealousy I'm one section of the
vast continent of another section; the
tremendous climatic variation; the diff
ference I'm the mode of living; and Il
thousand other less striking reasons.
The style influence launched In New
York would spread and widen itself
out Of existence, as the rings made by
pebble dropped in pond lose them
selves as they spread from the point
Of contact.
If the theater guided fashion In our
country as 1t does in Paris, we might
see an untimely revival of Watteau
fashions, judging by the reception ac-
corded to the Louis XV gowns worn
by Billie Burke In Henry Miller's re-
vival of "The Marriage Of Convent
ence." The town has gone mad over
her hoop-skirts. and her powdered
tresscs. Every woman who sees them
longs to try them on.
Chicago eagle., 1918-06-22
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Wellesley college girls are cultivat-
Ing their war gardens after school
hours on the college farm.
Two thousand American women and
men are in the French organization of
the American Red Cross.
Fifteen thousand Philadelphia wOm-
en- and girls helped In the War Say
ings Stamp drive.
The cnnteens and rest stations along
the lines of communication In the war
zone of France are being operated by
American women.
Salvation army lassies cook and dis
tribute the tOOthsOme doughnuts to
Americans on the French front.
Twenty-seven new visiting nurses
have been placed on the staff of Phil
adelphia's bureau of health for the
duration of the summer.
English women have established a
chain of lunch wagons not far from
the battle line, from which they serve
hot coffee to the soldiers returning
from the Flanders front.
Chicago eagle., 1918-06-22

Il service suit like this except that II
has skirt. All these suits are made
Ci Warren Jean material In khaki
color. Caps and hats to match are
made to be worn with them.
Smart society women who have ded-
icated their cars and services to the
government have donned tunic uni
form for driving them. Girls who are
replacing young men as ushers In the
theaters are uniformed in spirited coat
and breeches suits with puttees and
dashing little caps. Women serving
In canteens like to be uniformed, Red
Cross workers don cap and apron-ev'
erywhere the service garment Is worn
as a proud badge of duty fulfilled,
Chicago eagle., 1918-06-22

The rise Of the collar on gowns
keeps pace with the narrowness Of
tho skirts.
Chicago eagle., 1918-06-22
Table for SUGAR.

Two cupfuis or one pint, equal one
pound; eight ounces equal one cupful |;
two ounces equal One-fourth cupful |;
four ounces equal one gill; one gill
equals One-half cupful or One-elghth
IF a quart. Gas n gill Is a measure,
aot weight, 1t Is the same alwayl'.)