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thing like a Zeppelin but with a framework of bamboo instead of alum mum. There have been eight of these in use since the beginning of the war and their fate or present condition is shown in the following list S.-L.-s-Out If service since long time.
 s.-L.-l-Struck by lightning in the
 Baltic s.-L-e-Believed to have fallen into the Baltic. S.-L-s-In service in the Baltic. S-L.-9-Burnt at Stolp. S.-L-14-In service in the Baltic. S.-L-16-Believed to be still in serv- ice. S.-L-20--In service. There was also one Gross semi rigid dirigible, which was put out or service at the end of February, 1915, and inc second used as a school ship
 and the third understood to be stiii
 in service.
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ssThe Measure of a Man"

From the Popular Science Magazine.
 If you are a busy man and do not like to use up q lot of your valuable time in being measured for your new suit of clothes, you can have your meas urement taken in the twinkling of an eye by photograph.
 This is the basic idea of patent grant to Emery c. Costly, of Walkers wills, Md. His invention will indicate not only the measurements of man but his weight as well. The apparatus con- sists of a platform on which Is mounted a camera, scale, and height meas uring standard on the end of a platform scale.
 There Is no tiresome standing as there was when the tape measure did its slow work. All the prospective customer has to do is to stand on the platform opposite to the camera. A measuring device be- hind him will record his height and other measurements and scale his weight All these details will appears in the pic ture.
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TheLaundries
 To the Public: According the Associated Press dispatches the laun dries exempted from the closing order of the Na- tiona Fuel Administration
 According to the advice of the Jefferson County Fuel Committee the laundries are not exempted But, whether exempt or not shall-as patriotic duty-subject ourselves to the MONDAY CLOSING CLAUSE OF THAT ORDER, just as other fuel consum- ing industries must do By closing plants each Mon- day for period of ten weeks approximately 1000 tons of coal will be saved for relief of the fuel shortage Our wagons will call for work on Monday as usual but the following schedule of deliveries will be strictly ad- hered to- N Laundry work collected from patrons on Monday will be delivered on the following Thursday
 Work collected Tuesday will be delivered the follow ing Friday
 Work collected Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be delivered the following Saturday.
 Work collected Saturday will be delivered the next week
 In no instance will laundry work be delivered on the same day it is collected or received.
 Our action is in obedience to the recommendations of the Council of National Defense the Conservation of FUEL and MAN POWER We earnestly ask our patrons and the general public to cooperate with by having their bundles ready when our wagons call The Acme Laundry The Excelsior Laundry The American Laundry The Ideal Laundry The Birmingham Laundry The Imperial Laundry The Domestic Laundry The Empire Laundry The White Swan Laundry The Sheldon Laundry
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the machine; one had his glasses trained
Suddenly the great plane circled higher
and then fioated easily to earth in the fat
meadow across from the refuge. The avia-
tor hurried over to our heroine, and thus
cid her great romance come to her.
II is said that Mimi looks even more dis
tracing in her nurses cap and kerchief
than she ever did in her liveliest and most
expensive party frocks. The aviator, who
was unrecognizable because Of his helmet,
let fall his words very quickly-he has al
ways been speedy in everything.
There's three kids lying in a heap in
that woods over there. l don't know
whether they're dead or alive, but some
thing ought to be done. Can you take 'em
in here? I'll go and get EN-"
Not giving Miss Scott chance to reply
he disappeared round the side Of the
refuge and in another minute was clank-
ing over the rough fields In the only Ford
the nurses possessed.
Miss Scott watched the Ford disappear
toward the woods that we're fully mile
away Then watched 1t come back again,
and from the car fell three dirty, ragged
youngsters, all girls, less than ten years
old.
They had been wandering in the woods
two days with nothing to eat, and they
were literally starving to death when the
airman's. powerful glasses brought them
into view. OF course they were fed and
washed and put to bed, the strange man
waiting around outside until all this was
done.
Then out came Miss Scott, and there
stood a man whose face, seen without his
helmet, seemed oddly familiar. He
grinned. Its a long time since l saw
you last, Miss Scott. And this place is
not much like Princeton, is it?"
"Princeton!" exclaimed Miss Scott.
"Why, you are 'Hobey Baker, and We all
had lunch together after the game! How
long, long ago that seems! And now you
are fighting over here"
Which was all perfectly true. Although
she had long ago forgotten that football
game and subsequent lunch at Princeton,
and she had never since recalled Baker.
the greatest hockey player ever produced
by Princeton or any other American col
lege Neither our hero nor our heroine
had been carrying round memory pictures
Of each other, but they did develop
mighty sudden interest right away in each
other.
, "Hobey," as all the sporting world knew
him, is now Lieutenant Baker, but Miss
Scott cared little for his title. She Just
wanted to make him a cup of tea, and
yes, he must have some cigarettes and so
on. He stayed an hour, perhaps two-the
once starving children were asleep and
somehow he found himself telling Of the
tragedies he had seen. How many they
we're!
She in turn had her tragedies to tell.
1t was queer, but these two, who had met
four years before in the beautiful town
OF Princeton, amid normal peaceful sur
roundings, never referred to their lives at
homeo
| To all intents, not only life but the
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player and never lacked for partners, and
IT did seem as though every game she
played became a love game. She also
drove a motor, rode her horse and swan
as well as Eleanor Sears. 1t was said in
Newport that whenever anyone wanted
man to fill out in any sport, all one had
to do was to call up Miss Scott The man,
no matter who he might be, If free, white
and of good birth, would be found, in
evtably somewhere in the heiress's vicin-
ity.
But all this changed when George Scott
died For more than a year his daughter
withdrew from society and devoted herself
to working for the various French and
Belgian charities She spent five hours
every day at the Red Cross making surg
ical dressings and bandages, and when
nothing else needed to be done she made
layettes for the poor little war babies
"over there"
Then came our entry into the war. This
happened just at the time when our hero
inc was planning to return to her former
social life. She intended, of course, to keep
on with her Red Cross work, but she felt
that she might now begin to dance and
play n bit Our declaration of war, how
ever, changed her whole scheme Of life,
and ten days later she entered the Wom-
ems Hospital way uptown in New York,
and began her nursing course.
All Summer, when Newport was in the
widest throes of excitement. When her
young friends were flirting and frivoling
with the myriads of Naval Reserve stu
dents stationed round about the colony.
Miss Scott worked from eight o'clock in
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Europe. At the end of the Summer Mimi
returned perfectly content to let the heath
en- alone and the convent as well.
She went to boarding school, and the
next thing came the announcement that
she was going to write a book. And so,
you see, this young lady of fortune, heir
to wealth that ran way up into millions,
was Just a normal school girl, after all.
The Summer that Mimi came out was
a gala season for Newport. It was in
many declared war, that George Scott
gave a sumptuous ball for his daughter.
Belmead, the Scott place on the avenue,
was riot of flowers and the favOrs given
cost fortune. The pretty debutante with
her soft chestnut hair, blue eyes and love
ly coloring made an exquisite picture in
her white tulle party frock as she stood
by her fathers side to receive her guests
radiated wealth and pleasure.
That first Summer the war meant very
little to our heroine. 1t was her first sea
son, and every waking minute of her day
and night fairly teemed with excitement
OF course she took part in all the war
relief affairs not only in Newport but later
in New York, and did Red Cross work for
the Belgians Then, in the midst of her
gay times, her father dropped dead from
heart disease at the Tuxedo Club. This
was the first great sorrow of Miss Scotts
life, for she was not old enough when her
mother died to understand her loss.
All this time, of course, she had been
having more than the usual share of
suitors. She was a crackerjack tennis
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world began with their meeting over those
June. That same month they met again,
only this time it was In an evacuation
hospital back Of the lines where Nurse
Mimi was at last swabbing the wounds
and bandaging the fractures Of her fellow
countrymen. Baker few oyer one day to
visit a brother aviator wounded to the
death, and he and Nurse Mimi remained
by the bedside until the gallant young
flyer went west"
No one, of course, knows when he de-
clared his love. He seemed to have so
little time when he did come to earth, but
evidently these first two visits settled mat
ters for them both. A man and girl who
have gone through such experiences to-
gether as this Princeton hockey player and
this Newport belle did during that month
of June could never be casual acquaint-
ances. II was one Of wars paradoxes that
they should have their greatest happiness
when they we're helping others to endure
great sorrows.
In July Miss Scott was ordered to Paris
by her superior officer to rest up. She was
trotting through the Bois her second morn
ing with Mrs. Astor when Lieutenant Baker
too, was in Paris for the week, and what
a week they hadi
This time no immediate tragedy faced
them, and they could not help forgetting
the cloud Of terror that hovered to the
north of them. They were in love, and 1t
was Paris! From letters received in Sep
tember and by putting two and two to-
gether, Miss Scott's family and friends
have decided that the great question was
settled during that week.
BY August Nurse Mimi was back at her
post, working twenty hours a day, and
always with that strained, aching look in
the eyes that women wear whose hearts
are somewhere in that great gray fighting
mass in France or Flanders. OF course,
there we're flying visits-literaIly flying"
to keep up her spirit, but the day finally
came when she cabled her grandmother
not to be surprised to hear Of her marriage
any day.
She and "Hobey," she wrote, both felt
that under the circumstances they would
get what happiness they could. when they
could. The day the cable was sent Baker
was sent to another sector, one that Is too
active to be mentioned, and, alas, too active
to permit of those aforesaid tying visits
to his sweetheart. So, at the moment, the
question Of their marriage is on the knees
of the gods.
The three baby refugees? They have been
adopted for life by Nurse Mimi and
"Hobey," and their fortune viii undoubt-
edly be as happy as the future Of their
guardian angels. which does not mean that
Nurse Mimi will bring the children up as
her own, but that she and '.Hobey" have
settled enough money on them to have
them carefully reared and trained in
France. In the meantime "Hobey" Is CIV
ing of his best in a glorious manner to his
country, Just as formerly he gave his best
to his college. And Mimi takes care Of her
wounded and waits. Waits as millions Of
other women wait
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the morning until six o'clock at night
every day and Sunday in the hospital
wards. She had no time for parties, nor
even for beaux. When she went on duty
every night she was so dog~tred sne
dropped of to sleep at dinner many, many
times.
Hospital work is deadly work even for
girls whose muscles have been used TO
hard work and whose lives have been'
oh, so different from our pretty heroine's.
This girl, who had never had fewer than
twenty servants to wait upon her, who had
two French maids to do her slightest bid
ding, spent ten hours daily waiting on the
pauper sick scrubbing gTimy backs and
rubbing aching arms and legs, and always
on her feet, with practically never
chance to restl All this she did so that
she might become fitted to go overseas and
help nurse our wounded soldiers. 1t was
the highest form of patriotism that kept
her at her self-appointed labors.
Last November, her course OF training
ended, Miss Scott sailed for France, eX-
pecting to be stationed as a nurses aid at
one of the American base hospitals. At
that time. however, General Pershing did
not want aids in these hospitals, so Miss
Scott was sent to one of the devastated
sectors with Mrs. Astor to work among
the children. Refugees were then being
sent back from behind the German lines
at the rate of a thousand day and Miss
Scott had her hands full.
One afternoon in June Miss Scott was
standing in the doorway of the refuge
watching a battle plane which was flying
unusually low. There were two men in
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LECTION is never so strange as every
day reality in times like these. Our
newspapers afford US more thrills and
are far more enthralling than the very best
best seller" The love story, for example,
of Miss Mimi Scott, of New York and
Newport, forms one of the most delightful
and unusual romances that one could i'm
agine. It is full of surprises and thrills.
sorrow and happiness, and yet It is just a
true story of everyday life. That is, as
life is lived in blood-red France.
Before the United States declared war
Miss Scott was one of Newport's greatest
bellies. She had scores of suitors who
longed to marry her, and that she was
great heiress and beauty goes without say
ing. A year ago she sailed for France to
help Mrs. Vincent Astor in her work among
destitute women and children. She sailed
away heart whole and fancy free" and
to-day she is being congratulated on her
engagement to Hobart Baker, son of Alfred
Thornton Baker, of Philadelphia, former
famous Princeton athlete, and one of the
most daring of the American aViators in
Europei
In fact, by the time this tale is read Miss
Scott may have become Mrs Baker, be-
cause, you see, marriages move very swift
ly nowadays in France, and the young
people are madly in love.
Miss Mimi Scott has delightfully."- inter-
esting background. She is the only daugh-
ter Of the late George ]. Scott, Of New
York, and consequently the only grandchild
and heiress of Mrs. George Scott, whose
estate on Bellevue avenue is one of New
ports loveliest show places.
Her mother, a great beauty, was the
Countess Jeanne de Gauville, daughter of
a French nobleman well known in this
country. She died when Mimi was a baby,
and of course Mr.. Scott took his small
daughter home to his mother and his
sister Louise.
Early in her childhood Mimi came to a
realization as to her wealth and import
ance, but this knowledge did not influence
her unpleasantly, almost the contrary.
As she grew older she became rather
serious minded nd inclined to good works.
When she was fifteen, for instance, she
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wanted to enter a
convent, or, failing
that, to go as a mis-
sionary to Africa!
True to tradition,
no one denied the
heiress this odd
wish, but Aunt Lou
made up a party Of
young people care
fully picked from
the exclusive New
port families and,
putting Mimi in the
middle of the group
took them all off to
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-10
1T PAYS TO RAISE GOOD CATTLE

If you have not noticed the wide
range in prices of cattle, and have not
visited the market, the following TAX
en- from the Government Daily Mar
ket Report last week will be of much
interest to you:
"a noticeable feature of the beef
trade has been the heavy supply of
COWS of COMMON quality and a
big percentage of COMMON and
MEDIUM steers. This has resulted
in wide spread of beef values, pric-
es today being as low as $14.00 with
choice cattle easily reaching $4,000,
making $500 spread"
This is a most convincing argu-
ment for the stock men to better
their quality. No better chance will
be had than to visit the BOWMAN &
HOOPER Hereford sale to be held in
Hutchinson, Wednesday, October 20,
where 100 head of the very best
strains of Hereford cattle raised on
the short grass in western Kansas,
will be offered.
These cattle though raised in the
open, yet when mated against the
best show cattle of America, climb
right up in the money section. Cat
tlemen will make no mistake in at
tending this sale. 21t1c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-10
A RATHER QUIET WEDDING

Mr.. Lester Hall of Troy, Colorado
and Miss Clara Gustke of Granada
Colorado, were united in marriage al
the Paramore home on North Pros.
pect Avenue, September 18th, by
Rev. Wilkinson, pastor of the M. E
church here.
After the ceremony Mrs. Paramore
served delicious dinner. The guests
were: Rev. and Mrs. Wilkinson, Miss
Ethel Tice of South Liberal, Mrs. j
w. Wilkins of Loveland, Colorado
Mrs. Paramore's sister, Mrs. Straul-
man of Dodge City, Mrs. Paramore's
mother, Mrs. Minnie Gift of Gray,
Oklahoma, Mrs. G. M. Nix, Rev. Ed
wards.
The young couple received several
nice presents. They will make their
home with Mrs. Paramore this fall
and winter.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-10
sToRK SPECIALS

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. George W
Madden, boy, September goth.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Fraim
a daughter, September 21st.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Jones
. boy, September 9th.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Daw
son, daughter, September 18th.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Skin
ner, a girl, September 28th.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gid
ley, a girl, September goth.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Gard,
ner, a daughter, September 21st, to
which has been given the name Mary
Mabel.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Chap
man, a son, October 3rd.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-10
MOOSE MAKE GOOD SHOWING

Liberal Lodge No. 1856, Loyal Or
der of Moose, now has IA members
in the service of our country, IL in
the army and in the navy, repre-
senting 80 per cent of it's member
ship, as follows:
o. A. Brynie, Co. B, I'd U. S. Eng,
Over There; Chas. King, Art, Over
There; Homer Reynolds, "a Co. Band,
Fl. Logan, Colo; Elijah Wright, Co.
G, 23 Inf, Over There; H. E. Henry,
Aviation, Over There; Cliff. Mahoney,
Battery B, 337 F. Art, Over There;
VIM. Brier, Gunner's Mate, U. S. N. f;
Orville Holmes, U. S. S. Minnesota,
u. S. NJ; Glenn E. Lindley, Lieut.. 18
Baty., F. Art; F. C. Bradley, Nat.
Army; Clarence Higgins, Med. Corps,
Over There; V. C. Harrison, Nat.
Army; o. H. McCorkle, Nat. Army
Gordon G.. Easterly, Radio Elec., U.
S. S. Teal.
Liberal Lodge is comprised of a
good live bunch of fellows who real
ize the good the Order is doing and
are still doing business at the old
stand where they have nicely furn-
ished lodge hall and club room COM
bined, where the local members and
all visiting Moose find welcome and
good clean amusement.
The laws of the Order forbid hav-
ing anything in conflict with the laws
of the state, county, and city in which
the lodge is situated. Any violation
of these laws means the revocation Of
our permit to operate social club.
Liberal Lodge plans on opening a
campaign for members in the near fu-
ture, so you men of Liberal especial
ly men with families, get ready to
put in your application to become
Loyal Moose.
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FRANK C. BOLES

washed and everything in order, takes
the workers home, and in the evening
performs the same service.
Sandwiches, pickles and coffee are
served, to soldiers only, and all free.
Each one is urged to take all he
wants, and the cost per man has run
to about five cents. From thirty to
fifty soldiers are served each day
Almost every day some passenger do
mates something to the cause; day
or so ago one man gave them five dol
lars. A woman living near town
brings in cream nearly every day.
A large Red Cross is the inviting
sign that swings above the door, and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-10
W. c. DANIELS GETS 1000 SHEEP

w. G. Daniels of Route B has re-
Gently purchased flock Of 1000
sheep Of Texas ranchman and has
placed them in pasture on his farm,
z miles west Of the city. Mr.. Dan
iels's children have been herding the
sheep and take great delight in it,
but when their school begins he ex-
poets to employ herder. The sheep
RAISING industry should surely be a
paying one with wool products at the
advance prices that are now on.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-10
BUsBY's coLoRED MINsTRELs

Busby's Minstrels has always beer
the peer Of colored shows, and this
year is no exception. Mr.. Busby has
assembled big company Of colored
people, consisting of Eddie Singleton
Jacob Warn, Chas. Smith, Billy
Young, Fife Moore, Lulu Hulett and
Major Daniels, soloist.
The celebration of an old time
Darkey's Birthday Anniversary, is
made the subject Of the close of the
performance. In addition to the
regular performance there is a very
pleasing musical program by the or
chestra.
Busby show will be in Liberal,
Monday, October IA.
Don't fail to see Busby's Minstrels.
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PERsHING INN, PRATT, KANSAS

Acting for the Red Cross I visited
Pratt last week to see their canteen
hut and to get what information |
could about the building and the
work as carried on there. The work
is finely organized and exceedingly
well done, with Mrs. Fay in general
charge. Before the building was put
up the work was done out of doors as
best they could. The house is an old
fashioned log cabin, 14x24 feet in
side, eight logs high-about eight
feet to the caves, with rubberoid roof
and good floor. The logs were donat-
ed by the telephone company and the
work done free by the railroad men,
water and lights furnished by the
city, the roof, floor, windows, ETC.,
given by the citizens, so that the Red
Cross Chapter did not have to pay
out dollar.
There is beautiful Fireplace,
range, sink, cupboard and dishes, a
counter at which dozen or fifteen
men could easily stand, few chairs,
and large magazine rack we'll filled
with current magazines. The can
teeH SeTNlCc CdIIlCu VII NY VWSNS
squads of women, each squad consist
ing of a captain and ten members,
who meet all passenger trains. Pas
senger train schedules at Pratt are
such as enable the committee for the
day to meet trains Nos. and a on
one trip, and Nos. and 8 at one trip.
Four members of squad do the work
for one day, so that each squad is
represented once in two weeks. Mem
bers of squads who have not worked
during the week arrange for the Sum
day work.
Fourteen men with autos volun-
teered to take the workers to and
from the hut each day, each man get
ting to serve one day in two weeks.
He takes the committee to the station
thirty minutes before train time and
then after the trains leave, the dishes
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the soldier boys do not have to be
told that within are Cheer and We'll
come to greet each and all who wear
the uniform. An illustrated sign will
soon be put up telling the passing
world that Pratt has dedicated the
building to the service under the
name of "Pershing Inn."
Committees are at work in Liberal
getting ready to perform the same
service, and what Liberal sets out to
do it does. There are as enthusiastic
and devoted women here as can be
found, and as capable and liberal
men.
T. w. CAV.