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Norway lost q ships in December.
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May Use NAVAL SUPPLY FOR PLANTS
DYNAMITE USED
IN NHARBoR; OPEN
SHIPPING PATH

Charges of Dynamite Placed Every Ten Feet in the
Frozen Channel Leading to Black Rock and
Then Exploded Clearing Way for
Coal Barges to Supply Plants.
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The Liberty Bond

Do you own a bond? Do
you want to know all about
the bond you own? Follow
the Speer Bond articles. See
Page 6.
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The Weather Report

Southern New Englandi
Rain or snow tonight; Tues
day local rain or snow and
colder; fresh to moder-
ately strong east winds, be-
coming variable and shift
ing to west on Tuesday.
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q. S. AVIATORS KILLED

Washington, Jan. deaths of
Lieut.. William 6. Eley and Sergeant
George E. Houdeck in an aeroplane
accident in France were reported to-
day by Gen. Pershing. Ely lived in
Rochester, N. Y.
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DOLL Y-ETT7ES
The Old Saying that Money Talks" is true and it
More Often says Good Night than Good Morning.

Anyway, not once did she ever look
on the stage; not once did she address
remark to her husband q suspect it
was her husband from the way they both
acled-not noticing each other or talk
iEg). Not even when the vaudeville ginls
threw his wife from his manly bosom
and shrieked in one of those tragic
Fireman, -save-mah-c-ii-e-i-l-d voices:
You are no better than a woman of the
streets"-dd she raise her eyes from her
knitting as the gallery gods went wild
with applause and excitement.
'Qn she purled and purled and purled
as the comedian sang and sang and
sang; Come Honey. Kiss Your Baby
Wabby-Wood.' Remind me of what Billy
Sunday said in Washington the other day
about the modern girl: he said that she
didn't have time to do anything worth
while because she was too busy learning
the word and music to such songs as L
Wonder If the Spearmint's Lost It's Fla
vor On the Bedpost Overnight"
Indeed. Mr.. Caudle, when l resolved TO
go down to the Red Cross and join a
unit and learn the gentle art of knit
ting, If I had known what I know now
about how the privilege is abused and
used for personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, 1
should never have gone. The way some
wcmen can purl, calm and unfruffled
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Dolly Hears Mr Ga4ds J DsiD So3s Xsr P95ted Curtain Lectures

amidst the rat-tat-tat Of Jazz band, the
roaring of a street car as the conductor
calls out: 'Fof, Nix. Max which is
perfectly good camouflage for Fourth
Avenue Next is simply beyond me. The
calmness of the average knitter is as
flSmbuoyant as the color of their knitting
bags, and what I've been reflecting upon
is just this: Do you believe. Mr. Caudle,
that they believe that they are really
knitting for Uncle SANS soldiers, or MAX
ing anybody else think they are doing
SO? And If they are, If. by any chance,
they are under that delusion and snare.
had you ever stopped to think how sorry
you feel for the poor soldier men who
must wear such things as some knitters
knit when they are posing around to
show off their ankles. their hands and
themselves in general? Wars terrifying
enough as it is Mr.. Caudle, but 1t seems
to me that one of the most terrifying
sights on earth would be battalion OF
perfectly good soldiers all dolled up in
some of the sweaters and helmets and
thirgs I've seen knitters knitting. There's
one thing about ii, though, il our boys ar
rayed in such garments don't defeat the
Huns at first sight they will at least
blind them by the wonderfully and fear
fully made things they are wearing. And
such nice boys. too. ! think somebody
ought to speak to President Wilson
about it. don't your
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Nv poLLY DALRYMPLE

ee :::: e. cox. j. E: ::.. &: =: u:
ting than sewing or look
ing or doing anything else? Well
1 thought you'd make some fool
remark just like that. You'd never re-
mark upon the spirit that prompts the
knitting, but the thing that would APP
pear to you would be how a woman looks.
I never saw such man in my life;
it's something terrible to be tied to such
a creature"
whats that? You didn't know you
were going to raise a hornets nest by
merely remarking that Miss Tattletale
looked pretty as she sits in a big arm
chair with her pretty little feet crossed
and her nimhle, 1.-THE fingers knitting
away for dear life? Why not? 1 reckon
you are the only man on the face OF
the earth whoever mentioned how a
woman looks when she's knitting. I've
seen precious few of them that think
look we'll; most of them are bumped up
in a knot no bigger than your fist;
folded up like a jack-knife and settled
back in chair counting one, two three,
four, purl one, two three, four, purl,
and the expression on their faces as
blank as a breakfast plate. Indeed, I'd
say ALMOST any crowd of women l see
together these days knitting looks more
like an saz-ane asylum turned loose than
anything else.
What's that? You knew that the min
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out q couple to you, sir. And what
are they doing it for? Simple to at
tract attention; nothing else in the
wide world. l know, and that makes
mo sick. That's carrying patriotism
too far, it seems to me-or the excuse
for patriotism"
And the huge, hideous, bog-flow-
cred, wide-striped. largecheeSed bags
that these war lSnitters carry, too
Now is that necessary? isn't that
purely and simple a devise to attract
attention Some of the bags are big
enough to carry a baby in or a small
upright piano. saw a woman at the
theatre the other evening; she sat not
far from me, and the first thing she
did after she took off her hat, and
jabbed her hat pin into it, was to open
her big lowered cretonne knitting bag
and begin to burrow like squirrel;
her head was right down in it; and
then she drew out her needles and
presently she gave a big swish and
poked man in the eye as she flour
ished a skein OF wool in front OF him
and then began to knit for dear life.
Now what was she doing that for?
Merely to attract attention, Mr.. eau
die, and you know it as we'll as I do.
She was hideously ugly, and no body
would ever have looked at her if she
hadn't done the, knitting stunt
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VELVET JoES 1918 ALMANAC
The Genial Philosopher Has Packed
His Pages With Valuable War
time Information

1t takes a ready reckoner to keep
man abreast OF all the new things that
have come into daily life. And IL Vel
vet Joe hasn't discussed every live
topic In his war almanac, he certainly
has covered most of the big ones.
Do you want to know Just how
much your income TAX win be? There's
handy little digest to figure it for
you on page 50. Do you know, whether
there is a "no glare" automd oile law
In Iowa? Where your Red Crois money
is going? With what does the United
States navy equip each recruit? Vel
vet Joe tells you in his new almanac.
II you've son or friend In the serv-
leo. the almanac will tell you much
about his life, his rank. his pay.
From cover to cover. she almanac Ia
cram-full of useful information. The
only man who has more practical need
of 1t than the farmer Is the business
man. And to back an argument there's
nothing short of the encyclopedias to
equal 1T.
Every man should be glad to have
Velvet Joes almanac. 1t is full OF
interesting historical facts, war help
hints. athletic. automobile. agricul-
tural, business and other valuable in
formation. And Velvet Joe's gentle.
sunny philosophy Is everywhere in Its
pages-kindly comments on the times
In prose and verse, in the same home
ly style that has won the hearts of
hundreds OF thousands OF American
newspaper and magazine readers
Anyone desiring copy OF Velvet
Joe's almanac, Is requested by the au-
thor to drop postal to him at his
home, 4241 Folsom avenue. st. louis,
and an almanac will be sent free of
charge.
The names and addresses OF a few
friends written on q postal will insure
their also receiving a copy Don't for
get to send the names OF some friends
In army and navy camps. Velvet Joe's
almanac will be particularly useful to
fhefu
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DOLL Y-ElTTTES
Reasonable Amount of Conceit is good for Man;
it keeps him from Brooding his Neighbors Sue
cess.

ute you approved OF women knitting that
I'd take the opposite side? You knew
no such thing, Mr.. Caudlel I'm not
opposed to knitting, sir, on general prin-
ciples; l think, though, any old thing
can be run in the ground; I've already
knitted Il sweaters, q mufflers, 10 pairs
of socks and six helmets and l don't
think that looks very much as if L were
opposed to knitting, matters not what
you say. does it? Can't you answer a
civil question, Mr.. Caudle? Has the
cat got your tongue? That little old Tat
tletale cat, I suppose.
But to go back to the knitters them
selves. Now, don't get excited, Mr..
Caudle, I'm not going to rake that little
old Tattaletale mink over the Goals;
far be it from me; m not one of those
believers in Daniel and his little looms,
sir! no, indeed There are some biblical
stories. though, which sound very
'fshy' to me. And 1 may say further,
too that don't believe women knit for
psychological effect; or to calm their
nerves, for from my own experience in
knitting. I have found that there's moth
ing calming or soothing about purling
or holding four needles and keeping them
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New York, February S.-(Special Core
spondence)-In my once-a-week PEN
and-ink gatherings to all you kind
friends from Maine to California" with
whom I would like to shake hands, l
seem to use a great many quotation
marks" But frequently l arrive at a
state of mind that makes the thoughts
and experiences of others vastly more
interesting than my own, so pass them
along" as being too good to keep my
self.
A BUS. EXPERIENCE
For instance, a little tale of the times
from London. II got into a bus the
other day." writes my correspondent, "at
the same time as a very red-faced be-
medalled and decorated old colonel. We
had to stand, as seating accommoda-
tions was full up just near where
we were strap-hanging a stalwart look
ing young subaltern in uniform was sit
ting with his hands comfortably rest
ing on a stick that he held between his
knees. He showed no hospital blue band
upon his arm or bandages or any ssg-
gestion of anything except the rude
Acdill lusst oAleii 10 lne leSull u ACTIVE
service. l saw the colonel glazing at
him and chewing his moustache savage
~. Suddenly the old man growled out:
"'What do you mean, you young puppy,
by allowing a lady as well as your SUI
perior officer to stand while you sit at
your ease?'
1.-THE poor fellow got crimson under
his sun-browned skin and saluted:
- am very sorry, sir. he said, but
! have lost both my feet and ! find 1t
very difficult to balance myself on my
cork ones in a moving vehicle
Il really thought 1 could have died
from modification and sorrow, and / am
not ashamed to confess that the tears
rolled down my cheeks and made nasty
mess of my veil. The old colonel splut-
tered and muttered, took hold of the
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going on one pair of socks, no sir!
Nevertheless, as I started out say, there
are some knitters who deserve to be
classed with the horrors Of war. What's
that? How can l speak OF my own sex
in such a way? Who said I was speak
ing about my own sex exclusively? You
know there are some very nice men who
knit"
But as to the knitters who should
be classed among the horrors of war;
one sees them on every side and your
pretty Miss Tattletale, l may say in
passing, is one of the most brilliant
varieties; the type which is trying to
attract attention. they can't do it in
any other way, and so they cross their
| er-er-feet-ver high with a swish
of the skirt still higher and very
much exposed view of a sometimes too
fragile and undeveloped calf. Oh! yes,
she does know her skirts are high!
Have you ever seen one of that kind
give some other woman look who
told her that her dress was too high j?
It's enough to annihilate the Kaiser
Yes. Miss Tattleta1e belongs to the
most tiresome class of war knitters.
| And then you see the varieties-57 e
l there's one, in the theatres, in the
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w. c. 7. u. Activities
'For God, Home and Native Land
by MRS. MABEL F. LEAKu

tests. Alertness, steadiness, strength, en-
durance are all reduced by even the very
small percentage of alcohol contained in
beer.
In tho great struggle for liberty In
which we are now engaged we should
| cast aside every hinderance. Food, coal.
labor. money are all needed if we are
to win the war A government that I'm
plores us to buy liberty bonds and thrift
savings stamps should shut off harm
full business that takes approximately
| sl,oo0, 100000 a year out of the pockets of
the people,"
| OF unusual interest was the meeting of
| the central union Tuesday afternoon in
| the local Headquarters Mrs. jackson
presided over the meeting ana the pro-
| gramme was carried out In full. Mrs w
| G. Sibley's paper THE Power or the
White Ribbon" was especially we'll re-
ceived.
| Mrs. Nesbitt's talk on How to Win
New Members" aroused much interest
and In the discussion OF the February
membership Campaign, which followed.
| many good suggestions were offered on
how to win new members.
| Mrs. jackson named Mrs. J. p. Moore
| and Mrs It, M. Nesbitt as captains of
| the two rival bands that will get new
| the campaign which will close February
| . with an interesting meeting in the To-
cal auditorium at Headquarters, when
the names OF all new members will be
| reported.
| The sailors and soldiers work hour
Tuesday was we'll attended and much
work accomplished. Mrs. u. N. Spence,
| superintendent OF this department, is
arousing great interest in the work for
the sailors and soldiers and is rendering
n most valuable service.
| Miss Willie May Bunistead was hostess
to the L. T. l.. of the Francis Willard
union Thursday evening at the homo OF
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. III. l.. Bum
stead, where she entertained her CO.
workers with Penny Social" Twenty
two children were present and 81, do
mated to the T.. T. T.. On motion of Miss
Bumstead they donated 81 to the Ma
| tional Woman's Council of Defense, and
| volunteered their services to the council
| In any way they could serve.
| A silver medal contest will feature
the next meeting.
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surprise awaiting them. because after
just one application the gray hair van
ishes and your locks become luxuri-
antly dark and beautiful.
This is the age OF youth. gray
haired, unattractive folks aren't want
ed around. SO get busy with the Sage
and Sulphur tonight and you'll be
amazed at your youthful appearance
and the real beauty and healthy condi-
ton of your hair within a few days
Inquiry at drug stores here shows that
they all sell lots OF ''Wyeths Sage and
sulphur and the folks using it are
enthusiastic. This preparation is de-
lightful toilet requisite. 1t is not In
tended for the cure. mitigation or pre-
yention of disease.
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Every druggist here, yes your druggist and
everybody's druggist has noticed great falling
off in the sale Of caoinel. They all give the
same reason. Dodsons Liver Tone is taking its
place.
"Calome is dangerous and people know it, while
Dodson's Liver Tone is safe and gives better re-
suits" said prominent local druggist. Dodson's
druggist. A large family-sized bottle costs but a
few cents and if you find it doesn't take the place
of dangerous, salivating caonle you have only to
ask for your money back.
Dodsons Liver Tone Isl pleasant-tasting. pure
~ vegetable remedy, harmless to both children
and adults Take spoonful at night and wake up
feeling ine, no sick headache biliousness aguc,
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what she and her allies are fighting
for. that under her stage name of Rosa
Lynd she will shortly make her pro-
fessional debut in New York and APP
pear in play dealing with certain
events before this country came into
the fighting field and which tells the
story of an American girl married to
a Prussian officer. 1t is In fact the
tale of an international marriage be
hind the German lines" and shows
some OF the horrors and humiliations
that Prussianism can bring to the do
nestle heartstone.
RUSSIA WITH TYMPANON
And now to more frivolous matters
for in spite of wind and weather, snow
and sleetw we still "frivol' In New York.
On January's last Sunday evening
that interesting young Russian, Sacha
Votichenko. gave concert at the Cafe
des Artistes in West Sixty-seventh
street and of course delighted the big
audience by his playing of that quaint
instrument, the tympanon, which, 1t is
said, one Of his own ancestors used to
play upon at the court of Louis Quar-
torze. At any rate Sacha, raised upon
a dais of royal blue powdered with
golden fleur de lis, made sweet shad-
owy music upon his tympanon that is
rather like a glorified zylophone and
has many of the qualities of a harp,
while worshipping crowd sat lin
spirit at least) at his feet, and adj
mired his romantic appearance.
BISPHAM'S CHARM
But 1t woke into a much more ro-
bust state of physical enthusiasm when
that famous operate veteran. David
Bispham, sang and acted. His appear
ance awakened in my mind many MEM
cries of the musical and social past in
London, when the great baritone was
persona grata not only on the stage OF
Covent Garden opera house. but also in
the fashionable world.
At his own delightful house "out
Kensington way were to be met the
most distinguished people of the day
am speaking of the time when King
Edward of happy memory and his beau
tiful Queen, Alexandra, were still on
the throne-and Bispham was prize
guest for whom lion hunting hostesses
struggled
And now, years after see him once
, more-older, grayer, and just a little
heavier, perhaps, but still with all that
electric charm of personality that
splendid clan of style that prove him
| to be now as in the past. one OF the
memorable figures in the history OF
modern grand opera in the old world as
we'll as in the new.
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Gray, faded hair turned beautifully
dark and lustrous almost over night, is
mix sage tea and sulphur. but what's
the use, you get a large bottle of the
ready to-use tonic. called "Wyeths
Sage and Sulphur Compound at drug
stores here. Millions of bottles Of
'Wyeths' are sold annually, saws a
well-known druggist, because it dark
that no one can tell it has happened
You just dampen a sponge or soft
brush with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur
and draw it through your hair taking
whose hair rs turning gray. becoming
faded, dry. scraggly and thin have a
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sour stomach or clogged bowels. Dodson's Live
Tone doesn't grippe or cause inconvenience all nexi
day like calomel.
Take a dose of calomel tonight and tomorrow
you will feel sick, weak and nauseated. Dona
lose days work!
Dodsons Liver Tone is real liver medicine
You'll know it next morning because you will
wake up with your head clear, your liver active
bowels clean, breath sweet and stomach regulated
You will feel cheerful and full of vigor and ready
for hard days work.
You can eat anything afterwards without risl
Of salivating yourself or your children.
Get bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone and try i
on my guarantee. You'll never again put doss
Of nasty, dangerous calomel into your stomach
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Real Foresight

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II am afraid you do not practice
economy, my dear complained Mr..
Kjones.
His wife cast contemptuous
glance at him. Come with me to
the attic" she commanded. And he
followed her thither.
In the attic she opened a trunk
and took out a bundle wrapped care
fully in tissue paper. Tearing off
the wrappings, she disclosed lovely
| filmy gown.
THAT" she said. sis my wedding
dress
and Go you call it economy to
save your wedding drcss%' he Choir
| tied. s.That's not economy, it's sem
| tirnentality. 1t would have been
economy to wear that dress and get
! its worth out OF it. But here 1t is no
earthly good to YOU nor anybody else.
\ E~rr ar' Huh"
i where you are wrong
81 s calmly 81 am saving that
kdlS tsss my next weddinr.s
TnAth ID him for while
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street cars, at the dances, in TACT ev-
erywhere. I've even seen them stroll
ing down the principal streets of tho
city knitting. il you please. YOU
don't believe any women would do
such a thing as that, Mr.. Caudls? Well.
come with me some day and III poiut
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WILSON POPULAR
IDOL OF ENGLAND
To Use Racing Term "Out by HIMSELF" Says Observer te
Lady Mary-Incident of London Bus Brings War
Vividly Hometown Germany Uses Theatres
for Propaganda Purposes
Nv LADY MARY

lads shoulder and apologized handsome
ly-but it was really terrible expert
ence."
These are the things that make Eng
lishmen and women feel what men are
doing for them who cross that narrow
little strip of sea that separates the
heaven of Englands guarded shores from
the hell of "over there
WILSON AN IDOL IN ENGLAND
From all accounts that l receive in
my private correspondence. President
Wilson has become sort of idol in Eng
land A very great financial magnato
from whom / received a letter recently
wrote with unusual ectasy in his praise.
President Wilson HAD touched. theN
high water mark of popularity over
here" he writes. 81 have come to the
conclusion, along with many other peo-
pie that he is one of the most bril-
liant men on the horizon of war. In
fact, to suse racing term, he is out
by himself America ought indeed to
be proud of him"
So you see England Is very closely
allied to her sister nation in her re-
spect and admiration for her states
men.
LADY CHETWYND POPULAR
And lust another quotation before /
go slipping and sliding along the
pleasant paths of personal observa-
ton and social gossip. j went to one
of those famous Monday afternoons"
given by the Professional Women's
league last week, and during an hour
or two of talk and entertainment many
interesting things were said by vari-
GUS speakers who included the presi-
dent of the league Mrs. Richie, the
president of the Women's City Fedora
ton and Madame Mary Cross New
haus, who gave one of her charac-
tcristic and impassioned little
speeches.
But what I think is a new note was
struck by pretty Lady Chetwynd, who
is becoming very popular as an orator
at various clubs of which the members
are all of what used to be called the
softer SEX
Lady Chetwynd has not yet caught
the little tricks" that are among the
valued possessions of experienced pub
lie speakers, but she looks SO charm
ing and the substance of her remarks
is invariably SO full of good sense
and feeling that pleasure is always
the portion of her hearers.
At any rate, this American girl who
married into a great English family,
spoke to the members of the Profess
sional Women's league on the subject
of the theatre in war time and as she
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The following fruits, vegetables,
etc, have been in cultivation over 1000
years: Almond, apple, apricot, banana,
bean. cabbage, cucumber. date, egg
plant. fig, grape, olive, onion. peach.
pear, ounce. rape, rice. sorghum. tur-
nip, watermelon and wheat