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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-12
CHAPTER COURSE
FOR. CRAWFORD
Home Service Section Of American
Red Cross to Hold charpter Course
in Dehison.l June 1914.
PROMINENT WOMEN TO TALK
Sessions Will Be Held in Club Rooms
at Carnegie Library-lnteresting
Program Is Arranged.

The Home Service section of the
American Red Cross, of which Mrs. E.
w. Pierce is chairman. will hold
chapter course for Crawford county on
Thursday and Friday of this week.
The program will consist Of four lee
lures, one each afternoon and evening"
and will take place at the Carnegie
library club room. Miss Eleanor Lonn
of Grinnell and Mrs. Gladys H. Crit
fifth of Fl. Dodge, who are both very
able speakers and thoroughly versed
in the subjects to be discussed, are to
deliver the lectures, which will be
most instructive and helpful, and to
which all members of the Red Cross
chapter in Crawford county are invit-
ed and urged to attend. g.
Below we print the program as it
will be given and which explains itself:
June 10, P. NJ.
BY Miss Eleanor Lonn, of Grinnell.
The American Red Cross; its aims;
it's organization. aa go!
The provisions made by, the United
States for families of enlisted men.
Home service and the Red Cross;
why necessary.
The effects of the war upon families
|of soldiers
The task of home service.
June 10, p. M.
By Mrs Gladys H. Griffith, of Fort
Dodge.
The normal family; its problems and
resources. .1
Essentials of family welfare.
Aim of home service.
Who is home service worker?
Qualifications Of the home service
worker.
Her relation to the family.
Constructive social service.
900 June IA, 3 p. NJ.
By Miss Lonn.
Community resources for home ser.
vice.
Social agencies of the community.
Special agencies for war service.
ments: a. Health, b. school, c. police,
d. courts, e. public relief.
Child welfare.
Health. ....... 49,.
Mental development. 4.a
Recreation.
Vocational interests.
June IA, 8 p. M.
By Mrs. Griffith.
Family problems, illustrations.
How home service is carried on.
The first interview.
Diagnosis of need.
Plan of service for the family-relief
other forms of aid.
Record system used in home service
of the Red Cross.
Family income in relation to family
budgets. \
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-12
POOR DWELLING PLACE, THIS
Has Decidedly Few Attractions
for European Residents.

. ;Wei.hei.wei is the bit of Chinese ter
ritory that the British hold under lease
as naval and commercial base. It is
just across the breadth Of the Shan
tung peninsula from Kiachow. Wei
hel-wei lies partly on the mainland,
partly on an island, where the dock
yard, the coaling station and the rest
Of the machinery for a naval base are
located. Most of the civilian popula-
ton live on the mainland, and patron
ize little steam launch that plies
across the intervening sea when they
want to go shopping; for with an eye
to getting the British jackles' trade
when warships put in to coal, the
shops of Wei-hei-wei are out with the
docks and the coal yards. .....
The island seen from the steam
launch is barren. sandy hill. ridged
with gullies that the hurrying rain wa
ter has cut in its course to the sea.
The sand of these hills Is one Of the
omnipresent features of the colony
every wind that blows carries it about
by pounds, and only the cheapness of
Chinese servants makes It possible to
keep European household busted.
The mainstreet on the island has the
characteristic British colonial look,
with a British post Office, British
steamship booking Office, and British
shops. On'the short side street are the
Chinese shops, which are. only openet
ut certain seasons when visitors are
plenty, or when warship puts in to
the harbOr.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-12
HAD THOUGHT. FOR. uIhtns.
Second Traveller Decidedly More Con.
siderate Of His Fellows Than
Was the First. T

At the information booth in q large
railroad terminal traveller asked for
a timetable, which he looked through
until he came to the particular table
he wanted. This table he cut out with
his pocketknife,. and. then he put the
booklet with this table now gone out
of It back on the counter.
1t seemed thoughtless thing to do
because, lying there as it did with it's
outer cover smooth, somebody might
have picked 1t UP and carried It Off
thinking, naturally enough, that it was
complete, to discover its real condi-
ton only when it was too late.
But this misfortune really befell no
one; for moment later another trav-
eler standing near, who had seen all
this done and who was perhaps more
thoughtful than the first, picked up the
torn timetable and Carried it off to
drop 1t In the nearest waste paper re-
,ceptacie. q y FIG
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-12
ALLIED FOOD SHIPMENTS
! REACH LARGE TOTAL

A general idea Of the quantity Of
food sent to European allies by. the
United States from July L. 1914, to
January 1, 1913, is given by figures
just announced by the q. S. Food Adj
ministration. In that period the Unit.
ed States has furnished complete year
~ rations for 57,10O,933 people. In
addition there was enough extra pro-
TEN to supply this portion of the diet
for %, 1914 $40 additional men.
! The total export of wheat and wheat
-four to the three principal allies il
equivalent to about 1884, 900, 900 bushels
Pork exports for the 81 years amount
ed to almost 1900 600, 900 pounds. Ok
ports Of fresh beef totaled 443,4S4, 400
pounds. The amount Of food exported
to Russia is negligible compared with
that sent to the western allies.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-12
Echoes.

Cant you play something else than
Il that everlasting march from Lohen.
min at my wedding?" asked the sew
leral-times-grass widow who is arrang.
ing, for another Of her matrimonial
events.
Certainly, madam" responds the
courteous organist.
And as the bridal cortege wends its
wy down the aisle the church shakes
10 the laundering forth Of that popu.
lar classic "Over and Over Again.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-12
RUDE AWAKENING FOR GUEST
Visiting Parson Got the "Dustino''
That Irate Father Intended to
eestow on Offspring.

A story Of how q parson got the
busting instead Of a youth is related
by newspaper man of Wenatchee,
Wash.
"The boy In the plot was Oscar
Woods" he says. 1T happened in
Nebraska. In our home it was the GUS
tom for one Of the boys to take his
turn at starting the fire on cold morn
ings. 1t was IS degrees below zero,
and it was Oscars turn. He lit the
fire and then proceeded to the barn
. to feed the stock. But the fire went
out.
IAN hour later, perceiving that there
was no fire, father sent another call,
louder. Then several more: But nc
sound came. The governor started
upstairs.
without informing the head of the
house, my brother had brought home a
preacher the night before and put him
II the same bed with Oscar.
'The parson had thrilling awaken.
ing. He was yanked out Of bed. He
resisted. This was too much for in.
dignant dad. ~
"The conflict was exciting. The
preacher fought like a wildcat.
I'm the cold gray dawn dad found
that he had made a mistake. It WINS
tough, but the preacher survived"
-~NNEE-G>,. -"--'- ,
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
Christian Endeavor

Program for next Sunday at 7:30:
Hymn. Sweet Hour of Prayer
Scripture Reading. John Hammock
Prayer
Roll call. minutes and business
Leader. Miss JAMIE Smylie
Meaning of Prayer. Mrs. Bennett
Reading. Call for National Prayer,
Tom Jones
Cornet Solo, Joseph Duerson
Why does child lose confidence in
PRAYER If il il not literally answered?
Open discussion
Vocal Duet, I'm Praying for You.
Fannie Offutt and Mabel Porter
Hymn and benediction y y
A country worth fighting for is a
country worth saving for Buy THRIFT
STAMPS.
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
An Appreciation

| wish to express to the members OF
the Dermott i~esbyteriau Church nay
sincerest appreciation for the many
kind and heartening things said to me,
about me and in appreciation of ne
and my work "a pastor of the church.
and Of my interest in war causes, at
the congregational meeting last Sunday
morning. Such loyalty to a pastor and
pataiotism for their Nation Is seldom
equaled by any church of any denom-
ination anywhere
also sincerely appreciate the little
token that was told at the meeting
would be given me in connection with
my trip to the convention of Southern
Military Department of the y. NJ. {. A.
this week in San Antonio, Texas.
Such expressions as those last Sunday
encourage a pastor heart "a we'll as
bind the hearts of the pastor and people
closer together. because with me my
one supreme desire and ambition is to
live a life of helpfulness to Others wher-
ever duty or opportunity call me. and
any little assurance of success Is
gratifying to me and makes me more
determined to give you and our com
munity and our Nation the Very best
that Is in me-
Again thanking you and praying the
Lord choicest blessings upon you, |
beg to remain,
Your pastor and fellow servant,
William A. Role.
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
Farm Women Now Have
City Kitchen Comforts

The time il almost here when the
up to- date farm woman will have every
home convenience of her city sisters.
Take the kitchen. for instance Cook
ing over the old-fashioned red.hot stove
has probably worn the vitality out Of
more women on the farm than any
other single thing. But nowadays in
good farm homes the old fashioned
stove is thing of the past.
Instead. cooking is done over vapor
oil stove. which burns kerosene with
out the deadly extra heat, cooks better
and costs less to keep up.
The Orr Hardware Co, who handle
the vapor oil stoves here, report extra
heavy sales this spring There are
different models at a wide range OF
price.
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27

Another call for volunteers comes
from the L. S. Department of Agri-
culture for town and city men, women
and boys to help harvest the record
breaking crops which are promised in
every state in the Union this year.
The department reports no question
of the acreage or the condition of
crops The limiting factors of the
yield now are weather and labor The
weather is in the hands of Providence
and beyond our control. but the labor
is our responsibility.
With new increments of men, both
white and colored. being taken almost
every week from Ghicot "a we'll as
other counties in the state, crops here
bid fair to become a proposition.
The Department of Agriculture adj
vocates for every community the plan
used in Kansas for crop emergency.
which is outlined in another article in
this paper
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
Will Arkansas and Chicot
County Do Less?

Something like 100. 900 men are out
in the Kansas wheat fields harvesting
this years war winning crop.
Where does this army of harvest
hands come from? Well. where does
Pershing's army of fighters come from?
From stores and banks and farms and
offices and shops. from every trade.
every profession. every walk OF Amerl-
can life Just so in Kansas. The army
of harvesters comes from the villages
and towns and cities men of every
calling, who left their town affairs and
flocked to farms for precisely the same
reasons that their relatives and friends
came to the colors to play part in
winning the war.
1t is an inspiring picture of patriotism.
First the young manhood of free peo-
Pile freely marching away to fight for
the worlds freedom; now the home
remaining manhood leaving desk and
shop and turning to the harvest fields,
in order that the fighters, and the civil
ians sustaining the fighters, may be fed
and the fight continue to victorious
end.
1t really means that the Allies are
winning another great battle - that
is the true appraisal of this scene
in Kansas. where men from every town
and city have swept across the grain
fields, toiling determinedly y not because
of compulsion, not because of wage in
ducements, not because of anything un-
der the shining sun except that they
are Americans, and therefore are will
ing and eager to work until they drop
if that will help crush the Hun.
The town women of Kansas have also
volunteered for the harvest army, and
so have the boys. And they are work
ing the women peeling potatoes and
washing dishes and cooking food for
the harvesters; the boys fitting in at
every sort of odd job for which they
are sufficiently strong or skillful.
For months the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has advocated for
every community and county the policy
which Kansas has given state wide
application. In every State and for
every harvest, or crop emergency,
this is the safe and certain and patriotic
solution of the farm-lahor program-th
utilization of town volunteers to the ex-
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
Don't Sneeze, Cough or Spit

A nationwide anti-cough. sneeze.
spit" campaign has been inaugurated
by Surgeon General Gorgas. of the L. 5.
Army. and the State local boards of
health have been called upon tointensify
this campaign in Arkansas. The slogan
of this campaign Is Don I spit. don. t
cough, don't sneeze In case it be-
comes necessary to do either. bow the
head and place a handkerchief or bare
hand over the mouth and nose.
The germs of the diseases which have
caused most of the sickness and deaths
in the army camps and in the nation at
large are carried in the secretions of
nose and mouth and are transmitted
largely in this way. Among the dis
eases thus communicated are pneumonia
measles, mumps, diphtheria. meningitis.
infantie paralysis. influenza and
tuberculosis.
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
Co. K. Now in France

Cablegrams received Monday morn
ing announced the safe arrival in France
of the l53rd Regiment which includes
Company K, the company which was
organized in Dermott The cablegrams
also reported the arrival of the l54th
Infantry, the 142 Field Artillery and
the l4l Machine Gun Battalion, all made
up of former Arkansas National
Guardsmen.
The regiments We're not accompanied
by either the commissioned or mon
commissioned officers, as these vera re-
tanned temporarily at least, at Camp
Beauregard to train new increments.
The day that the reports OF these
arrivals in France We're received, the
casualty lists contained the names of
six Arkansas men killed in action and
one severely wounded. Of the seven,
two were from this immediate section
Of the state, Private Shelton B. Beatty
of Arkansas City having been killed and
Corporal Claud Turner of Hamburg
having been severely wounded The
later we understand has relatives living
in Dermott, Mrs II. L. Courtney be.
ing his cousin
These reports are getting pretty close
to home and should make Us realize
more keeuly than ever that these
men our own men are facing death
wounds or life in German prison camp
for US. Are We dong our part towards
winning the war and winning itsPEEplLY
III order that as many of our men a.
possible may be saved
We should not only be willing, but we
should-be ANXIOUS. 10 respond to every
call of the Government for help, and
the call at present being made Is for
w 5. S. pledges tomorrow. viii YOU
do your part, or will YOU be a Stacker?
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
Mayors Proclamation
Greetings!
To the Citizens Of Dermott:

To the Citizens of Dermott:
Friday, June 2s, 1918. is officially desig-
mated WAR SAVINGS PLEDGE DAY
by the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Governor of this State. All loyal
citizens of this Community will accord
ingly devote the afternoon of said day
after two o clock to pledge themselves to
economic and save in order to help
this Country win the War and to make
a definite pledge to purchase War Saw
ing Stamps, and otherwise promoting
their sale in large amounts.
All who are able should pledge them
selves to save and invest to the limit
allowed by law.
(Signed) j. A. Bennett. Mayor.
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
S,2OS Arkansas Men Called

Calls have been issued for Arkansas
men to be indicted into military service
during July as follows:
During the five day period beginning
July 5th, LIS white men, ten of whom
are to 90 from Ghicot County. July
1921. ., 463 white men, % from Chieot
County. July 1921, 1000 negroes, loo
from Chicot County and July 29.Sl.
1000 negroes. Is from Chicot County
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27
Have Arrived in France

J. A Morris of this place and J. W
Barnett of Tillar have both received
cards announcing the safe arrival of
their sons, Clifton Barnett and James
Morris, in France. They are both in
Co. X. 1873 Infantry Regiment
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27

A five-day White & Myers Chau-
tauqua begins at Eudora today, contin-
uing through Monday. One of the
strongest attractions will be lecture
Friday night by Alfred IL. UConnor. a
survivor of the Somne, on Twenty
two Months in the Trenches. Many
other interesting features are also
being advertised.
The Dermott news., 1918-06-27

FOR SALE:-See Is. about 81 miles
south of Dermott. Part of land has
been in cultivation. For price and
terms write
+. A. Greenlee,
Blytheville, Ark.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-11

conditions everywhere in the wal
zone, but he was active in helping
ameliorate the misery over there.
A rare type of gentleman for our
hurrying bustling America was Col
lier, a booklover. Old and rare books
were with him almost a passion. Per-
haps as much as any other person
now in this country was he an author
ity on books.
AS a curious contract. he was also
an aviation enthusiast and was one of
the first men in America to encourage
the development of the art which has
proved so valuable in the prosecution
of the war.
True American, true gentleman, fine
business man and publisher, the world
of books and magazines and newspa-
pers is the worse off for the loss of
such a man.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-11

of any sugar, and needs no cooking.
Heat toughens the pulp and makes it
unpalatable. PersimmOn butter, how
ever, will not keep indefinitely. For
persimmons to keep very long. they
must either be dried or preserved with
sugar.
Miss Heyle also suggested that they
be dried and used instead of raisins
puddings To be used this way, the
seeds must be removed by running
them through a cOlander Then
spread a thin layer of the ripe per-
simmon pulp on waxed paper or on
a large platter. Dry in the sun. in
fruit evaporation or in the oven, leav-
ing the oven doors open. Add another
layer of pulp and repeat until the
leather is of a thickness to handle
easily. Then it can be diced or
minced and it is ready to use.
Persimmons can be prepared so
that they taste and look very much
like dates. Put a layer OF whole
ripe persimmons in the bottom of
the jar; then a layer of sugar and
so on until the jar is full The SUI
gar will soon dissolve and form a sir
up. Press the upper fruit down I'm
der the strip or add more sirup to
the jars. Seal and store until used.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-11
WHEN THE CHURCHES REOPEN

Yesterday was the sixth Sunday
without church services in Columbia.
To some it has been time for doing
worthwhile things, reading good
books, calling on sick people, writing
CHEEKY letters to boys in France, and
other little odd jobs" that are crowd
ed out by the many tasks that make
up the average mans or wOman's reg
ular weekly routine. But to many
it has been a day to frivol away, a
day of selfish pleasure and therefore a
day lost.
1t would put many of us to shame,
some of us who are church negligents.
to see our boys in France fiOcking
into the Y. NJ. c. A huts on Sunday
for a few minutes of spiritual COM
munion together.
They have nothing to impel them
to attend church services but their
own wishes. They are far from home
influences, and many of them have
not even come from religious homes.
but they are drawn as if by a strong
unseen hand on Sunday morning to
the "Y." hut and receive a stimulus
and inspiration that they could not
obtain from any other source.
Too many in this country attend
sons. We should go because of the
spiritual good it will do us and our
friends. We should realize that if
young and irresponsible soldiers en-
JOY the fellowship and common tie of
Sunday morning services it is a
privilege that we are only denying
ourselves if We do not attend services
here,
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-11
THE MEANING OF VICTORY

The end of the war-how much is
included in these few words. The ter
minatiOn of a long and bloody strug-
gle, of infinite injustices, cold blooded
trickery and wanton destruction OF
life and property.
In a few words it means that the
United States and the Allies have
stood up for Christian Principles of
world freedom and justice to mankind
and have held to those principles
to the last crushing defeat of Prus-
s.anism.
This is a war that will long be re-
membered by those who live. Its his
tory will be passed down to poster
ity as that of the most horrible world
war that has ever taken place. 1t
has been a war of science, of skill, of
teamwork, in brief a war of resources
and knowledge.
But it will also be remembered as
the war in which the civilized world
triumphed over the brutal and Oppres-
siYe. the triumph of democracy over
where right and wrong
were weighed in the balance and the
right prevailed.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-11
OUARANTINE-HERE AND THERE

I'D give almost anything if | could
see a good moving picture again." is a
| frequent exclamation in Columbia
since the shows have been closed. The
complaint of boredom because there
is nothing to do" is often heard. We
miss the pleasant social activities and
gatherings of the days before the
quarantine Our evenings are spent
mostly in quiet conversation or read
ing. Now and then we find that our
stock of reading matter is depleted.
We have nothing to read for one even
ing and we are in a bad humor the
whole time.
When we are without shows, books
and social activities, we get glimpse
of what the soldiers life would be
without the seven United War Work
organizations. But We at least have
the comforts of home We are net
actually enduring physical suffering
ard mental torture as they are.
If we at home are made restless and
bored by the small restrictions that
have been placed upon our activities,
what would the soldier in France
suffer if he had to endure the horror
of the battle field during his working
time and then return back of the lines
to be billetted in a barn or a howell
without any wholesome relaxation or
amusement until he was called to the
trenches again.
The United War Activities represent
the best things in a soldiers life.
They represent the hours when he
meets other men, converses with them,
receives some of the comforts of
home, good wholesome food, clean en-
tertainment, inspiring lectures thai
uphold his morale and last of all the
knowledge that the ideal of service is
not dead
None of us can fail to uphold activi-
ties that reach the vital part of our
Army's strength, its courage and
morale. By contributing to the Unit
ed War Activities we show that we
are back of our men and urge them on
to victory. both on the battle field and
against moral temptations.