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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
No Man Should Expect More From His
Country Than He Will Give 1t
By DR.. IRA NELSON HOLLIS
President Of American Society Of Mechanical Engineers

All preparations public be based upon foundation
citizenship whole country officials we'll
republic human pyramid be formed only with strong
rstae public service be built up
fav duties America yet
boy who has grown far rapidly looseonted and TALL with
unlimited possibilities after his frame shall have been knit INTO solid
hundred and tweny-egh years not enough bring
majority, especially made of such diverse elements
ours dumping ground all the world for the oppressed and the
poor.
Every individual be regarded part Of the public and
acquire whether he be native born immigrant,
public In the ordinary citizen often
that because this by the people and for the people the
him something In that respect patriotism part
sham, and we have plenty of evidence to prove it.
The demand republic then, educated public
should from his country than he willing
give Those who whine about injustice in modern society usually
getting about what they deserve.
The second demand every citizen should be knowledge of
institutions and the method of The normal American
righminded and morally upright but slack his responsibilities
the public The first thing learn that freedom does
cpaion from all responsibility Others 1t the selfontro that
reasonable surrender the
that born Free false unless the
better than that the dictionary Men free. From
the cradle the grave they have yield every free
dom just the proportion which he
people He must think of the wishes and the interests of Others
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

Trained nurses are urged by the Red
Cross 10 enroll for service in European
hospitals. Nurses who can leave this
country at any time, for foreign serv-
ice. are needed or will be, and it is very
necessary that they should enroll at
once.
The WOman's bureau Of the Red
Cross has published a leafiet which
may be had by applying at any chap
ter, describing layettes for French or
Belgian mothers who may need them.
With regard to these simple outfits Of
warm baby clothes the Red Cross has
issued the following:
1.-The articles and garments in the
Iayette have been chosen upon the adj
vice of the wOman'S bureau representa-
tives who have returned from two
months investigation of allied needs In
France The Red Cross is anxious
that these baby clothes be made by
women working at home instead of in
the chapter wOrkrOOmS.
"Thc garments are very simple.
Great emphasis is laid on the purchase
of extremely durable materials, since
owing to the coal shortage in France,
hot water is available in most villages
only twice q week, while the greater
part Of the laundry work is done in icy
streams. The method Of cleansing is by
pounding with stones. Warm baby
clothes will save many child who
otherwise might perish this year.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

THE Iayette Will if necessary, serve
also for civilian relief here in America.
Patterns described in the leatlet
can be obtained at Red Cross chapters,
and at practically every retail dry
goods store with pattern counter
The outfit calls for:
1.-TWO daisy-cloth or outing flannel
dresses, one flannel or knitted or
crOcheted jacket, three bleached mss
lin Jackets, three thin white flannel
brasSiereS, one flannel or dnisy-cloth
hood, two pairs of bOotees, two swad-
ding cloths or wooden blankets, three
flannel binders, twelve diapers, three
understands. one bonnet and a bag filled
with srlndries for the little newcomer
into IL warning world. Wherever pos
sible the Red Cross urges that the
layette be completed before 1t is turned
over to the chapters for shipping.
Where this is not possible, single ar
ticles will be acceptable.
Members of the Junior Red Cross,
little girls in the grammar grade sew
ing classes, have offered to help with
the baby clothes; and many women in
rural districts will find these simple
contributions to the winning of the
great war and the comforting OF French
motherhood easier to make than cut
ting hospital garments for men or
struggling with the wool scarcity when
they have volunteered to knit.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Cnion.)
The subscribers to one Of the first
government bond issues ever put out
were not so fortunate as Liberty bona
investors. Notwithstanding the fact
that bonds were new and probably I'M
tried at that time, the loan bore no in
terest. The success with which the
loan met under these conditions should
be an inspiration to us in our present
war financing.
II happened in Venice, in 116O The
Doge Michieli found himself that year
in acute financial embarrassment. IL
was necessary to raise large sum OF
money Immediately, and the state nit
upon the plan of borrowing in its name
from a number of prosperous Venetian
merchants. One hundred and fifty
thousand marks of silver was the
amount of the loan and the Doge Mich
ieli himself was one of the SuDScrlD-
Crs. The loan was secured by mort
gage on the Rial.O and all the reven-
ues arising from it. During It's lie
eleven years, the loan bore no interest.
In 1873 the public treasury was again
nearly empty, it having been found
that the revenues derived from the
first loan were not sufficient. Accord
ingly. the Doge Ziani tloated loan
amounting to one per cent OF the VAL
uation of the aggregate property IN eV-
ery household. This paid interest at
per cent, payable half yearly, as 10
most of our modern bond issues. IL
was to be repaid in more prosperous
times.
There was no paper or other mate
rial available for distributing evidences
Of the indebtedness. So the state en-
| tered the records Into books and three
commissioners were appointed to levy
and collect the loan. They were called
| Public Chamberlains and the Dureat
| where the business was transacteu
The Chamber of Imposts. The cltl
zens soon began to sell the crSdit'
among one another. This was done IL
| tho Chamber of ImpOsts, where the
! claims were transferred. 1t is statet
that the trading was the beginning O
the modern stock exchange. At an!
rate 400 years later the Chamber o
Imposts became the Bank Of Venice
which is generally supposed to be tn
| first modern bank.
Another interesting public loan, evel
earlier. was proposed by Xenophon, il
Athens. His plan was to estabilsh
Joint stock bank to which all Athenial
people were invited to subscribe. Th
proceeds were to be expended in I'm
proving the ports Of Athens, erecting
halls. warehouses, docks, exchanges
! market houses, etc.
Italy is also distinguished for orig
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

There is no prospect now of respite
from the necessity to knit and If such
a respite were in sight there are many
women who would not take advantage
of it. This knitting for the soldiers
turns out to be a fascinating Occupa-
ton that quiets the nerves and satls-
fies the hearts desire to do something
worth while.
There Is no end to the demand for
warm sox, for scarfs and sweaters ana
helmets. and there is no Limitation TO
the willingness Of women to make
them: so we are destined to go on
knitting. Even the end of the war Will
hardly see the end Of our devotion to
the good, old-fashioned art. BY that
time we shall have become addicted to
it-aud also to the necessity OF being
useful.
The knitting bag is the outward and
visible sign of our patriotic industry
and every day brings out new ones.
The last arrivals are somewhat smaller
than the sweater bags that were so
numerous in the summer and fall fol-
lowed by knitting bags patterned after
them. Satin and ribbon are used for
making many of these new bags, In
plain and printed weaves and In bro
caded and embroidered patterns. They
are designed SO that they can be cas-
fly carried on the arm and to make
the knitting SO accessible that every
where their wearers sit down for a
quarter of an hour, or even less time,
the knitting goes faithfully on. Three
ribbon bags are shown in the group
illustrated. The largest bag is made
Of rose-colored ribbon in five strips,
herringbone-stitched together. The end
strips are trimmed in a curve and the
edges are finished with a narrow plait-
Ing Of inch-wide satin ribbon matching
the bag. Small rings with cover OF
crocheted silk floss Suspend the bag
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
Economy in Consumption Is Essential
for the Winning of the War


Thinking Of of most of the
thought finance What the United
entity known twenty billion dollars goods and
services valued that figure, labor build ships,
soldiers, build antonmen materials of all kinds
connection Herewith besides the soldiers Sailors civil
When this is realized bring home the people
that what financing the really securing by the
of the goods and services needed for the and that the
men to these people organize themselves for the must
produce Of the things that necessary and little
possible of everything else Everything spent above what
for health and efficiency takes the goods and services
available for the All private sendugence is definitely against
the national interests Extravaganza blood the blood of heroes
Mr. Lloyd George said Hence saving increasing the surplus OF
goods and available the goods and consumed by p
people, essential for the winning of the
Saving lending the government that
better and put savings savings bank than to borrow
large from bank in order subscribe loan and then to
| fail repay.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

from large metal ring handles.
The bag at the lower left Of the pic
ture Is made of black satin ribbon set
at each side of handsome brocaded
ribbon, with black ground and flowers
In many rich colors. 1t is suspended
from two narrow metallic rings, one Of
them set with a few mock jewels in
colors. A handsome black silk tassel
finishes each end of this dignified bag.
Wide black velvet ribbon at each
side of a richly embroidered satin rib
bon serves to make the handsome bag
at the right. The trumpet flowers en-
broidered in red silk in black ground
are enriched with silver threads en-
twinlng their stems and foliage and
Frightening the blossoms. This bag
Is lined with soft green satin and is
suspended from large satin-covered
rings.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

mating the term bank" 1t is sup
posed to be derived from 'banco,"
meaning bench. The Lombards in Italy
exchanged money and bills in the mar
ket place over Il bench. When a bank
er failed the bench was destroyed by
the people ami he was called "bank-
rupt." Some authorities claim this de-
rivation of bank is wrong. 1t is stated
by them that "banco" is Il heap or
mound and that the resemblance it
bore to a common fund formed by the
contributions of many persons led to
the term bank.
Which of these is the true derivation
does not matter. The word bank un-
doubtedly comes to us from Venice, at
one time the center of the worlds
financial activities.
The same LombardS later settled in
London and led to the naming of LON
bard street. Subsequently they gave
way to the goldsmiths, who finally de-
veloped into the modern English bank
At first the goldsmiths. owing to
their superior facilities for safekeep
ing, were intrusted with gold and 9th
er valuables by the people, for fee
the receipts the goldsmiths gave
acknowledging delivery of the gold, es
pecially in the case of well-known anC
responsible goldsmiths, began to be
traded.
An idea occurred to the gOldsmiths
that the money in their vaults coulC
be loaned out They reasoned that II
they were allowed to do this dcpositor:
might not only be relieved of the fee
they paid, but be paid interest. o.
course, the goldsmiths did not loan al
of the gold in their possession. A Ger
| tain amount only of it was used. Sup
| pose a safe proportion of deposits t.
| loans is % per cent the goldsmith, fO
| every $4,000 in his Golfers, could issu'
| $4,000 In notes (aS the receipts be
| came KNOWN. AS long as there was {
! continual inflow as we'll as outflow o
gold, all demands for return Of depOs
| its were easily met. Besides. the sc
curity required of borrowers made tn
bank" perfectly solvent. AS will read
lily be seen, the procedure was essen
tally the same as in modern banking
This practice was kept up until 1871
when checkbooks came into use. The
were substituted for the notes whic
the goldsmiths used. Thus, when
| f,b,
the proper security. he would be give
a checkbook and authorized to issu
checks to the amount of his loan.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

Of nltel Natos II lIe Vat a1 ' "
+hn clear dirty Of the American people. ana also mat Inc ~ ~
d ION the entente allies offensive and d'5'e alliance I"
prevent international when the present war Is "'eF ana ''
maintain, . +r,r national army based or universal tram
mo end universal liability service in 10 be sure n res! "
tte ryjon Of strong American army and navy based on u',aA
TRAINING, and liability to service it thus far been quite impossible to
t; ~ or indeed the general public definite far-rea,.ng
acton the great disappointment of many American PATROLS 50 I
the army and navy this moment rest on temporary
or provisional enacmens which provide only for ensmnts for the war
or emergency
venture that when the temporary attachments OF the present
have taken effect congress will feel disposed provide the country
with the Swiss model 10
that endndenabe the to contribute to the
von of war hereatero the arrangements
will prove 10 be conribuory
The people but particularly young have gone into this
nut down auocac abolish the proes
military class and edpom to make justice or righteous
ness the governing principle international relations and to promote
mankind They will lose their aor III
tbs righteous cause or abate their efforts degree
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

Frederick was iavorably impressed
with the suggestion. He ordered that
the nobility mortgage their property,
50 the financial stringency might be
relieved Whether of borrowing turn
or not, The owners oil great landed
estates were compelled to organize an
association which they called the
Landschaft Oand society. in Silesia,
in 1910. 1t was a cooperative 0rghnl-
zatiOn, the individual members guar
anteping the obligations Of the body,
and mortgages made the security for
debenture bonds. The experiment was
Il great success. Other states or Wnat
is now the German empire followed
The lead of Prussia. Thus was started
he famous Landschaftcn of Germany.
Applied at first To only the property or
the nobility, the idea was made avail
able, later, TO the peasants.
Today. the LundSchaftcn in improv-
cd and modified form are the basis Of
similar societies in ALMOST every civil
liked country on the globe. In France,
The Credit Foncier and its subsidiaries
enjoy practically Il monopoly in land
financing Russia, Italy. Koumanja,
AuStria-lIuugary. ireland, Japan. Can
ada, Egyp; and other countries hHV"
similar societies. Thr>" societies nor
only finance the agriculturi>t, bat
also city buildings. ami even irrigation
projects.
An Important fe"tur" which was
added to the plan shortly after IFS IN
anguration was amortization of tn"
principal. This means TO Kill off. and
provides for the payment each year of
I'm amount which is used to reduce the
loan. The size of this payment de-
ponds upon the length of the mortgage,
| for it is intended eventually to eXtin-
gufsh the debt. The interest rate is
quite low. and the borrowers principal
and interest payments usually will not
aggregate more than the usual interest
! rate alone in this country.
! Notwithstanding their moderate re-
/ turn. the bonds are very popular with
I investors in Europe, and billions of dol
! lars in them are outstanding at the
| present time. Foreclosures are al
| most negligible. SO safe is this form
! Of investment that in critical times the
! land credit has been more stable than
! that of the state In 1S0S-lSO9 Prussia
called upon the East PruSSian Land
schaften to raise part of its military
funds by an issue Of mortgages on its
! forests and domain.
And here is q peculiar fuct: While
the rest of the world has long ago dis
carded the straight mort gage as being
obsolete and cumbersome. the United
States began to realize the advantage
of mortgage bond issues only about Il
years ago.
In a subsequent article l shall de
scribe the introduction of mortgage
bonds in America.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
lxA~ Rzz7aAz
Il Il
Feather Hats.
rings.

The feather hat for afternoon de
serves a place all by itself. All the
best French milliners have sponsored
it and, what is more to the point, have
sent over such models that they are
sure to be taken up and worn.
After all, in a new mode the princi-
pal thing to make it success is that
1t shall be so new and attractive that
a woman just cannot ignore 1t.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
Embroidery on Velour.

Women are used to wool embroidery
on street suits. And now they find
floral designs, worked in silk, on suits
Of velour-foral designs such as once
could have been considered SUITABLY
only for centerpiecesl
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
Some Fall.

Gettersby-What happened to Small
lert? He's all battered up and Is COW
cred with andages-explOSion?
Bettersby-No; he tumbled to his
faults.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
Strong, Permanent Amy Will Be
National Need WhenP eace Comes
By CHARLES W. LOT President Emeritus of Harvard University

cinoo tho sinking Of the Lusitania | have been
convinced that the present German government Is
f.;.11 wifi, rcoar1 70 all international contracts,
treaties or agreements; so that no other nation OF
group of nations, can put confidence III any ,"'"i0
.everatons or pledge of that government, until by
long course-ten years at ieaS'-o1 h"horaoie
the government and people OF Germany nave 'S''"
lished new reputation Tor truth ana hohe''S' "i'''
for honor in international relations. Many nion'"'
heroro war was declared in April last, held that
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
Fitness Iriumphant.

do you believe in the survival Of
the fittest?"
YES" replied Senator Sorghum. Il
have been reelected term after term"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
One Barrier.

when you marry my daughter, how
are you going to support herw
II expect to work, sir"
"Well, you needn't expect to work
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
Casualty Lists
Show Americans Are
In Heavy Fighting

WASHINGTON, July 2S-Heavy
fighting along the Aisne and Marne in
which American troops have partic-
pated has begun to show in the cas-
ualty lists issued by the War Depart
ment. To-day's list of 225 names is the
longest to be given out since American
units made their appearance on the
battlefront The list, however. it was
believed, gives casualties resulting
from the recent German offensive oper-
ations rather than from the Allies's
counter stroke now in progress
Total casualties in the army and
marine corps overseas increased 1850
during the week, compared with 9S3
the previous week. and aggregate 13.-
766 with the inclusion of to-day's army
list of 225 and the marine corps list
of two. The weeks increase also was
the largest yet recorded
In the 1876 casualties total deaths
including 291 men lost at sea, men
killed in action, dead of wounds. dis
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
DeadC Germans Covert Ground
AS Far as Eye Can Reach
OF Allied Drive So Unnerves Boche That Prisoners
Become Hysterical Over Recollection of Battles
Enemy Increases Patrols
By Caspar Whitney
copyright, 1918, by The T

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
nANCE, July 2S.-Not many hours
ago walked through two shallow ra-
Sihes' whose easy sloring sides and
"loe open ends, debouching upon a
peaceful wheat field, lay spotted gray
green with Boche bodies where a bat
talon had sought to check the poilus.
Later | saw three hundred prisoners,
all that remained alive of that Boche
contingent which had been hemmed in
by the Franco-American barrage and
overtaken by the swift execution of a
famous French unit, supported on eth
er flank by Americans, who are rapidly
attaining fame on their own account.
At the edge of the wood, overlooking
lovely little vale brilliant with blue
corn flowers, mutlated machine guns
and bodies scattered in grimly gro
tesque attitudes showed where the
Boches had planted nest and been
outman9uvred and shot and bayoneted
by Americans. who had done their work
thoroughly and well and had passed.
Dead Fill Streets
Among the jagged walls and on the
Uttered. crooked single street of the
demolished village, taken in Franco
American style, lay as far as the eve
could reach the dead Boches who had
tried to stem the Allied tide flowing
irreslstibly upon them. These are but
few OF the typical scenes coming under
ones eye; along all of a sixty-mile
front they are duplicated over and over
again. We too, have lost men, but tre-
mendously less than the Boche, Judged
by the consensus of correspondents
who have been on all fields and have
viewed the carnage. Our loss is not
above the normal loss for such cam
paigning.
Nothing so eloquently or convinc-
lngly pictured to me the CONSERVATION
and loss behind and in the German line
as the appearance of the prisoners l
have seen. Unrecovered from the sur
prise of the attack. bewildered by the
whirlwind fighting of Americans who
fell upon them, those in American
hands were as men rescued from a
terrible death which they had glimpsed,
dazed and thankful, while the remnants
Of battalion brought in by the ia
nous Fernch division referred to were
literally jabbering in hysterica reac-
ton from the fate of their comrades,
which they had witnessed and escaped.
Boche petty officer. wearied to ex-