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trousers and tabs from overcoat sleeves and finding that the conserva- tion of material in these small fea- lures is enough to outfit great num- Der of soldiers.
 It isy relief to have the burden of eXtravag gance in clothes put over on the men. Our shoulders have borne
 it for two centuries. We have been preached to by men until we are all weary of their propaganda against us.
 Now, let them do the work of answer ready when she is accused of extravaganza and waste in the chang ing of fashions and the buying of new clothes. Let her point to the innu- merable pieces of wool which are scattered over mans costume and which are unnecessary.
 Possibly he has never noticed the extravaganza of his clothes. Perhaps he knows nothing of wool conserva- tion in garments. He may think that the whole situation is up to the women. Enlighten him. By the time it is pointed out to him that he Is un- patriotic because his flap on his he will begin to tell his tailor that things must be altered.
 Throwing the searchlight on mems clothes is delighting the heart of women. Let the good work go on. SEASON OF CLINGING CLOTHES
 Of one thing we are all certain: that our clothes will cling to the fg- ure Of another thing we are not quite certain: that the silhouette will be straight.
 gowns are toward the oriental move ment of fabric around the body, is too strong and important to be over looked. It is quite probable that the designers will offer it as a means of making the straight silhouette look out of fashion.
 The extraordinary success of the Spanish movement in clothes in New York, which has come about from the stage and the new dances, accen- tuates the draping of the figure on the bias.
 It will be interesting to see whether one silhouette has marked victory over the other, or whether the battle between the two becomes stalemate throughout the spring and summer. Today the draped figure is on the offensive. The straight silhouette is making a good defensive All of which is excellent for the people who sell clothes.
 There is little possibility that our clothes will flare, but there is no probability that they will be atten- uated. scarcity of wool does not mean scarcity of other fabrics.
 There is no evidence of a shortage
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ine.to fix corn so it wouldn't hurt But now no one in the world should worry" because the moment you put Gets -It' on it means the end Of corn There is nothing in the world like Gets .It'-nothing as sure and certain--nothing that you can count on to take off corn or callus every time, and without danger. The corn never grew that Gets It. will not get 1t never irritates the flesh. never makes your toe sore. Just two drops of Gets It" and presto! the corn pain vanishes. Shortly you can peel tine. corn right off with your finger and there you are--corn free and happy with the toe as smooth and corn free as your palm. Never happened before, did it? Guess not.
 Get bottle of Gets It today from any drug store, you need pay no more than 25c, or sent on receipt of price by F.. Lawrence & Co.,, Chicago. III.
 Sold in Birmingham and recommend ;, ed as the worlds best corn remedy by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store. Gale Drug companv two storesN. s07 First ave- nue and Pratt Station. Pratt City. Ala. Adv.
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It looks as though the wool con- servation will be up to the men. The good offices of the French am- bassador, NJ. Jusserand, were asked by the wool men here in order that the French designers would gladly cooperate with the American move ment for the slim silhouette and the least possible use of wool.
 However, it was not necessary for the French ambassador to lay much stress upon his request to Paris. It is not easy for the reporter to see just why the dressmakers here were so anxious for French cooperation when they neglected to cooperate with France in her conservation of wool last autumn.
 The French government had made the same request to it's designers as the American government, and it was compliance with that request that created the narrow silhouette and the short. scant skirt which came out in French models last autumn.
 It is not possible for the onlooker to see that France has tried to get around this small measurement of wool. In 8 few new gowns or suits for the midseason she may have put more material than usual, because she heard that America would not ac- cept the slim silhouette launched last August.
 When the new models came over from Paris last September, the re- porters of fashion laid great stress upon the scarcity of material and the attenuated line, but 1t fell upon deaf ears. as far as the majority of manu- facturers were concerned. The Amer ican trade continued to put out clothes that had enough wool in them to make an army overcoat and blanket. The American public said that it did not want to wear the short, narrow skirt and the tiny jacket and now, when this country has gotten into part panic over the wool ques- tion in clothes, the designers insist that they need cooperation with France if the new clothes are to be a success
 True, cooperation with France is needed. but from our side, not theirs.
 At any rate. the request for the gowns that are made of less than four
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conformed to these dimensions were found by searching eyes and taken out to the Atlantic, and other craft were built at the abundant and efficient steel and wooden shipyards along the upper lakes. And between b and 20 modern steel vessels, averaging from $50 to 3S5 feet in length-almost the extreme for a cargo-vessel of less than 45 feet beam were taken through the Welland canal and the canals of the upper St. Law renee this last autumn.
 The process was simple, although not particularly easy. The vessels were sawed in half. Gangs of men in the dry docks of Cleveland and Buffalo, equipped with aeetylene torches. did the job in time to be measured in hours rather than in days. Temporary water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
Saving Ships in Half

Edward Hungerford in Harper's Nigga
 zine.
 The great lakes have contributed liber- ally of their vast tonnage to replace the ravages of the German submarines. Shrough the entire autumn the coming of heavy ice and the closing of naviga- tion upon our inland seas was forecast by steady procession of their craft down the River St. LaN~ence. Nor was that as easy as it reads, for the pas sageways from the four upper lakes upon which the greatest traffic rides to the blue waters of the salt seas is barred by great natural impediments But long years ago the Canadians passed them by means of canals. And the de- termining factor in navigation from Lake Erie to the sea has been the chambers of the canal locks, about 265 feet in length, 45 feet in width and II feet in depth. Long ago the lake craft that
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| in the common weaves of silk, satin crepe and jersey. and the early spring models shown by the New York shops for the southern season, embody these materials in clothes that cling to the figure, but are not scanty
 The materials are admirable adjuncts of the new movement Crepe de chine and tussah are in the lead, whereas satin is somewhat shelved for every thing but evening gowns.
 It has been rumored that Paris has been withdrawing favoritism from satin and putting out other materials in it's place since last September, and it is more than propable that America will follow this lead from now on There fore, if you have satin day costume, make the most of it.
 OVERRIDING JERSEY
 Will the spring season see too much jersey? Appearances point to that con- dition. The material has been featured so heavily since the first of Decem- Der that women are looking at it a bit askance. They will wear it, however, in considerable quantity throughout the spring, although no one can say whether it's fresh prestige will remain.
 The suits of it are good. One in heavy black weave has a short, narrow skirt tucked in slightly at the hem to re- semble trousers, fashoion which has grown apace since Christmas. The long, straight coat has an eighteenth cen tury waistcoat of tan colored crepe de chine, and the deep collar and cuffs are embroidered with tan and black As matter of interest, the woman who wore this suit added to it the smart English striped woolen stockings and black and white shoes.
 woman who has returned from Lon- don tells me that silk stockings really look shoddy over there. All the women who make any pretentions of style wear the wooden ones. There are plenty of these for sale in America, and there are four months in the year in which
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and a half yards of wool has been met in Paris by an almost total elim- ination of wool in the new spring mod els.
 Mime. Paquin, who is the head of the association of designers over there, says that America need have nothing to fear in regard to eXtrava gance with material in the new clothes
 The silhouette is to be as slim as it was in the Directoire. Every mate- rial that can possibly be woven will be used as a substitute for wool. Irvine will be used For embroidery whenever available, instead of worsted.
 Therefore, with the joining of hands across the sea. and no drastic excuse for using wood it is possible to predict that the early season will be filled with gowns and suits of tussah, silk, crepe de chine and artificial silk jersey.
 WHAT MEN CAN DO
 We women can wear thin materials III anu put H1eH Call L, or wont. Enormous quantities of worsteds are consumed for their suits throughout the year.
 The army overeoats, which were supplied by the thousands and took up a great mass of wool were the first to come under the ban of ex- travagance as soon as the soldiers in France found that they were too long for the mud of Flanders and Picardy.
 Other bits of extravaganza which are unnecessary are included in a long list published by the manufac- turers of mems clothing. reduc-' tion in yardage will result if these certain features are eliminated.
 From this list it would appear that the manufacturers of mems costumes have really gone into the conserva- tion with determination. It is quite astonishing how many small things they have found that can be elimi- noted without detriment to the ap- pearance or serviceability of the gar ment.
 Their list is lesson in thrift Think of taking flaps from the pock- cts of vests, piping from seams, col- lars from vests. outside cash pockets from coats. tunnel loops from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
DON'T COUGH
 ANY LONGER
Too late to prevent your cold! But now's the time to pre- vent it's serious con-
 sequences

You will not find a better remedy than Dr. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey to pre- vent your cough from developing into grave and even dangerous ailment This pleasant balsam preparation is antiseptic. and quickly effective When you take pr. Bells Pine Tar Honey you check the. spread of infectious germs, loosen and help eliminate the phlegm. soothe the inflammation. and relieve that grippy feeling.
 Get bottle of Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey and watch your improvement rom the first dose. Do not be satisfied with half treatment, however. Take pr. Bells PineTar- Honey till your grippe, cold or bronchitis is completely relieved. For hoarseness and sore throat use also as gargle. The taste ia so pleasant children take it without coaxing.
 Tear this ad out and take. it to your druggist with 25c and he will give you the genuine Dr. Bells Pine- Tar Honey
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they may be worn before the warm wea- ther arrives.
 Jersey is used not only for adult ap- parel, but has spread downward into juvenile clothes, and nursery frocks of
 THE CANTEEN COAT
 It was not possible for American fash ions to avoid the rnilitary influence, although there was pressure against it, here as in France. Old and half for gotten wars gave the designers in- spiration, but the present war was too vital to influence dress at this hour. However, there are certain garments that have been taken up by women and put into high fashion, which are dis tinctly drawn from the battlefront in France.
 One is the swinging cape and wrapped turban of horizon blue cloth. Another is the high boot or puttee that reaches nearly to the knees and is worn on the street; and third-and this is the most dominant fashion-Is the new offi- cial canteen coat
 This can only be worn by members of the Red Cross, but who is there in this country today who hasn't the right to place small or large Croix Rouge somewhere on the costume?
 The last drive caught almost everyone in it's meshes.
 This coat has been designed by Fifth avenue .dressmaker It is of dark blue cloth, as shown in the sketch. It
 
 has 8 strong suspicion that there are bloomers beneath instead of skirt. The immense pockets are we'll below the hips. The revers fall back or lap over and fasten up for warmth. On the cuff, and on the high turnover collar, is the red symbol placed on a square of horizon blue cloth. The cap, which is shaped somewhat like that of the Belgian officers, has the symbolic en- blem in front.
 SEPARATE VELVET SKIRTS One of the dominant features of this winter is the rise to fashion of the skirt which is made of velveteen or velvet and does not match any other part of the costume The shops sell
 
 and blue, and the women wear tunics over them, also short, Diana Manners blouses, loosely girdled at the waist, and braided Dagobert corselets. The designers have caught up the idea that women are buying their gar ments piecemeal at the shops and CO., ordinating them at home, and quickly rising to the emergency, they are mak- ing costumes which call for a separate velvet skirt and a twelfth century tunic of some kind.
 There is no idea in these gowns of go- ing along the old channel of conyention- al celor combinations. One smart frock that came from abroad, has a short, narrow skirt of loss tunic of cerulean blue silk jersey picked out at the waistline with blue, yellow and black embroidery. A short Zouave jacket effect is outlined at the top of the tunic by means of this em- broidery.
 Catching up another fashion idea, which is the introduction by the French designers of the baby sleeve, the long sleeve of this blue tunic has a straight, outer sleeve of brown velvet to match the skirt.
 Keep your mind on these baby sleeves. They are in very high fashion.
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Slang of the Poilu
.rybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine.
 'The poilu calls his bayonet by various pet names: 'Rosalie' Especially for tha new-style bayonet which makes wound like cross); Ca knitting-needle,' roasting-spit' a Josephine, a fork; and the old-style bayonet a cabbage-cutter. "a corkscrew' A motorcycle is a teuf' teuf' His machine gun is coffee mill or an 'unsewing, machine Small bomf shells are called 'sparrows,' and bulleti are prunes' or 'chestnuts.' The poilu'. knapsack is his crystal closet The ia. nous .75 field piece is called the littlt Frenchman or Charlotte 'Un cou-cou is a small bomb shell, and a large bomk shell is called 'un coils domicile,' lit erally a c. o. D.
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tight bulkheads were installed and thu vessels lowed in two sections to tn, deep water harbor of Montreal. It wal another job of hours rather than day. to join the hull together at the dry docks of that port and to fit the fresh water tramp with condensers and othe equipment necessary for a craft wh' digs her heels into salt water for thu first time
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Let them conserve wool, say the government and the tailors- French clothes have not an ounce of wool in them according to recent re- ports-American spring gowns shown this month are made of crepe de chine tussah and silks-The clinging silhouette, but not the scanty one is in high fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
''I'll Show You How
 Corns Peel Off,
Ever Peel Banana Skin? That's It!

T should worry about those cornc --I just put some Gets It on." Corns used to poster the world into a frenzy, enduring pain, digging, slicing toes, tinkering with plasters and tape, try
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
HOW THE MONEY is SPENT.

India is always taking steps in the
right direction, and money from this
country has helped the good work.
From Father B~onaventura, o. d. c.,
Ernaculam, comes a brief report show
ing how things are with him:
1.-The Verapoly Mission records over
700 baptisms of pagans for the year
1917. The amount spent for the pur-
pose was about 748 American dollars
that Providence has sent us from
somewhere in America and other
countries. This current year the
number of conversions might approach
and perhaps exceed last years, if we
take into account the excellent dispo-
sitions of the pagan low caste popula-
ton in our mission. specially within
the Kottayam District. Will the
amount required for the work. reach
the figures shown above? That is
what we need before we can open to
them the door of salvation through
baptism. I leave out, for the pres
ent, what is wanted for building
churches and schools"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
LEPERs OF AFRICA BENEFIT BY
CHRISTIANITY.

The lepers in Africa are treated
with exceeding cruelty and neglect.
Sometimes they linger in the villages,
and again they are forced into isola-
tion with a few things necessary for
their maintenance.
But when they are at the point of
death, they are indiscriminately aban-
doned. One of the greatest fears of
the negro is that of not being buried
after death, so you can see what the
lepers had in prospect before our ar
rival in Mpangwe, writes Father Oscar
Julien, in The African Missions.
las soon as the last breath is drawn,
the relatives hang the dead body to a
tree as a prey for carnivorous birds,
or slip it into an ~ant-eater's hole.
Here, you know the a~nt-eaters build
real monuments several feet high and
wide, with deep assures in them.
IF the deceased has neither broth.
ers nor near relatives, some well-dis
posed men take his mortal remains
and throw them into the brush, be
side the foot-path, where the hyenas
soon dispose of them, unless it is cor
| sidered preferable to entrust this tasl
to the crocodiles and hippopotami 81
the neighboTing river.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
IAN APPLE A DAY."

There is an old saying which runs,
can apple a day keeps, the doctor
away" We might revise it in this
style, "a penny a day keeps the devil
away"
By eating an apple each day we are
supposed to procure such good health
that WI have no need to call in a physi-
clan. If we were to give a penny a day
to the mission cause we would drive
the evil one so far away from some
poor pagan people that they could al
most forget he exists. AT any rate,
they would no longer remain his abject
slaves. After all, a penny a day
only $3.65 a year, which is not
an amount to brighten many of the
good Catholics who still need to be
reminded that there are foreign mis-
sions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
ALTAR WINE.

The missionaries of Africa are
threatened with a great misfortune,
namely, the giving out of their altar
wine. To be deprived of the consola-
ton of daily Mass is a hard blow for
these toilers who have scarcely any
other support in their hard lives ex-
cept that derived from the altar.
Owing to the difficulties of the
times, which have affected Africa in
a special manner, Bishop Gabriel
Grison, NJ. S. H., of Stanley Falls,
takes pleasure in presenting his latest
report. For the year 2,046 baptisms
were given in the eleven mission CEN
tres, and the number of combinations
was 1850, Almost 1920 boys are en-
rolled in the schools. The priests,
nuns and brothers working in the
vicariate are: 81 Sacred Heart Fa-
theirs; 6 Brothers; 6 Marianist Broth
ers; Is Franciscan Missionaries of
Mary. This is not a large staff for a
district that covers almost two thou
sand miles.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
BISHOP OF CURACAO POUNDS OUR
SOCIETY IN HIS DIOCESE.

From time to time we have printed
appeals from the Dominican Fathers
in charge of the Curacao missions.
They r struggling to maintain vari.
Gus good works under difficulties that
include poverty of the people, bad eli.
matte conditions that injure crops and
other obstacles to progress.
Yet in spite of all these trials Mgr.
Vuylsteke, O.. P, has decided to found
the great work of the Propagation OF
the Faith in his district, and he says
truly, that though his people are poor,
there are others even poorer-those
who have not only material, but spir
itual food denied them.
1t will be interesting to see what
the natives of this poverty-stricken
island will do for the missions, and
we may safely prophesy that their
effort will compare nobly with that Of
their richer neighbors.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11

day: the poor little chapel in the noisy
city of Tsining, the little altar, deck
ed with a few flowers, and before it
the Bishop and his priests ~dedicating
themselves and the mission forever
to the honor of the Holy Ghost.
We have now 10000 Christians,
53,367 catechumens, "a European
priests and Is native priests. There
are more than 5000 children in the
schools. In regard to our natives, !
think the mission and it's aims are
more clearly understood. The people
begin to get used to the idea that
it is the work of love, of religion,
which is intended for the universal
betterment of all, instead of perhaps
mere appendix of European politics.
At any rate, this thought is more fire.
quently expressed than heretofore"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
PAGAN TEMPLES IN CHRISTIAN
UNITED STATES.

We are accustomed to be greatly
shocked at the number of temples to
Buddha erected in Oriental countries,
and we are likewise familiar with the
efforts of our missionaries to draw the
natives from their devotion in such
temples and lead them to the true
Faith. 1t comes as a surprise, then,
to learn that in our own Christian
country there are umerou buildings
of this type.
A contemporary states that there
are over 1000 Japanese Buddhists in
Seattle, and they have contributed
lavishly toward the building and sup
port of a magnificent Buddhist temple.
In all, there are about seventy-four
temples in the United States devoted
to the worship of Buddha, most OF
these being on the Pacific Coast, from
which the propaganda is being car
ried on among the white aces.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
HOW CHOLERA COMES TO
MADRAS.

Periapalayam is only a small village
with a population of three thousand
souls, and is situated on the banks of
the river Arni. Every year during the
months of July and August, a period
corresponding to the Tamil month Adj,
all classes of Hindus flock to the pa
gan shrine in immense numbers. All
the Sundays in the month of Arni are
remarkable for the large gatherings
assembled to sacrifice to the goddess,
but the last Sunday is the most re
markable both for the numbers of pill
grims and the countless variety OF
sacrifices offered.
Madras itself is usually visited by
the cholera scourge at this time of the
year, and it is said that it is brought
to the city by the people who visit
Bahvani Amman to seek the help OF
the goddess to avoid it.
That cholera should result from the
festival is not to be wondered at. This
year the small village of Periapalyan
had to find accommodation for two
thousand five hundred vehicles and
thirty thousand persons.