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Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Our historic ball park. where in
years past scme Of tie greatest ex.
hibitions of the grard national game
were played reminds one of the
she'll tcles on the European battle
grounGs since the recent rains have
carried away portion of the flume.
AS 1t is now. 1t presents an ursight.
iy view to the stranger coming from
the depot and the flume should
either be repaired or opened entire
ly to give the water a runway.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

At varicrs times during the day
the c. o. Richards Furniture com.
Tany as en- exhN ition from one to
three or four yourg and handsome
ladies', knitting seeks or sweaters for
the soldiers. These girls are not
alcne attractive from the fact that
natrre has blessed them with beauty
but they have taught themselves
that consideration for others which
wins them the admiration of their
fTiercs ard the concentration of the
recIle generally. They exemplify
the old adage-"Fretty is as Pretty
does"
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
Soy FInds Box Of Money.

Finding an iron box full Of money
while playing with companions In the
ruins of the Chinatown FIRE at Pasa-
dena. CAL. Manual Garcia. a twelve
year-old Mexican boy, mounted guard
over the money until 1t was claimed by
Its owner. All Sing. Young Garcia en-
deavored to lift the box, but It was too
heavy. When the excited Chinese M
locked II. 1t was found to contain near
II 500 in small coins. most Of which
were pennies and nickels>
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

The Republicans have hit upon an
ahae and good sound business man
in the person of Oliver H. Shonp as
their choice fer governor. The writ
sr knew Mr.. Shoup some sixteen
years ago when his interests
called him to the western part of
CT democratic gentleman one would
net care to meet. He is a big man
in every way ard would make the
state am ideal executive.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

With two stalvcrt sons in Uncle
Sans service. Judge Harry S. Glass
may hin self get into the big scrap
He has been asked If he would con.
slider q commission in the army
Ircbahly as a Judge advocate. Judge
Glass relied that he is willing and
anxious to serve in any way that
Uncle Sam might use him. and 1t is
believed that comm issit n will soon
be forthcoming fer this axle ard Ia.
triotic jurist.-Col6en Transcript.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

in
territory KENNEL the famous
monks badly
letter to his commander in that
aged the
monastery
death
October cavalry which occupied Mont
des outbreak Of the war -
Max
being
hill British
buried in certain place. the location Of
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
Lacks Even Usual Superstition
About AirpIanes.
GIVES HIS TO BEGINNERS
Unlike ouynemer, He Seldom Works,
and Then Only When He Feels Fiji
Score Now 60 Enemy Planes and All
Without Scratch to Himself or Ma
eh'ne-knows More About German
Aviation Than Any Man Of Allies.

Rene Fonck, the young ace Of aces
who recently won his forty-ninth Off.
cially recorded victory. may best be de-
scribed as the man with perfect nerve,
but no trace Of nerves. Those who
have had the opportunity to study him
closely believe this superb poise Is the
secret of his success.
To show how free he is from foibles i:
Most famous aviators become at
tached to favorite machine. When
they have won few victories in 1t
they regard It with affection, even
with superstition; 1t is lucky.
| BY contrast, Fonck has q habit Of
giving his machine to any youngster
who has just won his pilots commits
sion and who has caught the great
aces fancy.
"Try this one, lad" he will say. ut
seems to be all right" and thus passes
title to plane in which he has downed
two or three Germans.
Then he takes the next machine sent
to the camp from the factory.
Built Like q Boxer.
Fonck Is Of medium height and
weight and has the walk and carriage
Of skillful boxer. Men of scientific
bent say his refiexes are perfect
Incredibly swift and accurate. Besides
this he has extraordinary vision. II
has happened more than once when he
has led squadron that he has sig.
naled to the other pilots the approach
Of a German plane. its exact location,
the angle from which it should be at
tackled and Its speed, all this before
/ any Of the others had seen It at all.
1t need hardly be added that he is a
remarkably accurate. shot, another
proof Of his superb vision and perfect
nerve cogtgQl: -.-"'
Like all the great fliors, he Is fa-
! aatic on the subject. When he talks
Il is Of nothing but motors. new mod
F., els Of planes, aerial tactics and ma
chine guns. But more often he sits
through dinner with his friends with
1ut utterlng a syllable.
Speaking Of tactics. he has none. or
1t least no set method. He improvises
as he goes along. Like the other pu-
pills Of that great instructor Of fliers,
Commandant Brocard, he is full of in
senious surprises. Incidentally, Bro.
,ard believed in him from the first. A
year ago Georges Prade, a Journalist
If note, was talking to the master, ex.
pressing his fears for the future OF
the combat squadrons with Dorme, Ma
varre, Rochefort, Lenoir gone, and
9uynemer and Nungesser fighting or
BY sheer will power and determination
despite wounds which would have
crippled the ordinary man. Brocart
replied simply:
Had q Card Up His Sleeve.
"But we have Fonck. Do you know
Fonckf He 10 unique"
Fonck was all but unknown.
But he could not remain long In Oh
scurity-not q young man who KEEP
putting down plane after plane Chi
score now IL over sixty, eleven havinl
fallen out Of sight Of oflicial observers
and always without q scratch to him
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
DORSEY NEWBORN, Pas

Paramount pictures at tie opera
house Saturday, August 10th will be
Pullman Bride" and Wrong Mr..
Fox" 10th comedies, with a Burton
Holmes and a Photograph. and for
Sunday. Aug. 18th, Mary Pickford
will be featured in stella Maris."
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Guy U. Hardy, of Canon City, is
The Republican nominee for congress
from the third district and we feel
that he will be elected II Ed. Keat.
irg receives tie Democratic nomin-
alton against John A. Martin. Put
his chances Of defeating Martin are
as slim as are Germ any's of defeat.
Ing the allies.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

The local draft board has been no
titled by the provost marshal to PRE-
rare fer The registration OF men for
the army between the ages OF Is
and As. which will be held next
month: Here's where we will all
get a CHARGE to fight.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Lieut.. Ferries. Richard, Jr., who
was reported killed in France last
week. was raised in Central, the
father beirg a mining engineer To-
Gated here when the lieutenant was
small boy
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Politically. this election recalls the
rff-years when dark-hcrses such as
Buchtel and Carlson were elected
governor. They were both consid-
cred weak-until after the votes
were counted.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

]. D. Barbee came UP from the
San Juan Sunday night. He expects
to sell his blacksn it'll Stop as his
extensive mining interests require
all his time.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Game Warden Harris and a crew
Of men are cutting out beaver dams
ne;r tie scfcol above Tolland, to
Eterate the fish caught in the dams
when the high water receded. 81 W
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Clarence Tracy, of Golden. and
Mrs. Bessie Moore, of Denver. were
mrrried on Wednesday of last week
by Justice Gilman.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

The World picture at the opera
house Wednesday. Aug. 14th will be
''The Purple Lily" featuring Kitty
Gordon.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Germ an prowess and victory is
now confined to the sinking Of the
hospital ships with wounded and
helpless soldiers and Red Cross nur-
ses on board.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

Beauty Is caly skin deep. Ever
the girl with freokles may have 9
spotless reputation.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08

l.. ]. Williams is now living in
Golden - teyoGd the rarge of the
Posts guns. i-.f l.l,,.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-08
k.LeI.'1-

Mems furrtslir gs at the c. o.
Richards Co. :
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looking ready made. And so some Of
the most-to- be- desired effects in tho
clothes women wear to-day are effect
that cannot be produced in the ready
TO wear frock or blouse or suit. but can
only be wrought in the home sewin9
room or the dressmaker's establish
ment.
Then. too. the great stumbling block
of dresemakers nf yorc Is gone. There
Is no such thipe as fitting dress ~
more. There are no tight Innings, no
bones To fastcn iu place. If one Int
has n good eve for line and contour on
can do what hitting is necessary for
any dress.
In many homes this new - time of
making clothes is one Of great interest.
Women are talking more about
and means II making clothes .33t
women who never thought ri ~
clothes before They braG l.e1
other of the low cost Of their erc.1ng
gowns and the short time it -
make them. And everywhere m eanf
nous amount Of real dressnakIr. ta.-
ent is being brought 70 LIGHT Goiern
scientific cookery has dsprnv .he
old adage that cooks are born not
made" Accurate measurement ud 2
knowledge OF the prime ri. n The
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scARFs.

Already there are indications that
scarfs viii be an accredited part Of
next winters sults-,hat IS, wide scayfs
that are wrapped around he neck as
a part Of the suit. We had some of
these Scarfs last winter. sometimes
coming from only one part of the coat
collar and wrapping Well around me
throat Sometimes. too. ehey were the
ends Of skating cap there We're
wrapped, scarf-lile. around the throat.
In the new suits they are sometimes
separate. but Of the same material and
sold as part Of the frock. Sometimes
they are fastened TO the coat, under
the collar
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70 these persons, TO bring forward their
arguments against the dog as a pet.
But there will always probably be
many more persons 10 whom il IS SUI
ficient that the dog shall be nothing
more than the best sort OF friend and
companion. No argument against him
can touch the loyalty Of the dogs
friendly master II the owner OF an
affectionate but useless and food-con-
suming dog is taken 10 task for her
pets uselessneSs. she back up her
fondness with stories Of the strong.
patient dogs of Belgium and Switzer-
land and Holland, who do the work of
horses. If the master Of a high bred
collie is criticized, he has the tales Of
shepherd dogs Of the ages behind him
The lover Of the shaggy St. Bernard
does Vicartous homage to a race of life
savers in the SHOWS OF the Alps when
he pets and pampers his huge canine
friend And the woman who walks
along the city streets with a slim.
strong, intelligent German police dog
in leash thinks Of the fine work on the
battlefields that the dogs brothers are
to-day accomplishing. And any dog
lover can cite half a dozen instances
when the family plate would have been
stolen had it not been for the family pet
dog be he toy spaniel or great Dane.
In the last Red Cross drive a good
many dogs really helped collect money
for the cause everybody was working
for. In one town all the doctors called
their dogs into requisition. and in other
towns various individuals let their dogs
work. The dogs were harnessed with
a Red Cross harness, TO which boxes
with slots were attached. And you
couldn't, you know, refuse . friendly
dog who came up TO you to beg Tor
charity.
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boys may be envious at first. they are
apt 70 tease him later in order 10 pay
him back for an undue pride he may
have taken TO himself for dressing like
a soldier. So beware the sWagger stick
and puttees and military hat. If your
boy can become a member of the Boy
Scouts or some similar boys organi-
zation. he should have a splendid sort
Of service uniform, but until he has
that he is better of in "mufti" OF
course. this precaution does not apply
to the regulation sort Of sailor suit
that boys have always worn in one
form or another, and that is so well
adapted to general wear and comfort.
Made in good quality blue serge, such
a suit is admirable. and if you are a
good needlewooman you can Very cas-
ily apply the uniform insignia on the
sleeve and the stars on the sailor col
lar But be sure that you make these
conform 70 the standard Of profes-
sionally made suits, or your little son
will be sure TO like il less than he
would were it like what The other boys
wear.
From time out Of mind thrifty moth
ers have made over the clothes dis
carded by the little boys father for the
little boy himself, and in this wool
conserving season perhaps there is
good sense in this. In certain West
ern state where a big effort has been
going on TO conserve wool and other
dress materials through organized
sewing centers, where women are
shown how to perform all sorts Of
feats in renovation, great many little
boys Overcoats have been made from
those Of grown men with very salts
factory results.
If you do attempt To undertake this
task. be sure TO get good paper pat
tern, even though you consider yourself
a good amateur pattern draughter. BE
sure. too, after the coat is ripped UP.
that you clean 1t carefully, either in
gasoline or in bland soap and water,
If the wool is of good enough quality
to 20 through a washing. IL may
shrink. but that does not matter, since
you will have enough goods anyway.
Then by all means avail yourself Of the
services of a tailor in the final press
ing. The secret Of the tailored" look,
you know, is in the pressing, and in
the ordinary household there are no
facilities to produce the finishing effect
Of the tailor's goose"
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MAKE YOUR SEWING MACHINE DO ITS
PART TOWARD WINNING THE WAR

chemistry 81 cookery have been shown
70 be all that Is necessary 70 turn any
girl or woman Of intelligence into
Good cook, whether she was born
under an auspicious sign for cooks or
not. But nothing has happened 10
disprove the fact that dressmakers are
born. There ~ nothing that will make
one nothing that will make up for a
lack Of appreciation Of line and color.
nothing that will make up for the lack
Of feeling for the new modes as they
come and go. nothing that will make
NJ for the lack of that quick. sure
touch that characterizes the woman
who can put dresses together success
fully Perhaps IL dressmakers were
reduced 70 a science. or IL We were
we'll dressed only in proportion az our
elothcs approached a perfectly definite
standard, or il We wore uniforms. then
skin in dressmakinR would be ques-
ton of training But that time has
not come. and never will, let US hope.
All Of which goes 70 point ont that
successful dressnakera have arisen al
most over night for since thcv possess
The latent ability 70 make dresses. their
skill in hat direction is brought 70
light almost at the first try they make
on the home sewing machine.
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For the Home
SeWing-ROOm

A much out of the tiiS question s' as as a
neat sculptor's atelier or a neat
artists studio II you try to keep il
neat you spend all your time putting
things TO rights. and then where is
your time for your work? Moreover
art does not thrive in the atmosphere
that makes a perfect operating room.
or an ideal kitchen and the amateur
dressmaker has discovered that dress
making is an art. However. the sewing
room must be so arranged and So kept
that il IS the acme Of convenieQce.
Things must not be allowed to get so
out of order that you cannot always
lay your hands on them when you
want them, or SO out Of order that
fabrics and accessories become wrin-
kled or deteriorate in the confusion.
There are q lot Of things that help 10
keep the sewing room neat and make
home eressmaking a pleasure
Here is a device that you sometimes
see in professional sewing rooms, and
it is a great convenience: Have a
plain, smooth board put up on your
wall somewhere within easy reach of
the sewing machine or work table On
this board tack stout. three inch nails
at regular intervals Of about two
inches. on each of these nails put one
of your spools Of silk or thread. If you
90 much sewing you will need a good
many different colors, and you will find
that this is the best way TO see at a
glance just what colors you have.
Have some sort of platform for use
when hanging skirts. The home car
penter or handy man around the house.
if there be one in your family. can
easily devise this from some old boxes.
Il need not be more than four or five
feet square, nor more than foot from
the floor That little height makes #
much easier 10 hang the Skirt than
when the person wearing the skirt is
standing directly ON the floor
The sewer viii find a sewing belt a
tremendous convenience. 1t should
consist of a broad band Of tape or
ribbon that snaps snugly about the
waist From it should hang a pair of
scissors, pin cushion well stocked
with pins, little needle pad with the
needles threaded for basting, a piece
Of tailors chalk, a pencil and pad for
often it is necessary to make notes or
sketches and q tape measure. either
in a loose little bag, from which Il can
be quickly drawn out. or tied 10
ribbon or tape.
A good lamp Of some sort should be
pert Of every sewing room equipment.
Even in the daytime il is sometimes
dull, and brighter light than daylight
is needed for some fine bit of needle
work. Sewing table lamps come ready
to clamp securely TO the edge Of the
table A floor lamp is also very good
A bag with clamps or fasteners that
slip over the end Of the machine, so
that 1t hangs conveniently where you
can reach it with the right hand as
you sew, is useful for holding all sorts
of things that you may need while
titching-trimming or bindings or
anything you may be working with.
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is used one less machine will have to
be produced. If you are of a generous
natre you won't mind letting the ma
chine do service in some nearby Red
Cross room. where you may be sure 1t
will hum all day long. If the nearby
headquarters is not short Of machines.
then il can easily he placed. without
injury Ia the machine. In some other
place where II is needed. and where II
will he kept in good condition and re-
turned to YOU after the war.
Better sttll. no doubt. is the machine
that is put to good use in your own
home. There are odd times when you
can work on Red Cross garments at
home. when you cannot get TO head
quarters. and If you once get into the
habit Of sitting down before your ma
chine whenever you have a little time
you will find il rs interesting as your
old time habit Of shufiling the cards
for a game of solitaire. Poor old cards.
they are shuffled seldom enough now
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aaays, when every woman has some
sort of pickup work to do for her
country.
Not at all selfish is II to make that
machine of yours do service I'm produc-
ing your own clothes and those of your
family. The output of womens ready
to-w wear clothes is not going to be
ver-abundant. prices are high aud
there are many women. especially wo-
men of more or less wealth. who nre
now making their own frocks who
never did Ii before. At the same time
there nre lots of women who always
have made their own clothes. who are
now wording for good wages outside
their homes and these women are the
ones who buy ready to-wea clothes,
So IL you turn your machine to account
to make your own clothes YOU are Icav-
ing all the more clothes In the stores
for the woman who Is too busy to
make her own There Is very little
danger that there will be n falling off
In the actual amount of ready to- wear
clothes that arc sold But actually
more clothes are worn now than In
other years Women are doing more
things; they are more active and when
women arc active they wear out their
clothes faster and therefore need moro.
one great big advantage in home
made clothes nowadays Is that tho old
term home made" has been robbed of
it's sting, For So MANY years the
cheapest thing To do was II buy ready
made clothes and ono SO seldom saw
any one wearing clothes that bore the
mark of tho home sewing room that
the touch Of personal or even amateur
attention aup 20 ba regarded "a a sfvu
of a dresss having been put out by n
good dressmaker In fact dressmak-
ers actually sought To make their
clothes look a trine "amateurish 81
eager were they to Keep them from
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Us there a sewing machine in your
house? Is it idle much or all of the
= time? If it is, ii is barely possible
that you are letting so an opportunity
to show greater patriotism and 70 do
little more in the great big fight
to conserve our American resources.
In some of the big cities waist and
dress manufacturers have found that
there are thousands of sewing machines
lying idle that might be used. In some
cases these were old-type machines,
but they were capable of being put
into working condition. and in many
cases they were brought out from lofts
and out of storage and turned to ac-
count in handling the rush of COVER
ment and civilian orders that would
otherwise have necessitated the pro-
duction of new machines; and this
called for unnecessary expense in labor
and raw material
Now If there is a machine in your
house 1t ought to be used. because If it
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and YOUR PETS

also eat ends Of bread or bits of cereal
that have come from plates, and # we
can use these things. that cannot pos
sibly be turned TO account in any other
way, in maintaining a friend 50 loyal
and consoling as a pet dog then We
really might take credit TO ourselves
for having achieved something real IN
tie way of conservation. for We have
increased the sum total of cheer and
happiness in our lives without depriY-
ing any one of anything
But the food problem is not the only
one that faces the dog lover. Recently
II was decided. as part of the wool
conservation scheme. that manufactur-
ers of knitted goods should not make
any more dog sweaters. Those on
hand will doubtless be sold. but there
will be no more forthcoming.
Probably there won't be much suf-
fering as a result. Dogs thrived and
barked and were devoted TO their mas
ters centuries before any one ever
thought Of providing sweaters for
them. Nature is kinder to them than
to us. and when she finds them un-
provided by artificial covering she pro
duces "a natural coat Of wool or hair
thick enough to protect them from the
winter blasts.
There will. of~course. always be those
who dislike dogs-who consider them
a menace to health and property. In
the big cities especially where dogs are
not muzzled compulsorily. there are
always plenty of persons TO argue that.
like the dogs OF Constantinople, they
should all be deported The sheep
growers Of the West Will always count
their losses with anger against the
owners Of sheep killers and against a
community that let's unowned dogs
wander about. The war is an excuse