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Evening star., 1918-06-30
Rechickening France.

Miss Lucy Hewitt, an American girl.
is engaged In a novel war relief effort
which she describes ais plan Ito re-
chickenixe France" the American
Committee for Devasted France re-
ports.
Miss Hewitt sells chicken buttons
for 10 cents n piece. The buttons say.
II have a chicken In France" Each
button represents the price Of an incu-
bator egg and 1000 eggs represents a
full incubator.
During tho evacuation of the de-
partment of the Aisne the refugees
were sent by thousands to the south
of France. but the incubators and the
chickens provided through the efforts
Of Miss Hewitt were assembled on a
farm. where 500 refugee children are
caring for them, under the supervision
of poultrymen who were once SOL
diers and are now disabled.
"It costs $4O0 to establish a poultry
farm" says a letter from the commit
tee. This includes the wooden bar
racks provided by the French govern
ment, four incuhators of 1000 eggs
each. and the salary for one year of
former soldier, who will care for the
installation.
Miss Hewitt has established
thirteen poultry farms since Easter
and she intends to continue until
France is once more 'rechick enized' and
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Women in War Work.
To Aid Belgian Children,

The Holland seaside fund will re-
ceive the proceeds of the matinee
showing at the National Theater to-
morrow afternoon of the Aim play
Hearts Of the World" The benefit
is given under the auspices of the re-
Gently organized Washington COM
mittee for the relief OF French and
Belgian children. The Holland sea-
side fund has sent many thousands
of children into Holland from war
ridden Belgium. 1.20o going each
month for a period of two weeks into
peaceful, happy surroundings. Proof
of the value of the work Is evidenced
by the physical Improvement in the
children, the average gain In weight
per child being six and three-quar-
ters pounds during the fortnight for
the 1900 children sent in one month.
Mrs. Robert Lansing is honorary
chairman of the Washington commit
tee. and the other honorary member
are Mrs. Brand Whitlock and Prin-
cess Albert de Ligne of Belgium,
who is president of the Holland sea-
side fund.
This Washington committee has as
its executive group Mrs Carl Vroo-
man, chairman; Mrs. Cary T. Grayson.
Miss Jane Gregory and Mrs A. B.
Ruddock. the last of whom acts as
secretary and treasurer. Every effort
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Americanizing Foreign Women.

Public libraries have become CEN
ters of Americanization work and war
activities are medium for establish
Ing better understanding of national
ideals among foreign women, accord
Ing to Mrs. William D. Phelan of
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outside garments would become use
less. In the second place. 1t would IN
Serfere with what seems to be very
natural and insistent craving In most
peopIe-the craving for variety"
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Pittsburgh. Pa. who has been doing
Americanization work under the wom-
ans committee. Council Of National
Defense.
'As q means of Americanising the
foreign women the contacts establish
ed in getting them interested in war
work. and in working side by side
with them for a common cause. are
NEST valuable" said Mrs. Phelan.
And the best place we have found for
establishing such contacts IL the pub
lie library. The women who send
their children to sectarian schools. as
many do, dislike to attend meetings
in the public schools. To them the IL
brary 10 a neutral meeting ground
for different sects and races.
Child welfare work has its begin
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Sweaters Enter Luxury Glass.

A campaign to conserve the wool
now in the retail market has been in
stituted by many women's organiza-
tions. among them the Minnesota
women's committee of the commission
Of public safety and council of ma
tional defense This group of wom-
en- issued the following estimates ar
ranged by Miss Marian Weller. chair
man of the commission on war dress,
a professor of the University of Min
nesota:
"A soldier uses thirteen times as
much wool as a civilian. 1t requires
lG6 pounds to equip soldier fully.
NO fiber will replace wool. The
soldiers uniform to be Of the greatest
service must be all wool of the best
grade. The civilian can use a substi-
tute in many places"
Can you afford an extra sweater
now?' is the appeal made by the New
Jersey division. "One woman had
thirteen new, quilts stored in her at
tic. AnotheU has thirty-six sweaters
to match all her suits. Pour out such
treasures. Unravel every extra sweat
er. Knit a convalescent comfort of
six-inch squares or an orphans hood
of wool"
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Wellesley Unit in France.

The Paris Bulletin OF the American
Red Cross. May 25. issues the follow
ing:
The Wellesley unit of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has just arrived from
America to work among the repatri-
ates and refugees. Its six members
have record along social and medi-
cal lines which promises well for the
work which they are to do here. The
unit has been assigned to the, bureau
of refugees and relief and will short
ly begin work among the repatriates
and the Picardy refugees who fed
from their homes, before the big at
tack
THE Wellesley unit is the second
group of college women to take up
work in France under the Red Cross.
The first. the Smith College unit, car
ried on various lines of health, agri-
cultural. and relief work in the vii
lages about Grecourt in the Somme
until the recent German offensive and
since then has been in charge of a
canteen at Beauvais"
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ming in these library groups. The
meaning Of children's year has been
explained there and instructions have
this movement OF the children's bu-
reau.
I'm one of the liberty loan parades
held in Pittsburgh the Italian women
protested vehemsntly against being
put In q section of the parade made
up Of foreign groups. We are not
foreigners they said. We became
Americans the day We stepped off our
ship onto American soii.'"
1000 New Food Conservat tionists.
The United States government had
the distinction of graduating
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coffee cake" and their weight prices
are prescribed by law. In making
bread only wheat, rye, barley. or oat
four may be used and flour substi-
tutes are prohibited. For ordinary
bread no butter, lard. or other fat.
milk, or cream may be used. Soft
bread may not be sold until it is at
least twelve hours old.
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becomes the poultry-raising country
1t was before the war Ten cents
seems a small investment toward
helping France to feed her civilians
and her army, and. incidentally, our
Army. 1t Is one way of helping
France to help America"
When Paper Comes in Handy.
The following advertisement ap-
peared in the Berlin Vossische Zeitung
OF March 6. according to Information
Be1ges:
Paper Stuff for Dresses and Aprons.
Paper Stuff for Business Suits.
Paper Stuff for Manufacture Of
Shoes.
Paper Stuff for Upholstery and
Tapestries
Paper STUFF for Trunks and Bags.
Paper Stun for Bags. Pillowcases
and Mattresses.
splendidly assorted lot for sale.
Renaissance Of the Spinning Wheel
German acquisitions have so reduced
the supply of hemp. fax, linen, etc, In
occupied Belgium that not only have
spinning wheels Of our grandmothers
been brought back to see the light of
day. but new ones are exhibited in the
shop windows. Information Eelges
reports, adding:
Naturally. there are improvements.
Consider the following: Spinning
wheels attached to sewing machines
can be obtained at Woluwe, 24s, Lou
vain. This would be picturesque IL IT
were not pitiful."
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Sweden's Nine Varieties.

Only nine types OF war bread are
permitted in Sweden, according to in
formation furnished by commerce re-
ports.
decree has been issued restricting
the breads to be made to following
types: Dry. hard bread and so-calIed
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larger class OF 1918 than any school
or college in the world. when on
June the United States Food Ad-
ministration issued from Washing
ton, d. C.. 10000 diplomas to college
7TontjrUed on Third "a gc7
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To Conserve Art.

A committee representing all art or
ganizations of the country, fine, lib
erai and Industrial, has been appoint
to carry on a campaign for govern
ment recognition of art. This commit
tee will conduct an educat ational cam
paign to show how art in war time
acts as balance and what the ma
tions OF Europe, recognizing this,
have done to foster 1t. The plan in
dorsed at the annual convention of
- l,f..i.a League at Washington
advocates the creation of a depart
ment of public instruction as a sepa-
rate department of the government
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RED CROSS WORKERS
 MUST KNIT RAPIDLY Sewing Rooms Will Be Closed From July 4 tO % and Efforts COncen-
 trated on Knitting Quota.

The Red Cross sewing rooms here will be closed from July to 20, inclusive, but all other departments will continue at work as usual. The reason for this, as explained by Mrs wv ID. Jones, lis thht the sewing rooms are not prepared to take Up the work assigned in the latest instruc- tions. and that the assignment is so far below the capacity of the rooms that little time will be required in filling the order when work is start ed. The quota of knitting assigned, on the other hand, is very much larger than previous orders. and it is the plan to concentrate on the knitting to supply the quota of articles requir- ed. The chapter has not yet received new instructions for surgical dress ings and refugee garments. but ex- poets these assignments in a short while.
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US. FORECAST
 l5,325,000 CROP 0F COTTON IN 1918
Condition 85.8 Per Cent of Normal on June 25, I'm
 provement Over May.

Washington, July "A huge cotton
 crop is in prospect this year. the de- partment of agriculture today fore casting the production at 15,325 ,OOO equivalent 800 pound bales. A crop ever grown.
 The condition of the crop on June
 p was S5.S per cent of a normal or
 3.5 per cent better than on May p and 6 per cent higher than on the ten. year average
 The acreage of 37,073000 this year comes close to the record and is ex-
 ceeded only by that of 1913. Cotton production last year was
 11,300,254 bales; in 1916 it was H. 449,930; in 1915 it was 11,191,S20, and in 1914 it was 16,134, ,930 bales, the largest crop ever grown. The condition of the crop on May 25 this year was S3.3 per cent of normal and on June 25 last year it
 was 703 per cent, while the ten-year June 25 average condition is 79.S per
 cent.
 The acreage ill cultivation year
 ago was 34,925000 acres and that pick ed was 33,634.0OO acres. The area picked iii 1916 was 34,9S50OO acres, ! and the largest area pickod in any
 year was that of 1913 when it was 37 ,OS9, ,000.
 The forecast of production announc-
 ed today was based on the condition
 of the plant June p and allows one . per cent acreage abandonment. The
 final out turn of the crop will be above or below the quantity forecast as conditions hereafter are better or | worse than average conditions. The
 acreage and June 9 conditions by states follows:
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Famous In A Day For Her
 Beautiful Complexion,
 Oatmeal Combination Does Ii

freckles; tan, sun spots, coarse. pores, rough skin, ruddiness, wrinkles, and, in fact, every blemish the fact, hands and arms are heirs to. If your neck or chest is discolored from exposure, apply this combination there and the objectionable defect will disappear as if by magic. It is absolutely harmless and will not produce or stimulate a growth of hair. No matter how rough and ungainlY the hands and arms, or what abuses they have had through hard work and exposure to sun and wind, this oatmeal-derwillo combina- tion will work a wonderful transfor- nation in 12 hours at the most. Thou sands who have used it have had the same results I have had.
 Note: To get the best effect be sure to follow the complete directions contained in every package of der willo. You have only to get derwillo. and oatmeal. You need nothing else and it is so simple that anyone can use it; and is so inexpensive that any girl or women can afford 1t. The manufacturers and druggists guaran- tee that there will be a noticeable improvement after the first applica- tion or they will refund the money. It is sold in this city under money refund guarantee by all department stores and druggists including w. l.. Dewoody and Manns Pharmacy-Advl
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HUN POLICY IS TO
 SINK HOSPITAL SHIPS
Torpedoing of Landovery Castle With out Warning is Evidence of
 More "Ruthlessness,'

London, July 2.-That the sinking of hospital ships is deliberate policy on the part of the Germans now is placed beyond all doubt by the tor pedoing of the British hospital ship Landovery Castle, the newspapers say in the editorial comment today.
 "1n the presence of such unspeak- able infamy deliberatly repeated" :" says the Daily Chronicle, '..it is 6 waste of breath to reiterate the ab- horrence which everybody with a snark of civilized sense must feel But we would invite the German people to ask themselves what is the use of their statemen appealing like For eign Secretary von Kuehlmann, to be credited with probity and honor while crimes so cdious, dishonorable and unshamed continue to be car ried out by the orders of their govern ment"
 The excuse for the attack on the Laadovery Castle says the Daily Mail, was a lie, and the German of ficer who told it did not believe it himself when he said to the captain.
 "You are carrying eight American flight officers"
 If there had been particle of truth in the charge, the newspapers adds, the submarine captain had only to stop the Landovery Castle, seize the eight officers and take them to Ger many as proof of allied guilt in using hospital ships for transports.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
FIRE DESTROYS TURNER
 EXCELSIOR MANUFACTORY
Loss of 5000 Caused by Flames, Started by Heat From Friction of
 New Machinery.

Fire yesterday forenoon about II o'clock destroyed the excelsior manu- featuring department of the Turner Bedding factory, at Locust and Third, causing loss estimated at $5,000. H. H. Turner, head of the enterprise, said he carried no insurance
 The fire is believed to have been due to friction of new machinery. The flames had gained headway before the department received the alarm, but the firemen were able to save the mattress factory proper.
 The colorad selectmen, in train ing at the Branch Normal, were led to the scene by their officers and gave aid in preventing the spread Of the flames.
 The enterprise only recently re- moved from State and Twelfth to the old Mcdaniel l-Baughman building, ac quired by MT. Turner, and new ma chinery had been installed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
WHAT'S THE MATTER
 WITH PHONE SERVICE?
Rotary Club Names Committee to Ascertain If Improvewent Can-
 not be Effected.

Tho telephone service in Pine Bluff was discussed at the meeting of. the Rotary club yesterday the subject be- ing brought up by Sam B. Russell who said that he had heard numerous com plaints of poor service, and that he had found it unsatisfactory in recent months. MT. Russell's motion that a committee be appointed to take up the question of better service with the Southwestern Bell Telephone cow pany officials was "seccnded" by half a dozen or more. H. K. Toney, the president, appointed on the committee Sam. B. Russell, Howard w. Coles and Fred E. Vining.
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A Free Prescription Does It's Work Overnight. You Can Prepare
 It At Your Home <N

overnight. YOu Gan Prepare
 It At Your Home
 New York: It is my discovery and it takes just one night to get such marvellous results, says Mae Edna Wilder, when her friends ask her about her wonderful complexion and the improved appearance of her hands and arms. You can do the same thing if you follow my advice she says: I feel it my duty to tell every girl and woman what this wonderful prescription did for me. Just think of it. All this change in a single night. l never tire of telling others just what brought about such remarkable results. Here is the identical pres- cription that removed every defect from my face, neck hands and arms. Until you try it you can form no idea of the marvellous change it will make in just one application. The prescrip- tion which you can prepare at your own home is as follows: Go to any grocery and get ten cents worth of ordinary oatmeal, and from any drug store a bottle of derwillo. Prepare the oatmeal as directed in every package of derwillo and apply night and morning. The first application will astonish you. It makes the skin appear transparent, smooth and vel vety l especially recommend it for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03

that when my baby came the doctor said he never saw women get along any better than l did and I know it was Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that helped me. Mrs. ERNEST BEEBE, 124 Wyoming Ave-, Watertown, N. Y.
 Women who continually overtax their strength until they get into such a weakened condition should profit by Mrs. Beebe's experience and try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 For special suggestions write Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co. The result of it's long experience is at your service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
Bullet Holes Still There.

The old Buckman Tavern in Lexing ton has much the appearance it had when it was the rallying place of the Minute Men and the "shot heard round the world" was fired many years ago. One may to this day see in it bullet holes made by the British soldiers who were fired upon from this tav' ern.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03

Colonel Harry Cutler, chairman of executive committed of the Jewish Welfare Board, has placed in every camp throughout the country mem bers of the organization who will cooperate with other agencies in the camps and be of assistance to the mental and Spiritual life of the Jew ish 'nen who are in the service. The Jewish Welfare Board has already helped more than 5000 Jewish boys in the naval service oi, the United States, and has taken it's place with the Y. M. c. A. and K. of c. and other organizations aiding and enter taining the boys in Uncle Sam's ser vice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
DRASTIC PUNISHMENT
 FOR RAILWAY THEFTS
To Stop Box Gar Bnrglaries, Govern ment Will Invoke the Sahot-
 age Law.

Washington, July 2.-=In the na- tlon-W1de campalg nto put an end to theft from railroad cars the railroad administration propertW protection section is determined to invoke the new sabotage law with it's drastic penalties ill cases where material consigned to the nations military and naval forces are stolen. The new law provides a penalty of 30 years Imprisonment for persons convicted of interfering with production or da- livery of materials necessary in the conduct of the war
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
HOPE TO STABILIZE
 LABOR CONDITIONS

Washington, July 2.=Newspaper publishers, in a conference here to- day with department of labor off cials, agreed to cooperate with the de partment employment service in it's efforts to stabilize labor conditions, and prevent a large turnover of labor. Further negotiations between the de- partment and the publishers will De conducted thru committee of the American Newspaper Publishers asso- citation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
PINE BLUFFIANS DELEGATES

Carl Hollis of Warren, president of the Arkansas Bankers association. has appointed three Pine Bluff men as delegates to 9 cotton conference at New Orleans on July 3. They are s. c. Alexander. president of the Mer- chants and Planters bank; M. E Bloom, cashier of the Citizens bank and A. w. Mum, president of the Hammettt Grocer company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
NEW REVENUE COLLECTOR.

D. c. Buell. arrived yesterday from Fort Smith to temporarily take over the local office of internal revenue col lector. Meyer Solmson, who has been in the local office will leave today for Jonesboro, Blytheville and other points in eastern Arkansas where he will remain for about five weeks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
Historical Wa1ran1.

Wagram, known by Its c,vn people as Deutsch-Wagram. is village of Austria, situated on the plain o1 Marchfeld. eleven and half miles northeast of Vienna. Austria. Here on July and 6. 180s Napoleon Bona parte defeated the Austrians. c1lH manded by the stchduke Charlea.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
$1, 100000 BLAZE AT
 GUN COTTON PLANT

Mount Union. Pa., July 2.-Fire of undetermined origin destroyed four four Buildings of the Aetna Chemical company's plant mile and a half east of here this afternoon. The loss is estimated at S1,000,0OO.
 The fire broke out in the gun cot ton department of the plant More than 450,000 pounds of the cotton was consumed. There were no explosions. No casualties have been reported.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
WARREN MAN PUT ON
 AGGIE SCHOOL BOARD

Little Rock, July Ex-Governor Brough today appointed R. E. Thom- assen of Warren a member of the hoard of trustees of the Fourth Agri- cultural school at Monticello to suc- ceed John Richardson, whose term has expired. The governor also appointed All Lair of Harrison clerk of Boone county to succeed A. O. Brooks re- signed
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Square Deal fer tho Shops.

"If women had only the courage to stop shopping when they are tired" said young woman the other day. "They buy things then that they do not and never will like and it is a bother to the women and needless expense to the shops. The goods are inevitably returned and credited. When shops are so decent about ac- cepting goods and crediting them 1t Is only fair tc such establishments to give them a square deal"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
Tho Ideal Army.

Some men think fast, and then dcss others act and think afterward, lt at all. One type is deliberative. the ether impulsive. The army of cool-headed officers and hot-headed soldiers makes magnificent military machine1-- American Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03

was Tn very poor health. I suffered from a fe m a le weakness so l did not have strength enough to do my own work and could not stand on my
 feet for any length of time. Lydia E.
 Pinkham's V eg e. t a b le Compound core te d my trouble and | inn rwnxya1 s~ hoo1fh C1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
Platinum.

Platinum, with the exception of iri' dium, is the heaviest of all the metals The name originated with the Span. lards on account of it's silvery color, plata signifying silver. It was un' xnown ill Europe until about TAI. when it's existence was announced to the world by q Spanish scientist after a trip to South America
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03

Mrs. Hazel Drew McGreal of Ais ton, Mass, has the distinction If being the first woman since the estab- lishment of the British and Canadian recruiting mission in the United States to pass the physical examination for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
CAUSE OF DELAY IN
 GOVT. ALLOWA ANCES

Washington, July 2.-Misunder- standing of the provisions of the war risk insurance act either on the part of the enlisted men or by his de- lay in the mailing of monthly checks for allotment and allowances by the war risk insurance bureau, according to the findings of a special commit tee of inquiry appointed last May by Secretaries Baker and McAdoo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
Engineers May Volunteer.

Washington, July 2.-Draft regis- trants may volunteer for induction into the engineers corps. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today. General Crowder specified that volunteer registrants must be white men and that no man in the July calls will be accepted. Registrants of the 1o1s class will be accepted if all time limits for induction are waived.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-03
The IhIufficieney of Fame.

Robert Louis Stevenson was not the only celebrity who has found fame rather than unsubstantial achievement. II would agree" he wrote, ''that Glad. stone was the author of my works for 4 good ten-ton schooner and the coins to keep it on. l know 3 little about fame now; it's no good compared to yacht"