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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-04
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WHY NOT A BUCKET
BRIGADE?

I'm the old days when Pen
dleton relied on a pump
ing plant for its water
supply the insurance men re-
gularly criticised the plant as
N. G. We were urged to es-
tablish a gravity water sys-
tenn and a paid fire depart
ment, lower rates being prom
ised provided these changes
were brought about. We have
complied with the requests.
We have water system under
which abundant water is avail
able and reservoirs holding
two million gallons, as much
water as the old pumps could
handle in 48 hours of solid
pumping. But still the insur-
ance men are not satisfied.
After standing silently by and
allowing the city to dismantle
its pump plant a demand is
now made that it be restored.
What will the insurance men
want next. After getting a
gravity system, big reservoirs,
paid fire department and a
pump will they then set up a
howl for bucket brigade?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-04

Suppose the city wanted to
use its pumping plant and the
power were off?
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
GIRLS BREAK QUARANTINE.
Three at Connecticut College Make
 Light of Restrictions.

New London, Jan. 23.-Three stu dents at the Connecticut college, Quarantined in Winthrop hall as a precautionary step for diphtheria on Saturday, broke quarantine on Mon day and are now in the contagion ward of Memorial hospital. The girls are Mary Brader, Helen Gage and katheryne Holloway.
 Last Saturday Miss Ruth Wilson. a student at the college, who lived in Winthrop hall, was found to havo diphtheria, and she will be removed to the contagion ward of Memorial hospital As a precaution the fifty girls in the dormitory were quar- antined in the building and are con- fined to their respective rooms, much to their Giscomfiture.
 On Monday Misses Brader, Gage and Holloway disregarded the quar- antine and left the building. The college authorities learned of the violation of the quarantine and nOti- fled the local health officer.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
KENNETH HARLAN
 ON KEENEYS SCREEN

1 Kenneth Rarla',, star of the Blue bird phOtoplays and very well know to all local theatre-gOers having ! played a successful season in this city, 1 i'll a stock company, will demonstrate 1 for the last time Wednesday, at 1 keeney's theatre that a man may be married and never see his wife; live l in the same house with her and not
 know it, and then have to be intro l duCed to her before he discovers her ! identity. Rather an unconventional | chain of circumstances, to be sure. When Molly Cunningham witnessed 1 an accident that robbed Phillip Smith l of his eyesight, she decided that fate had sent her a husband in the nick of time. Molly must marry to in- l herit a fortune, and time was Up. Smith consented, and Molly sent him abroad for expert treatment. When Smith came back to America he es- ta0lished himself in an apartment and was amazed to find in his home, one
 day, an Italian girl who insisted upon becoming his servant. The girl re- fused to quit, and Smith submitted to her persistency. Molly had promised him a divorce, if he ever wanted one and now he was thinking of a move in that direction. When he met with an OD132 aCClQont, ana h3d been
 discharged from the hospital after long siege he came back to his apart ments to find them deserted and neg lected. His anazement was unbounded when the ring with which he had
 married, in his blindness, the wife he
 had never "seen'-a, ring of peculiar
 design-came into his possession
 direct from the girl who had been his
 servant in his house. Then Smith got
 into real action, forgot all about
 wanting a divorCe-and there you
 have one of the best photoplays ever
 screened.
 The eleventh episode of the great
 est serial ever produced. f'The Mystery
 Shjp,' featuring Ben Wilson and his
 charming cO-Star Neva Gerber, will
 be shown Wedn csdav and Thursday,
 also several comedies and other fea-
 lures. Three unusually good vaude-
 vile acts will conclude the program. .
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
HIGH HEELS PUT
 CORNS ON TOES Tells women how to dry up corn so it lifts out
 without pain.

Modern high -hee1ed footwear buckles the toes and produces corns, and many of the thousands of hospi- tai cases of infection and lockjaw are the result of womans suicidal habit of trying to cut away these painful pests.
 For little cost there can be obtained at any pharmacy quarter of an ounce of a drug called freezone, which is sufficient to rid ones feet of every hard or soft corn or caIlus without the slightest danger or inconvenience.
 A few drops of freezone applied di- rectly upon the tender, aching corn stops the soreness and shortly the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. It is a sticky substance, which dries the moment it is applied, and thousands of men and women use it because the corn shrivels up and comes out without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue or skin. Gut this out and try it if your cOrnS bother you.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
THE CALENDAR GIRL
 AT LYCEUM TO-DAY

Hundreds of people stormed tho Lyceum theater Monday afternoon and evening during the continuous show and but for the closing order that was in effect yesterday, it is probable that a repetition would have taken place. It is realized that the public will be hUngrier than ever to- day for good amusement, and with that in view, an excellent, Well-bal- anced program has been arranged.
 Julietto Day, under the auspices of Mutual, will head the program in her most recent offering, The Calendar Girl" Miss Day is one of those stars whose name is not known quite as well as the names of others Of the profession but whose ability does not suffer because of that.
 "The Calendar Girl" is picture wherein Miss Day will be offered eX- cellent opportunities. On the pro- gram with her will be Alice Howell, the female Chaplin, in a roaring slap stick comedy, "Neptune's Naughty Daughter" Miss Howell is appearing in a series of pictures exclusively at the Lyceum and through her latest work, has Ieaped into fame as a COmoOl6llnG. Tier pictures are or the roaring, smashing sort, with action the main topic. There may not be much plot, but there is everything but it. Miss Howell is as big a scream this time as she was before.
 On the same program today will be the Lyceum Weekly, in which is told the latest happenings of the day. The special department run under the au- spices of the Council of Defense, pre- senting scenes at the various army cantonments and training camps in France is probably the most interest ing section and tells it's story much clearer and in greater detail than is possible in newspapers. Several oth- CT mum bers will be on the same pro- gram.
 Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be big days at the Lyceum, with Ann Pennington, one of the brightest stars of the "Follies", heading the pro- gram in ''The Antics of Ann"
 The Jyceum's new vaudeville com mences next Monday. The manage. ment is booking three star acts, and
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23

aTst, she smiled quizzically at me, Wand we'll adopt it. I think I'd better call Dicky up after you go home and ask his gracious permission to spare you as soon as his mother is we'll enough for you to come. When do you think that will be?"
 ''There's no reason why I shouldn't come tomorrow if only Dicky does not imagine I'm neglecting his mother,' l answered. "The danger of shock is passed now, and while, of course, the broken arm is painful, yet there is no acute illness. And Cousin Agatha is a wonderful nurse. She doesn't leave her cousin for 10 minutes at a time, and all her usual acerbities seem to be softened. She and Mother Graham were having a wonderfully good visit yesterday over their childhood. You know they were brought up almost to- gether."
 Yes, know, and I can imagine the woman is a good nurse. She ought to be something to make up for the trouble she has caused you. And from what you say I see no reason why you couldn't come back here to- morrow. Katie surely doesn't need you, and if your Cousin Agatha is so busiIy engaged with your mother-in- law she won't have time to bedevil
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Good flour is not pure white in color, but a creamy white.
 Cornmeal griddle cakes are deli cious served with sausage.
 All articles to be fried should be warmed and thoroughly dry.
 In the winter the flour should be warmed before mixing the bread.
 Flour, meal, sugar, salt and spices should be sifted before measuring.
 There is more starch in wheat than in any other food that we eat.
 A pair of scissors will be found an endless convenience in the kitchen.
 If fish is very thick it should be partly cooked in the oven before broil- ing.
 Do not use more than mere dust ing of flour when kneading the bread
 The strong smell in old fowls can be removed by washing in warm soda water.
 A cold or cool bath is one of the best tOnics to fortify us against talk ing cold.
 Both for the sake of safety and ap- pearances, get rid of waste paper promptly.
 Bits of ham creamed and served on toast will prove savory break fast dish.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
BEGIN HOT WATER [DIRINlMHNG IF YOU DON'T FEEL RIGHT Says glass of hot water with phosphate before breakfast
 washes out poiscns.

If you wake up with bad taste, bad breath and tongue is coated; if your head is dull or aching; if what you eat sours and forms gas and acid in stOm- ach, or you are bilious, constipated. nervous, sallow and can't get feeling just right, begin inside bathing. Drink before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it. This will flush the poisons and toxins from stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels and cleanse, sweeten and purify the entire alimen- tary tract. Do your inside bathing inn mediately upon arising in the morn ing to wash out of the system all the previous days poisonous waste, gases and sour bile before putting more food into the stomach.
 To feel like young folks feel; like you felt before your blood, nerves and muscles became loaded with body im- purities, get from your pharmacist a quarter pound of limestone phosphate which is inexpensive and almost taste less, except for sourish twinge which is not unpleasant.
 Just as soap and hot water act on the skin, cleansing, sweetening and freshening, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels Men and women who are usually constipated, bilious, headachy or have any stomach dis order should begin this inside bathing before breakfast. They are assured they will become real real cranks on the subject shortly.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
ORIGINAL WESTERN
 GIRL AT FOX'S

Until They Get Me!' is the unique title of the photoplay that heads the splendid Fox program for today and tomorrow, and the play itself can be said to be just as unusual as it's name. The story is a good deal of a mystery as yet, but it has to do with the eX- citing experience of a Western girl of rather original ways and uncOnven- tional ideas who aids a condemned man to escape from his captivity, and then, with all the alleged fickleness of her sex, she promptly falls in love with thes man who is sent out to cap ture him. Pauline Stark is the star of the piece, and her work through out the entire production is beyond all possible criticism. She is supported by a splendid cast, and the picture is as full of pep and thrills as a dare devil company can make it. '"The Iceman's Bride,' a screamingly com ical Keystone comedy, adds a lot of wholesome laughter to the program
 and there are many shorter subjects, including the new Ford eWekly, to be seen in the same show. Considerable attention has been attracted by the announcement of 'Sirens of the Sea-" by special arrangement, for Sunday and Monday. It is a beautiful pie ture that is said to rival ''The Daugh- ter of the Gods'' in magnificence. TWO of the most perfect women in the pro-
 fession. Carmel Myers and Louise Lovely, have lent their grace to the production, and six months were de- voted to it's completion. A thousand actors and actresses were employed in making tSirens of the Sea-" and it has met with unprecedented popular itv wherever it has been shown.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
All! BACKACHE GONE!
 RUB LUMBAGO AWAY
Rub Pain from Back With Small Trial Bottle of Old
 'St. Jacobs DiI."
An! Pain is gone!

An! Pain is gone!
 Ouickly?-Yes. Almost instant re- lief from soreness, stiffness, lameness and pain follows a gentle rubbing with "St. Jacobs Oil"
 Rub this soothing, penetrating oil right on your painful back, and like magic relief comes. "St. Jacobs Oil' is a harmless backache, lumbago and sciatica cure which never disappoints and doesn't burn the skin.
 Straighten up! Quit complaining! Stop those tortuous Stitches" In a moment you will forget that you ever had a weak back, because it won't hurt or be stiff or lame. Don't suffer! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest "St. Jacobs Oil' from your druggist now and get this lasting relief.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
For 7hedfer90exS and Women Readers
F 4 1 WIFI:
 BISON

Katie, and everything will be
 as ice while you are gone" The Easy Hours ! fled the impulse to retort that would be as many opportunities
 y falls as smooth ice would af-
 I had voluntarily offered my this service under Lillian. If for me to draw back even in It from it. But I could not off a mental vision of Katie's hen I should tell her that she be left to Cousin Agatha's fmercies for a week.
 kn relieved the situation some |or. me with her next words. Flcourse, there will be no need NJ to stay here all night" she And as Harry is the laziest the country about getting up morning there will be no need F to waste any time at the 1i- Refore Il o'clock. You can get P o'clock in from Marvin, go It to the library, and there will
 use of your waiting after 5. wouldn't let even his favorite
 lnterfere with his late after |trou up and down Broadway fth avenue"
 Final Instructions
 Fw a breath of deep thankful l could manage that program a domestic upheaVal.
 hurry up luncheon," Lillian
 @ctically, ''so you can get home
 as possible. What time do
 k yOu'll be there?"
 'e an errand to do for Mother N" I said, but it won't take ng. l ought to be able to be at
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23

The coal in the kitchen range should never be beyond the top of the fire bricks
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23

N und mixed with ol1V4 l(l s ~ Yee liver and bowels, which he gave to as patients for years. pr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi- 81te for calomel, are gentle in their action
 set always effective. They bring about Blat exuberance of spirit, that natural #loyancy which should be enjoyed by
 sveryone, by toning up the liver and clear Ag the system of impurities.
 < You will know Dr. Edwards Olive Tab
 Its by their olive color. l0c and 25c per apx. All druggists.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
Menu for Tomorrow

Menu for Tomorrow
 Breakfast
 Cereal with Milk
 Minced Liver
 Graham Gems
 Coffee
 Lunch.
 Rice and Mutton Cake With Whipped Cream Sauce
 Tea
 Dinner.
 Tapioca Soup Scalloped Goldfish
 Stewed Celery
 Boiled Potatoes
 Apple Souffle
 Coffee Rice And Mutton-Boil the rice and line sides and bottom of a mold. Fill center with minced cold mutton, sea- soned with salt, pepper, onion juice, a little curry and moistened with gravy Cover the top with some re- served rice and steam for an hour. Turn out on a platter and pour round it tomato sauce. Whipped Cream Sauce-Whip to stiff froth one cupful cream. To the we'll beaten whites three eggs add three tablespoonfuls powdered sugar; mix well, stir in the whipped cream and one teaspoonful vanilla.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23

Bits of ham creamed and served on toast will prove a saYory break fa sit dish
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
GOOD BOOKINGS
 AT PARSONS THEATER

There will be ra>tIaee and night performances of "Poltyanna" at Par sons theater today, the matinee at 3 o'clock and the evening performance at o'clock. The cast contains all the original favorites, including Pa tricia, Collinge, Oswald Yorke, Joseph Jefferson and Maude Granger.
 A year in New York-eight months in Chicago. Could any further rec mmendation be needed for Fair and Warmer" the riotous farce by Avery Hopwood, which Selwyn and company will present at Parsons theater for three nights and Saturday matinee, commencing Thursday? Should there be any one who would ask for more, they are respectfully referred to what soever corner of these United States, they may particularly prefer as an authority for what they shall see and what they shall not see in the theater. And the answer will be the same, whether it comes from Portland, Ore. or from Jacksonville, Fla Tt is the best farce that was ever seen in this city,
 "Oh Boy" the fourth of the New York Princess theater musical cOn- edy successes comes to Parsons the ater for the week beginning Monday, January 2S. F. Ray Comstock and William Elliott, in producing "Oh Boy," have assembled a cast that is extremely capable and well balanced. Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse have written book that carries real com edy and 9 delightful story, while the music by Terome Kern is considered the best ot many scores.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-23

home Hy 4 o'clock"
 I knew better than to voice the curi- ositv I felt as to Lillian's reasons for wishing ne to be at home early She satisfied it herself, however, with her next sentence.
 "When you reach Marvin" she said, "'phone me from some place outside your home that you have arrived. Then when you have had time to reach the house I'll telephone Dicky. I don't want him to surmise that we have been planning anything, and if he calls you up afterwards you'll be at home, understand? And you haven't seen Ine today ''
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-01
Canning as One Of the Fine Arts

Novel containers for jelly and pre-
serves, fancy labels and other Access
series are a delight to the women
who takes pride in the appearance
Of her fruits and vegetables. Pnts
and quarts do not now represent a
uniform shape in each case, and, while
the manufacturers are careful to
keep to the correct measurements,
the size and shape of these containers
show pleasing variety.
For instance, the established jelly
glass of certain height and circumfer-
ence Is no longer the only one to be
found on the market. A glass meas
uring the same quantity even to the
last spoonful is now to be found
prettily corrugated, low and spreading
and of 50 graceful a shape that 1t can
serve as a sugar bowl or preserve dish
when its original contents have been
disposed Of. Another style Of uniform
capacity is oblong at the top, the sides
sloping to a square at the bottom
This is accomplished by glass top
which sets on a little rim, thus com.
pleting a receptacle for which dozen
uses could always be found in any
household
A displayer Of fancy canned goods
reached the high water mark by sell
ing a certain brand Of fruit jelly in a
glass container about six inches high
and with side handles which gave the
effect of a graceful urn Each jelly
glass was in itself a souvenir, even
though by exact measurement 1t held
the same quantity as the most com
monplace Of jelly tumblers. Sherbet
glasses are finding favor with house
wives who are in search OF attractive
containers for jelly and many mex
pensiye glass cups are to be found SUI
ficiently heavy to withstand the hot
fruit Juice and still much more dainty
than the ordinary jelly glass.
In the matter Of labels there Is room
for much originality. There are now
to be found gummed labels plainly
marked with all the best known fruits
and vegetables, ready only TO be mos-
tened on the back and pressed against
the glass. These can be had loose In
boxes or in a sheet with perforations,
after the manner of postage stamps.
More ornamental gummed labels bear
an imprint Of the fruit or vegetable
which the receptacle contains and a
row Of preserve jars decoratiyely la
belled each with purple plum or a
luscious peach will repay the average
housewife for the labor inyolyed.-N.
Y. Sun.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-01
In Kitchen
and Pantry
TREATMENT or WINDOWS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


The treatment Of window either
makes OF mars a room. ANA tile Sc
Crrt of making the room consists not
ends IN selecting the right materials
lut i'm agraHging the dfaper.s prop
trl,. A, one time fashion demanded
that a. draperies. heavy or h-lt. he
cIaVu away from The sash sgyd q
manner as TO fall in a deep is-'oOn
Then the reaction came ANA only
s-raieh, hanging draperies were con
sid,ged good taste
A. present window drapesas may
either be draped. festooned Up hung
straight Il all depends on fla type
of thu room To be treated. THIS free.
dom OF hanging together with the
chief contrast between window dra.
peries ot this season and the past.
M all The new fabrics intended for
window dFaperies. excepting ,re hand
some lace curtains. there is at least a
touch OF color. Many of these fab
Iics, expensive and inexpeu>Gs have
elaborate alloyer patterns IN several
cololS. When using such materials
care should be taken 10 select that
which matches or harmonic with
the walls OF the room. Ii is also Wei
10 remember the use of The room,
whether it is a library, bedroom or
dining ROOM also the location OF tie
room. North ami east rooms require
warm co,ors to keep them cheerful,
while those with southern or a
western exposure need cooler tones.
For rooms of ordinary size sim.
pjieIty is the safe rule to be ohserv
ed. Where a room is not only wide
but long, with light ceiling. the fes-
toon manner of fastening back the
over draperies can be made very ef-
fective. In smaller apartments the
effect gives the impression of fussi-
ness. which is the opposite 70 the
note of restfulness that should be aim
ed for.
A. present craonnes to match the
wall papers are very much used in
bedrooms The same cretonue being
used for bedspread. chair cushions
and even for covers and mats for the
dressing table and reading stand
Such curtains should hang to the sill
or not more than four inches below.
Other bright coored materials suited
TO bedroom windows are OF cotton or
linen with colored borders and con
trasting colored center or white
centre. These materials can all be
bought By the yard and many of them
at a cost of few cents yard.-N.
y. Sun.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-01
Close TO His Work,

Two men We're digging hole for
drainage. one was over six feet in
height and the other not much over
five feet. The foreman came along
presently to see how the work was
progressing, and noticed that none Of
them was doing more work than the
other. SO he called down to the big
fellow below in the trench.
Look here, Pat, how is it that
little Mickey Dugan, who is only about
half as bis az YOU, is doing twice as
much work."
CHANGING down at the diminutiyc
Mickey, Fat replied:
And why shouldn't he? Amt he
near to it,