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Monday to attend the annual banquet
Of The Associated Press editors.
Mr. and Mrs c. l.. Hogans Of Me.
Kinlcy avenue spent Monday in Go.
lumbus
Mrs. r. u. Hyatt and daughter
Trcva. of Brnkhavcn spent Monday
in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. j. Duke and son Of
this city spent Sunday with relatives
in FrcdericluowD.
t. NJ Mendcnhall spent part of last
week in this city with his father, Mil
Ter Mendenhall, East Vine street.
Mrs. William Adll of Ann street
was taken to the M.&S. hospital Sun
day evening for treatment.
Mrs. +. +. Shiplcy was removed p
from the Ohio State Sanatorium to ,
the Mt. Vernon hospital Sunday to re .
ccive treatment.
The late II. II. Greer homestead on
East High street will be offered for
cale at the south doUr Of the court
house April 81 at 2 o'clock p. m.
MWFTuT X25 +
Mrs u. l.. Fry and daughter. Mar.
jcric. spent Monday in this city.
From here they will 80 to their new
home in Martinsburg.
Miss Marguerite Marple of Freder-
icktown went to Delaware Monday 10
resume her work at Ohio Wesleyan
university.
MIR. and Mrs. David Emswcllcr and
MIR. and Mrs. Sarah Wore CT Columbus
spent Sunday with Nh and Mrs. j. e.
Hunt.
Mrs Edwin Snyder and son. Fran.
els, formerly CT Newark. who have
been visiting here, went to Mansfield
Monday.
Miss Marvel Leslie who has been
visiting her sister. Miss Helen in .
Academia, returned Monday to her
home in Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. Winchester Faust Of
East burgess street spent Sunday in
Chcstcrvillc with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Simous.
Nh. and Mrs. Charles Mckay spent
Sunday in Fredcricktown with Ed 4
ward Crooks who returned to this .
city with them
Miss Grace Batcman, who has been
visiting Mrs. E A. Poorman Of Mans.
field avenue, returned Monday TO her
home in Fredcricktown
Miss Hazel Worlcy of West Chest
nut street returned Monday to Colum.
bus where she will resume her /
studies at Ohio State university.
Mrs. Jennie Dorsey and son, Earl
spent Sunday in Norwich with Mrs. .
Dorscys brother, James Piece, who
Is ill.,
Sergeant Almon c. Poland and Cor
pOral Fay Strang. both of Il Battery,
who have been visiting relatives here,
left Monday for Camp Sheridan, Ala.
TO resume training.
Miss Leila WintcrringCr of Marion
street and her guest, Mrs. Sadie Enow
Of Akron, went to I}atemuntown Mon
day.
Miss Winilred Roberts of Coshoc
ten, who spent the weekend with
/ Mrs. William Roberts, returned home
Monday,
Mrs. Carrie Clark and her guest,
Mrs. John OMalley of Newark, went
to Newark Monday.
Mrs j. c. Dickerson of CoshoctOn,
who has been visiting here, returned
home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs r. j. Tcdrick and
daughter, Minnie, city spent Sunday
-. IL.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
"Debevoise" Brassieres

STYLES in the we'll known brand Of 'Debcvosc Bras
lust been placed in stock There smart lace and
choose from carefully made correct hit
ting will materially add to the appearance of blouse
dress and feel the Debevoise brand enodes all these good
features Prices range from SOC upward
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
Plume Brand Chenise

Smart, chic, styles in envelope chem
isc tastcfullv finished with lace, cmbroid-
cry and organdy insert medallions. Gar
mcnts that are correct in every fine detail
priced from ............79 79c to $3.50
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
Plume Brand Gowns

There are square, round and V neck
styles, beautifully trimmed with lace and
embroidery. including hand work en-
broidcry, in cambrics, long cloths and
crcpes. A really wonderful selection of
pretty designs from ..... 79c to $3.50
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LOCAL PRODUCE

The following are prlces paid by II,
V. Smoots for farm produce delivered
at his warehouses:
Fresh Eggs ...........;..... zoe
No. | Country Butter ......... 3Sc
No. Country Butter .......... 2Gc
Heavy Hens ...,..,............ 2Gc
Light Hens ................... 2Gc
Heavy Spring Chickens ....... 2Gc
Small Spring Chickens ....,.. 2Gc
Old BOOSTERS ...,............... Ice
DCchS '''''''i'' '''''''.''' zoc
TurLeVs 2Gc
The food administration has am.
nounced that restrictions against the
sale of live hens for food will be lift
ed Saturday, April 20. This ruling
raises the ban ten days earlier than
expected, We understand that we
can buy and ship them now providing
they are not killed before Saturday,
April 20.
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The Store That Saves You Money
PITKIN'S

oLEo-swits highest quality, 33c
good Id ZBC
FANCY WISCONSIN FULL CREAM cHEEsE-Per b....... .3Oc
sWeTzER cHEEsE-Per .33c
FANCY LARGE OLIVES IN 5ULkPer SOC
PckLES-Fancy large dozen 2Oc
Fancy larae dill per .2Oc
PEANUT BUTTER-Fine grade .28c
kRAUT-ln bulk DC
pals, each only 75c
HOMNY-Large No. each only SC
NUNSo TENDER EVAPoRATED SWEET coRN-5 package net
sUNkIsT heavy large each 22C
Brand No. each fSC
SEAL PEARS;n large cam each 1Sc
RAISNS-Large seeded, 1ZC
BRAND SARDlNES-ln oil mustard tins 1SC
RALSToN WHEAT FooDThis high grade breakfast food at the
TAPIOCAThe Royal Brand full pkg each 17C
sWiFTs PRIDE SoAPA good laundry 10 bars 43C
old package sc
DUTCH CLEANSER-2 packages only 15C
PREPARED PANCAKE OR BUCKWHEAT FLOUR--Ingram's;
MEAL-Fancy SC
FLAKEsNaona Washington crsps package only Sc
fine, &c
satisfaction
We o
Golden b .2OC
25C
of regular 35c value per b 27c
United States
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

BESIDES BEING A PATRIOTIC AoTTAE BUYING OF LleER.
GIVES THE PURCHASER THE SAFEST INVESTMENT
IN WORLD.
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
Plume Brand Corset
Covers

Dainty and different styles i'll cor
set covers. prcttiIy finished in lace or
embroidery and made of fine nainsooks
and camtrics: priced 49,. 35c to $1.00
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
Plume Brand Drawers

Made of cambric and long cloths,
cut and sized in plain tucked,
lace and embroidery styles; priced
from ...... SOC to $1.25
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

GIVE YOUR LITTLE ONES AN INTEREST IN THE FUTURE
BUYING THEM A LIBERTY BOND.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
Plume Brand Petticoats

Made of fine nainsook long cloth, and
calnbrics in manner that appeals to the
most critical Both lace and embroidery
styles; priced from. ...... .79c to $500
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

9|'Oakhill grange. No. 1916, will
meet at \ o'clock Friday evening.
April ~.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

"@9Joe Hooker Post, No. 81, G, A,
r., will meet at o'clock Monday
evening
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18
Here they are, folks, the long

Here they are, folks, the long
pent-up confessions Of the women
who want to wear trousers. But
wait Just when everything
was going nicely in this trouser
discussion some anti-trouserist
dug down in the Bible and found
that women shall not wear that
which pertaineth unto man."
Here they are-the two new
ideas which my readers have
sent in concerning the "trou-
sers-for-women" problem. Odd
ly enough, one of the writer's
seems to favor the plan of put
ting women into a national trou-
ser-ish costume, while the other
holds up his hands, figurative-
ly, and says 1T can't be DONE"
Now what do you think? Is
a costume which will save ma
terial, give woman freedom from
the trammeling folds of skirts
impossible? Will it take away
woman's modesty and womanli-
ness? Will women submit to
it? VIII they be willing to sub
merge their personalities and
taste In costume like the one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18
THEATER IS
GOING BIG

The Liberty theater at Camp
Lewis is doing a $4,000 a week
business-one-half of this amount
cash and the other half in smile
age book coupons.
The theater has been showing
pictures for two weeks. Thus far
1t has staged no road shows but,
according to Press Representative
Jack Stratton, there are some good
ones in the offing.
The lost and found department
OF the theater Is busy place and
its principale findings are hat
cords. They fall from the chapeau
Of the soldiers as they sit in the
darkened theater and it is seldom
that the jaintors fall to find from
l to a dozen after a show.
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modern men wear? Hurry up
with those ideas.

modern men wear! Hurry up
with those ideas.
Dear Miss Grey: Has the hour
Of woman's emancipation
struck? It looks that way,
when the editor of an advice
Observation-Disclosures Is will
ing to allow a discussion Of
trousers for woman-and in the
face of all precedent. too.
Miss Grey, I've never seen
you, but I'm for you, because
something tells me you are the
sort of woman who would put
on overalls and wade In the
creek fishing, or wear puttees
and go hunting.
l am a married woman, the
mother of four children. When
l was little, my mother always
thought 1t wasn't NICE for girls
to wear trousers, so l never had
rompers, or overalls, like little
girls Of today. When I married
I hoped to have little boy,
who could wear a new pair of
pants every day. But fate was
against me-and sent me four
little girls.
l dressed them in overalls
while they were little, but now
the youngest has reached the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18

Mrs. Charles Hagen will enter
tain the Ladies' Aid society of
Trinity Lutheran church at her
home, 2007 South 18th street.
Thursday afternoon.
Miss Ida Clair Toner and Frank
M. Albert were quietly married
last Tuesday morning. After the
wedding breakfast the young
couple left for Portland, where
they will remain for a few
weeks.
Co. f, Washington national
guard, Is planning on the biggest
military event of the season in its
Washington's birthday ball, to be
given at the armory on the even
ing Of the 22nd. State, county
and city officials and various mil
itary officers will be honor guests.
1t Is expected that a large attend
ance of enlisted men will be pres.
emit. /,
Bismarck w. @. T. u. will meet
with Mrs. Harader, East 62d and
F streets, next Wednesday at 2
p. m. 1t will be a Frances Will.
lard memorial meeting. There
will be music, readings and reci-
tations. Devotions will be led by
Mrs. Nettie Hallenbeck, county
president of the w. c. T. U. There
will be 10-cent tea for the me-
mortal fund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18

First thing the kaiser knows his air raids will get
Cousin Georges Dutch up and there'l be perfectly
brutal reprisals on Germany.
Cousin Wilhelm seems to forget that pathologc-
Ally speaking there's tremendously strong strain
81 German blood in Cousin Georges family. Albert,
Queen vietoria's husband was German. The
mother of Cousin George Danish princess Of
half German extraction and the mother of the pres
ent Prince of Wales was princess of Teck, an old
expatriated German family.
There may be whole lot of "ruthlessness"
nuiescent in the king of England.
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Confessions
9Wi&o/s
ETERNAL CHILD PROBLEMS

ETERNAL CHILD PROBLEMS
Children are the most interest
ing study in life, little book. ]
went over to see Eliene today,
and as usual found her trying to
work out aQroblem with one OF
the twins. It was To-day this
time.
It seems that he had been be-
having badly early in the after
noon, had been saucy to his
mother when she corrected him
for something she did not want
him to do. Eliene had said he
was not nice boy to speak to
his mother In that way and that
he made her very unhappy about
him.
She went out of the room, leav-
ing him alone. After time he
came out and turning the tables,
he said, II don't think my mother
loves me very much else she
would not hurt my feelings So"
Eliene answered him calmly,
"You remember, To-day, how you
answered mother when she spoke
to you about putting away your
books?"
Teddy ignored her remark, and
with pitiful little pucker on his
mouth he lifted his eyes to her
face and said, Aren't you a bit
sorry you were unkind to me?"
"He Is simply unconquerable,"
said Eliene to me later. 81 don't
know how to manage that phase
Of his character at all. He seems
to have come into life armed with
the philosophy that others impose
on him. He is never in the
wrong. 1t simply does not seem
to be within his mental horizon
to see that he is ever to blame.
Whatever may be the reason for
correcting him or furnishing him.
you are always unkind and do not
love him, else why do you treat
him so?"
"He, is a problem, to be sure.
Eliene," I said. but he must be
made to see things in their true
relationship, l think, or he will
get some pretty hard knocks in
life."
81 don't know about that" said
Eliene. "Of course, I shall do all
l can to cure him of this attitude,
but after all 1t is. the view many
men l have known take, isn't It?
In their relations with wives, at
any rate, the male thinks he can
follow his own sweet will. II he
leaves behind him a trail of bitter
ness by some neglect or unkind-
ness toward his wife, he simply
surrounds himself with import
ance and business and takes on a
martyred air of having been hurt,
Just as Teddy does"
"Eliene," laughed, that is
the generation of men our moth
ers raised for us. We've got to
give our daughters different
masculine mate to live with"
But how? I've reasoned with
Teddy and talked to him and even
worked out on paper an A B G
diagram of his relation to people.
So far, l can see little change in
him in response to my effort"
well, / will say that I don't
believe many mothers of the last
generation, even those who were
very intelligent and observing,
went that far in training their
sons" I said. "And To-day is such
a really descent little chap that l
should not bother too much about
his philosophy yet, Eliene."
Little book, I see new respon-
sibilities in raising children every
single minute. want to make
the baby that is coming to me
fine of character, tender of heart,
strong of conviction. 1t shall be
the first aim of my life to do that.
Hope I may succeed.
Ito Be Continued.)
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Comes Easy, When You Think

ga half-dozen of your nice white wheat cakes,
Mother says Dad, sitting down to breakfast
"Wheatless day; but here's some hot corn Cakes"
says Mother.
And, on the way down to the office Dad thinks OH
corn, like this
Corn the pioneer American crop and is still
the one cereal crop in which America leads the
world. The early voyagers took back to Europe
ears of corn a curiosity. Our Pilgrim fathers al
most lived corn Corn was the first crop planted
in all the virgin soil as it was settled, from the At
lantic to the broad prairies and beyond. Those
who cleared off the forest and brush put in corn
first thing, and so it goes to this day.
There is hardly domestic animal but it thrives
best on corn. In mush form, it is better for ever
pups and kittens than meat As a life-saver, or a
flesh builder, it comes next to milk, which alone is
both meat and drink.
And it will help win worlds war!
Mother, some Of those hot corn cakes,
please! I'm beginning to eat with my brains,' says
Dad next breakfast time.
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Copyright 191S.)
THE n land WHICH HOLDS THE HAMMER
Copyright, 1851

Copyright, 1881
THE HAND WHICH HOLDS THE HAMMER
Yes, the Big Chief is hero,
And the trench-lad is no zero,
AS he bangs and bayonets his way to smash the Mod
ern Nero,
But right here grab some grammar
And word or two stammer
FOR the loyal boy in DENIM with the hand that holds
the hammer
No. I do not mean the knocker,
Or the mucker or the mocker,
Whose hammer and whose self should be in Davy
Jones' locker,
But mean the man who hustles
And who rustles and who tussles
And whose song of life is written to the music of his
muscles.
So to you, o, Lads of Labor,
Loyal to your land and neighbor,
Yours, the hand which holds the hammer, is vital
as the saber!
Some of us can chat and chin it,
Some can jab and javelin it,
But modern is Labor and it's up to you to win It'll
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18

skirt Is more comfortable than
trousers, and I shall continue to
wear 1t as long as 1t is in style.
1t is simply a matter OF personal
preference. Some of us will
pounce upon trousers as soon as
the ban is lifted from them, and
some of us will cling to skirts
until they have gone completely
out of style. / am of the latter
class.
OLD FASHIONED GIRL.
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ANSWERS eyN7H14 GREY

flapper age-and would you be-
lieve it, they are all Mortified
at the thought of women wear
ing trousers. Last spring when
We planted our war garden, I
preached the subject of over
alls to work in, and they said,
Mother, you're too fat. You
would look funny and the neigh
bors would talk"
When my daughters are mar
ried off, and my husband has
developed a hankering for the
fireside in his last days, I shall
slip away to the hills, wear
pants and rubber boots and have
a real good time before I die.
BY that time I hope that trou-
sers will have become accepted
for women, so l won't have to
dodge behind the trees like
Modern Eve. MOTHER
AGAINST
Dear Miss Grey: I have read
with considerable amusement
about a universal costume for
women. It's too good to be
true.
In the first place, women
will never adopt such costume.
It would be too much Of an adj
vantage to the homely ones, and
too much of a disadvantage to
the pretty ones. For clothes
do make the woman. However
hard you may try to Illustrate
that argument, it simply can't
be did.
AS for adopting overalls, or
riding breeches, or trouseretts
well, when the time comes
that fat women and thin ones,
bow-legged ones and pigeon
toed ones, will with one voice
say, 1--WE are ready-bring
forth the trousers for our bust
ness costume"-then and then
only, will the world be made
safe for democracy.
Surely the dove of peace will
place a laurel wreath on the
brow of the noble martyr who
while dumpy and homely, is
ready to sacrifice her chance to
compete with the woman with
a figure like Venus, in order
that they may do their most eff
ficient war work in pants.
A WOMAN.
Old fashioned girl declares her
self for petticoats as long as Law
allows them.
My Dear Cynthia Grey: Your
trousers" discussion Is quite
the most interesting thing that
I have found in your columns.
have often heard women say
they would rather wear them
than skirts-now IL all the
women of that mind will speak
up. they may gain for them
selves that privilege. Who
knows?
But as for me, I shall stick to
skirts. Not that consider
trousers immodest-for some of
our skirt styles have been near
the limit In immodesty. Not
that I don't believe in womens'
wearing them, for / think they
have q right to do whatever
they want-the modern woman
has judgment enough to know
what Is good for her and to de-
mand II until she gets It. And
I'm sure q REAL woman could
wear trousers as modestly and
gracefully as she wears the
simplest frock.
But I am one of the feminine
few who still protest that the
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3;I;, I3:|;S3I1;2
Takers

Several daily newspapers in Portland and else
where have printed statement from Col Brice
Z. Disque, commanding the spruce-production of
the 2. S. signal corps to the effect that "the eight
hour day for industries cannot be sanctioned by
the government during war time"
The statement was not made
Col Disque was not in Portland when the state
ment appeared and had not been there for several
days.
The large employers of labor in the lumber camps
and mills of the northwest have been trying to put
Col. Dsque record as against the eight-hour day.
Failing in this, they waited until he temporar-
lily absent to spring the Statement.
The Times knows where Col. Disque stands on
the eight-hour day. The Times also knows that
the Statement" does not reflect his views. The
Times knows the statement" to be fake.
There has been lot of embarrassing in lumber
circles ever since Uncle Sam sent Col. Disque to
the northwest to get spruce for airpanes, but Col
Disque is straight shooter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18
The Housing Problem

Uncle Sam will be asked to loan 81, 100000 to
shipyard workers here to build homes with.
That doesn't mean Tacoma's housing problem is
completely solved.
"This government loan would only provide 500
or 600 more homes" say those who have studied
the situation.
Many thousand skilled workers are to be i'm
ported in order to speed up ship construction.
So private building will no doubt continue at a
lively clip.
But the government loan if it is granted, may
help curb profiteering. Just what kind of home
q worker ought to get for so much money will be
easier to determine with the government taking
hand
Only war workers will be permitted to borrow
from the fund.
The others who build here must not be victim
lied.
The government loan will help protect them
against dishonest boom prices and camouflage con-
struction.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18

Ono Of the Tacoman hammer the to
the ships building
our armies to France and feed allies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18

White Glover auxiliary, o. e.
s., will hold an all-day meeting
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. N.
L. Windley, $500 South X st.
Mrs. Eva Hoflinger will assist
the hostess and Red Cross work
will be done.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18

Anyway the German mlarists will again be able
brighten people giving pointing
the ''Slav peril"
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EDITORIALS

TIE TACOMA TIl1nsMember the scripps Nshest
wash
Published Times Publishing
RassBX 80 cents MONTH o by carrier city 9!
Telephone Times
Uuiofno So Pacific avenue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-18

The North End w. G. r. U. will
meet with Mrs. l.. w. Heath, 1915
Verde St., at $3.50 Thursday after
noon.
Fern chapter auxiliary will be
entertained Friday afternoon at
the Woman's clubhouse. Mrs. j.
C. Weatherred and Mrs. s. M. Le-
Crone will be the hostesses.
The Daughters of Veterans will
hold their regular meeting Tues
day afternoon. The officers will
meet at 1890.
The all.day meeting of the
Woman's society of the First Bap-
tist church will be held in the
church Wednesday afternoon.
Westminster Guild of the First
Presbyterian church will meet
Monday afternoon at the home
of Miss Sadie Wingate, 702 North
l street.
Circle o of the Woman's so.
ciety of the First Presbyterian.
church will meet Wednesday aft
ernoon with Mrs. Robert Gallo
way, 708 South 21st street.
The Ladies' Aid of st. Johns
English church will hold a social
at the home of Mrs. A. G. Amt
son, 1902 North 36th street,
Thursday afternoon.
The wedding of Miss Carman
johnson and Eddie Madden was
solemnized Friday evening al
the home OF the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson
1910 South Yakima avenue. After
the service a wedding collation.
was served.
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The North End w. @. r. u. will
meet with Mrs. l.. w. Heath, 1915
Verde St., at $3.50 Thursday after
noon.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-06
R0UMANIAN KING GIVES
PERSHING WAR CROSS

Washington d &. Dee. - King
Ferdinand Of Roumanla has awarded
the Cross Of the Military Order Of
Michael the Brave to Cen Pershing.