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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-07
COUNTY FUEL CHAIRMEN
 TO MEET WITH COUCH

Little Rock, Feb. 6.-H. c. Couch, federal fuel administrator, has called a meeting of the advisory board for Tuesday, February 19, and of the county chairmen for Wednesday, Feb ruary 20.
 The advisory board consists of Ad Bertig of Paragould, Lyford Horner of Helent, Lee McDowell of Russellville, o. H. Helbig of Prescott, Jeff Hicks of Pine Bluff, George Firmin of Lit tie Rock, J. A. Buchanan of Texar- kama, and c. c. Calvert of Fort Smith
 There are 63 active county chairmen, it having been found unnecessary to organize the counties not touched at all or only slightly, by the railroads.
 ''We are trying to work out plan for the closer cooperation with the county councils of defense in the cam paigns that are to be carried on throughout the year," said MT. Couch. "Arkansas has been shipping million and a half tons of coal annually. A million tons should be and can be add ed to this by speeding up the produc- tion and by the proper conservation" ;"
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|THE RESULTS ARE
 ARE ALWAYS GOOD
Children And GrOwn-Ups Alike, Are Benefited by Old, Reliable
 Black-Draught.

Rockymount,- Va.-Mrs. Sallie F.. Chitwood, wife of w. T. Chitwood of this place, writes letter which should be of great interest. It reads:
 q am very glad tc make state ment in regard to my experience with Thedford'e Black-Draught.
 I have used Black-Draught for some time as liver and stomach medicine and find it splendid.
 I also use Black-Draught for my children in cases of colds or any of the many disorders where g. laxative is needed It has always given satis- faction.
 l make it in a tea, and it is easy to take and the results are good"
 Children and grown-up folks suf- fer plenty of pain and misery from liver and stomach troubles. What Black-Draught has done for Mrs. Chitwood and her family, in relieving these troubles, it will, no doubt, also do for you and yours.
 Try Black-Draugnt for collie, teeth ing troubles, sour stomach, indiges- ton. biliousness, headache, constipa- tion, feverishness, colds. l. has been in successful and popular use. as a remedy for these and similar trou' bles, for over 70 years
 Try Black-Draught.
 Recommended for young and old.
 For sale everywhere.-Advt.
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CRIPPLED CHILD Of
 WIDOW HOW CAN RIDE
w ID. Williams Offers to Provide Child
 With Any Little Vehicle In Stock.

The crippled child of the widow with two children, in whose behalf the Associated Charities issued an appeal in yesterdays issue of The Graphic, will be provided with a vehicle today.
 Reading The Graphic last night, w. D. Williams, of the Cleveland Mat thews store saw the appeal, and his sympathy was aroused. MT. Williams must be man who doesn't believe in suppressing good impulse or delay. He immediately telephoned The Graphic:
 "I was just reading your paper," he said, land I see that the Associated Charities want go-cart or buggy for crippled child. If they will come to the store in the morning, they can have any little vehicle we have in stock"
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Beef, Pork, Mutton and Wheat Are Not Missed

On Mcatess and Wheatess Days by the patrons of the Hotel Pines.
 The reason is that the food substituted for these articles, not only are just nu tritious, but they are as appetizng and provide excellent variety to the bill of fare.
 Most always the substitute is a food that is regarded as a greater treat by the per son who enjoys good things to eat than the tenderest piece of beef, mutton pork E
 worry about abide by the government food regulations your meals Pines, there do the worryng!
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''CASCARETS'' FOR
 HEADACHE, COLDS, < LIVER, BOWELS Enjoy Life! Don't Stay Bilious, Sick. Headachy aud
 C0nstipated. Get Rid of Bad Breath, Sour Stomach { ssN Coated Tongue, ln-
 a.S digestion.
Get 8 ..,1O-cent box now

Get. aa1D-cent box now.
 They're fine! Cascarets liven your liver. clean your thirty feet of bow els and sweeten your stomach. You eat one or two, like candy, before so' Mg to bed and in the morning, your head is clear, tongue is clean, sstom- acA sweet, breath right and cold gone. Get box from your druggist and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experi- eneed. Cascarets stop sick headache, biliousness, indigestion, bad breath and constipation.
 Mothers should gve a whole Cas- caret to- cross, bilious, sick, feverish children any time: They are harm less and never gripe or sicken.-Advt.
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SURGEONS agree that in case of Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the FIRST TREATMENT is most impOr- tant. When an EFFICIENT antisep- tic is applied promptly, there is no danger of infection and the wound be- gins to heal at once. For use on man or beast, BOROZONE is the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEALING AGENT. Buy it now and be ready for an em- ergency. Price 25c, soc, $1.00 and $50. Sold by w. L.. Dewoody & Co.,. -AdVt
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HELD FOR FORGERY.

Jonesboro, Feb. 6.-Sheriff w. w. Byrd, brought Homer Watkins of this city back from Poplar Bluff, Mo. where he arrested him on the charge of forgery. It is alleged that Wat kns forged the signature of the school directors of District No. 62 to two war rants, one for $30, the other $70. The $30 warrant was .cashed in Septem- Der, and the $70 warrant December IA Watkins was raised in this county and has taught school in various districts of the county.
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JOHN Fl. TALBOT x COMPANY GrOcers and Cotton Factors Nos. STATE STREET
 BLUFF, ARK.
 February 5tE, 1919 s. M Powell, General Agent, Missouri State Life Ins. Co. Little Rock, Arkansas Dear Sir
 I to acknowledge receipt of Company check policy for this amount carried by B. Talbot with courtesy handling this matter and vourC COmpa mend both and the Company to the isuling public The proof of claim mailed your January issued February 2nd,
 Wishing and The Missouri State Life unbounded am
 truly
 TALBOT HUTT,
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Oklahoma lead and zinc will be mined by the Dorothy Bill Mining O.. Tulsa, Okla. incorporated with $5O0,- QUO capital by Oklahoma capitalists
 Oklahoma lead and zinc will be mined by the Mogul Mining Co.,. Okla homa City, incorporated with $25O, O,0OO capital.
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Virginia coal will be mined by the Auburn Coal Co.,. Roanoke, Va. in corporated with $300,00 capital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-07

w. F. Hurley has returned to his home at Little Rock after an eXtend- ed visit here with his sister, Miss Lois Hurley, at 510 East Twelfth avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-13
ADELE GARRISON'S NEW
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Houu Cousin Agatha Unconsciously Aided Madge.

simply bubbling with eager. malicious
mischief inside. ito hear dear Margaret
chime in so rescily with your state
ment that you directed Jim how to set
those plants, when I distinctly rernem-
Der your looking at the bed when We
first came over here and inquiring VINO
did them and hcv they had been done.
She dropped her eyes to her book
again. and could chserfully have
slapped the smugness from her visase
when I saw the gray pallor OF hurniiia-
ton steal across my mother-in-iews
face. The elder Mrs. Graham II one
of the proudest women I know. It 10
her besetting sin. To be proved wrong
Is a tragedy to her. To realize. as shs
did in that moment of enlightenment,
that I had been humoring her in 2 de-
fusion as would a child, must have
been gall and NORWOOD to her.
fairly trembled in my shoes as
stood waiting. wondering what she
would do or say. fully expected that
she would include me in her rsseze-
nent
But to my surprise she turned to me
with q look that touched me deeply. u
held SO much of loving gratitude.
Margaret. will you let me come to
your room awhile?" she asked. Il am
very tired Of this one"
Her tone was so significant that
saw her cousin vince. But she went on
with her reading as II she'd noticed
nothing.
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made up to select some dovs-sray gar
ment
She Is tall and positive brunette. She
has a natural high coloring. and. con-
seQuently, a soft gray frock of any kind
gives her figure q touch Of reserve and
dignity which Is very attractive. In
view of her black hair and good color
Ing she can wear the various tones Of
yellow and gold, and they're exceeding
" becoming to her.
This afternoon dress 10 q charming
gray and yellow color scheme. The
color Is gray cotton marquisette, and
the skirt is three.tiered. The two upper
gathered folds, and are finished at the
bottom with gray silk fringe
The blouse IS perfectly plain, ending
at the waist with soft satin belt. The
roll collar IL OF yellow organdie. and Is
clasped at the right shoulder with a
tiny rnother-of-pearl buckle The sleeves
are long and loose with bell-shaped
cuffs Of yellow organdie.
Miss L. looked positively Queenly In
the frock. simple though 1t was. but
It was perfectly obvious that the gown
| showed on to such splendid advantage
because of her build and color. Gray
and yellow are two oolors that the pale.
pallid woman cannot wear unless, of
| course. they're counteracted by some
other striking color. The brunette with
colorless cheeks may be able to wear
yellow in combination with burnt orange
or electric blue or some equally strik-
| ing shade.
This particular frock, although made
| up in two difficult colors of gray and
| gold. nevertheless IS designed with a
| view to neutralizing the sonbre effect
| Of the dominant color of the dress
| gray. As the illustration shows, the
gray itself doesn't lie near the face, for
| there are few compilations that can
stand close proximity to gray without
Its absorbing all their freshness and
color. But soft yellow organdie around
the neck rejects rather than absorbs
the color Of the complexion as the gray
would.
; So. too. there is yellow organdie at the
cuffs. It Is q mistake to have a dark
color like gray or black at the Guns
unless the hand Is especially plump and
white. These dark coiors worn up tc
: the wrist give the hand a yellow cast
The organizes in yellow and pink can
be introduced into the cuffs of almost any
} dark frock to set of the hands and cause
them to appear to better advantage
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work. But her habit of thought was
distinctly arrogant. and she had been
for many years the absolute dictator or
her daughters household. I knew she
really believed that no delicate task
either was or could be done without
her assistance.
Then I ought to thank you." re-
piled automatically, land I shall GER
taInly remember the process II ever
have any transplanting done again. For
they are surely blooming in royal fash
ion"
"Out with II"
A little gratined smile twltched the
corners of my mother-in-law's mouth.
and thanked my stars that danger
Gus corner had been rounded safely.
But I reckoned without the quiet
malice of Cousin Agatha. She gave a
dry little laugh, then quickly affected
to smother st. Her cousin looked up
sharply.
what are you escklins aboutr'' she
demanded.
Nothing" Cousin Agatha returned
demurely.
''FiddlesticksP' returned my mother
tn-law. You always mean mischief
when you smoker like that can re-
member your doing It when we played
dolls together. Out with it!''
II was simply amused Cousin
Agatha draw1ed with seeming reluct-
ance. although knew that she was
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locked IN CONTRADICTORY yet tne Pno-
nomsnA Of stammering are in plain
sight. They ignore or fail to record
these simple facts:
Points to Remember.
The stanTnerer shows signs Of en-
barrassment, and he also exhibits evil
dencs of Tnisdirected effort He presses
his lips tightly together, the tongue
against the upper teeth.
The stamnerer also sxhAusts his
breath, holds his breath and holds his
mouth widely open. You or any one
who tries to talk with the lips pressed
tightly together, or in any Of the above
mentioned ways, will discover that
apeech il impeded.
You may not stamnsr. because you
are cold-blooded in your attempt. and
you experience no embarrassment. If.
however, you are telling strange story,
as Prof. Tompkins suggests. and your
lips suddenly stick together and your
cheeks puff, your auditors Will laugh
and you might be embarrassed.
This is what the stammerer feels. His
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speech Is suddenly blocked, and he Is
guilty conscious Of the effect on the
others around. It embarrasses him. he
remembers the embarrassment, and he
stammers because he fears that he will,
Children begin stanmering either by
haste IN speech-thoughtsr rushing to the
tongues tip faster than the muscular
mechanism can move-by imitation or "a
Q joke.
Almost any Interference with speech
accompanied by emotional excitement.
glandular overflow, fright and conscious
ness that leads to embarrassment NAV
start stammering. The fright or emo
ton is Involuntary. Distraction such as
recitation or singing ecstacy will release
the check and allow normal speech to
flow.
Due to Panic.
Evidently then. stammering is pan
icky interference with normal speecb.
The least common denominator or the
most frequent cause of practically ali
stanmering IL a temporary interruption
of speech.
The stamrnerer's false idea I'm. there
fore. that he has a physical speech de-
fact. because he has difficulty with
words. His conclusive efforts must be
stopped. He must be taught calrnness.
he must be taught to substitute easy
words. to use signs, to write but not "a
stammer. He should have conrental conn
partnership. an absence Of all arguments
and heated discussions. a change OF
scene to provide distraction and easy
subjects of conversation.
Finally, the mere absence Of the ..bi,,,,
IN his speech" the convuls,ve erect" q
often sufficient to show him that th.rs
is no inherent physical defect but onIv
an emotional one.
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WORDS of WISE MEN

Nothing is humber than ambition when
It IS about to clinb.-AHon.
A bold surprise at belief IL sometimes
the best argument against It.
London Quarterly.
Amid all the changes that are going on
around US, I believe that nothing true or
good will ever perish.-Anon
When a man has no design but to
speak plain truth, he isn't apt to be talk
ative.-GeoT0e D. Prentice.
Never does a man know the force that
Is in him till some mighty affection or
grief has humaniZed the soul.
-RobeTfson.
Our duties to others ought to be cor
tinuAlly looked at from their standpoint.
-Essdys on Social Subjects.
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+ WENT straight to my mother-in-
laws room as soon as entered the
house, for 1 wished to make certain
that I would not be disturbed while
reading the note which the Japanese
servant of the mysterious men next
door had slipped into my hand in such
Btealthy fashion. knew that to enlist
her aid was the surest means Of at
tanning my end.
She was sitting by the window look
ing out into the side lawn where my
OPennial plants. transplanted q few
Weeks before from the old Brennan
place, were just beginning to show
their first blossoms. Cousin Agatha. a
near her and evidently had been read
ing aloud. Cousin Agatha's reading
voice Is an anomaly. II is entirely Diff
ferent from her speaking voice. which.
with its martyr-llke whine. usually
makes tho cold chills run up and down
my back. But put book into Cousin
Agatha's hand and her cadenoes become
musical, delight to the ear.
Neither woman looked up as entered.
It is a discourteous little custom com
mon to both of them when a member
of the immediate family or a servant
comes into the room. Even Dicky is not
always exempt, although both women
ally BHOW AhCA . NOAA NcSJ @A-e-
they do me.
Mother Graham Remembers"
/ have found so many sterling quail
ties in my mother-in-law that have
ceased to remark the little custom or
lack of II in her. But I always resent
It at the hands of her cousin. for I al
ways fancy there is something specially
marked in her studious ignoring of my
pre- ence until have spoken to her.
'Do you know. Margaret, believe
your columbines and sweet williams
are going to do very nearly as wen as
they did over at the other place" my
mother-in-law remarked as I crossed
the room toward her. I was feline
enough to ignore the presence OF Cousin
Agatha to the same degree that she
ignored mine.
That's due to jim returned. with
q grateful remembrance Of the way in
which Katie's husband had worked
over the transpianting OF my favorites.
Don't you remember the big balls OF
earth he took with each plant?"
81 remember that I directed him ex-
actly how to do It," retorted my mother
in-law tartly. and had hard work to
repress a smile. for Jim had trans
planted the perennfals before we moved
our furniture, and the day he did the
work was one antedating by nearly q
week the day of my nother-in-lsw'l
return home.
Eut 1 knew better than to contradict
her. She wasn't deliberately dishonest
in claiming credit for directing inns
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A Ghoul In Real Life

held with hideous fascination
thing good gold but she pale she
of
thinking
yesterday shoul and talked with her
Princess ALL She big fat and her
in
The a plush the table
standing beside
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The Coarse Deception

She
Of the little chubby
sending
sounded
tended speak They
without understanding
sight
who lived the blood Of human beings.
going to hunt through all
with
and send to this whose hair black
cloth of silver
NEAR ma and
send o
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loved q
and when did not repeated the and stood
affection
to feed aching
Another little
daughter much
It, but that life since that little girl
closed who
friend. the
fill the aching esoan life by calling children around her
n some IS
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Advice to Girls 80 By Ann;e Laa,ie

he loves me. not only because he has
told me SO, but because all his ac-
tons show it
The other afternoon-to be frank,
1t was just yesterday-he asked me
to go automobiling with his sisters
and other relatives.
After the ride I was down at his
place. and met his parents. All his
people were very nice to me, and
they seem to like me.
like them all. especially one Of his
sisters. and I have a question to ask
concerning her. On our short ac-
Quaintance do you think it would be
improper for me to send her a BIRTH
day gift. as her birthday is in1Au-
gust?
II It would be correct. would you
please let me know what I could
send her? Something that would not
be so very expensive.
I know that you will help me out.
50 will expect an answer shortly.
Please write me personally.
FLORENCE.
. LoRENcH I'm awfully sorry. m
dear, but it's impossible for me t
write personal letters. You see, IT
SO busy answering letters through tn
paper that really haven't the time {
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Diary Of a Fashion Model

> Ny GRACE THORBCI WFE

TT is astonishing how much we have
learned to do with some OF the cot
ton fabrics that We used to consider
mot quite good enough" to be made up
into fancy frocks. Gingharns and cot
tons that we frequently used only for
the simplest frocks, are now draped and
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~Ceat;s.AkVlo},er''
o o FLORENCE HOWARD

said the caller and going to another put in the sink
L shadow
when the boys work until ten. they do other week
"Of will husband
that old
work. reflected
and seei solve
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dinner reached up into the crotch old apple read about
princes geni
mernaids
delicate lived
wonderful the Of cloth Of
embroidered
with diamonds that they spad parkles and
thing hershe with
him. there something the light Of her and
scrhed and
was a lived
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"DOING MY BIT"
Practical Suggestions on Individual Way
to Help Win the War
BIZ ALBERT BARRETT sAYkEs

of two cooks whose food is equally good
as nourishment. the one who is account
ed "a good cook is the one who serves
her food In most enticine style.
Particularly and especially is this true
IN these days when 50 many are learn
ing more about the right way to pre-
pare food and what foods are best In
point Of nourishment. Economy and
patriotism dictate the saving Of every
erumb of bread and every ounce Of meat
and vegetables. Therefore. there must
be no leftovers that 60 to waste. The
ability Of the good cook now 70 best
shown in SO preparing and serving left
overs and unfamiliar dishes that they
entice the appetite OF every member of
the family.
Using up Fish.
Fish is a problem to some housewives
to use UP without q particle of waste.
Cold fish isn't relished by many. and
some refuse TO eat of fish at a second
meal II you are confronted by this
lowing:
Make little individual fish pies in
ramekins and within each ranekin cook
some mashed potato.
Saving Every Bottle.
When once a bottle il eInptied see that
1t IL returned to the milk dealer. If it's
milk bottle. or that those bottles which
you buy outright are preserved for your
own use. Even the smallest are valu-
able for the preserving of fruit Juices.
or for extracts which may be made
at home.
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nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
- am IT years OF age. and have
been going with a certain soldier for
six months. Do you think am old
enough to know the difference be-
tween real and puppy love?
He Is % years of age, and know
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trimmed so AS to be appropriate for
afternoon or even formal wear.
Today we fitted a simple cotton mar
Quisette to q popular movie star. and in
spite of the inexpensiveness of the
fabric she looked Queenly in It.
Like many other young women. she is
eonfning herself to sombre colors In the
main, and she came in with her mind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-13
Secrets of Health and Happiness
Stammering Not a Physical
Only an Emotional Defect
BY DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
A. B.. n. A. M. lInhns Honkins IInixersitxA

THANTALUs starving ana thrsting in the water with
the finest fruits hanging overhead. only to recede
when he strove to drink egg of them. suffered
little than does the starnme-er.
Mr.. Ernest Tompkns NJ q, engineer who has
perhaps contributed than physician surgeon
to understanding and remedy for this speech dis
order says: Probably the tantaIzing human dis
order Is acknowledgement in singing in solitude
concert reading recns, in ecstasy, in terror
present when the victim desires to his name
phone to apply for position, to introduce friend"
Most doctors, as well the general public, misun-
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devote to personal correspondence. But
I'm sure you'll understand, and know
you'll see your answer.
OF course, at II you may know the diff
ference between rcal and puppy love.
but II you really and truly do, you're
one H-year-old girl in many hundreds.
But this shouldn't make any difference
in your liking this certain soldier" nor
should it interfere with your liking or
friendship for his family. II were you
I shouldn't think of love at all. ia just
be my own good, sensible kindly self.
and leave the rest to time.
There's no reason why you shouldn't
remember his sisters birthday. But
there's every reason why you shouldn't
send her a gift Of value. Just a few
simple aower5her favorite flowers, II
you can learn what they are-accom-
panied by simple little note OF con-
graduation upon her birthday would be
Just about the right remembrance.
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Serving Enticing Dishes.
The difference between a really good
cook and one who merely can cook. is
often largely a matter of serving the
right food in an unusual way. That Is,