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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

tlme 1t is practically one iong day.
Not q star to be seen, and the appear
ance Of the first star is a sign that
summer is past and the time of au-
tumn frOSts has arrived.
During my visit the evening twi-
light had scarcely disappeared before
the morning twilight chased the gloom
of night away. One could read out of
doors until after eleven o'clock. These
long days, with scarcely any night,
force vegetation to grow at dollhouse
pace. Land and water have no time
to cool Summer comes in this
strange land with a sudden burst of
flowers, sunlight and birds
Finland is land of pine and fir
clad hills, for only a comparatively
small portion seems to be cleared. The
most of the country is fairly level so
that it has not the grandeur of the
Scandinavian kingdom. In the cleared
portions stand neat little wooden
cottages, which are usually kept fresh
ly painted, red being the favOrite color.
Surface drain bitches are made in the
cultivated fields every few rods, and
all seems most carefully tilled.-Nevin
.. Winter, in the Christian Herald.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

Leonard Paschke spent Sunday in
Milwaukee.
Irwin Terwedo of Milwaukee spent
Sunday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Jaedecke spent
Sunday in New Ashippun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Radtke Of New
Ashippun visited here Sunday.
Misses Lucille and Olive Dornfeld
and Margaret Mcneil were Delafield
visitors Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Stube and
daughter Vera motored to Jefferson
to spend Sunday.
Henry Eggert of Milwaukee was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kresen
ske, Hancock street, today.
Miss Myrtle Hill of GAINESVILLE spent
the week end at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover CHASER, Fourth street
Herbert Radtke of Marquette col
lege, Milwaukee spent Sunday at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
H. Radtke.
Paul Thom's May party at the Turn
| er Friday evening was one of the most
| enjoyable dancing assemblies of the
season and large number of young
people took part. 1t is Mr.. Thom's in.
| tention to hold a dancing party once q
month at the Turner until the opening
of the regular winter season next fall
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
WHY ADVERTISE ones WOES?
Silly Habit That Is Altogether Too
Common Among minimizing Peo-
pie of Both Sexes.

1t is surprising to see how quickly
dark cloud can rise and completely
overcast the fair, blue sky of lovely
summer day. Just as swiftly can the
i'll humor or i'll health of one or two
persons put a damper on a group of
people.
We all know the woman who is con-
stantly complaining of her chronic
headache, her rheumatism, or the
trouble she has with her servants we
stand in awful terror of the man who
with almost demOniac glee-gOeS
into all the greWSOme details of his
last operation; we groan-mentally, at
leaSt-When made to listen to the
youth or maiden whose personal dis
treSSeS mopopOIiZe the conversation.
Each one is as welcome to an assem-
bly, of cOngenial souls as is the pro
verbal flea to the equally prOverbial
three-legged dog.
1t is capital idea for each of us to
remember that our own experiences
are rarely as interesting to others as
to ourselves, unless told with the touch
of an artist; and that fewer things are
more difficult or more unpleasant to
listen to than the recital of anOther's
woe, particularly if that other is not a
"'nintimate friend" in need of special
advice and sympathy
Let us keep the accounts of our
grievances locked within our breasts
until the tiny golden key of fitting OPP
portunity is presented, and face the
world with the cOuntenance of a cheer
full stole and the consideration of a Sir
Philip Sidney. Only thus may we be
sure of creating about us an atmos-
phere of gentle breeding and good
manners.-Elizabeth Van Rensselaer,.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
PROUD OF "REMINDER BOOK
Mr.. Blinkinton Claims That by Its Aid
He Has Been Saved Much
Time and Worry.

what I used to do when put any
thing away" said Mr.. Blinkinton. "was
to bestow it with great care in some
place where would know just where
to find it, and then I would forget it
completely. More than once when I
have wanted something that had thus
carefully put away have had TO tear
the house apart to find it.
$50 it was until evolved my Things
Put Away book which has proved to
be great help and comfort.
"Now when I put anything away
first enter it in that book, which is, of
course, indeXed so that l won't have to
look through long list of things when
L want to find anything.
"Once soon after 1 started the book
[ put that away somewhere very care
fully and then forgot where I had put
it and had a terrible time looking it
up; but since then I have kept it in a
spot where 1T can't fail to come under
my eye daily; and it works like a
charm.
"Really I should say that for any,
body who like myself is apt to forget
things Things Put Away book would
be indispensable"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
First Naval Battle.

The first naval battle recorded In
the worlds history was that between
the Corinthians and the COrcyrans,
fought 2,572 years ago. Corcyra, the
island off the coast Of Epirus, now
called Corfu, had been settled by Cor
lnthians, and for centuries owed al
legiance to the mother city. In 1854 b.
9. the Corcyrans declared their indie
pendence, and the Corinthians 1mme-
diately prepared a fleet to reclaim
their colony. The Corcyrans sent out
q squadron to meet their foes. After
furious contest the Corcyrans emerged
as victors. From that time ON sea
battles were frequent, and all OF the
petty states of Greece built naVies.
The enmities engendered by that first
sea struggles resulted over two CEN
lures later in the Peleoponnesian war.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
Novel Road Map of Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Highway Commits
SION has just published a new pocket
road map of Wisconsin showing the
state trunk highway system and the
secondary lines of travel. The road in
formation on this map is from Of
fetal sources and believed to be &C
curate and reliable.
In addition, there is bound in with
the map a 16-page booklet, giving
many interesting facts as to the his
tory, scenery, and achievements of
Wisconsin, together with the location
of the state properties and other stat
istical information
The map and booklet together form
an important addition to the publica-
tions on Wisconsin and will be of
value and interest to every citizen
and especially to automobilists.
The map may be had from news
dealers and stationers Or will be
mailed postpaid by the Superintend-
ent of Public Property, Madison, Wis
sin, on receipt of ten cents Do not
send stamps.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
PROCLAIM alton!
To the Residents of the City of w

To the Residents of the City of Wa
tertoWn:
All the residents in this city whether
the owners or occupants of the prop
erty under their control or supervis-
ion, are hereby ordered to clean up,
destroy or remove all garbage, re-
fuse, ashes, manure, tin cans and
other waste material in, upon or ad-
jacent to their respective premises,
on or before the second Tuesday in
May of this year.
The week following the first Tues
day in May is known as "Clean Up
Week" On the Friday and Saturday
Of that week all garbage, refuse and
other waste material, when placed in
proper containers such as boxes or
curb by the owner or occupant of the
premises, will be carried away and
properly disposed of by the city free
of charge. In case the owner or occu-
pant of any premises shall refuse or
neglect to clean up and remove from
said premises, all garbage, ashes, re-
fuse, manure and other waste mater
ial within the time herein specified,
the health commissioner shall have
the same removed and the expense in
the premises.
Dated April %, 1918
Charles Mulberger,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
City BriefetS

Ray Rogler of Milwaukee spent Sun
day here.
Leo Janaiske spent Sunday in
Fond du Lac.
Charles A Kohn of Madison was a
Sunday visitor here.
Mrs. Mary B. Nobel has returned
from visit in Madison.
A ]. O'Brien & Sons will ship live
stock on Wednesday, May 8.
Mrs. Sam Fiddlin of Milwaukee is
the guest of relatives here.
Help Wanted-Male and fe-
male. Wolfram Shoe Co. st
Miss Ella Semrich spent Sunday and
today with friends in Milwaukee.
Popular copyright fiction at
Ryan's Book Store 4Sc a copy.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hermes OF
Oconomowoc spent Sunday with rela-
tives here.
On Ascension Thursday services will
be held in the German Reformed
church at 10 a. N.
Wanted-YOung man in gro
Gerry department. Must be over
Is. Schempf Bros. Co. 29tf
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank hide Of Clyman
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Hilgendorf Sunday.
Oscar Ebert of Camp Custer spent
the week end at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Ebert, route s.
II. r. Moldenhauer, Misses Ella and
Selma Moldenhauer, Rufus Modem
hauer and Miss Esther Yake were Be-
lott visitors Sunday.
Jerome Kosterman of Racine called
on friends here Saturday. Mr.. Roster
man was manager of the Orpheum
theatre here a few years ago, and is
travelling for a wholesale candy house.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
THREE MONTHS OF DAYLIGHT
Long Period During Which There Is
Practically No Time of Dark
ness i'm Finland.

During the long winters daylight in
Finland lasts only three or four hours.
On the shortest days it is even less.
Then it is indeed, land of Snow and
ice. For three months 1t is so hot
that the wealthy residents seek sum
mer resorts for comfort. During that
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

A petition from residents of North
Eighth street has been filed with the
city clerk asking the city council to
change the name of North Eighth
street to Military avenue in honor of
our boys who are in France. If it be
the desire to honor the soldier boys
we incline to the belief that some street
not designated in numerical order be
chosen and given an appellation
which will commemorate the glory of
the boys in France.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

The local bankers as well as other
Liberty Loan workers are entitled to
a fair need of praise for the work
which they accomplished in taking
care of the hundreds of persons who
went to them for bonds and bond ad-
vice the past few weeks.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
Most Wallfiowers Peppery,

The mustard family contains more
than two thousand species and in
cludes cabbage, caulifower, turnip,
radish, horseradish and, in ornamen-
tails, the stocks. sweet alySSun and the
WallfioWer
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
STREET COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

In conformity with the above pro-
clamatiOn, notice is hereby given that
the city workmen will collect all re-
fuse, garbage, tin cans and other
waste material on Friday and Satur-
day, May 10 and II, provided THE
SAME is PLACED AT THE CURB
LINE IN BOXES, BARRELS OR
OTHER CONTAINERS of such size
that they may be conveniently dumped
into the wagons.
1t is respectfully urged that all re-
fuse to be hauled by the city be
placed at the curb line by Friday
morning, May 10, at nine o'clock.
G. CHASER,
29-may6 Street Commissioner
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
LOCAL MAKkEL
Want Ads

All notices in this column will be
charged for at the rate of % cents
for five lines, to run three times
No notice taken for less than rs
cents. Count six words to the line.
WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Apply at Washington hotel
FOR RENT-Invalid wheel chair In
qulre at NOWack's furniture store.
POSITION WANTED-By experience
ed bookkeeper and stenographer.
Address N. W., News office. 1-3t
WANTED TO RENT-Modern house,
south of Main street, east side pre-
terred. Inquire at News Office 6-3t
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
Wise Mems Town.

The original Gotham, naLle some
times applied to New York, was q
village near Nottingham, in England,
and was the reputed home Of the wise
men of Gotham"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
MAY BALL SUCCESS.
Turner'S Dance Well Attended and
Pat Neitzel There With Jazz Music.

The Turner's May ball held Satur-
day was the success of the season A
large number danced to the music of
Pat Neitzel's orchestra, the music fur
nished having distinct originality and
pep" Pats aggregation was called
upon repeatedly to render encores.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
Notice..

On and after this date | will not be
responsible for any debts contracted
by Theodore Boehm.
Dated Watertown, Wis, May 1, 1918
Signed, VIM. Wolff, Guardian.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

Next Sunday, May IL. is Mothers
day. If your mother be living wear a
colored carnation. If she is dead wear
a white one
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
OPEN FOR PICNICS.
Riverside Park May Be Used By the
Citizens.

People DESTROYS of holding picnics
on the Riverside park grounds may Sc
cure permission by applying to H
Wertheimer, president of the Park
board
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
ENTER u. s. SERVICE.
WatertOwn Boys VIII Enter Mechan
ical School.

Several WATERFOWL young men have
entered the mechanical service of the
government and will go to East Lam
sing, Mich on May 16, for entrance in
to the Michigan Agricultural and Me-
chanical college. The Watertown men
are William H. Block, Clarence D..
Peters, William H. Barnes, A. J..
Marcks, Leonard Neumann.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

Straw hats are to be cheap this
year. That helps some.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

Invest a little money in a News
Want AID. 1t will return a profit
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
Market Reports
Milwaukee Live Stock Market

Milwaukee, May Hogs, receipts,
500; loo higher. Cattle, none; steady.
Calves, none; steady. Sheep, none;
steady.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
MONDAY, MAY 6, 1918.

This is cleanup week. Polish up.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.

Published every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday by the Watertown News
Publishing Co., at 10S Second street,
Watertown, Wis. Subscription rates
I'm city by carrier Csc month,
or SITS per year If paid in advance.
Outside of city by mail $500
Delivered by carrier to any part of the
city. Phone 80.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

Entered as second-class matter in the
postoffce at Watertown, Wis.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-06

Whelan Bros. nursery offers
a fine line of apple trees for
spring planting. Also fruit,
shade and ornamental trees,
small fruits, shrubs, evergreens
and the like. 1880 OcOnOmOWOc
avenue, WatertOwn. Phone
231.W. 3tf
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
Balloons and Pigeons Were
Used to Garry Mail During
Siege of Paris in 187O-n

Although airplanes were unknown in
1870, balloons played an important
part in the siege of Paris, relates a
writer in New York Evening World.
SO closely were the Prussian lines
drawn about the city that communica-
ton with the outside world was cut
off. The military authorities called
balloon flight from Paris. Carrying
go pounds of letters, he made the at
tempt, and after q flight of three hours
landed at Evreaux, far beyond the
zone of Prussian control. 4 regular
mail service vas then established, and
though many flights ended in disaster,
ii continued until the surrender of the
city. 1t was in this way that Gambret-
ia, the statesman, made his escape
from Paris to Tours, where he recruit.
ed a new army, which offered a des-
perate but vain resistance to the in
vaders.
The balloon service was maintained
throughout the investment, from Sep
TENDER %, 1870, to January %, 1871.
Letters to- be sent "par bablonmote"
were written on very thin paper, and
among the most interesting relics of
the siege are the letter journals, in
vented by LIE Petit Journal. The news
Of the besieged city was printed in
very small type on n side of q thin
letter sheet and the other side of the
sheet was left blank for personal COM
m~unications. About q score Of Paris
papers issued these novel sheets, and
practically all letters were written ON
them.
Getting letters into the beleaguered
city presented a more difficult problem,
but this was partially solved by send
ing carrier pigeons out with the bal
looms. Letters and dispatches were
photographed and so reduced that a
single pigeon homing it's way to Paris
often carried thousands Of dispatches
in q quill attached to it's tail. One
pigeon carried to Paris dispatches rep
resenting 100000 francs in postage.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
P
ECONOMY HINTS
Don't Be Ashamed to Cary An
Unwrapped Parcel

The good American housewife
should go shopping with a basket. It's
the fashion! No longer can you be
ashamed to carry an unwrapped par
Gel, thinking perhaps the market bas-
ket will mark your snobbishness. The
war industries board has made an ap-
peal for cooperation to the American
women to help the retail stores comply
with the recent order for disseminating
the wrapping of package merchandise;
so do not protest when your dealer
asks you to carry home your cabbage,
your beets or carrots, your fancy
cracker box or lurid strip can unwrap-
ped. Put your pride in, your pocket
and your unwrapped parcels in your
basket and trudge home cheerfully
with them. 1t is the fashion!
Disdain the paper bag that you real
ly do not need. Only bread, pastry,
sugar, tea and such things are entitled
to be wrapped just now.
Save paper and help gas. the Hun,
for 1T means more gas for Fritz every
time you say, Don't wrap it."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
.2,399,000 18-45 Men to Be
Called Before July lover
100000 Will Be Fighters

Draft calls for men who have passed
their thirty-seventh birthdays are ex-
pected to begin about March /. Plans
for bringing the older class of new
registrants into camp have not been
completed, but the approximate date
Of the first call was recently disclosed
by publication Of testimony by Provost
Marshal General Crowder before the
house military committee.
In all, General Crowder told the
committee, 100000 newly registered
men between eighteen and fOrty-five,
will be called before July /, and Of
that number more than two million
will be physically &c fighting men. The
calls for general service will be d.
vided as follows:
October, 345,00O; November, 100000:
December, 197, 500; January, 1900 (;
February, $4,000; March, April, May
and June, 344.O0O. These men will
supply both the army and the navy
and the marine corps.
In addition, 10000 men for limited
service will be called each month.
General Crowder said the work Of
classifying new registrants should be
completed by January J..
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
DON'T Turn Out Your Toes
Or You'll Get Flat Feet;
High Heels No Guarantee

Do you turn your toes out farther
than necessary when you walk? A
good many people do, asserts an TX
pert, and there are two reasons why
the practice Is q bad One-for one
thing, it gives an awkward and affect
ed gait, which may even be a mincing
gait If the habit is very pronounced +;
for another thing, 1t Is apt to produce
datfoot, that unsightly and often pain
full disability.
One hears a good deal about fat
foot these days, and it is shocking
candidates for the army have to be
turned down by physical examiners
because of this disability-flatfoot. So
much attention is being paid to the
welfare of the foot now that flatfOot
la likely to be far less prevalent in
the next generation, but those who
have been fortunate enough to escape
the trouble SO far in this generation
should be very careful not to let it
come upon them.
4iit tOllllDOh NuuStS vi HlbloOI dIC
improper shoes and faulty ways Of
walking or standing. FlatfOot will not
be prevented, as many women seem to
fancy, by the continuous wearing Of
high heels. There are people who
wear healless tennis shoes all summer
long without injury to the arch of the
foot. 1t all depends on the way one
steps. Barefoot people for the most
part walk with the toes pointing
straight forward-if anything a trife
inward. The Indian always walks in
this way; Soft you will note-does
the barefoot lad in the country. The
toes In this method Of walking get a
firm grip on the ground and help to
propel the body forward.
To avoid fatfoot wear supple, roouy
shoes and take care not to toe out e.
cessively. Make all the toes do their
work in propelling the body forward.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
German Birth Rate Shows
a Drop of Forty Per Cent
Since Beginning of War

The birth rate In Germany for 1916
fell off 40 per cent from the figures for
the year 1913, according to DR.. Charles
Greene Cumston of the University of
Geneva, writing in the New York Med
zeal Journal.
Doctor Cumston's figures IRE taken
from q report prepared by the intelli-
gence department Of the local govern
ment board of Switzerland. Doctor
Cumston says in part:
During the war there has been a
heavy fall in the German birth rate.
The first three years of the war alone
reduced by more than 100000 the
number Of infants who would have
been born had peace prevailed. I
would add that the ~infantile death rate
has been kept well down, but is so per
cent higher than i'm England.
The birth rate, which had risen from
36.1 per 1000 inhabitants in the decade
1S41-1S50, to 39.1 in the period 1871
1880, fell in the succeeding decades to
1868, 36.1 and 31.9. The rate for the
last year Of the decade 1901-1910 was
30 per 1000 inhabitants, and the ON
tinuance of the fall brought the rate
as low as 2S.3 in 1912. In 1913 there
were 1,S39,OO0 live births. In Ger
many, in 1916, there were only 1,103,-
600, a decrease Of 40 per cent as COM
pared with 1913"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
Must Purchase Sugar Every
Is Days Instead of Weekly

Approximately 10000, 900 pounds of
sugar will be saved per year by a
new ruling of the food administration
which will prevent anyone from OBJ
tanning more than two pounds of SUI
gar per month. Many people were un-
consciously breaking the regulations
regarding the distribution of sugar
by purchasing their sugar on the basis
Of one-half pound per capita per week.
On this basis of four weeks to the
month there would be only 48 weeks
to the year, or 1856 days. This would
leave % days, or practically another
month, during which sugar would be
consumed on a basis Of two pounds
per capita. With a population of 1OO,-
100000 people this would require
about an additional 200, 100000 pounds
Of sugar. The new regulation requires
the t. purchase his allot-
ment Of sugar every fifteen days, or
semimonthly, rather than every week.