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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
GERMAN REPORT.

BERLIEy Nia London, Sept. D. Admission is made in the German official communication issued this ev. ening that the British southeast of Ar ras and north of Peronne have gain. ed ground from the Germans.
 Enemy attacks on both sides of Bapaume are declared to have been repulsed.
 The French have renewed their at- tacks between the Disc and the Aisne, according to the statement which fol- lows:
 "The English have attacked be- tween the Scarpe and the Somme. To the southeast of Arras and to the north of Peronne they gained ground.
 Reserves met their thrust.
 "On both sides of Bapaume the enemy was repulsed.
 Between the Oisne and the Aisne French attacks developed this 'af- ternoon after strong artillery fight ing.
 "Fronts of Crown Prince Ruppre- cht, and General won Boehm there have been forefield engagements on both sides of the Lys.
 Between the Ccarpe and the Son1- me the British are continuing their attacks on a front of 45 kilometers CPS miles) wide. The effect of our artillery fire against troops placed in readiness by the enemy southeast of Arras and on both sdes of Ba- raume appreciably contributed toward their repulse.
 "The hottest points in the fighting y,rf a shell crater east of Bapaume and be- tween Rancourt and Bouchavesnes. The enemy north of Henecourt won ground in the direction of Cagni- court.
 "The town of Noreuil remained in German hands. the statement announ- ces.
 'sIn the fighting north of the Somme the German resistance dur ing the day yesterday brought the allied forces to stop on the line ct (sailty y4SstaHtesen:.N 0. HfeAre- Vast wood, and east of Bouchaves- nes and Mont St. Quentn.
 ''He was driven back to Hendecourt by our counter attacks. Fighting took place for lon gtime around Nore- ul. It remained in our possession.
 "On both sides Of vaulx-vraucourt a tank attack failed. During this period the occupants of an airplane Lieutenant Schweiffeger and vice. sergeant major Guenter. shot tank into flames with their machine gun Another was destroyed by artillery fire
 "Southeast of Bapaume we repulsei an enemy attack, the main weight of which was directed against ,villers- Au-Flos.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
Byng's Troops
 Strikes Enemy
 Crushing Blow

With the British Army in. France. Sept. 2.-(Reuters.-The troops or General Horne and General Byng be. gan today's offensive southeast or Arras, and by 7 o'clock this morning they had completely reached the Drocourt-Queant switch line. :,
 Two hours later~-it was rumored that groups of British motor machi- ne gunners had been seen on'the bank of the canal Du Nord, nearly five miles east of the nearest point on the Drocourt line.
 These were only highly mobile pa trols, pushing on to try to seize the bridgehead.
 By today's success the British struck the Germans one of the most smashing and strategicaly serious blows they ever had received in single days fighting
 The Germans are reported to have had eight divisions standing to meet the blow.
 Among the prisoners taZen are men who had been hurriedly thrown in the line from all sorts of units.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03

sKln that beautiful, youthful appear ance normal woman craves, Miss Wilder though we'll past the time of ilfe when most complexions fade, is lanous TOT her beautiful complexion, ana when asked how she retains her youthful appearance, said:
 It IS a simple process to appear youthful. No one comes within ten years of guessing my age. Here is my secret. Go to any grocery store ana get ten cents worth of ordinary oatmeal. Put a small quantity of the oatmeal in bag of cheesecloth about !ne size Of your hand. Drop on or into the bag 10,, drops of ]. derwillo which can be obtained at any up-to- date drug store, dip in warm water ana use as you would a wash cloth. Wash your face, hands, arms, neck ana shoulders, night and morning. Let IL remain on the skin for minute
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
MISSING PASSENGERS ON RIVER STEAMER
 REPORTED ON LAND

St. Louis, Mo-, Sept. Mrs. l.. H. Robertson, of Moscow, Ky, and ne- gro roustabout who were reported missing from the sinking of the river steamer St. Louis in the Mississippi river 23 miles south of here today, were reported safe tonight. The steamer sank when it ran on snag.
 The forty passengers and fifty mem bers of the crew were brought here.
 Two hundred tons of freight the stemer was carrying from Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, to St. Louis, were lost, it was said.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
NINE PASSENGERS INJURED IN G.. & A.
 HUMMER" WRECK

!. Chicago, Sept. 2.-Nine passengers in the combination smoker and bag gage coach of the Kansas City "Hum- mer." on the Chicago & Alton rail- way were injured, and two cars of the train were wrecked early tonight when struck by freight train at a crossing in the Chicago yards.
 Among those injured were Joseph Potter, Bloomington. Ill.,: Fred Bow man, Lufkin, Texas; R. K. Summers, Cleveland, Ohio.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03

WAR ON DOGS TO START.

Towser to die the death lacking a license tag; Mon-; day Sept. End. War on dogs will start Monday September End, 1918, Chief of Police, J. Frank Stewart says.
 After that day patrolmen will have instructions to kill all dogs found roaming the streets with out a 1918 license tag. Persons who desire to prevent their dogs from being slaughtered must procure the license before Monday. as Chief Stewart says that no exceptions will be made to the order and that a thorough canvass of the town will be made to see that all un'icen- sed canines all killed.
 w. V. HUTT.
 City Collector
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
WAR SAVINGS
 STAMP MEETING BIG SUCCESS

A War Savings Stamp meeting was held at the court house last evening for the purpose of raising money and bringing the quota up and Cover the top mark" for Pine Bluff and Jeffer- son county.
 The citizens are urged to pledge themselves as much as they can to help bring the quota above the desired amount.
 The meeting last evening proved a good starter and many pledged them selves to buy stamps and "baby bonds."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
AIR PLANE CLERKS yFpnp,

., Washington, Sept. 2.-Becop,. :, the need of accountants GISs ana q clerks who have had experisn.. Ia e@ alrplane factories, the Bureau ',,t' os <, m craft production was authorized ,.,. A'' to make a limited number of N rs, yla@ tary inductions of men regists,.s h 'slal' der the present draft. WI ulF
 This branch is open only to mon ,I Gloss IA, classified for limited ',. s.l u ice or who are in the remsdiss,, ss,'' group, and to men placed in defss,s tss',, classes on account of dependency
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
Novel Use fer Sand.

In Holland sand is plentiful and in' expensive, and is used instead of hay and straw as beds for cowA. It keeps the animals perfectly clean, requiring only a slight rakipg In the morning to soften and freshen. 1t. f1. l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
Testlna Pleurlsy With coIns.

TestIng P1eUrIsy With CoIns.
 A novel method of diagnosing pleur. isy is described oy P. Lereboullet in the Paris Medical. The examiner ap. plies his ear to the patients chest, closing his other sear, while coins are clinked at the. patients back. The sound of the coins coming through a healthy, normally aerated lung seems distant and dull, while through an af. fected lung, through. solid or homo. geneous tissue clear. silvery, metal lie ring is heard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
CELEBRATES LABOR DAY

Washington, Sept. 2.-Employes of the Bullard Engineering Works, Bridgeport, Conn.,. celebrated Labor Day by giving without compensation five hours of their time to construct ing 155 millimeter guns for the Amer .ican army overseas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
SWIMMING CLASS. <

The Y. M. c. A. swimming class for women was attended Hast evening by an unusually large number of women one hundred were present and all had a most enjoyable time. The class meets every Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
Proverbs Circulate.

Proverbs undoubtedly have a ten. dency to travel. They are carried from one land to another by emil grants. tourists, missionaries, trades men and seamen; but many which are closely similar doubtless owe their origin to no common stock, but to the common experience of mankind.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03

skin.. Like every thing else the skin needs food, care and at- tentiOn. The pores to do their work p rop e I'll y should be kept open and scirupu- lously clean After being thorough l y .c l e a n SC d they should be fed, to nOurish and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
Labor and the Matinee.

"Any man who goes to matinees laya himsslf open to the suspicion of not being . hard worker" ''Nonsense." replied Nr. Twobble. 'Ths hardest work ! ever did In my life was escort. Ing my wife to an Ibsen matinee - Birmingham Age-Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
BIRTHS

@ MT. and Mrs. Harry Young at 623 Beech street, are the prounr parents of eight pound girl.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03

' New York-According to Mae Edna Wilder, the wheels of timeD may. be turned backward if little common
 sense is used in taking care of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
Let Us Hone so

No one is equally wise or gusN. at all points and it is seldom that on, sne i> quite fool.-Willian Hszir
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-03
Tho Likeness.

''This empty fishing net of ours ought to have an English title." "Why so?" Because it is barren net"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
ELLEN TERRY SOON
 TO BE SEVENTY-ON

Miss Ellen Terry, one of the most popular actresses of the passing gen. eration, will soon enter upon her 71st year. She was born in Coventry, England. Miss Terry was in Austra- 1ia on a lecture tour when the war commenced and returned to her home in England by way of Canada and the United States. 'When I was a girl" the aged stage star told the reporters, ''I used to picture myself sitting in my home in Kent with my grandchildren around me, and here I am instead gallivanting all over the world, and doing it because l want to-" And Miss Terry has done a lot of "gallivanting'' in her time. She began it in her childhood, being the offspring of players. She has ''gal1ivanted" all over Europe, America, and Australia, winning her greatest fame in the period between 1878 and 1902, as leading woman to Sir Henry Irving. Miss Terry was first married at the age of ,16 to G. F. Watts, the celebrated artist. Her second husband was Charles Kelly Wardell, an actor. Her third matri- monial venture was made when she was in her sixtieth year. The happy man. in this instance was James Ce- rev, a young American actor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
ETIQUETTE

Parents should be very careful of the example they set before their chil- dren. They should never allow their manners to lapse from perfection. In- vite their little friends, both boys and girls, whose manners are all they should be, to dine often.
 GRACE: Since your misunderstood ing with the young man seems to be nobody's fault, and you do not wish to make advances toward a reconcilia- tion which are too marked, why not invite a few of your friends in to spend an evening and include him in the number? You will not then be asking him to see you alone, and still you will show your kindly feelings. If he declines your invitation, you will have done your part. If he accepts, he will have an opportunity to renew his at- tentions with a reason to believe they are welcome, if he wishes to do so.
 BOB: When carrying on a conver- sation in the presence of a third per- son, who is deaf, you should always speak clearly and loudly enough for the afflicted one to hear what you say. If you do not you are guilty of as great discourtesy as if you were whis- pering to one person in the presence of another.
 Lady of the House-Since you do not keep maid,' you will find a tea wagon a very useful article. You can have it beside you at dinner, and on it you may have the salad and des- sert courses all ready to serve. You can also place on it the dishes that you remove from the table when you change courses, thus doing away with the necessity of your rising. When you have few friends in for the af- ternoon to play cards or knit, and you offer them a cup of tea and some sandwiches you can bring in your re- treatments on the tea wagon, making only one trip to the kitchen; and you can serve them from that table ia- stead of having to clear off another for the purpose.
 T. B.-You are perfectly justified in ceasing your attentions to the young lady who is addicted to teasing. That is a form of amusement which only ill-bred persons find entertainment in,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
Incidents in tue LipeS Of
 World Famous WOn1en1
How COnquero Mother Ca used Him to Retreat From His
 Greatest Conquest.
> By ELOISE HARRINGTON

face of Volumnia as she beheld the terror-stricken faces of the women, and lost no time in making known her mission.
 'We have come to beg you to join us in order that we women of Rome may deliver our country from the enemy at our gates, and win name more glorious than that of the Sabine women who stopped the battle be- tween their husbands and fathers. Come, lead us to the camp of Calus, and help us to plead with him to be merciful.'
 Volumnia drew Virgilia to her side as she answered:
 'We will go with you gladly. The gods grant our pleading will not be in vain.'
 Rome witnessed sad procession that day as the noble ladies, clad in raiments of mourning, passed through the gates and on toward the camp of the foe.
 Upon reaching the camp, Volum- mia. saw Coriolanus sitting with the Volsician chiefs. She stretched out her arms toward her son. At seeing his mother, the deep love he bore her surged up in his heart and the proud general ran out to meet her.
 Coriolanus attempted to embrace Volunnia, but she drew back from him proudly, saying:
 Before you kiss me I would know whether speak to an enemy or to my son-whether stand before you as your prisoner or as your moth sr."
 Coriolanus stood speeches., with bent head and troubled countenance as she continued:
 Must I be tortured with the thought that had I never borne g son, Rome never would have seen the camp of an enemy? But think no of me, I am too old to bear youl shame and my misery much longer | think of your wife and childrer whom you would doom to death ol life in bondage" Then she signaI1ed for Virgi1ia ant the children to come forward ana kiss him. The entire procession o. l IAOLlc1A WO11Sll "CPI dAlA P4Se1NNo "ANA | Coriolanus to have mercy. At lengtl , he could steel his heart against theil prayers no longer and cried out il heart-rending accents:
 "Oh, mother, what have you dont to me? The victory is yours, but i brings shame and ruin to you son."
 Then. c1asping Volumnia close h, covered her face with kisses, and put | ting her gently aside, embraced hi! 1 lovely wife and children, telling then to return to Rome, since with hin only exile and shame would be theil l lot.
 The women started for Rome, ant before they had again reached tn; gates the Volscians had begun thei homeward march-Rome was saved
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Do not wrap up any article that is to be put away in white paper, as the chloride of lime in it will destroy the color of the material. Instead, use brown or blue paper.
 An easy way to clean globes when one is in a hurry is to hold them over the steam from a kettle, when they may be polishesd at once. This does them quickely and we'll
 Instead of using soda for washing clothes, add one teaspoonful of tur- pentine. This not only saves soda, but also coal, as the clothes take less time to boil
 A useful cement for mending deli- cate china may be made by mixing rice flour with cold water and sim- mering it gently over a fire until it becomes thick.
 Rub a greasy range with waste paper while it is still hot The pa per will take off all the grease, and when cold the range will be easy to clean.
 Small pieces of old silk blouses should be cut into squares and hem med. They make ideal dusters for china and delicate articles of bric- -a-brac.
 To make a good broom-holder nail two rods to the wall, about two inches apart. Hang the broom up- side down between thA 1~~aA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13

The labor situation on the farm is so serious, in the opinion of Miss Mary Bacon of Kent, who has for a number of years operated a farm known as Cobble Croft that the help thus far offered by women volunteers has been 'only drop in the prover- bial bucket-and such big bucket" She suggests that in spite of the pre- judice against them, Chinese coohes could be used in the spring and sum mer to relieve the situation. She says:
 'As practical farmer living on the rough New England farm bought by my forefathers in the fourth year of the reign of George III, am vitally interested in the rural labor problem We farmers are keen to do our share to win the war, but we cannot achieve the impossible, we cannot do it with out hired help. What the coal sit, uation now is, the labor situation soo1 will be! Mobilized' labor may re- lieve the industrial centers, but it vii , not help the small rural farmer.
 Organized womens labor, recog nized by the government, the womer going in units of ten or twelve into small towns and villages, camping out or renting empty houses and go ing out for daily work at wages O inexperienced labor, might save tn situation. But can women's labor b, organized in the short time remainin, before blowing and planting? Busi ness may be made to stand still to re lieve the coal congestion, but the sea sons wait for no man.
 ''The admirable work for agricul ture being done by college girls ant girls from schools and other institu
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
Diary of a Fashion Model
She Learns the War Reason Why the Pleated Tmic
 Spring FaVorite.
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE

This morning Madame set me to work at making bowknots for Miss Simpsons party frock. By the time I had finished the 27th was wishing some one interesting would drop in to break the monotony. Scarcely a minute later I heard Madame ex- claim:
 ''Why. Marion Kellog, I am glad to see you? How does it seem to be a positive celebrity? Of course, knew you'd be doing splendid things some time, but fame doesn't often come to one over night"
 I dropped the pink ribbon and join ed Madame and Miss Ke4og just as the latter answered:
 ''It's- tremendously exciting to be a pet of the public. You'll have to de- sign some very stunning frocks and hats for me now. I'd like to have a one-piece frock today, something simple with good lines" 'Go with Claire, Miss Kellog, she'll show you the new models which only come down from the workroom yesterday.''
 After Miss Kellog was comfortably seated in the fashion salon put on a smart frock of navy blue serge and 1 blck satin, and paraded back and | forth before her, waiting to hear her voice her approval or disapprova1.
 The frock was made with a blue serge tunic over a slip of black satin. The tunic had a panel front and full sides, with narrow bands of soutache braid outlining the edges. It fastened l io& aly hJ1f The girdle of black and white striped ribbon started at the side of the front panel, crossed in the centre back and tied in the front.
 "I am tired of dark blue serge Have you nothing else?" asked Miss KelIog.
 I hurried away and changed the serge and satin frock for one of black and white charmeuse.
 This frock also, had a tunic of black charmeuse lined with white, worn over a straight slip of white charmeuse. The tunic was practically a coat which buttoned up the side. An undervest of shirred white chiffon extended above the tunic, forming a rounded neckline.
 Miss Kellog liked this model bet ter than the first, but I could plainly see that it didn't quite strike her 1 fancy for herself.
 I chose for the next frock stun ming model of biege crepe de chine trimmed with pipings of black. The Ebodice was made to fit rather snugly to the figure the fronts crossing over in surprice fashion and extending to form sash ends which passed about the waist and tied at the back. One end slipped through a slash bound with black crepe de chine.
 A double collar finished the point ed neckline, the upper layer being edged with black. The long, tightly fitted sleeves had turned-back cuffs bordered with bands of black, and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13

tions is the proverbial drop in the bucket-and such a big bucket!
 Tt was not an intentional breach of faith that the farmers did not get the, help promised them last summer; the help simply did not exist The sit uation is now obviously far more acute. The farmer is human and he is shy of being bitten twice by the same dog. Still, for love of coun- try thousands will plant more than they can take care of. They should be shown the help now; they will need it in a few weeks.
 ITO the farmer the classification of all-around farm labor as unskilled seems a fundamental error. Any one with muscle can dig ditch, but or hoe corn, top tobacco, or manage a team hitched to a moving machine fin lot dotted by boulders of Connec- ticut granite and top off morning and evening by milking ten cows.
 But if we must have unskilled | farm labor, at least, let us have it industrious intelligent and adapted 1 to our northern climate. If women cannot now be organized in time to | help, why, as someone has suggested should not Congress authorize the i'm portations for limited period of a limited number of Chinese coolies. We know the Chinese are good workers and economical livers. They are going through Canada by trainloads: They are making France to blossom like a rose. There may be reluc- tance to admit them here, but it nc longer appears to be a case of pick and choose need is too great and l too immediate"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
SUMMER DRAPES
 SHOULD BE SELECTED

Through the robins are not yet on their way north, it is not too soon to think of summer hangings and fur nishings, for even now the stocks of new fabrics have arrived and skilled labor that will be scarce later on may now be had without long delays. Therefore, the home-keeper who is wise is selecting new wall papers even now, and choosing the draper ies and rugs which will put her rooms in harmony with summer backgrounds not many months away.
 England has contributed the most beautiful of the new cretonnes, al though the word "cretonne" applies to so many sorts of materials that, in this case, it sems necessary to are printed linens of unusual quality, In one pattern, dogwood riots in bor- rowed shades of dull yellow, tan and the deep marigold shades; in an other, a French panel effect is used in dull blue and violet tints; and still another has a turquoise background and a design of brilliant parrots These English linens are of extra width and are heavy enough so that they can be split and bound for win dow curtains. For pillows, they are most suitable, as their width makes the measily adaptable to cushion making.
 The rag rugs of. grandmothers are enjoying great popularity, but the new cretonne rugs promise to be more popular than the rag rugs this spring and summer. and they are heavy enough to be used during the cold woven from pieces of cretonne or other drapery material, and it is pos sible to choose the cretonnes for ones pillows and hangings and then have rugs woven of these same materials so that a color scheme can be carried out without ardous searching for rugs that will match curtains. The woman who likes unusual effects will greet these rugs with delight, for this reason. They may be had either in the usual rag style or in the oval bruided rug, and the fact that they are hand woven insures the quality of workmanship.
 Batik hangings have been seen in several attractive stage settings this year, and are beautiful enough tc find favor with the most exacting shopper for new portieres. Since they are of crepe de chine, they mus be heavily weighted and rather scant so that the design can be seen.