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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

loaded with supplies and munitions
and men, going up toward the front.
Could those sleeping here but know
1t Could they but know that France,
as ever since those terrible days OF
1914, is standing fast. holding the en-
envy at bay, and bearing the brunt Of
this terrific STRUGGLED They must
know 1t, for they all sleep so peace
fully. Their part Is done They have
given everything they had TO give and
unbegrudgingly. For them the distant
rumble of the cannon has no misgiv-
ings, for they sleep secure In the be-
lief that victory some day will be ours.
Sleep on, comrades-for I am priv
LEGGED to call you comrades-your
work is over. You have well earned
your rest. Those of US who are left
will carry on the work you so well be-
gan.
Just as / left the gate, turning
homeward. strange procession APP
peared down the lane, and | stopped TO
let IL pass-a huge cannon. painted
war gray, followed by eight grizzled
territorials, their rifles slung over their
shoulders poilu fashion. They were
dirty. unshaven. and their uniforms
faded and torn, but, oh, so typical Of
France, torn and wracked by four
long years of war. On the truck was
painted the word Munitions 1t was
not mislabeled, for it carried cannon
fodder that had served its purpose,
and hnI oeen used up In the struggle.
II came quickly to attention and sa-
luted. 1t is a custom of the country.
often done without thought or feeling.
but this time my soul was in 1t. l was
proud to thus render homage to one
poor common soldier as he passed on
his last, long march.
"Open wide the gates and give the
newcomer room Give MIN a COM
Portable place In that furthest row. for
he must have rest and peace. The
leaves In the trees rustled. the torn
and faded flags fiuttered and the tin
tricolor cOckades on each cross tinkled
thus was the newcomer welcomed
into his last earthly home"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
FRENCH CEMETERY
TELLS WAR TALE

Pauvres gareons, lis sont venus de
81 loin T
Il couldn't help 1t, went up to her
and shook her by the hand and
thanked her in the names of those
sleeping there and in the name of them
mothers and sisters and sweethearts
back home. If j knew where TO write,
would write to those 90 mothers and
tell them that their boys are being
well looked after.
Before could say anything more
TO the woman she was gone. She, said
she must keep one bunch OF flowers
for her mari over yonder on the other
side Of the path. There were the ser
ried ranks of the French, on our side
of the path only one little row, and
then or In a far corner away from
everything else a little group of Ger
man graves. hid among a clump Of
trees as IL shrinking from the advance
ing hordes of French and their new
allies from across the sea. 1t all sym
bOlized so well the two armies. the
French and the American, one great,
the other small. but growing, standing
side by side against the Boches who
lay in the corner against the stone
wall
I'm the upper part of the cemetery
was a group of workmen digging.
They had been digging all day long
and for many days, for there were
many rows Of graves yet untitled.
There must be room for those yet to
come.
Supplies for the Front.
along the railroad that runs past
the cemetery train after train passes,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

as the prices of many other articles
of food, less was used in Chicago New
York and other of our cities. In New
York the Jewish mothers, who by long
experience or tradition had learned
the true value of this product for chill
dren. were the only class which bought
and used the normal amount of milk
In spite of its increased cost.
Shoes have also increased in price.
but we purchase them as a necessity.
grumbling though we may, but realiZ-
ing that we cannot be without them.
The same is true of other things that
are classed as necessities. Why should
we not think in the same way of milk
and dairy products, so necessary for
the growth of vigorous, healthy chill
dren?
No nation, so far as we know. has
ever reached or maintained high vi
rility and leadership that has not had
in its diet animal products of some
kind. In the far East are to be found
peoples who are practically vegeta-
rians.
Whole milk is a perfect food for the
young. Fed by itself it will efficiently
support growth. There are but few
single articles of food that will do this.
Eggs will do it, but cornmeal or oat.
meal, for example, will not.
Animal life, after thousands of years
of evolution and many trials and prob
able failures. finally produced in milk
a food of superior quality. 1t, like the
egg, has been developed to meet the
needs of the growing young. An egg
contains a potential life. The mother
hen has scratched and eaten from a
variety of sources, only finally to put
into che egg all the food essentials
needed by the unfolding chick.
Similarly the dairy COW. from her
coarse and bulky feed of grain and
r0ugbage. takes the essentials. chang
ing end improving some of them for
the production of better or more per
feet food than that which she has
eaten. Milk, like the egg, contains all
the food needs of the growing young.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
N. Y. AIR RAID GERMAN JOKE
Comic Paper Says American Women
Are Keen on Latest Paris
Novelties.

Amsterdam.--A cartoon In the lat
est issue of the German comic paper
Ju2end pictures a German air raid on
New York. The scene is a New York
roof garden, from which the sky is
shown ablaze with bombs, shrapnel
and fighting planes. An American
northumberland" is shown escorting
his richly clad wife, who is said TO be
Shrinking in terror before the appari-
ton in the sky" He treasures her by
saying soothlngly: well, my dear.
you have always been keen on having
the latest Partisan novelties. Now
you've got theml"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

and so win slip back to the old cnfch-,
as-catch-can method of agricultural
production and viii fall short of reallz-
ing what they might.
This leaves five counties which have
neither agricultural representatives
nor emergency food agents. From the
service which the agricultural repre-
sentatiyes and emergency food agents
have rendered this spring with secur-
Ing seed corn, wheat acreage, increased
sugar beet production. increases in
wool and mutton production and SO on,
in counties which have such agents il
is possible to determine just how short
these ten counties are In coming up to
what they might attain In agricultural
production. Some of these ten counties
lie in groups of our best agricultural
areas, too. Why are these counties
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
WISCONSIN FARMERS
SERVE NATION WELL
BY E. [. LUTHER

superintendent of Farmers Institute
The war has made the Middle West
and especially its agriculture perhaps
the most important territory and the
most important enterprise in the world
The most important essentials 70
the world right now are wheat. meat,
fat. sugar and wool. number of
states can produce one of these grand
iy. some can produce two or three of
them splendidly, but Wisconsin can
produce them all well.
Quite number of counties have
made great strides in agricultural pro-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
Dletetie Habits.

Some people seem to think that a
vegetarian is a curiosity. A rough
calculation shows that the population
Of the world, now estimated approx
mately at 1000 100000. is said to be
divided as TO dietetic habits about as
follows: Strict vegetarians. 25O,900.-
600; practically Negetartans. but eat
ing little fish or flesh. $4,000. 900 !;
eating meat about once a week ION
high days and holidays). 5O0OO0.OO0;
eating meat daily and sometimes more
than once a day. 100000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
GET GOOD MEAL
FOR Il CENTS

beef potatoes, buttered beets, currant
pudding, bread, tea or coffee. The
soups are not the dishwater type,
either but of good stock. An Eagle
Hut shilling supper provides the
American fighter with meat pie con-
tanning more meat than crust, or sau-
sage, potatoes, jelly, bread and butter,
cake and tea or coffee. Commercial
eating places charge two or three
times this amount, often as high as So
cents, within governmental restric-
tons.
Variety to Choose From.
The American soldier or sailor also
can choose from extra dishes at equal
ly low prices, a choice of fish, pie, eggs
prepared in various ways, baked beans,
salads. fried onions, rice-and-marma-
lade, custards, jellies and other sweets
which are strangers to camp mess.
The prices charged at the Eagle Hut
are from two to six cents less than
the ordinary restaurant prices. In adj
dition, this Is the one place where the
American boys can get that most typ
lcal home delicacy, American pancakes
with maple strip, which the king and
queen sampled recently. Twelve
cents buys a brace of cakes with ma
pie strip, and the first half-month's de-
mand for this favorite totaled one or
more helpings for 6.124 men.
1t is no wonder then that Eagle Hut
feeds between 1000 and $500 Ameri-
can fighters daily, and that the noon
hour is q continuous rush which taxes
, to the uttermost the efforts of the
Mattresses, all women who volunteer
their services and minister with smil-
ing patience and friendliness to the
appreciative lads from the United
States.
Eagle Hut dispenses other commodi-
ties. tobacco and candy topping the
list Of fayorites. A few Americans,
forgetting the many advantages and
economies found at the Hut, have COM
planned that their favorite brands OF
American tobacco, If at all obtainable,
cost them more than It did at horace
They did not know that there is a
high import duty on cigarettes and
prepared tobacco for pipes aud "mak-
ings" nor that there Is a home tax
which Is causing the English tobac-
conists to revise their prices often.
Smoking imported tobacco In England
today really Is a luxury. The wise
stranger has given It up in favor OF
the brands the English use.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
LIVED IN GERMANY; STEALS"
Attorney Makes Odd Defense for Thief
Before Court in Swift
zerland.

Geneva, Switzerland.-For pleading
that leniency should be extended to his
client. accused of the theft of some
clocks. because he lived for long
time in Germany" NJ. Anderson. 8 &c
aeva attorney, has incurred the wrath
If the German legation in Switzerland.
At the instance OF Baron Won RcTa-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

not making use Of all means to come
up to their full producing power?
Now, people, what some counties In
Wisconsin have done more can do, and
one of the very best ways to get into
the doing is to supply your county with
~ good county agricultural representa-
tive.
Why not rise to the potato possibili-
ties of such counties as Oneida, Bar
ron, Waushara, Rusk, Langlade, Lin
coin, Marinette, Forest, Villas. Wau-
paca. Sawyer, Shawano, Portage und
Brown?
The world will call loudly for live
stock. 1t is possible for all counties to
approach Sheboygan. Waukesha, Wal
worth, Rock, Green, Grant, Winnebago,
Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Barron, Eau
Claire and Waupaca in this respect.
Is it grains? A live county agent
will help you to line UP with Rock.
Dodge, st. Croix, Fond du Lac, and
these other counties.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

berg. German minister, the attorney
general of the confederation has been
asked to proceed against Attorney Au-
berSon. The complaint has just been
filed with the authorities by the Ger
man consul in Geneva.
The thief's case was drawing to a
close and II was evident TO his attor-
ney that conviction was probable.
The lawyer elected. therefore. TO throw
his client on the mercy of the court.
He counted rather too literally on the
anti-German sentiment prevailing in
western Switzerland when he pleaded
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

IL farmer was milking eleven cows and
getting a monthly cream check of S35
He Joined a cow testing association,
followed its recommendations and in.
creased his check TO S95 a month.
Buy bushel, not Of wheat, but po-
tatoes. If you can't do that, buy
sack, not of wheat but potatoes II
your cellar won't hold a sackful of pO-
tatOes. buy them by the pound. But
whatever you co, buy potatoes and
save the wheat.
IF you need 100000 bushels of
wheat. take il and let us rustic fol-
ourselves" said the real estate board
Of Evansville Qndiana) TO Hoover.
am convinced tha. if the war vers
TO cease tomorrow the tol! of actual
dead from starvation and its attendant
disea ees within he German lines woglc
double or treble, the 100000 or 6W0.-
coo Of men who have been acfgahg
killed by Germany and her allies in
arms The 10o00000 people in accH-
sled Belgium and northern Frrif'e
Won q have fied of starvation aaa %
not bsea for the action .i ii5. a--..;.s
AT war with Germany n IN E.a,i.ia-
nance for these feot''e 90. % piialis
rJi!ef-Hoover.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
swordfish More Costly.

~Boston.-The price of swordfish has
advanced to 80 cents a pound whole
sale on the Boston market. the high
est price on record for this season Of
the year. Several British trawlers are
now marketing their wares at the Bos-
ton fish pier.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
Strange Currency.

Porcelain money Is used in Burma
and Slam; and feather money. manu-
featured from the short red feathers
from beneath the wings Of a species
of parrot, is the ordinary currency of
the Santa Cruz Islanders.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
American Soldiers and Sailors
Well Cared For by Y. M. C. A.
in London.
BOYS LONG FOR HOME EATS
Eagle Hut Represents Last Word In
Economical Eating in British Capt.
taI-Menu Shows Great Vari-
ETY. of Dishes.

LondOn.-Fourteen cents for a sat
isfying meal. Twenty-Five cents for a
superlat.vely filling repast. These
prices reveal that the high cost of eat
ing should have no terrors to the
American soldier or sailor ION his
own" in London. 1t represents that
last word In economical eating even
for the English capital, where prices
are uniformly moderate. Even the big
ger public eating places, where large
turnover allows low charge the low
est price charged for a modest meal
Is tenpence-20 cents. while the meal
WHICH costs the Yankee fighter a shil-
ling costs the civilian as much as So
cenrs.
Moreover. it is American food. Not
every American boy In olive drab or
navy blue who lands in London has
| literary tourists ambition to eat at the
Cheshire Cheese or the Blackfriars or
any of the other quaint inns made IA
nous by Dickens or Thackeray. Many
of our fighters do not care for the pom
derous dishes of the two-decker nov
els, but yearn for modern home eats.
Where King Ate Pancakes.
And they get it, at ii to % cents,
at Eagle Hut. the famous Y. NJ. c. a.
center, where King George and Queen
Mary recently enjoyed pancakes a la
American.
The l4-cent rate is cheaper even
than that charged at the national mod
ell kitchen where a three-course meal
of soup. beef and pudding costs IS
cents Mrs. Arthur Coke of London,
who makes out all the Hut menus, not
only meets all government require
ments, but sees to 1t that there is prop
er and attractive variation in the
dishes from day TO day. The food is
plain, te be sure, but IT all is of high
quality. and the portions show no
| stinting
Breakfast and supper each cost II
cents. a breakfast consists of cereal.
sausage or bacon. bread and tea. A
recent supper consisted of sausage,
well done, thick slices of bread with
! butter. marmalade and tea. The same
/ food costs from % to 80 cents at the
/ WeSt-end restaurants.
/ A typical shilling dinner includes
] Scotch broth. stewed steak or cold
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
Possible Reason.

No, Roberta, we don't know why
that card game is called bridge" un-
less it is because It Is principally a
game OF "come across" Boston Tran
script
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

this means II large. fat fee for the al
torney or claim agent
Congressman Harold Knutson OF
Minnesota read a letter In the house
showing that certain attorneys had
been In correspondence with one OF his
constituents in regard to the back pay
of a soldier who died in France. The
amount was 5000, not very large. but
the Washington attorneys wanted to
get rake-off OF 90 per cent. which
would mean that the relatives of the
soldier would receive $l60 instead or
5000, and these attorneys would get
$40 for services of no account what
ever, as in due course of time the pay
ment would be made 10 the estate Of
the soldier to his next of kin, or who
ever was designated as the person to
whom it should be paid. Congress
man McClintic of Oklahoma also pre-
scented letters showing that the same
sort Of a game was attempted upon
soldiers from his state.
1t is not likely that the exposures of
Knutson and McClintic will have the
effect Of preventing victims from be
ing held up by attorneys and claim
agents, but 1t may result in deterring
many people from becoming dupes OF
these leeches In Washington who would
pick the bones Of dead soldier and de-
prive his relatives of their just due In
order to fatten their own pockets.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

At the end of the year there were
1T,7T3 miles of railroad. with outstand-
ing securities amounting 10 Ss6S. 1885,
SOC In the hands of receivers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

With perfect confidence the treasury
department Is making arrangements
for the fourth Liberty loan and no
doubt Is expressed about putting this
over with th&-same success that has
attended every other loan thus far. II
is believed that the people have been
getting the habit" of doing whatever
Is nee essary to make the war a sue
cess. Money Is one Of the chief req
uisites, and while we may have more
than a million men In France now. with
possibly 100000 a year from now, it
is absolutely necessary TO pay their
expenses and see that they are sup
piled with everything necessary TO beat
back the German army. That the
fourth Liberty loan Is going to be
success there cannot be the slightest
doubt.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
STATE HELPS TO
KEEP NATION FIT
BY e. 3. HART,
University of Wisconsin.

f are passing
through a food
crisis and Wis
consin IS work
ing overtime TO
help the Ameri-
can people make
the best possible
use of their food
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
Has EIGHT Sons in Service.

Denver, Colo.-Thomas D. Cain.
Denver ieweler. holds the record for
the Rocky mountain region for number
of sons IN military service. Every one
of his eight sons is IN some branch of
the military service. Five OF them
have gore to France. and the three
others are in different cantonment
camps.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

When John J. Fitzgerald was chair
man Of the committee on appropria-
tons at the time the United States en-
tered the war he rather startled the
country with the statement that the
war would cost the United States $685.
000O00,000 a year. Many scoffed at
the idea. but 1t was only the other
day that Senator Smoot, who Is an
authority on all kinds of figures. toll
the senate that for the first year Of the
war we had appropriated s24,O00,0O0,-
600. Fitzgerald was in Washington a
short time ago and referred to his pre-
diction and the comments that it caus-
ed. Il observe that l was not very
far wrong" said the New Yorker. land
If the war goes on we will find that the
average cost will be around the figure
gave. But we are a rich country and
can ind the money"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

longtime residence in Germany as ex-
tenuating circumstances for theft for
his client was convicted and he him.
self is apt to face prosecution for VIC
latlon of Swiss neutrality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

In the senate one day during the
consideration Of various bl Is on the
calendar the body received rude
shock when the clerk read the title
OF n bill for public building ut
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Il object"
Everybody turned to rear seat on
the Republican side and oOked with
amazement and some pity upon Sena-
tor LenrOot of Wiscor sin. As far
back as the memory q senators and
others connected wiz. the senate goes,
no one ever objected to the considera-
ton of pU5llcbuilding bill. Public
building bills have always been con-
sidered sacred TO senators. They have
been passed rs a matter of course. ev-
eryhody knowing that when the time
comes all bills Of that character will
he finally passed in an omnibus bill
Senator Shields OF Tennessee reasoned
with Lenroot. but II was no use. The
Wisconsin senator insisted that cities
In his state were entitled TO as much
consideration as Knoxville. and would
not withdraw his objection.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14

There is a possibility of water
power legislation, judging from the
discussion that took place In the
house before the adjournment, al
though the adjournment has tended to
postpone action on the bill. But 1t
does seem as If the special committee
on water power had prepared a meas
ure which might get through. at all
events less opposition was manifested
to 1t than to any other such bill that
has ever been presented. This was
noticeable in the discussion of the
measure by Western men. As a gen.
eral thing In the case of representa-
lives Of states where there are vast
forest reserves, Indian reservations
and other large bodies of land with
held from development and settlement,
there is nearly always strong opposl-
ton to any water-power legislation
satisfactory to the representatives of
Eastern states. Western men as a
general rule claim that the resources
Of state. even If they are on public
lands, are to large extent state prop
erty and ought to be handled and de-
veloped independ ntly of the national
government But the large majority
Of members Of the house have never
acqulesced In that view.
AT present there is considerable
doubt as to > sat viii happen when
the bill reaches the senate. The bin
now pending in the house is a substi-
tute for one which passed the senate
and was agreed to with some reluc-
lance on the part Of Western senator's.
and the changes which have been
made may make II obnoxious TO them
10 such an extent as TO cause them to
use all possible efforts to defeat It.
The courrtlOn in the senate possibly
will make water-pOwer legislation
doubtful at this session.
Evening star., 1918-08-19
F FASHIONS

The separate skirt that unbuttons
from belt to hem. either back or front.
possesses many advantages over the
skirt that slips on over the head,
especially in these days Of fabric con-
servation. when scant width is almost
an ironclad. skirt style ruling. A
skirt made after this style may be left
open . few inches at the hem, so as
to give moro freedom to the wearer
when Walking. and .unquestionably a
skirt Of this type is much more easily
pressed than one that must be slipped
onto the ironing boaro.
Tho model shown in the sketch is an
excellent example OF the buttoned all
the-way-down skirt, designed for
early fall sports or utility wear. A
striking black and white plaid worsted
was selected for this model, although
1t may be developed in a bright Scotch
plaid or in any preferred plain-color
wool fabric. It would be very smart
made Of navy serge with all the edges
bound in fine black silk braid. This
skfrttneed not measure more than a
yard and a half in width, and it may