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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

It is, of course, possible to do the
work lust as well by hand, but con-
siderable amount of labor is involved.
For small areas, however, this meth
cd Is the only practical one. When
the garden is to be worked by hand it
is especially desirable that the Spadlng
be done as early rs possible. as the
sooner ii is done the easier it will be
to get the ground in condition. The
ground should be worked down only
as needed, as this will distribute the
labor: and as the rough ground will
dry off quicker than that smoothed
down, it is possible to get on the
ground sooner If left in the rough than
when well worked down. 1t is ex-
tremely desirable to get such crops
ms early peas. early potatoes, and early
cabbage plants in as soon as the
ground is dry enough, and it is often
possible to get these crops planted a
week or two earlier by following this
plan.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
JUICE IS
SKIN WHITENER
CHEAP HOMEMADE BEAUTY 10.
TON TO REMOVE TAN, FRECk-
LES, SALLOWNESS

At the cost of a small Jar of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare a full quar-
ter pint of the most wonderful lemon
skin whitener and complexion beauti-
fer, by squeezing the juice Of two fresh
lemons into a bottle containing three
ounces Of orchard white. Care should
be taken to strain the juice through a
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach dark
ened skin and remove such blemishes
as freckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener and beautifler.
Just try It! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag'
rant lemon lotion and massage 1t daily
into the face, neck. arms and hands
1t is marvellous to whiten rough, red
hands.-Adv.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Us~oG3r. or AGRICULTURE
HOW TO 2
WV GARDEN PEAS. p

Early peas require a rather rith
sandy loan with good drainage in or
der that the first paintings may he
made early in the spring. Fertilizers
that are high in heterogeneous matter
should not be applied to the land I'M
mediately before planting, as they Will
have tendency to produce too great
growth Of vines at the expense OF
pods. Land that has been manfred
the previous year will be found salts
factory without additional fertilizer.
While the sandy loan Is to be pre-
ferred for early varieties, a good crop
can be produced on almost any good
SOIL
The first paintings should be Of such
varieties as Alaska, or some OF It's
notifications, which make small but
quick growth and may or may not be
provided with supports. These should
be planted about two weeks before the
date Of the last killing frost, or In fact
may be planted as soon as the ground
Is In condition. The tall-grOWing sorts
Of the Telephone type are desirable
for still later use, on account OF their
large production and excellent quality.
Peas should be drilled in rows, one
to two pints being sufficient for a 100
foot row. The individual peas should
be placed about l inch apart in the
rows. The distance between rows will
depend upon the kind Of cultivation
to be employed. and upon the varieties
used. The dwarf varieties need not be
any farther apart than necessary to
insure cultivation, while the tall-grow-
ing sorts should not be planted closer
than to 31a feet apart.
A good scheme is to plant two par
allel rows Of peas about 6 or : inches
apart, then leave q space of Is inches
or two feet and plant two more rows
of seed close together. Fewer strings
or less brush will be required to sup
port them than when planted III single
rows at the greater distance.
If peas are to be grown for immedi-
ate use only, quart will be enough TO
plant at one time. However, If it is
desired to grow peas for canning, large
paintings should be made. If space
IS available, it Is an excellent plan TO
make considerable planting at one time
of some one variety, so that the peas
for canning will be available in con-
siderable quantities. This enables the
housewife to get the canning out of
the way in comparatively short time.
Successive paintings Of the various va
rieties of peas should be made at Ia
tervals Of about two weeks, until the
weather begins to grow warm, when
the paintings should be discontinued.
1t Is possible in some sections to
grow fall crop Of peas. When this
Is done, early varieties should be used.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
WATER M ELONS.

The watermelon requires consider
able room, and unless there is an
abundance Of space available 1t should
not be planted in the garden.
1t is a hent-loving plant and the
seeds should not be planted In the
open until the ground is warm. This
will be about one month after the last
hard frost. They do best In a sandy
soil, and require plenty of well-rotted
manure for their best development
The usual method Is to plant them In
hills made up with plenty of we'll
rotted manure, about 10 feet apart
each way. Some eight or ten seeds
should be placed IN each hill, and wher
the plants are well established they
should be thinned to four plants In @
HILL For full directions as to the con
troll Of insects and diseases affecting
the watermelon, see Farmers Bulletin
SJ6 entitled Control of Disease and
Insect Enemies Of the Home Vegetable
Garden"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
SPINACH.

Spinach thriyes in rather cool eli
mate and attans its best development
in the middle South. where it can be
grown in the open ground during the
winter Farther north ii Is necessary
to protect the plants during the win
ter with a mulch Of straw or leaves.
To produce good spinach Il rich loan
which will give the plants a quick
growth Is required. Fail planting Is
to be recommended wherever this IS
possible, as the fall-planted spinach Is
not rs much inclined to 90 to seed as
that planted In the spring. one ounce
Of seed Is sufficient for a 1D-foOt row,
and this crop may be sown in drills
about | foot apart.
Spinach is an easily grown garden
crop and there IS perhaps no other OF
its kind that will give rs good salts
faction. In gathering spinach the en-
tire plant Is removed rather than mere
ly cutting off the leaves. The larger
plants are selected first, and the
smaller ones are thus given q chance
to develop.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
(,HINhTOWNL0SES
ITS OLD GLAM0R
Internal Reform Has CIamped
the Lid on the Notorious
District.
SUMMING NO MORE
Visiting in New Works. Oriental Quar-
ter No Longer Has ThriIls-Long
Wars Given place to Bust
ness

New York.-Reform has put the lid
on section of New York city that was
notorious in the old Summing days;
Chinatown hasaost its glnmor and It's
charm. No longer Is the Chinatown OF
old the haven for the professional
guide, although few Sightseers still
ask to be shown over the district. A
few years ago 1t was possible for the
guides to stand on the spot where a
Hop Sing Tong member had assassi-
mated an On Leong Tong follower the
night before Now these spots have
been forgotten, so long has it been
since a killing has taken place.
Gambling has been practically wiped
out. The better element Of Chinatown,
the Chinese themselves. agreed that
too much money was invested In bust
ness there to permit tong wars TO con-
tnue. So a peace parley resulted III
an agreement to stop the killings. On
" once in several years has this agree
ment been violated. The business men,
through their associations, have mann
tanned close watch on the unbidden
guest to the district, and his move
ments are followed for fear that he
might violate the tranquility that now
abideS,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
CAULlFLOWER

The caulillower requires rich
moist soil, and thrives best under irri-
CATION 1t will not withstand as much
frost as cabbage, but is very sensitive
to hot weather. To make Il success Of
the crop 1t Is best TO plant 1t about
the time of the last killing frost In
spring using plants grown in the hot
bed or window box. This gives it time
TO mature before hot weather comes.
The rows need not be more than 212
to feet apart for horse cultivation,
or ~ to so inches apart for hand work
The plants should be from II to ~
inches apart IN rows. The culture Is
the same as for cabbage until the
heads begin to develop, after which
the leaves may be tied together over
the heads to exclude the light and
keep heads white.
This crop is one Of the aristocrats
Of the garden. If you succeed in grow
ing high grade cnulitlower You Will
qualify as Il good gardeners
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
They No Longer Wear "Pig Tails"

the money thrown at him was his.
Women who were conspicuous in their
day on the stage had first hand knowl-
edge of this part of New York Quite
a few returned there after their sue
cess In life had been broken by the
use Of drugs.
Through the vigilance of the police
and the federal authorities, opium
smoking has been stamped out So
difficult and dangerous Is the work OF
getting the drug that few, save the
most hardened criminals and slaves to
the habit, make the effort.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
ONIONS.

Onions can be produced on almost
any good garden soil, and constitute
one of the standard crops found in al
most every garden. The usual plan In
the home garden is to plant sets In
rows far enough apart to suit the meth
Cd Of cultivation to be followed. The
sets need not be more than or 3
inches apart in the rows.
Onion sets may be planted as soon
as the ground can be worked and be-
fore froSts are over. Some kinds may
be planted In the autumn. The potato
Or multiplier onion can be planted from
sets in the autumn and will produce
excellent early green onions.
Onions may be grown from seed eli
her by starting the seed in the hOtbed
md transplanting to the open ground
DR. by drilling in rows directly in the
garden. With good soil and proper
care it is possible to produce good
sized bulbs from seed in a single sea-
son.
Onions require frequent shallow cul-
tivation, and it may be necessary to re-
sort to hand work In order to keep
the crop free from weeds.
If It is desired to use the onions as
green or bunch onions they may be
pulled ut any time after they are large
enough, otherwise they should be al
lowed to grow until they reach matur-
ity. If the onions start to throw up
seed stalks these should be removed,
or the seed will be formed at the ex-
Dense Of the bulbs
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
MUSkM ELONS.

A sandy loan with plenty Of we'll
rotted manure Incorporated in the soil
is well adapted to the production CT
muskmelonS. The muSkmelon is heat
loving crop, requiring long growing
season, about four months, and cannot
be planted until the ground has be-
come warm. For this reason it is use
less to attempt to grow the muskmelon
in sections where the growing season
is not sufficiently long or where the
temperature is not uniformly high. The
northern portion of the United States
is not suited to the growing of this
crop for the reasons cited above.
It is advisable to start the plants
in berry boxes, or on sodS In the hot
bed, transferring these 10 the open
ground after the ground has become
warm. In this way considerable time
can be saved and much better results
obtained. 1t is a good plan to place
plenty of well-rOtted manure in the
hills. which should he about 6 feet
apart. Sufficient seed should be plant
ed so that four good strong plants may
be had in each hill. Another plan is
70 SOW in drills in rows 6 or Z feet
apart. thinning the plants until they
lrc from IS inches to , feet apart In
he rows.
Cultivation should be frequent and
borough until the vines begin TO run
After this the only cultivation required
to keep weeds down.
G!u.kmelons are liable to be attack
(! /, several diseases and have q,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
kAL-E.

Kale is closely related to and pos
sesses many of the characteristics OF
cabbage. 1t is very hardy and may be
planted in the autumn in the entire
southern portion Of the United States
1t will thrive on any good soil and
responds readily to liberal applica.
lions of stable manure.
KaIe may be sOWn in drills or In
some cases may be sOwn broadcast.
When sown in drills a quarter ounce
of seed is sufficient for a 100-foot
row. Kale may be sown as soon as
the ground is in condition to work.
Successive paintings may be made at
intervals through the summer, but
pickings can be made from the first
planting during the entire season.
When planted in drills the plants may
be thinned as soon as large enough,
using the ones removed for greens.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Modern Cinnamon in Control.

With the moving away from the sec
ton of the bad men, some of whom
We're sent to prison for long terms,
their places were taken by the more
.Americanized Chinese. They no long
er wear pig tails" Modern shoes and
clothing have replaced the Oriental
costumes and many of the Cinnamon
speak very good English. The young
or generation have had the advantage
of education In the public schools, for
the great mass Of the people who now
live in Chinatown We're born in this
country.
With the ending of the tong wars
some of the landmarks soon passed.
Also the thrills for visitors have dis
appeared. In the days when the glory
of Chinatown was at It's height, saloons
tiourished in all their garish splendor
There were singing and dancing walt
ers who attended to the business of
serving customers.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

No matter what ails your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
:. If your little one is out Of sorts
half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally-look, Mother! see Ii
tongue Is coated. This is a sure sign
that the little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad or has stomach ache, diar-
rhea, sore throat, full Of cold, give
teaspoonful of california Syrup Of
Figs" and in few hours all the con.
stipated poison, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out Of the lit
tie bowels without gripping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" because
1t never fails to cleanse the little ones
liver and bowels and sweeten the stOm-
ach and they dearly love its pleasant
taste. Full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for bottle Of "Cal.
ifornia Syrup Of Figs" then see that
it is made by the california Fig Syrup
Company."-Adv.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
FIRST VISIT TO REAL CITY
Miner Who Is Thirty-Seven Yeare Old
Sees San Francisco for the
First Time.

San FranciscO.-Thirty-s years
old and native Of California, Joseph
Costa, Placer county miner, is pay.
ing his first visit to San Francisco. He
is at an hotel surrounded by luxuries
he never dreamed existed. His en-
Dloyer, the Placer Chrome company,
is paying the bill because Joseph has
worked faithfully for them for many
years.
Never has Joe been outside the little
community he was born IN and where
he has worked all his life. He never
before has seen the ocean, an electric
street car, high Office building, great
ores fine theaterS, nor any one Ct a
.ozen other things that have aWed him
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

least one serious insect enemy. For In.
formation on the control Of insects and
diseases affecting the muskmelon, re
fer to Farmers Bulletin Sl6, entitled
Control Of Diseases and Insect Enc
mics Of the Home Vegetable Garden"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Plan Your Garden EarEy.

Diagram your ground, allot the space
10 the vegetables you want to grow
buy your seeds, have your tools al
hand. prepare for the opening Of th,
owing season.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Ashes Made Useful.

Wcil-siftcl coal ashes, Unlike wood
ashes. have no fortiIizins value. but
are useful in Tightening soil. Lime
will tighten soil and at the same time
correct acidity.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Good Subject.

"What are that couple over at yon-
der table scrapping about?"
81 think, sir, they're fighting over
the war bread"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
woMAN,s GROWING GLORY

Is her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use LA Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t In
the natural way. Price S10O.-Adv.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
No Opium Smoking Now.

In one of these places a waiter
only had the right to take tips, but all
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

one bottle of DR. Peery's Dead Shot"
will you money. time, anxiety and
health. One dose sufficient. without Castor
Oh IN addition. Adv
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

England now has more than 4,775.-
900 women wage earncrS.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Rheumatism :
ReIief--25c.
Natures Remedy (NR Tabists), Are
Helping Thousands Who Tried *.
psnsive Things Without Result.
at's Guaranteed.

There are three vital processes Of
human existence,-the digestion OF
food, the extraction OF nourishmene
from 1t and the elimination Of waste.
means failure to derive full nourish-
ment from food and that in turn often
means impoverished blood. weakness,
anemia, etc. Poor elimination means
an accumulation Of waste matter
which poisons the body, lowers vitality,
decreases the power Of resistance to
disease and leads to the development
OF many serious Ills. a.
Rheumatism,-due to some inter-
ference with the process OF elimina-
poisons,-cannot be expected to yield
to any medicine that fails to correct
the condition responsible for IL. Could
any reasonable person expect to rid
himself of rheumatic pain as long as
rheumatic poison Is allowed to remain
Think Of this. It explains the sue
cess of Nature Remedy (NR Tablets)
IN so many cases where other
medicines have failed. Thousands are
ting relief. Why pay Ave or ten
fines as much for uncertain things?
25c box Of Natures Remedy lNR
hlets), containing enough to last
I o+ts,.s-five days,-must help YOU
VI 20 yeu prompt relief and sat-
benefit or cost you nothing.
<! Remedy is not only for
VI Of rheumatism. It i'm
$stion, tones the liver. reg
&-- and bowel action, i'm
4 and cleanses thu
~ tried the expensive
~ Ors, now makeEh che
~ results this fine.
~ s's Remeay (NR
gua 5es Iced and
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Such a Dear Friend.

Ethel-Agnes was at the cat show.
Maud-As an exhibit New Haven
Register.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

collar anu -,
polka dots and the Sh'77
ward the hem.
At the right OF the ~,
Of serge maintains more !
but reverses the order o.
in the other suit. us co'
In a curved line across
is one Of the longest u
1t is worn over a lo"-'n'
wash satin and has !" "a
The edges are bouha VI W.
braid and strips 81 IN, +,
two hone buttons tinisE
skirt is PLAIN az
straight.
Little sketches e-se
tre reveal lie GIVE : :
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

During the past few years there has
been falling off in the yield of the
banana
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

In New Zealand the men outnunber
the women by many thousands.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

Ncv York'S debt limit is rcduccu ,
s. | t.39:1
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

In case Of emergency patriotism will
always find way.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Slim encouragement.

He-"I've notion to propose to
YOU"
She-"Please do. I'm trying for a
record. "-Buffalo News.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-17
CHRISTMAS MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN A Sic

The latest reports available indicate
that the Christmas Drive for ten mil
lion new members for the American
Red Cross has resulted in the addition
of fully sixteen million names to its
roll. This number added to the more
than six million members before Christ
mas Campaign makes the total pres
ent enrolment fully twenty-five mil
lion. This is magnificent fact; and
expression not alone of patriotism, but
of the fine sympathy and idealism Of
the whole American people. The Red
Cross War Council congratulates and
welcomes every new member of the
American Red Cross; likewise it con-
graduates the officers and old men,
bers of the organization who have
given unstintedly Of their time and eff
fort to make this membership cam
paign Il success; but the wonderful
achievement of enrolling one fifth of
the entire population of the United
States as members of the American
Red Cross is less triumph than it is
a call TO greater service. The Red
Cross is not merely humanitarian
organization, separate and distinct
from others, but it is the mobilized
heart and spirit of the whole Amerl-
can people. The American Red Cross
is carrying message of love and
sympathy to the American soldiers
and sailors and to the troops and civ
ilian population of our allies in all
parts of the world; il is seeking to al
leviate the suffering incident to the
war; it is seeking to shorten the war,
and it is seeking to lay foundation
for more enduring peace when the
war is over. As we stand on the thres-
hold of new year in this hour Of world
tragedy, there can be but one though,
in the minds Of the twenty-five mil
lion members of the American Red
Cross and that is TO serve and sacri.
flee as never before.
The above paragraph was written by
Henry p. Davidson, Chairman Amer
lean Red Cross War Council.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-17
Somewhere in France,

Dear Sister: Sept. 8, l9l7
Received your letter Of July 10 yes
terday. 1t is the first word l have had; (;
certainly must be some more mail
somewhere.
| have written you two letters from
here and told you about all the news
there is; although this morning there
has been some air raids. For the last
few days aeroplanes have been very
thick. ] have known the time when
have paid 81 to see an aeroplane, and
we can't look up here without seeing
three or four machines.
We have about received all Of our
necessary paraphernalia now. We
will get our steel helmets in day or
so. They are very heavy and look
something like dish. We will be
under shell fire by the time you re-
ceive this letter.
feel sorry for the officers; they
kill so many of them. Ii is almost
impossible for one OF them to last very
long.
| will have to make this letter short
AS am sick, and have been for three
days now. | guess | have LaGrippe
| am weak and am still losing weight
| haven't done tap for over a week
1t is awfully cold and we just cant
keep warm at nights. ! don't know
what we will do as it grows colder
We are quartered in barn at pres
ent. | would give anything for one
good American meal. have such
headache that l must stop writing
Write soon for letter is a good chas
er for the blues and letter makes the
time pass quicker.
With lots of love,
Your Brother,
Frank.