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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06
THIS WEEK IS SET
ASIDE AS "PLEDCE
WEEK" in MINNESOTA

Minneapolis. Minn.. May 6.-Dt-
rector D.. S. Culver Of the Minnesota
War Savings committee set aside the
IA e1 A. Minnesota' Pledge week for rs
years purchases OF War SAVINGS
stamps. In making the announce
ment he evinced. confidence that the
loyalty Of people in this state will in-
spire promises for purchases ato be
made during the balance OF this year
in suficient volume that the sstAte's
quota Of $47,o00.0o0 will be reached.
All county chairmen are now pre-
pairing for the drive that will start
early next month. In messages sent
from state headquarters yesterday,
county chairmen were asked the
probabilities Of their respective coun.
ties going over the top" in the COM
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06

vice director jill. Meyerin.gS, 81 .he enr-
Ing the sales forces. said tnat s .n , to
nose Of the campaign IS no ses on
ask immediate cash puTi9 ha nledges
the contrary. he explained, u from,
to be made during the W. savings
June 6 to IS are va 4ha q
stamp purchases throuS n nt}her on a
1 unesg or monthly basis to extend
thrnngh the coming months in equa'
portions. =,
..rhe nurpose Of the government IN
inaugurating its war savl,ss ct Mr.,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06

Ing drive. practicallysail replied that
they expected to exceed the amounts
allotted TO their counties.
During Pledge week AllSciti1ens IN
Minnesota Will be asked TO pledge the
purchase Of War Savings stamps dur
Ing the balance Of 1918 on q mini
mum basis OF $40 per capita" said
Mr.. Culver today. ''This does not
mean t1lat each IL to be asked for cash
subscriptions. Minnesota. must raise
and the present amount, something
less than 900. does not make a
very rood showing"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06

erirp. "That means that Il citizens
Msse save from unnecessary expenAi-
can ares enough money to buy their
lures If Savings stamps: IfSall DO
t au.I the campaign in MINNESOTA VAL
No q great success. tt3Nf. u 4assss
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06
,,,,nrcs URGE ENIlsTMENTs.

Minneapolis. May "a nag meet
~ madioai men Of the Twin Cities
and vicinity, has been arraneed Tor
AM" Is. to urge medical men 70 come
~ ' fhe lid Of their country Ind enlist
in the army.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06
RAN RKspHzRAn MoNpAYaMNaas|as1a

they see the great light; IL may take
1-2 per cent interest to do lt.saabut,,
they will finally become rood and
useful citizene.st II Is 80 Hgss %SSsss%
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28

ratons of France and Ensland were
still further reduced in order 10 exc
out the existing supply until the
new crop could become available.
You know the hghting forces Of the
civilized world depend upon the
present American wheat crop for
their bread.
Well knowing these things. YOU
also know the harvest is now or!
Men are needed
Want 10 help
Get In touch with che county
asent who represents the United
States department and agriculture
and the state AGRICULTURAL coIlese.
and knows just where farm hands
are needed in the county where he
is stationed. or get in touch with
the nearest employment office of
the United states department Of
labor. or get i'm touch with the state
council Of defense. ANY OF them can
put YOU on the right track. Your
help is needed. viii you help?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28

sometimes even American. At col
lege they learned so much that
they've never been good for any
thing since. They smile pityinEIy
when anyone displays an emotion
so common as patriotism, talk much
Of internationalism, and are really
dangerous because clever enough 70
fool a lot Of people
The Pacifst Rat: A rare species.
Willing TO take everything and give
nothing A product OF congenital
and racial causes. Must be watch
ed closely when il comes time 20
talk peace. At the bottom Of the
list because ne is tho most pit.a BILE.
but not 90 Doe petted any more than
the others
There are other rats than these.
bat for an example this viii suffice
We must stop pettng them. We
must remember our bows i'm France
-mete ont TO them wartime treat
ment.
Don't pet "a rat trap IL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28

Therefore, we have one course 10
adopt toward them:
Don't pet a rat. trap IL.
The rats are OF various types Let
us label them:
The pro German rat The one
from Germany itself He Is the
most obvious of ALL Usually he is
a big. fat. gray fellow. Most Amer
leans Of German antecedents are
5000 Americans The rat Is still a
German. Before the war ne march
ed boldly around the country. sniff
fling at cur national institutions,
sneering consistently and preaching
the superiority of German efficien-
cy He IS still with u.s. but since
we entered the war he has. bein z
a rat. ran for cover He tries TO
align himself with the loyal Ameri-
cans of German descent But he is
still a rat. stiu a pro-German. Ia
the event OF a German victory ne
would re out i'm droyes. Jeering ou~
defeat DE buys Liberty bonds but
the only reason he does 1t is TO make
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28

~ qualified for farm work. and es-
peeially if YOU have ever worked
on a farm, your vacation really
doesn't belong TO YOU this summer.
IL belongs 70 the nation So long
as farmers IN Your territory need
emergency farm hands just that
long is IL your obligation--a man
of strensth. farm capacity and with
time AZ your dispoSal-to apply
yourself 10 farm work Many men
are getting leaves OF absence from
town employment in order 20 go 10
farms during the harvest Al least
YOU can put in your vacation help
ing save crops that viii feed the
lighters in France.
You have heard more about
wheat and the importance of wheat
during the last twelve months than
YOU had heard in all Of your life
before. You have seen appeals 70
plant more wheat. 10 save more
Va heat You've had TO eat war bread
in order that wheat might be con-
served. You know that the wheat
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28

us thin5 ne is not rat. 1t is the
particular duty and privilege Of all
loyal Americans Of German breed
in- to help put him out Of bust
ness.
The I. W. w. rat: Darker and
thinner than ms pro-Germ3n broth
CT but OF the same species More
actEe. Having been allowed Ten run
wild he has exaggerated IDEAS OF
his own Importance. His tdea of
liberty Is license. lie squirms pite-
ously when trapped, and he is being
trapped in considerable mum bers.
The Foreign Agi-ator Rat: A fuz-
~ sort OF rat. TrDtzky is his ideal:
American ideals his favorite tar
get lie comes 10 America only TO
sheer and 10 try 10 wreck His
strongest characteristic is con
tempt for the true American For
the present his soap-boX is IN stOr-
age-until after the war.
The Intellectual Rat Tn this
species the sexes are about equally
divided. or many nationalities,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28
Don't Pet a Rat
BY Henry OYcu
OF the NigiIantc-.

It took a war 20 show US what a
fine lot Of rats we have been pet
ting in this country. For some un-
fathomable reason we have created
for our own self-delusion a national
myth which we have called The
Melting Fot." II was a beautiful
thing. We talked about it, we
wrote about il. we believed in it..
We said--and we actually believed
we were talking like reasoning he
ings: Drop a rat i'm the melting
pot and it comes out an American"
So We dropped them in-the rats
along with the stock that makes
good Americans. And the rats came
out rats They are showing their
breed now. Uncle sam goes 20 war.
and the rats nibble at his heels.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28
You
"Vacate?"

Let YOUR vacation help win the
war.
You know. OF course. that we
or we can not win the war.
we are going 20 win, But I'm
order 20 do that men who don't
deht must work. Where farm labor
requirements make IL necessary
men must leave their tc.yn jobs
for the time and work in the fields.
why not use your vacation 90 help
produce food2 Why not set a job
or a farm
In peace times the disposition YOU
feF OF public concern. But DO -
nov. II Xou are strons, physical
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28

me-. r. an everlasting value TO
a arond-conseqUe It Is al
WAYS a good buy. especially when
cold by a responsible dealer We
are showing some beautiful dia-
mona iewelry In settings OF the
newest designs We have a large
assortment which We mount 10 or
der. BY comparison you will md
our prices agreeable. Calvin Clausr
Co. -AdvL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28
LET ARCHIE DO III.

II your automobile needs trim
ming let Archie do g. He knows
how. He il M on all branches q
trimming Taking out dents IN body
or tenders Recovering tops. max
ng new tops. hood covers. Placing
new lights in your automobile cur
tains. etc. Archie. The Auto Trim
mer. Formerly with Colfax Mfg.
Co. Now At 217 South Main q.
Bell phone 1904. -Advt-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
THE MONEY YOU HAVE
is NOT WORTH HIS LIFE
There Are TVo Kinds Of People in the World Nop Those
S Who Go and Those Who Do Not-Folks Must Base
Var Chest Giving on This Thought

81 T o'clock this morning the Ger.
n mans laid down barrage. At
AIS the sector cuieted down"
This Is just part of a war dispatch
kaken at random from one of many.
~ makes you stop and think. How
tired. how Infinitely tired must be the
men who stand between the world and
3 German barrage-at 3 o'clock in the
morning.
How Infinitely indebted is every
man, woman and child in America to
the soldier who stands between them
and a German barrage-at o'clock
~ the morning.
VMERE are only two kinds of people
4 In the world today-those who go
and those who do not go. The world
IL fighting for an ideal. Those who go
face drowning and dying in the mud
Of France for the glory of it. Some of
those dearest to us have paid this
price already. That was their bt-the
part laid out for them.
Those who do not go are asked to
contribute to the support of the war
at home.
Just at this time the War Chest is
asking for $20,000,0O0 from those
around Philadelphia who do not have
to GO. 1t is matter to think about.
1t Is a time for every man and woman
to 60 of in quiet corner and figure
out their responsibility in this war,
to link the war up to a pay envelope.
Here is one way OF figuring it out.
All the money you have or ever hope
to have Is not worth what the boy
gave who died in the mud of Flanders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
- Can't" and Slackers

To the Editor Of Woman Page:
Dear Madam-There is no doubt that
in this war America has thousands OF Pa
triotic women. But there Is also no doupi
that we do have slHckers. Yes, sIackers
think they bad perhaps worse ina .
the men-slaCkers-and there are more OF
them. I will repeat a little conversation
heard yesterday on the subject: 49,
DO you know. they wont sell me hour
at the store without substitutes!
They can't. The men at the front nave
TO have IT,; We women ought to eat the
oh" this in a complaining tone. II think
it's not fair. l can't eat cornmeal' 1t makes
"Humph I guess Mr. Hooverd rather
you'd be sick than our boys"
II don't care. l can't
1t makes my blood boil ! think Of o"T
boys. sacrificing their lives, who would nave
TO go without because OF these slackers.
81 can't" Women of America, do you
say that2 Do you mean III Would you LEI
the boys so without for your sake? Would
you be ruled by the Kaiser? Would you have
You say it. But do you mean L? Think,
II tho boys aren't Tourished properly
you will be ruled by the Kaiser: Not only
you but thousands more. Just because yoL
cant" eat substitutes. You can and you
must.
Brace up. FAN in line and march on with
the war. And say -! Ssno,,,,, can ,,o,,>,
Very well put. II some of us can, all
of US can. and the more quickly and
willingly American women join the II
can" corps the sooner and more easily
our army will win the war for us, and
1t is not true that cornmeal makes
people sick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
NEW YORK SUFFRAGISTS BUSY TEACHING
WOMEN OF THE CITY HOW TO USE BALLOT
Classes Held Theatres Taroom Factories, Banks, and Place
Hhere Daily Bread Earned Hippdrem Girls Proved 4id and Apt
Pupis:C :CameB kfoh More

IT'S long way from the ballet to the
Or is it?
Mrs. John Blair, secretary Of the
woman voters council of the New York
city Woman Suffrage party, has settled
that question once and for all.
It's just-wel. ten steps from the bal
let 10 the ballot. she will tell you. And
Mrs. Blair knows. 1t was she herself
who went down 10 the Hppodrome in
New York city to teach the Hppodrome
girls how to vote.
And here is her answer:
"It isn't any further from the ballet
to the ballot than it takes to step out
of your dressing room and get out in a
call into the most novel classroom in the
world--a place where you are taught to
be citizen"
The girls at the Fippodrome have
taken avidly to learning the big mighty
business of citizenship. When Miss
Mary Garrett Hay, boss" of the New
York city Woman Suffrage party, an
nounCed that a specially appointed com
mittee should undertake to reach all the
women of the great big city and teach
them how to vote hopes ran high in
the suffrage party. But in some cases
the hopes were quaverng. Women who
earn their living tossing smiles to
the crowds are apt to be skeDtical. The
thousands of girls employed in factories
are apt to be skeptical, too.
But the quavrrs have all gone out 1f
! their hopes. The brilliant results
achieved since he citizenship classes
went into effect are nothing short OF
. marvellous. The Suffs rushed in where
those less inspired with A cause nigh
have feared to tread. Instead of wait
ing for the girls to come TO suffrage
headquarters they went to them. A
present in the fifth month of their edu
cational campaign, they are holdint
lines out to reach every woman in thu
city. There are classes in department
| stores, in restaurants, in tearooms, il
banks, in the offices of large corpora
tons in the Red Cross. in the y. w.
A. in ladies' speciality shops, in fac
tories, in fact, in every place under tn,
sun or moon where young or old womel
are apt to earn their daily bread o
merely TO congregate for other purposes
The job undertaken by the suffs |
colossal. But the results are measurin
up to the job. Nothing attests to thi
more than the fact that it is not tn
women who have been working for year
for the vote who are interested in tn
classes, but the new woman to whom tn
vote has meant absolutely nothing /
the past 1t seems that everywher
women, and particularly young womer
are anxious to peek behind the scenes il
the Government.
You may imagine that Mrs. Blair
head school teacher, has q rather bus
time of it. Well, she is not doing tn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
Rest Robes for Leisure Hours
4 Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose

TIME rest robes, the intimate little
u half dresses which we don when we
can enjoy a few leisure moments. are
At present in the lmelight more than
they have been for many years. In
these days when all women are busy
either with war charities or with paid
positions. the daytime costume is neces-
sariiy extremely plain in design and
unpretentious in color; but after busy
day. when one may relax at home, the
privilege of indulging ones taste in
these more tunefuly colored gowns is
by no means considered an eXtrava-
gance
There is a great variety of these rest
robes, SO that one may easily suit the
Individual taste and pocketbook. For
those who wish a robe suitable only
for the boudoir, there are the loose.
fioating affairs, and then again. there
axH semifitting numbers with belts or
seshes for, the woman who wishes TO
have a robe more on the lines of a
d{e6a, land yet one that answers the
pEkp6se OF a rest gown. .'....-...
There are also elaborate models that
veil deserve the title of teagown. remi-
uktcerit of the vogue of many years ago,
when women donned this sort of gar
xhent for their "at-home" days, when
they served tea themselves from the
Ten table.
~ Is one of these dignified robes that
TIC artist has depicted, and which may
b& designated as a teagown or house
gown. The original model was made Of
blue crepe meteor. The front as you
seet lis surplice and fastens on the right
side. the fullness held just above the
watstline and on the right side with an
ornament resembling Chinese embroid-
eryss One of these ornaments also holds
the material at the back.
The back is draped up at the center
and forms train. The sleeves of this
Gown are worthy of your attention.
They are made of beautiful-toned pink
chiffon and cut in such a way that the
pointed. ends twist in manner that
Tesy1inds one of corkscrew, and there
4ofe add weight to the ends of the
Hleexes. and the chiffon forms it's own
t2I4nce.
Ihe1liries are solicited and may be
nddressed care of this newspaper.
tcopyrishtS~ by Florence Rosc)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story Of a Business Girl Who Would Not Fail
BY MARTHA keller
Copyri0ht. 1918, By Public Ledger Com pdnv.

dark night and make off with the valu-
ables. If they don't murder the family
in their beds" Small wonder. then, that
my only answer to Miss Breoks's in
quiry was a doleful negative!
II mean canvassing for books" she
went on to explain. Wiser folks than
you have done it before now. A man
who represents a firm of Boston pub
fishers called here this forenoon and
asked us to recommend some suitable
person-preferably a young lady-to
take the agency for handsomely illus
trated volume called Lives Of our.
Presidents" The publishers who are
getting out this book have an excellent
standing, l am told, though | must con-
fess | never heard of them before: and
the agent made good impression, too.
except that he talked until we thought
We never would get rid of him. Not
one of us in the office could do
stitch of work. He would probably
have stayed right here till the middle of
next week except that. luckily for us.
he had an appointment in St Adams
for 2 o'clock today. that compelled
him to leave town by the noon train.
But he is coming back tomorrow to
tell us the rest of IT, the story of his
life. etc, and to engage a representative
for this territory. 1t seems they don't
try to sell in towns the size of Belling-
ton. but he says the surrounding
country is rich soil"
All this time 7 had stood with down
cast head. II don't know" said Miss
Brooks, giving me searching look,
whether you have enough self-confi-
dence to make a good canvasser and
I told the agent that I hadn't the least
idea whether you would even consider
such a job. But | did tell him that you
were very energetic and that you needed
work. He seemed interested. took your
address and said he would call on you.
Now you know just as mucn about 1t
as | do
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

Among the wash materials which are
used for porch pillow coNers are the
Japanese towelings. These can now be
bought in other shades than the usual
blue and white Brown and white. cool
green and white and gray and white
offer plenty of variety and chance for
setting or matching a color scheme
They wash beautifully and are very rea-
sonable. For the round mats, which
many porches require where the porch
steps are used for seats. Stenciled oil
| cloth is unusual. The advantage of ar
Oilcloth cushion in either black or white
| is that it can be wiped off with a damp
cloth or left out overnight in storm or
! dew. Black burlap stenciled makes an
attractive porch pillow. too.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

We-you and will never be able to
pay in full. The least we can do is
pay in part---to our last penny.
Here is another way of figuring 1t
out. Recently | heard a successful
business man talking about the income
tax. He said, why. | am virtually
working for the Government. This
war is taking everything"
This brings to mind once more the
soldier the sailor or the marine. They
have laid down their jobs, well-paying
jobs in many cases; they have cut
short or at least indefinitely inter.
rupted their business careers to work
for the Government" As privates
are very plentiful in the army the
salary is not one that would naturally
lure a man from his business career
Who is giving most, then, in a busi-
ness way?
There is third thought. 1t is well
to decide just who is the Govern.
ment," in whose name we do so many
things. The Government, we have dis
covered since we have learned to value
our country, is simply YOU and ME!
Tn THE soft warm sunshine Of
i France sleep the American soldiers
who laid down their lives for the mil
lions of friends they had never known.
1t is necessary that some must die
But there are concrete things that will
save the others. The War Chest sup.
plies these things.
1t should not go easy with the con-
science of the man or woman who
turns Il deaf ear at this time to the
pleadingS of the greatest mother in the
world at this time-the War Chest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
Tested Wartime Recipes
Fish BiSQue


Two cupfuls of faxed fish, onehalf
Cupful of cracker crumbs. two Cupfuls
of milk. one tablespoonful of nut butter.
For this any good white fish may he
used-cOd, halibut, whitetish. 1t should
be boiled end faked so that there are
two cupfuls of it when it has been picked
apart and freed from bits of bone and
skin. Put the fish in a saucepan with a
quart of boiling water and salt and pepper
to taste; simmer gently for half an
hour When you set the fish on the fire
add the finely powdered cracker crumbs
to the milk in n double boiler and let
this stand at the side of the stove. with
boiling water in the outer vessel, until
you are ready for it. At the end of the
half hour stir a heaping tablespoonful
of nut butter into the fish. put the
soaked crumbs and milk with it. see that
all is very hot and send to table. Pass
sliced lemon for the benefit of those who
wish the acit touch with their fish.
with canned lobster or salmon when the
fresh fish is not to be obtained
Mothers Magazine.
Vegetarian Broth
Cook three ounces of barley with one
and one-half quarts of water. two or
three pepperCornS and one teaSpoonful
Of salt for one hour. Drain barley liquor
into another saucepan. add two table
ounce each of finely diced carrots. tur.. y
onion and celery. Then add one-hali
cup peas Cook until the vegetables are
tender. Add a little butter, If desired
and one teaspoonful finely chopped
/ parsley and serve hot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
Wants ''In Flanders Fields"

70 the Editor Of WomdH's Page:
Dear Madam have the first two lines
of a poem in my mind and cannot remember
the rest OF II. ! heard 1t recently. Can you
help me out7 The lines are;
In Flanders helds the peoples blow
Between the crosses, row on row:
The poem you refer 10 is In Flanders
Fields, and was written by Colonel John
McCrae, a physician, who died recently
At the front. The lines are as follows:
In F'landers' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
7inaf mark our place. and in the sky
ina iarks still bravely singing fly,
scarce heard amid the guns below.
ne are the dead. Short days ago
Xf6 lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
ored and were loved. and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
6Ee up our quarrel with the foe.
8 you from falling hands we throw
II1t torch--be yours to hold II high.
n ye break faith with US who die.
Ma shall not sleep tho peoples grow
In Flanders feids.