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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19
Live on Grass Roots

Il great part of the relief work there.
Mr.. Heinz says reports that some of
the refugees, driven frantic by hunger
and suffering, have resorted to canni-
balism are true In his opinion. He
adds that food for 100000 in that ter
ritory will have to be provided by out
side sources for another year.
THE lack of food Is so serious"
says the telegram, that the women
are forced to go into the fields and
obtain grass roots, which they cook
into kind of broth and serve as
bolleu green's. occasionally getting a
bit of rice to mix with 1t. This con-
stltutes the principal diet Of many.
The little children, naturally, get the
worst of this situation, because they
cannot eat such material, and 1t is
among the children that the death rate
is the highest.
at Is difficult to make comparisons
as to the degree of destitution and dis
tress In different districts of towns,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19
NEW FOULARDS TO
HOLD HIGH FAVOR

skirts one finds again and again the
wide and bouffant models with rather
tight bodlces which are so often OBJ
served In Spanish paintings. The eff
feet Is achieved often by the addition
Of wide and very full ruffles placed
along the bottom Of the skirt which
standing out give the desired effect Of
extra fullness.
Black taffetas and henna-colored
chiffon have been happily placed to-
gether In a dress of the Spanish type.
The taffeta is embroidered in henna
silk and used to form rather tight
petticoat, over which fall wide side
draperies from under a long pointed
basque" Down the front Of the
petticoat are placed henna silk tassels,
which give a most unusual effect,
while the crossed pieces Of the waist,
which end in the deep point in front,
recall portraits Of long ago.
Henna chiffon Is used to form the
upper part of the waist, the sleeves Of
which are longer than the French
sleeves, but still are merely elbow
length. 1t has been rather interesting
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19
CHALLIS is POPULAR

Strange to say, challls is having q
rage such as no other fabric, not even
tricolette can boast. The soft WOOL
en- material is esteemed for the util-
ity dress as developed In the silks.
The darker tones are likewise chosen
In this, and collars, cuffs and sashes
of crisp white organdie added for
morning wear.
Challis were popular 25 years ago,
but for some reason they have not
been much used except for little girls
dresses and dainty boudoir gowns.
Now, however, ones possession Of a
challis frock stamps one as being well
aware of fashions latest whim. Hats
and parasols made of the same materi-
al as the dress are much seen. The
challls hats, like the dresses, have
organdle trimmings put on either In
little fittings along the edge or that are
tied In wide bow in front. The para
soils also repeat the organdie ruff
fles.
There is q certain occurrences and
qualntness about this old-time material
which suggests quiet country towns
and restful rural life. for though peo-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19

to note to just what extent the bebe
sleeves would be adopted for street
wear, and as yet one finds little dispo-
sition to leave off the lower part of
the sleeve when the dress is intended
for more or less general service. The
French frocks which came over earlier
were frankly short as to sleeve and
skirt, but later models arriving have
added length to both.
The fancy for ostrich trimming con-
tinues at such pace that an i'm
ported model of black taffetas is orna-
mented down the sides of the skirt
with huge round disks of ostrich
fronds held In place with rhinestone
buckles. The tiny sleeves of chiffon
are edged with the bright blue feather
trimming placed almost like fringe
around the armhole and down the
front of the bodice also.
The summer silken gown is finding
Itself beruffled in a way we have not
seen In many years. A particularly
youthful model in ruffled skirt is
black taffeta with the same tight lit
tie narrow skirt women have been
wearing for some time. Tiny frllls
Of black net placed very close and
from the top to the bottom of the skirt
relieve the effect of skimpiness and
make the whole very soft and light.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19

equally as much In demand, some ex-
cellent results are obtained by COM
bining georgette jacket with short
French sleeves tipped with foulard
and belt of the silk slipped over n
skirt of the foulard silk. To further
enhance the beauty Of the simple
jacket or overblouse q deep hem Of
the foulard may be placed along the
bottom edge.
One of the happlest results In sum.
mer things Is the effect Of smart sim
pllclty for one wants to get away from
he heavier and elaborate affairs of
Nther seasons-the sort of dress just
described is enchanting because Of Its
extreme simplicity. 1t has been well
developed in gray foulard with a
round cherry colored figure scattered
over the surface the silk being used
for the skirt and n gray georgette
Of the exact shade being employed for
the soft loose blouse. A preference
for very narrow belts is noted and In
this instance q mere ribbon string Of
cherry color Is entwined about the
waist with one of gray.
The Spanish Vogue.
Just who Is responsible for the
Spanish vogue no one seems to know,
but that there is such vogue no one
can deny. Even in the matter Of
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19

but l think the worst situation that
came to my knowledge was in Igdir,
where there is q larger proportion of
sickness and higher death rate than
in either Erivan or Alexandropol.
Regarding reports of cannibalism
which have come out of this district
from Goa l have been forced against
my will to believe these reports to be
true. I saw with my own eyes mutt
lated remains Of corpses which had
been exhumed. from newly-made
graves. did not see anybody who
had actually witnessed the eating of
human flesh, but there is so much cir.
cumstantial evidence that personally
came to believe 1t true.
"Typhus has been epidemic during
the winter, and has taken away thou
sands, but with the moderation of the
weather 1t is now decreasing; but
cholera is making its appearance, and
the outlook is threatening"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19
Tale of CannibaIs in Armenia Is
Confirmed.
Starvation and Misery Prevail Among
Armenian Refugees In eau
casus Region.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and mis-
cry prevail among Armenian refugees
in the Caucasus region, according to
a telegram sent to Herbert Hoover in
Paris by Howard Heinz, American
food commissioner for the near East,
who is In this city.
Mr.. Heinz has returned from trip
of inspection in the Caucasus, on
which he was accompanied by Walter
George Smith Of Philadelphia, former
president of the American Bar asso-
citation and a commissioner Of the
American committee for Armenian
and Syrian relief, which has charge of
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19
Most Deadly of
All War Gases

Washington.-At the educational ex-
position, illustrating the wartime and
reconstruction activities of the depart
ment of the interior now being held
there is being shown under guard q
sample of the most terrible super
poison gas known, the discovery Of
Prof. w. Lee Lewis while in the en-
ploy of the bureau of mines at its
American university laboratories.
This gas, formerly called "Lewisite,"
later known as "methyl," because the
latter name meant nothing to curious
persons, was being manufactured by
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19

pie in large cities have for so long for.
gotten challis, those who live In less
hurried and crowded places seem al
ways to keep best" challis for "oc.
casions." The shirt waist type of
dress lends itself well to the soft wool.
en- fabric and embellished with the
organdie makes the whole pleasing.
There is no material which will an
swer better for hurried mornings
motor trip into the city or Informal
wear in the country. for challis will
not crush and rumple, and If one Sc
lects the colors carefully, one frock
will go through summer satisfac-
torily.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19
LIaht WeIaht SIX Wrana.

Light weight three-quarter length
wraps for sports or street wear are
shown developed In the heavier cord
ed silks such as faille, and also in
satlns. They may be lined with an
CORA wool, or light weight silk. The
more Vivid colors are used. such an
Victory red, bright green. yellows and
blues. These coats are very attractive
worn with white skirts Of sports silks,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19

the war department at the rate of ten
tons day when the armistice came.
The gas is being varlously described
as 1.-The climax Of the country's
achievements in the lethal arts" and
as 1.-THE most terrible instrument Of
manslaughter ever conceived" The
department itself declares that 1t is
the most deadly Of all war gases.
This gas was not only discovered by
Professor Lewis, but was also devel-
oped by him to point where 1t was
ready for production at the American
university while those laboratories
were still under the control of the bu-
reau Of mines, one of the organizations
Of the department of the interior.
When this work was first taken up by
the bureau in behalf Of the military
authorities Professor Lewis was called
from his civilian duties rs professor of
chemistry at Northwestern university,
Evanston, H., and at the request of
the bureau was commissioned as cap
tain in the ordnance department and
assigned to the gas warfare service Of
this capacity Professor Lewis dlscov-
cred and developed this gas, and 1S
days after the gas work of the bureau
of mines was transferred to the jurls.
dlction of the war department nm H.
acre plant for Its manufacture was
started near Cleveland, o.
"Mouse Trap" Plant.
This plant which was dubbed by the
workmcn the "mouse trap" because,
in order to prevent the leakage of in
formation, 1t was understood that the
men who entered would not leave I'm,
til the war was over, was In operation
within mlraculously short time, and
plans were made by the war depart
ment to have 5000 tons of this most
dinbolical gas Mt the American front
by March l, 1919. When the armistice
came the plant was well ahead of Its
production schedule, but the opportu-
nifty had not come for the use of the
gas at the battle front.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-06-19
King Albert to Visit America.

Paris.-King Albert of Belgium ia
expected to visit Washington, to at,
tend the initial meeting of the league
OF nations next October.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22

There are some who dread loneliness, and
others to whom solitude is treasure.
And such is the mixed and paradoxica
nature of our clay that there are moods
in which ! feel myself to be one Of these
persons, and other moods where ] am the
other
Sometimes the impulse is upon us to go,
TO see, and to act. We crave novelty and
fresh experiences. We love the street
game. the ballroom the excursion, business
and battle
And then again the pendulum of whim
swings back, and we love our sitting room,
the familiar chair, the worn table, the lamp
and lounge and bookcase, that have estab-
lished a dear intimacy with us.
We want the long reaches of leisure, the
sense of having nothing TO do at 2 o'clock
the utter release from affairs, so that we
can taste life--live not live for something
nor to do anything, but just live.
There is certain fecundity in quiet.
There is poise and surety of thought
that comes only in unhur1ied spaces. There
Is slow building up of the inner powers in
every epoch of rest.
Walter Pater. in his rare essay on Charles
Lamb. tells of how ito men of Lambs
delicately attuned temperament mere physi-
cal stiffness has its full value; such natures
seeming to long for it sometimes, as for no
merely negative thing, with sort of mysti-
cal sensuality."
This quiet of Lambs, he says, was not of
one drowsy by choice and needing some
strong passion or worldly ambition to stimu-
late him. but rather "the reaction of nature,
after an escape from fate, dark and insane
as in old Greek tragedy, following upon
which the sense Of mere relief becomes a
kind Of passion. as with one who, having
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22
Letters to Editor
SERVICE MAN EXPLAINS

Editor The star Having read the resolutions Of
Seattle lodge. No. %. II. r. q. r.. condemning the
legislators who killed the Lamplns BILL We. who are
awaiting discharge from the service thank the support
Of the bill. who have showed true Amssicantsm
toward the soldiers who did their bit for the great
cause"
To knowledgs. about rs per cent Of the men IN
the service have dependents and Of the above per.
centaxe. onohslf pay ailotments 70 dependents the
major portion OF tho remainder going toward the pur.
chase OF Liberty bonds and risk insurance etc.
This leaves the very small for personal
nocessitias and when leaves the service he has
not enough money TO back him.
Consequently. he 10 compelled 10 work for lower
wages. because he has not the necessary money ~
keep him going untl he obtain decent Job. The
employer knows that discharged from the
service will be desperately willing TO accept place
at insufficient pay because he needs the money
Ono senator. In opposing tho Iamplng bin. said.
Giving discharged men sum OF money win teach
them be spendhrfts ard extravaEant" This state.
msnt 10 unjust. In the service taught the
value Of money thru the small pay they receive and
always have their future In mind Should any one
opposing any measure that would help service man
after his discharge enter this and talk with the
here. he would change his attitude.
This letter "a written by awaiting discharge.
Our names. which follow. must be withheld. are
still In the service. SIX SERVICE MEN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22
The Girl He Left Behind
ny q. u. joyful.

Much has been said and written about the Girl lie
Left Behind Him when he marched off to war includ
ing the following:
Leonard Boulton. who has farm near Bounding
Bllows. viii stay in the army his wife doesn't like
him In civilian clothes"
That's what read In the Arkansas Thomas Cat
published at Hot Springs. Ark.
tone finds lots Of funny things IL reads far
enouSh)
The Globe City Banner informs us that Henry
Marsee II doing his bit toward solving the nation
unemployment problem by hiring "A man to white.
wash the interior of his woodshed
Henry's either n patriot too lazy to do his own
whitewsshing.
MANY a whistle will be dry In Juy)
Closing the saloons has brought great changes"
You betw said the other dry town inhabitant
Nowadays n woman doesn't know where to find her
husband Judge.
Nou know where all the lawyers go)
couple of old dodgers got into n quarrel and
landed before the local gisrate The loser turning
to his opponent in oombativc frame OF mind cried
I'm law you to the circuit court"
I'm wllin'" said the other
AN III law you to the supreme court
"Ill be thar"
AN Ill law YOU to ELI"
My attorney' be there" was the calm reply
Boston Transcript
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22
On the ISSUE Of
4mericanism There Can
De No Compromise
The Love of Quiet
by DIR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1919. by Frank crane)

narrowly escaped earthquake or shipwreck.
finds thing for grateful tears in just sit
ting quiet at home, under the wall, till the
end Of days"
There are tragic shadows for all of us.
Every life, however free, has its dreadful
skeletons, its lurking horrors, things that
we fear TO look at or TO think on. And
the more finely tempered the SOUL the more
frghtful are these reserves OF morbidity
which ever and anon emerge from their
dark cells where we try to lock them in,
and brighten US like baneful witches.
II may be some hideous mistake you have
made, some secret you would conceal, some
relative who is a source of shame and sor-
row TO you, some tendency to insanity in
your blood, or a deadly disease that hangs,
over you or over one you love.
1t is from these night-birds of evil, md
from the whole sad burden of existencd
and responsibility, that we fly, like lamb
to the everlasting arms of the common
place, and get a comfort from the purfng
tea kettle and the friendly ticking Of the
old clock, that no philosophy nor religion
can give.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22

While lawmakers of congress and of AZ states IN the
Union have been talking of their gratitude to the soldiers
md Of the debt that their country owes them mas re-
NAMED with North Dakota to take definite action along
substantial lines. -,
Other states have taken form Of action. ldaho,
for instance has passed resolution asking the war de-
unrtment for captured German cannon to be recast
Into medals for the soldiers Colorado legislators have pre-
nentsd bill to give soldiers pckand-shovel jobs on the
state roads 81 day. provided they would sign for
1ofinite period of enlistment. ,
Washington refused to pass the lamping bill TO
proyide $40 a month for each month of service
In striking contrast with this sort OF action. North
Dakota has provided for payment of $50 month Tor
every North Dakota boy in the and navy of the
United States of the allies for each month spen IN
ouch service during the great This money to be
ned either first payment city or farm home Tor
ne soldier for his education, that he may be able
- fill better job Adutant Gen. Angus Fraser Is charged
With the administration of the act.
Small wonder then. that the Nonpartsan Leader
o1itoraly remarks
sThe treatment being accorded returned soldiers
hruout the nation shows up the thin veneer of odgang
uotrotism After the speechmakng and bouquets, the
zen are left to shift for themselves in oversupped la
Dor market In fact there is deliberate plan in many
the needy soldiers to beat down the wage
ooIe The federal government made no adequate plans
~ the states have been trying to put the whole response
61ity on the federal government
but North Dakota is exception in this in nearly
~ other matters where there clash between private
ond public interests. II has worked out adequate plan
for aiding the soldiers and it the only state far to do
- The patriotism of the North Dakota farmers is not
thin veneer to selfish purposes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22
Soldiers and Ballots
ny THE REV. CHARLES sTEi.zLE

The soldier boys who have come back have become
monitors and
New York is full OF them.
II they don't like what street speaker says they
mob him
II the opera doesn't please them they organize n
chorus OF their sing America to put the
opera out of business
II they don't agree with what the preacher says
they hiss him and form committee to demand an
apology.
Economies, music. politicsnor any other subject
beyond their criticism
And maybe the boys doing real service.
Perhaps those OF US who remained Mt home have be-
soft Possibly. need of the heroic
spirit that dominates their actions.
Anyway there's nothing to be feared from this
exuberancc on the part of soldiers When they
again Ut into the normal life of the nation they win
express their patriotism In n even fashion, and
they'll strike with their ballots the evils which they
formerly struck with their bayonets.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22
ETHERGRAM FROM MARS

SOLAR CANAL. March 22--Dscusson OF the G. NJ.
Hutterworth trial IN Seattle the Northwest
the United States OF the earths Western hemisphere
led today to desperate encounter between proml
nent Martians, with the result that one, NJ. X2 Is
under treatment at the ethereal assembly headauar.
The struggle occurred at the pale food nourish.
ment station. where the couple provisioning them.
selves for the quarterly period 1t started when
tian x137 took exception to the statement by NJ x2
that casket of such violent colors and conflicting
shade elements red white and blue would be valued
at than coffin burial receptacle of pale gray
however inferior the general construction quality
might be rrhe primitive and barbarous custom OF
placing bodies in the ground is still maintained on
earth, II is understoodJ
On maintenance by NJ. x.2 that such the case
M xf37 demanded II that the national color OF the
United States He pointed out the uniformity OF the
Marian color scheme by way Of contrast.
Contemplation Of so many coors seemed to have
thrown him Into frenzy for during the remarks that
rnsued he tugged at M x2 yicously with his
causing the latter to all of his at once
II IL not known whether he will recover.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22
May Be ''Sour Grapes"

In our youth almost every farm had small vineyard
md nearly every town place had grape arbor
Today about the only grown by vineyardsts
and it appears that shortly they will pick another crop
Grape growing appears likely to be about as popular
- hop growing with prohibition all but upon
While the major portion of the of the country
we're sold for wine, still the wine market stabilized
Ne situation and the growers additional outlet that
Vas usually needed.
Likewise congress placed the 10 per cent tax
1ormented grape juices, and thereby handed the grape
iuce folks jolt that will be duly passed to the
'nxUWers.
N Also with labor. and fertilizer and spray materials
t 100 cent higher and with thousands of Of
eysrds pershng old age lack of care and fertility
With few paintings, and immediate hope of there
ling any considerable acreage planted the outlook is that
~ grape viii about vanish.
And yet the has, since history began. been one
~ the chief crops Of the world
# As fruit it has much variety, more romance, more
than any other and but recently tens of millions
Invested in the growing of the grape and the manufacture
II it, products.
California scientists may have found Their
work in manufacturing and syrup appears to
ove added another source of sweetness to the list and
rape sugar and syrup in time may become important
- the beet product has in the nations dietary
y. But the idea of making second grade moasses out
~ what might have been quart two of Ciquot Club
}Vi awful peeve in the bosoms Of of
}&1stwhile fervid sports
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22
LOVES WILL
can give.


Wild passion led the youthful hand
That filled the tragic poisoned cup,
No hate nor malice ever planned
The deed: her heart filled up.
with youths blind dreams
OF love. No awful schemes
OF lust could enter thcre--but still
The pity Of her hardened will
To sacrifice for him,
a carefree girl Just yesterday.
Who laughed along life's golden way
And now her heart Is rigid. cold.
But still her woman's soul can hold
A love for him---a froth God brings
Love wills indeed strange things.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22

true. II so hap
pens once In a
while. tho weather
In a ma forecasts
|iurn out right. but
FOR that matter We
|tiI make mistakes.
|y'know. The saf.
st way TO play an
Experts dope. 10 20
bet the other way.
|you'il win six ou,
ia a half dozen
times. What We
AN, figure n why
'he weather man
doesn't play HIS
Wv r o ne lunches.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-22

THE WEATHER MAN

The most widely read author Ia the weather man.
lie deals fiction. Truth In stranger than fiction
so they say. Which probably accounts why 90 much
hubhuh g ra!sed when a weather prsdletlon come.