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Evening journal., 1919-01-31

A number OF Delaware boys. who are
in the iS7th Infantry in France. have
requested The Evening Journal to pub
ilsh a letter from them 10 their friends,
as they nnd Il dnlcult TO write TO all
their relatives at home at present. The
letter follows:
Our thoughts have been with you
during the Christmas holidays. also
during the trying times which we have
had In the past six months over here.
Although, at times, we have had II
very hard, and many times thought II
would be impossible TO get back TO the
States all In one piece, we are very
proud o. the fact that we were given
The chance to tight for our country and
the democracy OF the world from the
best state Of them all, the Diamond
State.
I'VE have had the honor OF lighting
with The 37th Division, formerly the
ohio National Guard in both France
and Belgium, and have received praise
from the French and Belgian high Of
flcals. Have been over the top once
in the Argonne Woods In France and
twice In Flanders prior 10 the signing
OF the armistlce. We have also held the
line three times In the Alsace-Lorraine
and ST. Mihiel sectors, which has kept
us very busy ever since we arrived on
these shores. We were In the front line
trenches less than twenty-lhree days
after landing at Brest. France.
"0f course all those at home were
overjoyed when they heard OF the sign
Ing OF the armlstlce, but imagine our
feelings. who were In little holes dug
In along the banks Of the river Escaut'
over which our eng 'neers had managed
10 lay a pOntoon bridge the day before,
under heavy shell lre, about a mile
from the Belgian village Of Syngern,
and with orders TO go over the top at
$50 a. m, when we heard the glorious
news.
The sector we were about 10 advance
on was a very dflcult one, as we
would have had 10 advance up a very
steep Hill leading up from the river, on
the top Of which were placed many
machine guns. We are all satisfied that
II the srmistice had not arrived at this
critical moment. there would have been
many more names added to the
casualty list OF the 37th Division.
Perhaps some OF ours.
We enjoyed our Christmas dinner
In France very much, but hope that II
VIII be the last we will have TO spend
away from our many friends and rela-
tlves.
Evening journal., 1919-01-31
J. B. BICE RETIRES
FROM BUSINESS

Special TO The Evening Journal
DOVER. Jan. 3i-Announcement Is
made by James B. Bice, Sr.. Of bis re-
tirement from the hardware. farm and
supply and coal business, and the
transfer Of the same to his two sons,
James B. Blce, Jr., and D. Rodney Blce.
and his son-in-law, Charles T. Jackson,
the transfer 10 take place February 1.
Mr.. Bice has had control OF the busi-
ness since 1901, when he purchased
from his partner, Stephen Slaughter.
the hardware business. Prior 10 that
Mr.. Bice had been an employe Of the
firm Of Stevenson and Slaughter.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-06

1Ower-like colors- pink, rose, blue,
yellow, lavender, light and vivid
greens, occasionally cerise and rich
reds. Imagine the negligee shown at
the left of the picture in any of these
lovely colOrs and you will find your
self deciding as to which one would
suit you best. In this model a long
clOse-fting and plain slip of bOx-plait-
ed crepe-de-chine is the easiest thing
that ever was to slip into. Over it
there is a short kimOno-like jacket
q slip-Over garment-with scalloped
edge buttonhOled with embroidery
silk, and small sprays of embroidered
flowers scattered over it. 1t could
hardly be simpler-Or prettier.
The negligee at the right has a
with q long draped Overgarment of
the same material edged with lace.
The material is gathered at the Shout
ders and sides and arranged in a dra-
perry that widens at the hips and mar
rows toward the bottom. 1t has the
effect of a long coat with ribbon that
ties across the front below the waist
line, to cOnfine it, but this is a one
piece negligee easy to get into and as
pretty as any one can ask for. Autumn
brides will be interested in these fine
examples of American designing and
so will every other woman who has
eyes to see them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-06

If, in all the varied styles in mil
Iinery, there is a single point in COM
mon, it is that fall hats interpret the
season. They are rich. brilliant, gen.
erously trimmed. many of them sup
erb and unusual, and they are refined
Three uItra-smart examples pictured
In the group above may have been Sc
lected as opponents of the mode. but
three hats selected at random would
probably convey the same ideas. The
hat at the right of the group is made
OF black satin ribbon, bordered with
gold. The barette is mounted to q
band of plain satin ribbon, over
laid with two rows of gold-edged rib
bon, and this same ribbon makes the
plated pompon at the left. Worn with
this hat is an overblouse of silk voile
made to match the hat by the addition
of collar and wide band of the en-
broidered ribbon. This hat might be
named October.
A pretty velvet turban, with a hint
of India in its shape and style, is of
velvet that makes itself a background
for clusters OF grapes. These are
made OF satin, but then grapes of
many varieties on autumn hats and
metal tissues account for some of the
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most beautiful. Sometimes the coIors
are like those of nature and often
they are entirely different Besides
the grapes a generous trimmer has al
lowed this rich turban a bow of mar
row gold ribbon near the back
a hat and a veil of equal impor-
lance, at the left of the group, is to be
classed among the unusual and pleas
ing things that the autumn shopper is
always running into. Perhaps this
veil was made for the hat, or the
hat was made for the veil; at any
rate the design shows them to be In
separable. This small turban has a
crown of taupe paon velvet and brim
Of plain dark brown velvet that sup
ports the veil. Straps of velvet. fas-
tened down with metal ornaments, are
brought down over the veil at the
front, back and sides. Wells and hats
have had their fortunes cast together
on many hat this fall, where each
would fail without the other, but to-
gether they make a success.
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The average woman may have little
use for very elaborate negligees, but
for daintiness, loneliness OF color and
simplicity she has an instructive long
ing. These always appeal to her and
specialists in the manufacture of neg
ligees understand this-sO that the
bulk of their output combines just
these elements. "Negligee" is a term
that includes a very wide variety of
garmentS-inSpired by the garb Of
many peOpIeS-fOr it is in the seclu-
sion of home that women may indulge
themselves in the fanciful Japan and
China contribute much and we have
interpreted their ideas TO suit our
selves besides buying generously of
their productions. France is an ex-
haustless source of inspiration and
we use its wonderful creations all the
time, adopting and adapting ideas ac-
cording to our own needs
Our needs demand at least ten neg
ligees that are simple and pretty,
daintily made in lovely cOlors, to one
that is elaborate.
Morning jackets and coats Of taffeta
silk in gay colOrs, to be worn with
lace-trimmed petticoats are popular,
because they embody the things we
like best. and negligees of the char
acter of the two shown here are in
constant demand. All these appear in
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-06
CATTAILS HAVE FOOD VALUE
Investigation Has Shown Them to Con-
tain a Satisfactory Amount of
Needed Protein.

Flour from the cattailS of the
swamps has heen found by the plant
chemical laboratory at Washington to
contain about the same amount of pro-
TEN as rice and corn f1ours, with some
what less fat than wheat flour, and it
was regarded as a promising substi-
tute with wheat flour to the extent of
10 to 20 per cent. In the investigation,
of which he has given an account in
the Scientific Monthly, Prof. p. w
Claassen tried the flour in several
ways, both as part substitute with
wheat flour in baking and as corn
starch substitute for buildings. Bis
cults containing so and even 100 per
cent of this -four proved to be palat-
able, not very different from those of
wheat flour alone, while the buildings
had an agreeable flavor and were sat
isfactory. The flour material is OBJ
tanned from the large underground
roOtstalkS or rhizOmeS, of which it
forms a starch core three-eighths to
one-half inch in diameter. The dried
rb:zOmes from an acre OF cattails were
shown to equal 1922 pounds, and the
core substance, passed through a
meat grinder and sifted. yielded fine
flour at the rate of $500 pounds per
acre. Many thousand acres of cattail
marshes are included in the 139, 1855
square miles of swamp land of the
United States.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-06
II You Need q Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped 20 reason Why
It Is that 50 many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason Is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to q medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, ~ ike
an endless chain system the remedy il
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
4 prominent druggist says "Take for
example Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, .
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for N
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits. az many Of my cuEtomers testify.
No other kidney remedy has 80 large .
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of Dr..
Kilmer's SwGmp-Root il due to the fact.
20 many people claim, that it ful6lls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; eorrects Uni
nary troubles and neutralizes the uriC
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive q sample bottle Of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, n. Y
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale At al drug stores.-Adv.
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MOTHERS

Bushong, Kans.:-'rI am the mother Of
four children and from my experience with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription fully
appreciate its value and can highly recon-
mend it to prospective mothers as it helps
to alleviate ones suffering. During my
FIRST expectancy suffered untold pains, 80
the second time was determined that ]
would avail myself Of some means to lessen
the agony, and can say without any heai-
tation that the 'Favorite Prescription
carried me through that trying time with all
the desired ease and comfort. Later on,
however, I made q grievous mistake in
believing that could dispense with the
'Favorite Prescription during motherhood
and I did so to my soFrow. It viii always
be my standby hereafter.
81 hope that through this statement
some other woman may be relieved of the
dread of otherhood."-MRS. v. W.
ROWLEY, Route 1.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a
non-alcoholic remedy that any aiIing wo-
man can safely take because it Is prepared
from roots and herbs containing tonic prop
critics of the most pronounced character.
Send Zoe 30 DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, n. Y, for trial package of any Of
nis medicines.
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SIMPLY LEFT 1T TO TOM
Mother ShreWdIy Reasoned That She
Needn't Worry About Time to
Give Medicine.

There is a Philadelphia mother who
is fOrgetful and knows it, but who is
clever enough to discount this failing,
as a rule. Not long ago her small son
was rather indisposed, and the doctor
ordered a medicine to be given at
three-hour intervals.
'Did you give Tom his medicine
regularity" the husband and father
asked unhopefully upon his return
home in the evening.
Didn't miss a time" the mother re-
sponded with satisfaction.
''How in the world did you ever
think of it?" the man asked.
81 didn't; but il was easy. just
told Tom this morning at what hours
he was to take the medicine, and half
an hour Eefore each time he began
wailing that he didn't want to take
it,
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FASHION DIGEST

Some American designers have
developed a considerable number Of
frocks with semi-fltted hodices. Partic-
ularly is this style TO be seen on
evening gowns and dance dresses.
There has been a determined effort
for some time past to make popular
hand painting as an apparel trimming.
Hats thus trimmed have been more
or less successful. Now the realm of
lingerie has been invaded and some
new lingerie In crepe de chine is at
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-06
AS TO WANTING AND GETTING
Harvard University Head Tells Good
Story With Moral That is
Easy to Understand.

There is a story told in Boston
which ought to spur on Harvard grad
yates in their efforts to obtain the
Harvard endowment fund. President
Lowell and a business man were talk
ing over the progress of the cam
paign.
81 know how much you are asking
for" said the business man, but how
much do you really want?"
well" President Lowell answered
with a slight twinkle, 81 am like the
little girl who went to the butchers
for her mother. She stood by the
counter until it came her turn and
the butcher said, What do you want,
little girl?
81 want a limousine said the little
girl, but mother wants 10 cents worth
of liver"
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Excuse Recalled

Robert had finished the evening meal
and had politely asked to be excused.
As he started to play his mother began
serving those still at the table with
watermelon. Realizing he had left too
soon, Robert'ran TO his place and as he
climbed up in his chair said: I'D for
gotten the watermelon, so excuse me
back"
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Unnecessarily Worried.

He| may as well tell you, before
you hear it in some other way, that
I kissed another mans wife last
night.
The Missus-rH get a divorce, but
who was the horrid thing?
He-I wish you wouldn't speak that
way of my mother.
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UnIadxlike Behavior.

Bernice was in the habit of calling
her father on the telephone. On one
particular occasion she had lifted up
the receiver and had asked for the
number wanted. After waiting about
a minute the operator told her to hang
up because the line was busy. After
she hung up she exclaimed to her
mother. standing close by: "Oh,
mamma, the lady chased me on the
phone"
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' trimmed with hand en-

tractfvely trimmed with hand en-
broidery.
The vogue of the separate skirt is
assured because of the fashion quail
ity of the separate blouse, especially
the long over-blouses combined with
separate skirts, thus easily developing
what is to all appearances a smart
frock.
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We EstLI+Is RIe..

Scarcely six pounds OF rice Is con-
sumed each year by every resident OF
the United States as compared with
& per capita consumption In England
OF twenty-seven pounds. In France Of
thirty-four pounds, and In Italy OF 1oI
pounds.
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Clever Strsteov.

A farmer, whose watermelon patch
had been the object Of several raids
by passing motorists, secured i'm
munity by posting the following sign
cOnspicuously near the roadside:
Warning: Six OF these melons are
shot full of strychnine and nobody
but me knows which ones they areI"
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Look at tongueI Remove poisons
from stomach, liver and
bowels

Accept California" Syrup of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for chiId's dose on each bot
tie. Give it without fear.
MotherI You must say California"
ADV.
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speeda su;IdIr,

Norwegian builders have developed
method OF construction for tempo
rary structure In which netting made
OF wooden rods Is fastened to the up-
rights. bound together with wirs. and
covered with plaster.
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Trying to Please.

''Why did you put me at the table
between those two women who near
ly talked me to death?"
ST did it because l heard you say
you were fond of tongue sandwiches. "
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A MID Call

Il don't mind you writing gush let
tiers in office hours" explained her
employer, 'but the management OF the
building complains that you put so
much love In them that they block up
the mail chute"
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Tact.

Total Stranger-HOw like a Chinese
that woman is over there.
Absolute Dftto-Indeed? She is my
WIFE
7. S.-Y-e-e-s. Her-ah-feet are so
delightfully."- small, y'know.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-06
How Weather Affects Steel.

In the heat Of summer, owing to sx-
pansiOn, a steel bridge Is appreclabIy
longer than 1t Is In the winter. and at
various times Of the year It may be
longer on one size than on the ether.
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ecal Discovery and these medicines built
me up, gave me strength, and brought me
through the change In the best of health. I
am glad TO recommend DR.. Pierce's medio
cines, for know they are good.
GEORGE JACOBS, r. Route 3.
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Business Demand.

Business Demand.
1.-The clockmaker 1 went to struck
me as rather a sycOphant."
Naturally. Doesn't he have to be
n timeseryer?"
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A KANSAS WOMAN
Rundown Nervous, Weak

Pierce's medicines
a wonderful help to
me during middle
life. At that time !
became all rum
down, nervous and
was weak. ! would
have smothering
and dizzy spells 80
bad that ! could
not stand up and
my back would
ache terribly all the
time. / took both
DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescript and
his Golden Med
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Program Deserves Support.


To finance these operations, to con-
clude work which was begun during
the war, and to carry out some COM
paratively inexpensive constructive
plans for assisting peoples in eastern
Europe to develop their own welfare
organizations, the American Red Cross
requires, in addition to membership
fees, sum of money small in compar-
isOn with the gifts poured into its
treasury by our generous people dur
ing the war.
Both the greater enduring domestic
program and the lesser temporary for
eign program of the Red Cross de-
serve enthusiastic support, and ven
ture to hope that its peace-time men,
bership will exceed rather than fall
below its impressive war membership.
WOODROW WILSON.
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And our position simply is that NJ
girl ought TO wear heels so high she
walks like she is stiff In the knee
j'ints
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APPEAL FOR AID
FOR RED CROSS
Response Is Urged by President
Wilson in Message Dictated
Before Illness.
TO BROADEN WELFARE WORK
Plan to Assist Peoples In Eastern Eu-
rope; Campaign te Increase Mem
bershIP Opens November I'd,
Closing November 18th.

Washington, D. C-In a message
prepared before his present illness
President Wilson makes an appeal for
a generous response to the Third Red
Cross Roll Call. The presidents mes
sage reads as follows:
As president OF the United States
and as president OF the American Red
Cross recommend and urge a gen.
erous response TO the Third Red Cross
Roll Call, which opens on November
the second with the observance of Red
Cross Sunday and appropriately closes
on November the eleventh, the first
anniversary Of the signing of the ar
mistice.
Twenty million adults Joined the
Red Cross during the war. prompted
by a patriotic desire to render service
to their country and to the cause for
which the United States was engaged
in war. Our patriotism should stand
the test of peace as well as the test of
war, and it is an intelligently patriotic
program which the Red Cross pro-
poses, a continuance of service to our
soldiers and sailors, who look to ii fer
many things, and a transference to the
problems of peace at home of the ex-
perience and methods which it &C
Quired during the war.
Stress on Membership.
1t is on membership more than
money contributions that the stress of
the present campaign is laid, for the
Red Cross seeks to associate the
people in welfare work throughout the
land, especially in those communities
where neither official nor unofficial
provision has been made for adequate
public health and social service.
1t is in the spirit of democracy that
the people should undertake their own
welfare activities, and the National
Red Cross wisely intends to exert upon
community action a stimulating and
co-ordinating influence and to place
the energies of the organization be-
hind all sound public health and well
fare agencies.
The American Red Cross does not
purpose indefinite prolongation of its
relief work abroad, a policy which
would lay an unjust burden upon our
own people and tend to undermine the
self-relfance Of the peoples relieved,
but there is necessary work of COM
pletiOn to be performed before the
American Red Cross can honorably
withdraw from Europe. The congress
Of the United States has imposed upon
the Red Cross a continuing response
bility abroad by authorizing the secre-
tary of war to transfer to the Ameri-
can Red Cross such surplus army med
zeal supplies and supplementary and
dietary foodstuffs now in Europe as
shall not be required by the army, to
be used by the Red Cross to relieve
the distress which continues in certain
countries of Europe as a result of the
war.
Program Deserves Support.
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Have Tour Dead Relatives - soldiers pic
lures ENLARGED and neatly framed LEksDsss
guaranteed Goods sent by parcel post
Write Tyler Mullins Big stone Gap. Va
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W. N. U, KANSAS CITY. NC. z4-1s1s.
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