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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-10-28
Napsal Upton Sinclair

prltomen - poprve "a tfi le-
ia, Pani Heganova prohlasila,
re Sc tax stale jen tim, ze 81
zajela do New Yorku a prived
la iei sebou.
Rylo to poprve, co Monta-
que yubec byl po delsi dobu DO
hromade Heganem. Pozoro-
val jej Sc zaimem, jelikoz ten
to muz byl pro neho drazdivou
zahadou. Byl tax klidny a |
Jasny - vzdy zdvorily pra-
telsky. Ale co bylo "a touto
maskou, to Montaguea drazdi-
10. Po ctyficet let Sc tento
muz namahal a rval arene
Wall Street jen "a jedinym
cilem a jedinou myslenkou,
pokud aspon Montague vedel,
hromaditi penize. Jim Hogan
nedopfal 81 zadne re zabav
bohacl. Nemel zadnych koni-
Gku jen zrldka objevoval Sc
We. spolecnosti. Kdyz mel hod
G prace, musil mfti dvanact
Tckretafd a vsechny dovedl u
tahati. Byl gigantickym stro-
lem, pracujicim cely den a ce-
lou noe, - strojem ma delani
pen6z.
Montague sam nedbal mno-
. 0 penize a proto divil sc to
mu. Nae jich ten muz potre-
5uje? Co hodla mimi prove
sti? Jaky byl mravnf zakon-
mix, MAJOR zivotni toho Glove
ka, ktery vsechen svuj cas- ODE
toval jen kupeni penez? Jaky
duvod asi daval sam vlastni
sve kariere? Nejaky duvod
preoe musil miti, jinak by byl
nemohl byti tax klidny a tax
larry. Anebo byl snad tako-
vYm ien proto, re 81 vnbec ne
pTipouSte zadnych podobnych
myslenek? Byl to snad u ne
no jen SLEEPY pud? Byl snad
len zivocichem, jemuz bylo pfi
rozenosti delati penize ktery
nebyl trapen zadnymi vrtochy
V teto prfcine? Tato myslenka
zdala Sc ponekud kruta Mon
tagueovi; pozoroval Jima He
CANA jistou bazni, spatroval
V mem jakousi straslivou zivot-
nj silu, slepou a nevedomou,
jako blesk nebo jako tornado.
Bylt' Jim Hogan jednim z
velkych nicitelu. Jeho jmeni
bylo nahromadeno pomoci o.
nee hmethod, jez byl nacrtal
major Venable, kupovanim
aldermanq ,mestskych radu) a
zakonodaren guvernerG, ma
byvanim vysad "a mic a pro-
'avanim je "a milliony, orga-
nisovanim obrovskych podvo-
du a uvalovanim iich ma bedra
obccenstva. A zde sedel ma
verand6 sveho domu, V polo
seru srpnoveho vecera, koure
doutnik hovore o sirotcinci,
jejz byl zalozil!
Byl iary 4 pfivetivy, byl do
kance i dobrocinny. A bylo
nozno, aby nemel vubec ami
vddomi one Stroke stopy zkazy
zahuby, jiz "a sebou zane
chaval? Montague citil, iak
Sc no nahle zmochuje touha
proniknouti tuto masku, prisko
citi k tomuto muzi a pTekvapi-
ii iej nekolika neocekavanymi
otazkami. Toto vzezreni moe
ne a velitelske, to jiste byla
maska. A jakym byl sam vuci
sob6? Kdyz byl sam a sam,
ien Sc svym svedomim? Jist6
musily Sc mu pred zrakem OBJ
ievovati iako pTizraky zivoty
tech, jez byl znicil, a muciti
iei! Jiste musil Sc sviieti pri
vzpomince na ty zrady a ukrut
nosti!
A od Hegana Montagueovy
myslenky prechazely k jeho
dcefi. | ona byla jasna a vzne
Sena; Montague hadal, jak il
Jest asi dust. CO asi vedela 0
kariefe sveho otce? Jiste ne
mohla 81 namluviti, ze vse, co
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-10-28
Prelozil J. E. S. Vojan

byla to snad pricina jeji py-
chy a jejf trpkych reci? Bylo
to ustavicnym pfedmetem roz-
hovoru We spolecnosti, jak Lau-
ra Heganova Sc vyprosila re
vsech pracl sve matky a veno-
gala Sc jen praci We Spinavych
brlozich. Dostihla snad Ne
nesis (pozn. bohyne Spravedl-
nosti) lima Hegana v podobe
eho dcery? Byla snad ona
i'm svedomfm, jimz byl tyran?
Jim Hogan nikdy nemluyil O
svych zalezitostech. Ia celou
u dobu, cos MIN Montague
ztravil ty diva dny v Newportu,
len tn a tam narazil ma ne.
|, 'Penize2" prohodil onoho We
cera, "Nedbam penize. Pc
nize jsou pro mne jen trisky."
Zivot byl hrou a triskami by
ly dollaryl Oc zapasil, to byla
moe! A najednou Sc zdalo
| Montagueovi, re vidi pred Sc
bou drahu tohoto muze rozvi-
nutou jako panorama. Focal III
vot jako hoch pro posilky VI
kaneelari; mad MIN byly vse-
chny ty veliciny obchodni fl
nancnl a zehrik, po kterem sc
mohl mezi ne dostati, byly Pc
nize, Byli tn sokove, nimiz
Sc rval; a udolavani techto So
XII zaujalo cely jeho zivot a
vsechny jeho myslenky. Ku-
poval-li zakonodarny, cinil tax
jen proto, ze jeho sokove Sc po
kouseli totez. A snad pri tom
vsem ami netuSil, re, je nicite-
lem; snad by to byl ami neuve-
'fil, kdyby mu to byl nekdo
rekll Kracel celou tou zivotni
! drahou uSlapavaje vsechen od-
p0r a drte vsechno pred sebou,
chovaje We SVEN srdci nadeji,
re jednoho dne, az dosahne
lpanstvi a nebude jiz miti zad-
lnvch soku, kteri by Sc mu sta
we'll cestu a marily jeho "a
merry, - pax re bude volEv
konati dobro. PAX nebude liz
nicitelem!
A snad to byl i smysl jeho
uboheho usili = jeho sirotcin-
ce! Montagueovi Sc zdalo, re
sc bohove museji trasti olym-
picKym smichem, divaji-li Sc
ma toto divadlo: Jim Hogan
a ieho sirotcinec! Jim Hogan,
ktery by byl mohl naplniti diva
Get sirotcincu detmi tech, jez
byl vehnal We skazu a sebe-
vrazdu!
Takove myslenky letely
Montagueovou hlavou a nedo-
pfavaly mu pokoie. Snad by
10 dobfe, re nezustal pfllis
dlouho Heganoyych onoho
vecera. A konecne, k cemu by
to bylo? Jim Hogan byl tim,
Cim iej ucinily okolnosti. Ii
bym byl sen miru a dobrocine-
nj, - vzdy Sc mu objevil novy
nejaky sok! Nyni prave do
Slo k move bitve We Wall Street
,bylo-li pravdou, co Sc prosly
chalo; Hogan a Wyman drzeli
Sc "a hrdla. Chteli vyboiovati
svou rozepri a nebylo lie zad-
nFm zpusobem Jim V tom "a
braniti = ami kdyby Jim byli
strhli pilire naroda mad hla-
+ vami.
co taci muzove delali We
syem zapase, tom Sc Monta-
que dovidal kazdeho dne. Pri-
stiho rama, kdyz sedel ma piaz-
ze jednoho hotelu, pozoruje
kolemjdouci, poznal znamou
var a pozdravil mladeho in
.;enyra. porucika Longa, ktery
Grisel usedl vedle neho.
"Nuze," pravil Montague,
''dov6del iste Sc neco cd sve-
ho pritele Gamblea?"
",Te Ease donna, V lune sve ro
: diny,' pravil mlady dlstojnik.
"Unavil jej zdejsi hluk."
, "Zajimavy clovek, tenhle
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-10-28

Matka: "Jestli 81 odvyknes II
kati tohle osklive slovo, dosta-
mes dvacetihaler.' =
Synaeek (potesen): "To ia
znam slova, matinko, ktera sto
ii "a korunui"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-05-01
at Julesh0H.

At JulesbafU.
j.. A. Ksnnsdy and family Of Grand
lslsnd. Nsss. hsvs Dsvs1 - tAsis
ranch vAieh thsy Dssehass1 fFsa Mr..
JoAn Rsiness sbest . ysas ags.
3. ". Lnnly vs.t - Anhssst =
est lasA q esal last 6atDaay. A.
stAse sign q eelA voa&haI.
II 10day schsd ~ bagia 1ay
lltA at tvo e'e3eek p. i. We hspe
svssybsdy yin PIN 70 esos. Tel yssR
fHisnds sbeut it. Ghsv b your Dess-
encs that you want SuaAay seAesl.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-05-01

Q0DT. NO I NBWO
s>4ooooo1o111100o1o010ooool
Well dat gsovi ahost ~ DasA
rain fer i vss needsd q ths vhsat
S0sly . Oss6 Dsss0ast - . ~
croD.
Sunday visitsss at A. J. Kkkpsaziek
ha0o VosO NJ. aAd 0ss- L. Han1y.
". aAd Mn. Hsva1 DsV0. NJ. snd
Mn. ". j. Dstnse, AI. and 4Is. h.
Dstnse - Wsslsy Rsrkins-
NJ. aAl 1rs. Sehuts snA Mr.. and
Mn. Dst A1sGia stAsa6si Q tunaeal
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-05-01

CaDG A. vllisss, formerly q -
Deleiun Amy. vhs has bssa i J0D-
bsFG fss IL Past ssvesal nsa4AA -
nsv saeaes1 in ths bushess q bsyh0
erssn cd pesAsee. tosk sst III ~
Cifissas' DeD0s thb vssk, - -
dsaeiaG - dasieo - naEs ths Uu11a1
Skstas IL pesnaDant hs0A
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-05-01

II. DetmeT and James KeaAs6y Vsat
to Venango Tussday.
Mr.. ani Mrs.. Boven vent = Holy
oke fruRsday to ~ tAs da1E16
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simmer for 80 minutes, stirring it Of
ten. When cooked, mix the sauce with
one,half pint Of cream boil 1t up again
then strain 1t through fine hair sieve
and serve. (2) Put two tables2odon-
fuls each of butter and flour into a
saucepan, and stir them over the fire
until well mixed; then pour in by de-
grees pint of white stock, and con-
tinue stirring over the fire until boil
ing. Add 8 or peeled mushrooms,
put the lid half on the saucepan and
let the sauce simmer for 20 minutes,
Swimming off the butter as 1t rises.
Strain the sauce through a fine hair
sieve, put it in another saucepan, mix
in one half pint of cream and the juice
of half lemon, stir 1t over the fire
and allow 1t to boil for 8 or minutes,
then pour the sauce into a basin and
continue stirring until 1t is cold. Mix
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some aspic jelly with the sauce if used
for making chaudfroid.
To be served with either hot or cold
meat l would recommend Brittany
sauce: Put into basin / teaspoonful
each Of sugar and mustard and / table.
spoonful Of grated horseradish; mix
1-2 teacupful Of vinegar. This is sim.
pie, but good.
m"rTl$Ibom.dEp hCi5Cifnx'innntidto
East Indian sauce is very nice eaten
with salad. Put the yolks of two
hard-boiled eggs in a basin and mash
them until they are quite smooth; then
mix one teaspoonful of curry powder;
pour in gradually breakfast cuoful Of
salad oil and 1-2 teacupful of vinegar.
Continue stirring the mixture until it
is quite smaooth and the ingredients
are we'll incorporated; it is then ready
for serving.
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Good Roads Work.

The good roads work is moving
along rapidly at present and two or
three days more will connect the road
up with Main street in the town. Sur
veyors are at work for the NJ. W Trac-
ton company preparing the plans for
that company to do their portion of
the paving through the town. 1t is hint
ed that some changes will be made in
the location of the track through the
town which will be advantageous to
the municipality.
Personals.
Miss Clarice Cakes is attending the
State Christian Endeavor convention
at Clarksburg this week.
Eeveral McIntire has been confined
to his home for several days by an
attack of sciatic rheumatism.
Elisha Brummage was a business
visitor in Clarksburg and Bridgeport
on Tuesday.
Q. H. Martin was transacting bust
ness in shinnston on Tuesday,
S. K. Jacobs was visitor in Clarke
burg on Tuesday. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde H. Hay were
week end visitors with Mr. Hays broth
err Thos. T. Hay, at Brfscoe.
Ulysses E. Martin, OF Peoria, Harri-
son county, was recent visitor here.
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ehrs .he cold LONGS for owes Emotion ana Is p.n.a

Chrys spent thousands OF dollars
upon her trousseau. Its creations
were designed by the most artistic
modistes Of the country. Certain
pieces were photographed for the fash.
ion magazines. One manufacturer
named the best OF his seasons gowns
1.-THE Chrystobel and a new pump
''The Lorimer," stalked up and down
the land.
Thus the family's protected plans
for keeping the wedding secret went
glimmering. The public knew all
about everything long, before Chrys
had decided herself, she declared. The
only thing it did not know was that
Hamilton Certeis was genuine Span
ish duke.
In spite Of the money she spent,
felt that Chrys wasn't as happy as
had been when l cut and fitted my
own lingerie.
In that beautiful long ago-it seemed
a century since-I used to fly to Bob's
arms when he came to see me. But
when Hamilton Certeis called upon
Chrys. he always stopped over her
hand in an entirely formal way and
udFe1y lOuCueu ~ Will MS lips
Chrys drifted into this remarkable
confidence one might when we were
particularly emotional after having
seen Mary Garden as Melisande.
~ suppose every girl expects some
man to adore her shining tresses just
as If she belonged in an opera Chrys
remarked bit savagely, I might say,
only Chrys would never let herself go
that way.
1t occurred to me that Chrys, in
spite of her GOODNESS, was like mil
lion others of her species-she want
ed to be loved passionately, yet she
wouldn't admit that fact even to her.
self.
/ remembered the mad kisses Dr.
Certeis had bestowed upon my own
unwilling lips.
Was weak or wicked that he dared
to kiss me SO? II I had been alto
gether good, would he have kissed
only my finger-tips?
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! couldn't decide. l couldn't ask
Chrys. All my thinking on the subject
went in circlesand ended where IT
began: There are abysmal depths di.
Vtding the feelings of men and WON.
en-; neither will ever understand the
other in spite of all striving; neither
will accept the fact-and the misery
which ensues will last forever.
To Chrys, DR.. Certeis was one man,
to me he was something very differ
emit.
l considered my sister-in.law. II
she had possessed my knowledge OF
Certeis, she would have denounced
him to society; while /, the weakly
emotional girl, would let him have
sporting chance-even il never could
forgive him.
Chrys would do her duty, no matter
where 1t carried her while was so
filled with sense OF the inevitable
that / would not let things drift, and
rejoice in whatever happened, as an
experience-and then take the con.
sequences without complaining!
Ordinary mortals are lot more
complex than they think they are"
said myself to myself. I'VE try to
mold ourselves into rightly, and then
we are astonished to find how wide.
ly we still vary from the standards
we set for ourselves and for each 9th,
err"
And wondered, if it wouldn't be a
far happier world were men and wom-
en- to be more tolerant OF what they
do not understand in each other.
"All our emotions and thoughts and
wishes, however changing and grow
ing through the varying seasons of life,
are only compositions and recomposi-
tions Of the sensations and ideas and
desires OF other folks, mostly of dead
people-millions and billions of dead
people"
Instead of scorning people we do
not understand, how vastly worth
while they would become if we looked
at them as people with million Soul
Sides"
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be able to make the first morning
train.
Soon after Deyette pleaded a head
ache, so Tom left, with the remark
that he would see her the next eve
ing. AS matter OF fact he never saw
either Of them again.
Returning home next evening Tom
found his supper on the table as usual.
When he had nearly finished his moth.
er asked him If he would mind raktns
up the lawn. Tom answered that he
would do 1t in the morning II she did
not mind. 81 thought perhaps rs yoi
were not going to the Sinclair5, you
would do 1t this evening"" Mrs. Kent
persisted
/. Where did you get the idea that
I'm not going to the Sinclairs, mother
Tom asked.
why, it can't be possible. Tom"
answered his mother, in her usual milo
voice "that you, their best friend. do
not know what is the talk of the III.
lage today.
81 don't know what you mean, moth,
e."
Your friends left town this morn
ing. Dag ana oaggaSe-and tus: IN
time. They owe everybody here, and
this afternoon an officer appeared 20
take them back to New York, with a
charge against them for some crooked
dealings there"
Mrs. Kent delivered this startling In
formation, then disappeared from the
kitchen. Tom went straight to his
room and was not seen again that
night.
Because the atmosphere of the Kent
home was pervaded by unselfish love
the Sinclair's name was never men.
toned there again in Toms presence;
unless you except Aunt Annie's re-
mark year later when Tom told them
that Mary Freeman had consented to
marry him at last:
Mary doesn't need shaded lights.
Her character will bear the light of
day."
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Warrington


INYHdTI'STuTHeyeT,
Fred w. Taggart, of Worthington,
and Miss Elizabeth Jane Gromeyer, of
Brookside, Ohio were united In mar.
rage on June I'd, at the parsonage of
the First Presbyterian church Of
Wheeling by the pastor, Rev. DR.. Chas.
Robinson. Mr.. Taggart is prominent
young merchant of Worthington, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Taggart.
The bride is a daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Gromeyer, of Brookside. A
short wedding tour was taken incIud-
ing Pittsburgh, Cleveland and other
points. They arrived here on Monday
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FORCED HIS food
Down BUT could
NOT Digest IT
But Nerv.Worth Came to
John Rollins Rescue and
is Making a New Nan
of Him.

This worker at tbe W. Randy
Mines Revere, neaf Uniontown. I'd
the following remarkable Nerv- Va rth
story to Jdiontowns Nerv.worth drug
wadekH. Guyton: --fsze1.-ssy wealf
and aY rna, down. very nervous and
my mach aud digestion wash YER.
bad Shape. cbuld not eat enough q
ABSTAIN me, atdSwhat littlef fort
down could mot digest. Could ~
get restfpI teep. This trouble hid
been To- niHe months, and / was Id
tpg< eseTy/day. Had severe pains In
NR3 Reek and back. ~
NApurchAsed bottle OF Nerv-Wc| IA
and Nook itNyegularly and all tbs Lrou.
bles mentionSd have disappclr I
am no longer neyvous, hayS splendid
appetite. In factAI car get up in the
night and eat. food is properly
digested and assiniiAted ana have
regained my normal strength and Wig
or. NeryiWorth proved miracle to
me in ~ quick and lasting RESULTS.
JOHN ROLLINS.
x Revere, eRa,
Your, dollar back at Cranes drut
store. Fairmont, il Nery-Worth does
not benefit you.
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PYTHIANs TO INITIATE.
There win be a very Interests

There win be very interesting
meeting of Mt. City Lodge No. 4s,
Knights of ,Pythias, at their Castle
Hall in the Fleming building this
evening at 8 o'clock. There will be
several candidates for the second de-
gree and other important matters to
come before the lodge. All members
who possibly can are urged to be
present this evening, as 1t promises to
be one of the best sessions of the sum
mer season.
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FACTS AND FANCIES FOR WOMAN AND THE HOME GIRO
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Atmosphere.
BY DORA NOLAN.

toopyfsght 1918 by the Mcclure News.
paper syndicate.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-12
IN THE MOVIES,

There are some 10000 people regu-
larly employed in the motion picture
industry in and about Los Angeles.
Approximately So per cent. of the pc
ture plays in America are made there.
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Written Especially by OSCAR of the 6
Waldorf 1t

Sauces make the meat, the fish, the
game, the fowl. Many housewives new
er learn this. They know how to cook
meats, fish, and fowl. but not how to
give that delightful flavor that comes
with proper sauce.t to go with it.
The average housewife confines her.
self to very few dishes herself to
very few sauces where there are an
infinite number to choose from. II
the June bride will depart from the
beaten path once in while, she
will find herself becoming famous as a
successful cook. Here is a sauce that
can be used for warming up cold meat
as white fricasse: Put Q ounces of
butter into saucepan, and when melt,
ed, slft in about 2 tablespoonful of
flour; stir over the fire until well mix
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worth going long distance to hear.
The people are invited to bring their
dinners with them and eat on the
grounds.
Changes Residence.

Will w. Leonard, who has occupied
apartments in the Davis building for
several months, removed on Tuesday
to the Cakes property recently pur-
chased from the Smith heirs,
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day in June which will be the 18th,
participated in by the colored choirs
of Enterprise, Hutchinson, Hepzibah.
Reynoldsville and Carolina. Those
colored singers have a reputation for
fine vocal music and this will be
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-12

and the usual serenade was rendered
by the young folks of the town. They
will make their home in worthington.
An All Day Sing.
There will be an all day sing at Oak
Grove on Harter Hill on the fifth Sun
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-12

Jennings Manley is visiting at the
home of w. H. Manley, near Kilarm.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-11-01
BRIEF FACTS

In new comb for drying the hair
n rubber bulb forces air heated by cleo
tricity Ia the handle through perforated
teeth.
Sociologists estimate that among
every thousand bachelors there are
thlrty-eight criminals, whereas MIR
ried men produce eighteen a thou
sand
The northernmost cannery in the
world, fish-packing plant. Is In opera
ton In Kotzebue. Alaska, well within
the Arctic circle.
Though the lift doors of an Illinois
factory weigh more than ton, they
are so well balanced they are oper-
afed by hand chain at one side.
Billiard cues are chalked automat-
ically by a machine which revolves o.
block of chalk as their tips are pressed
against 1t.
The production Of petroleum in
Japan has been decreased each year
since 1914 although the domestic de-
lnAnd ~ insreeae
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-11-01
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 been found by the plant
chemical laboratory ut Washington to
contain about the same amount of pro-
TEN as rice and corn tlourS, with some
what less fat t. an wheat -four, and II
was regarded ms 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 L. W..
Claassen tried the flour in several
ways, both as part substitute with
starch substitute for buildings. Bis
cults containing so and even 100 per
cent of this flour proved to be palat-
able, not very different from those Of
wheat -four 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 1t
forms starch core three-eighths TO
one-half inch in diameter. The dried
rhzomes from an acre of cattails were
shown to equal 1912 pounds and the
core substance, passed through a
meat grinder and sifted, yielded fine
-four Mt the rate Of $500 pounds per
acre. Many thousand acres Of cattail
marshes are included In the 1899
square miles of swamp land Of the
United States.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-11-01
GOVERNMENT PAYS
INSURANCE Claims
SUMMARY OF WHAT U. S. Gov
EMINENT is DOING FOR THOSE
BEhEAVED BY THE WAR.
BENEFIClARIES NUMBER 2,l35
Total of St8,659, 900 Being Paid TO
Loulsianans-714 Claims ~hder
investigation and viii Be
Cleared Up Soon.

New Orleans-Louiaiana families
IRE being paid $l8.65y, 900 in war risk
insurance claims by Uncle Sam. He
Is making restitution to those whose
sons and husbands died In the service
Of their country.
There are 2135 insurance claims be
Ing paid IN Louisiana through the Blu
reau of War Risk Insurance to bene-
hciaries named at the time applica-
ton for insurance was made by sol
djers, sailors and marines. now dead.
The average policy carried by these
2'35 men was s8740
Disabled soldiers, as well as widows
and children and dependent parents
% those who have died are being
II AIDE comfortable by the government
which is paying 1922 compensation
claims to residents of Louisiana.
IN addition to the insurance AMI
compensation claims now being pald
In Louisiana, there are TAI Of both
these classes Of claims under inVestl-
cation. These cases, however. arc
RAPIDLY being adjusted following an
Investigation by bureau representa-
tives.
The Bureau Of War Risk Insurance
which administers these affairs, has
been established by the government
as a permanent institution in recoS-
uitIon of the services Veterans or ths
world war rendered their country.