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Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21
MAKES NEW FACES
TO HIDE WOUNDS
Former Pomfret Visitor Gre
ates New and Unique
Work
Mrs. Coleman Laid Designs Features
For Seventy Dis6gured

Of great interest TO local people is
! the report of recent interview with
Mrs. Anna Coleman Laid, of Phila-
! delphia, an American sculptor. whose
contribution toward work is perhaps
one of the most unique in all of the
many remarkable developments of the
great struggle-that of making new
faces for disfgured soldiers. Mrs.
Laid has just returned to America
after fourteen months work in the
Studio for Portrait Masks, which was
maintained under her direction in the
rue Notre Dame des Champs, Paris.
She is well remembered in Pomfret,
where she visited some years ago at
Spring Farm as the guest of Miss
Drayton, who is Mrs William Philips,
wife of the Assistant Secretary of
State at Washington.
Seventy New Faces
Speaking of her work in the making
of faces for disfgured soldiers, Mrs.
Ladd says:
We have remade seventy faces for
soldiers who were so disfgured that
none of thei rfeatures remained, and
we are still at it. Since | left Paris,
short time aga, there have been a
number of new masks made. Five of
the faces that we modelled were for
American soldiers. Fortunately, our
own men did not need that sort of
help as much as did the poilus.
For whole year l worked night
and day with faeeless men, and while
| was at it | never thought of any
thing but how we could help. There
were men in the hospitals who had
been there two years and who did not
want to see their families or their
friends, because of their terribly mu-
tilated condition. We were able to
mold new faces for these men and to
paint them so that it was almost i'm
possible to detect the mask"
Capt Derwent Wood, an English
sculptor, was, Mrs. Laid says. the
first of the artists to think of using
the galvanized copper method of MAX
ing the masks.
"A friend of mine showed me an
article in an English art journal de-
seribing his work" Mrs Ladd relat-
ed, and | decided that that would be
wonderful method for our hospital
men, | had volunteered with the Red
Cross as an ambulance driver early in
the war, but when | got over there |
began at once to experiment with the
faces and the Red Cross gnally gave
me the funds to carry on the work.
Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21
MILE. VERLET SINGS
Belgian Prima Donna Attracts Large
Audience

An audience of seven hundred mu-
sic lovers filled the Bradley theatre
last Friday evening to hear the recital
of Mile Alice Verlet, Belgian Prima
Donna, and Victor Young pianist The
recital was arranged by the Putnam
Music Shop to give local music lovers
an opportunity to hear program of
vocal and piano music, at the same
time demonstrating the re-creating
qualities of the Edison monograph.
Miss Verlet made a most pleasing
impression Beautifully gowned and
with personality of intimate charm,
she Immediately won the interest of
her audience. She was first heard,
with the photograph, in two of the
most difficult compositions for the
colorature soprano-the aria caro-
Nome" from "Rigoletto" and Car
nival of Venice" both beloved of
divas since the spring time days of
Patti and Jenny Lind. In both she dis
played an admirable musicianship and
ia voice of high technical training and
pleasing quality. The experiment of
singing these two numbers with her
voice reproduced from the phono-
sraph at the same time proved unique
and interesting.
Later in the program Mile, Verlet
again sang with the voice reproducing
machine two other popular numbers,
the "Parla Waltz" of Arditi and the
"Carmena Waltz" both rendered with
much fiorid coloring. Her last num-
bers included Cadman's popular
Land of the Sky Blue Water" ano
two interesting songs by her accom-
PIANIST, Mr.. Young.
Mr.. Young's contributions to the
piano portion of the program includ
ed Chopin's Fantasia Impromptu'
and the Second Mazurka" of GODDARD
both played most Interestingly, il
spite of the regrettable condition o,
the theatre piano which the player
was forced to use The selections b,
the two artists were divided by vari
Gus records played on the reproducing
machine.
Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21
SCHOOL PUPILS GIVE PLAY
Under Auspices Parent T Teachers
Association

Over three hundred people attend
ed the entertainment given by the pu-
pills at the Israel Putnam school, on
Tuesday afternoon and evening I'M
der the auspices of the Parent Teach
ers' Association.
The two-act play, The Sunbeam
Club" was given two successful per-
formances and the character parts
were well portrayed. The audience
showed close interest and was amused
throughout.
The instrumental numbers were
we'll received, as was the song. Santa
Lucia" given by the sixth and sew
enth grades.
Mr. Ellsworth. in a brief address
of welcome, outlined the detectives
for this year which are Improvement
and interest in scholarship, physical
welfare and attendance of the pupils.
Candy and popcorn balls were on
sale. The entire affair netted sixty
dollars, which will be turned over to
the association.
Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21
DU BOIS LIBRARY is SOLD
Books of Man Well Known in Pom.
fret and Putnam Bring High
Prices

Many people in this vicinity have
been interested during the past week
in the sale Of the library of the late
Loren Griswold Du Bots of Boston,
fer many years visitor at the Ben
Grosvenor Inn in Pomfret and well
known to many Putnam people The
sale of books totalled SS0,911. Be-
sides the rare books and beautiful
bindings shown at the sale a large
number Of portraits and mezzo-tints
We're also disposed Of. The sale took
place in the Anderson Galleries, New
York City.
Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21
3s USE MORE MILK"
SAYS FOOD MAN
Alarming Decrease II Number
OF Dairy Cows
Comparative Food Vslues.-How to
Spend Ten Dollars

The National Dairy Council has is
sued some instructive charts and bull
letins regarding food values.
One bulletin is headed, How to
spend your money for best results in
purchasing foods" and divides ten
dollars as follows:
Meat and fish, s1.20; milk and its
products-butter, cheese and ice
cream, $40; bread and cereals,
| s1.30; vegetables and fruits, $40;
eggs, so cents; sugar, 80 cents; mis-
cellaneous, SO cents.
DIR. Sherman of Columbia Univer-
sity, and other authorities, say: The
average American family's food ex-
penditures now are: Meat and fish,
35at, should be, 12qs; milk and its
products, 20st, should be Az bread
and cereals, 1870, should be 1870 +;
vegetables and fruit, 1877, should be
17qe eggs, 6 II, should be 6qt sugar,
59t, should be 80; miscellaneous,
SO, should be So. If you will use
more milk and its produets-more
vegetables and less meat and fish, you
will have betteh health-be more eff
cient and save money.
Under the caption: Food values
purchased for one dollar" the chart
gives commodities in the following or
der: Milk, at Is cents quart, Amer
lean cheese at so cents a pound, beef
steak (round) at 80 cents a pound,
ham at as cents d pound, eggs at So
cents a dozen, whitefish at 30 cents
pound, chicken at 80 cents a pound,
oysters at so cents quart.
In another chart: "The dairy COW
versus other food producing animals
edible food solids produced from
each 100 pounds of digestible nutri-
ents consumed, is set forth as follows
Average dairy COW produces in milk,
IS pounds; hog dressed, 1876 pounds;
calf dressed, 81 pounds; hen-eggs,
81 pounds; poultry dressed, Az
SlttI uIGSStu, 20 POdHuS
sheep dressed, 30 pounds.
Notwithstanding the great value of
milk products as food it is shown that
the increase of the dairy COW has not
kept pace with the increase in popula-
ton. In 1918 the population increas
ed 225qs and the dairy COW increas-
ed but 67fe.
The year 1918 shows over 100000
cows short of average increase for
preceding years The evident need of
greater production will be stimulated
if the public is educated to the truth
that milk and it's products are indis-
pensible to growth and health, that
they are the most nourishing and
healthful of all foods, and that they
are economical foods.
Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21
Copper Plated

When the wax model has been made
a gutta percha mold is set in tank
of sulphate of copper and deposit is
formed by electricity. In about two
and half days it is solidified to the
thickness of visiting card, and the
whole mask is little heavier than that,
the sculptor says. Formerly in the
attempts at facial renewals made in
celluloid, rubber, and in the first cop
per ones, there was difficulty in wash
ing them. Aman likes to wash his
face" said Mrs. Laid, land so there
was paint discovered which could be
washed every day without injury to
the mask"
At a meeting of surgeons held in
Parsi not long ago six of the masked
men who had been helped by the Por-
trait Face studio appeared sinking
cigarettes and looking so natural that
the doctors were completely fooled. 1t
was only when the men removed
their faces that the doctors knew the
ex-soldiers.
Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21
Masks Held BY Spectacles

The process of making the masks,
which are held in place by the natural
looking method of wearing spectacles,
was described as follows:
First plaster cast is made from
the disfgured mans face. This east
is then modelled in wax, the features
being replaced and made like the
mans own by study of pre-war pho
tographs.
"When the photograph is not OBJ
tainable we have to study the man
carefully and then make his face as
the psychological insight of the sculp-
tor sees it. That is why we need ar
lists for this work-people who are
accustomed to studying character,
Putnam patriot., 1919-11-21

Miss Hazel johnson is the new
bookkeeper at Diamonds store.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Commits Suicide

Herman Nelson, a man who
has been working in Sisseton for
some time committed suicide on
Wednesday evening by hanging
himself in the house on the lot
east of Christianson's barn,
where he lived with Ingrebret
Johnson, shortly after six o'clock.
He had not been dead long when
Johnson discovered him, at eight
o'clock that evening. He fastened
q rope to the ceiling above the
bed and around his neck and
when found he was lying in bed
but the rope held his head up
about six inches.
He worked at the Christianson
barn all day and seemed to be al
right when he left there for sup
per. We are unable to learn
whether he has any relatives
here Or what his cause was for
committing this rash act. The
body was taken to the Cahill un-
dertaking rooms and prepared
for burial.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
s1ssEToN, SOUTH DAKOTA, JULY II, 1919.
Hospital for Sisseton

Sisseton is assured of a hos
pital in the near future. DIR. j. w.
Powell of this city has let the con-
tract for the building and work
will begin at once. The City Coun-
Gil at their meeting Monday even
ing donated the site for the new
building. The site chosen is the
three corner lots across the
street from the Prindiville build
ing.
The new hospital will be 3Ox50
feet with full basement and will
accommodate about fifteen patti
ents. It will be modern and equip
ped with the latest surgical ap-
pliances. The hospital is to be
open to everyone and any physi-
ciansmay bring patients there.
Sisseton has been in need of a
hospital for sometime and DR..
Powell deserves the support of
all for going ahead with this
proposition. The building will
cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000 besides the equipment.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11

Rev. L. E. Hammer, Roslyn, S. D
Chap. Rev. Geo. H. Nerison, Will
mot, S D., back from France
where he served in the S3rd F. A.
Dedicator; Rev. o. G. Austin.
Sisseton, S. d., Rev. 3. A. Fret
helm, New Ellington; Rev. Hal
dor A. Wickman, Rosholt; Rev.
S. j. Lindseth, former pastor at
Wenatchee, Wash, Rev. I. A.
Gunnarson, Veblen, S. D.,
The opening sermon was held
by Rev. S. j. Lindseth preceded
by devotion by one of the visit
ing lawmen. The topic was intro
duced by Rev. H. A. Wickman.
New officers were elected Cor
the ensuing year. President, Rev.
l.. q. Hammer; Vice Pres. Rev.
Gunnarson, Secy. Rev. Wickman
Treas. Rev. Lindseth.
Meeting opened Friday at / so
Dedication by Rev. Nerison with
the assistance of Revs. Hammer,
Gunnarson, Austin, Frethiem,
Wickman and Melon.
History of the Veblen church
was read by Mr.. B p. Hammer
stad.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Dedication of Veblen Lutheran
Church June %. 1919

The three days meeting of all
the Lutheran churches in the
Sisseton district were held in the
New Lutheran Church of Venen.
Although the rain on Friday and
Saturday hindered many people
from being present the meetings
wre some of the most pleasant
held here and everyone that at
tended expressed their satisfac-
tion and wished to meet here
again.
Sunday the 22nd was the big
day as it was the dedication Of
the new church, as the weather
turned out warm and sunshiny,
1T drew q large crowd and the
church was filled morning, after
noon and evening.
The program given by the
pastors from the different towns
in the district were a great treat
to the ASSEMBLY,, and we had the
opportunity of listening to two
of the best speeches delivered in
Veblen.
The visiting pastors were;
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
years we have had three floods
thru the middle of the city besid-
Sc one to three unpleasant over

years we have had three floods
thru the middle of the city besid-
Sc one to three unpleasant over
flows almost every spring, and
the actual lossess thereby would
much more than cover the cost
of an adequate drainage system.
For want of any systematic plan,
and from doing piecemeal such
work as has been done, we have
the spectacle of water apparent
ly being forced to run up hill, at
least it runs over the sidewalks
and gardens, etc. Citizens on low
er ground will vote for it for the
benefits it is to them personally,
citizens n higher ground will do
the same from a sense of fair
ness and the knowlede that it is
a good investment after all. Any
one that does not agree with this
is requested not to blame the
editor, for he only repats what
Atwood and others insist is COR
rect. Study the new ordinance
when it comes out and let's have
a bigger and better Sisseton whe-
ther you agree with every pro-
posal to make it so, or have your
doubts of some ideas. Boost don't
knock!
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Threshers Must Send in Reports

Threshers Must Send in Reports
Attention of all those who are
contemplating handling thresh-
ing crews this fall is called to the
laws regulating such crews. Coun
ity Auditor Richert states that
in the first place all persons who
intend operating threshing out.
fits must file their registration
with the county auditor in the
county in which they live before
August l. In the application for
a license, the petitioner must
state that he is the owner of and
intends to operate the machine
for hulling or threshing grain
during the season of 1919, and
give his post office address and
such other information as may
be required. The. registration is
then certified by the county audi
tor to the state bureau of mar
kets. Monthly reports of the
amount of grain threshed and
for whom are required during the
threshing season and the number
of bushels of grain threshed each
day that the machine is operated.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Autoist Injurys Two Children

A young fellow driving at a
high rate of speed near the Adol-
ph Kleven home north of Sisse.or
Friday, ran over two of the Kle-
ven children who were playing
near the road. The little boy es-
capped without much injury but
the little girl was dragged about
a ROD and received and ugly cut
on the head beside some bad
bruises. The driver looked back
and saw what Had happened up
but did not stop. He was traced
to Veblen where he was placed
under arrest and brought to Sis
seton. Tuesday he was taken
before Judge Anderson and was
5000 and costs. What his idea
of running over the children We
are unable to learn as they were
playing about seven feet from the
road and he turned out to get
thern.s He gives his name as
George Worst and reside near
Vea He paid the fine and
has gone home wiser boy.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Working For Flood Control

The heavy damages caused by
the recent floods may eventually
result in permanent good for the
Flood Control District of Big
Stone lake and the Minnesota
River valley.
A meeting of the board, con-
sisting of three members from
South Dakota and Eve from Min
nesota, was held at Ortonville on
Saturday last, and all members
seemed more than anxious to get
to work on the plan proposed for
the control of the waters of the
Little Minnesota at Browns Val
ley, and of the Milestone river
at Big Stone City. BENZ. Rcisdorf
and d. j. Leary, members of the
board were in attendance.
Many things have hindered the
work of this board, but they
have kept persistent!y at 1T. The
plans prepared by the engineer
were approved at Saturdays
meeting and Fred Dittes of Beard
sley, Frank Thorndike of Big
Stone City, and Mr.. Ireland of Ap
pleton, were appointed as view
ers to award damages and assess
benefits, and these men are ex-
pected to begin their work with
out delay, and the board hopes
to have the so-called cutoff"
from the Becker farm to Big
Stone Lake completed this year.
The work at Ortonville and Big
Stone City is a large undertaking
and while it is hoped that actua!
wor at that end of the lake will
be begun this year, considerable
time will be required for its COM
pletion.-Browns Valley Tribune
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
The Most Important Bill

No bill among the thousands
that were introduced during the
first week of Congress is more
deserving of attention than the
one known as the Towner educa-
tional'bill, creating a department
of education with the secretary
in the Presidents cabinet, and
appropriating $1OO, ,O0O, 900 to aid
the states in the promotion of
education. The principle under
lying this bill is at the very foun-
daton of democracy. An illiterate
voters suffers from an unpardon-
able handicap. When an Amer;-
can soldier of pure Anglo Saxon
blood whose parents and grand
parents were born in this country
can say in answer to the query as
to why he was never taught to
read and write, Captain, / never
had no chance" it is time for
the people of the country to give
the matter serious attention.
The object that Federal aid
means taxes paid in one part of
the country for education in an
other should have no weight.
Every child must have the full
est opportunity to get an educa-
ton. The Towner bill starts with
the support of the National Edu-
cational Association and the Am.
erican Federation of Labor. =
The Public.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Those Oil Tanks

The question of placing those
oil tanks of the Home Oil Com
pany nj Block Sc, came up before
the Council again Monday even
ing, this time in the form of a
petition asking for a vote of the
people on an ordinance prohibit
ing the Company or any other
company placing large storage
tanks above ground in that and
several other blocks within the
city limits.
Several months ago this COM
pany asked permission from the
council to establish their tanks
in Block Sc (east of G. Christian
sons property and the last act
of the old council was to grant
them this permit. The company
then purchased the ground and
shipped their tanks here. No
move was made to prevent the
company establishing their tanks
on these lots until the tanks
came, then a petition was present
ed 70 the council asking that the
Company be forbidded placing
their tanks there, owing to the
fact that it would raise the in
surance rate. The Insurance
Commissioner advised that this
would not raise the present rate
owing to the distance from other
buildings.
A representative of the com.
pany was here Tuesday and stat
ed that the company were not
here to force themselves onto
any lot that is injurious to other
property and was looking for an
other site to place their tanks.
The election is called for Tues
day July %. The notice appears
in another column of this issue.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11

Oscar Gauper has received a
letter from his brother Harold,
recently returned from overseas
service with the fighting Marines
One of the first things that hap
pened after he got across was
his marriage to a young lady of
Fargo, N. D. At present he is do
ing land duty, and his wife has
a position as stencgrapher in the
government service a. Washing
ton.. Melvin Satire got back
home Friday last via Sisseton.
Owing to awashout on the Sisse-
ton branch he got only as far as
Peever by rail, and from there
home by car. Melvin is apparent
ly in the pink of condition. He
has been company cook for somc
time past, but during the fighting
was working in a first aid dress
ing station. Whenever the oppor-
tunity offered he volunteered for
truck driving to the front and in
that way had many exciting ex-
periences and narrow escapes -
Claire City Press.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Thelma Torvik and Selma Han

Thelma Torvik and Selma Han
son were hostesses at dinner
Saturday evening at the Ole Tor
vik home. At seven o'clock auto
mobiles arrived with the high
school teachers and the seniors.
They were taken to the beauti-
fully decorated dining room
where Mrs. Torvik in a few well
chosen remarks gave the q hearty
welcome. After the delicious
two course dinner games were
played on the lawn until q late
hour. a
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-11
Water Only Runs Down Hill

p. F. Atwood is circulating a
petition for a special election to
vote on widening the drainage
ditch from just inside the city
limits on the north to the natural
outlet from the old creek that
this ditch replaces, a few hund-
red feet south of where the old
creamery stood. He proposes to
take out all the dams with auger
holes in them, so he expresses it,
and to put in real bridges, rang
ing in width from seven feet near
Hicks to sixteen feet on the
south end of what we call Main
Street, with the ditch straighten-
ed and widened accordingly. He
has been studying this problem
ever since the last flood, for he
says he has nothing else to do
snce the flood destroyed his mar
ket garden. The proposed ordin-
ance calls for a complete survey
and includes lateral drainage
from all land west of Main Street.
The petition is being freely sign
ed. Under the new tax law pass
ed last winter, no tax will be
levied after this year on the lit
tie home owner and as for the
man more able to pay, the situa-
tion is also promising. The rapid
increases IN price of farm lands
IN this state is already including
Roberts County and scores Of
farmers who settld here years
ago will be glad to sell and come
to Sisseton to live and use our
new school advantages. With the
Hood menace set aside, Sisseton
will increase in population. vac
ant lots will be built upon, 50 the
business man will also get his
money back from this improve
ment and will continue to draw
dividends from a bigger and bet
ter Sisseton. In the last eight