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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10
Suitable After All.

This young Frenchman had learned
his English in France and found that
1t was often quite different from that
used In the United States. After he
had been over here little more than
a month his host asked him to subst-
tute In his place at his card club. And
he accepted.
When he entered the clubroom he
tried as usual to make speech which
would be both complimentary and ex-
planatOry. Ladies and gentlemen"
he began. II come not as a regular but
as"
The word Substitute" would not
come to his memory. He knew that
volunteer" was not the suitable one.
81 come not as regular, but as a.
and then came one-as cavalier" he
finished blandly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10

It is gala day for separate skirts.
They appear this summer In all sorts
Of fabrics for nearly all sorts Of occa-
sions. Starting out As purely practical
and utility garments, they progressed
into the more practical Of dressy after
noon clothes, and then advanced into
the smartest Of sport wear. The ad-
vent Of new weaves in silk boosted the
cause Of the separate skirt along. and
now no fabric II too sheer and dainty
to make the dressiest Of these conven-
lent belongings. Organdie. wolfe, geor-
gette crepe lend q summary charm to
them. Occasions where one wishes to
be smartly but informally dressed
seem to multiply and the separate
skirt fits in with them perfectly.
The two skirts shown In the picture
are Of fantasi silk and are worn with
georgette Dlouses. The heavy rib and
lustrous surface of this silk take the
place Of trimming. By using the silk
30 that the rib in It runs one way In
ne skirt and another in bands or Or
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10

III dress accessories Fashion can in
dulge her fondness for caprice with
greatest certainty Of success. Modistes
who turn out the beautiful hats Of
midsummer, take advantage Of this
and occasionally take the same mate
rails they have used for millinery to
make ba0A They help to furnish va
LETT In these indispensable belong
ngs &n1 demonstrate how chic hats
and bags to match may be. Even the
happy owner Of 4 flne bead bag might
cast approving eyes upon these match
I'd sets. for novelty makes the strong
rst kind Of appeal and she who may
not have the much-admired bead bag
map achieve a triumph in one Of thess
millinery AFFAIRS.
Every woman knows the loyeliness
II !eghorn hats. They have come down
to us through generations Of fair won-
IN. In the picture one Of them has
,acrihced its straw crown and re-
placed 1t with one Of draped taffeta.
with a rose and immortelles posed at
the front. In the bag to match, Q
plaque Of leghorn makes the bottom
Of bsg Of taffeta like that o. the
crown Of the hat and we infer that Il
II made from the top Of the original
crown. A big silk tassel hangs from
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10
WOULD" NOT FIGHT '@5
.:": THOUGH A HERO

or The record of the trial. Now It is
up to the authorities, and l do not
know what my present standing is"
Just before one Of the great drives
Stierheim escaped from his guard and
was shot at twice. He returned of
his free will. however.
"You see, was afraid I might get
the guard into trouble. had made
up my mind that I wanted to get
away. The guard had orders to shoot
to kill. had warned him that 1 was
going to make break. and II he was
a good shot probably wouldn't get
away. He fired at me twice, and each
time he came pretty near getting me.
When I decided to turn back I was
two miles away from my company. !
could have gone a great deal further.
and would probably have been able
to get away entirely without much diff
hculty.
"But the army regulations are that
the guard takes the place of the pris-
ooer that escapes from him."
"hs Deserves the o. 9. c."
His fellows all declare that Stier-
helm deserves the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross and all kinds Of honors for
his bravery under IRE. When they
talk in this mood he registers impa-
tience and irritation. MS altitude be-
ing: Don't talk about what I've done !;
the ones that did something should
get the honors."
With shells bursting everywhere,
machine guns suffering lead on every
side. men falling wounded and dying,
Stierheim, the man who refused to
IRE shot because Of religious scru-
pies, exposed himself through 1t all,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10

this plaque. Bands and puffs Of taf.
feta finish the top Of the bag and form
its handle. A rose and immortelles
appear again on the bag as on the
hat. 1t was a bright idea Of the de-
signer to pose these little everlasting
flowers on le9horn.
Two colors In a faille ribbon are set
together to form the handsome bag at
the center Of the picture. The colors
alternate and the point at the bottom
10 sst OF with those fashionable little.
dowor-like straw ornaments that have
held good throughout the season. in
millinery. The hat to match has a
braid brim and ribbon crown. the RIB
bon woven over and under about the
wide crown and lying in strips on the
top. The same small straw orna-
ments nestle against the brim.
The daintiest Of these sets II work
ed out in hair braid. 1t appears at the
right in q hat with hair braid brim
and crown. draped with q striped RIB
bon and trimmed with roses. The
bag IL made Of two plaques Of
hair braid. Joined by a puff Of ribbon
ike that on the hat and lined with
satin. Velvet ribbon Is used for the
handle and bow on the bag and tow
ers ind It the best Of all back.
grounds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10
American Professor Taught Its
Use to Armies Fighting
in Europe.
ADOPTED BY The RED CROSS
10 Far Superior In Many Ways to Al
sorbsnt Cotton a. 4 Dressing
Used for Centuries In Scot
land and Ireland.

New Haven.-In an interview with
George E. Nichols. professor Of bot
any In the Sheffield Scientific school
Of Yale university, new facts were
brought out concerning the use Of
moss in surgical dressings during the
war. Prof. Nichols was botanical ad-
wiser for the American Red Cross and
did more than any other individual
to introduce the use of sphagnum moss
into the American medical profession
for surgical purposes.
In Europe this moss has been used
for many years in surgery, but new
er before in this country. In Connect
cut alone there are twenty-five differ
emit kinds of sphagnum and on the
North American continent there are
at least forty. OF these forty only
two or three are actually used.
Adopted BY Red Cross.
During the war DR.. Nichols made
extensive studies Of various regions
where sphagnum is found and ex.
planned methods of collecting and Of
making 1t into dressings, and in
March, 1918, the American Red Cross
oficially adopted this moss. Since that
date our Red Cross mas turned out
more than a half million sphagnum
dressings for the Italian army and
something over 10000 month for the
American war hospital. In Septem-
Der, 1915, the British war once for
mally accepted sphagnum moss dress.
ings and year later England was
turning out 10000 a month and be
fore the close Of the war almost q
million. The Canadian Red Cross
averaged 100000 Of these dressings
per month.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10
BAD BREATH
Often Caused by
Acid-Stonlach

How can anyone with sour. s.ssy
stomach, who In constantly belching, has
heartburn and suffers from indis estion havs
anything but . bad BREATH All of these
stomach disorders moan Just one thing
Acid Stomach.
EATONIC. the wonderful new stomach
remedy in pleasant tasting tablet form that
you eat like . bit of candy. brings quick
relief from these stomach miseries EATON
&c sweetens the breath because II makes the
stomach sweet. cool and comfortable. Try Z
for that nasty taste, congested throat and
"hsady feeling" after too much smoking.
II neglected, Aeld-stomach may cause you
. lot Of serious trouble. 1t leads to her-
vousness. headaches insomnia, meianchoiia,
rheumatian. sciatica. heart trouble. ulcer
and cancer of the stomach. II makes its
millions of victims weak and miserabls.
listless, lacking in energy, all tired out. II
often brings about chronic invalidism. pre-
mature ga age. . shortenin. Of ones days.
You need the help that EATONIC can give
you II you are not feeling strong and
well a. you should. You will be surprised
to see how much better you will feel just ~
soon a. you begin taking this wonderful
stomach remedy. Get big 50 cent boz
from your druggist today. He will rsturs
your money II you are not satishsd-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10
SPHACNuM MOSS HEALS WOUNDS

In Scotland and ireland sphagnum
moss has been used for many CEN
turtles for the same purposes a. to-
day, and 1t was used by army sur
geons In the Napoleonic, the Franco
Prussian and the Russo-Japanese
wars.
In this country there were several
reasons why 1t did not come into gen.
eral use, the chief OF which was be-
cause our army surgeons, accustomed
to the use of absorbent cotton and
still having plenty of this on hand,
hesitated about using a substitute.
Sphagnum moss Is far superior to cot
ton in many ways, such as its better
quality, cheapness of manufacture and
Its far superior absorbent qualities.
Sphagnum moss 10 Q small low
plant, commonly pale green when wet
and almost white when dry. although
it may be any shade from bright red
and pink to russell green and dark
brown or almost black. The sphag-
mum most adaptable for surgical use
is called sphagnum papillosum, and its
absorbent quality is due to a peculiar
pore structure in Its leaves.
In general sphagnum grows In wet
places and attains its best develop
ment in cool, humid regions, such as
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick, Vancouver Island and
western Washington, although It IL
known to grow as far south as New
Jersey. In boys the sphagnum srows
most luxuriantly. especially In the
boys where cranberries may be found.
This surgical moss IL pulled up bod
lily, the moisture squeezed out Of it
and any coarse plants that may be
present removed, and then washed.
Next the moss IL air dried and then
separated into two or more grades
In making the surgical dressings Of
this material FIRST a layer ,of cheap
on-absorbent cotton the Mxa Of the
dressing is laid down. Over this Is
spread layer Of sphasnum and over
the sphagnum Is laid double layer
of very thin gauxe paper. The whole
10 then enclosed in a gauxe outer
wrapping. These dressings are then
run through a clothes wringer to fiat.
ten them out. After this treatment
they are sent to the hospitals,
where they are sterilixed before be-
Ing used.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10

bearing on his sturdy shoulders bid
can of water which he doled out tc
the thirsting men.
He carried munitions up to the
front line and rations. too. In short,
there was not a deed which would
help his fellow fighters, with the ex-
ception of firing gun, that Stier-
helm did not perform; and always
cheerfully and with superhuman
courage. So say his fellows one and
all.
"It's this way" said Stierheim.
There is no man that is a man who
would desert his fellows when they
are in trouble. So Of course l helped
them. saw good many OF my
friends dropping around me, dead and
wounded. That made me feel pretty
bad. 1t didn't make me mad at the
fellows we were fighting. l regarded
it MS simply a matter of war. The
fellows In the other trenches couldn't
help being there any more than we
could. They were trying to kill our
men just as we were trying to kill
them. No. 1 didn't feel any more re-
sentiment against them after my Eel
lows were shot down than l had be-
fore"
Other Heroic Deeds.
A sergeant of his company was shot
down in No Mans Land. Despite
shell and machine gun fire. Stierheim
walked out alone to where the SER
geant lay. stopped over him for mo-
ment and then returned.
Hes dead-there's no use." Stier-
helm reported. .But IL you want me
to I'll go out again and bring him in"
Again, his companions found him
pulling strenuously at log half
buried in the trench. An ordinary
man is exposed from the chest up
when he stands erect in trench. and
StierheIm looms far above the ordi.
nary man.
"Heyw shouted his friends. "get
away from there! You'll be shot r.
"No," he replied, "this log will make
peach Of support for the dug
out"
So several of the boys helped him
pull the log out, and because Of
enemy machine gun fire 1t took them
more than two hours to carry the log
so yards.
"And believe me, boys, that was
some dugout he built" an admirer
Clipped in.
Because Of his skill as carpenter
Stierheim was the Official dugout build
er Of the regiment.
All Sorts Of Helpful Service.
They tell many stories Of Stier-
helms willingness to serve his fel-
lows. He washed shirts for them.
bound their wounds. buried the dead.
and always helped the wounded. He
would unconsciously carry food and
water for men in fearsome positions
where none but the most lion-hearted
would dare creep.
"Did feel frightened How do you
feel when you're frightened wns
20 busy / didn't have time to ind out
how I felt. There was NO place that
was safe within two miles Of the
trenches, and there was no use Of
thinking any more Of danger up in
front than back in the billets-youf
chances Of getting hit were GOOD In
any place"
Many times Stierheim could easily
have escaped. but he did not attempt
It because 1t would get his guard In
trouble. Often he would 60 through
crowds calling out the name Of the
man guarding him in order that they
could both 60 back to the guardhouse
together
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10

10 weak II QI0S8 i
could hardly get
around to do my
work, and q I had
four in my family
and three boarder1
it made 1t very hard
for me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
Was recommended
to me. ! took it
and Il has restored
my health. It y
,Aarfsin1v the hat
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10
To Fish Along siberian Coast.

Japan has recently completed sew
eral large fishing craft, and has 9TH
ers under way, which are to work
along the coast of Siberia. Catches
in these waters amount to about S.
OOO, 900 a year.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10

Never trade autos with a gink who
cheats himself playing solitaire.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-10

die, there Is all the ornament that good
designing requires. This II illustrated
in the skirt model at the left in which
the wide girdle IL made Of alternating
bands Of the silk, two Of them with
the rib running perpendiculariy set to-
gether and edged by narrow bands In
which the rib IL horizontal. There arc
small set-in pockets at each side.
Silk in two colors and Of two kinds
gives q good account Of itself in the
skirt 1t the right Of the picture. The
lower part Of the model is Of colored
fantasi silk, set onto a plain white
satin yoke at the hip line. The join
ing is managed well by cutting the top
Of the fantasi portion into battle
ment" line. There are i've small pearl
buttons at the front Of the skirt near
the bottom and Its wide girdle Of the
fantasi silk fastens with two very large
pearl buttons at the front.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08
IT'S TIME HAS CONE


There is onely one thing stronger
than armies, !" wrote Victor Hugo, and
that is, an Idea whose Time has come. .
Those were only a few Of the prophetic
words uttered by the French seer. It
is one Of the pities Of language that
Hugo is known here almost exclusively
as novelist, because prose is easier
to translate than poetry To France
he is her greatest poet poet Of
glowing grandeur. So strong, indeed
is an Idea whose Time has come so
much stronger than armies, that those
very armies join the Idea. And the
armies are not only those under arms,
but that other army behind the first
lines the army Of workers and think
ers. Look at the intellectual map Of
Europe at the time Hugo wrote; look
at it again, only four years ago. Look
at it now And then, using your imagin-
alton; behold it ten or fifteen years later,
when It has been rebuilt, when Russia
and Germany have risen from the
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08
LEAGUE FOR AMNESTY OF 20
LITIcAL PRISONERS.

Within the past few months league
has been formed which demands the
immediate release of all political pri-
soners. By political prisoners they
mean all those who have been con
yicted for holding and advocating so
eial and political opinions contrary or
believed to be injurious. to the country IS
war activities. What the league com
plains Of is that the United States,
unlike most of the European countries,
refuses to differentiate between poll
teal prisoners and common criminals.
According to their views there is a
world of difference between a criminal
and a man who holds his principals
dearer than his liberty, and who is will
ing to surrender his liberty, if need be,
in behalf Of what he believes to be the
truth. The League wants to see this
difference recognized and asserted in
America.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08
MANY SORROWS or LIE suEuR
MAN.


Many sorrows have come to Albert
Banman of LIE Sueur within the past
few weeks. His son, Alber.., was killed
IN France September 81; three weeks
ago his wife died and Tuesday he re
ceived a telegram from the war depart
ment announcing the death of his other
son, Walter, who was killed in action
in France November II, only few
hours before hostilities ceased.
Walter Bauman enlisted in Company
e of st. Peter. He went to Camp Cody
and there became member of the
,lS6th Infantry when the Nationa.
Guard was federalized. He went to
Europe in June, 1918, and was assigned
to Company II of the Camp Cody June
Automatic Replacement Draft Infantry
and from there went to the 10Th in,
fantry, and anyone who fought with the
39th infantry from June until Novem
Der certainly saw and did some fighting.
This regiment is of the 18th division and
no. is with the army of occupation on
the Rhine. st. Peter Herald
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08
A NEW DAY DAWNs
Reconstruction Program OF Britain
Labor Party
Continued from lasa week.

7 aE a q Z z so y
But nothing is more dangerous to the
standard of life, or so destructive Of those
minimum condition Of healthy existence,
which must in the interests Of the COM
munity be assured to every worker,
than any widespread or continued UNI
employment. It has always been a
fundamental principle Of the Labor
party a point on which significantly
enough, it has not been followed by
either Of the two political parties) that
in modern industrial community, it is
one Of the foremost obligations Of the
government to find, for every willing
worker, whether by hand or by brain,
productive work at standard rates.
It is accordingly the duty Of the govern
ment to adopt a policy of deliberately
and Systematically preventing the oc-
currence of unemployment, instead Of,
as heretofore, letting unemployment
occur, and then seeking, vainly and ex-
pensively, to relieve the unemployed.
1t is now known that the government
can, if it chooses, arrange the public
works and the orders Of national de-.
partments and local authorities in such
a way as to maintain the aggregate de-.
mand for labor in the whole kingdom
Cncluding that of capitalist employers
approximately at uniform level from
year to year; and it is therefore primary
obligation of the government to prevent
any considerable or widespread fuctua-
lions in the total numbers employed in
times of good or bad trade. But this
is not all. In order to prepare for the
possibility Of there being any unemploy-
ment, either in the course Of demobiliza-
ton or in the first years Of peace, it is
essential that the government should
make all necessary preparations for
putting instantly in hand, directly or
through the local authorities, such
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08
The purpose of the League is stated

The purpose Of the League is stated
to be as follows:
= To educate the public to the fund
amental distinction between political
offenses and common crimes. s3s
2. To work for the recognition in
the United States of the status of POI
litical offenders.
8. TO crystalize public sentiment re-
garding political prisoners through var
ious activities.
4. To obtain the Immediate release
Of all political offenders.
Those who are interested in this
movement should communicate at once
with NJ. E. Fitzgerald, Secretary, SO
Union Square, New 7 ork City.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08

inevitable riotism that now scares them.
"A United States of Europe, perhaps
leading to that United States Of the
World which is even now terminating
in the League Of Nations!
Even here, the great Hugo was ahead
of us. Ii is recounted that on his desk,
the day he died in 1885, there was found
a half-sheet Of paper bearing the follow
ing words:
4 represent a party which has not
yet come into existence; the party of
the Revolution, Of Civilization. This
party will transform the Twentieth
Century
There will issue from it first the
United States Of Europe, and then the
United States of the World
Bravo, shades Of the great Victor!
You are more alive, there in your hallowed
grave today, than many man and
woman that walks the soil in the fatuous
thought that the world, for their per-
sonal profit and comfort, will quietly
slide back to its 1914 position.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08

authority in law and the Supreme Court
in effect now says SO. The fact that
their removal from Office is now prov
en- to have been unwarranted, in itself
will not undo the wrong and the in
Justice that was done then. It is an
illustration of the folly Of handing.
over unlimited power to any one for
any purpose whatsoever, and should be.
a lesson to the state of Minnesota not
to be forgotten.
Colonel Roosevelt dies in his
sleep. = So read the dispatches which
told of the passing Of the Cowboy Of
American politics. It was surely not
the death to which this fighter had
looked forward thru the years Of his
|strennous activity and it seems pecu-
liarly inappropriate that the only force
which could silence this notable charac-
ter in public life should steal upon him
unawares, giving him no chance to vel
come or to defy. No parting message
to the country to warn it Of its needs
and its dangers when he, the watch
dog, should be silent. It really seems
almost too bad that thus should come
the end Of all his strenuosity yet
It carries the lesson to all that no one,
absolutely no one, is Of unlimited i'm
portance i'll this queer world no one is
indispensable, no mater how much he
may mean to family, friends and coun-
try-and no one is immune. Perhaps
this very lesson was the one most need
ed by America today. At any rate,
many will pause moment to inquire
whether his or her life is being so lived
that Death might steal in unaware and
yet be a welcome guest