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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06
HOLLAND HIT
HARD BYWAR

| waited, owing to lack of fertilizers, and
the requisitioning Of rye, formerly
used as fodder, caused serious reduc
| ton In the number of cattle. 1t was
necessary to kill off the smaller species
of live stock In order to save food for
the more valuable species. War condi-
tons proved favorable to the fisheries
In certain periods At other times
that Industry was doomed to practical
inactivity. AS many as 1876 fishing
boats were sunk and many fishermen
persisted.
Dutch holdings of foreign securities
were affected. In 1918 the nominal
worth of Russian bonds held in Hol-
land amounted to 1864, 10000, and adj
ditional Netherland interest in Russia
represented a value of $50, 100000, all
of which may be considered lost.
Losses on securities Of central Europe,
especially in Hungary, were very large.
Owing to the limitation of imports
by the allied governments, many Of
the Dutch industries could work only
under heavily restricted capacity. It
was extremely difficult to obtain raw
materials, coal, oils and other articles
essential to the Industries, which had
to shut down for varying periods, dis
missing their employees.
The Royal National Committee Of
Assistance paid out s22. 423, 800 from
August, 1914. to December, 1918, to-
ward the support of persons made in
fligent by the war. In the same period
the government allocated $1O7, zoe, 900
toward expenses of the food supply
and s27, $4,000 to assist the needy and
to combat unemployment.
Cannot &c Expressed In Figures.
Disadvantages connected with keep
ing under arms all the able-bodied part
of the male population for four years,
taking many of them from their studies
or their regular productive work, cam
Eot be expressed In figures. The most
important single item was that of the
cost of mobilization, which amounted
at the end of 1918. to 1880, $50, 900,
bringing the government expenses, due
to the war. 10 total Of s411, 7S7, OO8.
Nearly $16O,0O0O00 was raised by
direct taxes and S352.OOO,OOO was OBJ
tanned by loans. Additional extraor-
binary expenses have already abb
sorbed s27, 500, 600. and the debt must
inevitably be increased to pay off the
original loans In from twenty to
twenty-five years. AS consequence
taxes per capita must be raised to
about So3.4S annually, an increase Of
15S per cent comDared with 1o12
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06

ing card was his bout with Willie
Richie at Newark, which drew d $751;.
600 house. His battle with Patsy Cline
came second with 1000, and his next
best was his go with Johnny Dundee
at Newark, which netted $4,000.
The fact that Leonard was able to
average one bout almost every two
weeks is all the more remarkable
when it is remembered that the cham
pion did little boxing during the sum-
mer months. All thru ugh July and
most Of August he was idle. Then he
returned to the whirlwind campaign
that had featured his schedule dur
ing the spring and early summer
months. AS fast as matches could be
made for him he boxed. He was ever
ready to enter the ring against any
opponent the promoters might select
for him. He recently concluded his
years work in the ring with short
but productive tour through the
South.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06

new coach is a smart baseball man and
should prove to be q valuable assist
ant to Mitchell.
Donovan was at one time a member
of the BrOoklyns and later went to
the Pirates. At the end of his play
ing days he was selected to manage che
Brooklyn team. Later he became the
manager of the Boston Red Sox. Dur
ing the past few years he has been
connected with several International
league clubs. He has managed the
Buffalo, Newark and Syracuse clubs
of that league.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06
Impression She Was Enriched
by 1t DispeIled by
Figures.
COST COUNTRY S477,787,
All Of Her industries Suffered, and
Much Was Sunk In Certain For
eion Bonds-Suffered Most
Of Any Neutral.

New York.-Impressions that Hol-
land became enriched by the war are
combated in a pamphlet issued by D.
J. Steyn Parve, acting consul general
for the Netherlands, showing that, by
reason Of its geographical and eco
nomic position, the pressure and evil
effects of the war were probably more
seriously felt there than in any other
neutral country.
On the mainland, the pamphlet says.
Holland was entirely surrounded by
territory In the hands of one OF the
bellfgerents, while the North sea, more
than any other waterway. was part Of
the war zone. As the prosperity OF
Holland depends upon international
intercourse, Industries were choked.
large OUTLAWS were imposed in the
maintenance OF a defensive army,
there was growing unemployment and
the people generally suffered.
Shipping Shrinks.
In 1913 shipping in the ports OF Hoi-
land amounted to SO, 1000 net tons.
That volume shrank to 3,363.OOO tons
in 1918. Traffic in Amsterdam DE-
creased from 1851 ships in 1913 to 31S
IN 1918. and in Rotterdam from 11,2So
70 .1s1 ships. Rhine tonnage dropped
from 1,16s,614 in 1913 to 49O,732 In
1918 Dutch foreign trade became en-
t,rely disorgan.zed. owing to restric-
tions enforced by both bellfgerenfs.
Import duties in 1913 amounted to
s5 al. O4O. In 1918 they were about
$4,000, 900, and domestic trade suffered
hv the reduction. Individuals made
ercess profits here and there. produc-
inc . crop of the newly-rich. but they
tbr,ved at the cost Of an impoverished
country: and against these profts
sbould be rcckoned the loss OF 247.34S
tons of shipping, representing 0So
nor cent of the feet of 1913.
large profits came from agriculture,
In clay soil, in the first years OF the
war. Sandy soil could net be culu-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06

with dictaphone ear pieces The hel
met is also equipped with glasse!
which are triple and nonshatterable.
The top of Mr.. Leavitt's desk boast.
q miscellaneous assortment of orna
ments. Here Is q piece of hardwood
brought up from wreck. The woot
had been 81 years beneath Lake HUI
ron. Mich. but shows no Ill effect from
Its long submergence. Less pleasant
If more interesting. IL strange old
black shoe with wide square toe.
"A piece of the foot of the girl who
Ind been wearing II slipped out OF
the shoe after we'd had 1t here Il
WHILE" said Mr.. Leavitt.
SaIvinn a Copper Cargo.
lie wears II strange old ring fished
up during his aalsngng operations
This was found In connection with
the $50 tons of copper which went
down In the Pewab!c In Lake Huron,
In 1865. The copper was salvaged
from depth of $50 feet. Mr.. Leavitt
says other salvagers had tried to get
it and failed, and no less than seven
divers in rubber suits had lost their
lives in vain attempts.
ut is not possible to do salvaglng
work in winter, except In southern
waters. Winter Is the off season,
said Mr.. Leavitt. "But next summer
along about June, we propose to 60
after the Merida, which went down
SO miles off Cape Charles. She was
carrying $1,S00OOO in silver bars
alone. Silver then was worth only
about 40 cents an ounce, and 1t has
gone up a lot since. Besides that,
there is 100000 in money in the safe
in the purser's Office"
1t was pointed out by Mr.. Leavitt
that 100000 sterling had already
been recovered by British government
divers from the White Star Dominion
liner Laurentic, which was sunk In
1917 off Fasad Light.
When questioned about the POSSIBLE.
ity Of getting good divers, Mr.. Leavitt
replied:
"Good men are scarce, as you know,
for diving or anything else. Still,
you can usually get a man, and. II
you direct him, he can do almost any
thing. But usually, If thrown on his
own resources, he will be almost help
less"
When asked about the possibility
Of getting the cargo lost when the tor
pedoed Lusitania went down, Mr..
Leavitt said it should certainly be pos
sible.
I'm my armQr. can, If necessary,
descend 1000 feet" he said. "The Lu-
sitania is in 2S5 feet Of water. AS to
the value of salvage, there is $780,
600 gold in her and 100000 worth
of imperishable freight, such as cop
per, brass, iron, etc. There are also
S5,OOO,OOO worth of negotiable securi-
ties, quite apart from the valuables,
jewelry and cash of passengers.
'Tne Arabic, lying about sixty miles
from the Lusitania, has $5,OOO,OoO
gold in her. She Is in about 315 feet
of water"
Mr.. Leavitt said that the position OF
these ships would not change percept-
bly,, as there was at most, four-knot
current at such depths.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06
E. E. MARTIN AWARDED PRIZE
Who Had Highest Scholastic
Standing for Year.

E. E. Martin, 10, of North Attle-
boro, Mass, has been awarded the
Powers athletic prize at Dartmouth
college. 1t provides $50 for the MEM
Der of an athletic team who has the
year. Those only who have been
awarded the I'D" by the athletic coun-
Gil during the year are eligible. Mar
tin played third base on the nine and
guard ON the basketball quintet.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06

Branch Hickey recently announced
he had received an offer Of $4,000 for
Roger Hornsby. Now Roger declares
he wants more money to play next
season. !.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06
CARPENTERS VICTORY
NO FLUKE, SAYS KLAUS

Frank Klaus, former middle
weight champion of the world,
who holds victory over Georges
Carpenter, the European cham
pion. commenting on the French
mans chances In q bout with
Champion Jack Dempsey, said:
Carpenters victory was not
a fluke. Make no mistake about
that; he Is great fighter.
While l don't think he can beat
Dempsey do think Carpenter
can give Jack the toughest ar
gument he ever had in all his
life"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06

Athletes from China, Japan. the
Philippines and other far eastern
countries are expected to compete at
the seventh modern Olympia at Ant
werp.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06
PAT DONOVAN IS CUB COACH
Former Big League Manager Has
Been Signed by Chicago Club to
Train Pitchers.

Manager Fred Mitchell of the Chi
cago Cubs has engaged Patsy Dono-
van, one-time major league star, to act
as coach Of the Cubs pitching staff.
Donovan succeeds Otto Knabe. The
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-06
little p|(KUp]
OF Sport

Harvard athletic teams will resume
southern trips next spring.
Dartmouth has added fencing to its
officially recognized sports.
Harvard has booked twenty seven
baseball games for next season.
The Amateur Athletic union has 1883
clubs and II ,543 registered athletes.
indianapolis has sold Sam Crane. q
brilliant young intielder, to Cincinnati.
National league baseball mines used
1866 baseballs during the 1919 sea-
son.
Princeton will have sixteen veterans
1920.
England wants catch-as- catch-can
wrestling added to the Olympic pro-
gram.
At Cornell university more than
1000 students turned out daily for
sports.
Harvard plays the first baseball
game April 10 with Bowdoin at Cam
bridge.
Ralph Greenleaf, the pocket billiard
champion, was twenty years old No
vember 3.
Thomas Ince, moving picture pro-
moter, may buy the Portland club Of
the Coast league.
Bill Hinchman, Pirate outfelder, IS
wanted by the Columbus club Of the
American association.
Atlanta will be the scene Of the
southern intercollegiate track and field
sports, May IA and Is.
Babe Ruth hit for total Of 2S4
bases last season and was paid at the
rate of $35.21 per base.
The 1920 Yale-Harvard rowing
classic will take place over the New
London course June IS.
Remember Mark Baldwin? Quite q
pitcher in his time. Well, he is now
physician in Pittsburgh.
Ewald 0. ("Jumbo') Stiehm has
signed a five-year contract as director
Of athletics at Indiana university.
Neither German nor Austrian ath-'
letes will be permitted to compete in
the Olympic festival at Antwerp this
year.
Albany schoolboys are being en-
rolled in the recently formed Adiron-
dack A. A. of ii Amateur Athletic
union.
Bob Higgins, captain Of this years
Penn State football eleven, is the
champion heavyweight boxer of the
college.
Northwestern University students
will be instructed in wrestling in
Guiding the japanese and Swedish
methods.
Ralph Perkins, one Of the three
leading catchers of the American
league, has signed with the Athletics
for 1920.
A new French ,fyweight boxer
named Julliard is being groomed for a
clash with Jimmy Wilde, the English
champion.
Karl Zamloch, who at one time was
a pitcher for the White SOx, has
turned magician and is touring Pacific
coast towns.
The Detroit club will take twenty
nine players south for spring training,
including ten recruits. Five of them
are pitchers.
1t would not surprise followers of
football to see "Tad" Jones assisting
DR.. Sharpe in coaching the Yale foot
ball team next fall.
"Mule" Watson and Harry Pearce,
Phillies' pitchers, are said to have quit
organized baseball to join the Frank
lin, Pa, Independent club.
The Boston Athletic association
wants its annual Marathon on Patrf-
OTIS day made the official trial for tho
American Olympic team.
Pennsylvania has ten football games
on her schedule next fall, including
the usual game with Cornell at Phila-
delphia on Thanksgiving day.
Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. j., viii
The Dolores star., 1920-11-26
''FkT." {"

when you saw the title TO this
story. boys and girls. ! suppose you
thought you Were going to hear
story about whether to be fat-or
whether to be thin or how TO be one
or the other or both.
"Or. perhaps you thought you
would hear about u nice fat, good
natured creature who made up jokes
as fast as he talked.
''or perhaps you thought you would
hear of clowns in the circus who stuff
ed themselves with pillows and who
looked fat, but who weren't.
IN fact. you might have thought
you were going to hear about al
most anythlng-anything regarding
fat. either fat people. fat animals,
fat birds,
But l will explain to you at once.
so you will be puzzled no more.
Il am Fat.
Now that, I am sure. is very puz-
zling to you. You think. Of course.
that 1 mean I'm fat animal. and it
Is true I'm getting fat But do not
mean that when I say that l am Fat.
Il mean that that is my name.
There may be some OF you who re-
member me. Some of you have heard
of me before. l am known to many
people as an ant bear, though that
Is not my real name at all. That IS.
it isn't my real family name, for my
own special name, as I've just told
you, is Fat.
We'll. l am great friend of the
keeper and he has told stories about
me. all of which have been true. NY
keeper is a great believer in telling
only the truth about the animals.
For as he says. quite rightly and
quite truly, Why ever makeup any
thing an animal does when what they
really do is so much more interesting
than anything anyone can ever think
up:'
THAT is quite, quite true. OF
course, he lets me tell my own story.
He is the one who interprets it into
words, for l cannot talk the words
of humans. No other animals can. ex-
cept perhaps the parrots and mocking
birds.
But we do much else besides talk.
We tell our stories by our ways and
by our actions.
And so we are allowed 10 tell our
own stories by the keeper and some of
his friends. The keeper says that 1t
is much better and easier to hear them
that way.
And he says that isn't nature fax
ing. For he says everyone knows we
cannot really talk and that these
The Dolores star., 1920-11-26
HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
BY c. N. Lurie
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
THE USE OF GOT"

TIME word get" and its deriva-
l. tives. got" and gotten" have
their proper place in the English Ian
guage, but they are frequently over
worked and misused. Get" means
"to acquire, to gain. to obtain, to pro-
cure" and il does not mean TO have
or TO become. To say He got q for
tune" meaning that he acquired one,
is correct usage, but it is not correct
TO say Hes got a fortune" when one
means He has fortune Say Il
have Il cold" but do not say Il have
got a cold" or I've got a cold"
Some authorities permit the use Of
have got" meaning have" but they
call such use colloquial meaning that
it is common but is not recognized as
standard 1t is, however. sometimes
defended on the ground that long
usage has made it a part of our com
mon speech.
81 did not get to 20 there" and sim
liar expressions, are heard some
times, but they are examples of an
other faulty use .of the word get"
Say, 81 could not go there" or Il had
no opportunity to go there"
CCopyright)
The Dolores star., 1920-11-26
"a Am Fat"

things we are saying in the stories
are what we would say if we could
talk. for they are what we do and
the way We act.
He says such a thing isn't nature
taking, for everyone knows we're just
telling our own story in words, as we
would tell it If we could and that
everyone knows that the words aren't
ours. but that they're used 10 explain
what We mean.
But he says that If we told things
about ourselves which weren't so, it
would be nature taking and he is very
much against that, and quite rightly,
too.
We'll, my real name is the coati-
mundi. 1t is pronounced as though
1t was spelt coaty-Monday / look
very much like the raccoon. I am red
coati-mundi and there is also my cou-
sin, the White-Nosed coati-mundi, and
there are two relatives of mine-just
like l am, except that they are ra-
ther croSs-in two cages or yards
away.
Now, that old name of ant bear is
very incorrect. l have nothing about
me that is like bear, and 1 don't
eat ants. The ant eater lives on
ants. but he hasn't any teeth.
Il have teeth and am not in the
least like him. I look, as said, more
like a raccoon than any other ami
NAL, but / am more handsome. If you
will pardon me for saying so.
We'll, I've been given cut-up bana-
mas lately for special treat. They've
been very good. And I'm given warm
milk. too, which I drink up like a
baby!
"Ah, the keeper is good to me and
he takes me out and plays with me
and l kiss him and put my great leg
arms around his neck. And 1 dance
for him. too, to show that I am so
very glad I'm here and that he Is my
keeper.
"And he has named me Fat. for
am so plump and jolly and, yes
one might say fat, tool"
The Dolores star., 1920-11-26

ASA week when Saturday night
u was Jusa bouta close up and
queeia work | no feela yer good.
gotta money but no moocha pep. ]
stoppa one place where sella da flow.
ers for geeva look. Was leetle keed
outside bouta seexa years old. He
selIa da paper but he gotta plenta
lelt wot he no sella yet.
lie aska me, please. meester. YOU
liza buy da paperi" say. "wot's mat
Ter you no sella before dees? Every.
oody stoppa read for go to bed now.'
l asEa eef he wanta getta rich one
day. He say no wanta getta rich
lusa buy hees mudda buncha flowers
iOf sunday. Hees name Jimmy Brown
anu he tella me hees fadda go dead
Tonga time. He say tomorrow was
was when hees mudda gonna haya da
birthday.
IiRa to buy my mudda some flow
eEs so try sella more paper" he say.
Eet | sella every one | gotta plento
nOhey' l beta, meester. my mudda
sure glad eef l geeva her flowers for
"a present. Wonta you please buy
Iusa one paper;'
lou Know l reada paper Tonga time
Ue'ofe dat night. But | lika dat leetie
jimmy Brown ALA right. / no wanta
@ neeln getta wise so say l gotta TWEEN
"'n'e keeds my family and everyone
wanna newspaper and | buy da whola
works
anu rIShta queeck Jimmy smila so
Dees and go buy hees mudda some
MOWERS. He say. "Tanka you. Mees-
%r' and den lie walka home maka
p'ehta noise weeth wheestle. He sure
was glada keed ALA right.
'uSa between you and me no for
.p'eaua round to Jimmy, 1 no gotta
"ehty'iiva keeds and no wunta ALA
uat paper. But / wanta see Jimmy
seV'" heeS mamma da beega boquet
~ :" present, | buy everyone da paper
~ gotta and when he ees gone l
'o" cen da waste can.
rretty queeck l no feela seeck any
U'e au ana starta wheestle. too. Som
1ons maka me feela good ALA for
1auueh. an Mebbe was dat tune Jimmy
"ot YOU tink?
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sue does now-she must learn so,ra
thing from watching two surb -,
as We are" ei's
w, Gnu this was the reason Pussia
"hite was so unhappy and 1s sbs
"ashed her face she was tbinkIr.g. bo,,.
she could catch more mice and sbn,.
iapole and Blackic that she was irs, a.
'",nr as they thought themselves to H..
ruSsle White had a friend that lived
uo"h the road, SO she took harseIf
"'i 10 tel Peter Dog her troubles
refer was very wise little fellow
ana very fond of Pussie, for tbav nod
played together when Pussie was a
kitten and she had never scratched
nm, as the other kittens had done.
u'lhk l can help you, Pussle"
saiu Peter. Il am not at all fond of
mice, but am sure can catch tham
ana tonight if you can manage to
keep Blackie and Tabbie away from
the barn am sure We can catch mice
enough to surprise those two spltefuI
creatures"
mat night when the three nussiss
were eating their supper In the farm
house kitchen Pussie White sllpped
away before the others had finished
Down the cellar stairs she ran and
climbed out of the window where
there was an opening for the pussies
to go in and out
When Pussie White went out she
managed somehow to knock the board
that was fastened on the outside and
down 1t slipped right over the open
Ing.
Some time later when Blackie and
Iabbie wanted to go to the barn for
the night, as they always did. they
had to stny in the cellar all night.
The next morning Pussie White did
not care for her breakfast and smiled
TO herself as she heard the farmers
wife say to the other pussies Il guess
'uSSie White caught all the mice last
night and you two did not catch any.
from the way you eat"
But her revenge was complete when
later BlaCkie and Tabbic ran into the
barn and could not find Il mouse. for
those that Peter and Pussle White G.d
not catch the night before were fright
ened and ran away from the barn to
live.
Tabbie and Blackie did not make
The Dolores star., 1920-11-26

to constipation. Tonlcs for the blood
and salInes for the bowels were nee
essary in addition to the constant use
of olive oil on my fingers
Olive oil, she added, had AFFORDED
he. only temporary relief, Dut her
case was most unusual one. BUT
this advice Is excellent, and should De
followed by every woman who suiiers
more or less from this unpleasant
aff,ictIon, Salines or salts need NOT
he used If some other laxative Is useu
in their place. Salts as rule are the
most effective, though some women
cannot keep them on the stomach.
For ordinary cases. the woman
should do most Of her work wehriis
rubber gloves, keeping the hands from
direct contact with dish or scrub wa
ter, especially II the water cohtails
borax or ammonia, or some such ary-
ing solution. Ashes, stove pollsli' etc.,
should be handled with gloved fingers
Then the hands should be rubbed WIN
The Dolores star., 1920-11-26
CRACKED FINGERS

r AM indebted to one of my readers
l. for the following letter, which was
sent me after some advice on the cure
for cracked nails. The letter came
some time ago, and l have saved 1t
to use as the season approaches when
nails and fingers split from the change
of weather.
Says my correspondent-whose
name is withheld by request-'1 had
cracked fingers for nearly two years
before going to our family doctor.
He said the condition was due to a
generally anemic condition of the
blood. and that this was partly due
The Dolores star., 1920-11-26
III INV |tl6tEarMte5. t ted
FORKS.

me- table fork is comparatively
IN " Houefn. 1t was first introduced
ma ,.e .i''ce by byzantine princess,
1,o,u S use rapidly spread throughout
NJ ~, IN an inventory Of the court
tho,n u"ar'es of France, dated 1879,
for so. % mention Of silver forks; but
me,," ne time the use OF these instru-
and 9 Nas satlrized. Certain French
them scottish converts even forbade
Ns, as sinful. Their original form
tina '"o-tined; the three and four
varieties came later.
(copyrisht.)