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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
REVOLT AGAINST
SH0DDY GOODS
Overall Movement Is Protest
Against Inferior Material Mas
querading as ''AlI Wool"
TRUTH IN FABRIC" BILL
Measure in Congress Would Make II
obligatory for Manufacturer to
Stamp on Cloth Percentage of
Virgin Wool 1t Contains.

Ch1cago.-When the French peas
ants and bourgeoisie became utterly
1eo up with the ancient regime, they
LED several dozens of aristocrats to the
gulllotine and nicked off their heads.
Inc citizens of Boston, years ago, de-
Ginning to pay tax. dumped a ship
load OF tea into the harbor. Americans
today from preachers to clerks: out
ragged at the prices they are forced to
pay for inferior garments, spurn the
clothiers' more select wear and don
overalls.
Movements like these are to be re-
garded as symbols Of protest. The
peasant was not an advocate of indis-
crlmlnate slaughter; the Bostonian did
not dislike tea, and 1920 Americans
are not strong for Overalls per Sc.
LeGrand F. Malaney, secretary Of the
National Sheep and Wool bureau, 20
South La Sale street, is of the opin-
ion that the protest demonstrated by
the denims is only partly against the
high prices. 1t is equally against the
inferior material, the shoddy masquer-
aiding as ''all WOOL that appears in
garments nowadays. !
Retailer Also Victim.
1.-THE overall movement will prove,
believe, ephemeral," said Mr.. Malaney,
but it proves that the public is be-
coming very tired Of spending it's mon
ey for clothes and not getting value
received. 1t blames the retailers for
both prices and material The retailer
is as much a victim of circumstances
as it is
"Sixty-ive per cent Of the people
nowadays are wearing shoddy when
they paid for real clothes. Now, these
clothes one sees advertised in windows
bear the sign All WOOL which doesn't
mean anything.
'Shoddy may be all wool, but wool
that has been made over more than
once, and sometimes even baked to
keep it's shape. 1t has lost it's resilien-
cy and wearing qualities. The wool,
as it comes off the sleeps back, is
known as virgin WOOL
Bill in Congress.
"a bill was introduced in congress
January Z designed to prevent the de-
ceit and profteering that result from
the unrevealed presence Of substitutes
for virgin wool and in garments made
therefrom, known as the truth in
fabric" bill. This bill, if passed, will
make it obligatory for the fabric manu-
facturer to stamp on the cloth the ex-
act percentage Of virgin wool, shoddy
or cotton that it may contain. The
fabric will be stamped: Makers Reg
istration No. - Contains not under
- per cent virgin wool. Contains
not over - per cent shoddy.'
"In this way the retailer will know
what he is selling and the consumer
what he is buying. A man will not pay
$40 for $45 suit. Clothes will find
their proper price levels and the pub
lie can abandon overalls."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15

LIVE IN Old BOATS
One Way Philadelphia People
Solve House. Problem.
Tenant Population Are in Desperate
Straits Owing to the High
Rents. j!

Philadelphia.-A campaign for build
Ing homes is Philadelphia's answer to
the question of how to keep rents
down to reasonable basis. The ten
ant population is in desperate straits,
for rents have been going higher and
no end seems to be in sight. The
scramble for homes in the suburbs is
so acute that when one woman moved
some of the furniture out of her home
the other day in order to clean the
house 70 persons tri,d to rent it from
her within a few henrs.
To stop the profiteering in rents and
homes, several organizations are at.
tempting to unite on a program of
house building to continue for at least
six months, or until the shortage has
been relieved. These organizations in
.clude associations Of tenants, trade
unions, representatives Of the building
trades and mortgaging companies.
They have been asked to undertake
this work by the department Of public
welfare.
Meanwhile, camping ground accessi-
bic by street cars is in great demand.
Tent manufacturers say more orders
have been placed for tents this month
than ever before in Philadelphia's his
tory.
There is an unprecedented amount
of building of cheap cottages and bum
galows within a radius Of 80 miles Of
Philadelphia to accommodate the rush
Of tenants that is expected when mild
weather comes. Those erected in one
community cost about. 5000 each and
are eagerly rented at $3.50 for the sea-
son.
Old canal-boats lying along the
Schuylkill river are being fitted out as
dwellings, and families are glad to rent
them as temporary homes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
TRIES movie" STUNT: DIES
New York Lad, Aged Fifteen, StrangIes
Himself to Death with "Third De- +
gree" Device.

New York.-The death of fifteen
year-old Solomon Bernstein is attrib-
uted by his two younger brothers,
Samuel, thirteen, and Isador, ten, to
what he learned of criminal methods
from moving picture plays.
Solomon was found strangled to
death on the cellar floor Of his home.
Around his neck was a small rope,
tied in moose. The other end was
swung over rafter. Tied to the end
over a rafter were two iron weights.
On the floor beside the body was a
butter tub, kicked to pieces, evidently
in his efforts to avoid a fatal end to
his test Of the improvised third de-
gree" According to the younger boys,
the rope and weights were to be ap-
piled to Isadore, whom Solomon had
accused of stealing a fountain pen
cap.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
CHASTENED BY WAR
Old Travellers Find Port Said
Much Changed City.
Gateway to East Has Been Cleaned
Up and is Now Safe and Nearly
Respectable.

Port Said.-Old travellers come
ashore and smile sadly. New travellers
plunge into the stronghold of curio
merchants with surprise and disap-
po1ntment. Port Said, like the rest of
the world, has been chang ed by the
war. Port Said,. to be quite frank, has
been cleaned up
Time was when a brief saunter
through the ramshackle bazaar meant
a terrific battle with touts. Shady
gentlemen -m all nationalities, most of
them known to the police Of two con-
tinents, piled their disreputable trades
with impunity. An incredible amount
Of rubbish was carried away by tourists
In memory Of few hours stay. Muir
der was pastime after dark, and
many sinister stories were told in the
smoking rooms of departing liners Of
Port Said's wicked inhabitants.
Now this gateway to the East is
safe and nearly respectable. The
hand Of the A. p. Nj. has been laid in
no uncertain manner on the under
world which was the real Port Said.
DeportatiOns eased the town of it's in
ternational rogues and vagabonds.
A passport control second to none in
effectiveness keeps tight grip on the
polyglot population. Murder, even
routine robbery, which was a staple
Industry on steamer days, is discour-
aged by the representatives of Brit
ish rule.
Gone, too, is the atmosphere of
piracy and pillage maintained by
brazen guides and other varieties of
profiteers. They were wont to seize
on amiable and inQuisitive tourists
with the persistency Of leech. They
would extract money by entreaties, ar
gument, threats, even violence.
Now the touts and trinket sellers
and ragged bootblacks approach their
prey with marked diffidence. A sim
gle sharp refusal usually suffices to
turn them off,. They drop the trail
Immediately they see that no business
Is to be done.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
FARMERS SPURN GRAND PIANO
instrument Sells for $3.50 as New
Workers Pay $3.50 for Blind
Horse.

Riverhead, L. 1.-The eastern Long
Island farmer seems to be a critical
fellow.
Just because he cannot use a piano
to raise potatoes-there is no sort Of
utilization, apparently, between music
and potato growing-the farmer re-
fuses to pay as mucl for the piano as
he Wilt for blind horse.
Frank j. Corwin, the auctioneer, re-
Gently astonished the countryside when
he got the farmers tumbling all over
themselves to bid in blind horse 1T
$3.50 and loose hay for the sensational
price of SIS a ton. He sort Of reasoned
that if blind horse was worth that
much grand piano that could make
jazz music without much effort ought
to bring around $500.
But the farmers fooled him this time.
In spite Of all his coaxing, in spite of
all his claims that Paderewski would
be glad to have this instrument it was
knocked down for $3.50.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
SCOTCH GO WILD ON U, S. RYE
Constable Says Late Booze Importa-
tons Are Of the "Shock"
Variety.

Greenock, Scotland.-American rye
whisky now being imported into this
country is said to be Of the "shock''
variety by the chief constable here,
who has filed report on the subject.
The effects Of prewar whisky, he
says, even when it has been bonded
for three years before being sold at
retail, was nothing in character to
those Of some of the present-day
whiskies, which only recently made
their appearance here.
"Whatever their composition u.s." the
officer declares, their effects are ter
rible. They not only poison, but mad
den, and leave persons nervous and de-
pressed after the intoxicating effects
have passed away"
These whistles are known locally
as "snake-bite.'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
PRETTY FACE CAUSES WRECK
Aviator Crashes Into Tree while
Throwing Kisses to Swarth-
more Goods.

Swarthmore, Pa.-The Curtiss mail
plane R-30, which dropped into a
cluster of trees on the Swarthmore
college campus, is rapidly disappear
ing at the hands Of souvenir hunters
in spite of the efficient guarding Of
the local police department.
An eyewitness furnished an account
Of the mishap. According to his
story the pilot was flying low and
waving to group Of goods. All went
well, it is alleged, until he loosened
his hold on the controlling rod for
the purpose Of throwing kisses with
both hands.
In an instant his plane dropped in
to the trees, and it was another case
of a pretty face causing the downfall
Of man.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
YANK WITH SO WOUNDS HOME
George Tremain, Wounded in Battle
of the Argonne, Gets Leave to
Visit Parents.

Susanville, Cal.-When George TIRE
main, a soldier from Lassen county,
was caught in the fire of a German
machine gun nest in the battle Of the
Argonne, he received 38 separate
wounds, 20 being Of serious nature.
Tremain fell and lay on the ground
in an exposed position for II hours be-
fore being rescued. When finally car
ried to a field hospital his injuries
were pronounced fatal and for weeks
he lowered near to death in hospitals
in France.
The amputaton of both legs was an
ticipated for nearly year, but heal
ing was finally accomplished. and now
he can walk with the aid Of clutches.
Tremain was permitted to come here
from Letterman General hospital a
few days ago to visit his parents.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
LONDON GIRLS DRINK
Common Sight to See Them Inn
bibe Liquor in Public.
many Under 81, Without Any Escorts,
Test Merits Of Restaurant
Wine Lists.

LOndon.-1t is no unusual sight in
London nowadays to see young girl
with her hair in a plat ordering wine
In restaurants or in public houses, or
Venturing into wine house for sherry
or burgundy. London blames this con-
dltiOn on the war, when London wom-
en-, deprived of male escorts, had to go
on exploring trips alone and discover
the merits of the wine lists
BY this it should not be IMAGINED
that it is usual thing with all the
young girls of London to drink wine
with their meals or to drink it at all.
However, it is only necessary to make
a survey of the restaurants, the wine
houses and public houses in the West
End to discover many girls less than
eighteen years of age there taking
stout or wine: Many of these places
discourage custom from girls who are
unattended by men or. older women,
and this is sending them into the res
taurants, where they can obtain wine
with their meals. Indeed, in London
today girls Of eighteen may be seen
drinking liquors which not very long
ago one seldom saw a woman under
thirty years of age drinking
A social worker discussing this sit
uation in the Daily Chronicle declared
that it should be made impossible for
woman under twenty-one years old
to buy liquor. !.
"Probably the: desire: of young girls
for wine arises from bad feeding" she
said. MANY business girls arise so
late in the morning that they have not
time for a good breakfast before they
start for work. At luncheon time they
feel tired and out of sorts, and then
they think that they need stimulant.
What they really need is better food,
outdoor exercise and plenty of rest.
Perhaps am old-fashioned, but don't
like to see girls with their hair down
ordering wine in restaurants
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
rRADEM ARkS
II ARE PIRATED
Americans Start Operations in
South America to Pro.
tect U. S. Exporters.
REMEDY IS POINTED OUT
Manufacturers Should Register Their
Trademarks With the Government
One Concern Paid $4,000 to
Recover Trademark.

Buenos Aires.-Dispatches from the
United States stating that the Ameri-
can Manufacturers Export association
had launched a fight against ''trade-
mark pirates in various foreign coun-
tries, including Argentina, were read
with interest by the American business
colony here, which is aware of fire.
quent instances Of this sort Of bust
ness meanness.
Americans are far from holding Ar
gentina alone guilty of the practice,
for the stealing Of trademarks has
been done here even by Americans
from their own countrymen, it is said,
as well as by Europeans from Amer
leans.
Remedy Pointed Out.
The remedy against it, business men
say, is for the American manufacturer
to register his trademark with the gov
eminent without delay, otherwise
when he attempts to enter this market
he may find that some unknown indi-
vidual or competitor in the same line
Of goods has anticipated him.
1t is not necessary in Argentina for
the person who registers a trademark
to be the actual manufacturer Of the
goods. That is, anybody can register
trademark, first come, first served.
once registered, the mark can, of
course, be used by no one else, and if
1t has been pirated, the rightful owner
either has to sell his products under a
new trademark or buy off the pirate.
It is known in the office of the Unit.
ed States commercial .attache that
$4,000 was paid by one American con-
Germ to recover it's trademark from a
pirate.
There are reported to be certain in
dividuals who almost make business
OF appropriating trademarks Of foreign
concerns in order to extort a price for
surrendering them to the owner. They
watch particularly for advertising in
newspapers and magazines of foreign
concerns whose products they Judge
are likely to find a market in Argen-
tina; If they find likely trademark
not registered, they see that it is done
IN t<eir own names and then wait.
Trademarks Need Renewal.
They also watch for the expiration
Of trademarks-the period is ten years.
There are known to be instances in
which concerns have thus left their
trademarks to pirate as the result Of
neglecting to have them renewed.
Argentina has Yet failed to ratify
the pan-American trademark conyen-
ton, under which a central agency for
the ten southern republics Of Amer
lea would be established in Rio ia
metro for the registration Of trade
marks. A trademark registered there
Will be good in all other South Amer
lean countries signatory to the con-
vention and will save time, expense
and trouble. The Argentine admins
tratfon is known to be anxious to have
the treaty ratified, but congress has
failed to act. It is reported that Pres
1dent 1rigoyen is preparing a special
message to congress urging that there
be no further delay in the matter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
GIRLS ADOPT PET SCORPION
So Popular It May Become Mascot at
Normal School in Call
fornia.

Chico, Cal.-A scorpion, alive and in
vigorous health, with its singer un-
removed, is not the sort Of creature
usually adopted as a pet, but girl stu
dents Of the Chico State Normal
school have adopted one, and its popu-
larity is such that it may become the
schools mascot.
The scorpion, not yet christened,
was brought from southern California
by Mrs. Bertha Chapman Cady, super
visor Of biological science at the
school, and is basking in the light Of
feminine admiration in a globular
glass bowl. While intended primarily
as subject for study, the scorpion is
rapidly becoming domesticated, prov
ing, SO Mrs. Cady asserts, that it has
a docile disposition unless annoyed or
attacked.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
AGREE ON REMOVING DEAD
French to Permit Disinterment Of u.
S. Men in the Fighting Zones
September IS.

Northumberland Of the Amer
lean dead from within the fighting
zones In France for transportation to
the United States will begin after
September Is under an agreement be-
tween the American and French gov
eminent. Bodies of men buried out
side these zones now are being moved
to this country.
The war department, in announcing
the agreement, said the terms Of the
understanding limited the return Of
bodies of those whose removal to
America had been specifically request
ed by the next Of kin.
In transporting the bodies to French
ports the American government has
agreed to use not exceeding maxi
mum Of 100 standard box cars at
time,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15

Wesley Frost, who has been appoint
state department., succeeding julius G.
Law, resigned. During the war Mr..
Frost was American consul at Queens
town and was one Of the consular Of
fcers who rendered good service to
the government, as great part Of the
most valuable evidence of submarine
attacks and other acts of the German
government was collected by these Of
icers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
GARDEN OF EDEN
WANTS NURSES
American Church Crusaders Are
Hampered by Lack of
Medical Skill.
CALL FROM "CRADLE OF RACE"
Arabs Show Willingness to Accept
What Formerly They Fought
Mesopotamia Is Completely
Changed by World War.

New -York.-Wanted Doctors and
nurses for the Garden of Eden.
The call comes from the "cradle of
the race" itself, the land watered by
the Tigris and the Euphrates-Meso-
pOtamia. And the need stands be-
tween American crusaders and the an
swer to their prayers for 80 years.
For decades the Garden of Eden and
all the vast expanse Of desert, steppe
and fertile coast land that is Arabia
have famed with the fanaticism Of
pagan and of Moslem tribes. For 80
years the mission workers among
these Arabs, notably the Arabish mis-
sion Of the Reformed Church of Amer
lea, have prayed for a means to pene-
trate this barrier and reach these wild
tribesmen. And they have prayed for
a change in the spirit of the people.
Prayers Are Answered.
10 both prayers have come answers.
An economic, social and religious
study of the country now being con-
Quoted by the Interchurch World
Movement as means to making prac-
ticable closer cooperation of Ameri-
can Evangelical churches in their COM
mon tasks, shows that Mesopotamia
has been completely changed by the
world war and that all Arabia has
been affected. The survey shows, too,
that medical work is the, best and in
many cases the only possible method
by which the initial contact may be
established between the pagans and
Moslems, on one, side, and the cru
saders Of the cross, on the other.
And now, when the Arabs show a
willingness to accept what formerly
they fought-When unparalleled op-
portunities for service are offered the
crusaders-they are helpless for lack
of doctors and nurses.
The finest hospital of the Reformed
church mission. is standing idle, re-
ports the Interchurch World Move
ment survey.
And the survey reveals more than
the need Of medical men and women.
There is shortage of workers, both
foreign and native.
Large UnexpIored Territory.
Arabia. the survey shows, contains
the largest unexplored territory in
Asia-possibly in the world. It has
total area Of 1,23O,276 square miles
and it lies in the southeastern part of
the great peninsula. The crusaders of
the cross have been limited to the east
ern coast and the vicinity of Eden.
Hejaz, the Moslem ''holy land"
where lie Mecca and Medina, has no
missionaries. Hadramaut, with a popu-
lation of 100000, is untouched. There
is not single mission station far in
land.
At the hour Of opportunity, created
by the world war, the call comes from
the crusaders, through the Interchurch
World Movement survey; first for more
doctors and nurses for the Garden of
Eden and the Arabian interior; and
then for more workers.
On the basis of what the survey has
revealed, the Interchurch World Move
ment is shaping program for the CO.
operative effort of the Protestant
churches in America to win the nomad
tribes Of Arabia, and the present
jewellers in the garden, to the ideals
of Christianity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
Home in Chicken Coop
0. K. After Life in Fiat

Chicago.-Discovery Of a fam
lily Of nine persons living along
with their fowls in a chicken
coop-all that the tornado left
of their home-was made in
Bellewood. When Red Cross Of
ficials started to move them to
more habitable quarters, the
family raised walls Of protest.
eve don't mind living in our
chicken COOP" explained Gustav
Kraft, head Of the family. "You
see, we lived in a Chicago fiat
once"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
Gorky, Russian Radical,
= Finds Soviets a Failure

Bitter disappointment with
bolshevism is expressed in an ar
ticle recently published by Max
i'm Gorky, the Russian radical,
according to a dispatch from
Stockholm, Sweden.
"The revolution has not been
followed by spiritual revival"
the article is said to declare,
"and has proved itself unable to
make men more honest. Men In
power now are just as brutal as
those in authority under the i'm
perial regime and send as many
to prison. Bolshevist leaders,
driven by ambition, are perform
ing experiments upon living peo-
pie, especially the working
classes"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-15
Major Is Jailed for
Gardening in Nightie

Los Angeles, Cal.-Because
he persisted in attending to his
garden clad only in his abbrevi-
ated night shirt, Maj. E. A.
Weed, seventy-nine, of Santa
Monica; was arrested. Major
Weeds arrest came following a
complaint made against him by
Robert 81. Green. The police
say that Major Weed was seen
In his garden by many Of the
neighbors, who had remon-
strated with him in vain. Dur.
ing the war drives, Major Weed
did some excellent work. He Is
a widOwer.