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Evening star., 1920-02-06
USING OLD MATERIAL.

In Germany it is said on good au-
thority that there is such. a scarcity
of fabrics that army blankets are
being used i'm large numbers to make
overcoats out of It.. In fact. any sort
Of army material is being used to
make outer garments. and no one is
very particular as to the color or
design.
Certainly things are not in so bad
a pass here as there. but we are far
more eager now to conserve old ma
terials than we used to be, and we
are loathe to throw away old clothes
SO long as they contain material out
of which something attractive might
be made. And it is surprising how
much stock on hand most of us have.
Under conditions as they used to be
1t would have been better to buy
new material than use the old ma
terial on hand. but with present
prices this is no longer the case. You
will find that the little milliner will
look with much more interest at the
Evening star., 1920-02-06
Food, Health and Thrift
Cooking of Fish and Oysters

have previously been daintily toasted
and literally buttered. Cover them with
some finely chopped celery. dust with
salt and pour goodly quantity of
warmed cream over the mixture.
Oyster Loaf.-Take the two ends of
loaf of Vienna bread cut an inch
thick and scoop out enough of the
heart of each to form a shallow box.
Toast it to a light brown and butter
it while hot. Have ready half a dozen
large fried oysters piping hot. Put
them between the two pieces of hot
buttered toast with a very thin slice
of large sour pickle and serve them
at once.
Stuffed With Oysters.-Remove the
stems and seeds from six green pep
pers. Parboil twenty-five oysters in
their own liquor and season with salt.
Chop fine half large pepper and one
very small onion. and fry in butter.
Mix the fried pepper and onion and
oysters together, and add. bread
crumbs until the stuffing is of suit
able consistency. Stuff the peppers,
dot with butter and bake until brown.
Serve with tomato or cream sauce.
Fried oysters which have been left
over may be minced and have added
to them an equal quantity of chopped
celery This should be mixed with
mayonnaise and served on leaf of
lettuce between slices of hot, buttered
toast. A bit of bacon or ham laid on
top gives an additional relish.
Evening star., 1920-02-06

proposition Of using old velvet or
satin than she would have some years
ago. She knows that the new ma
terials. even at their advanced prices.
hardly have the quality that ma
terials used to, and as she has had
to go in for conservation of atcria1s
herself she will realize that you must
also.
During the war society women
eager to do something really worth
while went in for using up all sorts
of old materials for the purpose of
providing good warm presentable
clothes for the women and children
of Europe. This work they have con-
tinued now that the war has passed
and there is just as much need for
using up the little scraps as there
ever was. Some very nice little bows
| for frocks of little girls were made
| from tops of old silk stockings, and
| by using several harmonizing ma
| terials in the same frock they have
| made use of the bits of goods that
| statesmen use for samples. or swatch
es. as they call them. These pieces
Evening star., 1920-02-06
YOUR HOME AND YOU.
The Wall Rug.

Have you seen my wall rug?
queried a hostess. swapping on the
light in her living room as she pre-
ceded the writer into her new apart
ment. NO, didn't say hall rug I
Evening star., 1920-02-06

said wall rug You see, it was much
too beautiful and delicate to be
stepped on. SO I pretended that rugs
were intended to be hung on walls
just as much as to be laid on 1oors."
She pointed to a space on one of the
side walls that had already gotten
the writer staring because of it's ar
rangement and color. The rug was a
Evening star., 1920-02-06

have other times been thrown away
but by careful conservation II has
been found that they can be turned
to very good account.
Evening star., 1920-02-06

Catarrh is great menace to good
health. The excess mucous men,
brane that it causes often leads to
serious trouble. Clear the nasal pas
sages, and raise this exaggerated mucous
membrane with Mdyr's Pine Needle
Balm: A pure natural product that is de-
lightfuly soothing and refreshing to use.
Catarrh, colds in the head, nose and throat result
m mouth beeathing and often foul breath. Cor
reet them Immediately. Mdy5 Pine Needle Balm
sold in two sizes, 75c q soc. Ask foryour money
back # it does not give satisfaction.
FREE TRIAL
b srihiSs GBo. II. Nam. arg ". Austin Avs., Ciaes
Mayr's Pine Needle Balm is OF sale b.
Peoples Drug CO.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
MEDAL OF HONOR SAVED HIM
New Jersey Legion Member Escapes
Jail Sentence by Display of
His Emblem.

Sentimental considerations left out
of the reckoning, Frank Sadowski, an
American Legion member of Newark,
N. j., found out the other day that
Congressional Medal of Honor is a
handy thing to have.
Sadowski works in the day time and
sleeps at night. That is, he had been
sleeping of nights until couple of
loving cats began noisy courtship on
his back fence. Sadowski stood 1t as
long as he could and then went down
in his old barracks bag and dragged
out the trusty automatic he carried in
France The cats became casualties
and Sadowski became a prisoner of
the law and was hailed into court
charged with disturbing the peace.
The evidence was all against him
and he was about to be sentenced
when, inadvertently, he mentioned
that he once killed six Germans sin.
gle handed and captured their machine
gun with the same revolver with which
he routed the yowling cats. For this
feat he won Americas highest war
honor, and string of lesser medals.
He produced the medals as proof and
the judge let him off.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
SHALL GIRLS BE ADMITTED?
Membership Question Looms Before
Officials of Legion-Some ~"
Workers Present Claims.

A recurring question before the off
Gals of the American Legion is that
Of eligibility to membership. Just
where is the line to be drawn? Shall,
for instance, those "little sisters of the
army" the "Y" girls, be admitted to
full membership?
Although at present they stand with
out the pale there are some who be-
lieve they should be taken in. Some
of the girls themselves have very
modestly presented their claims. The
following is an excerpt from letter
from Miss Sallie Lou Massey of Meri-
dian, Miss, to the national COM
mander:
81 am just one Of hundreds of 'Y'
girls at home now, wearing pretty
clothes which don't seem quite right
after having worn the uniform. In
France we cooked, kept house, handed
out magazines and papers and danced
hundreds of kilometers we danced
all of which isn't so much, / know, but
the spirit behind it made us feel that
we belonged to the men of the A. e..
T. and they to us. Has all this COM
radeship been shed with the uniform?
We have watched with high hopes the
development of the American Legion,
and in your splendid achievements
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

the canal had proved. They came back
with almost every medal and decora-
ton of the war, including citations
from the French, British and the other
allies.
In September of last year sc ;eral of
these fighters met to form post Of
the American Legion. One had re-
Gently been an aviator in France, an
other as a lieutenant of engineers
had done things in No Mans Land
that high British officers said were i'm
possible. A third, after many months
of volunteer ambulance driving before
America entered the war, had enlist
ed in the French artillery and had
ended as lieutenant. This first post
was Immediately followed by a sec
ond and the creation of the depart
ment of Panama of the American Lee
gion with headquarters at Cristobal.
The first convention Of the depart
ment was held recently on the Island
of Taboga. - miles from the main
land of the Isthmus of Panama and in
sight of the spot where in 1913 Vasco
Nunez de Balboa discovered the Pa
cific ocean. At this convention Ebert
S. Waid was elected department COM
mander and Edward ]. Daily, depart
ment adjutant for the coming year.
These offices previously had been held
by Cunningham Patterson and Her
bert Pearson, respectively. Arrange
ments were also made to have the
Panama department represented at
the Cleveland convention.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

Sixteen years ago when President
Roosevelt called on the men of Amer
lea to enlist in the great adventure of
cutting a waterway from ocean to
ocean through the Isthmus of Panama
that the strength of the American
fleet might not be divided by voyage
of weeks from the east to the west
coast there were thousands of volun-
teers who answered his call. To Pan
anna they went and built the great
canal, fighting all the time against per-
petual heat, almost perpetual rain,
feverS and all the pests of the tropics.
Many of them gave up the struggle
and returned home but others stayed
until the great dream came true. And
they are there yet in that far-fung
outpost of America by the locks that
are Tapped by the waters of two
oceans.
Again in April, 1917, came call to
duty-a summons to war-and that
call was not unheard at the canal.
One by one men and women dropped
out of the shops and offices and
donned the army khaki and the navy
blue or the modest cap and cape of
the army nurse corps until on Noyem-
Der IL, 1913, the day of the armistice,
there were approximately 500 Canal
men and women in uniform.
They saw service in all branches of
American arms. They were on land
and sea, in the air and under the wa
ter. They were versatile people and
they were fighters as their building of
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

However, Wrangel has been making
such progress in his campaign that his
chances still seem good. In his adj
vance northward he has taken many
thousands of prisoners and vast guam
titles of material. and his forces also
pushed along the coast of the Sea Of
Azov northeastward toward important
cities on the lower Don. Early in the
week it was said that Makno. the
Ukraine insurgent leader. had formed
a junction with Wrangel's troops and
in flying raid had seized Kharkov.
Later a wireless dispatch from Mos
COW asserted that Makno had Joined
the Bolsheviki and had been given
command against Wrangel. 1t was
said his shift was due to the refusal
of his troops to fight against the Boil
sheviki. Makno's past history inclines
one to doubt the truth of this report.
According to Copenhagen newspa-
per, General Weygand, who assisted
the Poles, has gone to South Russia
to take supreme command of the anti
soviet armies there.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Russian Reds, Whipped in the
Field, Agree to Armistice
With the Poles.
SUBMIT TO ALL DEMANDS
Soviet Forces May Concentrate Against
WraneeI-Peace in ireland Nearer
Some Late Developments in
Our Presidential Campaign.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

Thoroughly whipped by the Poles,
the Russian Bolsheviki have signed an
armistice with their opponents, and on
October IA hostilities are supposed to
cease. The full terms agreed upon at
Riga have not yet been given to the
public, but enough has been told to
show that Poland has won virtually
all her contentious. M. Joffe, head of
the Russian delegation, was in no po-
sition to refuse anything within rea-
son. and indeed he had been instruct
ed to accept almost any terms the
Poles might offer.
The western boundary line Of soviet
Russia was the main matter under
discussion, and this was settled entire
ly in favor of the Poles, according to
reports from Riga. The line is placed
so far east that Lithuania is cut off en-
tirely from Russia. and Poland is
given a corridor between those two
countries. The boundary agreed upon
begins east of Dvinsk, runs south
through Baranovitchi, Luninlets and
Sarny, and virtually along the German
line Of 1915 to the Roumanian frontier.
The Poles have asserted repeatedly
that the Lithuanians have been fight
ing alongside the Russians. and this
boundary settlement should, therefore,
go far in bringing about peaceful
agreement between Poland and Lithu-
ania; when that is accomplished the
Poles will be free to turn their atten-
ton to the establishment of their own
government and the development of
their country. They have agreed to be
neutral in the Ukraine where the so
Wet and Petlura forces are fighting,
and Russia gives up all claims to east
ern Galicia.
It Is asserted by some correspond
ents that Dombski. head Of the Polish
mission at Riga, was moved to hurry
up the agreement with the Russians
by the admonitions of the British am
bassador in Warsaw and also by the
movements of his political opponent,
Prince Sapieha. In addition, say these
correspondents, the liberal Dombski
element in Poland, is somewhat
alarmed by the successes of Baron
Wrangel in southern Russia; consider
ing that the restoration Of the old
Russian empire would constitute a
great danger to Poland Many experts
believe that a Russo-Polish peace win
result in the crushing of Wrangel and
his armies. It is taken for granted
that the soviet government will at
once concentrate its efforts on the
Crimean 'front.'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

ed In flames, the fact that all had
escaped was considered remarkable.
Many women had their dresses ruin
cd or badly torn in the struggle TO
reach the exits. but as far as couId
De learned no one sustained injuries
anywise serious. The majority Of
those present were japanese. A num-
Der OF Americans lost bags containing
documents, and the costumes which
were to have been worn in the page.
ants were totally destroyed. but the
greatest property loss was in the ID
strnction Of the building.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

all friction between friends which has
made the war cloud lower.
Mexico does not underestimate the
Importance of this hour and moment
and now that the time is opportune to
accept your friendship we are gong TO
make the most Of it. We are constant
~ striving to bring better economic
situation. We extend the hand Of fell
lowship to you"
Gen. Obregon arrived here on the
hrst train from Mexico to enter the
Union station in ten years.
lnglesias Calderon, Mexican high
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

An acrimonious controversy has
arisen between President Wilson and
Senator Spencer of Missouri. The lat
ter. in campaign speeches. asserted
that the President during the peace
conference promised Roumania and
Serbia that IL needed the American
army and navy would be sent to their
aid. This charge Mr.. Wilson branded
as absolutely false. The senator re-
torted that. the alleged promise was to
be found in the stenographic report Of
the eighth plenary session Of the con-
ference In which Mr.. Wilson was re-
ported to have said to Premier Bra
tianu of Roumania: "You must NOT
forget that it is force that Is the final
guaranty ofsthe public peace. If the
world Is again troubled the United
States win send to this side Of the
ocean their army and their feetD
Spencer asked the President TO uro-
duce the report. but Secretary Tumultv
said on Thursday the President had No
stenographic report OF the eighth rIen.
airy session and. so far as the Presi.
dent knows, there is no such record lp
this country.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

their escape from the structure. This
was announced By the convention COM
mittee, which at once made arrange
ments to hold meetings elsewhere. and
the first session took place in the Y.
NJ. @. A. hall.
Immediately after the building had
burned the committee called meet
ing OF prayer and thanksgiving for the
safety of those who had been imper-
lied by the fire. This was attended BIZ
a large company. including many nota-
Bile Japanese. Considering the rapid
ity with which the building disappear
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
What's the Use.

A dusty stranger limped into the
railroad station of little Texas town
that was chiefly noted for cactus and
alkali and deposited coin on the
counter.
Gimme ticket to the next place."
he ordered dispiritedly.
"Single or round trip?" queried the
agent.
The stranger glared. Round trip?''
he burst forth. whats the use of a
round trip when I'm here already Pr
American Legion Weekly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
His One Intensive Wish.

He took his girl to the restaurant
determined to be a sport if it took the
last cent he had. but as she gave her
dictation to the waiter his face grew
longer and longer. Finally, though,
she finished.
"And now, sir" asked the waiter
politely, turning to him, what do you
wish?"
"Me?" returned the young man in
voice of abysmal gloom. Il wish I'd
stayed at home."-American Legion
Weekly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
Black Erook for Colder Women.

For the older woman the black
frock is continuously good. and for
all occasions of the day. Among the
forms of ornamentation favored for
these black frocks are circles of color
introduced through the various agen-
cies of beading. embroidery and APP
plique. One of the most stunning
frocks in a recent importation of eve
ming models showed. for example,
foundation of black chiffon over which
were scattered these circles in jade
and cherry tones. They were made of
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

those hopes are being fulfilled. Why
is the ~ girl, who was one of you in
France, left out? Is not utilization
with the American Legion the only
way by which we can carry on and
keep the spirit that was ours in
France?"
Miss Massey served nine months in
France. She received citation for
courageous work among the troops
during the influenza epidemic in the
fall of 1918.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
MAKES PLEA FOR FRIENDSHIP
Mexican President Elect Holds Out
Hand of Fellowship to the
United States.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Gen. Alvaro Obre-
gon, president elect of Mexico, at
dinner given in his honor by the inter-
national exposition management. said:
1.-THE war era is over and here
call upon my good American friends
to unite with me in abolishing the
very word guerra and to eliminate
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

to the fact that the Russian crop out
look is the worst ever experienced and
that in consequence the country faces
starvation during the coming winter.
Lenine and the other leaders have
been making desperate efforts to re-
open commercial relations with Great
Britain and Italy and TO make peace
with Roumania, but these efforts have
been fruitless so far. The Red sol
diers are mutinying and assassinating
their officers, and the Russian people
generally are in despair.
In Petrograd especially the condi-
lions are terrible, and all the inhab-
itants who can are fleeing from the
city. The Finnish Red Cross has just
issued an appeal to the Red Cross So
cieties of the World describing the
shocking state of affairs In the former
capital The population has shrunk 10
about 100000, and thousands are dying
every month Of various kinds of cpl
denies. There is no fuel, no hot wa
ter for baths, no street cleaning or re-
moval of garbage, and the streets are
becoming impossible because the paw
ing blocks are being burned and the
water pipes are bursting. The hos
pitfalls are overlooking with patients
and their equipment is wretchedly in
adequate.
Death" says the report, ''stalks on
every side. waiting for winter to aid
in the grim work of moving down the
silent, hungry sick, and dying thou
sands. With streets and houses choked
with filth that is already spreading
spotted and intermittent typhus, the
cold weather will finish the task with
pneumonia and abdominal typhus."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

President Wilson got into the presi-
Dental campaign at the beginning OF
the week with long letter addressed
to his fellow citizens, urging them 10
place the seal of their approval OF the
League Of Nations covenant by their
votes at the polls in November. lie
said: "The chief question that IS put
to you is. of course, this: Do you want
YOUR country's honor INDICATED and
the treaty of Versailles ratified? DO
YOU in particular approve OF the
League of Nations as organized and
empowered in that treaty? And do
YOU wish to see the United States play
its responsible part in it?"
He said the opponents Of ele league
had mislead the voters and had dis
played gross ignorance and impudent
audacity in their attempt to invent an
'Americansm' of their own, which has
no foundation whatever in any of the
authentic traditions Of the govern
ment."
Following this lead. Governor Cox
and Franklin Roosevelt In their cam
paign speeches are now making the
League of Nations the great issue and
are devoting to it most of their argu-
ments. Homer s. Cummings, former
Democratic national chairman, also
has been called on and will speak for
the league in Ohio. Kansas, Indiana,
Kentucky, New Mexico and California.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

commissioner to the Unitel states
Win rank OF ambassador. In an inter-
view explained the reasons for his
peclslon, approved By President de Ia
huerta. to return to Mexico with the
other members Of his mission. The
embassy viii not be closed, Manuel q
ieliez, secretary, having been nomi-
mated charge d'afrairs.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
NONE DIED IN TOKYO FIRE
Monetary Loss Alone Caused by De-
struction of Hall of Worlds Sun
day School Convention.

Tokyo.-Although the fire which de-
stroyed the large hall in which the
worlds Sunday school convention was
TO have been opened spread with amaz-
ing rapidity, all the persons who We're
In the building, including the members
of the big chorus of japanese and
foreigners which was rehearsing. made
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19

Senator Harding abandoned his
porch again for a quick speaking tour
through part of the Middle West, and
in his address at Des Moines he ac-
cepted the direct issue of ratifying or
rejecting the League of Nations COW
enant. He declared fatty he would
favor staying out of the league as
formed at Versailles he said be want
ed no acceptance Of the league with
or without reservations to clarity
Americas obligations, and that he
thought the proper thing to do was to
reject the covenant altogether. AS for
what he does favor doing in the way
of an association Of nations, he said:
81 shall not risk embarrassing the
final solution of a problem so mo-
mentous by undertaking to lay down
In advance specific details or plans. AS
soon as possible after my election l
shall advise with the best minds In the
United States and especially | shall
consult In advance with the senate,
with whom, by the terms Of the Con-
stitution, l shall indeed be bound to
counsel and without whose consent no
such international association can be
formed. I shall do this to the end
that we shall have an association of
nations for the promotion of interna-
tional peace, but one which shall def
nitely safeguard our sovereignty and
recognize our ultimate and unmort-
gagged freedom of action"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-19
ELECTED FOR THREE YEARS
Thomas J. Bannigan Is Reelected
Connecticut Department Adjutant
for Unusually Long Period.

The innovation of choosing a de-
partment adjutant to serve for three
years was adopted by the Connecticut
convention of the American Legion.
Thomas j. Bannigan of Hartford was