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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
GIVEN PRIVILEGE IN WAR
Channel Islanders for Centuries Were
Not Forced to Take Part in
Britain's Conflicts.


For over two centuries the Channel
Islands were allowed to remain neu-
trail In any war that England might
undertake. This singular privilege was
granted TO them by Edward w, and
was not revoked till the reign of Will
liam and Mary. 1t was granted as
a reward for the loyalty of the island
ers, whose commerce with the neigh
boring coasts of Brittany and Nor
mandy was constantly being inter
rupted by the numerous wars. Even
the pope joined In enforcing the right.
and by bull dated 1883 Sextus Nv.
threatened to .excommunicate any one
who violated the order. On the whole,
1t Is fairly rigidly observed, and when
a Guernsey vessel was taken in the
channel by privateer of Morlaix, the
islanders with their boat were re-
leased, but few Englishmen on
board. with their merchandise. were
captured. The privilege does not
seem to have been Of any great COM
mercial value. for when it was with
drawn the islanders made more mon
ey than before by fitting their vessels
out as privateers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
SFfORT7,SKIRT 4.
!, IS THE ,',, MODE

Short skirts. long waists, short
sleeves-these are the salient features
of the spring mode as 1t becomes es'
tablished by usage from day 10 day
In one OF the windows on Fifth ave.
nue. during the past gala week. writes
New York fashion correspondent
there were exhibited two gowns pre-
sumabiy for the street. but they were
abbreviated and diaphanous In the ex-
treme-so much so that one unini'i'
ated In the change In fashions could
not have been expected TO recognize
them as street garments.
Two women stood before them. re-
garding their shortncsses and thin
nesses with awe.
"Don't you suppose they've made a
mistaken" said one; surely those
dresses are meant for evening wear.
Why, IooR at the sleeves and the low
cut necks!" rs3'r "c
Yet the figures on which they were
draped were wearing hats and gloves.
1t wasn't a mistake by any means. and
the observer was destined to meet
more and more Of the same sort in her
jaunt about the city. For they are
appearing in greater numbers every
day. There Is decided acceptance
of all of the short cuts which not long
ago seemed not ordained TO be favor
ties of American women.
There Is no denying the fact that
the short skirts are pretty and, in
most cases. becoming. They give n
proportion TO the dresses Of the hour
that could not be nearly so good were
the skirts allowed to be any longer.
Every once In while, along the thor
Oughfares where addressed women
are wont 70 make rhelr appearance
one sees astonlshingly beautiful
street clothes with skirts so short
that they are nearer the knees than
the ankles. The short skirt. without
doubt. bids fair to become the most
distinguishing feature of feminine APP
parel for 1920.
Long Sleeves Scare.
The shorter sleeves are not so
READILY taken up by some women gen.
orally. though the longer ones are al
most impossible TO find In the shops. |
They are not "the thing" at all. One
might as well accept short sleeves or
no sleeves, for they seem as inevitable !
as the high cost of living. A special |
design is the only way around the |,
idea that sleeves shall not end an inch |
or so below the arm pits. And special |
designs these days are confined TO
the few. The rest of us must accept |
the dictates of fashion as they stand
and decide to glory in them.
After all. the short sleeve is much |
like the collarIess gown when 1t
comes TO applying II to the various
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
Transformed.

The Wild Cat Eighty-first division,
fron Florida and North and South
Carolina. was moving up to the front
line trenches. An engineer from an
other division stood by the roadside
trying to figure out the insignia on
their left shoulder. Unable to stand
the suspense any longer, he called.
"Hey. buddy. what's that thing on
your arm?"
That's wild cat" shouted back
c mountain buck, 'and we're prowlin'
for ferries tonight"
A few days later the same providing
buck was on his way back and was
again asked about his zoo insignia.
That's wild cat" he murmured,
but. personally, I'm a d tame
pussy."-The Home Sector.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28

types of feminine beauty or nom
beauty. Women will insist that they
cannot wear the style. that II Is not
becoming to their type, and finally,
when they do stop struggling and ac-
cept the feshiOn as II stands, they find
that they really look extremely we'll
hey surprise themselves. And then,
when they come to analyze the stu
alton. they discover that they have
been refusing to accept the change
merely because II Is new and thar
they never really have given It a
chance to prove whether II is becom-
Ing. This happens as often as drastic
changes are introduced In fashion. and
time and again women have worn the
thing that they announced to begin
with they could never countenance. n
bids fair to he the case If the sleeve.
and those who are looking toward
that shining vista. economy Of mate
rial. will welcome the shorter length.
A French designer has annonnced
emphatically that the. long waist Is
The line especially adapted tn the
American figure. Some one is heard
to murmur: what Is this American
figure that the French love 81 ~ prat-
tie about" Wen. II II nor 'as vet the
French figure. which II allowed to be-
as plump ms II .pIeases. wherever u
pIeases We stiII lean 10 straight
lines in this country. and the figure
which IL not built along these lines
may be corseted 70 the state where
v seems to be. n Is for such figure
that the French artist Of renown des-
ignnfes the Iong-waisfed models. And
you have only to observe them on
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
Electricity In Next War.

That the use Of high explosives In
modern warfare has about reached the
end of Its development, is the opinion
of French inventor of one powerful
compound of that nature.
Neither can poisonous gases. 1t is in
dicated, be made much more danger
Gus than were those contrived in the
world war. Flying mechanisms Of va
rious types promise much greater
menace, and 1t is probable that any
new developments in scientific war
fare visible In the next international
disagreement will be electrical in their
nature.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28

straight more or less fat figures TO
see how really, beautifully they are
adapted TO the contour, Calldt Isl do
Ing the lons-waistea dress 70 perfec-
tion.I She, has sent over many love-
ly models, The, skirts are full or
plated. and while often they are
made with tighter underskirts, many
of them leave the 'fhllness of the
skirt TO be the only llhe below the
dropped waist. g :.
Long Waist Model. ?
For instance. there is one model
from this renowned house made OF
gray satin, with a fun skirt falling
over tighter skirt of black SATIN
The straight, long. fiat bodice is en-
hroidered in gray In ,ap ,ail.oSer pat
tern OF large design. has wide cuffs of
black satin on thef very much -abbre-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
RilI,a Capacitx

Prison Superintendent Rattigan was
talking at Sing Sing about the ca
racity for strong drink possessed by
cOnvicts.
1.-TWO convicts were talking one
day." lie said. "and the first re-
marked:
Eyes. Bill done that carpenterin'
Job for 'em in return for what beer
he drunk while he was at work.
"T see,' said the second convict.
Ordinary union rate wasn't good
enough for Bill, ehT"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
diamond Dyes"
Tell You How
A Child can Follow Directions
and get Perfect Results

Each package OF Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond-dye new, rich.
fadeless color into worn. shabby gar
ments. draperies, coverings, whether
wool. silk. linen. cotton or mixed goods.
Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other kind
then perfect results are guaranteed
even II you have never dyed befora.
Druggist has color card.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28

Waited sleeves. Another design from
the same house is made for dinner
wear. II has cream satin draped over
black satin. making q sort of cascade
/ skirt. and the rather low and pointed
neckline Is edged with wide beaded
bands of gold and pearl-beaded en-
broidery. A long-waisted model for
afternoon wear has Chinese brocade
waist and lower panel of the Skin.
! made over foundation Of black
satin. Then there Is a fuller skirt Of
navy blue serge. draped from a low
waistline and allowed to hang over
with an uneven hem, one side being
very much longer than the other and
pointed where the draplng meets.
Paquin has made some successful
lorg-waisted models. as have Made
leine ct Madeleine. Jenny. and Ian
win. Most of the other designers also
have done things with long-waisted
effects. but these are the ones which
accent the idea especially for the
American women whose figures they
say they have studied with real
idea of providing gowns peculiarly
suitable for them.
Around about New York the serge
dress as vet holds sway. This and
the suit Of serge are the only new
things, on account Of the weather.
which have had the least chance to
show themselves. In the restaurants
at lunch time. when coats are laid
aside. one sometimes glimpses gown
of taffeta. which material bids fair to
gain more popularity than has been
accorded to any one fabric for many
seasons past.
Most Desired Fabric.
At night. for dinner. and dancing,
taffeta has made Its appearance as
the most desired fabric; the evening
gown is rare that does not have taft
feta used in its making In one way or
another. Sometimes tulle or chiffon
holds the place OF honor, but upon
examination taffeta Is found to be the
foundation material. for the particular
standing-out quality Is the thing that
Is absolutely necessary to the modern
lat OF evening adornment, Taffeta
has that lovely texture which makes
II stand out. but at the same time It
falls In pleasant folds Especially the
newer taffetas have been refined In
weaving until they are perfect
Tn Paris the rage for tafreta goes
on. Even after the openings were
over. the designers kept on and on
making new things from me lovely |
material. Two models. one for nfter- |
noon and one for evening. each made |
with taffeta for the foundation mate |
rial. are worth noting. One, Is, draped |
almost entirely In. tulle. and the. other
Is embroidered heavily; either serves |
rs n model for American limitations |
or American authentic conies. The arr.
ernoon frnck IL combined with organ. |
die. and this strange combination OF
fsilk and cotton, ahas taken
n fast hold on the. DESIGNERS here
about. One sees u. IN combinations
Of black fafreta and cream lorgandle,
Of blue taffeta and white orrandje. .of
gray tnffeta and apricot orcardic. and
40 on, In varieties unlimited.
Hats are even britt "a carrs hu
this combination Of materials, nnd
some perfect specimens can be seen
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
KEEPING Up With n. C. OF

Bert asked his grandpa for Job and
was told he could throw down hay for
the horses. For this chore he had al
ways received nickel; but as the
candy bar he was In the habit Of buy
ing had advanced in price, he coolly
Informed his grandparent that he
would have to have a raise In wages.
How muchr asked grandpa,
amused.>
oh replied the little laborer,
enough to keep up with the high cost
Of candy"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
Not So Sure About Her.

II saw your wife this morning, old
chap" remarked Unison. "She didn't
look very fit"
"She isn't; she's mourning the loss
Of a diamond necklace.r said Blenkins
sadly. -
'Why don't you advertise a big
money reward and no questions
asked"
"Well, could manage the cash all
right. but doubt my wife's ability to
fulfill the rest Of that contract"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
For Age Computation.

To compute the age and birth month
of person ask the person to think of
his age, multiply by 10. add 25, multi
ply by 10, add the number of the
month in which he was born. subtract
$50. The first two numerals will be
the persons age and the last two the
month In which he was born.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
Those Girls.

Agnes-"But how In the world did
you get him to proposes" Madge-
"Oh. easily enough. told him was
only sweet sixteen"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
No NecessItv.

Shop Assistant (selling dog trough)
Would you like one with dog"
painted on II, madam
Customer-No, thanks. You see, the
dog can't read and my husband
doesn't drink water.-London Answers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28

A wise man realizes the emptiness
Of the title when his wife speaks Of
him as the head Of the house.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28

A mans bump of Imagination must
be well developed to enable him to
write an interesting love letter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28

Yes. Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus; and yes, Virginia. there II
such thing as bad luck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28

How to be GENIAL and do Il natu-
rally-ay, there's the rub.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
Tho Limit

"Is Gubbler generous chap?"
Generous? w by, he'd share his
last half-plnt with friend r-Home
Sector.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-08-09
Experts from the Factories Every Day II
Demonstrations by ExDeI
WHITES Sewing MACHINE:

The White Sewing Machine Con1panyo of CIeve-
land, Ohio were SO delighted with the demonstration
conducted by their representative at our store the
past month, that they have sent her back for another
DEMONSTRATION during the last week Of Big August
Clearance Sale. The demonstrator has been given space
in one Of our big show windows where the beautiful
work which is made possible on the Whites Sewing
planning te.raacne so thoroughly thai child can I'M
dersfand It's manipulation. Remember that it is equip
ped with alfhe latest attachments thread lock
stitch, and perfect h9stitch The model is made with
the design which spells solid comfort III sewing ma
chimes
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-08-09

The factory representative, Mr.. Charles T. Harrii-
SON. has just written that he will be at our store this
week to demonstrate she HOOVER ELECTRIC CLEAN
Err. Letus demonstrate the Hoover on your reception
hall rug Although this is the rug that gets the hard
est use the HOOVER will cean 1t SO quickly and beau
tfully that you vii be delighted Just bring your rug
down this week end after you have seen the Hoover
operate you VIII wonder why you have moi ordered
HOOVER sooner.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-08-09
Majestic, RANGE:

MIR. J. R Peters, the Majestic factory representa-
tive has master mind in the knowledge Of stoves He
SO pleasing in his manner Of demonstrating the MA
JESTIC that one naturally fails IN with his line Of
thought and with his convincing arguments IN favor OF
the King Of all Ranges one hesitaies only short time
in the advsabiity Of doing away with the cid wornout
range and beauiifyng the kitchen with stove that has
areputation. IT, for any reason, you are unahleo at
tend the demonstration at store, MIR. Peters viii be
delighted 10 have one Of the hlajestics loaded on truck
and bring ii 10 your home for demonstration Lei
him convince you that the MA JESIIC is the stove for
your horne.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-04
THE LAND POLICY OF SOVIET RUSSIA

law promulgated on February IA, 1919. This law de-
eares once that all land is the property of the
state administered by the Peoples Commissariat of
Agriculture, provincial and county land departments
and other government bodies. The peasants land
remains in their use, all the undistributed land Of
the land reserve is excluded from private and
placed at the disposal of the state The soviet estates
are operated by the state, producing exclusively for
its needs and employing only state labOrers preferably
organized workers from the cities The administrative
and technical affairs of each estate conducted by
specialist Or board appointed by the government
authorities labor committee having the right Of
controlling the economic and sanitary life of the
laborers
The estates are supposed to be scientifically
arranged model sgrucitura enterprises Of the highest
possible productivity; undertaking such agricultural
and industrial activities daries, stock farms, vine
yards wine presses tea tobacco and beet plantations
anl equipped with experimental fields, agricultural
schools and exhibitions libraries and museums The
purpose of the scheme is to make the soviet estates
serve large agricultural centers for the benefit
and instruction of the peasants.
Tho agricultural communes are collective enter
prises voluntarily organized by group of producers
from thelr lndVldual lana alotments ana the equip
ments of their households or from lands and invcn-
tories placed at their disposal by the soviet authori
ties; the communes operated primarily for the
needs of their participants the basis of equal
collective application of their labor and communal
consumption of the products.
Collective cultivation of land means, in the
law, collective tilage, manuring, sowing, and harvest
ing of lands by p whole village community or
part of its members who for that purpose combine
in partnerships sharing in the collective work with
their own labor inventories, and working animals,
with an inventory owned solely by the partnership
Village lands not allotted to individual households
marked out for collective cultivation as well as
private plots whose holders are not able to till them
End lands assigned for that purpose by the soviet
authorities from the land reserve.
Both the communes and the partnerships of col
lective cultivation to he managed by committees
elected by the group however, they have to submit
themselves to certain definite plans of work pre-.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-04
By WILLIAM NJ. DANBIT

scribed by the land departments, in order that a
proper use of the means of production granted them
by the Government may be insured.
From the annual yield of the communes of the
partnerships their collective needs first salts
fled, and in the case of the partnerships certain
amount is distributed for the individual of the
partners The surplus be delivered to the soviet
fo1d-supy authorizes in exchange for money loans
and other things received from the Government for
the operation of the enterprises, in payment of
taxes and other public duties. The Peoples Commits
sariat of Agriculture is urged by the law to
provide for the communes and in general for the
collective agricultural association money loans Seeds
inventories, agronomic aid, and every possible as
sistance
A supplementary soviet decree of February 80,
1912 makes definite regulations regarding the award
of the loans from the billion ruble fund mentioned
above The administration of the fund is to be in the
hands of a special central committee under the
authority of the Commissariat of Agriculture, and of
local committees with the land departments. The
loans are awarded in money agricultural implements
artificial manure and other supplies, and repay
able in products without any accrued interest charges
except in eases when for delay in the repay.
ment fine of one per cent month is charged The
receivers of the loans must obey in the operation of
their enterprises definite rules worked out by the land
departments and intended as guaranty Of produc.
tive application of the aid received.
The soviet authorities and economists aseribe
great Importance to each form Of collective agricul
ture The soviet estates are conceived as the basis
of complete sociaization of agriculture national
scale The communes also supposed in the course
of time to become natonaized enterprises while the
collective cultivation of land is regarded as means
of training the peasents in agricultural colectivism
and of paving the way for ultimate combination in
communes In this conception both the communes and
the partnerships for collective cultivation constitute
only temporary, transitory ecoonmc organizations
leading finally to the complete naturalization of
agriculture.
1t was inevitable that the efforts of the Soviet
Government TO sociaze agriculture together with the
naturalization of education should have led to the
naturalization of agronomc instruction and of the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-04

The solution of the land question is Of primary
Importance to Soviet Russia. Before the Revolution
the land privileges then existing, embodied in the
vast landed possessions of the nobility, appanage,
monasteries and churches dominated economically
tie rural population. The masses of the peasants,
VINO make up large majority of the Russian nation
and without whose support Russian government
survive demanded the appropriation of the great
landed property and the increase of their land ao
ments. On the other hand the socialist regime re-
oured for its success the gradual soealization of
agrculture-a process quite contrary TO the private
husbandry of the peasants The soviet regime, there
FORE had before it three main tasks in the land
qlestion to abolish entirely the land privileges of the
great landowners, to satisfy the individualise de-
mands of the peasants, and to start and carry on the
soeialization of agriculture.
Accordingly the earlies soviet land DEGREES, of
November 7, 1917 and of January q, 1918, ordered
the appropriation of the estates of the nobility, ap-
panage monasteries and churches thus establishing
in 1918 National Land Reserve of 15,S0O0O0 des-
satines, OF which 12S0O,0OO distributed for the
srivate of the peasants though the ownership
remained with the state The prerevolutionary land
aotments Of the peasants remained in their possession
The Soviet Government had left at its disposal 3OOO
900 dessiatines mainly the large modern holdings of
lie former landlords the estates utilized for technical
agricultural enterprises and the lands with mineral
deposits.
After this first stage of the agraran revolution
the Soviet Government in the first half of 1918 made
the first attempts at agricultural socializaton From
the very beginning this work fell in two main div
sions the organization of soviet estates and the pro-
motion Of agricultural communes and of other col
ecive agricultural enterprises not under state control
N August, 1918, the Peoples Commissariat of Agri
culture published principles and bylaws the
organization of communes, and on November g. of the
same year the Government by decree created fund
Of one billion rubles for loans to collective agr
cultural enterprises.
In 1913 this work was still in state of cen
fusion The unique policy of socialist land organization
was established carly in 1919 by several important
land decrecs of which the fundamental is the land