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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
FOR THE PORCH AND GARDEN
Furniture and Accessories Suitable for
Outdoor Use and Which
Resist Weather.

"Of all the furnishing problems that
confront the home decorator, none is
more fascinating than that Of convert
ing the porch or terrace into a CHARM
ing outdoor room to which family and
guests alike instinctfvely gravitate,"
writes Winnifred Fales in June Good
Housekeeping.
"The undertaking is delightfully."-
easy, for nowadays appropriate furni-
ture, fabrics, and accessories are OBJ
tatnable in such limitless variety that
the only real difficulty is to keep a
reasonably tight hold on the purse
strings, instead of yielding to the Inn
pulse to buy every new and enchanting
thing that offers.
THE modern use of weatteTprOof
materials and finishes for porch and
garden furnishings has done much to
encourage outdoor living by making it
no longer necessary to drag heavy
chairs and tables into the house at
the first hint of a shower. Far from
being injured by rain, the various bas-
ket types of furniture are actually i'm
proved by it, and even an occasional
drenching will do them no harm. In
deed, tie accepted cure for rattan and
natural willow pieces that have begun
to sag and lose their resiliency Is to
set them out on the lawn and admin
lister a copious shower bath with the
garden hose. While this remedy is a
tritie drastic for fiber and willow fur
niture that has been stained or paint
ed in the ordinary manner, even these
types will successfully withstand fog
and dampness."
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
NEW NOVELTIES ARE SHOWN
Among Late Accessories is an Algerian
Chain Of Dull Gold; An At
tractiVe ,Headdress.

Although the season is well advanced
designers are untiring in their efforts
to .nrOvide us with something new
to wear. Summer never has been a
time when the shops exploited new
details in dress. This year, however,
Is an exceptional one In this respect,
Judging from the number of unusual ac-
cessoriesg to be had, states Paris
fashion correspondent.
Among the novelties is an Algerian
chain of dull gold, studded with vari-
colored stones. At the end of the
chain hangs. a gold case. designed to
hold a stick of lip rouge. This little
vanity box. although intended for lip
pomade, is not the shape of an Ordi-
nary Iip stick holder. but is like metal
plaque paved with stones to make a
handsome ornament.
An Empress Josephine headdress
composed of black satin leaves placed
80 that they form crown, is novel.
The leaves are studded with crystal
beads that are long and narrow. From
the crown spring slender, silver wires
a-glitter with tiny crystal balls.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
TRIMMING I'M IISF
VG@
Wealth Of Embroidery Takes
/ Precedence Over Silhouette.
Lavish Use Of Decoration Raises
Question Of Where Nsedlework
ls to Come From.

The trimming takes precedence over
the silhOuettev asserts prominent
fashion authority. This is the thing
that strikes one most forcibly in the
late models. Many of the old forms
of trimming are cast aside for en-
broideries, which are used so layishly
that we wonder where all the work.
ers are coming from to turn out so
much of this needlework.
1t is unfortunate to run to an extraya-
CANT use Of any mode of ornamental
ton. No one can gainsay the deco
rativeness of beautiful embroidery
but it, like, anything else, becomes
commonplace when too extensively
used.
One reason for using so much trim
ming may be because the silhouette has
changed so slightly designers have felt
that this Is the only way of offering
something new. Straightline dresses
are covered with embroidery, the
stitches being placed so closely to-
gether that it is almost impossible to
discern the patterns. Coats and hats
show quite as much embroidery as do
the frOcks.
1t is surprising to see such a costly
use of trimming directly following so
many movements toward economy. 1t
would seem that any effort toward
economy in dress is like swimming
against the current. With what meas
ure of success these dresses will meet
it is difficult to say. They must neces-
sarily be expensive with so much
needleworE ornamenting them.
Very unusual are the things used to
work out embroidery designs A che
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
EoRElnN NEWS.

The autopsy on the body of Olive
Thomas. American motion picture &C
tress, who died in the American hos.
pital at Neuilly, France, last Friday,
was performed Monday by DR.. Paul,
official physician of the city of Paris.
in the presence of five American doc,
tors. DR.. Joseph Choate, who had
charge of Miss Thomas during her i'll.
ness. represented her family. The
doctors concluded that death was due
to poisoning through intoxication
with a sublimate" taken accidentally.
Capital punishment has been evok-
ed in soviet Russia to deal with food
spectators, as well as with spies and
counter-revolutionar so acute has
the food situation become, according
to advices which the state department
has just received from Baltic sources.
Peasants who seek to recover grain
which has been requisitioned from
them by the soviet are punished by
execution, the department is inform.
ed.
The Poles have extended their lines
southeast of Brest-LitoVsk along the
Kovel Railroad and have occupied
Wielkoryta, Malorypa and Mielniki
after some fighting.
Tarsus, the birthplace of St. Paul,
which is located about 20 miles south
of Adana. is being beseiged by the
Turks, and the French garrison and
the $4,000 inhabitants Of the place are
short of food, according to letter
received at Constantinople from Prof
Paul Nilsson. who is in charge of st.
Paul's institute there. ~
An official Russiua report received
In Berlin claims the occupation OF
newly fortified positions OF the Bug
River and the almost total destruc.
ton of the forces of General Wrangel.
the anti-bolshevild leader.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
NEWS CONDENSED
At Home and Abroad Of Inter-
est to Everybody.
EPITORTE OF LATE DOINGs
Of the Entire Week That Is
Worth While of Mention and
Of Interest to All.
EPIToME or LATE DOING
wAsHINeToN NEWS.

More than 100000 firms and indi
viduals are paying income taxes this
year, according to figures made pub
lie Saturday by the bureau of inter
nal revenue. These figures also re-
veal that practically 100000 have al
ready paid their taxes in full. The
bureaus statement shows that 4,900,-
900 persons are paying taxes on in
comes of $4,000 or less and fewer than
100000 have not paid their taxes in
full, choosing the alternative plan Of
payment by installment.
Distribution of President Wilson's
flock of sheep, which have roamed the
White House lawn for several years,
began Thursday when a score were
shipped to somewhere in Virginia"
President Wilson defined the fed
eral governments attitude toward the
vacation" strike in the anthracite
coal industry in a message Friday to
union leaders in which he declared
that I'VE could not look the world
in the face or justify our actions to
our own people and our own con.
science if we yielded one iota to the
men in the anthracite coal fields"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
BAD RISK
TO KEEP SICK
Insurance Companies Won't Take
a Man Who Suffers Continually
From Stomach or Liver
Troubles.

Acworth, Ga.-"We have used
Black-Draught in our family for years,
and can say never have found a
liver medicine that could equal it,
writes Mrs. J. A. Wildwood, of this
place. 'It is fine for indigestion,
headache and sour stomach" she con.
tinues.
1T use it for the family, and GER
tainly feel it has saved me a lot of
money.
II am glad to recommend Black
Draught, and am sure if others would
use it they would be as glad as I've
BEEN"
Thousands Of families keep Thed-
ford's Black-Draught in the house all
the time, for use at the first sign Of
indigestion, constipation, collie, colds
and fever, thereby preventing illnesses
that might develop seriously.
When you notice that you are bill
ious, have a bad taste in the mouth,
coated tongue, offensive breath, or If
you are dizzy at times, restless, sleep
poorly-do not neglect your liver. 1t
is calling for prompt treatment. Use
Thedford's Black-Draught. Its merit
is widely acclaimed from long, salts
factory use.
Your druggist sells Black-D raught.
ADV.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
srArE ANp DOMESTIC NEMs.

Chester Terrell, aged 3S, former
speaker of the house of representa-
-tives in the Texas legislature, and the
youngest man to hold that office, died
at his home in San Antonio, Monday.
Governor Hobby, following confer
ence Monday with DR.. w. d. Hunter,
a member of the federal horticultural
board, and Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Fred w. Davis, issued procla-
nation declaring a special quaran-
tine district in portion of Brazoria
County, Texas, to prevent the spread
of the pink boil worm.
1t required three rounds from five
army rifles to kill Snyder, a trained
elephant belonging to a circus show
ing at Salina, Kansas, Monday The
animal had gone mad just as the cir
Gus was about to open and hundreds
of persons were massed about the
animal tent. The elephant upset
many animal cages and threw one
cage, containing four lions, 80 feet.
Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, H. ]. Gold
smith, her attorney asserts, has decid-
ed to drop the divorce action she insti.
tuted against her husband in Los
Angeles last month Instead, acting
under Mr.. GOldsmith's advice, she will
seek to establish title to one-half of
all her husbands property both real
and personal, which has come into his
possession since their marriage on
October %, 1918
Eight thousand gallons of grain al
cohol in barrels, en- route from New
Orleans to Kansas City, Mo-, disap-
peared en- route, railroad officials re-
ported Saturday. The sealed freight
car arrived with the seals intact, but
the 80 barrels were gone.
Sheriff Johnson. of Uvalde County
announced Saturday that he had re-
covered the entire amount of $6,185
taken by a masked robber from the
State Bank at uvalde, Texas, Wednes-
day, and also had obtained a state
ment from man arrested.
A shipmentNof bonds understood to
be valued at6$5OOOO was stolen from
a Southern Railway train, near Cor
nelia, Ca, Friday, according to dis
patches.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

bare floors, use moist sawdust. When
the room is carpeted, moisten a news
paper, tear it into small scraps and
scatter these over the. carpet. In
sweeping brush these scraps of paper
along with the broom and they will
catch most Of the dust and hold it
fast, just as the sawdust does on bare
floors. Do not have the paper or saw
dust dripping wet-Only moist.
In busting room, do not use a
feather buster, because this does not
remove the dust from the room, but
only brushes it into the air. Use soft
dry cloths TO dust with, and shake
them frequently out of the window
or use slightly mOistened cloths auG
rinse them out in water when I'm
ished. In this way the dust can h,
gotten out of the room.
In rooms which have bare floors. il
houses, stores, shops, school rooms
etc. all dust can be easily remove,
after 1t has settled by passing over the
floor a mop which has been wrung out
so as to be only moist, not dripping
wet.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
EATONIC Users
DO This Get the
Greatest Benefits

Chicago, nl.-Thousands of reports
from people all over the U. S. who
have tested eatonio, show the. greatest
benefits are obtained by using it for a
few weeks, taking one or two tablets
after each meal.
BatOnic users know that it stops
Belching, Bloating, Heartburn, and
Stomach Miseries quickly, but the
really lasting benefits are obtained by
using eatonic long enough to take the
harmful excess acids and gases entire
ly out Of the system. This requires a
little time, for eatonic takes up the
excess acidity and poisons and carries
them out Of the body and of course,
when it is all removed, the sufferer gets
well, feels ,fine-full of life and pep.
If you have been taking an eatonic
now and then, be sure and take it regu-
larly for time and obtain all of these
wonderful benefits. Please speak to
your druggist about this, so that he can
tell others that need this help. Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
INVENTIVE GENIUS
ROBS GALOMEL OF
NAUSEA And DANGER
Doctors Favorite Medicine Now
Purified and Refined from All
Objectionable Effects. "Calo-
tabs ''-the New Name.

What viii human ingenuity do nextS
SmOkeless powder, wireless telegraphys
horseless carriages, eolOrless iodine, taste
less Quinine, now comes nausealess calOs
mel. The new improvement called Gale
tabs" is now on sale at drugstores
For biliousness, constipation and indie
gestiOn the new calomel tablet is q prRc-
tically perfect remedy, as evidenced b.
the fact that the manufacturers have au-
thOrized all druggists to refund the price
If the customer is not perfectly delighted'
with CalOtabs One tablet at bedtime with
a swallow of water-that's all. No taste,
no nausea, no gripping, no salts. By morn
ing your liver is thoroughly cleansed and
you are feeling fine, with a hearty appe-
tite. Eat what you please-no danger--go
bout your business.
Calotabs are not sold in bulk. Get an
.riginal package, sealed. Price, thirtya
i've cents.-fadvl
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
straw Rrald rrImmlnn

A very odd trimming is seen on
some of the new satin models. It is
a bristly straw braid sewn to the
frock in conventional design very
much after the manner of Old-fash
toned braiding. The effect is extreme
~ novel. BY combining embroidery
done in heavy black silk threads with
this straw braid great elaboration is
obtained.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
Sold in the Head''

Is an acute attack Of Nasal Catarrh.
Those subject to frequent 'colds in the
CATARRH MEDICINE will build up the
System, cleanse the Blood and render
them less liable to colds. Repeated at
tacks of Acute Catarrh may lead to
Chronic Catarrh
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is
taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
tenn, thus reducing the Inflammation and
restoring normal conditions.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
FL ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
SWEEPING AND BUSTING

tBy U s. Public Health serviee1
In sweeping a room raise as little
dust as possible, because dust. when
breathed in. irritates the nose and
throat and may set up catarrh. Some
of the dust breathed is carried to the
lungs making portions Of them black
and hard and useless.
To prevent raising dust in sweeping
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

digestion aiding elimination pure
and nourshment the
PERUA is recommended sick do not wait and suffer
The begin using Dr. Hartmans weknown
the sooner may zpc to be wen and strong and in fun possession
health
toke remedy to have in the house. It fourteen
vention and protection
Sold everywhere in tablet or LIQUID form
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
THREE YEARS WITHOUT HOPE
Story Of Sickness Suffering with Final Reaun % Henh
It Wll DO you good to read 6

No matter how long nor how much you have
suffered do not give up hope DO not decide
there Is no help for you There Is. Make up
Jour mind to get well. You can. There is q
remedy in which you may place full reliance
as did Mrs. Rozalia KAMA OF SO Silver Street,
New Britain, Conn. This Is what she says:
81 had cramps for three years and thought
would never be any better. could not eat
without distress. Slept with my mouth open
and could hardly breathe. No medicine helped
me. had catarrh OF the stomach. Now /
have no cramps and am feeling well and
healthy. wish every suffering person would
take PE-RU-EA."
Catarrh effects the mucous membranes I'm
any organ mr. mart PF-RII-NA nv reouIaffnee
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
HAD HIGH AMBITION FOR SON
Father Wouldn't Be Satisfied Until He
Saw Him in Really Proud
Position.

An instructor in the military acad-
envy at West Point was once assigned
to conduct about the place the visiting
parents Of a certain cadet.
After tour Of the post the proud
and happy parents Joined the crowd
assembled to witness evening parade,
a most imposing spectacle. The march
past aroused the father of the cadet to
a high pitch Of enthusiasm.
"There" he exclaimed to his spouse,
'isn't that fine2 But" he added, re-
fectively, II shall not be happy till my
boy attains the proud position that
leads 'em all" And he pointed in
rapt admiration to the drum-major.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
Froeks Of -afeta

Many afternoon frocks are Of taf-
feta, cry often black. combined with
white georgette crepe or crepe de
chine.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

with bright red silks are used to or
nament daytime frOcks of dark blue
POiret twill.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23
Wasted.

Wasted.
Mrs. Flatte-What was it told you
a little while ago, John?
Mr.. Flatte-I don't know; I wasn't
listening.
Mrs. Flatte-Now, isn't that prOvok-
ing? And I just can't think what it
was to repeat it.-Yonkers Statesman.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

mise frock of satin has the entire
front and back portions overlaid with
huge clusters of grapes embroidered
in natural colored wooden beads. Steel
nailhead embrOideries in conjunction
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

Some women can sing a baby to
sleep in two minutes and talk hus-
band awake all night.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

There is always chance that an OPP
portunity may be connected with
galvanic battery.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

Boudolr Cape Latest.
The latest in negligee garments is
the boudoir cape.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

A cruel heart i'll suits manly mind.
Homer.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

Certainly luck counts. So do brains
aud rlUck.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

Duty is usually too plain to be at
tracttve.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-09-23

The promiscuous splitter is men
ace.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-04-30
r.. R. RATES MUST
Be ADJUSTED
Dean of the Wharton School OF
Finance on the Need of Good
Railroad Credit.
Ito MAKE INVESTMENT SAFE.
National Authority on Railroad Trans
portation Says Roads Must Be
SeIf-Supporting or Become
Bankrupt.

In an address on 1.-THE Railroad Puz
xle," delivered in Philadelphia, Janu-
airy 3, DR.. Emory r. Johnson, dean of
the Wharton School of Finance, and
one of the nations leading authorities
on railroad transportation, declared
that latter the first Of March the COM
panies must be self-supporting or be-
come bankrupt" Continuing, he said /:
"Can the railroads be successfully
financed and operated when they are
returned to their owners? For two
years the government has drawn upon
the public treasury to sustain the
credit of carriers.
eff the carriers avoid failure their
income must cover operating expenses,
maintenance and capital charges; If
the companies succeed to the extent
that is demanded in public interest,
they must not only be able TO meet I'M
avOidable expenses, they must have
some surplus revenue.
'If there is no income to be used In
part for betterments and in part for
building up a surplus or reserve fund,
the public will not invest in the rail-
roads, their credit cannot be re-estab-
lished and maintained and corporate
ownership and operation of the rail-
ways will fail.
"The income of the carriers is deter
mined by public regulation, and prop
eriy so; but from this it follows that
the country must decide between a
policy of adequate revenues to the
railroad corporations Of the future and
a policy of government ownership.
"The government is entitled to credit
for having given greater unity to rail-
road operation, both line and terminal
1t has done much that the carriers
were prohibited from doing. The pub
Tic now realize that cooperation Of
the carriers in the joint use of equip
ment and terminals should be encour-
aged, instead of prevented.
1.-THE railroad legislation now pend
ing in Congress must solve many diff
cult questions. but the most critical one
is that of providing for the future reg
ulation OF railroads in accordance with
. policy that will cause the carriers to
secure revenue sufficient to enable
them to perform their services ade-
quately and with progressive efficiency.
The railroad business must be made at
tractive to private investments or the
country will have to adopt government
ownership and operation of the rail.
roads. There Is no other alternative"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-04-30
Pneumatic ChiseI.

LOredO Taft, Chicago sculptor, It
Is stated, has installed in his studio
a pneumatic chisel, by means of which
the work OF outlining marble statues
Is greatly simplified. The old method
of carving with mallet and chisel is
not only laborious, but rather awk-
ward for the sculptor, since only one
hand Is left free to guide the chisel.
In the case Of the pneumatic chisel
both hands may be used for this pur-
pose. The pneumatic chisel is driven
by compressed air, at pressure Of IT
pounds per square inch, operating
through flexible tube, the air being
compressed in a large tank by means
Of an electric motor. The air pass
ing through the tube has the effect
of driving the chisel back and forth
against the stone, just as If 1t were
hit by mallet. The chisel, Of
course, is used only to outline the
statue roughly, the finishing work all
being done by hand.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-04-30
DUMB CURED BY SUGGESTION
English Specialist In Nervous Dis
eases Claims to Have Achieved
Some Remarkable Results.

Can dumb man be made to speak
b. merely by being told that he must
speak?
Impossible though it may seem,
cures have been effected by this
means.
Lieut.. Colonel Sir Frederick Mott
one of the foremost specialists in
nervous diseases, claims to have cured
several dumb soldiers by suggestion.
Five men who were mutes were
sent to him after they had been treat
ed previously, and it had been sug-
gested to them that they were not
going to get well. He took the first
man into room and told him that
he never left a patient until he had
cured him, "even if it took him
couple of hours"
The doctor had recourse to little
galvanism on the mans throat, and
asked him to count ten. At first he
indicated that he could not, but after
coughing his lips began to move. Then
he was asked to name the days of the
week and sing God Save the King"
Eventually he spoke; and the other
four were also cured by this method.
London Tit-Bits.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-04-30
BAPTIST WOMEN TO AID
SISTERS IN FAR EAST

Realizing that Civilization rises no
higher than the level of its woman
hood" women of the New World
Movement of Northern Baptists have
pledged $1SO,OOO for improvements, ex.
tensions in equipment, and additional
operating expenses for eight colleges
and schools in India, China and Japan.
This sum will provide for more doctors
and teachers to be sent to the Far
East during the coming year.
The largest item of this sum is $780,
600 for Chilling College. at Marking,
China. The smallest is for Union
Christian College for Women at Mad
ras, India. One Of the great detectives
of the $1OO,OO0,OOO campaign of the
New World Movement which begins
April 25 and ends May 2, will be to
provide greater educational opportuni-
ties for women, as in the Far East
few have been permitted to attend
schools.