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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
EASIER TO MAKE WEARABLES
Numerous Articles Of Apparel Only
Partially Completed May Be OBJ
tanned and Finished at Home.

Many women try to make some Of
their clothes themselves. This is diff
ficult for anybody not trained to sew
fine seam, and few of us do know
how to sew well nowadays. But there
are so many things half made, or SO
many parts of things ready made that
one may buy in the shops that it is
worth while making use. of these things
to help out on the difficult task of home
sewing.
For one thing, there are ready-made
Innings for bodices, in white and black,
in muslin and in net. These are a
great help, for they give the fOunda-
tiOn Of the frock ready to start on.
There are hat Innings, varying in
price from thin silk and cotton one
at about 40 cents to stiff taffeta one
at a dollar.
There are lace petticOat rufFies, all
ready to sew on a muslin foundation.
There are silk petticoat rufies,
equally ready to sew into place on
new or old petticOat foundation.
There are half-made skirts semi
made, that is, far more than half
made. They need only scanning up
and finishing off. They come in plaid
wool, in plated silk or in tailored fin
ish In different fabrics
There are net overdresses that need
only the making of a satin or
georgette slip to convert them into
charming evening frocks.
There are girdles Of ribbon, with
.Ong silk fringes that add a finish to
any gown.
There are all sorts of lovely neck
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

am now able to do my work. / recon-
mend the Vegetable Compound to my
friends and you may use these facts as a
testimonial. Mrs. SALLIE SIEFERT,
8l3 w. Fourth Street, Pottsville, Pa.
The everyday life of many housewives
is a continual struggle with weakness
and pain. There is nothing more wear
ing than the ceaseless round of house
hold duties and they become doubly hard
when some female trouble makes every
bone and muscle ache, and nerves all on
edge.
If you are one Of these women do not
suffer for four or five years as Mrs.
Siefert did, but profit by her experience
and be restored to health by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Bad Stomach
Sends Her to Bed
for 10 Months
EafOnSo Gets Her UPI

"Over a year ago" says Mrs. Dora
Williams, 81 took to bed and for 10
months did not think I would live
EatOnic helped me so much / am now
up and able to work. recommend it
highly for stomach trouble"
Eatonic helps people to get we'll by
taking up and carrying out the excess
acidity and gases that put the stomach
out Of order. If you have indigestion,
sOurness, heartburn, belching, food re-
peating, or other stomach distress,
take an Eatonic after each meal. Big
box costs only trifle with your drug
gist's guarantee.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Gentle Reminder.

THE storm burst upon us so sudden
ly we had no warning of its approach"
related the tornado victim. in an i'm
slant the house was demolished and
scattered to the four Winds, How l
escaped being torn to pieces I do not
know.
Good Lord !" CALCULATED little Mr..
Meek. "That reminds me. almost
forgot to do an erFand for my wife,
American Legion Weekly.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Love-.

A Philadelphia editor was talking
about Anatole France, the famous
French novelist whose serious illness
is reported.
"Anatole France" he said, sis a
cynic, a graceful and profound Gym
ic. / once heard him make a cynical
speech about love.
Love" he said, encountered
Wisdom on the high road.
THE girl is beautiful today said
Wisdom, but she will be the image Of
her mother when she gets to be her
mothers age. You, though, of course,
are blind
Love laughed carelessIy.
"'Oh, no. he said, I simply shan't
be there to see.'"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
MUCH IS TOLD BY PROVERBS
HousehOld Sayings Throw Light on
Characteristics Of Social Groups
Whence They Emanate.

It Is a commonplace to say that a
nations moral code is revealed in it's
proberbs but it is less widely recog-
nized that prOverbiaI sayings throw
light also upon the long-standing
economic structure Of social group.
A proverb is not an individual obser-
walton; it condenses the experience
OF a class, SEX a caste. A large
number, record the accumulated ex-
perience Of the small peasant propri-
etor his ceaseless labor and petty
saving and screwing. while the
sheep blates he loses a mouthful."
The economics of married life are
often tersely laid bare. "a wooden
mother is better than a golden father"
(ShrOpshire) must be taken from the
outlook of a wife who would be
summed up in national census as
'shOme worker
"a rolling stone gathers no MOSS"
says the wisdom of the staid British
countryman, diligently making the
best of his land by long and careful
husbandry. "By going and coming
the bird builds its nest" is the oppo-
site point of view held by a Negro
trader travelling backward and for
ward through the African forest.
Bawbees are round and rim away.
A grip o. the grund is guide to haze
expresses the land-hunger of a Scots
man of the old school, mistrusting
investments" which he cannot see
and handle.
Here is a trio from Norway: "a
large stock needs much pasture" "a
COW will not hear that the hay is
dwindling away" "You cannot climb
a mountain by level road" Do they
not sum up certain aspects of the
little farm perched up amid scanty
mountain pastures2
Factory life, a modern growth
everywhere, has not yet left it's mark
upon the proverbial lore of any coun-
try because it has not yet been fully
assimilated as a mode of self-expres-
sion. The proverb is everywhere a
spontaneous growth, for 'shoes alone
know if locking hab hole" as they
say in Jamaica.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Use for the cine 20.

TOmmy-Are you good at conun.
drums, pa2
Pa--Rather-go ahead.
Tommy Is the difference be-
tween an orphan, man with a bald
head and a glue pot2
Pa-0h, / think I've heard that be-
fore. The orphan has ne'er a parent,
the bald man no hair apparent-but
where does the glue pot come in?
Tommy-O Oh, that's all right. That's
where you get stuck, see?
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
"A AttraetIve Eur colInr

The high collar Of double furs is a
novel idea for wrap coats. For in
stance, the collar itself may BE- made
of squirrel, and the lining imitation
ermine. Wide cuffs to match sbouId
be turned back on the sleeves. These
collars are large and picturesque. They
can be muttied up round the face or
laid nat on the shoulders like a cane.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Able to-
DO Her WORK
After Long Suffering Mrs. Siefert
Was Restored % Health By
Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound
Pottsville, Pa. IT suffered with
female trouble for four or five years and

was very irregular.
! was not At to do
my work at times
and took medicine
from q doctor and
got no benefit. /
saw Lydia E. Pink
ham s Vegetable
compound adver-
tised in the news
papers and took it
and got all right. /
gained twenty
pounds or more and
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Willing to Divide.

YES" said the eminent specialist
to the poor man who had called upon
him, Il will examine you carefully for
five dollars"
"All right, DOCTOR" said the man re-
signedly. IF you find it I'll give you
half"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
PRESSING rnoks

To press tucks so they may look
decorative and not have the usual
fattened appearance, stand the iron
up on end and run the tucks over the
iron, holding the material firmly be-
tween the hands with the tucks rum
ming downward. In this way the
material between and beneath the
tucks will be pressed as well as the
tucks.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Very Bad Indeed

you are not eating very much, Mr..
Shyful,n said the girl coyly to the
bashful sutton, who had been invited
to the family Christmas dinner.
eyes," he replied, and at last for
the first time during the evening, he
got his chance, so seizlng all his cour-
age, he gasped:
ITO sit next to you, Miss Betty, Is
to lose ones appetite"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

wear that make the finishing off of
the neck Of a gown an easy matter.
With all these things to help one
out, the matter of making clothes Is
not so difficult, even if you don't know
much about sewing.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

Flatbush-Do you think man pro-
fits by his mistakes?
Bensonhurst-Not If he marries the
wrong woman he doesnt.-YOnkers
Statesman.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

AII-oVer Pattern In Costume Blouse.
that can be gained by the aid Of one
simple skirt But that is no reason,
surely, why the thing should be done
badly and why the wrong blouse
should be combined with the wrong
skirt. The blouse, in other words,
should be used to the full value of its
design and should never be allowed to
be that thing which is just thrown on
TO make something that "will do"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

Those who surprise you with one
extraordinary epigram and no more,
probably borrowed it.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
oh. Fudge.

"He seized my hand"
eyes, grille"
II thought it was love at first sight"
'Well?"
"He merely wished to consult my
wrist watch"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
AlrpIanes . survex AfrIoa

II is proposed to adapt the airplane
to further discoveries In darkest
Africa.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
Goose and Chicken.

Glow old is Madge?" "Old enough
to make goose of herself when she
tries to play the chicken"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
oxIDINE IN HOT WATER

Got bottle Of OxIDINE today and when you
feel aeold eomingOn put AtablsapOonful of thi1
wonderful remedy in half glass Of hot water
Stir we'll and drink just a. you would hot
toddy Its enervating effsct Is Immediately
noueeapie and Rsimilar dose every three or four
hours win give wonderful results. OXIDINR
DuFlfies your blood and tones up the entire
system. COO AZ your druggist s--AdY.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

Did you ever know a boy to let his
new watch run down?
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
: KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE
Long, Long Ago.

did you give the waiter your orr
der?" ''Yes, but think he means
to keep it as a souvenir"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

Henna and Gray.
Henna and gray, separately or in
combination, are important colors.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

AGENTS AND AUTOMOBILE OWNERS
Let me hear from you. Have sometnina
goed. - Lewis Box 81, station o. New York
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27

Bawbees are round and rim away.
A grip o. the grund is guide to hae.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06
DECLARES OPEN WAR
ON NOXIONS WEEDS.

The state department of agriculture
has become aroused over the spread
of noxious weeds in the state, and the
consequent reduced crop yield. Weeds
have become such a menace, says
Prof. A. l.. Stone, in charge of seed
and weed control, as to require drastic
action to awaken farmers and others
to the danger.
The weed law has been changed
from time to time and in 1917 it was
amended to give the state department
of agriculture supervision and direc-
ton of the work. The active enforce
ment is left to the town officers and
weed commissioners in the several
townships. The town chairman, vii
lage president or city mayor, as the
case may be, is required by law to APP
point one or more weed commission
ers and to report to the state depart
ment of agriculture whether such
commissioners faithfully perform their
duties. The appointing officer who
fails to appoint at least one commits
sioner must forfeit not less than $50
or more than 500 unless he can show
that he has exhausted every possible
source in his attempts to obtain one.
If the occupant or owner fails to
cut the weeds within six days after
receiving notice he is subject to a
fine of S. day thereafter until the
weeds are cut. If they refuse to cut
the weeds it is the duty of the weed
commissioner to do so and to have
the town, village or city treasurer
enter the cost on the tax roll to be
paid as taxes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06
FREE VACCINATIONS >
NEW RULE IN STATE.
Local Unit Now Chargeable With Ex-
pense Except Where Parents
Employ Own Physician.

New amendments to the state law
governing smallpox cntrol, enacted
by the present legislature, are now in
effect. One makes provision for vac
cination of school children during an
outbreak of smallpox, the expense to
be borne by the governing unit. Par
ents may, however, employ physicians
of their choice for such vaccinations,
and pay the expense incurred. The
state board of health is empowered
to determine the method to be en-
ployed in vaccinating, designate the
persons to do the work, and deter
mine the maximum fee to be charged.
The same act extends to the state
board the same authority vested in
local boards of health to prohibit the
attendance of children at school when
smallpox is present in the district,
and reduce the time of such non-at-
tendance from % days to IA days for
all pupils and teachers not recently
vaccinated or successfully vaccinated.
The order for such non-attendance at
school may be renewed for another IA
days if the epidemic continues.
Upon the appearance of the first
case of smallpox in a school district
it is now mandatory, whereas it for
merly was largely optional, for the
local or state health authorities to
apply the measures prescribed. Fur
thermore, the period of exclusion of
unvaccinated children from school
shall begin with the appearance of the
first case Of the disease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06
COUNTY AND NEARBY.

J. r. Record and Alice Parish, both
Platteville, were married at Galena
last Tuesday.
The body of Pvt. John Eveland,
who died overseas, was buried at
Barneveld with military honors.
Clifford Thompson, Dodgeville
tailor, pulled a check for $4,000 from
the coat pocket of a customers suit
sent in for pressing.
Iowa county parties have been Kill
ling robins and officers may visit the
regions to stop the wanton destruc-
ton of song birds.
w. G. Kirchoffer, Madison engineer
who planned the water and sewer sys-
tenn at Boscobel, will have charge of
the new sewer project at Blooming
tho.
]. r. Radke, Linden farmer, has
corn that stood six feet high on June
27. How high it will go before ma
turing is open to question-probably
to the moon.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Baker, Edmund, had his face severe
ly scratched and bitten by chicken
The wounds were so deep that a
doctor was called.
The cheese factory at JOnesdale,
Iowa county, caught fire on the roof
from chimney sparks. Before the
cheesemaker, who was alone, could
do anything, the building was burned.
Rev. and Mrs. Francis Jones and
two children, Dorothy and Edwin
(born in China), arrived home last
week from the Celestial republic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones spent six years
in China on missionary work. They
plan an extended visit in the states.
While raising a barn on the John
Ryan farm in Wyoming, Iowa coun-
ty, a beam broke and all the floor
joists and flooring tumbled into the
basement. The working crew fell
with the floor but none were injured.
Theo. Gerber, 55, Vermont, Dane
county farmer, was found dead in his
dooryard by his wife and five child
rem. Indications were Gerber re-
turned late at night from New Glarus
and in opening the gate was knocked
down and trampled on by his team.
His body was badly bruised. The
coroner will investigate a possibility
of foul play.
A section of Iowa street in Dodge
Vile caved in when a ten-ton truck
used in tarvia construction PASSED
over it. One wheel of the truck sank
to the frame in the hole but men
lacked the vehicle up, put planks
underneath and it was driven away
under it's own power. The cave-in
was at least thirty feet deep and due
to some old mine workings under the
village. Rock was dumped into the
hole and street work went on.
Albert Watkins of Lincoln, Nebr.,
one of the best known men in his
state, visited a couple of weeks ago
with his brother, James, of Edmund
Mr.. Watkins was raised in Iowa coun-
ty and was graduated from the Wis
consin university in 1871. He came
to attend a reunion of his class. He
held offices of trust in Iowa county
going west in 1880. He was post
master at Lincoln during the Cleve-
land administration and has held
various responsible offices in Nebras-
ka. In recent years he has edited
all the matter published by the Ne
braska historical society and is
known as the estate historian" He
also writes for various magazines on
economic subjects
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06
PI.ATTEYILLE.

DR.. and Mrs. Dunn, contemplate an
auto trip to Washington, d. c., some
time next month.
Miss Lenice Eustice is home from
Salt Lake City, Utah, where she has
been teaching the past year.
A horse shoe pitching contest will
be held at the Big Badger Fair. me
winner will be sent to the Minnesota
State Fair as a contestant in the con-
test at that place.
Holmes Brothers sold the Andrew
Kerns mill site to Fred DRESSER tues
day. This is the seven acre tract
known as the Jacobs Rock Mill pro-
perty west of C. M. Fox on the Ian
caster road.
The month of June of 1921 will be
noted for it's many days of excessive
heat. 1t is one of the hottest Junes
experienced. Day after day intense
heat continues with no cool days be-
tween to give relief Wednesday work
was suspended in the fields by num-
Der of farmers who found the heat
too intense for themselves and horses.
Men working on the Fielder Garage,
were also forced to stop for the after
noon.
An apple tree in Joseph A. Piffner's
yard on Dewey avenue positively re-
fuses not to perform its natural duty
in bearing fruit this year and it WILL.
if freezing weather does not come too
early in the fall. This tree blossomed
forth in the spring but the frost killed
all the buds. Now it is in full bloom
again. A tree budding twice in one
season is a rare occurrence and this
one is attracting no little attention.
News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06
MAYOR OF RACINE
HELD GUILTLESS.

Racine Mayor A. J. Lunt, Racine,
who was tried here before Judge Os-
car M. Fritz, Milwaukee, on charges
of violating the corrupt practices act
in the recent mayoralty election, was
cleared late yesterday afternoon when
the court dismissed the case against
him.
Judge Fritz found that there was
no violation and that the mayor spent
only $470 to win his election. Inc
court ruled that Mayor Lunt could not
be held responsible for the unauthor-
lied acts of campaign committees
working for his election.
Attorney Robert V. Baker, Kenoshap
who prosecuted the case for the state
announced an appeal will be taken to
the state supreme court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06
EDITOR DUGDALE MADE
STATE NORMAL REGENT.

Gov. Blaine has appointed r. I.
Dugdale, as a member of the State.
Board of Normal Regents to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of DR..
D. McGregor. Mr.. Dugdale has the
interests of the school at heart and
will work to that end in his service on
this board. He and Gov Blaine are
personal friends and it was quite gem
orally expected that his appointment.
would follow
The appointment is for the unex-
pired term and without salary, but
brother Dugdale will perform his.
duties as conscientiously and as ener-.
getically as if it carried with it a
munificent sum.-Platteville Journal.
Beatrice Hickok of Bloomington
went to Madison Saturday to attend
summer school.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-05

BOYS Suits with Extra Knickers
1895
Bows Suits cannot be better tailored than these.
The workmanship is very thoroughly done. and every
suit is finished according to The very highest standard
Wide range of high grade woolens to choose FROM in
a host Of youthful colorings. Sizes to Is years.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-05
Tsco Important Offerings for Saturday IN
Women's Skirts
For Sport and Dressy Weay
At 1915

Those distinctive little
knife pleated d affairs
you've always longed for
are waiting for you in all
the smartest wool plaids,
stripes and colors. Box
pleated models, too,
models your new Spring
blouses are simply crying
for!
New-York tribune., 1921-03-05
AT y . Is ,

There's simply no sub
stitute for the satin skirt
in the 5 prin g time,
These at SIPS are Of
B'a on tie satin. silk
and wool failIe-ia black,
white, navy blue, and all
the new light shades.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-05
CameIs Hair Polo Coats
Saturday at $3.50

Smartly tailored model in the sports length de
veoped in fine canlels hair polo CLOTH with large
city pockets, inverted pIeats in back pretty bell cuffs
and trig belt. Fully silk lined.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-29
DESERT ISLE IN BIG CITY
Woman Writer Satisfied With Her Res
dence in "Hell's Half Acre"
in Philadelphia.

Katharine Haviland Taylor, the nov
elist, says she's found desert island
and peace right in the middle of Phila-
delphia. 1t happened quite accident
ally. Recently she went apartment
hunting with very little knowledge Of
the residential districts of Philadel-
pha. She found an apartment and
rented it because there were two limOu
sines out in front, and so she judged
that the street was all right. One of
those limousines belongs to broker
of rags and paper, she learned later,
and the. other to an Italian peanut
vender She had moved into the his
toric district called "Hell's Half Acre. y
But I'm glad was misled," says Miss
Taylor. II am not bothered by social
obligations and l have lots of time for
work. We're never bored. Shooting
privileges go with every lease, and my
vocabulary is enlarging all the time"
Miss Taylor cannot be persuaded to
move, for she is convinced that in this
retreat she will be able to do more
and better work than If she were liv-
ing in neighborhOod socially "cor-
rect"
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-29
AFFIXED CAN TO CAR PEST
Effective Way by Which Sweet Young
Thing Got Rid of Too
Common Nuisance.

The Sweet Young Thing did not OBJ.
ject when the man alongside read her
newspaper over her shoulder, but she
drew the line when he commenced TO
read a note which she undertook later
to pencil to an Equally Sweet Young
Thing, who was at the moment out
of town. The man followed every
word of the note with interest until
the Sweet Young Thing calmly wrote:
II was about to tell you the reason
why Dot broke off her engagement to
Terry, but cannot do it now because
a man sitting alongside me is read
ing everything l write"
The man alongside turned his head
the other way quickly and tidgeted in
embarrassment, and at the next sta
tion he get out. Then the Sweet
Young Thing wrote:
"That finished him, dearie. And as
l was about to say when he inter-
rupted me, Dot broke it off because"
etc-New York Sun.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-29

The first bottle Of Tanlac to reach
the public was sold just little over
six years ago. Its success was imme-
diate and people everywhere were
quick to recognize 1t as medicine OF
extraordinary merit. Since that time
there have been sold throughout this
country and Canada something over
Twenty Million (20OO0,O00) bottles, es-
tablishing a record which has probably
never been equalled in the history of
the drug trade in America.
Fame Is International.
The instant and phenomenal success
which Tanlac won when 1t was first
introduced has been extended to prac-
tically every large city, small town,
village and hamlet in North America.
Its fame has become international in
its scope and England, Japan, Mexico,
Cuba, Hawaii, Alaska, Porto Rico and
many European countries are clamor-
ing for 1t.
From coast to coast and from Great
Lakes to the Gulf, Tanlac Is known
and honored. Millions have taken it
with the most gratifying and astOnish-