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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
But Think That Mr.. Flynn Must Be a
Thoroughbred and Gentleman"
By R. wHrTFoRD. Letter in voic. Of Peopl.

do not know William Flynn of Rhode Island
do live in his politics. being
myself Republican
But think that Mr. Flynn thoroughbred gentle
In interview be quoted saying 9" born with
silver spoon my mouth My father only policeman but
brought live useful @ my father mother
be all respect promote ORDER
to carry out those fundamentals"
Here last who gives his parents
success! father myself mother either weary
Of the public who shout the four the they
efmade that when almost infants they obliged get and
shift for themselves that everything they have become absolutely
to their efforts Did their fathers and mothers all die the day
born? Have they tenderness their
the feelings Of their old parents
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07

Now, what shall We name the
baby7" asked the professors wife.
'Why," calculated the learned man
In establishment. ~this species has been
named for centuries. This Is a primate
mammai-homo sapiens-' The Fore
cast
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
lonu ImprIsonment.

The mistress who had engaged a new
cook made a tour Of inspection after
she had kept her q week, and found 4
policeman locked up In the pantry.
How did this man get herer she
asked, severely.
I'm sure I don't know" was the
cool reply. He must have been LETT
over by the last cook"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
Stealing Homo.

Hale-Did your wife hear You when
you sneaked in the house last night
Hardy-Yes, but she thought was
a burglar. When she woke up this
morning che said she would never
scold me again because had scared
the burglar Away and Avsd her H.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
Potentially.

Potentially.
Mrs. Portly- Riche-It must be
dreadful to be as hard up as the Bron-
sons. They never give anything to
charity.
Mr.. P.-R.-WelI, for the matter Of
that, no more do we. m'dear.
Mrs. P.-R.-No. but they can't say
We haven't got 1t to give, though
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
MAKING Il RIGHT.

Friend--Of course you have rome
promises You didn't keep.
Politici3u-Yes, but I never We,
broke a proTcise to man without Civ
Ing him q better one In Its place.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07

SIDES, and was awful
nervousso that Iwaa
unfit to do my work.
After ] began taking
Lydia E. Pinkh1m's
Vegetable Com
poundIgrew strong.
and nowI weigh 10
pounds keep house
and am able to lift
and do any kind Of
work. / have got
wonderful re . suits
frpu1 tha VeOAtahln
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
Home.

Home Is where the heart Is"
THAT'S what the young fellow who
ID counting my daughter thinks He
hangs around my place all the time"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
Panama Canal Zone Is Little Sample of
United States Transplanted
By COL. J. J. MORROW. Canal Zone Governor.

The Panama canal is key position in the
nations defense and in development Of international
For the trade of the west coast Of South
America with Europe and the Atlantic seaboard Of
the United States, which is the bulk Of the foreign
trade of that section, the canal is practically the sole
passageway For the grain lumber salmon and fruits
of the west coast Of North America the canal affords
easy transit to Europe well to the Atlantic coast
of the United States and Canada The traffic with
China, Japan and the rest of the Far East area prn
ooaot ~ ~. Tr,;@o3
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
Oh, CuHesl

He-I always was a great student
Of profane history.
Ehe-I often wondered how yoS
learned to swear go well.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
The Wrong Number.

The motorist telephoned frantically
for assistance. I've turned turtle"
he shouted.
"Wrong place Apply at the aqua
rum" was the cool answer.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
A Case Of Necessity.

Would Be Suicide-Don't rescue me.
] want to die.
Swimmer-Weli, you'll have to post
pone that want a life-saving medal
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07

A man Is foolish to go around look
ing for trouble unless he Is strenuous
enough to take q fall out Of It.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07

MODEST MAN
HI would gladly die for you.
but for one thing.
She-And what 10 thatf
Helm afraid you could never 70
place the loss.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
A Suit to Suit

Cierk-Motoring costume. yes, mad
am. Any particular shaded
Customer-Show me something In
half-mourning. Ny engine has habh
Of going dead.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
WOMAN SUFFERED
Three MONTHS
Pains n Back and Nervossaesa
Made Well BY Lydia E. Pnkhan's
Vegetable Compound

Montevideo, Mimi suffered foe
three months with pain IN my back and
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07

All That's Needed.
The worlds all right You needA't stew
About some petty wrong.
II you are honest. clean and tue
Why you will get along.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07

Compound andrecommendit very highly
to my friends. l give you permission to
publish my testimonial. "-ArA On
BERGsrRoM, 30 8th St So. Monte
video, Minnesota
Ansther Nervous Wonan Fmls Re6a
Port Huron, Mich.-"I suffered fog
two years with pains N my Gde, and u
I worked very much was nervous and
Just Is tired m the morning - when
went to bed Twas sleepy al the day
and didn't feel hke doing anything. and
vas % nervous ! would bite my finger
aails One Of my friends told me about
Lydi, E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con.
pound. and it helped me % much that !
soon felt fine. "-Nra CHARLES BEK1
1910 Elk Street. Port Huron. Mich
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
Women
Made Young

Bright eyes, q clear skin and .
body fun of youth and health my
be yours if you win keep youf
system IN order by taking
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
LATHROP'S
cOADMEQ1>

The worlds standard remedy for EidnsN
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, ths
enemies Of life and looks. In uss sanes
1895 All druggists, three sissa
Lssk for - paDs CsA hslal - ssssy
box and seespk - hiknk5aa
Evening star., 1923-05-13

being prepared for burial, was found
to be wearing paper underclothing.
and the situations Of others are so
desperate that many of the charitable
organizations are trying to relieve
them.
Ono movement, started here in
Berlin in a small way, is now spread
ing through all parts Of the German
capital and even going out to other
fishing of a home industry that such
women can carry on outside the fac
tories and stores. 1t might really be
called a sweatshop industry, in which
the workers are aristocrats. The ar
ticles made will go to the wholesale
and retail stores. and in some cases
to factories. They are prepared ac-
cording to order and at prices much
below those in the regular trade.
y X \ \
TINE headquarters Of this new move
J. ment Is the palace Of the former
kaiser. The gorgeous home in which
he strutted about, often changing his
uniform half dozen times a day. is
now given up to public offices and
shown also as a museum. One Of the
offices is that of the German House
wives League, which has to do with
supplying this work to reduced gen.
tlewomen. The director of the new
industry II Miss Pawel Ramingen, 4
seois<Z laAy o3 great Organizing and
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Workers

shirt. and she thought she could do
one dn day. She almost fell over when
I told her that I would pay at least
twice the price of the department
store and give her a present at the
end of the job. When the shirts were
delivered they were beautifully made.
I paid her an amount which equaled
about 25 cents a shirt and she went
away joyful.
Before leaving, however, she con-
fided to me that she had much trouble
regarding the buttonholes. She had
given this work out to a specialist,
woman who sews buttonholes only.
and this woman had charged her 40
marks per buttonhole, which she said
was "ungeheur teuer." / figured the
rate out at the exchange of the day
and found 1t was just one-tenth of a
cent, or one-half the widows mite of
the Bible. There were ten button
holes in each shirt. and that woman
made all for one cent. Take piece
of silk and work a buttonhole with
out the aid of any machine, using
needle and thread. and find out il the
charge was too much.
icopyxieht; 1873, By Carpentsr's World
TravelA) !.
Evening star., 1923-05-13

of beige and brown, gray, putty,
fawn or fallow.
These large plaids are most effec-
tive when made into capes, which
have many advantages over sleeved
wraps. However, the woman who
drives her own car seems to have a
prejudice against the cape. even
when 1t is worn over a jacket with
sleeves. although it is a simple mat
ter to throw the fullness of the cape
back from the arms.
Without exception top coats are
made to accentuate extreme narrow
ness across the shoulders, whether
the sleeves are set in or cut in one
piece with the body portion. But this
effect of narrowness is not achieved
by any actual construction about the
shoulders.
Z;
UNDOUBTEDLY the airplane is re-
~ sponsible for the continued vogue
for leather in travel apparel of all
sorts. It's approval knows no wan
Evening star., 1923-05-13

then to get something on which they
can labor as their home duties per-
nit. Eight well known. charitable
ladies' are now handling the store
In tho palace, and branches are be-
ing organized In different sections
of the city in order that the women
may save carfare by getting the work
near their homes.
The institution is now being as
sisted by the municipality, but it will
soon be on a self-paying basis. The
demand for work is rapidly increas-
ing, and eventually tens of thousands
OF these former arfstocrats Will be
SO employed. AS prices rise and times
get better, 1t is hoped that the. labor
will receive increased pay, but the
situation of Germany Is such and the
poor are so many that it will be a
generation or more before the need
of something to do disappears.
While I was in the league rooms a
fine-looking lady, wearing a long fur
, coat. entered bringing some hand
painted china which she had made.
She wanted to know If such work
would sell and whether the league
could handle it for her. She was told
that they had no connections for such
| manufactures as yet. but that they
| could give her home-knitting, stitch
| ing or crocheting. When the woman
| left she took with her several hand
kerchiefs which she expected to hem
stitch for three cents apiece and of
which a skilled worker can finish two
or three in a day. She was told she
could be instructed in other work
without charge If she would go to
school for a week. The poor woman
replied that her home was in Silesia,
half-day's ride from Berlin. and that
she would wait. After her departure
Miss Pawel Ramingen showed me her
name, which she had penned on the
record. It was that Of well known
baroness
| There was some delay in getting
the goods I have described. Several
| articles were on order and all of my
| purchases were brought at one time
by lady of the league to me at my
hotel. In paying for them I added
some thousands of marks to the
amount, and gave the lady herself the
sum Of five thousand marks. telling
her to buy box Of candy with it on
her way out She was greatly de-
IIfEhted and shook my hand over and
over again. She said she would not
use 1t for candy, but it would go to
buy some cigars for her husband, who
is government official with salary
| so low that he can afford to smoke
only on Sundays. The five thousand
marks, on that day, were worth less
/ than twelve cents.
| Another lady of the league who
called at my rooms had q brooch and
buckle OF hammered brass which she
Evening star., 1923-05-13

had made. paid her one dollar for
them and you cannot imagine the
feeling that this seemingly extraor-
binary price created in her. Her
eyes filled with tears and she kissed
my hand and thanked me again and
again.
X X X X
a LONG this same line is an expert
"A ence 1 have had with a sewing
woman who has made me half
dozen silk shirts. I bought the silk,
and she came to the hotel to get my
order. She speaks English, Is we'll
educated, is about thirty years Of age,
and has g. husband. She took my
measure and I gave her an old shirt
as a copy. I then asked her the price.
and the figure, translated into Ameri-
can money. just equaled cents.
Upon my saying that this was too
little she replied that Wertheim, who
might be called the John Wanamaker r
of Berlin, having the largest and most
aristocratic department store here,
paid his woman workers cents a
shirt, but she would not think of
charging so much. / next asked how
long Is would TAXA har to make .
Evening star., 1923-05-13

the back, is a boon to the traveller
In France, where 1t Is not enough to
use the generic name hat. it has
been called a cloche. And now they
say the cloche is waning-that a
breton is to supplant 1t for a gen.
eral utility sort of hat. But the new
breton Is just as short at the back
just as "pokey." The chief differ
ence Is that it has a rolled-up brim
in front.
Any OF these small shapes are pro-
ductive of comfort on your journey.
whether you spend your hours sit
Evening star., 1923-05-13

ting in pullman chair. motor
boat or alternately promenading the
deck and reclining In a steamer
chair. The important thing is that
you can lean back without being in
danger of tipping off your hat. And
you can wear comfortable hat
without feeling that you have turned
your back on the demands of fashi on.
X K 4
TAN you possibly remember the hats
~ of 1907-it was 1907. wasn't
it, that the Merry Widow, alias cart
wheel, hats made their appearanceo ?
Evening star., 1923-05-13

knit to measure at the cost OF the
labor. I have a friend who has just
ordered two which reach from her
neck to her hips. She is to pay less
than 20 cents apiece, and she will
have them eight days from now. Sup
pose you buy some wool and pair
of knitting needles and make your
self garment Of a similar kind 1t
will not compare in beauty with the
work Of these ladies, but It will show
you how much each of them does foI
two nickels.
Moreover, the work must be done
by experts and the unskilled have to
be trained before they can make any
thing worth selling. The Housewives
League has skilled teachers. some OF
whom come from the wholesale and
retail firms which give the orders,
and the applicants have to learn just
how to make the garments SO that
they will sell. The amateur often has
to pull out her knitting many times
before her labor Is salable. There Is
ono expert lady, who, by working
half the night, Is able to turn out a
sweater in two days. but the gas light
cuts down her profits.
AS to hemstitching, the pay for q
handkerchief with six rows about the
edges Is cents. and only those
who have good eyes can do that work
at all. / have four lace-trimmed
handkerchiefs, the tag upon which
states that the woman who made
them worked ninety-six hours. The
selling price of the two was less
than 81.
OF course, the women cannot live
on such wages. They barely exist
and I am told that now and then one
dies on the job. This recalls another
verse Of the Song of the Shirt
o men with sisters dearI
o men with mothers and wives!
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures Hyesl
Stitch-stitch--stitch,
In poverty, hunger and DIRT
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
shroud as we'll as q shirt!
Evening star., 1923-05-13

executive ability. When called upon
her she was surrounded by goods of
all kinds. made by the ex-aristocrats.
and, as we looked over them. we'll
dressed but woe-begone ladies, young
and old, came in bringing the work
they had done and carrying away the
material and orders for other work
to do.
During my stay I looked over the
stock In trade and made some pur-
chases to take home as presents.
The things are exquisitely done and
the amount of labor upon them in
comparison with the prices charged
Is pitiful. I bought two lace doi1fes.
made by hand with fine linen thread.
Each was twice as large as a dinner
plate and as delicate as a cobweb.
The price was not quite 80 cents. and
the woman who did the work received
80 cents each. Miss Ramingen told
me that It takes at least ten days to
make a dolly and as I look at mine
am sure this Is an underestimate.
I have had one photographed. pinning
1t on the back of the black dress Of
my typist, to show my friends what
it is like. 1t measures fourteen inches
in diameter and Is so gossamerlike
that it might almost be called q mu-
scum piece. I am ashamed to own 1t
when I think that the woman who
made it could not have earned more
than 10 cents q day.
The ladies were anxious to sell, and
I bought a number of other articles
of various kinds. bought six pairs
of baby shoes for my little grandson,
aged four months. at a price that
could not have netted the maker
more than cents a pair. They were
Of fine white wool trimmed with blue
and were crocheted by hand.
bought for my little granddaughter.
who was born in Paris just five
months ago. a beautiful sheet Of fine
| netting to spread over her cradle.
This article lies before me as I write.
1t is four feet in width by Ave feet
| In length. It Is edged with silk
thread and decorated with great
lilies Of white silk embroidery run
ming four inches deep around the edges.
The work IL all by hand and I am told
that the woman put two weeks con-
! tinous labor upon it. Nevertheless,
it cost me just so cents and half OF
this must have been included in the
| material. There Is also some senti-
I ment connected with this quilt. It II
| the work Of a Baltic countess who
had a great estate in Latvia. where
she lived in luxury until the new
! government OF that republic confis-
Gated her property and gave the most
| of it over to the peasants. They left
hor 100 acreA but II she sold thai
teday It would be for Latv1aa money
Evening star., 1923-05-13
by FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
BERLIN, Germany,

BERLIN, Germany.
''with fingers weary and worn.
With eyelds heavy and red.
A woman sat. in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle ana thread
Stitch-stitch-stitch
In poverty, hunger and dirt;
And still with q voice Of dolorous pitch
She sang the Song Of the Shirt
s'wmk-work-work
TiIi the brain begins to swim!
WOrk--work-wofk
TIN the eyes are heavy and diml
Eeam and gusset. and band,
Band. and gusset. and seam
Till over the buttons i fall asleep
And sew them on In q dream!
THoMAS Hoods "song Of the
Shirt" fits closely into the
Germany Of today. The fall
of the mark has ruined the
middle and upper classes. and hun
dreds of thousands of women who
formerly were rich or well-to-do are
now destitute and looking for work
Some go out to service at pitiful
wages, some take in sewing. some
are scrub women in the public build
tngs, some even walk the streets as
sandwich advertisements of the Sau-
deyilIe theaters, and others hide their
poverty by working secretly In homes
where they were once society queens
These reduced gentlewomen are
leEton. and some starve rather than
Let thear wants be known. A bar
bneoa who died tho othsr day. uDo1
Evening star., 1923-05-13

which Is worth no more than the
currency here in Berlin.
When the countess came to Ger
many she had considerable money,
but she invested 1t in German bonds
which she thought as good as gold.
All this has vanished with the fall OF
the mark. At her homo not far from
Riga she had a large country house
and her entertainments were famous.
Today she lives in a little furnished
room in the heart Of the city and
thanks God when the sun shines so
that she can save on the light by
which she does this exquisite work.
Think of trying to sew at the rate
Of 40 cents a week and you have the
condition of this titled lady who
made the quilt for my baby grand
daughter.
4 MONG the other things shown
n me at this store, inside the gor-
geous palace of the kaiser. were some
ladies' handkerchiefs of fine cambric
about as big as sheet of notepaper
roll-hemmed with thread of different
colors. I bought thirty at a cost OF
less than a dollar and venture each
has at least 1000 stitches in Its beau
tiful border. The price I paid was
about cents apiece and I feel guilty
and mean as I look at them. New
ertheless. I paid twice what the
woman asked when she spread them
before me and she was delighted.
doubt IL any woman who Is reading
this could do the work on one OF
these three-cent handkerchiefs in the
SPACE of six hours. Still the prices
are such that the labor cost could
not have been more than 1 cent.
I cannot speak Of all the beautiful
things made by these reduced gen.
tlewomen and Of their ridiculous
prices, but I must say q word con.
cerning the chief business. which
just now. is the knitting Of sweaters
Thousands of ladies' sweaters are
being turned out for the department
stores and wholesale dealers of the
German capital. The sweaters ar,
Of the finest wool or silk or mer.
| cerized cotton. They are long. full
sleeved and Of q fashionable cut. 1
| takes q fast worker at least thre,
days to make one and the price sh'
| receives in marks at the current rat'
| Of exchange IL only 10 cents. Imagin,
the most refined and best educate,
old lady you know. who has spen
her life in luxury and perhaps bee1
a society leader. working three day
for a dime. and you have one phas
| Of this home industry.
The sweaters are sold by the de
partment stores at high prices. On
can buy them there or he can puE
chase tho wool or silk and have thsz