Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1917 — Page 2

HASHIMURA TOGO

TOGO COAXES DOWN THE COST OF LIVING Dear Mr.: Please address all letters to Flnehelmer Employment Bureau xhere lam looking for It, as usual. Sorrow for me. Sometimes I think lam like a shoot-gun, merely made to be fired. When last seen I was employed at home of Mrs. Ethel McManus who reside with her husband. Mr. Ethel McManus at Honeyvllle-on-the-Hudson. They are a very matrimonial couple of people. They were married only a short time of yore. Therefore they are living in midst of wedding presents which they are trying to use as furniture. How superflous! duties," she- -atter, ■ "is to-keep higk-eeet-ef— taring as low-down-as possible. I expect you to buy food for our home, and to purchase it with Much financial cuteness that everything will cost less than formerly. When Hon. Beefsteak cost 28c per lb. I expect you to. chide him until he become more reasonable. Hon. Chicken must walk down from his 37c •perch if he Wish to join us at our table. Potatus, string-bean, butter and salad must also act less haughty in their prices If they wish to associate with us on billof fare. Could you manage tb is for our household ?’’ I “Japanese are great diplomatists," I report. . ... .. • - “Each morning after dish-wash ceremony is over & Hon. Furnace is fed flor the day, you must. promenade with_ basket to market where High Cost of Living resides. It Is useless for you to squander $2 here & there in reckless provisions. I read in newspaper this morning how one delicious and nourishing lunch for 3 persona might be bought for 50c, Including cost of gas to cook It with. I shall try it today. My Hon. Aunt Augusta are expected here at noon. I require you to make miraculous meal for her. Here is 50c. Take it and be economical.” ■- —- “I could not be extravagant under those circumstances,” I renig, compressing the H dollar to my pocket. “Be as hasty as possible,” she beseech when I depart. “It should take no time to make 50c go a long ways,” I encourage. I shall saunter among markets making storekeepers jealous by my independent behavior. Then I shall promenade homewards and commence to cook.” I do so and this Is what I done. I spent 5c trolley fare aad arrive to shop of Hon. Fritz promingnt_ “butcheryT l discover this wealthy meat-person standing befront of his store making sweet whistles. “O Hon. Mr. Sir,” I commence, “your soul feels very musical this morning.” . “A butcher’s soul is like his sausage,” he confab, “full of strange and wonderful surprises. Also I must feel slightly poetical because Spring have arrived to my store.” “Spring,” I snagger. “Ah yes,” he say off. “Beholt the signs of Spring in my window. I notice several. One say: “SPRING LAMB!—Marked Up to 42c.” Another say, "SPRING CHICKEN— Formerly 18c. Reduced to 27c.” •‘Have you'got any food for sale that is less ostentatious? I acquit. “Cora beef,” he report. “That homely dish can be obtained for 22c per lb.* “I shall take 1 lb. please,” I order. “Umpossible!” he disorder. “My corn beef come only in 5 lb. patterns. My soul drop back, completely slabbed. “Ain’t you got something that I can buy for 15c?” I gosp. “How you Insult me!” he gollup, wiping meat-ax with rage. So I depart off before chop occur. _ ; —— It was now 11:30 by clock-time and I had not yet obtained that 50c lunch. I spent 5c more trolley save arriving at Nusbaum’s Butchery. This leave me 40c with which to do so with. “What you got for 15c which is sifficient to retain 3 persons, mostly lading I ask from Hon. Nusbaum. He look to me with fatty eyebrows. “I can give you 3 nice mutton bones for that price of money,” he report ■■Can food be made from mutton bones?” I ask it. “If properly prepared,” he renig. I stand with my 40c remainder on sidewalk and wonder what next Ah. Vegetable lunch Is most delicate for invalids and full of economy. Therefore

“Ain’t You Got Nothing I Can Buy for Fifteen Cents?”

I shall go to place of Hon. Cyrus Goldthwaite, groceries and vegetables. I arrive there by trolley, which cost 10c because I lost my transfer. This su tract me down to 30c. “What wish?” require Cyrus Goldthwaite, with spectacles. "How much would 3 potatus cost?” I negotiate. I was sure those vegetable would be nourishing, because Irish eats them and remains quite warlike. “They come in all sizes,” suggest Hon. Goldthwaite. “Give them to me about ladies’ size,” I suggest, because I knew they was lor a ladies’ lunch. Hon. Goldthwaite hand forth 3 gentle-looking potatus. “23c,” he require. , , “O Hon. Groceries!".! abject. “Ladies cannot live on potatus alone. I got with which to obtain lunch tor 3- From this I must extractive for trolley home-trip. What biU-of-fare can I purchase for 25c remainder? “Sardines,” he say, “are nourishing but they tastes lonesome without crackers These rare fishes cost 20c per box and sifflcient crackers to chaperone them would cost 7c. This would leave bonus of 3c for salt. Or if you would think it more delicate you might obtain % lb. cheese at 18c and 1 potatus at 7c.” I am completely puzzled by this arithmetic. ( "Maybe I should telephone to Mrs. McManus and find what is, I say so. So Ida so. . - .1. - 4“HuHo!” ... „ “This is Togo.” “O!” Chillbite voice. wish to ask, please, whabyou would prefer as nourishment? would 2 potatus and one box crackers seem more sifflcient than % lb. cheese and 1 potatus?” “For which meal, please?” she snlb. “For lunch, please,” I expose. “Togo!” holla blond voice from telephone, as it is now 1.45 in p. m. guest has already went elsewheres in search for food, I can see no sensible ratio in your ’ horseless remarks. How dare you show your face at my telephone under such conditions?” more calm to me,” I besearch. "You sent me forth with 50c to save from food. I done so— ls your guest went-away-without lunch, she saved you that much. Which were very economical. When you subtract 25c from my traveling expenses you will still have 25c for profits on the day. Thusly I save you from your luxuriea.” '. ——— - taUring a vacuum," she strangle. “There is one luxury you Awl! save me from in future.” “Which luxury is that, please t’ I deploy. “You!" she snagger abruptly. . Bang-up for telephone. Hon Goldthwaite charge me 10c for that telephone. Which show that Hah price of talking is also increasing rapidly upward. With my remaining wealth I advance hopefully forward towards Fine. Minier Employment Bureau which I am always welcomed. BOHM rw »r. U>. •*»>•. .. Toun> HASfIIMURA TOGO. i XOopyvtstit, by latemattoaal Frew ftuwu.)

DOMESTIC sciewnsf

by WALLACE IRWIN

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

MARQUISE DE MOUSTIER EXPLAINS HOW WOMEN CAN SERVE AMERICA

Describes Plan Adopted for Enrolling French Women in Readiness for Call When Civil Mobilization is Ordered—Committees List the Applicants for the Work for Which They wiy . Prove to Be Best Fitted.

By FRED B. PITNEY.

Correspondent of the New York Tribune. Paris. —The ways In which American women may serve their country as the French women are serving France were described to me by the Marquise de Moustier, member of the Association for the Enrollment of French Women. Civil mobilization in France is not ytt un accomplished fact, although Senator- Bereuger-lttw intrwlneeda bifr to make it so. A law is not necessary, however, to Induce women to gl ye their time to tin- service of the country; -they-liave on "themselves form an organization which now counts seventeen branch recruiting offices in Paris, and the work of which is rapidly being extended throughout France. Great success has been recorded, and the movement, which was begun in a comparatively small way by a number of patriotic women anxious to do something In behalf of their country, promises still greater results. One of the secrets of this success has been the co-ordination of effort in the organization, ncrording—to—the—Marquise —deMoustier. Everything possible has been concentrated under one central body, and the association, which encountered at first confusion resulting from diverse operations, has developed into a smoothly working body. Real Service Now Rendered. Mistakes due to scattered effort and multiple bodies have been corrected and a real service to the country is now being rendered. There is no lost labor anywhere, and the day the government finally ordains civil mobilization it will find itself already possessed of a well working machine run by women which will serve as a model for the men. —The association is directed “by arcommlttee whose president is Mme. Emile ■Boutroux, wife of the Academician. Among the six vice presidents are Mme. Chenu, wife of Maitre Chenu, and the Viscountess Tie Vlelard. Besides the secretary and treasurer there are eleven committee members, including the Marquise de Moustier and some of the most prominent men of France. Although the women control their own organization, they have seen fit to seek the advice of men; therefore. Included in the association is a consulting committee of thirteen men, representing different organizations and various rellglou.s bell£Jfs. -Thls committee includes the Marquis de Vogue, vice-president of the farmers of France; M. Tessier, secretary of the Union of Commercial and Industrial Employees; Rabbi Israel Levi, Pastor Wilfred Monod, M. Reverdy, vice president of the of Workers, and M. Gervaise, secretary of the Union of Government Employees. Meetings Three Times a Week. Committee meetings are held three times a week, the committees being those of organization, propaganda add study. Once a month there is a general meeting of the regular committee and the consulting committee of men. The latter, although having a voice in the councils, have no vote, but simply interchange ideas and offer helpful suggestions and advice which the women may need. Enrollment in the association is carried out in the following manner: The prospective applicant for national service receives a bulletin bearing the heading of the association, with a blank space In which the enrollment number is indicated. The form is then filled out and filed. If the applicant fulfills all the requirements she is either immediately placed in the position she desires.t£Lfill_orJf there is no vacancy at the time, she remains at the call of the organization. The application blank reads: “I, the undersigned, of nationality, born at , living at , agree that, on the day France appeals to me, I will work hours a day, —— hours a week, in one of the fallowing categories: Manufacture for industries of war exclusively; manufacture -other than for industries of war; stockroom employee; agriculture, Including gardening; teaching; civil assistance, such as-ereches, canteens and care of Infants; military health service. Including nursing and office work; help, such as servant, seullery maid. seainstress and laundry girl In hospitals and military establishments; ste- . nography, bookkeeping, office work. I desire to work at *” - Farm Work Not Hindered. This appeal is not addressed to the farming community working at home or elsewhere, who are able to render a greater service to France in remaining at their present posts. They may enroll themselves, but only tn the. locality of—their present employment and The following are the examination questions: Had you worked before the war? In what profession? Are you working now? In what profession? Have you passed examinations? If so, which? Would you accept work other than that yoif have indicated? If •o, specify in -order or preference. Would you agree to work in a

city or district other thaq that you have indicated? Would you work Sunday? Have you children between five and fifteen living with you?—Have—you children less than five living wlth,yoji? If so, how many? If married, does your husband authorae j’ou to enroll? If minor, do year parents authorize you to enroll? - Do you agree to work in a cate gory of benevolent sendee? Are you obliged to ask pay? You are entitled to your salary; you are not to accept a salary lower than that paid ordinarily, for work you agree to do. Providing for Day of Need. This bulletin is not a request for immediate employees; it is an inscription for the day when France may have need of new forces. Such persons as have need of immediate work, however, are requested to indicate it. The committee agrees to transmit immediately their demand to the proper authorities. A similar bulletin is devoted to famring-enrotlment,-concluding as"fot=" lows: The women of the farms have -wanted to-be associated with the work of voluntary enrollment of French women in the service of the country. They will do it gladly, and, since they are adapted to agricultural life, they will work ifor the salvation of the country. In enrolling on the lists of this association they will show their desire to persevere, some In remaining where they are, others in putting themselves at the disposition of farmers at the height of the season. Those who cannot work •will organize the task of caring for infants in school during vacatlon. -Tire billboard posters which helped Britain raise an army are now being used by the association to recruit patriotic woman workers. They made tlveir appearance recently on walls in Paris and attracted considerable attention. They read: “Enroll yourself! Give the time you have, so that no effort will be lost. Enroll yourself in tire administration, military a>f healthservice, or wherever you can be useful.” The posters call attention to the need of women aiding the nation to the fullest extent. They it is believed, greatly Increase women’s mobilization, used to show what has already been accomplished toward this end. Moving picture films also have been taken by the government, and will be used to speed the work.

OFFERS LIFE TO NATION

At the age of eighty-four, Col. Peter Paul 'Dobozy of West Plains, Mo., survivor of the Hungarian Insurrection Of 1848-49, of the war of France and Italy against Austria In 1859 and a veteran of the Civil war in this country, has offered his services aiuLlps lff e t 0 the United states. He has asked permission of the government to establish a cavalry training station at West Platas, Mo. He came to this country in 1862 with two nephews of Louis Kossuth and in 1863 organized a regiment of negro heavy artil|eryv After the war he became an engineer in the Ozark country and blazed the way for the old Kansas City, Fort Scott-and Gulf railway, now a part of the Frisco system.

Lace Flag for U. S. Troops.

Paris—The woman lace workers of Velay have united in making a lace flag with the colors of the United States, and intend to present it to the first American regiment that comes to fight upon French soil. General Lafayette came from the region of Velay and the old chateau In which he lived: still is standing.

Rice for Ink Stains.

Wash the stained article, using boiled rice instead o£ soap, and then rinse in clear water. • - I'

MEXICANS FLEE U. S., FEARING CONSCRIPTION

H Brownsville, Tex. Conscription has terror for the Mexicans. When word came to the border that the great American congress had adopted conscription, the Mexicans who had fled to this side of the border during the troubled days of Madero, Huerta, Villa and Carranza believed the American brand of conscription would be similar to the Mexican brand. So hundreds of them fled back to Mexico. At El Carmen one Mexican mother gathered up her* two sons and-set out to cross the_ river to Mexico on a raft. The raft broke and the three floundered in the water a considerable time until dragged to safety by spectators. She explained she had tried to reach Mexico to save her sons from the horror of the American war.

TRIES TO BOOST HIS HEIGHT

Patriotic Youth Has Clever Scheme, but It Is Detected by Recruiting Officers. Albany, N. Y.—Trying to boost his 5 feet 3 inches ’tip to the standard required for military service, Willis Hartman, a patriotic youth from Glenwood, near here, tried a form of elevation that almost got by the United Sta t e marin e corps, recruiting z officers here: Willis went through without a flaw until he stripped to be examined for scars when the doctor discovered several layers of adhestive plaster and a small cotton pad under each heel that gave a “French-heel effect” to the would-be warrior. When It was removed, he lacked one inch of meeting the required height. “I don’t want to be a slacker, so I tried my best to.enlist,” said Hartman, when he was rejected. “The scheme would be all right, too,” he added, “if I could only make it stick.”

WIRELESS FOR MOTORCYCLES

Invention of Marine Corps Captain "Has a Radius of From 50 to 100 Miles. New York. —Every motorcycle messenger In the United States army will be equipped with a private wireless outfit, with a radius of from 50 to 100 miles, if the Invention of Frank E. Evans, captain in the marine corps, stationed on recruiting duty in New York, receives favorabl e consideration bjl the ordnance boatd. Captain Evans’ outfit weighs less than 12 pounds, and can be set up to receive messages in from one to two and a half minutes. It consists of a sending and receiving apparatus, a dynamo attached to the rear wheel and a 100-foot aerial constructed on the order of a steel fishing pole. It is claimed for the Invention that constant communication can be maintained with friendly air scouts and field stations.

CHICAGO BARS HORSE MEAT

Council Committee on Health Rules War Has Not Made Innovation Necessary. Chicago.—Horse steaks for Chicago? Neigh, neigh! ‘ The city council committee on health has ruled that the war has not made the innovation necessary, and therefore has refused to consider an application from Christ Scheer for a permit to open a shop dealing exclusively in the flesh of Old Dobbin. “I feel,’,’ said Aiderman Cullerton, “that we ought not to listen to a proposition of this kind now. The time is nqt ripe. Possibly later we may come to it, but it certainly-isn’t a necessary step now.”

TRAIN KILLS BRAVE SOLDIER

Escapes Shells for Months in Trenches in Feaacf, fThea^ Faints on Station Platform. London—Tired, faint from hunger and sleeplessness, Copt. Clive Durden of the Australians arrived in Victoria station from France. While walking along the platform he fainted, fell under the train and was run over. He had been fighting continually;in the most dangerous places in France for six Jnonths unscathed and was coming to England to rest. When he was picked up-after the accident Captain Durden was conscious. “What -rotten luck,” he said, “to miss a million shells and get done in by a toy locomotive.” In an hour he was dead.

"Wildcat Was Tame Fox."

Pittsburgh. Pa.—“ There’s a wildcat or .some kind of an animal chasing anjund Ellsworth avenue,” an excited wflsian telepliojßod *theFrg>kstfovgn ave* nue police stalk>u..the m h«r afternoon. Patrolman PhilLp Flynn was detai led to capture the “wildcat.” out to be a gray fox. Flynn trapped it In a box. It later was claimed by Jane Cavanaugh of 5717 Eva street, who said the animal was tame.

Killed 6,000 Rabbits.

Stockton, Cal—Hundreds «f hunters participated In a jackrabbit drive al Escalon, which resulted in the estimated killing of between. 5,000 and 6,000 of the peats. *

The Returning Saint

By REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D. D.

Dean of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago *

TEXT—Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold’me with thy free spirit.—Psalm 51:12. This is one of the best-known and thost highly praised Psalms of David,

gross sin of adultery, and then even tried to cover over some of the effects of it by being accessory to the sin of murder. Nevertheless, and because he did really know God, his conviction of sin in the premises nearly broke his heart. His cry of repentance and ZpeaL for inercy—are-recorded in this. Psalm, whose wail of sorrow and subsequent shout of joy have been heard through all the ages bringing instruction and comfort to many another sinning saint. It Is for this reason so instructive for us to observe how David returned to God. First of all, he clqarij definitely judged his own sin "Before God. This is expressed in the first six verses of the Psalm where he cries out for mercy, acknowledging his guilt and pleading for a thorough cleansing from his iniquity. Forgiveness and Cleansing. In the next division of the Psalm we see forgiveness and cleansing accorded him and secured on his part by faith in Abe-atoning -blood. This Is expressed in verses 7-40, in the symbolism of the hyssop, in the washing of his soul until it is whiter than snow, in the blotting out of his iniquity, and in the creation within him of a clean heart. We now see the restored one filled with the Spirit of God, in verses 11-17. He is filled with the joy of salvation; he Is filled with power to teach transgressors and convert sinners; he is filled with the spirit of service and with the spirit of worship as Indicated in his overflowing praise, ahd the presentation unto God of the sacrifice of a broken spirit and a contrite heart. Finally he is seen in fellowship with God and interested now, not so much in things concerning himself, as in the things that concern God. His cry is, “Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.” The Same Truth in the New Testament. One finds all the more encouragement to urge this because the same truth, only put in another way, Is set before us again in the New Testament. Y’ou will find it in the First Epistle .of John, chapter I, verse 9, where, addressing Christian believers, he says, “If we confess our sins, He (i. e. God), is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Because a man is saved by Goal’s grace through faith in Christ, 1. e„ because he is a true Christian believer, is not to say that he will never again commit a sin against God. It Is indeed his privilege, through the power of God’s spirit dwelling within him, to continually live a life of victory over sin, and yet, like David, he may fall. Under such circumstances, what is he to do? Has he lost out again? Has he utterly fallen never to be restored any more? Has Christ’s sacrifice foreVer lost its efficacy for him? No, thank God, Christ, as his high priest in heaven, ever liveth to make Intercession for him. And now, like David again, it is for him to judge his sin before God, for that is really |he meaning of the word, "confess;” Let him do this, and he will find God “faithful and just to forgive” him. “Faithful” to his promise that means, and “just” because Jesus Christ has paid the penalty of his sin.' “Merciful and Just.” That word “Just” is full of strength and comfort for us. God is not only “merciful” in forgiving the man who comes to him through Christ, but he is “just" in doing so. He Is “just” because that man’s sins have already been atoned for on the cross. and it would be unjust* to ignore that great fact and to cast the man away. This is a lesson for Christian backsliders, and alas! there are many of _them_ln—the—church. — Sume of them would gladly return to the father’s house, but they are timid and fearful and so discouraged. But let them take heart hgSlm’fdf God loYes and yeafiii oyer them. The story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 was-meant for them. That which he-dld Insured a loving welcome for him in his old home, and so let them follow his example as outlined ini the language of Psalm 51 and I John 1:9. They also will be met in. the sameAvay, and know what it Is to have the old joy of their salvation re* stored unto them, because by grace they will be cleansed from all unright* eousness.

jjrieh one has called, “the mold or .experience of a sinning** saint vfrho comes baek to God in full communion and service.” David, - It must b e remembered, was a man at one time in full communion with God, even though he so greatly sinned; as this Psftlm indicates. Through a sudden and strong temptation he committed the