Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1919 — Page 2

OTRANTO BARRAGE SQUADRON BACK IN THE HUDSON

T) ., XI . 3 .>. river, were wmriWrs of the Otranto barrage ffquadrob that kept CeriuuUVessels out of the Mcdiimam am They Law Just wim- hmm.-.

IN WILD FRENZY TO GET SHOES

Italy’s '‘Need of .Footwear Most Crying Demand of Postwar - Days. of Commandgered Profitecr FoctA.e..- C.o-se Excitement in _____ Jte»riy=C+tie s—Ste-res —Ran sacked by Mob for Food. — Florence, Italy.—ls Dante Alighieri lived in Florence today lie might be Inspired to write another ‘'lnferno, with shoes as the prime enus<’-c>f-eviL-Nothing has been so evident tjuffng these postwar days as the need ot Italians for footwear. The recent public d.-m.m'trntions backed byfhe_ Camera dd UtHBLl* _jr<4>aml-H'rs—ofiH-lmr.’’ where stocks fatgoods of all descriptions in the hands profiteers in mally .cit i■ -s w ere conm mandeered and ordered s<>ld at rediicecT prices, precipitated unusual somersaults of trade, but the wildest scrambles were in the shoe stores. Here the demand for shoes produced scenes of the wildest disorder. Frenzy Over Footwear. , Tn Rome. Milan, Furli.—Bob'gnaarid N'nples tile s. iir. h for sli<'o< continued many—days. The —struggles in each city were so great that few lavv■abiding persons tried n> secure shoes. There appeared to be no attempt at fitting anyone. Shoes were handed out in boxes and. the "buyers took them, -se»munjdxr_xmi caring whether they fitted or not just so they were on the basis of a s»> per cent rm duction in price. It was a common —Kight to see' a man loaded up’ w ith shoes fo,r his entire family. To obtain admission to a shoe store was ••■■ftrHy—srs diffreuit ■-as -buying" 4 ticket for a. world serf A* baseball, inyiic* •wait it. long line's before they were uua-the stdr-erooms. ▼. Xh oe~~TLPrrfmhT's~T^v-'(r~YvTO li' the morning and two in the- after- -- nminfai the openirnr nf~ their"srores. but. the long riiue .was waiting for

LAUGH AND GROW FAT

— There is no definite information o as to how much Miss Hilda Flack (the young lady in the above photo) laughs, but there is undisputable visual evidence of her stoutness. The young lady is a resident of Essex. England, and caused an uproar in the local school when her absence one day was explained by the fact that she cotfldn't secure a pair of shoes large enough to fit her little feet. Our photo shows the diminutive Miss Flack, who is thirteen years old endeavoring to get * very large-eize ladies' shoe on her foot, said endeavor being quite unsuccessful, as you can see.

s-hhes several hours before the scheduled time arrived. Impalieme jHi the ,part of the crowds caused, in most cases. The s.u.mmury seizure of go<ids and the fejiori to ransacking. Foodstores were treated firtt in this way, hut the lawlessness’ soon' siuvmT and stHM-shops S‘ores._.x-amsiicked.. ..would, -be. ileph t ed .nt. t-wry commodity—cab-.: W efe eXHIII pk-s in Spezia of carrv mu in a motor truck find taking them "some fLifF ’cH' five- ini les -tuHside the city for distribution. Whole hogsheads <»f w ine Wi re rolled out of the city in this way an,d distributed, It seemed as if the mob had designated for them the stores to be looted. There was apparently the most systematic pillaging of those accused of war profiteering; Merchants, known to ha\eA'iohtted__gpverninoiie_ tai regulations ~hv selling prohibited articles during the vyur -were—teeatedin the Soldiers soiit to r>-tor., order it. "some eases wen' TKarged with ace ep t - Ing gifts from the rioters and nt other times filling their pockets with eatables. including biscuits, fruit, nuts and chocolate. ■ The new situation created by the arbitrary cominandeerin'gs and fixing

Brave Death to Serve Armenians

American Nurses Ignore Perils of Massacreto Case for - c Sufferers. i , ■ ... '■ —. ’■' ■* •■ i— —, —i — -y~-'■. "Tit —*—*' i ~ - •- Starving Refugees Eat Grass and Alt faWa—Atneneaw- -Commission—4or - Relief Is Doing Great Work in the Near East. z- ( onstanttnojde. Turkey. Two tmerienn nurses, Miss Margaret Mack ‘>f Hilibi-rn, N Y. and Miss Ruth Stuart'-of Now Y\>rk city,, working',for ■ the Americnil commission for relief in i.riie near l:ust. declined--to abandon the <j. k and wounded nt Shush; . Armenia, after ■ haring themselves survived a massacre .by Tartars of 700 of the -by Maj, -Duvid—-U,—Arnold.—of- EroxL-. -Meme. R. !■< director of the rmnmifc -alt'll. “ 7 -v»ur doctor and. nurses were i n the mid<t of the fight, but were unharmed." says the letter. •■<>n adt ice from General Beach I recalled the two nurses. They came reluctantly as there was an urgent need for them among thy survivors. The spirit. Miss Mack and M is,< Sturant have shown has been spiqndid and I felt that they —should -be allowed' to return it they went as volunteers. They signed papers to the effect that they knew the • iamter* and that they were returning to 'their work at th. ir ow t; requestJ"

Mending Magnetos With Thread. A humorous touch to an otherwise ! tragic situation Ist related by a relief • worker at Oulou Kishla. who writes: 4 —’TTte-men working out from Oulou 1 _r 'KTsFTa7arFc®verTngTC targe territory ! • ami obtaining large experience. Their chief outdoor sport is dodging camel ) J trains and leaping culverts. . Coaxing the missing spark plug from its hiding place vies with mending magnetos with ■ thread as the chief form of recreatilyi. ■ It is a rule that after the explosion bf the twelfth tire each day the flivver knocks off and its riders camp for the night, sharing their pillows with anyroving dromedary in the vicinity, and. giving* a treat to jthe predatory mosquitoes. There is a ear in J

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER. IND.

Made Wife Wield Pick; She Seeks Divorce

It. I,- The wo-d J “obey" in’ tin- marriage vows , doos not necessarily mean that < 1. woman must juggle a pick and ] shovel to please her husband. ■ Mary A. Satchell was awarded ; a counsel fee of X 25 and S 7 a ; week pending further hearing ; as t «*r telli-hg—Tm+ge~ E~. -AV-.- Bind- J gett of the Superior court her j husband made her wield these ! - iiiipionmiiis. The woman wants i a divorce from Joseph A. Sat<h- J ed- duLl_ca.Z£.-;:f ter- J -:-r.TV 111 g I i.C ’1 ia d I M.w • n niu Fr 1 e<r | .'"His. iiiiLJiut. T.Ugy— 3 ; mL-L.‘ T.. ■ s. \ 1 tiiysuJ seven years. The w arring couple < —ieft tie 1 ci 111 rd 11 oue l>y sc}>a ra Ie - exits. ‘

of prices is now beginning to react. Storekeepers are refusing to run their businesses oi) the new basis, while there i> evidently a general shortage throughout the various cities affected by the new ' economic changes. Matty well-to-do families who have a 1 w ays • been lawahi di n g ha ve foil nd ihemscivcs suddenly unable to buy -fond-.——;- —’ ' ~’ Some merchants have closed their shops and gone to summer, resorts in the hope that when summer ends the eruption will have subsided and there wilt be a return to normal conditions.

Oulou Kishla. and a cook loaned to I the commission by Mr. Oscar of the Waldorf. No one is to have his name or address because the world is full of' guile." The commission has lost' three monYork TTty7~TtrtcTleV. R. S. "ST. EmeriiTr ami Miss Edith M. Winchester of, Philadelnliuf. who >v7is.nmong. tire first to~ volunteer for work in the typhus ridden < 'auCasus. Starving Children Die Daily. Just before'her death Miss Winches- | tor. in a letter from Tiflis wrote: “The sights about us are heartrending. A refuge two blocks from our office yesterday fed l.siHt starving children. We are feedmg them once a day. And - m.iee. .ju—-day_. tlut cart. -goes- around—-to-collect the eight or ten little corpses thSt have o ; aeeumiilated'."‘“Refugees are eating grass and alfalfa. The alfalfa they eat r;iw. one can always see children nibbling it." 'Yod.<»OO Greek refugees -.back of-the oi-tw—who—are—gredHftHy- ■ being pustnsl —out by —t he Russi an s. Thousands —are —fed. at an —American soup kitchen. Adana has 12,000 refugees and IS,OOO more are in nearlby , villages7~ ~

Ancient Idol Dug Up.

Kalispel. Mont. —An idol, pronounced officially by the Smithsonian Institution Washington, to_.be of Aztec origin and at least 10.000 years old. has been dug up- in a The idol, is of stone. It is evidently of a gerd on its legs with its hands folded inLil s _. lap. ..The thing has a -Ghtn. se » n ok, bur photographs sent=-to-Washington brought a.reply that it is an Aztec idol. The sculpturing is of a high character. The question now is how did the Aztec idol get to Montana.

Missouri Catfish Milk Cows.

Butler,' Mo. —John Whitman, a farmer residing along the banks of the Marias des Cygnes river, near here, has a famous herd of some 20 cows, which heretofore have been wondei* ful milk producers. Recently he no» tjcod a decrease in the amount of milk they .gave. Qne hot afternoon Mr. Whitman fouqd the cows wading in tJ)e river 7 to kgep cool. While In the nvei catfish wwe, milking the cows, thus reducing the amount of milk he received,

WAY OF THE HEART

By WINIFRED C. O’BRIEN.

The eanoe drifted lazily with the current close to the low hank of a placid, narrow river that ran through the woods. A young man lay in its’ bottom with eyes closed, his face marred by the expression of bitterness and the stern set mouth.. Edgar Rawley, noted young painter arid received Hr iluFFPsr' society, Wtang bniiir for a bruised heart andfhurt pride. ' He had aslrnd Marion"Efacebridge, of £he beauties of the debutantes, to me.'iy Itim. and after ft few months’ •ngagenn hadj.Tyitlmut warning, sent, back his ring with a cruel little ’ note that “she thought that they were i dor congenial ,___ Th«*n ih«‘ news §1 hur Ueieiit, -amliUrn■ engageineiit oL tjle seai.to Alan" Coe. the banker, and Marjorie’s to Stanley Lew is, the poet. Half ■ the young girls and all the women were frankly in love with Stanley’ and they envied Marjorie her possesion. Just as lie was sending the canoe into mill-stream with a sweeping stroke, he heard a loud call for help, and looking.up the bank he espied a girl in a pink dress with her hands held in front of her. seeming to ppsli some object away. W ith a spring, Ld“fear bl :hTi and pick Ing up a large club which was sometiriies used to push Imats out into the stream, he hastened to the scene. When he neared the girl he gave a start of surprise as lie saw' that it was Marjorie Brooke, but he stiihal a cry of alarm for there on the log was a three-foot diamond raft leT,~ swishing -nearer and nearer, and rattling fiercely. With a well-aimed blow the club landed w ill) stlligiag f'<m the head of .the rattler, crushing it immcdiati ly, ami hot h v. arched the slimy body _w ith- > ■••liiiful diamond markir.g< writhe _ULits death agciriies. _ turned to the girl: “Thereare not many of tho~-e large ralll ers ri?bfriiT ; Torc. I atn surprised that this one should have venturerFouFuit-ftll.” Suddenly she made a little rush, and throwing iier arms about Idm kissed him firmly on the mouth and then flew up the path before he had vaguely sensed her action. Somehow it was a Measurable tljaught.that she had kissed him. be that thought that he must be lacking in something so that no wom--ftfttFfhen-h+s-cyes caught a book-which-she had dropped, and stooping he picked it up. also a little lace-bordered handkerchief. Without realizing whatr he was doing he had read the- -page that was lying open. “How could I .ever Ivave thought,that I was in love with that person. “I will never be deceived by my feelings again. There was more on the closely written page, but that was all that Edgar ‘feml^EelSreZfiflZSiin£-BEfiinJSHit that he was reading a girl’s personal secrets. Thinking to semi them to Marjorie, on the following day, he dropped them in his pocket and turned the canoe homeward. A few hours later in his den, smoking, suddenly Tie had an -llln

splration, and hastily he ran up the short flight of stairs to his lighted studio. There was an unfinished painting -tbereofthe low bank. the_stunted fir trees and the sweeping forest beyond the placid river. With quick, sure strokes he sketched in. the figure of a young girl in a pink dress, with a large shade hat haruihu do u n„llpiju-Jice shoulders, her hands'st retched out and - nn-tarUy wnuh Ima ke slLUd-de-r»"_-aud lastly the venomous snake, with its diamond markings. He called the picture r," - and—knew without -doubt that it would be well received at the prize exhibition in the fall. The following afternoon ho made his way to the (little cottage which Marjorie occupied ami found her drying her hair by the hedge. She thanked fiim rather distantly for*the"return of her ptoperty, and then began to talk of the' various nothings that make up conversation when two persons are occupied with their own thoughts. Suddenly he said “I did not know that you Lewis, until I read the paper yester-

day.” - I She looked at him for a nroment and t then saidr “Well, It is -a woman’s j privilege to change her mind.” Then I she hastily- changed the conversation 1 to other matters that concerned The world which they had left behind. The days slipped by, and the summer was drawing slowly to a close and both vaguely felt that parting would | be hard, yet neither would acknowledge to themselves that they had growri to eare. Then, one afternoon, Marjorie was not at her accustomed place and Edgar learned that she had left suddenly for home. Three months later, in the large drawing-room at the fashionable town home of one of the great society, leaders, an exhibition (X the prize paintings was held, and the prize picture which had won the medal at the academy was to be shown for the first time. While the polite chorus of oh’s and ah’s was rippling through the room out in the conservatory where Edgar had followed Marjorie just after his picture, as the prize picture, had been exhibited, there was another scene for a delightful picture. “But you see 1 knew that I was beginning to care and so—” But the rest of the words were mumbled against his coat sleeve for the second time the dainty lips wire pressed against Edgar’s. (Copyright, 19W, McClure Newspaper dicauJ ... -

CONDITIONING FOWLS FOR EXHIBITION INVOLVES PROPER FEED AND TRAINING

Show Birds Are Trained in Exhibition Coops and Should Be Handled Frequently.

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The beauty contest season for poultry is again at hand and fanciers who previously have fretted over egg record and feeding rations are now concerned witli grooming their birds in their best bib and tucker-a.nd preparing them for inspection by judges at fairs and poultry shows. Something besides external beauty and tine feathers is required to win in the show ring. Every fowl, whether young or mature, should be in firstclass show condition when it enters the -exhibition- hall. The plumage should be the standard length for the breed, lustrous and plentiful, the head bright red in color, and ti>e comb developed to the required size. The specimen should appear in handsome dress, good '7mj'WT , ann frained~tb“exhibit his good qualities to advantage, Careful training imparts to a bird sufli’’cient confidence to assume and hold desired poses under show-room conditions. • - . ■ ~ ■ If possible, obtain exhibition coops similar to those used at the show you will attend. Cover the floor with short, clean straw, or a mixture of bran and straw for feathered-leg breeds. Two months before the show phice in the coops at night the birds you intend to exhibit. Visit the coops as frequently as you can and handle the~birdS"often. nCarry-thmn arounxbnnder the arm, open their wings and examine the undercolor, and accustom them to every movement of the judge. It is not advisable or necessary to keep the show birds confined in the training coops. A day at a time is sufficient; then allow them the run of the house for two or I three days, and outdoor exercise if I Diet Makes Hens Handspme. Show birds should receive a variety of foods. If you wish to increase weight rapid 1 y,m ak e a mash of equal ; parts of corn meal, ground oats, wheat --middlings and thick soar milk or buttermilk. Sweeten it with brown sugar, and add 10 pet cent linseed meal. The i mash should be of the same consistrcncy ' is similar to milk-feeding rations, but ’ it should be fed only each morning.” I Feed whole or cracked corn, wheat, kafir corn, barley, or buckwheat, or-a commercial scratching food, in the midi die of the day and again in the late afternoon. Feed*yellow corn to buff varieties, and white corn to white, black 1 cream the plumage of white birds. A ! little rnnkod nr raw, meat OF .gFOUnfl. I imens inclined to grow large combs: I It is necessary to examine your show ■ birds carefully at least 10 weeks before ! the show. Remove all imperfcet feath- ' ers in The hope that they will be replaci ed by feathers of standard color. Frequently a colored feather showing a liti tie white along the edge of the web will molt out perfectly when the,fowl is well | fed on the sour-mllk mash, meat, and grain.- Never pluck a new feather — one in which the quill is filled with fluid—as it will invariably return partial-

GREEN FEED IS ESSENTIAL FOR CHICKENS

Homemade Poultry Silo Made From an Air-Tight Barrel and Suitable for Storing Green Feed for Poultry.

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Chickens confined to small yards should always be supplied with green feed, such as lettuce, sprouted oats, alfalfa, or clover, but the best P ,ace to raise chickens successfully is on a good range where no extra green feed ia required. Where the chicken? are kept in small bare yards fine charcoal, grit, and oyster shell should be kept before the chickens all of the time and cracked or ground bone may be fed. The bone is not necessary for chickens that have a good range. \ . ■ . >

ly white. A few days before the exhl-, bition again examine your birds and pluck the imperfect feathers. It is quite a problem to determine the best procedure when there is foreign color in some of the large feathers on the wings or tail. Peroxide Blondes in Hen House. Many exhibitors of white fowls bleach the plumage of their birds with peroxide of hydrogen and ammonia. They mix in a china bowl a solution of three parts of peroxide of hydrogen and one part of ammonia. A clean muslin cloth is dipped in the solution and the bird Is wrapped in it. The muslin is next covered with oiled silk or some waterproof cloth to confine the Tushes of the bleaching gas. The per-oxide-ammonia solution can be sponged on the plumage or sprayed with an atomiser. The only advantage in wrappingthe bird is to make the bleach more effective. The -shanks and feet of exhibition foWls must be absolutely-clean and well polished. To -overcome- rough scales rub the legs twice daily with a cloth dipped in kerosene and a short time before the show wash them thoroughly. Use a good scouring soap, woolen cloth, and wammrain water. Remove any old or rough scales, and also the dirt between the scales. The latter can be taken out with toothpicks. Dry theshanks and apply a solution of equal warm a woolen cloth and scrape a little beeswax on it. The warmth will -jnelt-4he waxj-awl-the- shanks shouldthen be polished with the waxed cloth. Cosmetics and Curealls of Ugliness. Before shipping the birds to the exhibition apply the sweet oil and alcohol solution to the face and comb. If you are showing white birds, fill their plumage after washing and when thoroughly Tdry with equal parts of bran M nd rice flour. Some exhibitors use cornstarch which is equally satisfactory. This prevents the plumage coming soiled, and when the starch Is shaken out at the show and the fowls are groomed, they apparently take a higher polish. However, your coops must have wooden or muslin tops and sides to prevent rain from coming in contact with the starched plumage. The final grooming is accomplished with a silk handkerchiefrrubbing and polishing the feathers until the plumage has a high luster.

WAR ON YOUNG GRASSHOPPER

..Little . Atontian 4? _,, A -| -rhrv Hav&-Rfrach€O Considerable Size. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Although grasshoppers are not usually noticed by the farmer until they .have reached a considerable size, they begin .to injure his crops immediately upon hatching from the egg. They should tie detected and -combated, therefore, while young and small, so that time, labor and material, as well as crops, may be saved.