Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1919 — What, Indeed! [ARTICLE]

What, Indeed!

What will become of the automobile advertisements, wltfi passengers in the latest modes, ladies of super-ear tidy beauty wrapped in eddying veils, gentlemen with fierfectly creased trousers, and chauffeurs of superchauffeur grace—whpt will become of these beautiful works of art, now that the making of airplanes is about to supersede making of autos? “The car without a murmur,” "the car that runs like a _l6-kar*at watch,” “see that vana-dium-steel percolator, it distinguishes the Lightning car from all others,” these inscriptions were not really what attracted purchasers. It was the beautiful harmony between the lady passenger’s complexion and the maroon tint of the auto that lured prospective buyers. These gorgeous posters caused them to fouget that tires blow out. that roads are hot am? dusty, and tliat gasoline costs a lot. With their passing will pass one of life’s brightest features, even for those who never could afford to run even a small car. —New York Evening Post.

Mule Meat. “If the Germans capture any American mules.” remarked the Birmingham Age-Herald, in the closing days of the war, "they may be tempted to try mule steak.” Perhaps so, but we trust none of our friends over there will ever be called upon to resort to any such expedient. We are proud of bur mules, the great work they have done for victory. So appreciative are we of the mule’s services that we are ready to stand hats off when he attempts to bray the ‘Star-Spairgled Banner,” but we can never, no, never, recommend his steak even to the despised Boche as anything approaching a gastronomic dainty.—Nashville Banner.

New Imported Pest In Australia. Sheepmen of Victoria’s Australian western district have - been making lamentations about another imported horror. This is the ordinary European brown rat, which is now spreading widely over all the expansive, fertile acres of the state’s oldest settlements. The vermin are alleged to burrow like rabbits into the soft ground, coming out when opportunity offers to gobble the nearest eatables. During the last drought, Australia having had nobody in the Jo-seph-of-Egypt class to prepare for the inevitable, thousands of tons of fodder were Imported from the United States and elsewhere and the rats, If is thought, were carted into the country hi this feed.