Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 September 1917 — Page 7

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917 APPLE CROP Our Big Fruit Harvest Must Be Used to Help Save Wheat and Meat for Allies. FOOD ADMINISTRATION PLANS "Consumer Campaign" Throughout the Land to Aid in Home Consumption During Autumn, Winter and Spring of Next Year. Uncle Sam takes the keenest inter est In this year's apple crop. For the fruit must be used to help save wheat and meats for our allies. The food administration is planning n consumer campaign of publicity throughout the country. This year's apple crop calls for in telligent handling. The latest govern ment reports indicate u crop of about 390,000,000 bushels. That is a little - Ielow normal. Good prices are assured for all honestly packed, iirst quality apples, and also for honestly packed, selected second grades, which government experts say can be put into stor age. When the crop is big it does not ay to store second grades, but this year, despite the fact ihat we cannot ship our usual 2,000,0()u barrels of ap ples abroad, because shipping space is precious, we should be able to get fair prices for all good apples at home. Careless packing of poor qOfilitv fruit has always been one of the chief causes of market instability and un satisfactory prices to the growers. This year the whole apple industry is co-operating to remove this market handicap. There has never been an apple year such as this one is going to be. Growers have never been able to get together and engage and finance u national educational campaign among consumers to increase apple consumption. This year the situation makes it necessary for the United States government, through the food administration, to conduct a consum er's campaign of publicity on behalf of the apple. This campaign will begin while the crop is being sent to market, and will probably continue until the last apple i eaten up late next spring. So the gioWer has three great incentives for grading, packing and storing this crop with especial care. 1. It is a good crop and calls for care. 2. The government will encourage apple eating and apple storage and will discourage speculation that raises the price abnormally. 8. We must eat up at home more than two million barrels of apples, which would ordinarily be exported. To get the best of the crop to the market in prime condition it must be picked carefully at the time of maturity and promptly cooled in temporary storage, and then skillfully graded and packed. Second-grade fruit should not go into barrels or boxes. If it cannot be marketed in bulk In near-by consuming centers, then it should be worked up into byproducts along with .the culls. There has been a gratifying Improvement in apple marketing the past two or three years. Western apples uro boxed to strictly honest standards, by the great co-operative growers' organizations in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Colorado. The eastern barrel apple has also been wuiderfully improved in New York and other states. Because apples are honestly packed and give the best possible value for the money, there is an increase in the consumer demand. Retail merchants who were formerly almost afraid to buy apples In barrels, because they were not sure of getting marketable values for their money, are now buying freely and in confidence. This good work makes it possible for the government to go further and encourage the use of apples as a war-time food measure. Because the bulk of the crop will be picked by volunteer workers this year, and put into common storage until the grower can find time to grade and pack, there will be an opportunity to give closer personal attention to the grading and packing than might be the ease if the crop were handled as in pence times. For tfu- grower who desires instructions in apple nackinj. the department of agriculture ut Washington has information in bulletin form. These bulletins can be si-cured free by writing to the department. Growers will do well to obtain a few copies for their pickers and packers. Find a Use for Rats. The city authorities of Stockholm have begun a campaign against rats by offering a reward of 2 cents for every dead one. While it is hoped thus to reduce ihe rat plague considerably, the chief end is to get an important addition to the stocks of fats available for the making of soaps and lubricants. The rats are treated in a "corpse utilisation establishment," where, after the fat hns been boiled out, whnt remains is converted into a poultry food. South Sweden has for some time been utilizing cadavers of animals. Considerable fat is also obtained by skimming large containers placed in the sewers leading from hotels, restaurants and other places whcsr? there is an unavoidable waste of

PRISONERS WENT ON STRIKE

Refused to Go Back to Jail Until One of Their Number Was "Fired" by y Workhouse Superintendent. Perhaps the queerest strike on record was that of workhouse prisoners in Delaware county, Indiana, recently, when they refused to return to jail unless one of their number received his freedom. And it was not that they de sired him to be free, either, but because they wished to be fred of his presence. "I had ray gang of prisoners way out by Yorktown, working on a country road that needed repairing," said James Cole, workhouse superintendent, according to the Indianapolis News, "when I noticed, about time to load them into the automobile and bring them back, that the prisoners were hanging back and talking among them selves. Finally one of them came to me with the story and his demands. "'The boys here won't go back to jail with you unless you fire Danny, there,' said the spokesman. 'They won't ride back in the machine with him because he has vermin in his hair and on his body. You either let him go or no more jail for us. We've agreed to make a run for it if you don't, and you can't catch all of us.' "Of course, I had no right to allow the man his freedom," Cole continued, "but the fellow jumped up and ran away just then and I'm bound to admit we didn't try very hard to catch him. Anyway, that broke the strike." "TOMMIES" CALL IT "WIPERS" British Soldiers Have Given Their Own Pronunciation to the Little Belgian Town of Ypres. The little Belgian town of Ypres is sure enough a place ih history; but, in England, at any rate, it will always be specially sure of it under a name which no cloth worker of Flanders ever heard, and would certainly never recognize. The British "Tommy," who for over two years has held up the German forces around the famous Ypres salient, insists on calling it "Wipers," and the name has "taken on," as he would say. It traveled over to England, and "Wipers" began some how to be associated with "hot corners." The present prime minister, in the course of one of his speeches, some months ago, alluded to the place by this name, and "Wipers" it is likely to remain, and as "Wipers" it is likely to be discussed for many years to come, says the Christian Science Monitor. Curiously enough, it is not the first entry of Ypres into the Engl tea lan guage in this, or at any rate a sim ilar form; for it was in the looms of Ypres that was made, in the middle ages, the famous "toiles d'yper," the costly table linen, or diapers. Testing the Eye. Lecturing on the "Effect on the Eye of Varying Degrees of Brightness and Contrast" before the Illuminating Engineering society recently, Dr. James Kerr of the public health department of the London county council, referred to some effects which may be surprising. Having to examine long lists of figures in black type, he tried to facilitate his task by drawing vertical and horizontal lines in red ink, but the different focusing of the black and red strained his eye and gave him a headache, which did not trouble him when all the figures and . lines were either black or red. Doctor Kerr questions whether a target is more distinct when a brilliantly illuminated disk appears on a jet black background than when the surroundings were diffusely illuminated. Joker Dressed as Bear. Representing himself as a bear which is said to have annoyed the residents of Reddon, Del., a young man of that village was shot at and badly beaten before his identity was discovered. For several weeks residents of Red den declared that they had seen a bear in sections of the village. Taking ad vantage of the fright in the little town, one young man dressed himself up to represent a bear and started out to startle the villagers. His practical joke took the wrong turn when a num ber of men with guns and clubs started to chase him. Before he could tell who he was he was badly pounded with clubs and came very near being shot. Movie Film as Evidence. A moving-picture film is to be intro duced into court in Paris as evidence in a divorce case. Tlie plaintiff in the action saw on a screen on the boulevards pictures of the procession of Italian delegates through the boulevards to the Place de la Concorde to lay a wreath upon the Strasbourg monument. The procession was followed bv a taxicab in which, to his astonishment, the spectator saw his wife, seated with a stranger. He bought the film, to be used as the basis of his action for divorce. King Has Many Namesakes Now. His majesty has sundry namesakes in London now that he has adopted his new surname, says the London Globe. There is a solicitor in Bishopsgate and a cabinetmaker In Dalston, to name two. There is also a Miss Windsor. who has a respectable business in South Kensington. Likewise a Mr. Cornelius Windsor lives in North London, and another Windsor has a gro cery shop In Lewlsham. A firm of Ironmongers at Roehamptou and some rlothiers nr. Finshnrv Pnrtfnn pIqa claim the same surname atjthe royal family.

CITIES

Faithful Old Fire Horse Makes Way for Auto ST. LOUIS. A fine, new automobile ambulance, with equipment up to the minute, arrived at police station No. .1, Hanover street, the other day. With much snaring it backed into the garage. Stonewall Jackson, who had occupied t lie garage ten years under

horse to leap with joy at the sound of an automobile engine. But he went too far; he did not really see-hls finish. Immediately before him is the realization of the dream of Iiis lifethe fruition of the hopes of ten years. This week he will be taken to Red Acre farm, near Lexington, where in the green fields he will live again the happy days of his youth. The police department has assured for him a comfortable old age; it has made him a life pensioner. Everybody inutile North end knows Stonewall Jackson, the white horse with the one staring eye. In his time he has saved hundreds of lives. Though normally of phelgmatic disposition and somewhat leisurely gait, at the sound of the gong behind him lie would leap out of himself, as it were, and display unsuspected speed. In this uncertainty as to "form," at least, he resembled some race horses. In other respects he was very different from a race horse. And even his best friends in -the North end admit that the new automobile ambulance will do better work.

Man's Last Stronghold is Ruthlessly Despoiled NEW YORK. Trousers for women are really here. As a matter of fact, some of New York's best dressers have been wearing the bifurcated dress for some time, but now that the gown manufacturers are exhibiting the models to buyers from Painted Post and other

corn-husking sections of the country, it (the trousers) looks as if they would become popular as feminine decorations. The invasion of women of men's sacred prerogative has brought about a strong protest from the humble male. He can see nothing but his last vesticrn nf Simprlnrlf-v nrnino- hi flin linnwlc! And with the death knell for old tradi- ' V V V W II ill lllllj i-JL 111V announcement that he can store his

evening trousers in some safety deposit vault where they will be safeguarded. He, the mere man, also realizes that the time Is coming when it will be impossible to tell who is Vviio on the main street. When women took to tight fitting breeches, ostensibly for riding, automobillng and motorcycling, men sighed and made little protest. When the fair ones took to overalls for farming and munition factory work and for repairing the limousine, men looked startled, but muttered something about "war necessity." But when they adopt evening dress trousers good night. There is nothing left that is exclusive for men.

Connecticut Fishermen

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. A dozen large sharks were shtt by fishermen, whose livelihood has been menaced hv tho ri

Captain John Wirth of the sloop Mary

a battle resulting from the voracious appetites of the sharks In eating their own wounded. He saw two of the fish jump five or six feet into the air in a

death grip. When a shark became" wounded the water became a seething mass of the wounded. A battle between two of thorn raged oft New Haven. The big fish repeatedly Fishermen arriving in Bridgeport

finned fish in various sections, the largest number seen at one time being 20.

They said that the school was broken rated in the Sound. No casualties have so far been posted at various points where bathers

airproach of the sharks, which invariably show their fins above water until nearly ready to strike at their prey. Sleeper Lucky in Recovering His Agate Eye PHILADELPHIA. John Charles, aged forty-five, of GGS Eckert street, placed his bed against the window of his room on the second floor when he retired. The humidity made him toss about in his slumber. He rolled out of the window. A fall of 10 feet to the

pavement awakened him. Then he found his glass eye was gone. Clad only in his underwear he crawled about i lie pavement looking for the missing optic. Policeman William Bailey came along. Thinking Charles was demented, the officer asked what he was doing. "I am looking for my glass eye." replied Charles. "I lost it when I fell out of the window." Charles and the policeman were and knees when Lieutenant of Police

Thinking the policeman and Charles were intoxicated, he asked Bailey what was wrong. "This fellow lost his lamp," replied the policeman. Positive then that Policeman Bailey was intoxicated, Lieutenant Harris asked: "What kind of a lamp was it, electric or oil?" and started to ring for the patrol. "It was his glass eye," said Policeman Bailey. "He lost it when he fell out of that window." "That's different," said Lieutenant Harris, and he, too, got on hJs hands and knees. They found the eye. It had not been damaged in the fall snd Charles returned to his room.

Worth Something. Railroad Attorney "You want damages what! Why, there isn't a scratch on you !" Van Hardup "But think ot the mental shock and depression at not finding a scratch on me after such a wreck." Port Jarvis Gazette. Surely. "There are always some officers in a regimept," remarked the Observer of Brents and Things, "who do not beiltte in corporal punishment."

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the impression that it was a stable, snorted also. He had been off his feed for days ever since George McCard. his driver, had dropped a hint that his hay day was over and his gasoline day was about to dawn. "I sec my finish," said Stonewall Jackson to himself in horse language. Then he closed his one remaining eye in resignation. There was some basis for his pessimism. You cannot expect an elderly Declare War on Sharks ----' v.vj uv.il ill J UUV.1U V 1. LllLi UVUUUl and Ann, which made port again'after a day's cruise in pursuit of the maneaters, reported the capture of three, which were taken to Mattituck, L. I., by fishermen. One, he said, was 13 feet long and is believed to be the shark that attacked and tore the flesh of Jonathan Briggs, a Mattituck boy. He also reports that the big school first sighted has been broken up by the attacks of the fishermen and by encounters among tht? fish themselves, which are apparently ravenously hungry. Captain Wirth reports viewing and blood flowed the captain says that white as the big fish rushed to devour for five minute in front of the sloop shot far out of the water. report having sighted groups of the bigand that the groups were widely sepa reported at the beaches. Lookouts aie con gregate to give warning of the DID THAT searching for the eye on their hands William Harris came alon (T An Impulsive Mail. 'My darling," he whispered, "just to think you are mine forever! Ah, this has been a red letter day to me r And he folded her to his necktie, creased her brand new jabot, enveloped her in his arms and almost stamped her toe. Tense. "A man who doesn't like to dwell upon his past," said the aluiost-philoso-pher, "usually has one that Ifia't per feet"

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Will Share Honors With Collarless Models This Winter. Women Are Not Expected to Receive Throat-Swathing Apparel With Great Enthusiasm. A very determined effort is being made to popularize high-necked frocks and blouses for the coming fall and winter. How well women will co-operate with the fashion designers in this respect remains to be seen. It must be admitted that for several seasons the comfortable and almost uniformly becoming collarless frocks and blouses have held sway regardless of rise or fall of the mercury, and it seems safe to predict that the most that can be hoped for neck swathing High-Necked Blouse of Velvet. apparel is that it may be permitted to share honors with the collarless models. However, the high-necked items of apparel are here and undoubtedly some women will elect to wear them, says the Washington Star. The sketch presented herewith illustrates a very smart little tailored blouse, made of brocaded velvet, and featuring a decidedly high collar. The blouse buttons its entire length, not even the collar itself being exempt. For becomingness' sake a curved opening is admitted at the front of the collar, with a fold of white georgette, chiffon or other sheer material peeping out. HIGH COLLAR BOON TO MANY Readily Accepted by Woman With Neck So Long That It Makes Her Lack Style. The girl or woman with the neck so long that it seems to separate her head from her body too much and makes her lack style and a smart ensemble can do no better than 'to thankfully turn to the new high-necked blouses, dresses and coats. There are plenty of new and fashionable models already worn by well-gqrbed women. In a beige jersey dress there is a high-stock beige collar which encircles the neck and buttons in two straps one side of the collar in front. The blouse part of this dress is slashed out in a long, narrow U-shaped piece, showing the white lawn gulmpe, to which is attached winged points that fall over the beige stock. In an older woman's one-piece dress the dress top is cut to cross surplice without draping. Above the pointed neck opening shows a chemisette of white pique with an attached standing collar at the sides and back. This collar folds over at the top about an inch. The skirt attached to the top falls in alternate box and side plaits. It Is one of those new coat dresses which have the half-loose easy fit of a long coat. A dull leather belt pulls It In, not to define the waist, but as in a coat, at almost hip length. Such a coat Is much more becoming to a matron, because of the easy way corsets are cut in these days to give comfort to the body. FASHION'S FANCIES. Pique and even gingham waistcoats are extremely popular, and often the hat has a touch of the same material to carry out the color scheme. Hats of sheer organdie and little else but a bow or a flower are very Smart for afternoon wear with a lingerie frock. Nothing Is more necessary than the parasol. The costume without one is not quite complete. Every size, shape and form of parasol is to be seen, from the tiny midget to the voluminous full-grown affair. Veils are leading lights on the millinery stage just now. Most of them of white or black lace are worn thrown back from the face, but covering the top and back of the hat.

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Velvet and velveteen are being featured extensively in tailored blouses developed for fall and winter, and a good many military touches crop out In the arrangement of sleeves and collars. Occasionally an epaulet of heavy braid in self-color will appear on either shoulder, and again these shoulder pieces will be developed in contrasting color. An extreme novelty that Is worth mentioning, though probably not to bo recommended as a leading style note, is- the use of the chamois as a trimming for georgette blouses. Bands of chamois' in contrasting color are used to trim collar, cuffs, vestee, etc., of georgette blouses, and frequently small chamois-covered buttons fasten th garment. Chenille embroidery is making a strong effort to rival bead embroidery as a waist trimming, due no doubt to the excessive prices now charged for beads. The chenille is very effective; but not so dainty as beads, and there is always a doubt as to whether chenille embroidery will wear well. It must be laid on in a very loose stitch to be effective. USE OF CUFF PINS REVIVED Weil-Dressed Woman Takes Pains to Keep the Sleeves of Her Frockt Neat at the Wrists. 2sTow that long sleeves are in fashion the fastidiously dressed woman finds it necessary to take pains to keep the sleeves of her frocks neat at the wrists. In light frocks this shows the soil more quickly than any other part. With the coming fashion for separate cuffs of washable material, the problem really solves itself so far as dark frocks are concerned. With a wash frock, of course, the only thing to do is to consign the whole frock to the tub when the cuffs look soiled or mussed up, unless they can be washeil and pressed without disturbing the rest of the frock. When separate cuffs are worn with a dark frock, pins to keep them in place are quite permissible. Sometimes cuffs are made with buttons that insure their neat appearance. But more often either pins or basting is depended on to keep them in place. All sorts of little pins at any price one wishes to pay are sold for cuffs. Small enamelled pins in colors harmonizing with your frocks are always a good choice, and the various kinds of silver and gold pins are also always worth while. For such a purely useful purpose as keeping the cuffs neat the more elaborate jeweled pins are not especially suitable. Charm of Crepes. There is a prediction that crepes of many sorts will be decidedly fashionable next year. And for that all women are thankful. They have all learned of the charm of crepes of various sorts in the last few seasons, georgette and other crepe fabrics have been in such wide vogue. Perhaps one of the chief charms about crepe is that it clings and falls in such soft and attractive folds and lines. Moreover, it is eminently practical, for it does not show wrinkles. HATS FOR THE MATRON The most difficult problem that faces the milliner is solved when she is able to produce hats that will suit her up-to-date patrons who have reached or passed middle age. Experience makes the matron the most exacting and discriminating of ail those who demand much in the matter of beconiinvraess in headwear, and specialists devote their time and talents to meeting this demand. Two of the rich and brilliant hats with which middle age will face the coming winter are shown here. At the top a handsome tailored model presents the tall crown and graceful, carefully managed brim lines that characterize the season's styles. Below, a draped velvet turban provides a background for a feather wreath of wonderful coloring made of natural plumage.

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