Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 March 1918 — Page 2

Shall We Kill the Calf?

By. J. OGDEN ARMOUR, Oitirraan Food, Fuel and Cooteryatioc Committee, Illinois State Council of Defense

There is a calf problem in this country and it has not been solved by the plea to the American housewife to stop buying veal. Nor would !a law stopping the butchering of calves present the solution. More calves were slaughtered during the past year than any previous year. Thousands upon thousands of young animals capable of being developed into good beef at a profit were vealed. Millions of pounds of meat were thereby wasted. Whether the waste was actual or theoretical, this fact stands out and stares us in the face : The present world meat shortage might have been considerably alleviated had a wiser policy in the handling of calves prevailed during the past years. There are two general kinds of calves and they require totally different treatment. There is no excuse for the slaughter of beef calves and there is no justification for the maturing of all "dairy calves. The problem is to raise all beef calves to maturity and to prevent the waste of food by extended feeding of excess dairy calves. It is a waste of food to raise dairy calves that are not to be kept for dairy purposes. There is just as much need for slaughtering excess dairy calves when they reach the veal age as there is for encouraging the fara6rs to mature their beef calves. It is difficult to discuss calves without touching on baby .beef. Baby beef ls'economic from every angle. A great many of the beef calves which were sent to the Fort Worth and Kansas City markets during the past year were of the type that would pay if matured as baby beef. They average around three hundred pounds, and in the hands of capable fanners who had the necessary feed available, they could have been made into eight hundred to one thousand pound meat animals before they were two years old and at less cost than three years olds, because yoxmg animals will make flesh out of a greater proportion of their feed than will older animals.

Spring Typhoid By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON Commitfioner of Health of Penisylvania The Dews of the loss of our transport reminds us of the way in which we are to be robbed of our young people during this war and should awaken us, who remain at home, to the necessity of guarding our lives and protecting ourselves against disasters no less dangerous. From now on typhoid must be carefully watched as an enemy. Old winter has stored the filth of the season on our hillsides and along tlie banks melting of of the streams. With the the snow and ice in the spring, all of this filth will be washed ! t, . i i 4. into the streams ana carried to our i waterworks. This will test the filter plants to their capacities, many of which have too small a margin to care for an excessive flow of filth. Breakdowns will occur and the people must be prepared to protect themselves by boiling water for domestic purposes upon the firsj: indication of trouble with their local water supplies. In view of the above, the question ought to arise in the people's minds, with all the money that is being spent in the beautifying of our cities, whether or not it would not be wiser to use this money for the enlarging and improving of the purification plants so that our waters may be safe, and wait a little longer'for our boulevards and parkways. We certainly must use all known ways, and where possible, devise new ones, to protect the health of the young population and to conserve what we now have from unnecessary destruction. American Soldiers Buried in Special Cemeteries in France, Each Grave Marked Word having come from Washingiton that a new organization was be ing formed, known as the Purple Gross association, a body of undertakers who are anxious to go to France to assume charge of the bodies of the dead, the actual arrangements of the army are worth mentioning, writes a war correspondent. The new association wishes to be allowed to follow the troops to the front line to receive the body of every man who is killed or dies from natural causes and after embalming it, ship It back to the States. This arrangement is impractical, as it would mean that many ships probably would be needed for this work. The American expeditionary force has a grave registration service, which is a division in the chief quartermas ter's department. At the head of this department is a major of the regular army, who is responsible for the proper burial of the American soldiers who die in France and for the registration and marking of their graves. Two officers and 50 men in each division do this work, and these units will be increased later on. Two American cemeteries have already been laid out In France and several smaller ones have been plotted nearer the front. Each grave is marked with an iron marker and In each is deposited the soldier with proper identification. In addition photographs and descrlpjtions of the spot are made and sent to the soldier's relatives at home.

Washington's Death Was Caused From Diphtheria According to Physicians

In most histories it is stated that George Washington died from pneumonia or quinsy, but Dr. ,T. A. Nydegger of the United States public health service sends to the Medical Record a letter written by Dr. Cullen Dick of Alexandria, Va., on January 10, 1800, which shows that "he undoubtedly died of diphtheria." The letter recounts - the circumstances of Washington's last hours, the consultations of the physicians in at tendance, of whom Doctor Dick, the writer of the letter, was one, and tells how Dick urged that the sulferer's trachea (windpipe) be cut open so as to permit him to breathe. The other doctors would not consent to this. They had bled their august patient in i vain, and would not even give a name to the disease from which he was dying. It appears that Doctor Dick was reluctant to acknowledge that there had been an outbreak of croup in Alexandria, and he would use only the t term "inflammatory quinsy" for that vith which Washington was afflicted Doctor Dick's description of the dis- " t ; "nT Y , ease, to which he proposed to give the name cynanche laryngea," was one. of diphtheria ; he did not use that word perhaps because it had not yet been invented. 1 JUST TO LAUGH f Nautical Companions. "Noah was out in the rain for 40 days !" "It was easy work," replied Chesapeake Bill. "All he had to do was to stay inside the ark and let 'er float. Now if Noah had been compelled to fight the ice in an oyster boat for two or three consecutive months, he'd have had something to talk aboubV Why His Head ,Is Bandaged. "John," queried his wife, "if some bold man were to kidnap me, would you offer a reward?" "Certainly," he responded. "I always reward those who do me a favor. it Hoped Redd Going It Would to the Go. automobile show? Greene Oh, yes. 'Are you going alone?" Well, I want my car to go if it will." Thought Herself Qualified. "Whatever induced you to think you were an actress?" "The reporters alluded to me as one." replied the young lady stifHy, "throughout my testimony in a murder trial." Most Considerate. "I don't mind lending you this money, Clippings, but I'm afraid you won't pay it back." "My dear and only friend, I insist on your letting me worry about that." His Wife Knew Him. Congressman-Elect Bill Smith wants me to get him a job says that

he voted for me.' Wife And how can such a bone head expect to hold down a job?

The Woman of Forty and

What She Should Do and Not Do to Hold Her Job The woman of-forty and over must learn to obey orders In an ofllce. The woman of forty and over must forget the rules of her former employment and yield to those of the new job. The woman of forty or over should be neat. The woman of forty and over must demand no especial consideration because of her years. These are just a few of the warnings offered the middle-aged woman seeking employment by Mrs. Alice McBridc of the Woman's Association of Commerce of Chicago. She has given them to Miss Elizabeth Bennett, temporarily of the employment bureau of the women's division of the state council of defense, and applicants for work will be with all due delicacy informed that these be good rules to follow. "Too often I've seen the middle-aged woman lose track of herself, as it were, when she is employed, and I know employers put up with her just so long and then she is dismissed. "Men like a neat woman in an office. She need not be a raving beauty if only she be neat and prepossessing. And she need not think that a bit of cosmetic, a bit of powder or a good cream are only the young woman's prerogative. The older woman needs to look well and must see to it that she does. 'JBut most of all, the middle-aged woman finds-it difficult to adhere to rules in an office, and tno often she irritates by saying, 'At my last place we did so and so.' "Now, then, all the employer cares about is having his own rules carried out and the woman employed will do well to take his viewpoint." Mrs. McBride is a well, she will not tell her age, her weight or her financial standing. "I am old enough to know," she says, and those who know her say she most certainly does know fromthe top of her glossy whitq hair and perfect complexion to the tips of her perfectly shod feet. Mrs. McBride is a stenographer. 4 APPEALS TO ALL TO RAISE CHICKS 4 In line with the big campaign to conserve food that is being conducted by the food administration, the United States department of agriculture is making a direct appeal to every family to produce food in so far as it can. J. W. Kinghorne of the federal department of agriculture is in charge of the middle Western states in the government's nationwide campaign to stimulate poultry production, with headquarters in Chicago. In an interview Mr. Kinghorne made the following statement outlining the nation's needs and the big aid city and suburban dwellers can give in supplying them : "In hundreds of ammunition plants in various parts of our country skilled mechanics are working day and night, turning out shells to pave the way for democracy. "Contrast this with the possibility of every city and suburban family that has the available ground establishing another form of munition plant to produce shells filled with a most valuable and nutritious food. In other words, producing eggs. "The part that the American hen can play in winning this war can be materially increased by the establishment of thousands of backyard poultry plants all over this country. That "food will win the war" is brought before our attention daily, and the reason why food can and will play such an important part is because it. is just as necessary and important as ammunition to obtain ultimate victory. "That poultry and eggs can be produced more quickly and by a larger number of people than any other form of animal food is the all-important reason why Uncle Sam is making a national effort and a strong appeal to every city and suburban dweller to produce poultry, and especially eggs. "The equipment for such an enterprise need not be large or costly. A lot 25x30 feet is ample to accommodate a flock of twelve to twenty-five hens, which should produce sufficient eggs for the average family. By building a simply constructed poultry house out of dry goods or piano boxes, and supplementing the regular feeds with table scraps, eggs can be produced at but little cost. Thus the backyard flock will not only help in reducing the cost of living and make possible strictly fresh eggs, but at the same time it will fill it national need as a source of food production." SAYINGS OF A SAGE It is awfully hard to generate any respect for a man who wears a lot of rings on his fingers. Husbands and wives should remember that they married for worse as well as better. and act accordingly. A woman declares that she has the best husband on earth, but that is no sign that she expects to meet him in heaven. A woman who is satisfied with her neighbor is never satisfied with herself but who ever saw a woman satisfied with her neighbor?

NEW COAT

iEntire Tunics of Tarnished Silver, Dropped From Neclcto Knees. Warrior-Like Corsage Is Embroidered With Pearls, Brilliants and Flashes of Steel Jewel Headdress. Not only Cheruit, but many other French dressmakers, have lent their ear to making a pronounced fashion out of silver tissue. Two years ago, observes a prominent writer, we grew excessively weary of evening gowns made of superimposed pieces of tulle on a metallic foundation, and when the thought of silver and gold tissue pre sents itself as a fashion, we turn away. from it in a petulent manner. But wait ! This revival of a coat of mail for women, the warrior's uniform of ancient days which no modern fighter would touch, is another and a more pleasing thing than the evening gown of metallic cloth. Entire tunics, in the twelfth century fashion, are made of tarnished silver dropped from neck to knees, or longer, over skirts of blood red or midnight blue satin or velvet. Except for the costliness of the material, the tunics have all the simplicity of primi tive dressing. Their introduction into the early spring fashions has brought about a quantity of silver used in every way. Mme. Simone of the Theater Antoine in Paris, is wearing, I hear, a wonderful gown which is being copied for this country. It is of silver cloth faced with red, hanging in panels on the ground over a slim, tight skirt that clings to the figure as she walks. The warrior-like corsage is embroidered with pearls, brilliants and flashes of cut steel. To it she adds a warrior's headdress made of the same jewels as in the corsage and mounted on silver cloth. Wherever silver can be flicked in and out of a frock to enliven it, the designer loses no chance of trying out her ingenuity through this channel. When she abondons the Kussian blouse of gold and bronze metallic cloth, which drops over a skirt of bronze satin, she takes the same material and uses it in bands, cuffs and high, wrinkled collars that enclose the chin like a fence. It is a strange Idea, this bringing out of a new coat of mail for women as the spring approaches. Is it a recognition of their first victory toward suffrage and the fact that they may be counted as warriors today in civic, national and war work? ATTRACTIVE SPORTS COSTUME .rr fin v.l. i 11 11IJ M. This is just the suit for the giri who Is going gunning for beaux, for it is well equipped with holster pockets. Of course she won't need a gun. The whole effect of this tasty costume is one of readiness for sport. It is fashioned of durable jade dress corduroy that will stand up under the severest usages. A collar faced with French blue satin and Norfolk straps on the jacket complete the costume. Fancy Coatees for House. Very becoming over a black or some dark-hued frock is a black chiffon cloth or marquisette coatee pouching in sacklike manner just above a high waistline and edged with the whitest and filmiest swansdown. Silk Jersey Jumpers. Decidedly charming are the silk jerisey jumpers slipped on over perfectly simple plain skirts, and emphasis of outline can be imparted through the simple means of a sash.

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POLKA DOTS AND WIDE BRIM The novel use of polka dots combined with a large inverted brim makes this hat delightfully entrancing. It is designed for the tourist who wifiies to bring joy to herself and all beholders, and is fabricated in blue and white satin, with the polka dots as the sole trimming. SOME SPRING FASHION TIPS Linen Blouses With High Collar Are Popular Pumpkin Color Is Worn With Navy Short Jacket Suit. A swagger linen blouse of white recently seen had a high collar, plaited frills and long bands of rose-colored linen, which were stitched all the way down the upper part of the sleeve. The effect was decidedly new and interesting, observes a fashion writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Very smart and attractive are threepiece or middy suits evolved in silk and cloth combinations, and these have very becoming lines for youthful figures. Decidedly unique is this idea : Pumpkin yellow handkerchief linen is developed into a mannish, tucked front sleeveless blouse to wear with a navy suit whose jacket is short and boxlijce in the latest fashion line. Effective catstitching in heavy silk is seen for spring. A lovely shade of amethyst suede draped and clasped with a silver buckle forms the belt on a white velours waistcoat made to go with a short jacket of navy tricotine suit. The result is most pleasing. Many different colored piques are used for collars and guffs or lingerie blouses for spring, and this same material forms many of the smart vests and waistcoats made from spring suits. A delicate gray handkerchief linen is used for some of the most attractive handmade blouses that have arrived from Paris. FASHIONS AND FADS Suits have straight skirts. Topcoats are made of taffeta. The silhouette remains unchanged. The finest suits are the simplest ones. Foulards are becoming very plentiful. Afternoon dresses are made of etamine. Straight one-piece dresses ave made of linen. There is some evidence of a return of laces to favor.. Black-and-white checked materials are favored. Pretty turbans are made of green leaves and rosebuds. There is a return to voiles, both printed and plain. There are some very pretty evening gowns all of chiffon. Slipover blouses are thought very well of in some quarters. Button-back blouses also find their place in many spring lines. Hats are of the simplest shape, de- 1 pending entirely on line. Venice lace is slowly pushing itself Into favor among laces. All velvet gowns are made very simply and without trimming. The length of the skirt should be cut with an eye to becomlngness. Of materials there are a great many silks, pongees and rajahs used. Blue for Lingerie. Pale blue lingerie is coming into vogue since women seem to have tired of so much pink. Pale blue Is not a very satisfactory tint for underwear after the first washing for the color turns a dingy drab. White lingerie, with pale blue ribbon, is really much prettier and infinitely more satisfactory in the long run. White negligees are most beautiful when made of rich materials. Nothing, for instance, could be lovelier than a peignoir of embroidered white crepe de chine or a warm room gown -of white velvet touched with fur. A golden yellow costume worn in a popular play this season and draped in simple folds has offered Inspiration fer many an enchanting tea gown. Colors for Lingerie Blouses. The colors that promise to be popular in lingerie blouses for spring and summer are coral, Pekin blue and tan. The last named shade is especially popular both in linen and in sheer fabrics, one of the daintiest blouses recently seen being in tan swlss dotted in white and finished with white linen collar and cuffs.

To drive a tank, handle the guns, and sweep over the enemy trenches, takos strong nerves, good rich blood, a good stomach, liver aud kidneys. When the time comes, the man with red blood in his veins "is up aud at it." He has Iron nerves for hardshipsan Interest In his work grips him. That's the way youfeel when you have taken a blood and nervo tonic, made up of Blood root, Golden Seal root, Stone root, Cherry bark, and rolled into a sugar-coated tablet and sold In sixty-cent vials by almost all druggists for past fifty yearsas Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This tonic, in liquid or tablet form, is just what you need this spring to give you vim, vigor and vitality. At the fag end of a hard winter, no wonder you feel "run-down," blue, out of sorts. Try this "Medical Discovery" of Dr. Pierce's. Don't wait! To-day is theday to begin! A little "pep," and you. laugh and live. k The best means to oil the machinery of the body, put tone Into the liver, kidneys and circulatory system, is tofirst practice a good house-cleaning. I know of nothing better as a laxativethan a vegetable pill made up of Mayapple, leaves of aloe and jalap. This is commonly sold by all druggists as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and should betaken at least once a wcck to clear the twenty-five feet of Intestines. You will thus clean the system expel the poisons and keep welt. ÄToio Is the time to clean house. Give yourself 1 spring house cleaning. Adv. This Is Better Than Laxatives On Nil Tblt Each NIaht For A W1c Will Correct Your Constipation and Maka Constant Dosing UnntciCary0 Try It. Poor digestion and assimilation mean a poorly nourished body and low vitality. Poor elimination meana clogged bowels, fermentation, putrlfaction and the formation of poisonous gases which, are absorbed by the blood and carried through the body. The result is weakness, headaches, dizziness, coated tongue, Inactive liver; bilious attacks, loss of energy, nervousness, poor appetite, impoverished blood, sallow complexion, pimples, skia disease, and often times serious illness. Ordinary laxatives, purgrcs and cathartics salts, oils, calomel and the like may relieve for a few hours, but real, lasting benefit can only coma through use of medicine that tones up and strengthens the digestiv as well as the elimlnativo organs. Get a 25c box of Natures Remedy !(NR Tablets) and take one tablet each! night for a week. Relief will follow the very first dose, but a few daya will elapse before you feel and realize the fullest benefit. When you get straightened out and feel just right again you need not take medicine every day an occasional KR Tablet will then keep your system in good condition and you 'will always feel your best. Remember, keeping well Is easier and cheaper than getting well. Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) are sold, guaranteed and recommended by your druggist IM im m !lu Lwtjinl Comfort Baby WithCuticura Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. He Must Have Run Them. Dr. J. P. Naylor, head of the physics department of De Paul university, was walking down a slippery sidewalk and, hitting a particularly icy place, fell down. H. M. Gorrell, Doctor Nayior's assistant, was following him. 'Tou are somewhat of an architect, aren't you, doctor?" asked Gorrell. "How's that?" asked the professor. "You are making blue prints." Indianapolis News. Good health cannot be maintained where there is a constipated habit. Garfield Tea overcomes constipation. Adv. A Stickler. Banker Henry P. Davison said at an artists' banquet: "Gentlemen, I once went In for painting myself, I enameled a bathtub. "My friends sought to discourage me in my artistic aims. They said : 'It's no use going in for painting unless you stick to your work.' t , "Gentlemen, I did so." RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Baj Rum, a small box of Bnrbo Compound, and 4 oz. of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. Full directions for making and use come in each box of Barbo Compound. It will gradually darkea streaked, faded pray hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp not aticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv. i Positive Proof. "Perdy, do you really love me?" ."Didn't it take 35 cents to send that last letter I wrote?" Be careful to develop your talonts.Charles Dickens. P NEUMONIÄ Fkst call a physician. Then begin hot applications of tUry Urt Gar4 toW Hmm VAPOR

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