Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 April 1918 — Page 2

Shall We Kill the Calf?

By. J. OGDEN ARMOUR, Chairman Food, Fuel and Cooienratk

. Committee, Illinois State

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. IsTor 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 m 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. m 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 farmers to mature their beef calves. It is difficult to discuss calves without touching on baby beef. Baby beef is 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 farmers 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 young animals will make flesh outf of a greater proportion of their feed than will older animals.

Spring Typhoid By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON Commuwoner of Health of Pennsylvania The news of th 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 a n d protecting ourselves against disasters no less dangerous. From now on typhoid must bo carefully watched as an enemy. Old winter has stored the tilth of the season on our hillsides and along the banks of the streams. With the melting of the snow and ice in the spring, all of this filth will be washed into the streams and carried to our waterworks. This will test the filter plants to their capacities, mauy of which have too small a margin to care for an excessive How of filth. Breakdowns wiU occur and the people must be prepared to protect themselves by boiling water for domestic purposes upon the first 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 Iraproving 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 Washington that a new organization was beding 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 quartermaster's department. At the head of this department is a major of the regular arniy, 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 SO 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 descriptions of the spot are made and sent to the soldierfs relatives at home.

Council of Defense

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. Gullen Dick of Alexandria, Va., on .Tanuary 10, 1S00, which shows that "he undoubtedly died of diphtheria." The letter recounts the circumstances of Washington's last hours, the consultations of the physicians in attendance, of whom Doctor Dick, the writer of the letter, was one, and tells how Dick urged that the sufferer'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 vain, and would not oven give a name to th disease f vom which q vj'as dxing. A appears that Doctor Dick was reluctant to acknowledge that there had been an outbreak of croup in Alexandria, and he would use only the term "Inflammatory quinsy" for that with which Washington was afflicted. Doctor Dick's description of the disease, to which he proposed tq give the name "cynanche lnryngcn," was one of diphtheria; he did not use that word perhaps because It had not yet been invented. JUST TO LAUGH 1 33Nautical 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 about. 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." Hoped It Would Go. Redd Going to the 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 tu think you were an actress?" . "The reporters alluded to me as one," replied the young lady stiffly, "throughout my testimony in a murder trial."

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Most Considerate. "I don't mind lending you this money, dippings, 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 ays that he voted for me. Wife And how can such a bonehead 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 office. 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 ISlcBride 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 f 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. "But most of all, the middle-aged woman finds it difficult to adhere to rules in an office, and too 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 from the- top of her glossy white hair and perfect complexion to the tips of her perfectly shod feet. Mrs. McBride is a stenographer. I APPEALS TO ALL f I TO RAISE CHICKS 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. ,T. 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 supply-' ing them : "In hundreds of ammunition plants in various parts of our country skilled mechanics are working day and night, turning out shelis 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 TJncJe 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 ilock 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 a 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 satlsQed with her neighbor is never satisfied with herself but who ever saw a woman satisfied with her neighbor?

NEW COAT OF MAIL

Entire Tunics of Tarnished Silver, Dropped From Neck to 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 wLen the thought of silver and gold tissue presents itself as a fashion, we turn away from it in a petulent manner. Bub 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 primitive 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 Russian 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, cults 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 This is just the suit for the girl 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 hecomlng over a black or some dark-hued frock is a black chiffon doth or inarauisefte 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 jersey jumpers slipped on over perfectly simple plain skirts, and emphasis of outline can be imparted through the liniple 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 wiriies 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 bauds 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 wTear with a navy suit whose jacket is short and boxliko in the latest fashion line. Effective catstitchlng in heavy silk is seen for spring. A lovely shade of amethyst suedo draped and clasped with a silver buckle forms the belt on a white velours waistcoat made to go with a short jacket of navy tricoline suit. The result is most pleasing. Many different colored piques are used for collars and cuffs 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 etami ne. Straight one-piece dresses are 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, depending 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 becomingness. 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 Ion 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 fr 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, Pekln 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 swiss dotted In white and fttfisjied with white linen collar tad c-Jte.

To drive a tank, handle the guns, and sweep over the enemy trenches, takes strong nerves, good rich blood, a good stomach, liver and kidneys. When the time comes, the man with red blood in his veins "Is up and at it." He has iron nerves for hardships an Interest in his work grips him. That's the way you feel when you have taken a blood and nerve tonic, made up of Blood root, Golden Seal root, Stone root, Cherrybark, and rolled into a sugar-coated tablet and spld in sixty-cent vials by almost all druggists for past fifty years as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. 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 the day to begin ! A little "pep," and you laugh and live. The best means to oil the machinery of the body, put tone into the liver, kidneys and circulatory system, is to first 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 be taken at least once a wockio clear the twenty-five feet of intestines. You will thus clean the system expel the poisohs and keep well 2?oio is the time to clean house. Give yourself n spring house cleaning. Adv. This Is Better Than Laxatives On NR Tabltt Each Night ForAWftk Will Correct Your Constipation anal Make Constant Dosing Unrcteas , sary. Try It. Poor digestion and assimilation mean, a poorly nourished body and low vitality. Poor elimination mcani clogged bowels, fermentation, putrlfactlon and tho formation of poisonous gasea which are absorbed by the blood and carried through tho body. Tho result is weakness, headaches, dizziness, coated tongue, inactive livery bilious attacks, loss of energy, nervousness, poor appetite, impoverished blood, sallow complexion, pimples, skia disease, and often times serious illness. Ordinary laxatives, purges and cathartics salts, 0II3, calomel and the like may relievo for a few hours, but real, lasting benefit can only com through us of medicine that tones up and strengthens tho digcstlvo as Well aa tho climlnatlvo organs. Get a 25c box of Natur Remedy XNR Tablets) and take ono tablet each: night for a week. Relief will follow the very first dose, but & fow days will elapse before you feel and rcallz tho fullest benefit. "When you get straightened out and feel just right again you need not take medlcln every day an occasional NR 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) ar sold, guaranteed and recommended by your druggist. R - TABLETS Comfort Baby WithCuticura Soap 25o. Oiatmcnt 25 and 50e. He Must Have Run Them. Dr. .T. P. Naylor, head rf the physics department of Do P:.ul university, was walking down a slippery sidewalk and, hitting a particularly icy place, fell down. H. M. Gorrell, Doctor Neylor's assistant, was following him. "You 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 alms. They said:It's no use going in for painting unless you stick to your work.' "Gentlemen, I did so." RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of -water add 1 oz. Baj Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and Vt oz. of glycerine. Any druggist cm 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 darken streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft and elossy. It will not color the sculp, is not I sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv. Positive Proof. "Ferdy, do you really lovo me? 'Didn't it take 35 cents to send that Inst letter I wrote?" Be careful to develop your talents. Charles Dickens. Jl First call physician. Then begin not applications of

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