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x 4 -4^ BARNWELL SENTINEL, BAKNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA 'it -* V. r\ PAOI THRU drainage hr exports freer the U t-*— rr^ ■ • — •» — Stairs, that \vr rrf.nitv a proper si ^Important Message to People From Herbert C. Hoover, Administrator. nite, ko fjttr.afe'tpaj bej the pricefnndi/ j / /' 1 n I <'J > tions '..f ( our;>*» fortunate^, we might officials of Food Administration >- :so* drain the supplies from llu*counti.v ’ ’ to 'Europe as^ by flu* high prices that *- UIV6 AQVICEL would follow' to force our people to ^ shorten their consuiTrpTlon. This oper- - at ion of* “normal ebonoinic forces". Unusual Facilities for Financing Stor- WORLD SUPPLIES ESTIMATED Increased Production, SUiftlnaWn of Waste and Careful Control of Food Exports Form the Solution » of This War Problem. United proper supply for*'otir own country, ' and we most ailopi such measures j as will aipelio-; H f if-. / T WjpHlil-starve that eietnent* trf the couir mmrity 19 whom we owe the most pro- - tectbtn.' \Ve must try to. impose Jhe burden eqiutlly upon alL , Action Must Be Voluntary. . There Is no royal road to food con- age Have Been ^Arranged and a jrjehehsive Plan of Action Is Recommended. ■ Leaders in Jhe American Medical , ’ in ‘° Jnain J ■ - • prehrnstve hi Profession Co-Operate in This Work. V . , - PUBLICITY BIG SAFEGUARD channels. The most Com prehensive fins been keeping lit touch in ah advlsoKj^cftpacity In the work*of the Seveodf4Hvisions of control of ihe government and the civilian population the medical, corpit of the army and //‘-L r* tin* nshingtou, Aug. 20.—Wlirit tin* pee- plo-of tin* United States not-only can but mtist do In the matter of-food 'pro duction and use in order to help win the war is set' 5 forth in detiiltxfn a atfltenient issued today by Food nilnisfrht.iV Herbert .Ct HoovyrT If wt fail to (hi our part In tlihjkrespect, he say%the people .of the grilles cannot be t maMf|him*(i at war, for*-their soldiers-, reduction'^sljiiple living sa.vt cannot tight without food. " The ljnal BosT-fit of.. substlfutln The normiyK imports of wheat and other cereffls by Fr4ri.ce, Italy, the United kingdom and Belgium, and the -.estimates of tin* 1017 crop in those: Countries compared to the normal pro- -duetion are given by Mr. Hoover in tahulattd form, and the conclusion Is drawn llmt In order to provide normal consumption It will be' uecessary for them to import In the iiext 12 muntlrs 577,000,000 bushels of wheat and 074,000,(TOO* bushel's of other cere-' als. If the crops of the Uniteid^tates and. ('an;ida.'Tdl 'IliuTIire- safely. Nor Lit.. Wiishfngton.—tdiicials of tin* food • Hitfiu ini strath)!) gave out the following Nervation.' We can only accomplish statement concerning tlu* Men dying of this by the voluntary actionyuf /trim ; T<’lato p/ices, especially IinpnfrarU just w'hole .people, each 'element ln‘ proper-' now;. thin'.to Its means. It is a tnatt. r of Unusual' facilities for. 111::,r>< . stor- Jj.*<iuallty of hurdcriT'a. Uiritter of ia'i'n- ago aiv offered American pot a to grow- ' ers ns :i result of war conditions. The fRlcrai reserve system-Ls •,t tfn*ir"His- jtosal, and farmers \<lhXt<n o ih<;ir TO-l-e potato’Crop in approved. local \Tare houses, may obtain, upon ■ their storage* 1 - receipts, tXi-day loan*- front memlijo--- hatnkTrrf The reserve i,i ri * ;t rate--? Put Fo-exceed u per (■♦■lit. Mr. Lou I).r Sweet, potato expert wit.h tin* food ad* ministrationr Wats -in«tr^jnent:il“ in lo fin*. reserve V* K 'I; ufe Kaivjng^and-'sulistltutlon at vvrry point lii the 20,(M.M>,ooo kitchens, on the 20,<XR\(KX) dinner tables *aind in the 2,<MM),(HH) manufatetariug. wholesale and retail- establishments' -of the ‘ country. The.task Is finis in Its essene,* tin* daily individtml service, of till thV* people'. *-* ■j’T**** Lvery group can sulistltute and even great majority „f thrifty people tjav.e a lltth*—-and the more luxuri ous eTCipents of tin* popuhttioti can by bringing thi^ matt« much, board’s attention, ’other products and sifvfng one pound of wheat Hour; two otiutvs of fat’s,.’seven ounces^ of sugar auid seVnn oituees of nitwit - W<*ekly7 by "rtrrh -person, will, U%. W l. V. vl m HP y New England growers have staffed a movement to take aiUvauifage of tills ruling to help fb* : .m solve their market ing problem, 'flit* prospect, which the. growers of tb-is group, of states face A Mistakes of the Spanish-Americaii War WiM Be. Avoided—Standardization • of Medical Suppjies Is Be- . ing Accomplished. navy, the public health service, the —- Red Cross and the w(>rk with the civil ian and munition workers. , ‘Tlesfdes this work of keeping gen- . 1 erliT oversight over-rill brancfff*s of the public metlical service,, the ‘committee has concerned itself deeply with the probb*p)s personnel and supplies. The porsojtiriPt problem has not bee a solved, but It Is possibb -fo^ay that the Tribute to 'tin* eager- i section hns^ been of great service In Washington, -ness with \hirh the tnedical profession jiuttlng thosgovernment d* partnUnts In has responded; to the proiSlenis of car*tgufl'i with tmekind of men they need. itig k>r riilte(Li^tiitV*s innjtar,v forces’ lii To take advantage of carefully, laid the field was gkyeti In an Interview;, by plans wo must hnveTn tlielr tidminls- 1 M'-i franklin H. Martin, ehriijinan of tratlon otsh* phvsleians with the vision the ’c(Uiihiittee-.,tri medharh surgery of an?l tin* profes^londl tr a In f ng ajo edetl to cMry. them out, bofh fur active-jferviee- ,‘it the front rind'dn the concentration crimps back at the r«nir. The medfea*. service must be filled with men of the 13|i i t|ie no'dieal sectlviinbf the eouftoll of natlontd defense! ,\U the host tnedical thought Inis been given the committee to tfid In solving new (lltljculties inci dental to sending so nmtiy men in,to -ervtce. broadest gauge, of the strindard al- ready set bv its present personnel, and when wr havemultiplied tills by;one is that of^haUllljtig 4A1(u<).(hki bushels hundred million, have increased oqr of potatoes-otio-mhth of the entire exports to the amounts absolutely re-xfnited StgXcs «*rop ■ withot.it -causing fiu 1 red by our allies. This means no -an -overstocked- market and tin* .result-' America will have an .aiiparent^sur- plus of 2its,000,000' bushels of w heat and 050.000,000 bushels of other cere-' nls. The allhjs. therefore, must use other cereals tliap wheat...ior mixing In their war bread. and'Tlie people (*f America must reduce their consump tion of wheat flour ffom five to four (Pounds per week pi*TX>er.son v Decrease in Food Animals. A careful estimate of tin* world’s food animal position slums a total pet Oeererrse *01 1 lo.OOo.OOO, and this will ~1><* greater :is tin* War goes on. As, tin* Increase <^f herds and Hocks takes ye*trs we inust reduce the consump tion, eliminate waste-and carefully con- ■ trol meat exports. <>ur home dairy products supplies are decreasing, while our population Is 4n(Tea'sing," and' we must ship in- more than that we should eat plenty, blit eat wisely and without waste, food conservation lets other v'-peots of utmost importance. Wars must be paid for by savings. We must save In the cartstpnpUoii la commodities and the consumption of unproductive la bor in order that we may divert otir manlnxrd “to the army and to tlu* shops. The whole of- Enropy has 1m gji, en- 'gaged ever since the war began, lti the elimlnnXLon of waste, the simplitleation of life, mid the Increase of its Indus trial oripacifv. When the war Is over the eotisumiiig power of the world will he reduced by the loss of prosperity and man power, and we' shajll .enter a s period of competition without.parallel In ferocity. After the war, wt* must maintain our foreign markets If, our working peoide ari* to be employed. We shall be in up'position to compete If we continue to Jive on tin* same basis of Waste and extravagance on whlch we hu.Yo.Hyod,hitherto. Simple, tonipemte living|}s a litoral Issue of the first order at ; any time, and*-any other fng lmsvof all profit orv the crop. The grhxers eonimunreated-vvith lo cal authoritln^.. in their respective states, who in turn laid tin* situation before the food administration. A con ference bet w eeii tlie growers. loeaT au thorities and experts from the food- administration.'.', was in ld recently at llostou. Mass. ' 'A plyii of action was ■inapjmd-.y.uL.at .this meeting which in- > eludes the following: 1. Marketing of only oh«*-tbird of tie* crop jit harvesy-titjre*; fTnother thinfm fH» days, or placing in stowage and later distributed as demand affords 'oppor tunity; tlie rcintiining third to In- stored by the grower and marketed throughout tlie .tear. ' - 2. All potatoes to be- graded with\ care, takilig out e.ulh, cuts, cracks and any that arc bruised. It was recoin- mended, that tu-vv ire N-crpen grader he u-ed otn* and seven eigh"lts : im*h nn*sb ’for oUhaig tubers arid two-inch me-h forr«upel ones., (hauled stock..then to. Tfieodore Sjdcer-Simsiui, the Tinted j medalist, at- work on the medal dT*- signed by.him and Issued to cdtnniem- ; orate the entry of the' Unite)! States in thri ‘World war, both sides of which are shown. Copies of the. medaV if) •*The trained physician knows that • we must dejiend on the profession be- ntilos certain'preeiiuthms ar\* taken," twd.a, new atd the first pf 'September laiotoi- Martln^uld, “llangerdus (pi-'^o furnish of Its best even more gen- detnics, such as typhoid fever in; mjm- li erously than In the past. The. question inglfis, tire almost certain to.oe the army camp’s, striking often the most surprising suddenness. The less Is beard of the medical brntich of tin army the more efficient It Is, because Usually when much is said about It the comment ls-of a very unpleasant acter. of planning for health now seems somewhat academic.""When the army is mobilized It will be vital. “The supply'problem, which Is cared for hv 1 motor Simpson, who sits In with the general munitions hoard-, has --'been another source of difficulty In which the medical section has co-op- Declaring publicity is going to he the ^rared with the friedi-cal divisions of the army and navy. Faced at the be- gold haviT 1 herd presented by Miss Anne Morgan to ITesjdorit I’olneare of ‘Ufafice. Uremier Viviau-i und Marshal ^ safeguard against mlstukes similar , shortage due to the JofTre. as w ,l! as to Sarah Heruhar,It. ! t.? those made Iq the Spanish American dnidng ’Mth »* shortage, due-to the JjU'pIlcas of tlie' me.jlnl in government " tir, Doctor^ Martfi) continued counTrv’s previous almost exclusive de- . ..... , « e pendence on (lennany'for Its medical l.n„ri*' IKVW Ju-ltiK Mill f.y fill- lhi- work of sar. k ui.rll t C ^ ^ bil I both to ainiK* ’ for I'rON-l, Woumlin. he»l.l, of ,he army .u.il navi oouW not_ ^ ( ^ (ft „, s . '■• - - ■ .. ..Ir l» »*M<**r l.t.iflt PLAN .SUIT FOR BOTH SEXES In the Brst of Hands._ . ■. to |.,|U<1 ujt aiidltlimal aoun-as to med - — “The general medical hoard of the *the vast needs of* the .new army. British Consider Means of Simplify- emim-ll of national defense. c.HU|>osed Through constant, conferences, with 1 of 'the country’s biggesl medical jnetir 'mnntifacturers and close attention to,- including the surgeon generals 6? i lTi(* detail,- e>pt-elaliy standardization of army and tinvy, has Served as a clear- products, this work ls In a fair way to- ing iiotLsv of pr'ife-sloMal oplnlotxjin'd' ward aecom|ilisfimcnt. 1 There will he has brought to flu* solution of the ques- no serious dearth. tlons'iivjiaiid 1H reconstructed form the “The country cun n*st assured that best inedleal tbotiglit of the nation. On vvery.tlilrfl? <»f which t'he American med- the board tttV^such'nien :is Dr. Simon leal profession is capable has been U lex tier of the •flockefeller institute, iloneto prepare for taking care of lt,8 Drs. William ,L atnUrharles H. Mayo, new troops.” Dr. Victor Vaugluth-jif the' Unlver- ' ing Production—Men Willing to Have Siiowdown. T< mi'on Mere man Is willing to wear semmdliiary hrt*eclics and other 'ntiomil rt <‘;lothing if women vyill vvear 'eiihstoo. ' TIhu. tin* nian-p<*rson fig ures, mother si x w ill tie apt to do apy tittering « “ ' ' ' legs. ' Eng’.ish ,uiilors shape of the* other’s uni* 'devised a—wnl- .hs4.4Jnc.ed in good two-hu^liei sacks—. form for civilian wbqr with the hope 3txtasltig amounts of such products to.| basis of conduct during the war be- riur Jrtlies. Consi l qU(*ntl.v this indus try must be stimulated. ( «nd home users must.'stive the wastes.in milk and butter. Much the same quay bq said In the case of sugar. Mr. Hoover urges a greater con sumption of fish and sea foods, In which our eonsfs afid bikes are enor mously rbhr The products of the land, he reminds ns, art* conserved by the eating of those of the sea. ' Our Duty.- In -conclusion the food administrator »»ays: I havC endeavored to show In previ ous articles rluyt the-world Is short of food ; that Europe ls confronted with the grim specter of starvation unless from our abundance and our waste we keep the wolf from the door.'"Not only must we have a' proper use .of our food Supply-Mm. order that we may furnish our allies with the sinews with which they may fight our battles, but. It is nn act of humanity towards fellow men. women and children. Tty the diversion of millions of men from production to war, by 4he occu pation of land by armies, by the lsiK lnt!on"?>f markets, by belligerent- lines, _ j».nd by the destruction of shipping by huhinarlnes. not only has the home pro duction of our allies fallen by over fi(Hmmm 1,000 bushels of, grain,"lnit-they nr(* thrown upon us for a much ‘larger proportion of their normal Imports for merly obtained ffom otherhnarkets. • Thvy have reduced eonsunfptlan at every point, hut men In the. trenches, men In the shops,‘and the millions of women placed at. physical labor re quire more food, than during peace • times, and tin* Incidence of tlielr saving r nnd any shortage Which they- may suf fer. falls first upon.,women and chil dren. If this privation becomes too . great, tlielr peoples, cannot be main* tnlned constanU in the war. and we vvlH- be left alone to fight tin* battle of democracy with UerniMily. . The problem of food conservation Is ode of maivy cortiplexlons. \Ve.canii()t, nnd we do not wish, with our free In stitutions and our large resources of food, ; to imitate Europe In Its policed . rationing, hut .we. uuistjgol tint aril.v and Intelllgetitl.v,assume thtcjoripouslblllty before us as one In which everyone ’ has. a dlrect-^and inescapable Interest. ' We must Jin'tTnse onr export of foods •fft the allies, and. In the circumstances of our shipping situation, these exports ; -must be of the most concentrated* foods. These are wheat,. flour, beef, pork and dairy .products. We have oth er foods In great abundance which we can use instead of these commodities, and we can prevent wastes In a thou sand dtrectlons. We must guard the one. hundred and 'fifteen pounds to the ^siek -and the sunk*'* sewed tightf^LSo' as to.piweiif shu.'king : 1 u• 1 bruisingy 3..Increasing tlie load in caeli rail road ear -from tie normal 30,<MMl I’ounds. Tliiit these e:irs c.m !>e un loaded within 24 to .MO hours of their comes n w rong .against the-interest of the -Country and tin* interest of democracy. ’The Impact of tin* food shortage of Europe has knocked at every door of the United States during the past three arrival at destination, years. Tfio prices of foodstuffs have nearlydoubled, and tin* reverberations of Europe's Increasing shortage would have .thundered twice as loudly dur ing the coming year even bad we not entered tlie war. i • ■"-> ■ We are today In an era of high prices. We must maintain prices at such a level as will stimulate produc tion; for we are faced by a starving structed house, world nr.d the value of n commodity to able buildings, tin* hungry is greater than its price. As a result of the. world shortage of supplies, our consumers have suffered from speculation and extortion. While .wages for some kinds of labor have Increased with tlu* rise In food prices, In others, It has been dltlicultto main tain our high standard of-nutrition. By the elimination of waste In all classes, by the'reduction In the con sumption of foodstuffs by the more for- tiinate, we shall Increase our supplies not.only for export but for home, and 4. Thai muuieipulitii s and orh**r bodies provide storage f«»r as large quantities as possible at the peak of the harvest. "A storage bouse," -said Lou D. Sweet, who attended this meeting, “such as will conform to the require- Jli3efits laid down by tin* Federal Reserve board, does not -call for a specially eon-. There are immfneT 1 " which if properly cleaned, ventilation provided, nnd man aged so as to maintain-a tempera turd of about 35 degrees, .will answer ad mirably for this purpose. , v ■ .“Tills year the United States planted Its potato crop from .the poorest qual ity .of seed that ever went into the of. simplifying' ebdljcs ^naxluctlon. It consists of tunic,* 'slightly imll r tary, breoin - ^? resembling tiioFa* worn by tin* eavaliw-;' puttees or >tnoKtugs,' and cap.- ' . "1 Many persons, men and women, showed alarm over itu* suggested .uni form and wer** promptly 'accused of biding bow-legs, kno(;k-knees and ab sent calves. Tin* owners of shapely, underpinnings, especially the men, are perfectly 'willing to have u j, show down. -,—s slty of Michigan, Dr. .Toflu^L T. Fln- ney-and Dr. William II. Wtich^jf Johns Mopkins, Dr. Frederick A. Bekley of Northwestern. Dr. tieorgo W. (’rllKof ’Western Reserve and-Dr. Cfiarles E> Kallike of Kalremnum college, to men tion only ri few.-iiiroiigh frequent con- oences with these men the surgeon geliVniis themselves, iiceupb'd COlistailJ- ly w|HNhlmlnist1ative tasks, have been aide, to gMq new,points of View and gain a detached perspective In looking at their probletmcfrom time to timer “During tiu*'ffisrmVpKs-me"\Vork of the medical section hint been directed FROM WAR SHIRKER TO HERO Remarkable Career of Henry Bella- more, Once' Rampant English Pacifist. TELLS HORRORS OF AUSTRIAN CAI •#* d-dndon. — Conscientious objector,, shirker, volunteer soldier qrvd now one , of England's dead heroes—that is the war finreer of Henry Bellumore. When war came, Bellamore called It the devil’s - Invention. He fought against conscription on conscientious^ grounds, preferring Jail to 'the bat tlefield. “If I ever see a~wounded soldier fall with bis crutches, I won’t help him up-again," said Bellamore; This so aroused hls neighbonpat Bath that they*' burned him in effigy. Roumanian, Who Escaped, Says Men Were Starved, Kicked and Chained. ground, and naturally ‘ tin* harvest will be potatoes of poor quality. Strict,. grading, careful packing, cominon- sense storage*, nnd careful shipping arc necessary to insure Just returns to the growers wfio have responded to the - HUMAN BONES FOR SOUP objector wns killed In action. by Increased supplies wt* can help In president’s call for"increased produc- the amelioration' 1 of prices. —— For Better Distribution. Beyond this the duty has been. laid upon the food administration to co-op erate with the patriotic men In trades and commerce,, that we may eliminate the evils which have grown Into ~hqf system .of distribution, that...the l«jr- den may fall equitably upon all by res toration, so far as may be, of tlie nor mal course of trade- It is tin* purpose of the food administration .to use^lts ,-v • s utmost power and tin* utmost ability that patriotism can assemble to amoll- . orate this sitimW§n toTriich a degree as may bp possible. ' The- food administration' Is assenl- Tllng the .best expert advice In the countLyiofi home economies, on food utillzafldn, (in- ■ tru.de. practices and* trade "wastes, and on the conduct of pybllc -cntlng places, and \ye Shall out line from time to time detailed sugges tions, which If honestly carried out by much Individuals in_.the country, we be lieve will effect the- result which we fioh of pijLitoes." SHE HAD WAYWARD DAUGHTER Neighbor Was Surprised When She Found Cause of Severe Rebuke Administered by Mother. A lady living in a large apartment house relates the following-}^ . “I bad oecasiou oiie,i]ay'To visit the* fipartjneiit of a neighbor. UbH'b gwev-**** and earnest to'ne< ,, f remonstrance' reached-mv ears, as I approached lay friend's room, that I 'hepuTafed about. Vulriidlng. ’I> found lier w jnsoim* young langlifer with her, and the motile^ bad evideidly b»*en_ rebuking her. for tin" " glti’s ':i<v w:a teors' In 1n*r eyes. •; -----‘('.line in,*" sai'd"my friend. “I had • fintsiie 1 what 1‘was saying to Jenny and- L-hepe slit.* will remeinher my wishes. . : — Prisoners Often Inhumanly Punished for Eating Seeds Given Them to !' * " Sow — Italian Prisoners ~ ‘ Are Treated Worse. .Ronie.—A Roumayian soldier, Totna Haralam, taken prisoner by the Aus trians last September (Luring tin* Roti- Ttui 11 L‘iTi invaslirn of i’ransylvanpi. has Ju?t succeeded.ih escHping to th'e Ital ian lines oii tlie Citrso. The*foTb» i wLng . . , • * v i* ;s Ills story in all its simplicity and •horror- “As so<iu as. I wns .taken jirisotier In a wood near Basso I was brought be-.i fore, a (TertiCJn offleer, who examined | < rs, ^b an< * I <le< h|»*d to cs< ap( iilri.', I refused to answer Ills questions | " !l iind betray Hiy country, so lie banded : , 4 on 1 ^ 1 '' :ne over to an Austrian .sergeant, who <rir{r(rtrCr{T-(rCr-Ci-{rCrC:-Cr{r{rirCrCr{r<r{j-{f'{tiii • CUT OUT GLOOM WHEN YOU WRITE TO SAILORS few weeks later he experienced a course as the starvation diet had* ejmn^a of heart. ’Though, exempted w< likened US. .We were divided Into from the ivFmy, he volunteered. Soon four sections “df m‘*n each nnd's<*tit | u . was the inost popular soldier In to different localities. My section was . |,j s regiment, the duke of Cornwall’# sent to Kotnen under the command of light Infantry. an Austrlriri sub lieutenant and 30 teV- Recently the former consclentloua ritorinls. We worked at building a rail way together with 2JMHL Russian' prlS' oners. “Our food was worse and less than that we had In .cainii, ajs j\o got 4 cents a day pay and y ore supposed to spend It on food, although bread cost a dol lar a loaf. As we were ravenously, hungry Itemise we had to work bar 1 we were compelled T9 rummage among. The jjhr.ht.ige’ for food, and even ate. rats and mire. We also got bones, hu: : nuit) holies they were sometimes, which We irtriled to fttflkw SOHJ>. In 25' dHJS fib men <nit of the. 2o0 fri my section died from hunger, exhaustion anil, ex posure. Flv(* meti eojuijiltted 'suicide, three attempted to escape and were J shot; ■> . _ “on January 22 my comrade, Niku >Ve IkeTl for three days- hw the dtrec- THTe?! wntT .nothing oatt. -but-we finally reached 4Ip* ruins w lief«oAv.e found a‘pigsty. •Iter here and found some kick ed. tiTr*“"'iVTTlTn'lTrTnefcr: r was left " f . a fiii-hed.. afid there, were •tihsolut.ely without any food, not , ... x. . . . . ttft*. —a— piece* of 1 .i.ferid or ‘All. those cfilidi'eii — these ■hil- miist attain. We are asking every drey!" thought + t.» ihy-if. How way- horne, every public eating place and WMI ‘ 1 tli^y -«r»v ev.*n fgefitle ,th\ngs life* many trades,‘to. sign a pledge card ‘* T<,nn y. ah'! h-oV tremendous-are a par- to accept these directions, so far eni’s^' responsibilities 1 Their circumstances permit, -and we are “I. have just been ti lling her." con organizing-various Instrumentalities to tinned mv friend, “that kite must not ameliorate speculation. We are ask ing The men of the'eountry who are not actually engaged In the handling of food, to sign similar pledges that they shall see tt> It, so frir as they are able, that these directions are followed. tty^to acquire It without appearing af fected. To make those with whom -one comes In -contact-weary wltH up- writes; uecessary affectation ls of 'course a thing to be deplored. If the Individual, 1JH, si however, -realized the *Tmpdrtance of harrowT^and when he saw me smile helping nature’ajendowments,.she will eppear perfectly natural In always striving to look her very best. Learn to know yonr own good points and take the trouble 'to cultivate them. You will find that It will pay. . Our Difficult Language. . ■ t Improving One’s Qood Points. 'i'he art of posing lies In one’#-Apropos of the difficulties that our foreign-boni friends 7 experience. In learning “United Stales,” a subscriber In a German family \came to me ant said: ‘Will you borro^ me your wheel- he said, Jl mean, can I lend It from you?’’’—Outlook. ' . ^ 1— . _4 Bally Optimistic Thought; The liberty of the press la essential to a free government (■•{* "jin*** driy* 5 , mill' tln tt .l;ikt*)i with tntiuy ■ i*ther prisojicrs'to ti <•<»n«*«*ntr;»t-D>ii csimp ]. in. Hutigtiry nfrtln* Riv« i I.<*y 1 li.i. when* 211.(MRt pri.4liters of \tar.' Ru^>i;ift)<. IiiU{ - inns tind Koufimnitfns,' v\cy**- <'»dfitted. “We were Ijterrilly sttirvetL <)ur rti- U.9ns coitsisteil of live (Uimccs d bttd brfind st.tm 1 n lum’ilfui of !•: ' *,d betins dally, with tr small piece (Tf inetit every 1 v( (*k. Tlu?_ men. died like fiies, both i from insufficient nourishment tind from cold, its tin* Austritnis took away our ; Chicago.—“There's a vacant chajr at the.table, George, and we njted..-- your strong.- broad sboubfers - If you have a boy In the navy eliminate such phrases from your’next letter. Don’t write them. They are dunidyms to the Jackies," says, Thl* . Great I,akes Recruit, the monthly mag azine published by the officers and Jackies, of: the naval training sffitTon at Great'Lakes, III. In the August Issue of tl\e Recruit ti campaign on..‘.‘what to write yoftr sailor,” leads ‘the editorial department. ^• The editorial ^ays that “fully SO per cent *of the letters re ceived by - the;sailors convey, In- ntepd of good cheer, a ttiie- of ■“wo(*s and.Imagimiry jgflefs, us L .. “Mother’s stHL LRtfe. John ny’s down with the nK*usIes; and dad has sprained his foot.” - 4L* - - r His Gomrade'Oies. “The-.nild WHS intense. TVA reached smother mfage .conqHetel-.y.in rifms nnd ■ 4 »*.could bear lie* Italian guns very near. We could not lin'd anything to eat and my comrade was tjion* dead than alive. We sb*pt during' the day and when night came- on I tiffed to urouve my comrade, but be was de td. $350,000 Spfcnt on TKrim Yearly'in Eng« DEANS CLASSED AS LUXURIES uniforms and .warm ijmlerwva'r.- as wed Just- then I. distfiictly beard; the ••lutractAristlc sotind-of. machine gun- lire Tind I knew Ifwus near the first ! line trenches.' - I decided to gd' on and I , land Called Waste by Bishop of London. London.—Deans of the Church of wear her evening globes when she shopping In TltfHtiorning. Irr-tfriVfirst place. UOslaud gexjleeL^nbd in the I ns our' iKiotsivapd gave us hirixchnnge ' hftfep (wo hours , crossed, or rather Englkhd, or- 0ther of the cathedrals of second place, it Us extravagant." ; the castofi mnforms and torn^ts of * crnw] ^,' thrmiffh rfl( . Austrian lines. Her evening gloves : Apd yet, 1 \ njy their first line troops. x , tind — sure .voucher tone and expression the impression made on thexchlld, would have befitted a serious wrong doing--one that had Issues in time and eternity. • " already felt free. MR I hnd to'get over We all bad to work, genenil > Iit^the ,|te wire enfnngb-iiients'and crawl over A Dilemma. When.fine proposed she said,--‘Will you majry me? Have you any objection?’ You see, whether I said ‘Yes’ or ‘Noy she had tne.”- . “Why didn’t you*Just keep silent then?” - ^ “I did and she said, ‘Silence gives Consent,’’ and that ended It/’ fields,jmd as we ate themed gifien us h a p,„ K stretch of ground that Y to..sow or the raw turnips and potatoes r , ( ^, t j | uui - i^3? a mistake and we Lmd to plant often we \\ ere pun- tn^sAustrlan trench I left behind Tstnsl by being tied to a pole with our tue was m^.iy a suppprURosltlon. As t.rms raised for hours or else chained to the ground. The Italian prisoners p.m tvarvt Ilf lit I find svstj^- L liesllat^ what to do n voice crime out of the <Jarkness: ‘Alt! Gl)l va beaten by- the A u^tnans. Sent to Italian Front. ,-34Pfh*rs reached our camp in Jauu- “I .undi*rstodd , whnt the words meant, so I stood up nml; shouted England, are luxuries and should he abolished, In the opinion of Right Rev. Arthur F. W. Ingram, bishop of Lon don, who \ declared that the $350,000 spent yearly t>t^ deans ts wasted money. ‘ 1 : — ’ . “It Is with no disrespect that I sriy it.’The declared, “but I believe that the w hole Idea of a dean being at the head -- of a cjTthrdrirt’an<Dtlw'fffi^op*i«Tttir" ^ no right whatever In his see Is an UO* catholic thing, ’ In some cathedrals a Ronupn'T Rotnnn!’ And when the bishop cannot even preach without the .iiy that 1 ,ooo Uouruhnirin prisoners Italtahs saw me I,Could s«‘e the aStop- , leave of the dean and chapter. There were t«-4>e sent to work mi the Itifliaqj ; Ishmerit In liielr faces; I did not look nre' Wtcellentvipen among them,, but taint. ^4—wns ‘ among th" ♦housttnd human. They pulled me up nnd ?nT- Ififked men. We 'itere all young and ried me inside their'trench. They gnve strong, comparatively .speakijnj{,- jpf I me coffee, wiue and bread.” . *•- . \ r-- the money spent*yearly U riiore needed- for the bishops # of the new dloceaad which are required.'; - -A- ...... . . -i-w. '■?. •