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Belletonte, Pa., August 17, 1917.
WHY IS IT?
Some tind work where some find rest,
And so the weary world goes on.
I sometimes wonder which. is best.
The answer comes when life is gone.
Some eyes sleep when some eyes wake,
And so the weary night hours go.
Some hearts beat where some hearts break |
I often wonder why ’'tis so.
Some will faint where some will fight;
Some love the tent and some the field,
I often wonder who are right—
The ones who strive or those who yield.
Some hands fold where other hands
Are lifted bravely in the strife.
And so through ages and through lands
Move on the two extremes of life,
Some feet halt where some feet tread.
In tireless march, a thorny way;
Some struggle on where some have fled;
Some seek when others shun the fray.
Some swords rust where others clash;
Some fall back where some move on;
Some fiags furl where others flash
Until the battle has been won.
Some sleep on while others keep,
The vigils of the true and brave.
They will not rest till roses creep
Around their name above a grave.
—Father Ryan.
NOBLESSE.
(Concluded from last week.)
However, when the time came, it
was all worse than she had imagined.
How could 2 woman gently born and
bred conceive of the horrible igno-
miny of such a life? She was drag-
ged hither and yon, to this and that
little town. She traveled through
sweltering heat on jolting trains; she
slept in tents; she lived—she, Marga-
ret Lee—on terms of equality with
the common and the vulgar. Daily
her absurd unwieldiness was exhibit-
ed to crowds screaming with laughter.
Even her faith wavered. It seemed to
her that there was nothing forever-
more beyond those staring, jeering
faces of silly mirth and delight at the
sight of her seated in two chairs,
clad in a pink spangled dress, her
vast shoulders bare and sparkling
with a tawdry necklace, her great,
bare arms covered with brass brace-
lets, her hands increased in short,
white kid gloves, over the fingers of
which she wore a number of rings—
stage properties.
Margaret became a horror to her-
self. At times it seemed to her that
she was in the way of fairly losing
her own identity. It mattered little
that Camille and Jack were very kind
to her, that they showed her the nice
things which ner terrible earnings had
enabled them to have. She sat in her
two chairs—the two chairs proved a
most successful advertisement—with
her two kid-cushiony hands clenched
in her pink spangled lap, and she suf-
fered agony of soul, which made her
inner self stern and terrible, behind
that great pink mask of face. And
nobody realized until one sultry day
when the show opened at a village in
a pocket of green hills—indeed, its
name was Greenhill—and Sydney
Lord went to see it.
Margaret, who had schooled herself
to look upon her audience as if they
were not, suddenly comprehended
among them another soul who under-
stood her own. She met the eyes of
the man, and a wonderful comfort, as
of a cool breeze blowing over the face
of clear water, came to her. She
knew that the man understood. She
knew that she had his fullest sympa-
thy. She saw also a comrade in the
toils of comic tragedy, for Sydney
Lord was in the same case. He was a
mountain of flesh. As a matter of
fact, had he not been known in Green-
hill and respected as a man of weight
of character as well as of body, and of
an old family, he would have rivaled
Margaret. Beside him sat an elderly
woman, sweet-faced, slightly bent as
to her slender shoulders, as if with a
chronic attitude of submission. She
was Sydney’s widowed sister, Ellen
Waters. She lived with her brother
and kept his house, and had no will
other than his.
Sydney Lord and his sister remain-
ed when the rest of the audience had
drifted out, after the privileged hand-
shakes with the queen of the show
Every time a coarse, rustic hand
reached familiarly after Margaret’s
Sydney shrank.
He motioned his sister to remain
seated when he approached the stage.
Jack Desmond, who had been exploit-
ing Margaret, gazed at him with ad-
miring curiosity. Sydrey waved him
away with a commanding gesture. “I
wish to speak to her a moment; pray
leave the tent,” he said, and Jack
obeyed. People always obeyed Syd-
ney Lord.
Sydney stood before Margaret, and
he saw the clear crystal, which was
herself, within all the flesh, clad in
tawdry raiment, and she knew that he
saw it.
“Good God,” said Sydney, “you are
a lady.”
He continued to gaze at her, and his
eyes, large and brown, became blur-
red; at the same time his mouth
tightened.
“How came you to be in such a place
as this?” demanded Sydney. He
Soke almost as if he were angry with
er.
Margaret explained briefly.
“It is an outrage,” declared Sydney.
He said it, however, rather absently.
He was reflecting. “Where do you
live?” he asked.
“Here.”
“You mean—?”
“They make up a bed for me here,
after the people have gone.”
“And I suppose you had—before
this—a comfortable house.”
, “The house which my grandf ther
Lee owned, the old Lee mansion-house,
before we went to the city. It was a
very fine old Colonial house,” explain-
ed Margaret, in her finely modulated
voice.
“And you had a good room?”
“The southeast chamber had always
been mine. It was very large, and the
furniture was old Spanish mahoga-
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“Yes,” said Margaret. She looked
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“It will not
“What do you mean?”
“I try tolearna lesson. Iam a
i child in the school of God. My lesson
is one that always ends in peace.”
“Good God!” said Sydney.
He motioned to his sister, and El-
len approached in a frightened fash-
Her brother could dc no wrong, |
ion.
but this was the unusual, and alarm-
ed her.
“This lady,” began Sydney.
“Miss Lee,” said Margaret. “I was
I am Miss Margaret
Lee.”
“This,” said Sydney, “is my sister
Elien, Mrs. Waters. Ellen, I wish you
to meet Miss Lee.”
Ellen took into her own Margaret's |
hand, and said fesbly that it was a
visit.
Sydney moved slowly out of
tent, and found Jack Desmond. He
was standing near with Camille, who
looked her best in a pale-blue sum-
silk, and a black hat trimmed
with roses. Jack and Camille never
really knew how the great man had
managed, but presently Margaret had
gone away with him and his sister.
Jack and Camille looked at each
other.
“Oh, Jack, ought you to have let her
go?” said Camille.
“What made you let her go?” asked
Jack.
“I—don’t know.
thing. That man has a tremendous
way with him. Goodness!”
“He is all right here in the place,
“They look up
to him. He is a big-bug here, comes
of a family like Margaret’s, though he
hasn't got much money. Some chaps
were braggin’ that they had a bigger
show than her right here, and I found
out.”
“Suppose,” said Camille, “Margaret
dces not come back ?”
“He could net keep her without be-
in’ arrested,” declared Jack, but he
looked uneasy. He had, however, look-
ed uneasy for some time. The fact
was, Margaret had been very gradu-
ally losing weight. Moreover, she was
not well. That very night, after the
show was over, Bill Stark, the little
dark-man, had a talk with the Des-
monds about it.
“Truth is, before long, if you don’t
look out you’ll have to pad her,” said
Bill; “and giants don’t amount to a
row of pins after that begins.”
Camille looked worried and sulky.
“She ain’t very well, anyhow,”
she. “I ain’t going to kill Margaret.”
“It’s a good thing she’s got a chance
to have a night’s rest in a house,”
said Bill Stark.
“The fat man has asked her to stay
with him and his sister, while the
show is here,” said Jack.
“The sister invited her,” said Ca-
mille, with a little stiffness. She was
common, but she had lived with Lees,
and her mother had married a Lee.
She knew what was due Marga-
ret, and also cue herself.
“The truth is,” said Camille, “this
is an awful sort of life for a woman
like Margaret. She and her folks
were never used to anything like it.”
“Why didn’t you make your beauty
husband hustle and take care of her
and you, then?” demanded Bill, who
admired Camille, and disliked her be-
cause she had no eyes for him.
“My husband has been unfortunate.
He has done the best he could,” re-
sponded Camille. “Come, Jack; no
use talking about it any longer. Guess
Margaret will pick up. Come along.
I'm tired out.”
That night Margaret Lee slept in a
sweet chamber with muslin curtains
at the windows, 1n a massive mahog-
any bed, much like hers which had
been sacrificed at an auction sale. The
bed-linen was linen, and smelled of
lavender. Margaret was too happy to
sleep. She lay in the cool, fragrant
sheets and was happy, and convinced
of the presence of the God to whom
she had prayed. All night Sydney
Lord sat down stairs in his book-wall-
ed sanctum and studied over the situ-
ation. It was a crucial one. The great
psychological moment of Sydney
Lord’s life for knight-errantry had ar-
rived. He studied the thing from
every point of view. There was no
romance about it. These were hard,
sordid, tragie, ludicrous facts with
which he had to deal. He knew to a
nicety the agonies which Margaret
suffered. He knew, because of his
own capacity for sufferings of like
stress. “And she is a woman and a
lady,” he said aloud.
If Sydney had been rich enough, the
matter would have been simple. He
could have paid Jack and Camille
enough to quiet them, and Margaret
could have lived with him and his sis-
ter and their two old servants.” But
he was not rich; he was even poor.
The price to be paid for Margaret’s
liberty was a bitter one, but it was
that or nothing. Sydney faced it. He
looked about the room. To him the
walls lined with the dull gleams of old
bocks were lovely. There was an oil
portrait of his mother over the man-
tel-shelf. The weather was warm
now, and there was no need for a
hearth fire, but how exquisitely home-
like and dear that room could be when
the snow drove outside and there was
the leap of flame on the hearth! Syd-
ney was a scholar and a gentleman.
He had led a gentle and sequestered
life. Here in his native village there
were none to gibe and sneer. The con-
trast of the traveling show would be
as great for him as it-had been for
Margaret, but he was the male of the
species, and she the female. Chival-
ry, racial, harking back to the begin-
ning of nobility in the human, to its
earliest dawn, fired Sydney. The pale
‘daylight invaded the study. Sydney,
as truly as any knight of old, had
girded himself, and with no hope, no
thought of reward, for the battle in
the eternal service of the strong for
the weak, which makes the true worth
of the strong.
There was only one way. Sydney
Lord took it. His sister was spared
the knowledge of the truth for a long
while. When she knew, she did not
lament; since Sydney had taken the
course, it must be right. As for Mar-
garet, not knowing the truth, she
vielded. She was really on the verge
of illness. Her spirit was of too fine
the :
I couldn’t say any-
said !
{a strain to enable her body to endure
long. When she was told that she
: she made no objection.
i sense of relief, as of wings of healing
being spread under her despair, was
: upon her.
' good-by.
i “I hope you have a nice visit in this
| lovely house,” said Camille, and kiss-
ed her. Camille was astute, and to be
trusted. She did not betray Sydney’s
i confidence. Sydney used a disguise—
ia dark wig over his partially bald
head and a little make-up—and he
on three chairs, and shook hands with
the gaping crewd, and was curiously
happy. It was n:addening ta support
i by the exhibition of his physical de-
i formity a perfectly worthless voung
couple like Jack and Camille
bling for the man himself.
Always as he sat on his three chairs,
immense, grotesque—the more gro-
tesque for his splendid dignity of
bearing—there was in his sou! of a
gallant gentleman the consciousness
of that other, whom he was shielding
from a similar ordeal. Compassion
and gzenerosity, so great that they
comprehended love itself and excelled
. its highest type, irradiated the whole
' being of the fat man exposed to tho
gaze cf his inferiors. Chivalry, which
‘rendered him almost godlike,
; strengthened him for kis task. Syd-
! ney thought always of Margaret as
i distinct from his physical self, a sort
of crystalline, angelic soul, with no
encumbrance of earth. He achieved
‘a purely spiritual conception of her.
| And Margaret, living again
; tle lady rife, was likewise ennobled by
| a gratitude which transformed her.
| Always a clear and beautiful soul, she
i gave out new lights of character like
| a jewel in the sun. And she also:
i thought of Sydncy as distinet from
The consciousness |
this physical self.
i of the two human beings, one of the
moving forever parallel, separate, and
| inseparable in an eternal harmony of
| spirit.—By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,
{in Harper's Monthly.
| September Cosmopolitan.
{ Of course, Robert W. Chambers’
| newest and best novel, “The Restless
i Sex,” is the big feature of the new
i Cosmapolitan now on sale.
{ Next to that comes a story by Fan-
t nie Hurst. “Get Ready the Wreaths,” |
(is this popular writer's masterpiece
{up tc date. There is a tear and a
smile in almost every line.
Gouverneur Morris is there with a
tale of terror and romance, entitled
“The Purple Flask.” This popular
writer appears again after a long
interval. His new story is a
gripper.
Theodore Dreiser makes his ap-
pearance in September Cosmopolitan
with a story entitled “Married.”
Every reader will feel a sympathetic
understanding with Marjorie and Du-
er as they endeavor to adjust them-
selves to their new relation and envi-
ronment.
“Blue Aloes,” by Cynthia Stockley
is continued. This is a three part
mystery story of South Africa, land of
adventure and romance. Read the
synopsis of the first installment and be
sure to finish this remarkable narra-
tive.
Herbert Kaufman writes about the
Morgans, father anc. son. The per-
sonalities of these colossal figures of
finance are depicted
wonderfully picturesque phraseology.
C. N and A. M. Williamson write of
“The Adventure of Jose,” the girl in
search of a husband. A motoring ro-
mance of rare entertainment.
Lillie Langtry, the famous beauty,
writes her reminiscences for Cosmo-
politan readers in “Myself and Oth-
ers.” In this issue she tells of her ac-
quaintance with Oscar Wilde.
Jack London’s “Michael,” the great-
est dog story ever written, is in this
number. Also a new Fable in Slang
by George Ade, the philosopher in
cap and bells. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
is represented by a great, moving po-
em entitled “The Message.” Mary
Roberts Rinehart writes of her camp-
ing trip in the Northwestern Rockies.
All things considered this is one of
the best numbers of America’s Great-
est Magazine.
Men Needed for Quartermaster Corps.
Two thousand men are needed at
once to form eight new Quartermaster
Corps Supply companies for the new
National army. Each company will
consist of the following: 1 1st ser-
geant; 1 mess sergeant; 1 supply ser-
geant; 8 sergeants; 16 corporals; 2
mechanics; 3 buglers; 4 cooks; 71 pri-
vates, first class; 143 privates. Total-
ing 250 men for each company.
Capt. W. O. Bowman, recruiting of-
ficer for Northern Pennsylvania, has
been authorized by the Adjutant Gen-
eral to accept 40 recruits for the field
artillery, Regular army. This branch
of the service has been closed for sev-
eral weeks owing to having been filled
up and this opportunity should be
grasped quickly by those desiring to
serve in the Field Artillery.
Able bodied men are stiil needed in
large numbers for the aviation section
of the signal corps. Nearly every
trade in existence is required in this
branch and a man can almost invaria-
bly be used for the same work which
he has been accustomed to in civil life.
Opportunities for advancement are
excellent.
A number of men are needed as
bakers and cooks in the Regular ar-
my. An able bodied man enlisting in
this department will be sent to school
to learn the baker’s trade and if he
has a fair education stands the best
chances to be promoted to a non-com-
missioned office. The Quartermaster
General has also announced that all
commissions in the Baker companies
will be given to deserving men from
the ranks. U.S. Army Recruiting
stations are located in Scranton,
Wilkes-Barre, Erie, Williamsport,
South Bethlehem, Shamokin, Sayre,
DuBois, Hazleton, Mauch Chunk.
Vain Attempt.
Urchin—What’s the time, mister?
Gentleman (to teach politeness)—If
what? If what, my boy?
Urchin—1If yer got a watch.
Camille came to bid her
traveled about with the show and sat ;
Des- |
) i meno, but it was all superbly enno-
| beautiful day, and she hoped Miss Lee :
| found Greenhill a pleasant place to— |
her gen- |
in Kaufman’s |
"HEALTH AND HAPPINESS |
| “Mens sana in corpore sano”
Number 20.
The Bacterial Content of Milks Sup-
plied to Bellefonte
Samples of milk from eleven dairies
supplying Bellefonte were collected
May 14, and May 31, 1917, and exam-
ined for bacterial contamination in
the Laboratory of Bacteriology, The
Pennsylvania State College, through
the courtesy of Dr. J. M. Sherman.
The report is as follows:
Number of bacteria
per cubic centimeter
13,000.000
12.000.000
8.500.000. .
8.000.000
1.560,000
1,440,000. . ..
1,270,000.
1,070,000. .
1,100,000.
470,000. . .
225.000
Milk from Dairy A, examined May
14, contained 84,000,000 bacteria per
Cc. ¢.; examined May 31, contained
13,000,000. Milk from Dairy .B.,
morning delivery, examined May 14,
contained 68,000,000; May 31, morn-
ing delivery, had 12,000,600.
The question, “What should consti-
tute a milk standard,” is answered in
the following article from The Amer-
ican Medical Journal, June 30.
STANDARDIZING MILK.
Much progress has been made in the
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methods of production of clean milk, !
and conditions have been improved in !
almost every community, yet definite
standards of quality have been estab-
lished in only a few of the larger
cities. The National Commission
Milk Standards
(Public Health Reports, Feb. 16, 1917)
ards and grades of milk for small
cities and towns.
The commission has
, worked to establish standards
. milk production and grading, and its
two former reports have been taken
"as the basis for recent municipal and
: state regulations.
. o! i advocates the practicability of stand- |
i other, wets a consciousness as cf two |
wonderful lines of good and beauty,
on ;
in its latest report UY
! The
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day Ny 'it has reached 12 cents per quart; 11
; Baltimore.
nor consumer would go back to the old
methods. New York State and Cali-
i fornia have state regulations based on |
the recommendations of the commis-
sion. In Boston and Philadelphia the
milk dealers themselves have started
agitation for the grading and labeling
of milk. The effect is undoubtedly to
improve the quality of the supply in
every respect, and recommendations
coming from an authoritative source,
such as the National Commission on
Milk Standards, should have the most
careful consideration.
Applying these suggested standards |
of th> National Commission on Milk
to the milks of our community, they
will fall, with two exceptions, into
Grade C. It will be noticed that
“Grade C.” milk must be pasteurized
gad must contain less than 50,000 bae-
teria per cubic centimeter when de-
livered to the consumer, so that our
milks would not meet requirements
even of “Grade C.” Coming as our
milk-supply dees, from a few dairies
within our own limits there could un-
doubtedly be great improvement.
Tha nes of the dairies have been
withheld for the present as these ar-
ticles are not intended to arouse ill-
will or prejudice and the significance
of the bacterial count might be un-
ngcessarily magnified by certatn con-
sumers. This subject will be discuss-
ed later in the
Next week—-“What are Bacteria?”
cam
series.
College Dairy Head Explains High
Cost of Milk.
Recent increases in the price of milk
and the discussions attendant upon
these increases render singularly
tiraely a statement on Lhis subject by
Professor Fred Rasmussen, head of
the Dairy Husbandry department at
Pennsylvania State College
Schoo! of Agriculture and Experiment
: Station.
Said Prof. Rasmussen, “The price
of milk is goirg ap. In several cities
cents per quart in Philadelphia and
In a few instances in this
' State milk has recently risen from 7
The latest report |
'is a continuation and practical exten- |
is ; : tein]
[SiR of 3 milk gradingiong 1sbaling rat one time and naturally people ask
| system heretofore advocated, and as
i now
| the commission urges should be re-
| garded as the minimum standard. If
‘ the local conditions of a community
permit, however, higher requirements
i should be adopted.
| As set forth in the report, Grade A,
i raw milk, must come from cows free
{ from disease as determined by tuber-
i culin tests and physical examinations
| by a qualified veterinarian, produced
and handled by employees free from
disease as determined by medical in-
spection by a qualified physician, un-
| der sanitary conditions such that the
i bacterial count shall not exceed 10,000
| per cubic centimeter at the time of de-
| livery to the consumer, and the dairy
! shall score at least 80 on the U. S.
| Bureau of Animal Industry score card.
{ | Grade A, pasteurized milk, must come
from cows free from disease, must be
produced and handled under sanitary
| conditions, and the bacterial count
| must at no time exceed 200,000 per
. cubic centimeter. Milk of this class
must be pasteurized under official su-
i pervision, and the bacteria must not
| exceed 10,000 per cubic centimeter at
| the time of delivery to the consumer.
|
|
| Dairies producing this class of milk
‘must score at least 65.
| Grade B milk must come from cows
| free from disease as determined by an
{annual physical examination, and
must be produced and handled under
sanitary conditions such that the bac-
terial count shall at no time exceed
1,000,000 per cubic centimeter. This
milk must be pasteurized under offi-
cial supervision, and the bacterial
count must not exceed 50,000 per cu-
bic centimeter at the time of delivery
to the consumer. It is recommended
that dairies producing Grade B milk
be scored, and that efforts be made to
improve the scurces of supply as rap-
idly as possible.
Grade C milk must come from cows
free from disease, as determined by
physical examinations, and includes
milk having a bacterial count in ex-
cess of 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter.
This milk must be pasteurized, or
subjected to a higher degree of heat,
and must contain less than 50,000 bac-
teria per cubic centimeter when deliv-
ered to the consumer.
As milk is one of our most valuable
foods and one universally used, chem-
ical standards should be established
defining its nutritive value. After a
most careful consideration of this sub-
ject the commission proposes a food
value standard of 3.25 per cent. fat
and 8.5 per cent. solids, not fat, as be-
ing a fair requirement to make of the
producer and a standard of food value
to which the consumer is entitled.
It will be seen that the bacterial
count is still made the primary basis
of sanitary milk. Milk produced and
handled under conditions conforming
to the prescribed grades, if kept cold,
will always have a low bacterial count.
The number of bacteria mentioned un-
der each grade is not, however, to be
regarded as inflexible for all commu-
nities. It is said that in establishing
bacterial standards for a city milk
supply, the age of the milk, the dis-
tance hauled, the methods employed
in handling and the sanitary condi-
tion of the milk at its source may all
be taken inte consideration. Cities
requiring a limited supply, coming
from a few dairies within their own
limits, or within a transportation dis-
tance of not over twelve hours from
its source may require a higher bac-
terial standard than a large city.
Approximation to uniformity in the
sanitary and chemical standards of
milk and milk products is undoubted-
ly most desirable. The grading and
labeling of milk react to the benefit of
producer and distributor as well as
consumer. The former, whose pro-
duct comes up to standard require-
ments, should receive a better price
for his milk, and the latter, in addi-
tion to the safety feature, is enabled
to make an intelligent selection of
milk for his various uses. New York
city first adopted the system of the
national commission. Practically, it
has worked well, and neither dealer
developed provides for three |
Sinates of ley. aad Onieh | statement that in cities where milk
to 10 cents per quart. To some it
seems very unreasonable that the
price of milk should increase so much
the reascn why.
“It is absolutely safe to make the
during the last two years has been re-
taiiing in bottles for 7 cents per
quart, the price has no* paid for the
cost of producing and distributing
milk. The wonder is that the price
has been kept at this low figure for so
long. Even with an increase in milk
to 10 cents per quart, which may
seem high in a particular locality, it
should be remembered that in some
sections milk is selling at an even
higher price and that it is still one of
the cheap2st animal food products
available.
“In certain sections of Pennsylva-
nia and other States, thousands of
dairy cows have, during the last two
or three months, been sold away from
the farms. Many have gone to the
butcher. If there were a profit in pro-
ducing milk, this would not happen.
“Dairy cows are being sold for sev-
eral reasons:
(1) The price of milk has not in-
creased with the very rapid increase
in price of feed, labor and cattle.
These three items represent eighty
per cent. to eighty-five per cent. of
the total cost of producing milk.
(2) The increase in the price of
beef, mutton, poultry and eggs has re-
sponded much more rapidly to the in-
creased cost of feed and labor. Meat
is very high and therefore the dairy
farmers under the present high prices
of feed and scarcity of labor find it ad-
vantageous to sell their dairy cows.
(3) In sections , where cows are
supported on land adapted for staple
crops, such as wheat, corn, barley and
potatoes, all of which are much need-
ed at the present time, the dairy cow
is rapidly disappearing. These crops
offer an opportunity in such localities
to change from unprofitable dairying
to a profitable system of farming.
(4) Added to these outside eco-
nomic influences upon the dairy busi-
ness, there is further reason for the
increase in price of market milk, viz:
The great demand for milk to be made
into butter, cheese and condensed
milk. The price of these products has
increased much more rapidly than the
price of market milk because of their
great food value and of their adanta-
bility for use by the armies of the
world.
“No manufactured article will, for
any length of time, be sold below the
cost of production. Like any other
article of commerce, the price of milk
must fluctuate with the cost of raw
material and labor. No one questions
the desirability of keeping milk at a
price within the reach of the working
classes, nor is the motive of those who
are making strenuous effort to pre-
vert a rise in the price of milk. ques-
tioned.
“Yet it would be most unfortunate,
both for the industry and the people
at large, if by artificial means a legit-
imate increase in the price of milk
should be prevented. Such a condi-
tion would mean more cows to the
butcher, an increased shortage of
milk and still higher prices for milk.
It would be a sure way of taking the
milk away from thousands of poor
children during the coming winter.”
——A solicitous mother wrote to a
Congressman at Washington to in-
quire if her son could not be exempt
from the draft on the ground that he
is left-handed. The Congressman is
said to have taken the matter up with
the War Department and learned that
“a large number of left-handed guns
had been ordered” for soldiers of left-
handed tendencies! Seriously, there
are probably as many absurd excuses
given by slackers who wish to escape
the draft as there are slackers in
number. The frankest of these is a
Philadelphia youth who, the other day
is reported to have made a personal
visit to the White House at Washing-
ton, and lodged a plea for exemption
on the ground that he was too big a
coward to fight.—The Monitor.
——Put your ad. in the “Watch-
man.”
aR
. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
{ i,
DAILY THOUGHT
i God is love. Therefore love. Without
| distinction, without calculation, without
| brocrastination, love. Lavish it upon the
i poor, where it is very easy ; especially up-
on the rich, who often need it most ; most
of all upon our equals, where it is very
i difficult, and for whom perhaps we do
i least of all—H. Drummond.
1
The woman who travels across the
i continent this summer—or takes even
| an overnight journey to Canada or the
; West will revel in a new Pullman coat
| of thin pongee, designed for use as a
| negligee when trips are made from
sleeping berth to the dressing room,
and for comfortable lounging all day
in one’s section. All-covering and
loose enough to feel cocl and comfort-
able, like a negligee, the garment is
cut and finished to look like a smart
coat. It would be quite presentable
in the dining-car, or on a station plat-
form where one gets out a moment,
during a stop, to stretch the muscles
and breathe the fresh air.
Ice in the Sick Room.—Get the best
and purest obtainable. To keep it
properly, wrap the block of ice in flan-
nei, place it on a piece of wood in a
basin. When wanted for use remove
the flannel and chip off some small
pieces. Lay a piece of muslin around
the top of a tumbler so that it may
form a pouch; put the chips of ice in
it. Leave the tumbler within easy
reach of the patient, so that he or she
may help himself or herself as often
as allowed or feels inclined. The water
that drips from the muslin bag may
also be drunk.
Miss Jeannette Rankin, the only
woman Congressman, employes three
secretaries.
A woman’s body is warmer than
that of a man by about three-fourths
of a degree.
Women school teachers in Ireland
receive the same pay as men for the
same kind of work.
According to Mrs. Raymond Rob-
ins, forty-five per cent. of the women
who live at home are supported by
their relatives.
Registration of women with the
view to recording what work each can
do for the country during the war will
begin soon under the auspices of the
Council of National Defense.
Styles in neckwear for autumn are
extremely diversified. It is safe to
say that all styles of neckwear virtu-
ally will be in good style. Street
dresses in many designs demand low,
flat collars and flat, turned-back cuffs,
and these may be procured in ready-
to-wear neckwear.
High stocks and jabots will return
to popularity with cool days. It is
hardly to be expected this type of
neckwear can be popular in swelter-
ing weather, but the new autumn suits
will make high stocks necessary in
many cases.
Vests or vestees to wear with dress-
es and suits are a feature of autumn
neckwear fashions.
Separate skirts for autumn are as
interesting in design and fabric as the
splendid assortment presented for
summer wear. Soft silks, crepe mete-
ors and satins will be used, and navy,
black, prune and taupe are leading
colors in these rich fabrics. An effec-
tive trimming for separate skirts of
silk is chenille stitching, done to de-
fine narrow hems on the bias satin
folds and in other trimming arrange-
ments.
Overalls for women continue in pop-
ularity. And it seems certain that
after enjoying the comfort of these
practical garments for gardening and
other outdoor work and outdoor
sports, this summer, they will be ac-
cepted for housework and other in-
door activities. Overalls in attractive
silk make charming lounging gowns.
In dresses, combinations of blue
serge and black satin with metallic
embroidery will surely be widely ac-
cepted by well-dressed women.
New autumn dresses for street wear
have long closely fitted sleeves of the
dress fabric. This necessitates the re-
turn cf dress shields, which will not
inflict discomfort if lightweight, wash-
able shields are used.
You may look for severely tailored
models in underwear for autumn. Jer-
sey and other silks are being made up
on tailored lines. It is said that the
practical trend of women’s minds at
this time makes these garments ac-
ceptable. Whether this is true or not,
surely we will appreciate not having
to mend fragile lace every time an
undergarment is laundered.
Many Parisian novelties in blouses
show peplums, but I do not believe the
average American woman will wear a
peplum blouse to any extent this sea-
son. Beads are used to a considerable
extent on fall blouse models of georg-
ette, chiffon and crepe.
New modes in millinery for autumn
and winter show turbans with ex-
tremely high draped crowns. Such
models require little, if any, trimming,
are always smart and generally be-
coming—the practical headwear for
utility use.
Look for hats of plush in combina-
tion with silk or satin for early fall
use.
Scalloped Cabbage.—Cut % head of
boiled cabbage in small pieces; sprin-
kle with % teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoon
pepper, and 1 finely chopped pimento;
pour over it 1% cups of thin white
sauce, mixed with 1-3 cup of grated
cheest. Mix well and turn into but-
tered baking dish; cover with butter-
ed and seasoned cracker crumbs, place
in the oven and bake until crumbs are
brown.
A Luncheon Relish.—Boil eggs un-
til hard and, when cold, cut into halves
lengthwise. Make a sauce of a little
melted butter, vinegar, pepper and
salt and pour over them, serving them
on individual plates with cress or
parsley for water cress, if washed, or
in a large platter with cress or pars-
ley for decoration.