Baseless Criticism of the Red Cross Is a German Propaganda By HENRY P. DAVISON Chairman of the War Council of the American Red Cross WESTERN CANADN'S | CEREAL CROP MOUNT JOY STAR AND NEWS, MOUNT JOY, Pa. wi Veils Emerge From Retirement WOMEN One of the Best Ever Harvested. | |! The cereal crop of Western Canada for 1017 was the most valuable one ever harvested; the returns from all classes of live stock have been equally satisfactory. The wool clip was not only greater than in any previous year, but the price obtained was double that of 1916, which in turn was almost double that of the year before, As was the case in 1915 and 1016, many farmers able to pay for their land outright with the proceeds of thelr first year’s crop. Further evi- dence of the prosperity of Western Canada is shown by the fact that one In every twenty of the population is now the owner of an automobile, If the farming community alone is taken, it will be found that the proportion of automobile owners is still greater, The bank clearings of the leading cities of There is a propaganda going forth in this country It is a German propaganda, and it is very prevalent and fervent in the East, even more so than in the West, and it goes much like this: “Did that Mr. So-and-So told me last night that Mr. So-and-So said that Mr. So-and-So had been told by Mrs. So-and-So Of course 1 know i boo % x i such and such a thing about the Red Cross? [ did not believe it, but that is what he said.” Now that is ganda. It is going to be stopped, not because of any were nothing more than German propa- authority exercised by the Red Cross, hut because the public is going to demand that it must stop. contribute to German propaganda. There the American Red thoughtless kind of criticism, and that also ought to be stopped, and th is another eriticism of Whatever else anybody is going to do in this country, if the people know it, they are not going to ‘ross that is a Western Canada were consistently | : ‘ets . } . 0 1 higher than they were in the corre- | Way to stop it is this: Somebody may say in very good faith that he is sponding periods of 1916, and then they | told such and such a thing is so. It is our duty to say to that person: were higher than the year preceding. | “Tyg you know it is so? If vou don’t. stop repeating it until you find out, In Winnipeg $£500,000,000 more was roe nd SE | i he Red J Ti ih cleared in the 11 ind 1f you find out that it is so, write a letter to the Red Cross. They will months ending No- vember 30 than in the same months a year ago. The entry of the United States into the war has strengthened the bonds | between that country and Canada, We are now working together for the same ends. Those who are not fighting | are promoting a greater production of | tary organization, and we are getting on foodstuffs. In this connection Western | per cent efficiency, but if people will see to it that the Canada offers a wonderful opportu- ; nity. Not only can larger quantities of staple foodstuffs be produced, but | yi thank you for your letter.” Do not make any mistake about it—the Red Cross not only permits but urges criticism when it is constructive and honest. But this idle tal going on is harmful, and it must be stopped. We have an organization which is perfectly enormous. wonderfully. We have not 10( criticized except constructively we will get the efficiency. 1- i Tt is a volun- | ) ted Cross is not | the cost of production is lower and the | remuneration greater than where land is more expensive. Notwithstanding | the fact that the price of farm prod- ucts has doubled during the past three years, there are millions of acres of arable land in Western Canada which | can still be bought at a low price. Western Canada has an enormous | Burden of Carrying on the War Cannot Be Shifted to the Future - By ROY G. BLAKEY, Ph. D., of University of Minnesota acreage prepared for seeding to whea in T918. It is larger than in 1917, and | will probably surpass the record area | put into crop in the year 1915, when the largest crop ever known in the West was harvested. The year 1913 | should also see a further increase in live stock activity. Farmers have been investing consid- erable sums in cattle; the high prices | secured for wool and mutton opened the eyes of Western farmers to | the possibilities of sheep, and such was the demand for breeding animals last fall that it’ was impossible to meet it adequately; the campaign for gredter 10g production is expecte? to yield an So. el between 25 and 50 per cent 218. , hose who are contemplating coming to Western Canada cannot do better than come early in the spring when | : 14 they can put in a crop and harvest it | born cannot be hurled against the enemy’s lines. in the fall. In this way they will be | ing all of these things must be assumed now; it cannot be put off till able to.achieve something that will not only be of great benefit to them- . . i selves, but als¢ to the great cause for | If we could borrow from other nations, we might fight the war wit which the Allies, including the United States, are now fighting.—Advertise- | ment. of dollars which our government wants ultimately, but twenty billion dollars’ worth of commodities and service. Our national income does not consist of forty-five or fifty billions of dollars of gold, silver and paper, but of that many dollars’ worth of wheat, lumber, minerals, clothing, automobiles ete. There are less than five billions of actual gold, silver have | and paper dollars in existence in the United States. These dollars are the counters in terms of which the real things are measured and by means For our present purposes to of which they are exchanged more easily. have gold or silver or paper is not to have anything of value in itself, but merely to have a claim upon real things for which it can be exchanged. exchange it for men and commodities, for it is with these that it Thust It is obvious, also, that it must have Munitions of 1930 and men not The burden of fur fight the German military forces. these men and commodities now. the future. what they loaned to us and we ourselves go ahead consuming what we In that case, we could produce, as we have been doing before the war. mt ee eo shift the paying of them—that is, the burden of the war, to the future. In Prehistoric Times. | a. } . But there are no other nations who can lend to us at this time; we our- How long has he heen sick?” When we stop to think, we know that it is not twenty-one billions It is obvious that our government needs money in order that it may “About fifty years.” | selves must raise an army, equip it and keep it supplied. Not only must | “He. must have passed the c¢ all of this be done at home, but in addition we must help to feed and equip then.” our allies. None of this can be left to the future. Says Pile Remedy Billions of dollars’ worth of labor and food and steel and other materi Worth $100.00 a Bex, | that tion of railroads, irrigation systems, manufacturing plants, improved Of course the next generation will be injured because of this war. are now absolutely destroyed in war are diverted from the construc- Columbus. Man Knows What He Is Talking About. roads, houses, all of which might have aided our descendants and made their lives fuller and happier. I hate had dren receive an impaired heritage; both he and they suffer. Our descend- earliést recoll oy and’ have many remec About 8 week Peterson's Ointm ed | ants must suffer in this fashion because much of their patrimony is being But their sacrifice in the future cannot relieve our present We cannot, as a nation, postpone our The first : | destroyed. ag ent sacrifice by one jot or one tittle. If a man’s property is destroyed, his chil- gtopped all itching, 1d in t | soreness. I have only used or ip o A Tv i il and COnsIIer Fam sired To burden if we would, nor can the future help us. Then why delude our- | t rtfelt 3 may eve a selves with thinking that it can? “It makes me € produce an ointmen erson. “Not only son’s Ointment for ema, Pimple ses: | « America Must Indict German Government and ‘People That Support It pri ney back satisfled.” Adv. Cova Odac By WILLIAM E. WALLING The Barber (after the shave)—*“Hair dyed, sir?” (baldheaded)— “Yes, it did, about five years ago.” Customer Why have we permitted the German propaganda to spread among us its poison of hatred against the world’s democracies and the germs of | ) | Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it | | unreason and moral cowardice by which it had already inoculated and stupefied itg own people? Why did we not resist this propaganda? For the simple reason The veil, long loved of women, some- is never wholly forgot- Except for small abbreviated tirement. but ten or neglected. face much son just passing has and tor veils, the s Velus not occupied itself with this particu-! lar prerogative of womankind, Even so the small-face veil, in considerable variety, is a fact of every well-regu- lated w It is often inconspicu- ous to the point of being nearly invis- The plain, of finest threads ishing point. But and are pointing to the return of veils, and suddenly appeared on all four 0 ible. open-mesh tokens signs they have corners at once. Some rather startling things happen ta the when veils of fine mesh that are hardly diresarnible, indulge in one or bold Agures in applique oi embroidery. figures can be seen long before the veil itself comes into view and they play curious tricks on the eyes that follow them. fwo These the most popular of the veils of today. times undergoes a short period of re-| mo- varieties | almost reach the van- | Except | for the plain mesh face veil they are | this bit of the picture, | showing a mnext-to-invisible veil with | two large and aggressive clover leaves | on it. One of them obliterates about half of the mouth and the other threat- ens an eye. Perhaps they are intend- ed to make us look twice at a pretty face. A becoming veil with the same sort | An example, of waywardness appears in tered and vividly black dots on it, that are as sparkling as the black patches of colonial days. These are worn with small hats or turbans. An- other new design has small wavy lines of embroidery mingling about all over the This one is less becoming than the dotted or plain patterns, but | lends us to believe that women are about to revive the veil and go to any | length with it. Veils that cover the hat and reach to the shoulder have al- ready begun hovering over small hats. Veils of chiffon wound about street hats are extended into scarfs that en- circle the throat and hang in a dong end over the shoulder. veils mesh. New Departures in Sleeping Garments Be, Sleeping garments are shown in | with the body of the garment. A nape such a variety of designs this season | row beading and edge of crochet fin- that every lover of fine lingerie may | ishes the neck and baby ribbon thread- choose among ht dresses, pajamas, | ed through the beac provides the pantalettes with mandarin coats and | means of adjusting the gown to the | combinations that are neither night | shoulder. gowns nor pa but a little of | In the night gown pictured, of flesh- l both. The two-piece garments are | pink satin, the crocheted yoke in the | mostly made of crepe-de-chine or wash gowns | satin, but night remain fairly | y 1 same | scenery? | | | | color has bands and figures in yale blue worked into the pattern. If ears at despotic ) nts cs ak Di a in their own and other | . i, = : . : > is the it despotic governments can make propaganda in their own and othe faithful to fine Whether of [long sleeves are wanted, elbow | ions n . : : 3 r 1 1 ' | 5 . | ignature of ez’ 2A countries, while democratic governments—being based on freedom of | cotton or lace trimmed | length ruflies of satin or plaiting of | Tee rer 20 YoArs : < - 2 : 1 smbeilisho 16. of roideries. | monroe nav be se In Use for Oya: ) poms, , , _. | opinion—cannot. Against Germany’s poison gases, linst her treach- | or embellished _embroiderie S. | georgette may be set on to the cro- | Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria 1 £ : ft child > I: do reoct A ail fed Flesh and pink » favorite colors | chetted bands. ‘This IS o very interest | erous murde women and childrer 18 CE nd do react. Against fe . Slo ; ta % Ss { - a erous murder of women at ¢ ( Tf n, we can and dc Tea 5° iL for silk sl! rments with em- | ing garment ‘for the girl who is mak- | A man can’t have his cake and eat | intellectual and moral poisons, so far, we have been helpless. broidery in the » color and laces | ine her trousseau. 1 I es | in t | it —especi a his first tri th 5 y . 1: - . white. Oceasion vite satir | 36 100 Spec] on las ist. ap Phe German propaganda has conquered its millions of recruits | In Whit : ie son | . cross the pond. NE yi : pli mandarin coats are bordered with a | al throughout the world not only by its vast volume, its infinite repetitions, | jient color in satin, to be worn with | : sy . 1 1 1 nlel matol Xs t | Only One "BROMO QUININE” gnd its infinite variety, but also by its boldness. It has always been on t pantalel natch. In the most | To get the genuine, call for full 1 XA" 1 . o) We A iid elaborate sets the coats are embroid- i BROMO QUININHK. Look for sig ssive. It has always claimed everything. And it has always suc- 8 3 : A fow i GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day Z Bg ip y . > : ered in 2 toral patterns in several A few | — —_— - ceeded 1n plan at least a part of its germs ol discord and unreason in | light ec S morning and i aLTnure are t > LO every Story. | qf least a part of the American public’s mind. Amon est and most desir- Br nds iD ex { I'he victory you win means defeat for . > eq . - . iE able « 1 night gowns there are | and add a well-groomed effect to the the other fellow. Germany assumed the diplomatic offensive at once with the beg Some Specimens that ire ca v home | Whole appearance. | . of 1 We still take the diplomatic defensive. And in diplomac, made. The) of crepe-de-chine or i After HD rs SB in military operations, the defensive—in the long run—is hopeless. We | satin with yokes or trimming of home Cravenctted Ostrich. Murine Is for Tired Eyes. Tes tl +i POS 11 . 1 interna made crochet. Smail medallions, much “Cravenette” finish ostrich feathers > " on ho 1 atic fensive and “een 1 the en r interna- re or & . : Movies Red Eyes — Sore Eyes — must assume the diplomatic oifensive and keep it to the end, Or INIETNA~ | yi, these tha familiar to us in | are the latest and are said to with- Rests — Favorite — meee Granulated Eyelid Refreshes — Restores. Murine is Treatment for Eyes that feel dry and sma Give your Byes as much of your loving care as your Teeth and with the same regularity. CARE FOR THEM. YOU CANNOT BUY NEW EYES! Sold at Drug and Optical Stores or by Mall Ask Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for rree Book Stn | | to the damning indictment every day that the war continues. ! I I democracy will lose the war. We must pillory the German govern- | ment and that part of the German people that supports it, before the pub- | . 1 € lic opinion of all the earth. And we must repeat the operation and add |, < 1 the about the neck are made of |s Irish erochet ‘olored silk fl r satin to be n color. The hing the crepe night dress are set in aud along the edge of | he short sleeves in the medallions is said to they are just as fir i | | | tand dampness. The “cravenetting” | leave no apparent trace— | » and soft as ever. | 1 | { A clock now ticking in Kansas City which are cut in one : was built in Plymouth, England. feminine | { of mesh, has a very few widely scat- | | think I'm ¢ | | | Many | | | ernigBnt | broke, | ceeding to the MI | Need Help to P | ly—Proof tha bam’s Vegetal ®¥omp: Can be Reflied Upon Urbana, Ill. —“‘Dulring Change 0 in addition to its annoying oy J (lad an atta crippe which | il all winter and everbe well again. 4 JI read of Lycia E. o(Pinkham’s Vege- Rita ble Compound and what it did for women passing through the Change of Life, so I told my doctor I would try it. Isoon began to gain in strength and the gnnoy ing in cz. symptoms dis- appeared and your @&egetable Compound has made me a w) 4, strong woman so I do all my own hy asework. I cannot recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound too highly to women passing through the Change of Life.”’ —Mrs. FRANK HENSON, 1316 8. Orchade St., Urbana, Ill. Women who suffer from nervousness, ‘‘heat flashes,’”’ backache, headaches and ““the blues’ should try this famous root and herb remedy. Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound. Many a man the best of a i fight because he hasn't the nerve te | run away. gets Take care of your health and wealth will take care of you. Garfield Tea promotes health, Adv. Iron imbedded in concrete in G many has been found to be free rust after more than 45 yea For Pimply Faces. To remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Cuticura Ointment. | Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura | Soap and hot water. For free samples, | address “Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston.’ [At druggists and by mail. Soap 25 { Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv. “2 His Vacation. Jooze men's even into vaca- tions and tangles them up,” declared a temperance lecturer , “A man took the steamer for Boston with his wife. But the minute he got {aboard he disappeared into the blacl [ill smelling hole they call tha bar I Some hours later his wife hurried down | to the bar and said to him: | “40h, George, come up on deck and | enjoy the scenery. The hills and woods {are just beautiful. “After swallowing his ninth beer e growled, ‘Aw, and woo mna lose my vac: gets some ti what do T care Do you tion over | Geo i for your hills tthfinder. Salmon for Eastern thousands of humpback sal mon, native of the Puget sound, where they were collected by the gov- : two Denny and other rivers in eastern Maine this autumn as part of the fisheries bureau Streams. | years ago, entered IPem- Penobscot, St. Croix plan of sto g the Last with pride of thie Pacifie coast catch. The bureau's investigation shows th the humpback in its new environment re- tains its Pacifie habit of ocean shortly after it begins to swim, and returning to the rivers to spawn and die years old. The government has made annual shipments of humpback salmon acros the continent for the past five years, drawing the consignments alternately from Wash ington and Alaska. coast pro- when two eggs of the whose sensitive nerves often yield to coffees harmful stimulation, appre ciate the chande resulting from a ten days trial of INSTANT PosvuM INSTEAD of COFFEE. Such a delicious drink makes the changde,zasy and better pierves make ita permanent one. “Thefc's akeasay =9
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