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i \Vs '^-t ,fc(v i^j$$& TRADEMARKS ARE PIRATED Americans Start Operations in South America to Pro tect U. S. Exporters. REMEDY IS POINTEDOU Manufacturers Should Register Their Trademarks With the Government One Concern Paid $30,000 to Recover Trademark. Buenos Aires.Dispatches from the United- States stating that the Ameri can Manufacturers' Export association bad launched a fight against "trade mark" pirates in various foreign coun tries, including Argentina, were read with interest by the American business colony here, which is aware of fre quent instances of this sort of busi ness meanness. Americans are far from holding Ar gentina alone guilty of the practice, for the stealing of trademarks has been done here even by Americans from their own countrymen, it is said, as well as by Europeans from Amer icans. Remedy Pointed Out. The remedy against it, business men say, is for the American manufacturer to register his trademark with the gov ernment without delay, otherwise when he attempts to enter this market he may find that some unknown indi vidual or competitor in the same line of goods has anticipated him. It is not necessary in Argentina for the person who registers a trademark to be the actual manufacturer of the goods. That is, anybody can register a trademark, first come, first served. Once registered, the mark can, of course, be used by no one else, and if it has been pirated, the rightful owner either has to sell his products under a new trademark or buy off the pirate. It is known in the office of the Unit ed States commercial attache that $30,000 was paid by one American con cern to recover its trademark from a pirate. There are reported to be certain in dividuals who almost make a business of appropriating trademarks of foreign, concerns in order to extort a price for surrendering them to the owner. They watch particularly for advertising in newspapers and magazines of foreign concerns whose products they judge are likely to find a market in Argen tina if they find a likely trademark not registered, they see that it is done in ftteir own names and then wait. Trademarks Need Renewal. They also watch for the expiration of trademarksthe period is ten years. There are known to be instances in which concerns have thus left their trademarks to a pirate as the result of neglecting to have them renewed. I Argentina has yet failed to ratify the pan-American trademark conven tion, under which, a central agency for the ten southern republics of Amer ica would be established In Rio Ja neiro for the registration of trade marks. A trademark registered there will be good in all other South Amer lean countries signatory to the con-! vention and will save time, expense and trouble. The Argentine adminis tration is known to be anxious to have the treaty ratified, but congress has failed to act. It Is reported that Pres ident Irigoyen is preparing a special message to congress urging that there be no further delay in the matter. Gorky, Russian Radical, Finds Soviets a Failure Bitter disappointment with bolshevism is expressed In an ar ticle recently published by Max im Gorky, the Russian radical, according to a dispatch, from Stockholm, Sweden. "The revolution has not been followed by spiritual revival," the article is said to declare, "and has proved itself unable to make men more honest. Men In power now are just as brutal as those in authority under the im perial regime and send as many to prison. Bolshevist leaders, driven by ambition, are perform ing experiments upon living peo ple, especially the working classes." PRETTY FACE CAUSES WRECK Aviator Crashes Into Tree While Throwing Kisses to Swarth more Coeds. Swarthmore, Pa.The Curtiss mall plane R-30, which dropped into a cluster of trees on the Swarthmore college campus, is rapidly disappear ing at the hands of souvenir hunters in spite of the efficient guarding of the local police department. An eyewitness furnished an account of the mishap. According to his story the pilot was flying low and waving to a group of coeds. All went well, it is alleged, until he loosened his hold on the controlling rod for the purpose of throwing kisses with both hands. In an instant his plane dropped in* to the trees, and it was another case of a pretty face causing-the downfall of a man. r' '^}Y~\-~ V~ KEEPING CANDY PURE Agricultural Department Tries to Protect Public. Must Carry Label That Tells^ Truth, Manufacturers Are Told. the Candy in Interstate commerce, the United States department of agricul ture tells the manufacturers, must be pure, and must carry a label that tells the truth. The box or container that goes to the consumer should bear a conspicuous label showing the net weight. When the candy is put up under the name of the wholesaler or jobber, the name appearing on the Label should be preceded by "manufactured for" or some such words, so that the purchaser may know, that the name, is not that of the manufacturer. Mixed candies labeled "fruit flavors" are mis branded if any artificial fruit flavors are used. The word "maple" or even the picture of a maple leaf must not appear on the label of confections in which no maple sugar or sirup is used. A false or misleading statement ap pearing on the label is not cured by a correct statement somewhere else on the label. On the question of purity, harmless colors that do not conceal inferiority are permitted. The use of shellac and other gums for coating is prohibited. The department holds that saccharin "is injurious to health and its use in candy is prohibited. Talc, terra alba, barytes, chrome yellow, alcohol, nar cotic drugs and mineral substances of all kinds are specifically forbidden in confectionery by the terms of the law. The use of cocoa dust in the manufac ture of chocolate goods is held to be objectionable. A harmless mineral oil may be used as a slab dressing if used in such way that little or none of the oil is incorporated in the finished candy. Any of the decisions or opin ions relating to the application of the federal food and drugs act to confec tionery may be obtained upon request from the bureau of chemistry, United States department of agriculture. WOMAN GETS B'G JOB Mrs. Helen Hamilton Gardener," sixty/two years old and for many years interested in woman suffrage, has been appointed a member of the civil service commission. She is the first woman ever appointed on this or any similar commission. Her name is a nom de plume, her maiden name having been Griffith and her married name Day. She had the name Garden er legalized, however, since it had be come well known to the public through her writings. Mrs. Gardener is a vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage association and con gressional counselor of the National League of Women Voters. $1,800 LINGERIE IN MONTH Detroit Husband Thought It a Little Too Strong, So He Gets a Divorce. Detroit, Mich.How much a woman may reasonably spend on lingerie is a question which has'been brought to the Wayne county courts. Because, according to his statement, his wife, Lorain, spent $1,800 on fine lingerie in five weeks Judge Root granted a divorce to John R. Bebee of Grosse Pointe. Miss Bessie C. Lee, head of the Visiting Housekeepers' as sociation, says that a frugal house wife who makes her own clothes, buys reasonably and abjures frivols, can supply herself with underwear for a year at a cost of not more than $25. Miss Lee's estimate of essentials in underwear is as follows: Two heavy union suits, $4.84 three light suits, $2.79 two corset covers, $1.78 one corset cover, $1.85 two flannelette petticoats, $2.66 one muslin petticoat, $1.34 one sateen petticoat, $2.32 two night dresses, $3 total, $20.58. Defies the Wear of Time 'vWilmore,5 NATIONWIDE FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE American Red Cross Will Have Health Centers in All Parts of United States. over the country, andT that the sign "American Re.d Cross Health Center" will become as familiar to the peo .ple everywhere as are now the signs of the telegraph companies. Busy Long Before War. The interest of the American Red Cross in the fight against disease is not, however, of recent origin. Long before the war the organization began this health service through its medical ,'units In disaster relief work and its FRENCH PRAISE fOR OUR RED CROSS WORK Lauding the work accomplished by American philanthropy for war stricken France, Andre Tardieu, form er high commissioner from that na tion to the United States, in a recent article widely commented on through out the French pre*, says: "The American/Red Cross has ac complished a work which calls for the heartfelt gratitude of every true Frenchman. In 1918 this great relief organization -spent In behalf of France nearly 87,000,000 francs, and in 1919 [its expenditures.on charitable projects 1ln Ky."Uncle" Frank Grow continues to wear a broadcloth suit in which he was married 60 years ago and for which he paid the then high price of $23. Not only is the suit protection against the present H. O. L but Grow says he's going to beat l&the undertaker by being buried in it.^ff^#^ our country attained the tremen dous total of 171,000,000, It has re jcently turned over to the French relief organizations huge stocks of sup plies whose value must be counted in the hundreds of thousands of franca "Fifteen million* American boys and girls, banded together in the Junior 'Red Cross of America, are "back of a 'movement to establish the closest ties between themselves and France's 'younger generation through the char itable works they have financed, and are now carrying out among our little war sufferers. The bonds of friendship between France and America Is cemented with mutual admiration, rerpect and grati- tude,'' ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. SATURDAY: AUGUST The American Red Cross has launch ed upon a nation wide campaign oi fighting disease and physical defect among the American people. A new and unique health institution has come into being as the result of several months' study by the Red Cross Health Service Department at National Head* quarters. Officials in charge of the department predict that before long this new health activity -will be-in actual-operation all' demons,.that- make mis**able so many department of Town and County Nurs-1 responsible for so-called mental or 'ing. During the war and following nervous ills, technically termed psy- the armistice thousands of American choses or neuroses, according to Doc- Red Cross officials have been fighting tor Williams/ who uses illustrations disease In the war-stricken countries, At the same time tens of thousands of local Red Cross officials have* been en gaged at home fighting disease, nota bly during the influenza epidemics. The American Ped Cross has de termined that all this valuable experi ence in health service abroad and at home shall not go to waste. So long as there are a half a million people dying yearly in this country from pre ventable causes, and so long as more than one-third of the American chil dren and young people are victims of physical defects, the Red Cross recog nizes the urgent need for continued Red Cross health service at home.. How Organization Works. The Red Cross Health Center is governed by business principles, ap plies business methods, and, in its more simple ^form, can be established and conducted by lay people. It proceeds upon the demonstrated fact that health is a commodity that can be bought and sold like brooms and soap. Therefore, it establishes it- seAin a storeroom In the principal bus^ess section of the community. It displays its goods in the form of at i tractive health exhibits in its show windows. It advertises constantly and {extensively. And it uses every busi ness and social device to attract cus tomers. The Red Cross Health Center is of service to the sick in that it gives out reliable and complete information about existing clinics, hospitals, sana toria and other institutions for the sick and the defective about availabje' nurses, both trained and practical about when to consult a physician and why to shun the quack and his nos trums. Teaching Disease Prevention. The Red Cross Health Center Is, however, of even greater service to the well. It teaches people how to pre vent sickness and disease. This Is done in many interesting and attractive waysfirst of all, by the distribution of popular health literature and through health lectures illustrated with lantern slides or with health motion picture films. Then special exhibits are given, one after the other, on various health subjects. Practical demonstra jtions are made also health playlets by [children to interest and instruct them selves and their elders. Classes are organized In personal hygiene, home icare of the sick, first aid and in food selection and preparation. Health clubs, both for younger and older peo ple, are formed also Little Mothers' Leagues. Nutrition and growth clinics are conducted for children. Already more than a hundred of these Red Cross^Health Centers are In i actual operation throughout the coun try. Many of them also conduct med ical clinics, but the one chief, out standing feature of the American Red Cross Health Center is its health edu cation service which teaches well peo ple how to keep well. MODERN LIFE CAUSE OF ILLS Brings About Innumerable Neces sities for Adjustment in Individual. MANY CURED DURING WAR Medical Expert on the Psychoses and Neuroses Developed Struggle Chronic Worry Relieved After Real Reason Is Found. New York.Fear and anxiety, twin lives, have their origin In inward con flict and can only be conquered by tracing the trouble to its source, says Dr. Frankwood E. Williams, associ ate medical director of the national committee for mental hygiene, in the current number of Mental Hygiene. Complex community life brings about innumerable necessities for ad justment in the individual, and failure to make these adjustments with a measurable degree of success is often from the ^recent war to make this point clear. 5 Many Cured During fhe War. During the war many,men, finding themselves in apparently intolerable positions, sought unconscious refuge In mental or nervous breakdowns. By tracing the history of the conflict so terminating the greater percentage of the mei might have been sent back to their commands completely re stored and ready to face whatever might come. In fact, Doctor Williams says, many men of this type did re cover completely with the aid of rest and proper psychiatric treatment, and fought bravely. The measure of a man's success in handling life's problems, ^according to the article, lies in his skill in adjust ing himself to the complicated life of modern society. Some fail completely, developing psychoses, of a more or less, serious nature, others t.."*--*"".""" 1 a re partly successful, but the difficjujties of ad justment set up nervous disturbances that render them neurotic, while the majority succeed in making their ad justments without too great difficulty. Relieving Chronic Worry. Even among those who are appar ently successful, however, thousands are found who are annoyed by anx iety, who are "chronic worriers," and whose uneasiness arises from an Inner conflict which may be got at by the use of proper methods and relieved. Doctor Williams says there may be obvious r^qsons for anxiety or fear, and that these should not be over looked, but that often the real reason lies deep and must be carefully sought after before relief can come. It Is in these cases that the psy chiatrist finds his deepest Interest and his greatest chance to help. "Where the reaction is out of all proportion to a reasonably assignable cause, or where no .reasonable cause may be found, then expert guidance and help are needed," says Doctor Williams, citing instances of persons afraid to ride in% the subway, fearful of being alone, in comfortable, happy surround ings and worrying, and crying with out apparent cause. Detective's Hat Stolen in Courtroom Atlanta, Ga.First it was an automobile* taken by thieves while two members of the force were investigating a case. Now it is Detective Howell, whose new $12 hat has attached itself to some unidentified person. I The hat disappeared from su perior courtroom while Detec tive Howell was on the witness stand. He placed his overcoat and hat on a nearby seat" and began his answers to the prose cutor's quiz. When he got ready to leave he found his overcoat as he had left it, but his hat was gone and another, not so good, was there in its place.' DOG REMEMBERED IN WILL Colorado Man Pays Tribute to Com panionship and Devotion of Shepherd Dog. Denver, Colo.The faithful service, devotion and companionship of his shepherd dog are remembered In the will of the late Louis Ferrari, who died at Albuquerque, N. M.. en route to his mountain home in Bear Creek canyon,. where he hoped that his last breath would be. of the pure, -pine scented mountain air. Maggie, a beautiful, wonderfully intelligent shepherd dog, was Fer rari's constant companion for the last 12 years, and in his will he set aside $500 for her care and for her burial. ^When she dies she is to be placed In p. coffin and laid to rest under a giant pine tree on the sunny slope of Brookvale. ,-and _________________ ^r-v^'-^ ^%&A Soldier's Farewell. |J|||? __exington.- Ky.A letter of fere well which Harry Cunningham wrote just before he went to death in battle was filed as his will for probata, ft was addressed to his mother. Defective Page JUNIOR RED CROSS WORKING AT HOME Production of Sound American Citizenship the First Aim, Says Dr. Farrand. In tb On the badge-of every member of the Junior Red Cross are the words "I Serve." That tells the story of the school children's branch of the Ameri can Red Cross and its efforts to bring happiness to children throughout the world Realizing that the time never was I for your trial." so propitious as right now for teach highest ideals of citizenship, the entire present program of the Jun lor Red Cross has been framed under the very Inclusive phrase, "Training for Citizenship Through Service" for others. Since the Junior Red Cross is the agency through which the Ameri can Red Cross reaches the schoolboys and the schoolgirls, all its activities are designed to come within the regu lar school program, and without creat ing new courses or increasing the num ber of studies to lend Its aid in vitaliz ing the work of the schools. "The thing that is needed," says Dr. Livingston Farrand, Chairman of the American Red Cross Central Commit tee, "is not a perpetuation of the Jun ior Red Cross, but the training and breeding of sound American citizenship inspired by the true, fundamental Ideals of sound, democracy. One of the great conceptions in making the Red Cross a contributor to better citizen ship in our American democracy Is the realization that after all the sole hope of any nation is with the children of the country." The plan of organization of the Jun ior Red Cross makes the schoolpub lic, parochial and privatethe unit, not the individual pupils. Mutual serv ice, helpful community work such as clean-up campaigns, care of the sick, promotion of health regulations, par ticipation in civic and patriotic move mentsall these creative agencies de signed to translate iflto life and action the regular, school program are parts of the machinery which the Junior Red Cross places at the disposal of the school authorities. Graded study courses giving prac tical methods of civic training, supple mented by pamphlets and helpful sug gestions, are supplied to the local schools by the Junior Red Cross. An elaborate plan for promoting an inter change of correspondence between chil dren in different sections of the United States as well as with children in for eign lands is being devised and will take a prominent place in the estab lished classroom program. In promoting the general cause of child welfare, Red Cross courses in home hygiene and care of the sick, first aid, and dieting may be estab lished in all Junior Red Cross Aux iliaries. The Ideals and the objective of the Junior Red Gross are embodied in the pledge of service which the pupil takes when he signs the membership roll and pins on his coat the Junior's badge. The pledge which binds together serv ice and citizenship reads: "We will seek in all ways to live up to the ideals of the Junior Red Cross and devote ourselves to Its service. "We will strive never to bring dis credit to this, our country, by any un worthy act "We will revere and obey our coun try's laws and do our best to inspire a like reverence and obedience in those about us. "We will endeavor In all these ways, as good, citizens, to transmit America greater, better and more beautiful than she was transmitted to us." At the foundation of this school pro gram of the Junior Red Cross Is a great love for America's children. RED CROSS ACTIVE IN DISASTER RELIEF When disaster hits a community fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, bad wreck or tornadothe American Red Cross can be depended upon to follow right at its heels with help for the stricken people. Red Cross relief Is almost Immediately forthcomingfood, clothing, shelter and funds doctors, nurses and special workers with long experience in handling similar trouble elsewhere. During the last year, ending June 30, there was an average of four disasters a month in the United States. One hundred and fifty communities In twenty-seven states suffered. The largest and most destructive of these were the tidal wave at Corpus Christi, Texas, and tornadoes In Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. In these events of horror 850 per sons were killed, 1,500 were injured, 13 000 were made homeless, about 30,- 000 families needed help, the property loss was hearty $100,000,000 and al most (1,000,000 In relief funds, not In cluding emergency supplies was ex pended. 1'' To the jmffererVfnrai all disasters during' the year, the American Red Cross sent $120,000 worth of sup plies, 110 Red Cross nurses and seven special relief trains. To meet the needs of the stricken, tbe organization set up ten relief stations, operated thirty food canteens and as many emergency hospitals. One hundred twenty-five Red Cross chapters gave/disaster relief service. If disaster ever /ttrlkes this town or county, the citizens can be absolutely sure the Red Cross will be right on hand to help them in every way. HIS NAME WAS BIBLE __________ So Judge Thought He Could Take Chance on Him. Showed Up. "Tulsa, Okla.Because his last name sounded all right, Judge Maxey of this city released Lewis Bible on his own recognizance When he was arraigned on the charge of passing a bad check. "Your name," said the Judge, "sounds all right. I'm betting that you'will come back on the day set Th da KNOWS FROG LANGUAGE Almost, Lost confidence in Human I Washington Lawyer Says Busi- Nature When Paroled Prisoner an o'clock in them forenoonane no Bible th hour 9 put in an appearance. The witnesses were there, both for the state and the defense. They hnd not seen Bible since the day he was released. "This is one time you have made a mistake," observed the county attor ney to Judge Maxey. The judge shook his head. "His name is all right," he con tended, "and he looked all right to me. But I may have been mistaken." At 9:30 the witnesses were dis charged and the case set over to an other day. Judge Maxey ordered that the sheriff be sent to him he would have Lewis Bible apprehended. Ten o'clock came and a man on crutches hobbled into the court room. He was Lewis Bible, with one leg done up in splints and bandages. "I got here as soon as I could: Judge he said. Then he explained that after his re lease he went to Cometa and went to work. His leg was broken the first day, and he had been in bed ever since. A friend in Cometa volunteered to take him to court, to answer the charge against him. but his automo bile balked and he did not reach the court house in time. Later it devel oped that Bible had not passed a bad check. "You have restored my confidence in human nature and my ability to read it," said Judge Maxey as he dis charged Lewis Bible. Madame Phisalie, head of the path ological laboratory of the Colonial^ Museum of Natural History In Paris, who claims she understands the lan guage of frogs, beetles and other crea tures. It was her husband, Doctor Bertrand Phisalie of the Pasteur in stitute who discovered the curative germ. AUSTRIAN ARMY DRAWS FEW Efforts to Raise 30,000 Soldiers Meet Little Response in Vienna Centers. Vienna, Austria.Austria is trying to" -organize an army to succeed the volkswehr under the provisions of the bill hurriedly passed during the panic that followed the German revolution. It is to be composed of 30,000 men. The treaty prohibits any aviation force. The conservatives won their point in securing the allocation of recruiting in the provinces on a population ba sis and in provisions prohibiting polit ical activity by the military forces. These provincial units are to be gar risoned within the province itself. No man may be foisted upon a unit in a province in which he was not recruit ed without the consent of the province itself, and the men must be bona fide citizens of their province. On the one hand will be an army of peasant lads, and on the other of Industrial classes from the manufacturing centers. In spite of the active efforts'of the Socialists to spur recruiting, few men have applied for enlistment in Vienna or the other Industrial centers, while reports from the provinces are even more discouraging. Swamp a Beautiful Park. Wellington, Kah.Women of this city are given credit for the transfor mation, within a few years, of an un sightly, swampy thirty-acre tract IntJO a beautiful jpity park. It has been named "Community park.** It Is laid out with artistic landscape effect, re plete with trees, shrubs and flower bed. It contains a park house, sur rounded with large shade trees, a neat modern stone building, contain ing a large reception room, dining room and kitchen/that will accommo date comfortably about 250 persons. The park house is use4 for entertain ments, banquets and parties. ^E, $2.40 PER YEAR ALTER N AVOI ness Has Been Humming Ever Since War. MANY BERMAH NAMES SHED Some Are Turned Into English Equivalents and Others Are Re placed by Plain American Names Simple to Make Alteration. Washington.A young man dropped into a lawyer's office here the other day. "I want to change my name," he said sadly. "I'm a locksmith. I have my name on the doorB. Wareand customers are always cracking jokes and pretending to be afraid of me. People even come in just to make silly puns and take up my time." "Why don't you write your first" name out?" suggested the attorney. "Oh, that would be -worse. My name's Barry Wareit sounds like bow-wow." The lawyer drew up a petition for the young man, to be called Barry Ward, and in three weeks the change was effected to the client's joy. Many German Names Changed. The lawyer who told us this story says business in changing names has been humming ever since the war. Families who had been in this coun try for four generations, and who prided themselves on their American qualities, woke up in 1916 and 1917 to find their German sounding, pat ronymics were regarded with disfa vor, if not with suspicion. There was just one remedy, and a great many took it. German names were legally turned into English equivalents, or were replaced by plain American Smith, Carter- or Johnson. In some cases, owners of German names desired changes as a means of showing they were, not hyphenated Americans. In others, it was a matter of business. Such names as Kaiser and Hindenburg, the owners stated, were injuring their trade, as Ameri cans regarded them as German firms and were prejudiced by war associa tions. Names besides those of German sound sometimes have an undesir able effect on business. Such names seem to be discarded by their owners in greater numbers than ever before. These are chiefly the masterpieces of the Russian, Greek, Italian and Slavic languages. Some of these combina tions contain the best part of the al phabet and N defy pronunciation, let alone spelling. Occasionally a clever man makes capital of a peculiar name, as the man named Easum, who once adver tised "Easum's pills" all over town. But as a rule the odd name which sug gests amusing comparisons is regard ed as somethipg to put up with, like awkward hands or a stiff neck. Most names brought to court for re vision are surnames. Now and again, however, a Christian name which has worried the owner, like an old man of the sea, is happily discarded. It is hard to get the point of view of par ents who give their children ridiculous names merely to gratify an overde veloped sense of humor. Father's Little Joke. A governor of a certain state, by name Hogg, will always be remem bered for the fact that he named his two daughters Ima and Ura. At least one of these girls, we are told, mar ried early, thereby spoiling the point of the.father's little joke. Still more outlandish is the record In British history of a father who de sired to name his child Beelzebub., When the boy was brought to church to be christened the bishop refused to bestow the name upon him, saying it was not a fit name to be sanctioned by the church. The process of changing an unde sirable name is simple. Here in Wash ington all you have to do is to file a petition with the Supreme court of the District of Columbia, saying it wastes too much of your friends' time to call you by your proper name, or whatever reason you may have for the change. You must swear that you are not abandoning your old name to avoid debts or any demands, against you. Then you have a notice of the change of name printed in a local newspaper once a week for three weeks. At the end of that time, if nobody comes forward to objectand nobody ever doesthe court formally grants your petition and you go forth with whatever name you have picked out. Considering how easy it is, we wonder that there are so many people with names that are unmelodipus to say the least.Frederic A. Haskin, In Chicago Daily News. Income of Fake Cripple I I Rated at $69,000 a Year i I With a perfectly good right 4 arm bandaged, Arthur Harrison, beggar, admitted in a New York i city court he had received $13 In I a half hour from sympathetic passersby. Magistrate Steers' estimated this income to be at the rate of $69,000 a year. He sent the I beggar to the penitentiary for six months. VV/tY?)*^^^ I