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r The True Democrat
VOLUME XXVIII ST. FRANCISVILLE, WEST FELICIANA PARISh, LOUISIANA, ATUROAY, MARCH 2, 1919. No.
MAIL ORPERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND CAREFUL
ATTENTION
BATON ROUGE, LA.
Charm -:- Distinction -:- Value
are synonymous in our Ready-to-Wear
Department
Our Spring Suits
express an indiviality tof design and finene'ss of quality ust,.
ally found in very much higher Priced models among the
styles are straight line e.ffett, belted effect, semifitted styles
new box suits with pretty vestets.' in Mens Wear suiting,
Gabardines, Tricolors, Poiret twills ahd others of fashion's
favored frabic.s priced modera tely from
$15 $15 '" $75
S th i uiua.tuol 4:lau o1t s 4 ha ' ii llng
Spring Dresses
That itriga dlea|n p r'rp chal nlta ny drtpa ,) i , .ri hisr lo trai nlialingti
and *'very nr) a I ati, rial fitashtin hat Is iken rit hi 1 :11 hit i to reat' in
all the shadep thtni art II thLs s i sa, n
$15 $25 $75
NEW CAPES AND COATS
, atlul sprting ideas that ra, ea I mllth hteaut and 'r!zaItlilt) ,of
t)hle ahlch vary )-Iru the rl nost ritLt prarli' to the ,Ire.+itl r f moiodl+l
prlied from
$10e $15 $6
New Spring Blouses
I|'autifll t, ilt) il t 1Si 1 iasts prll tj a silk, tohetii ( t) organd\
In our displa),s show no.n '. :. l .a n pio ints son' of i th n :,,:0+s1
for hel first thiste
. 35%" "' ý $20 "'It"' ""*on. 0 $1 $2 $10
Stunning Spring Skirts
Wide' tariets of defter Iadea , ttius r tale it hi of Itrue d atnllt.tl.n
and pnarti*ifst s It the 1t 11n4 t dh'strablte rira li
$5 $10 $35
Spring's Latest Millinery
Achievements
I11 hla idtallIt ,x. ert hlaKtgn ailn ('C lea r Ihn'les n re 111a r h i ll Int I e"id 't'a .
siallor, brillal en t |. k. hrbi a l n ,it ,hl . tde. aad tbrilnl bt.nt or 4ut
aaay rougih straiw , anroItlh tlraa.at tlaii anld lelhorn- in all the
nra bilt. 1,tr ai grieall , V(crtfo red. prtt l frntll la'dJ ini floht ,pr.
rlbbin etc .
GAOGE. IURGESSERS VOOGEL AND JOISEPH
$5.00 $71,50 $10,00 $25.00
THE CORRECT CORSET MODELS
Ini the Iaao'I ppag taial featlair, PP Pta' 5ilt K 'ringlt W 'rdrotwi a'ih tiallltt I Ih
WARNER. NEMO REDFERN
$1 $2 $10
New Washable Fabrics for Spring
0o,itN ydr ,f Iny.p rtesd Iktt ti' Madit lltra n fibre ilk ,fcft for
(OI, ha,,,.n At ,pantilifpul ,'lAid. 40,,. Shnirt. bliathilt
blnatiot ch ck ,htki, . c.olor tn . ..
,lc tic 3ic 43c .Sc to 79c 4 ,,h a .tac .Willaho a L
;aiun ItauAipnrptp" $ "o 'altnU
. c a lrlld & al nhirtli.g utre a'
in strI ped ;r itt.rta.i c 'a1I
16 Inchrl . d ('lro ler.I
,9 nch N1 Ill l 'uIK uvo " $2.00
I4pr olin 1h: rlds r t ;.,iriattet tt .3I
White Fabrics for Spring
Iprinlip n k apnrtal .Alpik il~l ntcok 29
16 Ath 1'ie ePjtlaht ar .taai .'1.l praa Naaionwk 25c
imnperlal Natlntiuk and L., ,alorhth
l"r' ality" h '"iPw " " 25tal
ci,,w herc · at :1tc. ;legriai l
GIVE OLD CLOTHES
TO REFUGEES NOW!
Th . d, d srded clot#%es and sholes-send *oem to the ,ied Cross c.apte, now or during thei weak of March 24.
!1. 1 .,e/re badly needed by thousanc'O of little ch idirt nd men 'nd women in wrP4wept Iureop. The tote in the
picture are but four of the multitudes the iRed Cross hops to clothe.
The (;reaat..t MN%'he r In the World,
still hu.y caring for hutndreidt of tIou•
sands of fighters of i'ncle imn and
their famlliea, has ande"rtakt'ni the
task of (lothlng thousand, of r',fult*S
- Iarn woimen and lil tie t hiilr'on
And emery hore in lthe I'ntlt'd Silte
I auLked dulring the week oif \1,i-4 h 24
$1 tio Et to to lheir Ilied t're .. i h pi,lter.
bTranl h or aelltilary, at l iea- i o ( il', e
of old, warns clothing, shoes or bead
ding
l)urlnc th(e week It Ia bhoped to srol
fe't at hias: 0.A000 tonc of 1, i~thnI
whb I h will I;. rushed to oI(., I1o11 1I en
tcrn of the Red 'tross, then, ' I' hipe
to the shivering and hunry thouisands
In devastated El:urope
Officials of the Gulf Divileio,
American Red Cross, are hopeful
the people of Louisiana. Messessip
pt and Alabama waii respond with
their uwsal enthueiasm.
"The led Cross Is asking for the
eO4 elthing tI the asme of 'Per All
Hluanity' and It costs you nothing to
give your old clothes to the r,'figare "
l. the message of Mrs i',ttheripe II
Moberly, diret' tor of the Ieiprtluentl
of 1hveloplmen', Gulf tli ,irn A It
C. New Orleand, to the I h;,tert and.
In turn, to you who live inl the LI
%ition Stoatet
Thousands In Need.
Three monuths after the armistice
Food and clothest Just the bare
necessties for keeping the flame of
life burning in the human body.
That is the appeal more than one
million people in Northern France
and Belgium are making to the
more fortunate people of their Al
lies.
Men. women and children of all
ages raise their voices in the cry.
Most of them Are refugees-the
people who were unfortunate
enough to have settled in the re
gions of Europe which were over*
run by the tnvling army of the
Germans. They were no more to
blame for their misfortunes than
the comfortable citizens of Kansas
or Pennsylvania. Yet they have
suffered untold miseries in this
world uphEaval.
was anll'+l there were in Paris approl
imatelt :o,1.eItit rt'fugeet unable to re
turn to iheir lhonmes before spring ()ne
of the mtait reasons why they could
not go bac'k tuntlmediately to begin work
of re'unstructtga their wrecked homen
and comtincncne life anew was because
they lacked the proper clothilng to
withstand the rigors of winter
('ommentcig on the situatloun, a f
port of the Red ('roan says 1Tlhere
remains otter tea of tho,º'antla In the
hovels of Paris living an oulpa( t
masses. In overcrowded quarters,
wiut rurewithout furniture, without clothing
and often without any meana of live
Ithood l. ept the small pyension ac.'
corded b) tii, governt The'le per
mors who, h iu lti eA 11.11' frnit ' e dte**1
fated ar., or had I ea i, , ,; ::
rule fr , . t ', to t ir t ,r
..er0 f,, of Fed 1 I ,t.!1, 1 lie
REFUSUES I NEEMD OF
ALL KiNDS if ARIMENTS
Every kind of garment, for all
ages and both sexes, is urgently
needed. In addition, piece goods,
light, warm canton flannel and
other kinds of cloth from which to
make garments for new-born babies,
ticking, sheeting, and blankets,
woolen goods of any kind-and
shoes of every sieo are asked for.
Scrap leathy is needed for repair.
ing footwear.
Since the clothes wll be subject.
ed to the hardest kind of wear, only
garments of strong and durable ma.
terials should be sent. it is useles
to offer to any afflicted population
garments of flimsy material, Make
the gifts practical.
Germents noeed net be in perfet
endlticn. Many tneseed doeth
tute women in the oeoupied regions
are eager to earn a small livelihood
by repalring gift clothing and mak
ing new garments adapted to nelds
with which they are familiar.
That the pirninclpl suffelrers from
1: k of tinig ii lliiong the Iiriilgee
populatlill are the women and hill
dr,-n iI ->.h, n ro tr Il report of one
lied tri, ie tllthing diapeinary In
Paris. covering the months of Septem.
>.rr t 1, t,bl, r. N~.V.ltuli and L) nat
i..r la-i It aidts'l 7 t rrfugens. dis
tributing among thIem 4ou.nI7 garmentsa
SIt lt lll number aided 6 112 were woe
tien .n:;tl , ! i;dr.rn and 1,?75 were men.
Ip 'o :+'iptli'ilt 'r 1 of li~t year the
lled I tis had distrlhuted nearly half
, twtill i ti ii': n oft I .lothlin to retau
ees iln t ler Paris district alone
An illtstration of the Increasing d.
uniandu fir i lothing among the refugles
of 't;anl tan be s I seen to a report os
the w n.t,.rn dlitlrlct of the country. i
Slleptember the number aiaI&d was 1I,
94:3. in t, tober it Increased to 1.R8S,.
,and thie following molth It mnounted
During hoetlltite the refugees
were driven from their homes by
German bombardment, or, If they
attempted to remain In the path of
the Huns advance, they were made
civillan prisoners and deported to
Germany to work In the loches
fields and fatfries. With the at*
mistice their thosghts and ambi
tions turned toward the places they
once knew as home, and foltlwlag
the irresistible call of their hearts
they came back to find nothing but
desolation and ruin.
All over that immense waste of
territory known as the devastated
and liberated areas, they can be
found today living m dugouts that
served as shell shelters for the con
tending armies, in rudely contiruCt.
ad shacks and dark collars.
WHY DO THEY SAVY
BERAIJ)~ IT S TH ONLY
Pt ACE T 4F Y CAN CALL. HOMF'
to 20.241 In the months of Septem
bet, Octoior. No embrr and IW~ces
ter, law', the Red 'rosm had deitribut.
ed clothing to 373.019 retalers rutaide
t the I'aris distrt-i
Some idea of the enormous need
for clothing among the refugees
of the devastated and liberated
regions of France and Belgium
can be obtained from a Red Cres
report which shows that up to last
fall it had distributed 1,29.,000 ar.
ticle of clothing and 20,000 pairs
of shoos. In addition it gave It
200,000 yards of cloth.
And the lied 'russ heads admit that
it has been Impossible to supply any
where near the complete needs of
these stricken people In the matter d1
clothing and shoeo l'lndo and fsrtll
ties are inadequate for the pwrchabul
sad making of sew clothlag. Is the
doeatlos of old clothiag that eca he
talvabsd they see the only way to
which thp serious problem of thooose
unfortunate Allies 'ea be solved
Men u nr burlap sacks for hblits
and children flour sacks for pants ls
the MlarcU district of Pran.e In one
month $S0 people In one tiwn is the
Alene district. whirbh adjoins the
11artne applied for i lothing to the Red
I'ross stailon. In Ios, a city shout
When they were driven from their
homes before the onseming German
hordes they toeek with them only
the clothes they had on their backs.
In returning to their homes many
wear those same clothes, worn by
months and even years of weary
wandering. But even the best of
clothes with the best of care do net
last forever.
What's to be do"ef
The people of America, laborers
mechanics, professional men. all,
have a good answer. Suits, coats,
shirts, underwear, soeek. thoes that
the individual has decided to dise
card, will give mech better sorvice
on the shivering and exposed backs
of the unfortunate million of Eu.
rope than as dust sloths or In the
family ragbag.
whip it important and dreperate strug
gles raged for four ye:ar, 1Oi famil,es,
.ncluding 1.200 persons arr'r aided
with ilistrlbutloIg of clothing la a few
weeks
In \'ogams, a badly destroyed village
a tow miles from laon thirty reft
goes returned directly after Ii, arit.ts
tice, jus' about the time a Intl r et s
A few bass three whtli-arrows two
baby carriages and a quantit, if esuar
beets was thoe unm total of their pos
resalons They sat about fire., which
were ted by th, sr- kew d furniture sad
timbere of tlih r i;omtme .alting the
be,'ts ''lh'y a' ft unahlI' 'o venters
tar froin tli.' .!,,w t the firee beesee
of a 1, Ik 1 1 ;t' , ! i i,'i ' This the
Ited + !. t it ' it sawi
1 I .' ', , , ,"S twtIt e80" 1 u se IIbII 1
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TI TEACH THRIFT
1 14 Iasi-Ith ,ýtt j t ni *ttit I t illI, t ilt , aIr
riatth of (IUII tr. · 14t ate I re t fic te
I:ýu;. )i~j s4. I trmtr trear i*. atI~t~rst Ib.
;II- o \~rl I'iill r~H 1 tIIR Ia rtiotºI$I I)Iry
it! ti I ht ;r 11) e#ifri[ I liti t I,4l 44b 1, 1
al 4 't1I; 1,411 lt 44it 4U In the.- t ; m
IAIc~j I nil I "4.? I 4W t''~rlc r.Cr44rlP ~ .t~
I l.pi f frti tierit of (' l rla-??r It#Iif
Its 1 ;i ".r I (*'4t~ or rciA ItI?44I3. r. c1ii ls'ip
}": Ie Alt. itta !: 4i.' prita's tu 4 r 4hwrttvl"tP
I4 lid Iurte+I vult hu rte 4 tt' l.t c rti ed 1 I hi
tulrrrcrc ruldlers is IHR curtatled
YOURS IS THERE
tII '. I*;ItdF I tfl~t I's) 4 4 t t i' II'?.jt t o;
I. O,;i, I.Ict Willis fr#1ii%,ik alt, 1iIe ttla
(hel 1r, '4(IE1$ (It11 itl ,hla.r11 b11 I11 toil
ttl~tltar' d 11ai~tcc I I( Krf an tllti Ihe pl(ll(*
piadr l 1 011rwr+ 1 '. p1p 1 aftl ,Aiala t tfn l
(frs'* hptur" 1t4. UWre' tt.u l he 1 6
f4II (4 114f"H ; ".I k. Mal"i.4 t° t.. t101 s i r
a% Ito ~tr it r I:Au I : gl l I log I h.llt Ili~ t
cani 1w *,btahneql t alt vn~ Rod Crows Ifort.'
?(IN~ert cv lc
IMPORTANT ITEMS
OF WORLD INTEREST
lJ:Iplt wi ll ('fi r a i a filllndnlent to
tho It .ticti'' of N.tiltns 0-4v'inant, ldo
ltnaftldtlit e*'iitl tret'tllm'it for allens rof
lrtis tll uWl' tWliging t u the lealgue
intlhe'I ki rort'·c nearly, rTomplrted
thitr . n eijltst 1of the I'kraone' andi
fttrre',d the F'rtel(Ch garriWonl itt Nikl.
la1t' to fellt baik to Odestia
f'alptalin (lIu Jac'k otf ,4'elhn. Mt',
i'liltne'lltdl tlhe c'ro·twed he'n hle tc'rani
-llNw Ihis K'Ulpor etuntyl" s~eandal
Itt k in tI e ' .Me ridilan ('tourtraliell
I.,'slshilalolh pernittitig the- itnp irta
lttti of tick ifnt,thd cattlel will two 1 r
on, ,rt I New fIrlh*ianl Is to rl'reeive,
hl,,r sharer of hisinetss from ('t4 lral
. I'di , le'
`'ltiiatetl ltillt'd'il 5S4 llitad' l tita
tlle1 Ilc e1il,'detnt of the' Naltinal Me'r
chaetlt .Marin,- Associat iton sitl William
All4en is ti IbO txetltiv committe4',
f( ifial adtitce said ithat the lIunla
rit Iikshel~ iki government ordered
I titiliti Ittlti et tht hef Entente to start
t'rita night
T"he' of(lf l statnltnt ofIli nthe e
ilt . lof the' `'trelillrttel War t'ouncl ! wan
0llh, l1ntil al the 114 410i1t04 In .4ou11h
a t( i !lill lir a ' 'trope
Aithrmrt, riit l. tellle thie' Kolchaik sov
itl eeillt tali.t iieti it a tsu ,essful ufft'i
Slit' slieilK .t ºitl44' froit ar ei of IhIt
('h .I.timiaete' littlNin ler ltf war siit*d
tilt Jiaian, i .'lil Itce le4 I iln to Silberia.
tlithtlK0h lth' ilr-gireeelnent with the Allies
t illed 141 1)111) 'ililii
t're'sh partitian teuthlreaks in t(ler
liiilie foillowed, Ihe' gtoveirninrl it' re'
lite oft Karl Itacdk. leadling Itusiatl
itltihe'i,vikt ngltatlor
The' I'nlke'd States ('curt of Appeals
ttiriiineIl pritoo entlencs oitn tI hree
Ttxzas ringleaders elrged with instli
gating rebelllon against the govern.
meet.
Some polta on the Neolteudlauad
'oast will probably be the "Jumping
Of plitacei iti the' attempted transat,
lati tflight of American naval sa
tlphiliee' it as said
ltliotirs etwisod by csatuii oeallti
ei:at lbe' aitttioned even in dry states
tile' Ieparllititit of Jistllehe nnouctlFed
Ihe. (' hiliaien aeinin'retial mission to
f,etet, he'tte'r trade, relations with the
I' ntted j )4titt 111 rieach New Orleans
A lril .
t Idee for fetfion to pre'teinl 'thauts
t'I of l.uiief'riieaei timber resources,
Itc decl'e alreld Inmmtlinent. was made by
lh,' hostel 'of the t'iteltd Mtlate' Fourelt
.e'rr le.o
The I 'uite'd llNIte (' ourt of Appeals
declare'd foreItlli felame n onl foreign we.
e'ri rn1)ay collect' half lvage's In t'nited
Statres ports
Il! the' toerl - of the peace treat
(I4'rtltoliy wa r'duco'el to impotence
Cin IaId, et elae iand in the air
. cotiaih#htltioti ofl ernitrlaii and the
Itoiheslol ikiutos ast declared poasible,
jeerten'iintlg a L s intihle invasion of l.et
4'rll l'uiogli'·
,lile'eet, etalnlid hy three llnations,
Ilontlllllse tee preIeenht a grave problem
t he' hep'li(e't' 'onferenq4'
A5 ['rea',cth 'rtiiser, the last of f9ie
jietse'ed lAndetr AmerPlan command to
,niI itl runltoC'illtg wbipplnl dulring thet
te li Jeft 5'e York for France'
Tl'ht, 'rit Ik partn1eni annouinced
Ithail rilet, Ihart a half million mem
heree of thl' AmerlrIcan apeditionarv
)'Grie't. hal\e htwti hbrmllhl himte
\With ithe first quarlter's ilnline a' a
re" Itlltl' ,t'e'4ltldig a billiton., Ithe( anont
,If the \'hic4tr\ IAJnl hay e, $4)14.(.0
c'r'safl',l II Klin was lnaoled to di
Iee ithe No' ( )irhiane V'ictor, IAlant
i :tiijlitlt ihh hittli 'llis Alril ?I
Ea I lt'rLe, tol ket I retUlrie lll qunrs
at eelihtol hcee6 Mat I llrh 7 uiltnder th
Illtfe l , t.tl,' e i' 0 tioo,, o fi I111ay bring
Sle'teCeihh i ( till T;igile't e'0osrtel d all
0I li t lti l tle tee-i l cI t alnpu li l tl t oiips and
iJi '~e ii-it tti lin e tf leetr iri teiltaiO
I ,'- e' I it Ith' first fouisrtee'n art tel.t
oi 1.4I itLe t0 tot N'latlilthe PeOv4'nalt
oIw Ilt a i in i'tn Vhe
4 Ptt i'lt tieald i lte iaistiiie reepluie4
teilelh'l ik raids on thee Are hiangeel front
4k1illi g itled c-aptlriinag tine' out tir' patrol
lii l II 'ettet edlleed I nto puer
S iaJ'e tIhe stiuif tf fhifteen armSl) ap.
aid itlihirte.i balloon cool flying flelds
t!('ontinud on last pagO.)
