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War Savings and Thrift Stamps.
JL»uring th.* month of February the
Receipts coming into the treasury de
thruURh the «ale of War Sav
00OiVV> D<1 T Thrlft sta mps totaled $41,
wu.WO It Is reported that they aver
age now about $2,000,000 a day. Re
turns from the same source In England
IoTt^V; 00,000 ' The War Savings
and Thrift stamps give everyone a
chance to be "In" on the great busi
ness of winning the war. They are
B fine Investment and within the reach
OTeveryone. Congress set $2,000,000,
WO as the amount to be raised by this
ipeana for the year. If this amount Is
reached it will cover the entire cost of
the government's shipbuilding program
lor the year. It has now from this
•in'rvvy enough revonu e dally to build
10.000 tons of shipping and altogether
has received to date funds for building
420.000 tons, or 84 ships of 5,000 tons
each.
' Our strength In this war has not
made Itself felt yet as It will he felt.
«Great reserves of it will be forthcom
ing. We have hardly felt the pinch
of the war yet. In the War Savings
und Thrift stamps we have an opportu
nity to all take a hand In building
ships. and they must be built. Be
sides this the Thrift stamps are edu
cating people, especially young peo
)ple and children, to save and to
Use money for investment Instead
FOR SLENDER
LITTLE GIRLS
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1 For the occasions that require her
{to dress-up a bit there are pretty
frocks of crepe georgette and volte
(that will make the little girl look her
fcest this summer. From her eighth
ito her fourteenth or fifteenth year she
is apt to be a very slim, long limbed
little person with a good many angles
(that are prominent and need to be
Well considered when It comes to
choosing her clothes. Since there are
'designers who specialize in clothes
for children the needs of the thin lit
tle girl and the needs of the fat little
girl have been given expert attention
—and the problems of distraught
mothers solved for them.
! Here Is a dress of fine voile shown
ion a Slim little girl of eleven that
Will bear study. It Is In two pieces—
la skirt and a long blouse, thereby dis
posing once for all of that bugbear In
(children's clothes—the waistline—by
leaving it out of the reckoning. The
skirt Is suspended from a short under
fcodice, gathered on to it and fasten
ed In the back. It Is moderately full
land has a two-inch tuck above the
That
Jackets and Skirt».
___jackets win be short rather
[than long seems to be a foregone con
clusion, judging by the South-wear
fashions, and etons and boleros are de
cidedly In evidence. Not only suits
hot dresses, too, are seen In these eton
land bolero styles, and very smart and
! youthful are these effects worn over
(blouses of crepe organdie.
I j aC ket and coat sleeves are narrow
and close-fitting and in wrist length;
iaklrts. too, are modeled with conser
Iration of material very much In mind.
Tor they are cut decidedly narrow and
italrly short, though not as short as
laorns fashionable skirts of last season.
i»The average width of modish skirts Is
[about one and one-half yards around
and the length from four to six Inches
the ground
of spending It for things they do not
really need. Lack of thrift, in this di
rection, seemed to bo almost a univer
sal falling before the war. Accumu
lating Thrift stumps is likely to es
tablish the habit of saving In young
people und children.
Work Which Only Women Can Do.
Whatever our other activities, we
must "go on with our knitting," In
a very literal sense. Sox, sweaters,
wristlets, and bands and then more
sox will be needed In far greater num
bers than ever before. Surgical dress
ing and bandages, also, must be sup
plied by the shipload, and food must
be conserved. In these affairs the
world leans on women for support. But
If each woman gives a little time sys
tematically to Red Cross work and
looks after the conservation of food In
her own home, the great total of
achievement will do the work and fill
needs depending on us. Our part Is
easy compared to that of the soldiers
and sailors. It is amazing that there
are women, with time and means at
tlieir disposal, who, because they have
no relatives In the army or navy, are
taking no Interest, much less any ac
tive part in the work to be done. They
are not worth fighting for. and should
be held up to the scorn they deserve.
Now Is the time when cold selfishness
will betray Itself.
three-inch hem. These give It a little
weight and flare at the Èottom where
It Is precisely even In length and
reaches to the knees.
It is the blouse that reveals the
cleverness of Its designer. Its body
hangs from a very short yoke, gath
ered quite full over the shoulders.
The body of the blouse Is smocked In
three rows of smocking where it joins
the shirred yoke. It is usual this sea
son to use one or more colored silks
In doing the smocking on white frocks
and these little bits of color are very
childish and pretty on dresses for all
little girls. There are two pockets at
the bottom of the blouse with smock
ing across the top and buttons that re
peat the color used in the smocking.
They are set on purely as a finish for
the blouse fastens with snap fasteners.
The collar which Is of wash satin 1»
like them in color and the sleeves are
plain—three-quarter length.
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Georgette Blouses Trimmed In Val.
"If you haven't seea the new blouses
of crepe georgette, trimmed in val
lace, you are missing something," said
a blouse buyer who has Just returned
from the Eastern markets. "They are
very enticing, and are shown In regu
lar, as well as slip-over style."
According to this same authority,
the rage for filet, both real and Imi
tation, continues, and some pretty
models are slip-overs with sailor col
lars trimmed tn filet Some of the
new georgettes have lltle collars of
white mousseline de sole, which laun
ders very satisfactorily.
The freshest prettiest of the new
blouses are of net In white and light
shades. Batiste and voile are very
popular for the high-necked ones, of
which there are a greri many shown,
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GERMANY'S PLAN
MANY AGES OLD
Spirit of Militarism and Conquest
Is as Old as Germany
Itself.
SEEK CONTROL OF WORLD
Failure Due to Fact That It Did Not
Include a Reckoning With Hu
man Nature as God
Made It.
(By HAPSBURG LIEBE of the Vig
liantes.)
The nverage man of those who
have kept up with current events dur
ing the last few- years will tell you
that Germany's colossal plan Is 40
years old. As a matter of fact, the
seeds of It were sown more than a
dozen times 41) years ago. The spirit
of militarism and conquest and niight
is-right is as old ns the Teutonic war
party, which is as old as Germany it
self. The majority of the other na
tions saw- plenty of signs of the mon
ster, for the war lords were brag
garts, and they could not refrain from
boasting of their scheme. The won
der of all is that these other nations,
(lie United States included, have not
been taking preparatory and defensive
measures for several decades.
The ultimate aim of the plan was.
f course, the complete control and
kulturizatton of the world. It was
born of brains rendered brutish
through the over and over intermarry
ing of an autocracy that was barba
rian to begin with. A little like a
moon-calf, it was at the outset, but Its
morally befuddled parents fostered it
until they actually believed It pos
sessed rare virtues ; and they Inocu
lated the people with Its germs until
the people themeslves fell for it.
Human Nature Left Out.
So far this plan has failed, however
narrowly, for the simple reason that
it did not Include a reckoning with
the hitman nature that God made. The
soldiermen of other nations are In the
long run stronger than the cast-ln-the
mold iron soldiers of Germany. It is
the thorough organization of the Ger
man armies that has been the chief
difficulty of the entente allies. Per
haps the greatest strength of the plan
itself, however, lay in the very stu
pendousness of it. Few would be
lieve that any one nation would dare
attempt to enslave the rest of the
world. Half the rest of the world does
not realize It yet. It is too big for
their imaginations. Tliefr Imagina
tions are, naturally, peace-time.
This is the main trouble with us
here in America. So many of us will
not see what we are facing or what
we are fighting fon If we (lid see, the
success of the Liberty Loan and the
Red Cross drives, the food-saving and
the fuel-saving campaigns, would be
much greater. It's of no use now to
harp that our administration leaders
should have seen the signs of the times
several years ago; It kills no German
to blame our representatives at Wash
ington for having been in the past,
not statesmen, but politicians serving
their own instead of their country's in
terests during those fat, sleepy years
before Germany pried open the gates
of Hell and loosed Its legions upon
earth. The one thing to do now Is to
*:< WORKS IN FACTORY AND $
GIVES WAGES TO POOR fa
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Pittsburgh, Pa.—Mrs. Howard
p C. McCrady, a society favorite,
jg Is doing her bit by working ten £<
hours and 45 minutes every day
for the Union Switch and Signal J
company. Every morning at
$• 6:45 Mrs. McCrady rides in her £<
!♦« big green automobile to the gar- X
p age near the plant, stables her
!♦< machine, walks into the plant,
<►* dons a uniform of khaki blouse, (•{
jgi overalls and cap and works on fa t
a lathe making cylinders for
the Liberty motors until 5:30
X each evening. The wages she »*<
'♦ 4 earns are turned over to a poor X
$ family. Mr. McCrady Is In the £<
♦I army. A
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HITS AT WARMONGERS
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Maximilian Harden Says They
Should Be Muzzled.
German Editor Finds No Justification
For Gloating Over Alleged Teu
tonic Triumphs.
London.—By reading the following
extract from a recent number of the
Zukunft, Maximilian Harden's German
newspaper, one may understand why
Herr Harden Is In constant difficulties
with the military authorities :
"After all, what special Justification
is there for the Pan-Germans and the
war at any price month heroes to gloat
over recent triumphs over the Eng
lish?
"It Is true that the U-boats have
contrived to bring it about that In an
English hotel or boarding house no
more meat Is supplied at breakfast and
that afternoon tea guests receive only
»n ounce and a half of bread or cake,
tige au old maid o t Dover, who fed
mi 1
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■ Liberty!
The Pregnant Truth,
is a great deal of truth which
we must not let go by us. Voti are apt
to push' out your chest. I know, ansi
say : "Impossible!" I.et me remind
you of the fact that the last three
years have been crowded with achieve
ments of the Impossible! Here is that
pregnant trutii: If we let Germany
win over there, Germany will carry
the conquest over here. If is a part
of her colossal plan. Else why this
elaborate spy system In America? Man,
it is a more complete organization than
our own government! If they come,
of course, we are willing to «11
country, which Is noble and brave, but
what of our womenfolk? There lies
the reddest Hell of the war, brother.
Remember the unspeakable violation
of Belgium.
And remember It, we ■uho have
not gone to France, should do our part
to plant such crops as we never be
fore planted, to support as we never
before supported such movements as
the Liberty loan and the Red Cross,
and to suppress German propaganda.
Selah, and Amen. Go to it, Amer
ican !
THE NEW RESURRECTION
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A French Poilu digging in the rear
of the lines uncovers the mutilated
figure of the Savior torn from the
cross of a wayside shrine by a Hun
shell and burled under a mass of
debris.
JAPANESE WOMEN AID RED CROSS
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Forty-two Japanese women of New York
auxiliary to help this country win the war.
have formed a Red Cross
her fourteen little dogs with milk and
biscuits, has had to atone for her
crime with a five pound note. All this,
however, does not yet spell the decay
of the British empire.
"It is time that the warmongers
were muzzled and that the authorities
once for all gave them to understand
that they are determined, whenever
the claims of any nation or group of
peoples are found to be justified, that
Germany would honestly aid them In
establishing themselves on a clean ba
sis of self-government.
"May our rulers reflect while yet
there Is time that, unless a new order
be substituted for the old one of vio
lence and force, human life will be
come Intolerable and all hopes of hu
man development will be rendered
sterile for ages to come.
"Questions of the very highest Im
port are at stake, questions that are
not concerned about securing Ger
many's world power, but that Involve
the utilization of that power In the up
building of a new, bright and joyful
human world, In which, If Its founda
tions are to stand strong for all time,
every nation, the greatest, the small
GIRLS HELP
PRANCE
Red Cross
Tale o
Worker Tells Thrilling
Experience.
ays Glowing Tribute to the Wonder
ful Spirit of the French
Soldiers.
Chicago.—Miss
of Highland Park,
ranging from seven
her experiences as a
in Franco, and gir!
t.e thrilled over her
"Once while I \va
j front lines with my
; said, "I was put in
; other machines and
j the wounded to the
ladys M. Spencer
111., told 150 girls,
teen years of age.
Red Cross worker
everywhere will
talk.
very close to tit«
ambulance," she
-liarge of several
.rdered to return
use hospitals, it
j was then that I had my first real good
opportunity to observe the wonderful
spirit of the French soldiers. They
remain quiet no matter how much
pain they are in, and there Is very lit
tle grumbling. Always you can find a
smile. And they are going t«j win the
war !"
It is difficult to realize that a tender
ly reared American girl handled her
self with so much poise In a shell-shat
tered area. The group of girls she was
addressing were preparing themselves
to face the same dangers, and thou
sands of other American girls and
women as nurses are more than doing
their bits.
"On another occasion," she con
tinued, "I drove my ambulance to a
freight house to remove some large
boxes. Only old men were left to lift
the boxes, or men Convalescing from
wounds. The boxes were too heavy
for them, so three other women and
myself pitched in and loaded the cars.
The men smiled sadly and wistfully.
"The spirit of the entire French peo
ple is sunny. They are delighted over
America, and they firmly believe that
with our help the Germans will be a
thing of the past in a very short time.''
MESSENGER WEARS SILK HAT
War Times Bring Many Quaint Char
acters Into Service in Wash
ington.
Washington.—War times and the un
precedented demand for aides for Un
cle Sam have brought many quaint
characters to Washington.
One of the quaintest guards Is seen
daily at the main door of the old land
office budding, now occupied by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder and Ill
stuff. He is n gentleman of the old
Southern school fcnd while on duty
wears a shining black silk hat of an
cient vintage. On the left lapel of his
frock coat Is a little silver badge
authority and his courtly manner as he
bids one enter the portals of the build
ing always brings a smile. On the
pay roll he Is listed as a "messenger,"
and he is the only messenger in Wash
Ington who wears a silk hut.
est—Germany as well ns all the others
—must sacrifice self to secure Its
neighbor's welfare.
"This Is the command of the hour.
Dare Germany hesitate In obeying It?"
MOTHER GIVES SIX SONS
St Louis Woman Offers Another In
stance of Sacrifice Mothers
Are Making.
St. Louis, Mo.—Another outstanding
instnnee of the sacrifice mothers are
making In the war Is shown In the an
nouncement that Mrs. Adele Wight
man of this city, has given her six
sons to Uncle Sam. Three of the boys,
Thomas J., William R. and Charles M.,
nre serving in the flying service, while
the other three, Richard M„ Joseph S.
and Paul V. have enlisted in the In
fantry.
Gives Stamps for Change.
Warren, Pa.—A landlord here has
an electric sign on his desk and when
a patron steps up to settle his bill the
sign Is flashed, "Will you take Thrift
stamns for vour ohanveî"
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APPLY A FEW' DROPS THEN LiFT
TOUCHY CORNS OFF WITH
FINGERS.
Don't hurt a bit ! Drop a litti<C
freezone on an aching com, Instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you lift
It right out. Yes, magic i
A tiny bottle of freezone costs but E
few cents at any drug store, but l#
sufficient to remove every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
and the callouses, without soreness or
Irritation.
Freezone Is the sensational discov
ery of a Cincinnati genius. It Is won
derful.—Adv.
Something Coming His Way.
Two elderly gentlemen, both decent
ly clothed in sober black, were sitting 1
side by side in n motorbus. Each was
reading a morning paper. Suddenly
one of the men uttered an exclama
tion of pleasure and the other peered
at him over his spectacles.
"I see here," explained the first,
with a beaming face, "that Mr. Grew
son, who died last wok, has left his)
entire fortune to various charitable en
terprises. This will be a surprise to
his many relatives. It Is to me— a
glad surprise, In my case, for I am tho
minister of a church to which he ha*
left $2,000."
The other man looked at the news
paper and Ids face, too, becam«
wreathed In smiles.
"Bless him!" he exclaimed heartily,
"'All to charitable Institutions, In spit»
of his relatives! Ah, sir, I like to se»
money left like that—I do, Indeed!"
"Are you also a minister?"
"No, sir; I am a lawyer."
FOODS TASTE BETTER COOKED
—TOBACCO TASTES BETTER
TOASTED
Since the day of the caveman, who
liked his meat raw, civilization haa
learned a lot about the scientific treat
ment of the things we eat.
Naturally none of ua would now
prefer to have our meat raw, our po
tatoes as they come from the ground,
our coffee unroasted.
And naturally follows the great di»
covery recently made by The Ameri
can Tobacco Ca—that tobacco tastes
better TOASTED!
This wonderful new idea—simple
like all great inventions—was first
used in producing the famous LUCKY
STRIKE Cigarette—made of toasted
Burley tobacco.
Burley has a mellow flavor, entirely
different from the tobacco usually
used for cigarettes. It is a pipe to
baccoand LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes
taste like a pipe. Adv.
Next One.
"Can you tell me why a dog lick*
your band?" "Certainly; to put on
you the stamp of his approval."
Acid Stomach, Heartburn and Nana«»
quickly disappear with the uaa of Wriqhf*
Indian Vegetable Pills. Send for trial bo*
to J72 Pearl St., New Tork. Adr.
Lots of people are Interested ln the
man whose principle Is for sale.
HOW TO AVOID *
BACKACHE AND
NERVOUSNESS
Told by Mr*. Lynch From
Own Experience.
Providence, R. I.—"I waa all run
down in health, was nervous, had head
aches, my back
ached all the timeL
I was tired and had
no ambition for any
thing. I had taken
a number of medi
cines which did m*
DO good. On* day
I read about Lydia
E. Plnkham's Vege
table Compound and
what It haa done for
women, so I tried
it My nerrousnee*
and backache and
riwmniTO Liyoia b. nunao i vege
table Compound to any woman who ta
suffering as I was."—Mrs. Adeline B.
Lynch, 100 Plain 8t, Providence, R.L
Backache and nerrouaaasa are srtnp.
torn« or nature's warnings, which by.
dleate a functional disturbance or a«
unhealthy condition which often derek
ops into a more serious aliment.
tWomen in this condition ehoold no%