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THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES
Everv Morning the Ex
press brings New York Gar
ments Our Buyer Spent
Last Week in Market.
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Each Dav sees New Gar
merits added to the showing
and All go in this Big
Sale.
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si . J. Js's
Women s and Misses' Dresses, Suits
Coats Wraps Waists
We offer amazing values, charming ready-wear for all
occasions at less than you are asked to pay anywhere you
can go.
We have made some splendid purchases from New York
makers who needed the money makers who produce the
Cream of the New Fashions. These prices are asked for
values that excel this autumn's best.
$5 Misses Skirts
$3.95
Serine and velvet combina
tion skirls for misses, regular
$5.00 vour choice SaturJav,
$3.95. "
Misses' Corduroy Skirts, $2.00.
A special lot of corduroy
skirts sold usually at $4.00 to
$5.00 for Saturday at $2.00.
Popular Prices for oods
vou'd like to wear.
Big Sale of Dresses Starts Saturday
Half Price and Less for these three hundred serge and satin, and serge and
velvet combination dresses, $15.00 to $25.00 Dresses for $10.00.
These are the most wonderful values you will see in a long time. We
bought these three hundred dresses from a high-class maker who needed
money. A ten dollar hill and one's yours.
New Sample Suits at Reduced Prices
These suits are the very la" test New York styles, nearly every suit is an
exclusive style. The big city stores would ask you from $10.06 to $25.00
more for these suits.
We bought them for spot cash at a big reduction.
$15.00 to $16.50 Suits at $11.25
18.00 to 22.50 Suits at l3.5o
25.00 to 30.00 Suits at 18.75
32.50 to 37.50 Suits at 24.37
30.50 to 45.00 Suits at 29.63
50.00 to 75.00 Suits at 37.50
Another Great Coat Day Saturday
We are betterprepared than ever with new up-to-the-minute coats at lower
prices.
New Nobby stvles for iMisses. ' '
New Nobby styles for Little Women.
New Nobby styles for Women.
$ 7.50 to S 10.00 Coats at 5.50
12.50 to 15.00 Coats at. 10.00
18.00 to 20.00 Coats at 15. 00
22.5o to 25.00 Coats at 18.00
27.50 to 35.00 Coats at. 25.00
All are the Latest New York Styles.
Afternoon and Dinner Dresses at Big Reductions
Crepe Meteor, Crepe de Cygue and Charmeuse Dresses, combined with
lace, chiffon and velvet.
$25.00 to $32.50 Dresses at $18.75
39.50 to 50.00 Dresses at 29.63
Prices are right.
Crepe De Cygue and Satin Waists for $5
A great collection of fine Waists in all sizes and colors, regular $6.00 to
$7.5o values, choice $5.00.
$4.00 Crepe De Cygue Waists, S2.00
Just arrived, a big shipment of fine silk waists, sold regular at $4.00, on
;nle during Ridv-tn-Vp.nr wpk. at S?.0O.
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Big Lot of
Children's Coats
Choice $5.00
Fine ' warm coats in the
latest styles, regular $6.00 to
$8.5o values, choice for Satur
day, $5.00.
Children's Wool Dresses.
Choice $5.00.
Latest New York styles in
wool dresses, all sizes, regular
$5.5o to $7.5o values, choice
$5.oo.
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Farming . j Stock Raismg j GardleMinig
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f armer With Cheap Automobile
Ahead of Rural Schools in South
r.e farmer with a heaj automo-
! An lias more in f sttd in th:t one
!MA-e ot" mtchaniMii than the average
i iiral coinnumity a.s a liole has in
:t.-- cluol plant; and ill-.- owner ot th
auto frejuently rpeiuls as much on
i!o- upkeep of one ear as the com
munity tpeiuls for the total inainten-
ar.ee of the ehool. iuehrlint; the
t- aelier's silary. This is one of a
runit-er of 'iL.ni.i ant comparisons
rouiJit out iy the Hon. W. V. FeaKin.
.-tate fuperintenilent of tldueation
l r A!!'.im', in a Mirvey reprtei to
tae fniteil Slat !urean of cluea
i:on. T illustrate I'urther th I'lirht of
the sehools, Snpt. 1 ViiKili sliows a
.lilapiuati d rural rhol in contrast,
v-ith the l.e.n,Isomely evnstruetel jail
n th- ;n eonnuv. eostinjj .-ecral
thousand d. liars. V-This j-xU," he
mjs, lu.s .mitary lirinkini; fiinn
tains, .Niu'.vcr laths. clean tloori;,
plenty 'i lli;ht. otnl ventilation, ami
is otherwise attra tive. t'ould a p-r-m
from the district in which this
school is located i-e Maiiivd. for pre
ferring the j..il?"
Xaturitlly cii:i!Ury schools make
little appetl either to pupils or teach
er?, under t-xistm.t: eonditions. Pupils
drop out and teachers move, out of
.'.4-pupils uterine the hrst :;rale
in the sehools i!-.sj ted in the Ala
Lama survey onli ' completed the
vork of the fourth year of the hl.h
school. Of the teaehers. To per cent
are holding their present positions for
the irst time, uf the remainder Is
per v ent are tea hinu their second
M'??it"!i in their : i r-t school, and only
I' per cent have stayed more th.-in
two years in the sarce plaee.
The Alai.ama sur"ey was an at
tempt to prvide a di tinite hack
ground on facts on .hih to has a
ia,mpaien for Improvement. The -on-
courthouso and jail together wan
greater than that of all the school
house, while in a. majority of the
counties the average annual salary vd
the teacher was less than the cost of
feeding a prisoner In jail.
'This Alabama 5urvey is conspic
uous heeaiise it is a. carefully drawn
picture or" the traditional puhlic in-
difl'erence to the: proMem of atlniuatu
support for schools in rural com
munities We still spend much more
for lr.x. s - even harmful luxuries'
than we do for edducatlon. I'ntil a
eommunuity spends at least as much
for education as it does for any one
of the material necessities of lift
food, clothing, and shelter It is not
doinc its full duty."
trolling purpose of the investigation
theory, hut to find out t'ca truth. The
.-jrvey was rud made ly outside spec
ialists imported for the .ccasion. hut
i'.v regular othcials of the state edu
cation department, who selected three
typical counties and personally visited
the s.hools. The results will l.e u d j
for detinite improemcnt in the J
- hooj.s of the St. He. j
"The condition found are hy r.o j
mean peul:ar to Arma." dclarsj
I r. C'laxton. I. S. omtiilsi(uier of
lucation. 'The. can 1-e duplieutcd
anywhere in Tennessee a few ;iis;
-o, for instaru e. in-u:r rev ealed tliatj
In several counties the m-'t of thej
unuty j.ill was greater than the total
eost of ;11 the s iiod louses in the
county, and in mre than hr!f th.e
counties of the stato the ion of
l'l.KAsrm: or having; i vx-
as a M:i;iiiiou.
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In Hie current issue of Farm and
I 'i reside appears an editorial showing'
what we Americans ouht to be
thankful for in the present crisis. Fol
lowing is an extract:
"On our north lies Canada, a peo
ple like ourselves, peaceful, friendly,
no less our fellows than are our
Methren of our sister states. We may
well he thankful for the fact that
along1 the great frontier from Maine
to Ihiget sound we are in need of
not st single fort or a single soldier.
"No Kuropenn nation has such
splendid neighbors as are the Canad
ians tv us.
"On the south we have Mexico, tur
bulent. trn by revolution, and after
a eatious and undesirable neighbor.
IJut we may well render thanks that
by patient forbearance we have put
aside the danger of embroilment in
war with Mexico. We pity the .Mex
ican people, and hope that they may
set their feet now on the ladder which
b ids upward to the level cf peace
and stability and prosperity which we
have gained.
"We should be glad that our gov
ernment has so acted that wo are free
from war with Mexico at this time
fspecialy. Otherwise we should he
In greater danger than now of ?eing
drawn into the awful vortex of the
world war. Were we now at war
Mexico might easily be encroached
upon by some of the warring nations.
Mexico might he able to make an al
liaiice with one of them. our po
ssesMon in the paeitle miicht at
tacked. We rhouldl thank tJod for
FARM HOME IMPROVEMENTS
nv i. hascom.
Municipal and Sanitary Engineer, Extension Division. University of Wis
consin, in Tho Gleaner and Uusiness Farmer.
pea' e with Mexico."
TRY NEWS-TIMES WANT ADS
The subject of mechanical house
hold equipment has been until recent
years very sadly neglected. This is
quite evident when one visits the aver
age farm home where a.s yet the mod
ern equipment is lacking and the
same general line of household con
veniences which grandmother used are
still in service. The average farmer's
wife uses the same old churn, the
same old broom, dust pan. mop. cook
stove, and wheezy pump which the
srandfolks used. The only marked
improvement which one can note as
generally adopted is in the slight
changes in types of utensils.
Compare this with the general adop
tion of farm equipment. What farmer
now cradles oats with the old-fashioned
cradle? Many never raw one. How
many farmers are there w ho still mow
the hay with the old scythe. In place
of equipment used by grandfather
there is practically an entire new held
of labor saving devices. There are
available the same line of labor saving
devices for the mother in the home;
and to the man on the fence It would
appear to be poor economy to pass
such equipment by. especially since the
commissary department maintains a
position of vital importance on the
farm.
The retired farmer who moves "to
town" does so usually because his wife
is worn out and must have rest which
is made possible by the convenience of
public utilities such as water gas, elec
tric lights, sewage disposal, good
roads. ev. How much better off he
would be at home if lie could be in
duced to install these conveniences
on the farm and join hands with the
neighbors in promoting such improve
ments as tend to keep men on the
farm.
The work of the farmer's wife can
be changed from drudgery to real
pleasure by adopting up-to-date equip
ment, and savings can be effected
which will more than pay for the en
tiro cost. It is estimated by govern
ment experts that the average farm
er's wife lifts more than a ton of
water per day! The most conserva
tie figures will show that the cost of
this wasted energy would pay for a
complete water works system in less
than live years and carry the interest
on the investment.
The installation of a safe system of
sewage disposal will in many, cases he
Paid for directly in reduced doctor's
bills and loss of time" on account rf
Illness. A good heating system will
heat the average house at a cost which
is less than one-half the cost of heat
ing with stoves.
A little sprinkling in the garden at
the right time may easily save a hun
dred dollars' loss, and a garden hose
with only a fair water pressure avail
able will usually save hisses which
would pay for the water works system
many times over. Further, the water
works system can very easily be de
signed so as to permit the installation
of an automatic sprinkler system
which will practically eliminate lire?.
This one feature of tire prevention is
alone of sutlicient economic import
ance to warrant the adoption of the
equipment needed to avoid such
losses.
Lamps, lanterns, candles, etc.. are
the cause of most country tires. These
could be practically eliminated by the
installation of a small cooperative elec
tric lighting system in the neighbor
hood and light made available at a
rate cheaper than by using kerosene
lamps.
There are other considerations
whiehjrove the economic importance
of household equipment, among them
the following: Time saved in the house
could be profitably spent in the gar
din or with poultry or bees, and would
introduee the mm h needed change of
interest and fresh air needed to bring
health and rvereation to the tired
mother. -Th servant girl problem is
very materially bettered if not alto
gether solved. There is little wonder
girls won't go to work on farms, when
forced to live in uncomfortable homes,
and work with poor equipment. Few
girls were ever lured away from the
city by pictures of a week-end bath
in .a wash tub.
In some cases the power equipment
needed for milking machines, cream
separators, feed grinders, and other
farm machinery can be used in the
supply of power for the household and
thus serve a double duty. In fact it
should be understood by the fanner
that a eomprehensive plan of the en
tire mechanical equipment should be
worked out for each farm so that
wasteful duplicatons and xpensive.
changes mav be avoided. These are
problems which call for th services
of an engineer. The farmer cannot
afford to economize by designing hi
own power plant and sanitary equip
ment. A farmer can no more be ex
pected to be an expert on farm ma
chinery than ean a mechanical en
gineer t expected to judge live stock.
If we estimate the cost of such im
provements us plumbing, heating
plant, water supply and sewage dis
posal system at the average of $1,000,
we must show that the value of these
improvements based on interest at six
per cent must be at least $G('. annual
ly to justify their adoption, when con
sidered simply on the dollars and cents
basis. This certainly is true of most
farm houses. The farmer who can
thus save $Z per month by installing
these improvements is justified in go
ing into debt for them. The banker
who is in business to help the farming
community can well afford to lend
I money on such equipment a.s on farm
i implements, and should encourage
such loans. Farmers, nationally, carry
a debt of only about 15 per cent of
the value of their farms, and can bor
row money on at least 40 per cent of
the value of the property.
This, in view of the fact that many
farmers are paying for their farms in
seven to eight years allows no excuse
for not furnishing the farm home with
the more modern conveniences. The
man who is not convinced of this fact
should trade places with his wife for
six months, and keep accurate account
of the time lost in carrying water,
cleaning lamps, throwing cut slops,
building stove tires, etc. At the same
time note the saving on doctors' hills.
The result of such an investigation
would be a.s revolutionary as has been
the adoption of the modern farm implements.
Three Experts are Announced for
Federal Children's Bureau Staff Q
COOKED FOOD FOR STOCK
GREAT AID TO FARMERS
There have been a grtat many
theories advanced a.s to whether cook
ed food is or is not better than raw
food for stock, and yet. after all is
said and done, it seems to m that the
actual experience, of those farmers
who h ive tried both methods should
help u more readily to solve this very
important problem.
Scientists have written a great deal
on the subject of toxins, but this is
only the medical term for poison and
refers usually to the poisons found in
the stomach or digestive system of
human beings and animals. Those
poisons formed it? the stomach and
directly the result of indigestion are
called auto-toxins or stomach poisons.
Poisons which form in the stomach
from undigested food cause ulcers in
human being's. They first take the
form of cankers in the in )uth, but
similar ulcers and sores would be
found in the stomach. Hog: that die
from cholera, are found to be a mass
of ulc-rs and sores throughout the
stomach and intestines which would
indicate a toxin poison.
It is undoubtedly true that proper
feeding would creatly help in the
elimination of diseases to which hogs
are subject. From a gi-at many let
ters quoted by the meaner and "Busi
ness Fmner, from farmers in various
sections of the country. It appears that
Announcement has just been made
of the appointment of three experts
on the staff of the children's bureau
of the department of labor, with
which Congressman liarnhart of this
district had much to do in establish
ing. They are designated a.s expert
on sanitation, statistical expert, and
social service expert, and are to have,
charge, of divisions in the bureau
working along these various lines.
The expert on sanitation. Dr. Grace
L. Meigs, is a native of Illinois, a
graduate of Hryn Maur college and
of Hush medical school (University
of Chicago), and has done post-graduate
work in foreign hospitals under
such children's specialists as Prof. V.
Pirquet of Vienna, Prof. Finkelstcin
of Berlin, and Prof. V. Bokay of
Dudapest. Dr. Meigs comes to the
children's bureau from Cook county
hospital of Chicago, where she has
been an attending physician in chil
dren's diseases, .''the will act in a gen
eral advisory capacity to the bureau
In matters of child health and hy
giene. Frank S. Drown, the now statistical
expert, a graduate of Dartmouth col
lege, has been connected sinee 1 : o 4
with the Massachusetts bureau of sta
tistics, having been for the last five
years chief statistician and in charge
the hog raiser owes it to himself to
give very careful consideration to the
feeding of cooked as well as raw feed,
to hogs. I
One of thee letters was from Hugh '
V. Mason of Ulchmond. Ky., in which i
he said: "My cooker is very satisfac- '
tory for cooking feed and slop for
hogs. I lind that-hogs fed cooked
feed and Plop keep in better health.
Last winter my hogs became out of
condition, and as I had had cholera
the winter before I thought I was in
bad. I bought a cooker at once and
began to cook slop and never lost a
hog."
Another one of these letters was
from Marion Thralls of Vermilion. 111..
who said: "I am very well pleased
with the cooker and the good condi
tion of my hogs I believe is due largely
to the use of cooked feed. I have had
no cholera on the place although
some of my neighbors lost all of their
hogs last winter."
The advantages of o.Hjking stock
feed may be summed up as follows:
Increased pal.ttibility ; increased hulk;
partial digestion; elimnates germs;
fattens faster; eliminates worms; pre
vents disease a Pal makes a bushel of
any grain or vegetables, farther.
of all the Massachusetts bureau's ac
tivities in the field of labor, lie is a
member of the Americ an statistic a 1
association, the American Association
for LaLor legislation, the American
Keonomie association, and the lnti
national Association on Unemploy
ment His work in the Children s
bureau will i.e. to take charge of th-
tabulation of material gather d ia
the various held inquiries of the bu
reau, and in part to-do the prelimin
ary work in the preparation of sp.h
Held studies. Thus his imTneliat.
work will be to determine upon -a.
series of localities in which the in
quiry into infant mortlaity will
carried forward and to precede tic
bureau's held agents in such b" al.
ties with a statement of the p irp.s
of the inquiry.
Mi sss Hmma . Lundbcrg, the new ly
appointed social service expert. -
a graduate of the University of Wis
consin and is especially well iju.ilili 1
to take up. this phase of the iurcai4
work, through courses in child prob
lems ;it the New York school of phi.
anthropy and 'the Chicago s j-o q ;
civics and philanthropy, and by res
idence in various .. ;.-ii settlements
D'nison House in Boston, the cI
bpe settlement in New York. and
Chicago Commons in ChhMgo in ad
dition to professorial rk in thi
field. She bus dore organized charitv
work in Chicago and Milwaukee and
since lylo has taken an active part
In social and reformats e wt.rk in th-
state of Wisconsin. jn 1 1 J she wa
made a deputy of the Wisconsin In
dustrial commission, making special
investigations of child la' or.
The nw experts are all y.ung peo
ple, exceptionally well trained in their
respective fields of economics, socio
logy, and medicine, and eager to plac
their services in work for chihlrden
at the disposal of the U. S. govern
ment. They were all -ured by thi
civil service commission through thp
arnina
of recur-
method of nn-assenf'ded
tions. This method consists
ing statements regarding education,
experience, and general btness for the
work, made -.y the applicant at home
or wherever may be most convenicr-T,
corroborated by references "u ho,
communications to the nnr.miu!uii
are conhdeiitiul. i"th staUmenis. and
reference ! ing mailed to the offc
of the coininivsion m Washington,
wheie the rjiting is done. This typ"
of examination for hilh-grade posi
tions requiring technical experience
are provt d afility has been admirable
effective, se curing for the go eminent
in the nc! r.oiiiK :il and satisfac
tory way a hne tpe of trained people
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