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Till-: CKMXA DKMOCnAT. CHMXA. OHIO OVER By An American Soldier Who Went THE TOP" Guy Empey Machine Gunner, Serving in France Copjnrlfhl 1117, by Arthur On; Rmp7 CHAPTER ;XV Continued. 24 When we took over tlio front line wo received im nwful shock. The Germans dlsplnyed signboard ovpr tho top of their trench showing the names thnt we hud culled their trenches. The SKns rend "Fair." "Fact," "Fate," und "Fancy," nnd ho on, according to tho code names on our miiii. Then to rub It In, they hoisted Home more signs which mid, "Conio on, we are ready, stupid Kng llsh." It Is still n mystery to mo how thny obtiilncd this knowledge. There had been no raids or prisoners taken, wo It must hnve been the work of spies In our own lines. Threo or four dnys befnro the big push we tried to shutter Fritz's nerve by feint uttneks, and purtlully suc ceeded ns the ofllclal reports of July ! show. Although we were constantly bom barding their lines day and night, still we fooled the Germans several times. This was accomplished by throwing an Intense barrage Into his lines then using smoke shells we would put a curtain of white smoke across No Man's I,nnd, completely obstructing his view of our trenches, anil would raise our curtain of tire as if in an nctual attack. All down our trenches the men would shout and cheer, and Fritz would turn loose with machine-gun. rifle, mill shrupnel Ore, thinking we were com Ing over. After three or four of these dummy attacks Ms nerves must have been near the breaking point. On June 24, 1910, at 0:40 In the morning our guns opened up, and hell was let loose. The din was terrific, n constant bonm-bnom-boom In your ear. At night the sky was u red glare. Our bombardment bad lusted about two hours when Fritz started reply lug. Although we were sending over ten shells to bis one, our casualties j were heavy. There wan a constant i stream of strctxhers coming out of the communication trenches und buriul parlies were a common sight. In the dugouts the noise of the guns almost hurt. You had the same sensa tion ns when riding on the subway you outer the tube under the river going to Drooklyn a sort of pressure on the ear drums, und the ground constantly trembling. The roads behind the trenches were very dangerous because Iloehe shrap nel was constantly bursting over them. We avoided these dangerous spots by crossing through open He Ids. The destruction in the German lines was awful and I really felt sorry for them because I realized how tlicy must be clic king It. From our front-line trench, every now vnd ngaln, we could hear sharp whistle blasts In the German trendies. These blasts were the signals for stretcher bearers, and meant the wounding or killing of some German In the service of his fatherland. Atwell and I bad a tough time of It, patrolling the different trenches at night, but after awhile got used to It. My old outfit, the machine gun com pany, was stationed In huge elephant dugouts about four hundred yards be hind the rront-une trencn tney were in reserve. Occasionally I would stop lu their dugout nnd have n confab with my former mates. Although we tried to be Jolly, still, there was a lurking feeling of Impending disaster. Each man was wondering, If, after the slogan, "Over the top with the best of luck," had been sounded, would he still he alive or would ne ne lying "some where In France." In an old dilapidated house, the walls of which were scarred with machine-gun bullets. No. 3 sec tion of the machine gun company had Its quarters. Tho company's cooks pre pared tho meals In this billet. On the fifth evening of the bombardment a German eight-Inch shell registered n direct hit on the billet and wiped out ten men who were asleep In the sup posedly bomb-proof cellar. They were burled the next day und I attended the funeral. On the afternoon of the eighth day of our "strnfolng," Atwell nnd I wero sit' ting In tho front-line trench smoking fags and making out our reports of the previous night's tour of the trenches, vhleh we had to turn In to headquar ters dm following day, when an order was passed down tho trench that Old Pepper requested twenty volunteers to go over on a trench raid that night to try nnd get u few Gorman prisoners for Information purposes. I Immediately volunteered for this Job, nnd shook bands with Atwell, and went to the rear to give my name to the ofllcers In chnrgo of the raiding pnrty. I was accepted, worse 'tick. At 0:45 that night we reported to the brigade headquarters dugout to receive Instructions from Old I'epper. After rcuehlng this dugout we lined up In a semicircle around him, and he addressed us as follows: "All I wnnt you boys to do Is to go over to the German Hues tonight, sur prise them, secure a couple of prison ers, nnd return Immediately. Our ar tillery has bombarded that section of the line for two dnys and personally I believe that that part of the German trench Is unoccupied, so Just get a cou ple of prisoners nnd return us quickly as pos.ilble." The sergeant on my right, In an un dertone, whispered to me: "Hay, Yank, how me ne go'ng to get a couple nf prisoners if the old fool "A ,! ' f I , 4" l .IS? 4 , i t H. 4 U " w v Mi v prisoners and If I get them I have a way which will make them divulge all necessary Information as to their guns. You have your choice of two weapons you may carry your 'per minders' or your knuckle knives, and ench man will arm himself with four Mills bombs, these to bo used only In case of emergency." A persuader Is Tommy's nickname for a club carried by the bombers. It Is about two feet long, thin nt one end and very thick ut tho other. The thick end Is studded with Rharp steel spikes, while through tho center of tho club there Is n nine-Inch lead bar, to give It weight and balance. When you get a prisoner all you hnve to do Is Jnst slick this club up In front of him, nnd believe me, the prisoner's patriotism for "Deutsehlnnd ueber Alles" fades away and he very willingly obeys the orders of his captor. If, however, the prisoner gets high-toned and refuses to follow you, simply "persuade" hlin by first removing his tin hat, nnd then well, ho use of the lead weight In the persuader Is demonstrated, and Tom my looks for another prisoner. The knuckle knife is a dagger affair, the blade of which Is about eight Inches long with n henvy steel guard over tho grip. This guard Is studded with steel projections. At night In a trench, which Is only about three to four feet wide, It makes a very handy weapon. One 'punch In the face gen erally shatters a man's Jaw and you in get him with the knife us he goes down. Tin n we bad what we called our ! "com.-alongs." These are strands of! CONSTANT FIGHT WITH FLIES barbed wire about three feet long. front of you, or tvetwrfn )u i io German linen, yon are safe from detro tlou, as tho fnemy cannot kie yoo through Mi bright curtain of light. Hut If It fall behind jrou and, ns Tom my aaya, "you get In tho Htur shell cone," then the fun twgios; you hart to lie flat on your utonnu li and remuln absolutely motionless until the light of tho ahcll dies out. This tukes any where from forty to aevetity seconds. If you haven't time to fall to tha ground you must remain nbwilutely still In whatever position you were la when tho light exploded; It Is od vis able not to brenthe, as Fritz has no eye like nn i ngle when he thinks you are knocking ut bis door. When a star shell Is burning In Tommy's reur be cun hold his breath for a week. You blacken your face and hands so that the light from the star shells will not rellect on your iale face. In a trench raid there Is quite sufficient reason for your face to be pale. If you don't believe me, try It Just once. Then another reason for blackening your face und hands Is that, after you have entered the German trench at night, "white face" menus Gerinanx, ','black face" F.ngllsh. Coming around a traverse you see n white fare In front of you. With a prayer end wish ing Fritz "the best o' lurk," you Intro duce him to your "persuader" or knuckle knife. A little Infer we arrived nt the com munication trench nnmed Whisky street, which led to the fire trench at the point wo were to go over the top and out In front. In our rear were four stretcher bear ers and a corporal of the It. A. M. C. carrying a pouch containing medicines nnd first-aid appliances. Kind of a grim reminder to us that our expedi tion was not going to be exnctly a pic nic. The order of things was reversed. In civilian life the doctors geaerull7 i come first, with the undertakers tug- I glng In the rear und then the Insur- i ance man, but In our case, the under takers were leading, with the doctor! ' trailing behind, minus the Insurance 1 adjuster. (TO BE CONTINUED.) War "Block Parties" All the Rage in Gotham RIX'K.N'TLY fhere has ituept tlough the city or New York und u'-rosx th river Into Hrooklyn and down ulong tint neighboring towns of l.oiig l-lnnj a kind of wurtlme eiiti rtuliimcnt called a bloek party. A block parly Is one ti here the neighbors, especially t!:o people belonging to that particular street which Is to hold the festivity, give a party ulong a speeilll Mock In their liiimedlulo vicinity. The Ktn-et Is roped off for the en tertainment. Usually there Is a pr cession first; sometimes persons dressed to Impersonate lenders for lib erty ride truck horses. These, truck burses ure .gayly decorated, and If skillfully ridden and Judiciously stirred up with a spur present quite a creditable Imitation of war chargers bent on carrying di-atli and ibvtnu il.iii to tlii" enemy. 'flic big event of a bloek party Is the raising of a service II. while th be ham plays "Over There" nnd the crowd cheers. I!ut though this Is the main event of the evening. 'Hie Star-Spangled r.uiiier ' i played first while the ting Is raised and the p!e Maud at atleii- Mnii. Then follow the iiatioriul anthem of the allied power w hile their Hags lire r ilsed to -.vuve over the street. The block Is gayly decorated with bunting of nil colors with linle fl; ;- of all the allies with colored lights nnd lanterns anil stretmier- nf ribbons. Alter Hie cert ninny of the raising of the Hags N over a ilue'e takes pl.iee. The couples dance In the center of the street, for which they ;ue i barged a sii.nli sum. mil this inotu y is contributed to various wnrtitoe activities, s.n h Ms the smoke fund f ' r file I nys abrond, thr lied Truss nnd the Y. M. C. A. Tin c.vpci !'; Tlere 1 not much p-i;sc. I'ceple contribute pretty liberally to tlie.-e war block parties in the w.-iy of w.,rl; and imitor al. The i.efijal money xpmsc Is paid from the receipts from the d.iiic'Ti. Tin v.irloiis war activities get pretty i.iueh nil of the money taken in. ! mm ML Illicit MmtutL. HOW MRS, BOYD AVOIDED Afl OPERATION Canton, Ohio. -"I suffered from female trouble which caused ne much suffering-, and two doctora decided that I would have to go through an operation before I could get welL "My mother, who find been helped by LyUiaE. Pinkbam'a Vegetable Com pour.;!, advised rr.e to try it before sub mitting to an opera tion. It relieved me from mv troubk-a bo I can do my houee work without any difficulty. I advise any woman who is afiMcteu with female troubles to give Lydia E. Finkham'a Vegetable Com pound a trial end it w:!l da as much for thtm." f.Irs. Marir Loyd, 141 lib St, K. E., Canton, Ohio. Fonetimea thera are eerlons condi tions where a hospital operation 3 the cn!y alternative, but on the other hand so many women nave been ercred by thi f r.mou3 root and herb remedy, Lyoia E. Hnkham's Vegetable Compound, aftei docti rs have said that an operation was necesshry every woman who wsnti to avoid nn operation should give it fair trial before .subaiiuiiig to s-ch i tryir. ordeal. "if complications exist, wnte to Lyuil E. I'inkhara Meuicine (.'o., Lynn. Mass., for advice. The result of many jear experience is at your service. "Water Everywhere and Mot a Drop to Drink" KTI.c.JT. ttie Mini! Wayne cmmiy house ;it i;!o! w:i.vl:re:s. Tr.ivelers siill s ir a nlLlil s loilmu'. I 1 1 r th U3 Receiving First Aid. CHAPTER XXVI. All Quiet (T) on the Western Front At brigade headquarters I huppened to overhear a conversation between our O. O. C. (general officer commanding) and the divisional commander. From this conversation I learned that we were to bombard the German lines for .eight days, and on the first of July the lg push" was to commence. In a few days orders were Issued to that effect, and It was commie prop erty nil along the line. Blouses and Collars. Fichus are used on many dinner dresses nnd a number of black satin dresses are made with white georgette crepe or chiffon aprons. Many of the blouses are long and some are draped around the hips and tied at one side. Many of them are very long, with tu nics which are almost ns long as the underskirt, and cut just alike back and front, except for a vest in front. Very high collars, which are worn doubled over about the throat, have never been more in vogue; they are sometimes School Girl's Fashions. Even since the days when al! tho youngsters wore "Peter Thompsons," the popularity of this loose blouse In all Its variations has never waned. Not only does It appear in serge, khaki and other heavy materials, but In silk and vollo and cotton, too. Seldom, perhaps, does It now boast a real sail or collar and voluminous tie; more often It Is rolled up at the bottom, has long, tight sleeves adorned with but tons at the cuff, and having a little design In embroidery at the low open-1 thinks 'personally that that part of the trench is unoccupied,' sruiuds kind of lishy, doesn't it mate?" I had a funny sinking sensation In my stomach, and my tin hat felt as if It weighed about a ton and my enthusi asm was melting away. Old I'epper must have heard the sergeant spenk because he turned In his direction nnd In a thundering voice asked : "What did you say?" The sergeant with a scarlet look on his face and his knees trembling. smartly saluted and rnswercd "Nothing, sir." Old I'epper said : "Well, don't say It sc loudly the next time." Then Old I'epper continued: "In this section of the German trenches there are two or three ma chine guns which our artillery. In the last two or three days, has been un able to tape. These guns command the sector where two of our communica tion trenches Join the front line, and as the brigade Is to go over the top to morrow morning I want to capture two or three men from these guns' crews, and from them I may be able to obtain valuable Information (is to the exact location of the guns, and our artillery will therefore be able to demolish them before the attack, and thus prevent our losing a lot of men while using these communication trenches to bring up re-enforcements." These were the instructions he gave us: "Take off your Identification disks, strip your uniforms of nil numerals. Insignia, etc., leave your papers with your captains, because I don't want the Boches to know what regiments are against them as this would be valuable information to them In our attack to morrow and I don't want any of you to be tnken alive I made Into n noose at one end; at the I oilier end, the barbs are cut off and i lomniy slips his wrist through a loop to get a good grip on the wire. If the I prisoner wants to argue the point, why j Just place the iarge loop around bis i neck and no matter if Tommy wishes to return to ills trenches at the walk, trot, or gallop, Fritz is perfectly agree able to maintain Tommy's rate of speed. I We were ordered to black our faces i and hands. For this reason; At night. tlio i.ngiisn nnd Hermans use what i j they cull star shells, a sort of rocket : affair. They are tired from a Inrge I pistol about twenty inches long, which is held over the sandbag parapet of the : I reach, and discharged into the air. j-Ihese star shells attain a height of i about sixty feet, and a range of from ! f fty to seventy-five yards. When they I hit the ground they explode, throwing : out a strong calcium light which lights I up the ground la a circle of a radius of between ten to fifteen yards. They also have a parachute star shell which, after reaching a height of about sixty feet, explodes. A parachute unfolds and slowly floats to the ground, light ing up n largo circle In No Man's Land, ine official name of the star shell Is a "Very-light." Very-lights are used to prevent night surprise attacks on the trenches. If a star shell falls in Camera Men Bothered With the Pests, Which Persist in Circling in Front of the Lens. Flies give the technical department of the movie companies some of their j hardest battles, writes Itohert Wagner in the Saturday Evening Post. Flies are worse camera hogs than actors; they wouldn't be so bad If they'd stay at the table and eat, but between j courses they up nnd fly la droves all round the camera. Just to be In the close-ups, and when they pass direct ly in front of the lens they take on tlio proportions of buzzards. When we stage n banquet scene It Is a banquet not pasteboard eats, such as they have on the stage, hut the real Peruvian doughnuts. And when one of these great open-nlr feasts for, alus, our banquet halls ire usually shy two or more walls Is announced and the diners sit down ti their happy feed they soon discover that every fly from us far north ns Inyo county is also In attendance. As wicked us It seems to use poison gases nt a banquet, we often have to do it Just to keep the files out of our artistic ointment. It wis because these creatures liked burnt sugar so much that we had to give up thnt sticky camouflage for our strong waters; our Martinis are now drier than every. -C-J JAKE AX.in lecllne in Hie nt' ;h:it every wj tiio .'leeiiill'! : piece t Pieliiliiiiori pure tramp ol.jo: lor inns of Me :vr upp'.vlng o In- shunned, till fmtl.cr thiniii is to more tli.-:n ternally. The ' iier iiL'enr.es. Ill 'tilt', there weri hut the :;vei!iL'e now : "H is not only th reports : jrront decrease in .;oo nt F.lois ... .I, ::, hroke and , professional trump ha. eeaed tn be. We.iry Willie with hi- tomato ' can and c":it of imir.y patches mi . longer !i:i'!lcs the highway of broil , Ids pllfcr. i! ehi.ken over nn op-n firn in the corner of some p.i.sturi' l:md.' A few eas; ::;n :is many us hi) ' It d:iv have M..pj d al Ivioise for sap- per and a night's ln!','in?. Often thev returned every week niter a , ireuit of the in L'bboring towns. I ''h en water has frightened th : tramps away. Water to haiho in und ' water to driik explain Kloiso's rapid visitors. When the county board de-reed food and a bed must take a hath, Kloise d the ranks. The only thing your i rnimi e p.t. r taken extern !y Is water taken in- I BoysanHuiri$4. 1 wicuiicural (jcttlie Genuine C-A sy os."jr in tvery take I Stop Losing Calves I You can Stamp Abortion Out j of YOUR HERD and Keep It Gill r- the ns of 'work er fight" ruling has completed the work begun by thi J" -f DR. DAVID ROBERTS' "Anti-Abortion" "We tllieriiiteiidenr. nn id ii. any of these a times." Fur th.' fir-t turn house shows a l.alaii more i ban l.Tuo wayfarers not tie ire than VI n month, tramps who have forsaken taken care of F.lolse, have very few cases of s regular visitors. One tls. alcohol ism. man had be say .1. J . Marker. We Used .'o have R I'll received here ."I in some years the yearly n port of the Vlflv instead of a deficit, ihsope the f.-icf fl,:if i 01 snppoi nog eacn imiia'c nas 'mTe:;s,.il f,.m tll 71 Col year. :n'y the ilniltf ce.nts within tin) "Anguish Squad" Thinks Sherman Wit It Right Small 3nrn& r.ail Applied Sure Reuilta. I &ed ftutctrbfrlully for 30 years. Ci.iiult Db. DAVID ROBERTS Nii., aooul all iimial ailments. In- -" Inrmalion irr. Send fur FHEfi enpy of "The Cattle Specialist" wiih full in for m i'.ion mi Ab-inio.i in (.,. iK. PAV1D ROBKRTS VErtHINAlU 100 CranJ Ave. Wtuiesha. Woe. To Come Later. Patience N that yo;ng man I saw I'eggv with today the one she's engaged to? Patrice I guess mi. Paiienci P.nt w hy isn't he fighting? Pat rici' oh. dear; they're not mar ried yet. Yon' ers Statesman. rwors'n v. out . all others of r-J were issued recent I j fr.m division hes.t.e.tia'-.ers . t .. r.': r. . . , l-. . . ... hi- riiieenin oivision won h 1... r..miir..,l 1.. .1..-. hours u il.-iy to equitation or the practice of horsonianshm To the Beware of Losing Time. I:'s bard to make up lost time. Folks lose time when they are thought less, young and foolish. Some never ret past this t-tage. They seem never to realize that every day has Its own tasks nnd hnndicaps. Going back adds to this past drawbacks plus Interest. Some things car. never be tnnde up. Learn the way of Indolence nnd Irre sponsibility and no amount of lec turing will help you overcome It. Grow away from the study habit and It's next to Impossible to regain it It takes heroic measures for old folks to do what their youth has left undone. So now's your time. If you're among the old folks, make the best of It. If you belong to the young nnd highly fa vored youth of today begin laying foundations big enough to carry the weight of a great future. Pennsyl vania Grit. Evidently He Was Not. James and John were twins and In separable. James, who was rather sickly, was especially dependent upon his stronger brother and cried when ever the latter was out of his sight, One day John woke early from their dally nap and came (Sowustalrs. Later, when James awoke and found himself nlone, he cried lustily. John heard him and, stepping to the stairway, he called In the most sympathetic elder brother tone: "What's the matter, Jamie? Ain't I up there?" Is Anyone Old In New York? In Iiruee Barton's novel, "The Mak ing of George Groton," the author says: "Xo one Is old In New York. They drain in every year from all parts of the country millions of men, young and vibrant. They stay nnd work, nnd grow Into middle age; nnd then suddenly they vanish. One may walk for blocks on Fifth avenue or Broadway and hardly see anyone over fifty. Where do they go to? No one seems ever to die; no funerals clog the traffic. There are plenty of fu nerals, of course, but you don't notice them as you do in a little town. I have wandered for hours In the big woods, wondering where the birds go when they die; id never yet have I run across the body of a dead bird. What becomes of old birds? What be comes of old New Yorkers? These are twin mysteries to me. I cannot unravel them." that te two many of Gold In the Arctic? There Is believed to be an abundance of gold In the Arctic, but except on the Yukon, nnd to a lesser extent within Arctic Siberia, It hns not yet been ex- What I want Is two plolted to any appreciable extent Strange Trades. Some curious trades may be found In the vacant situations column of our dally paper. "Consol Operntors" are not, as you might think, something on the stock exchange; they operate in leather on a boot bench. A "Commons Hanger" which sounds wildly an achlstlc Is merely an artist in wall papering. A "Budget Trimmer" Is no expert in finance, but works la the couchmnking trade. But what shall we say to the demand for a "Kaiser Hold er?" One would think that, like the "Vienna' Hand," this particular sub division of bakery bad ceased. Lon don Chronicle. . worn turned hack on the shoulders '.Ike a cape. Tailored Frocks. Tailored day frocks an; made of trl colette, gabardine, serge, jersey cloth and wool velours. Forma: frocks nre of satin or vol vet combined with crepe georgette, fringe, and fur. Many women nre employed in air hip factories In France, and Home have Jobs that almost qualify thein for service uv steeplejacks. The Demand for Ties. "The demand for men's ties this '.all," said a New York manufacturer, "has some rather significant features In it. We have a customer located on Fifth avenue in this city who for merly wanted only the best we had to offer, and many rich and striking col ors. This year he wants good quality finu workmanship, but not the most expensive, and bright colors he will have none of, compared to former years. Compare with this some of our customers who are located 1b ota- That which turns out with cood salts Is better than any law. or communities which are morei strlcr y manufacturing centers. Thpy used to take the ch.-ape.'t ties and most sub dued colors we could furnish. Now we cannot get anything expensive enough or too brilliant for them." Old Superstition Banned. Smart milliners assure us that there isn't the least bit of bad luck In widto peacock feathers that is said to lurk In their opalescent brethren. And so your ermine toque with Its snowy spray need not worry you at all. ollicers this order involved no little ".ni-'uish of body and mind. Horsemanship is, like ancient f?aul, divided into three parts: The horse, the saddle and the rider. In the first division, th" horse, many factors, certain and uncertain, reside. If the mount has reached the go of discretion through years of ex perience and much service the third factor, the rider, passes through the varying stages of the ordeal with com paratively few misadventures. If, however, the horse prove? to lack In Judgment and reasonable discretion, tlm initial stages ol acquiring s';lll in horsemanship combine all the features of a popular definition of war. Ofllcers of the Eightieth infantry nre now regularly devoting nt least two hours each day to The development of the latent powers r abilities of equestrianism, which military regulations assume lie more or less dormant In each of the commissioned oflicers of the Fifteenth division. Each day the "anguish squad" sots forth upon its parade. Promptly to tho minute at the expiration of the two-hour period the more or less subdued rider leleases his mount into the custody of his orderly and mires to bis quarters fur witch haz-d and other soothing external npplie.-itionf.. It has been observed that oflicers of the various organizations of tlm Fifteenth division now .stand in preference to sitting down. LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK, CROSS, FEVERISH HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE POL SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS. GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR CONSTIPATED. Purple Silk Umbrellas Are Scarce in Milwaukee M fILWA CKEK.It break Is tho small things of life which frequent I v make or the careers of people, and the fact that Mrs. Helen Pearson. maid la the employ of II. I'.. Franke, '220 Thirteenth street, president of th Frsnke Grain com pan v. was seen walking toward a railroad depot with a purple ilk umbrella, resulted in the uiscovery of a jewelry thefr at the Franke home und the amt of Mrs, Pearson r.r Evunston. III. Jlrs. Pearson, who Is forty-seven "ears old, and whose home Is in Chi cago, was returned to Milwaukee and locked up in central police station in connection with the robbery of jewels valued at 51,-VW. Miss erlrude Franke and Mrs. I. Guer.ther while riding up Grand 11 venue in their automobile saw Mrs. Pearson tvith her suitcases and the umbrella, said to belong to Miss Franke The women drove to the Franke Loin nnd found the entire house ran lacked and the jewelry missing. They notified the police. Stork Beats Taxi to Hospital; "Some Swift Kid!" -When the ifllCACO Xorth Western avenue, it looked ns race started from Mrs. Esther MoirautV; home larw If the ta.xicab would beat the stork. -bo is a family man with five vo. 1 "l nee. over n neat little pleated skirt, bordered with the same dark material of which the blouse la made, there could scarcely be a morei serviceable costume for the little girl's school duys. A marble foundation In honor of the memory of Carrie Nation, the pel ebrated militant prohibitionist, was presented to the city of Wichita when the Kansas W. 0. T. U. met there tn innual convention during the last week of September. A Different Bridal Veil. At an informal military wedding sol emnized recently in New York, the bride's veil of point lace showed an unusual arrangement in tb,e way of a panel hanging from the top of the head to the hem of the train. It was held In place with a flat Alsatian bow of point lace fastened with two dia mond pins and orange' blossoms. Two maids gowned in pale green skirts of tulle, with royid-necked silver cloth bodices, wore lint green Alsatian bows on their hair and carried green moss flaskets filled with vari-colored asters, j Keeps Embroidery Clean. The way professional icciliowiirU rs keep a bit of choice embroidery jcr fectly clean may prow be-pt'iil to oili er workers in this art. A piece of thin muslin is basted over the iii-lii side of the material to be embroidered. It Is then fitted into the frame r hoop and the muslin cut away from tiie part that Is to be immediately worked. Thus the muslin keeps the Iannis iron coming in contact with the rest of :'ic material when innnlpulatl;:.- ;::o neciii and holding the hoops. P.ut Driver Joe Harris of Yellow Cab your.gsters of his own. and he knew the t-ork is n tricky old bird. So he iniim'd Ins foot on the gas. Iient over his wheel and plugged hard for the South Side hospital for which Mrs Mu.'rani and the stork were bound. .'Xi a yellow streak the machine flashed cast, going 45 miles an hour. It honked for right of way and gt It. Everything got out of its way had to. It ran in front of street cars at crossings. Pedestrians fled for dear life. A trail of Indignant citizens who had to run to avoid the car reached all the way from Western avenue to the hos pital. At the last lap of the race the stork shuffled his draggled wings, cyuicaUy shut one eye, end proceeded to speed up. When the taxi drew up at the entrance of the hospital Driver Joe Harris was n beaten man. In five minutes Mrs. Xlelrant nnd her new son were snuggled away com fortably In the maternity ward of the hospital. Joe Harris took off bis cap and mopped his forehead thoughtfully. "Some Mvlft kid," he remarked enthusiastically to a hospital attendant Look at the tongue, mother! If coated. It is a sure sign that your lit tle one's stomach, liver and bowels needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at oc When peevish, cross, listless, nale. doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu rally, or is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has f tomachacbe, sore throat, dlarrhiea, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without griping, aud you have a well, playful child again. , You needn't coax sick children to take this hnrmless "fruit laxative;" they love its delicious taste, and it always makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs." which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. I$ev,;ire of counterfeits sold nere. To be sure you get the genuine, osk to see that it is made by the "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt Adv. Cautious. "Was your wile's peach and apple preserving successful ?" "I may state with truth that it was fruitful in results." The onlj. iifference between white lies and black mcs Is that other peo ple always tell the white ones. Nearly all political candidates arf under treaty obligations. bm Granulated Eyelid (lUf Eye inflamed by oo- Eture to Sia, Dm! and WlaJ ri juickly relieved by Mortal V EycRewefy No Smarunp, r jutt Bye Comfort. At Vour Dnwittt or by mail 60c per Bottle. For Bevk ! Ike Cyt free write k-u Murine Eye Beaaedy Cn Chlcsge, i