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ivsnmaRsna Pllpf TT xrei E St; 1>>V? v.'.*.,,. By ROBERT tt. MOIlLTOH^:^ •$.*.-. ' AR brought the men of America to the camps of the country. It brought the women, too--mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, sweethearts. The government had made its plans for the men, but it had made them without thought 6f the won*4 en. Then the women came to vis­ it their soldier relatives. The camp Commanders looked at the stream of femininity coming steadily toward them, and asked what was to be done. Then the war department began 'to think of 'the women, and finally it asked the Toting Women's Christian association for help. The Hostess house was the answer. Eighty-five of these unique establishments are now either in operation or are definitely un- fdter construction. They are put up only at the f pct request of the camp commandants. Borne the commanding officers were ft little doubtful •t first as to the practicability of the scheme. Now these same officers are asking? for second and third Hostess houses iq their cantonments. Wherever colored .troops are Btatloned, build- are erected for • tBitt* utt end social Wel- work under trained colored leaders is car- on. 4 ilpjbese centers CP* few?*tnl *t j :*re under the supervision of the war department's commis­ sion on training" camp activities. They are a part of the government's war work. The war work council of the Young Women's Christian association promotes tfadm as one phase of the association's work for thecountry in this na­ tional emergency. '" Since women are allowed to come to canton­ ments to visit their soldier folk, places must be provided for their recreation.. Camp Lewis at American Lake, Washington state, is seven miles long. Camp Lee, Virginia, contains 4#,000 men. Each camp covers acres of ground laid out ia the bewildering monotony of company streets : Uned with barracks. The discomfort of th$ camps for visitors is often extreme. The thermometer went down lo> 27 degrees below zero at Camp Devens, Mass., last winter. The Kansas* mud at Camp Fnaston could be pnt in a mucilage bottle and used for glue. Camp Doniphan, OjtkL, some­ times hides Itself In dust. And as for heat in (Summer, no visitor has been able to decide where the thermometer goes the high­ est* The Hostess houses are refuges for the elderly parents, worried wives, and admiring friends, whose love of the soldiers draws them to the camps. * One phase alone of the Hostess house work ironld justify their existence. Each house Is a directory, a street guide, a map, a telephone exchange, a finding and a writing room for visitors.' When a soldier is "under orders fbr France" his family come to bid him good-by If It Is within coming distance. At one canton- •lent a father, mother and three sisters came hurrying. Their particular soldier was not at the entrance where they were to meet him. Like sensible people they" went straight to the Host- sss house. There they learned that the camp had three entrances. The hostess by the aid of telephone and mes­ senger paged each of these stations. The man tfras found at one of them and brought to the Hostess house. This is surely a great Improvement on the l&g. Interior decorators make the houses beau* tlful with the dignity of simple lines and har­ monious colors. Gay curtains at the windows give brightness even in stormy weather. The chintz cushions ill the chairs are good to look •at as well as comfortable to lean against. Half' of the big room is used for a reception hall and the other half forms the cafeteria. There is always a rest room for tired travel­ ers. A nursery with bright quilts and curtains is waiting for the babies who come to visit their fathers. Not unusually the house contains sleeping rooms for the hostesses. One or two spare cots are frequently provided for vetfy ex­ ceptional cases Where it is impossible for women to leave camp that night. Sometimes a bad storm effectually holds them prisoners. Or the mother of a sick .boy waits anxiously for a crisis In the illness. A Hostess house Is manned by five women, the hostess director having general charge of , everything. The social hostess is chiefly re­ sponsible for the reception of visitors. The emergency hostess looks after outside cases which come to the attention of the workers. The cafeteria hostess is concerned with the food. The business hostess keeps the accounts and looks after the buying. Certain qualifications are essential for these offices. Of course the cafe­ teria director must be a trained dietitian, a graduate of a recognized domestic science In­ stitute and an experienced domestic economist. The business hostess is one who Is accustomed to running a large establishment on an econom­ ical and efficient basis. The emergency secre­ tary is somewhat like the social worker. Ex­ perience In settlement work or some other form of welfare work affords a good training. She must know and utilize all the government agen­ cies. charitable Institutions and philanthropic or­ ganizations. The term "social hostess" sounds somewhat vtigue, but more than shaking hands Is Involved In her position. She must have had experience in dealing with" large numbers of people. Tact Which takes her to a desired goal without fric­ tion is necessary. Endless patience, a kind heart, and a shrewd brnln are fundamental. The director of a Hostess house must be all the four others rolled Into one. Poise is a pre­ requisite. When a tornado rolled the roof back from the house at Camp Taylor, Louisville, and then returned, It to its place with a bang, the work went right on as If nothing had happened. Every sort of a demand is made upon the worn- fw employed In Hostess houses. They made 4,000 sandwiches for ex-President Taft at Camp Funston. The number was not too many for him--and his admiring audience. A worker at Camp Cody, Tex., was taken aback for a mo­ ment when a woman inquired "Can you tell ins where I can get a baby?" But she recovered her* breath in time to find one for adoption. Wandering mothers, lost In company streets, are returned to anxious sons. Homesick soldier boys are accompanied to movie shows. Room­ ing and boarding places in the neighborhood are found for soldiers' relatives. Mothers are chap­ eroned, babies fed, letters written, and Informa­ tion given on every subject from the future life to fountain pens. The Hostess housf does not shut up shop when visiting hours are over. 1 Sot tmly for guests does it exist, but for the soldiers them- game of "cross tag" so often played by excited • selves. In one house It has been discovered that as soon as the boys have seen their friends off on the train they came pell-mell back to seek com­ fort and food. Then the cafeteria, which has worked so hard all dayv hands out pis and coffee to the disconsolate ones. The cook at Camp Meade forgot her pass one morning. 'She told a soldier at the gats who die was. f Are you the cook who -- kss that toamta mpf asked the sentry. *1 am," she replied. , - "Pass," decreed the soldier, saluting. want tnme of that soup this noon." The cost of building and equipping Hostess houses has increased during the past year just families with their Impatient soldier sons among the barracks. At Balboa Park, Cal., they call the hostess "the lady who finds your friends." An Interesting feature of the Hostess house is that the architects in charge of the construc­ tion are women. Miss Julia Morgan is on the Pacific coast. Miss Fay Kellogg has charge of the Southern field. Miss Katherine Budd builds la the middle West. The general plan of construction fts the same, adapted to local eondftfoofe. A large room is usually divided into two parts by a huge chlm- ®«y with fireplaces on both sides. In winter a leaping fire give* <jheer and warmth. In sum­ mer evergreen branches fill the big stone open- as has everything else. Originally $10,000 was expected to build and equip a house suitably. Lumber has gone up. Wages are higher. Furni­ ture is almost unattainable. Transportation is difficult. Constant delays occur. Nevertheless Hostess houses must be built. The appropria­ tion must be sufficient to cover all these diffi­ culties. Twenty-seven thousand dollars is not too much to Invest In one of these hospitality centers. Even after the bouse Is built, alterations and additions must go on. The military sanitary regulations must be fulfilled, even if they in­ crease in severity. With summer comes the screening necessary. Yet every house is worth to the community and to the batlon in general all ,the money invested in It. Of the $5,000,000 budget appropriated by the war work council of the Young Women's Christian association $1,750,- 0P0 is being devoted to Hostess houses. , < . Another work of the greatest importance which ^£§8 Just been undertaken by the Young Wom­ en's Christian association is the housing of worn* ,, en workers in <^)?inection with our great Indus­ trial establishments. While this is not strictly a new problem created by the war, the calling • of many women workers to war service makes the situation Immediately acute. Obviously the • providing of proper housing for these newly Called women workers, since it is a part of the war program, must be done by the govern­ ment. The Young Women's Christian assocla- Uon Is now constructing, at Its own expense, two buildings as a demonstration; one at Camp Sher­ man Annex, Chllllcothe, and another at Charles­ ton, S. C., for the women employees in the navy uniform factory. The Intter Is being built at ,th$ request of Secretary Daniels. If the govern­ ment shall decide to make provision for the housing of its women workers, the Young Wom­ en's Christian association offers to provide the needed social and recreational workers. (£ased on its experience in housing girls dur­ ing the last 50 years, the association believes that younger girls should be grouped where they can have social life and an opportunity to en­ tertain their friends, and still be under some of the restrictions of the home; that older women , want independence of living, many of them objecting to living in large groups because of the noise and confusion and ensuing fatigue; and that it is more successful to house non-English- speaking foreign girls in small groups, until they learn English and become used to American cus­ toms. N The type "A" building, the permanent struc­ ture which the association Is btflldlng at Charlee- - ton, is designed for use in places where only one ' building will be erected. The ritnin<r rnnm find r«**r«M»tirm *>«»', SeTCTi! jmriurs, and bedrooms for 44 girls are on the H*st floor. There is but one entrance for the Msidents. This makes it possible for the ma­ tron or social head of the house, who is in the of- flce near the door, to see everyone wjbq comcp " §t: or goes out. The entrance hall Is attractive, and homelike. Opening out of it are several parlors separated from the hall by arches. To the right Is an en­ trance to the wing containing the recreation hall and dining room. These rooms are sp arranged that they can be thrown into one for a large •octal gathering. There are bedrooms for 51 girls on the sec­ ond floor. There Is 'also a sitting room sepa­ rated from the hall only by pillars. This Is for the use of the girls only. Next to this is a small sewing room with facilities for sewing. On the, third jioor are bedrooms for six gtris, Aaj infirmary private bath. In Industrial communities the buildings are - intended to be grouped as effectively as possible with due regard to natural advantages. Titers <*»n, of course, be as many units as are neces­ sary. It is also proposed to provide a number of three and four-family houses to accommodate the elder women and the nonEnglish-speaklng foreign girls. In all of these buildings an at­ tempt has been made to use a style of archi­ tecture which is distinctly American. FDR 50 TEARS Death M Jim Jordan Closes Ca­ reer of Picturesque * Character MS VICTIMS ARE MANY $old Brick Artist of Early Border " Days, Who Stole Miillon, Dies |j Jn Baltimore Hospital Ofid " Broke. " ,<,/ Baltimore, Md.--The death of Jim Ionian at the ripe age of seventy-five yearn in the Johns Hopkins hospital, has brought to an end the career of one of the greatest and most pictur­ esque swindlers that America has ever produced. Jordan was not a "yeg** or a "gunman" or a "holdup man." He played the confidence game in the early border days, when three-card monte was the center of attractions In the numerous gambling shacks in the West, and later sold "gold bricks" to the Innocent tenderfoots. Tov&rd the end of his career as a confidence man Jordan became a poker shark. He crossed the Atlantic on the luxurious* ly-equlpped liners and never. was averse to play a "quiet little game." He made a fortune estimated at a mil­ lion during the half century he -op­ erated as a confidence man, but when be died he ran true to form and was broke. Began Career as "Steerer." >- i Jordan served his apprenticeship un­ der "Canada Bill," the most successful confidence man who roamed the West during the early days. He first was employed as a "steerer," but showed such early proficiency that he rapidly cume to be full partner to "Canada Bill." Jordan soon abandoned the monte game and went into the broad­ er and more lucrative field afforded by the "gold brick" Industry, and rose step by step to be one of the most suc­ cessful poker sharks that operated on trans-Atlantic liners plying between New York city and European ports. Jordan had a close call on the ill- fated Titanic, which was destroyed at sea several years ago. The swindler had been booked for passage and would have sailed had not the steward discovered his identity. Jim killed two and perhaps three men in the early days of the West. One of his victims was "Bill" Mat­ thews, killed In Chicago. Jordan made a run for It and reached California, but came back and was picked up by the police In a Chicago cafe. Jim was convicted Snd sentenced to 20 years_In the penitentiary. He served four years when he was pardoned. Jim thetii joined up with some railroad gamblers and went to Denver. Colo., where he * Teniptfng veal loaf T is more tempting for a summer luncheoti than Libby's savor* hed r-3m ' ti * Veal Loaf! Prettily garni* * «Mke» •.*•«»«*.yet vtantial dish --and one att ; v ̂ ̂ teady to put oa die table! IJjff, JMr .•* aif- Order Libby's Veal Loaf today; You will want it always oil four shelves--for quick lunch* «pns--for unexpected guests ̂•***• Hbby, M Weill A Ut*r. fit. to* A BIT OF PAST HISTORY f "Aa oW acqthrtntance that I had not §£en since my boyhood days'bobbed up yesterday," related 'Gaunt N. Grimm. *1 refer to the sundried peach of yore, %hlch was fabricated from the runty freestone fruit that was picked from the senile trees along the fence, then jhroken open, stones shaken Oat, and the hemisphere laid on pine board In the sup to dry with the wool op. After fc seAsbn In the broiling aunshlne they became wixaled and brown and alto­ gether disreputable In appearance and were considered done. "I almost gasped at recognizing some of them in the corner grocery yesterday, still looking like a. collec­ tion of the guilty consciences of smsll children. And when I took a mess of them home and had them stewed for old-time's sake I found them Just as. unfit for human food as they were, snd still so woolly that while going down they felt like caterpillars." --Kansas City Star. ' ^ Repair A cement for making repairs on switchboards when iron or other metal has to be fastened to marble may be made from 30 parts plaster of parts, tea parts iron filings, and half a part aal ammoniac. These are mixed with acetic acid to form a thin paste. It Is imperative that this cement be used immediately after it has beea mixed. Twenty-Twe Relatives In War. . Few women in the land have mqfB blood relations actively engaged at the front "somewhere in Prance" than Mrs James C. Barry, who lives in Brockton! Mass. Besides her son, who recently enlisted in the United States navy Mrs. Barry has also In the service four brothers, seven nephews and ten cousins. Recently she received word of the death at the front of a brother, George Reading, of the Royal engi­ neers. whose boms m England. eM' v Ns Shot Cliff epariit. shot Cliff 8parks, an innocent bystand­ er, la a fight In a gambling house. They didn't hang a man In those days for mistakes and Jordan came clear. "Sports" of Border Days. In the early border days Jordan's name Was known throughout the West. With his partner, "Canada Bill," head­ quarters were established at the fa­ mous Marble hall, the rendezvous of "sports." They posed as farmers and didnt need any makeup. , During the LeadvIIle excitement Jordan and sev­ eral of his confreres organized a ganf that worked the cattle ranch gams near Denver, Colo. They secured a small ranch of about forty acres that had a wide range extending into the foothills. In those days there were many Englishmen going to the West looking for ranch Investments and some of these visitors knew very little about Western ways. Jordan would get In touch with one of these tenderfoots and take him out to his ranch where he would round up a number of cowboys who would reach "headquarters" Just for the fun of trimming their guest. They would have a fake ranch superintendent and a fake set of books, showing how meny calves they had branded that season. They would point to the wide expanse around their miniature ranch nnd call It their range. Jordan and his gang probably sold the ranch a dosen times for big figures. t Tarantula Attacks Oakland, Cal.--Attacked by'1l j§taht tarantula, which leaped on his hand from a ^unch of bananas, H. F. Schwab, proprietor of a local market, narrowly escaped death recently. With the assistance of a number of clerks the deadly spider was cornered and csptured a^ter t half hour's battle. Stole $115 In W. 8. & St Louis.--A burglar entefad the office of Ira Mann, custodian of the Humboldt building here, and stole $110 Rmmiiiiiiinsi!iiH»»iiHii8SiSH Harvest Save the Canadian When Our Own Harvest Bcmiranenia Are CoapM United States Help Badly Needed . Harvest Hands Wanted "*• Military demands from a limited ition have made such a populat scarcity of farm help in Canada that the appeal of the Canadian Government to the United States Government for Help to Harvest the Canadian Grain CNp «l 1918 Meets with a request for all available assistance to GO FORWARD AS SOON AS OUR OWN OOP IS SECURED The Allied Armies must be fed and therefore it la necewry to save every bit of the crop of the Continent--American and Canadian. Those who respond to this appeal will get * Warm Welcome* €eod Wages, Good Board aai M (MartaMi Bmmb A card entitling the holder to a rate of (me cent per mile from CaaadtaH boundary pointa to destination and return will be given to all harvest applicant* Every facility will be afforded lor admitsion Into Canada and ietuii» United States. Information as to wage* railway tates and route* may be had from tha UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SEB CHICAGO, BLOOMINQTON, AURORA, DECATUR, ELGIN, GALESBUR4, PEORIA, ROCKFORD, ROCK ISLAND, SPRINGFIELD. $ Gold storage Is a failure when tt to keeping an engagement. Wateh Your Skin Impress. On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cutlcura Ointment. Wash off Ointment In five minutes with Cu­ tlcura Soap and hot water. For free sample address "Cutlcura, Dept. X Boston." At druggists and by malL TSoap 28, Ointment 25 and 60.--Adv. In times of peace girls prepare the trousseau. That Is If He Isn't a "What does a person usually In his garden?" '"Tired."--Boys' Life. V0: ASTHMADOR AVKBTS-MBLIEVKa HAY FEVER A •tt NOW i tiutnuitM WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN i A WEAK fi* . e,~ v ^ ^ :/;V - s-fe. * , V>_, When you're fifty, your body begins to creak a little at the hinges. Motion in snore slow and deliberate. "Not so young as I used to be" ia a frequent and unwel­ come thought. Certain bodily functions npon which good health and good spirits SO much depend, arc impaired. The weak Spot is generally the bladder. Unpleasant symptoms show themselves. Painful and annoying complications in other organs arise. This is particularly true with el- If vou only know how, this derly people. If you on trouble can ba obviated. For over 200 years QOLD 1IEDAL; Haarlem Oil has been relieving the in­ convenience and pain due to advancing years. It is a standard, old-time home remedy, and needs no introduction. It la now put up in odorless, tastdeaa capsules. These are easier and more pleasant |o take than the oil in bottles. Each capsule contains aboct one doss cf Ave drops. Take them just like you weald any pill, with a small swallow of water. They soak into the system ami threw off the poisons which are making you old be­ fore your tisM They wiB qaicldy relieve those stiffened joints, that backache. Am matism, lumbago, sciatica, gall staMt gravel, "briek oust/' etc. lasy sae a* effective remedy Cor all disss ess of the Madder, kidney, liver, stomarh sad slisd organs. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem 00 cleanse the kidneys and purify the They frequently ward off attacks sf dangerous snd fetal bodilytaaneTallisd with the bladder kidnej/s. If you are troubled with soceacm seNSS the loins or with "simple" aches and pates in the back take warning, it may he ttS preliminary indications of some dieadffcl malady whidh can be warded off er esesi if taken ia time. Go to your dranist today and set a bsa of GOU> MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capwiee. Money refunded if thg^de» not h£>-jw* Ajocept No Substitutes.--Adv. 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It is the time when you have to guard constantly against an apset stomach and the many ills that are always apt to follow Then again --we hate toe world's war to win-- with the change of diet and extra work which means we must all care­ fully guard our stomachs this yea* keep ourselves fit and fine. A marvelous relief and prevention has been found for stomach sufferers, which makes it possible for you to eat the things you like best without a flfigio unpleasant may follow. EATONIC1 tasting, quick acting, and harmless, have already proven told blessing to thousands of people. One or two EATON IC Tablets after meals work wonders. They sweeten and purify the stomach by neutralia* ing the trouble-making acids I and stop the griping pains of tion ana other stomach disturbances. And the best part of it be your own judge. Just try] Let your own stomach tell ytm truth. If you are not pleased tfci they don't cost you one penny. 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