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CLOTHES LACKING IN ECCENTRICITY wimm frtiis Feature in Styles Is Consio- JEGYPTIAN SKIRT IS GAINING ";V^> -- ; . > . Straight, Iftiife-Plalted Design Wins Increased Favor--Paris invented It Because It Means Saving ' "II of Material; - . New Tortc.--Probably the lack of ec­ centricity in the spring apparel is its distinguishing feature. This Is flta ud- V'^anirable'. trajtt in time of war, but '^wrance did not foresee that America ^ (Avould he in war when she designed the spring clothes that have been univer­ sally accepted in this country.. • ? < Paris keeps its wartime clothes for ..VfJts own people, and has never failed i \jto send to the rest of the world a fresh batch of newly invented gowns bear­ ing all the marks of frivolity and ex­ travagance. . ' Many reasons have been given for the lack of eccentricity noticeable in the French gowns, but whatever the cause, it is a matter of satisfaction that the condition exists. Women are compell^ to buy new raiment at each change of season, but in time of a na­ tional crisis they do not think it fit­ ting or seemly to indulge in the pe­ culiar caprices of dress which have marked recent eras. Other Days, Other Clothes. It is a common cry to say that the existing generation l£ always the most provocative of criticism. We forget what has gone before in history, in hu­ manity and in religion, as well as in dress. There are critics who cry aloud over a certain fashion, consider it monstrous, and wonder what our young women and girls are coming to that such a fashion should be unblushingly accepted. They speak in excitable tones of the respected dead and refer This gown iu built up of two fash­ ionable materials and colors. The s|(irt is barreled by draperies of dark blue satin, the sleeves, collar and sash are of satin. The biscuit-colored jer­ sey is embroidered in dark blue. to our grandmothers as women who in­ sisted upon dressing ip a seemly and modest manner. Bnt, just as Agnes Iteppller has forcibly and brilliantly told of the new women among the old women--the brilliant, insurgent char­ acters that were the pioneers of our race in America--so some student • could tell of the extravagances, ca­ prices and indecencies in dress that swept over the generations to which our sainted grandmothers belonged, and which, .in th^lr time, were de­ nounced by the pulpit and the press. This season is ushered in without the eccentricities of those generations or even the half-decade that has just slipped by. One may call the narrow skirt an eccentricity, but in its modi­ fied form it is very Attractive, and it •saves material, which is the reason that Paris invented it. It is rather amusing that the wom­ en who have organised for a national defense and who urge economy In buy­ ing clothes, call especial attention to the pegtop or melon skirt as a garment to be frowned upon, when this very garment was invented by Paris to save material and thereby lower the price that a French woman has to pay for her skirt. Naturally, the French designers did not charge the Americans any less for a pegtop skirt than a full one, nor will the American dressmakers make any difference in prices because of the scarcity of material used; but the PARASOL FAD IS GROWING 8ome Are Made to Match the Fabric in the Costume, Others to Oo With the Hat. The fad for ail sorts of parasols is assuming terrifying proportions! One can't have enough of thein, it seems. 8ome are made to match the costume in fabric as well as in color; others for sporting events are made of the material of the skirt, which is also in­ troduced in the hat. Still other ador­ able sets,( says Harper's Bazar, are •composed of parasol, hat and girdle or bag, while a parasol to match the hat exactly is very, very chic. Some of the best parasols have shirred chiffon linings, and as*for the newest shape there is so such thing--some are flat, "f others concave; soipe large, and others exceedingly small, while the handles may be any old length. A pple pink organdie set of parasol and hat trimmed with half-inch bands of mole­ skin is delightfully impractical, there- Jor* deslrahlik:. .;:?2 thousands upon, thousands of women who buy material for their own gowns will see the advantage in dropping the extra-full skirt and adopting the slim, line of jthe new silhouette. The Straight 8iihouette. Already the exclusive dressmakers are insisting that the pegtop skirt,; or the drapery that is pulled ont at the hips, is mediocre. The first fashion, they insist, calls for a straight silhou­ ette from shoulder to heels without the break given by ..the pannie.* effect at the end of the corset. What is known as the barrel skirt, pure and simple, has few fdllowers, but the skirt with the kangaroo extension at each side is admittedly the popular success of the hour. Against this skirt is the one called Egyptian, which has keen described by all the fashion writers until the women know most that there is to know about It. It Is the straight, knife-plaited skirt dropped from the waist or from a shallow yoke, and is supposed to have been worn by the fashionable Al­ exandrians at the time of Thais and Aphrodite. There is so tntich that is Egyptian in the spring clothes that it should not surprise the onlooker to see this straight, plaited skirt win oat above all others before June arrives. Bul- loz, for instance, has met with singu­ lar success in this country through a gown which he calls Aphrodite, and which was originally made for Mile. Chenal when she sang the title role in the opera last autumn In Paris. Bulloz has changed the gown some­ what, but everyone who was in Paris last autumn remembers it. It is made of black chiffon in three long, Egyp­ tian tunics*^ that hang limply against the figure, each one embroidered with a wide band of silver bugles in an an­ cient design. The upper tunic is longer than the rest and hangs In drapery on the floor when dropped; but it is skill­ fully manipulated by the arm, which can pass through a long, embroidered silt and drape the length of, the chif­ fon and silver about the body as one wishes. Chenal was given to the pos­ ture of extending her arm in dramatic gestures, bringing about somewhat the same effect which she gave to the drapery which made her famous when she sang the "Marseillaise" in Paris. With this gown goes a tall Egyp­ tian headdress of fine silver bugles, and beads set on black. Egyptian Touch in Wraps. Another Egyptian touch In costum- ery is shown In the evening wraps for spring, which are quite luxurious, hut light in weight and texture. Taffeta is used for this garment more ,than for any other. The wide, draped collar which rises above the ears and folds Itself down on the shoulders is the preferred one, and it is used for Street wraps as well as evening ones. None of this is Egyptian, 1but the touch of Cairo is seen In a great square of bullion-embroidered silk which Is placed flatly against the back of the wrap. On some garments it 'looks as though a brilliant; ornate cush­ ion cover had been picked up and neatly tacked at each of its corners to the loose back of the taffeta wrap. The Egyptian Phoenix wing,-which was decoratively used at one of the fashion exhibitions in New York, sup- piles color for much of the new cos- tumery. The blue, green and coral ot this symbolic bit of Egyptian life is copied in gowns, and especially in jew­ elry. With all this atmosphere of the East, of Cairo and Alexandria reflected in the clothes of the hour, it seems probable that the straight, plaited skirt that hangs plumb from the waistline will outlive the one with the side drapery at the hips. Bnt even If both remain equal in value and fashion, one thing is certain--that there is no chance for the skirt with the wide hem. Since January, skirts have lessened In width below the knees, and although the public refused to believe that the wide, flaring, umbrella skirt belonged to a day that was done, the dressmak­ ers have insisted upon its use. In Paris they diminished the' width of skirts gradually, but over here the change appeared to come overnight, although the prophets and experts had been Insisting upon this revolution for three months. The trouble with the public is that it will rarely believe what it reads, but relies on what It sees. This is good, sound wisdom, but it often keeps a woman from being pre­ pared for a change when it comes. The shops have the canny business instinct to supply the old with the neAf as long as they've got both on hfand, but It is the duty of the reporter to tell of what Is coining more insist­ ently than what is going. (Copyright. 1917, toy the McClure Newspa­ per Syndicate.) Which? When a woman begins to notic© every act and word of a man she has begun either to love or to hate him.-- Cincinnati Times-Star. Dental Floss for Beads. Dental floss is the best thing on which to string' pearl, coral or glass beads. The floss may be bought at any large drug store for 10 or 12 cents a spool. To fasten the end neat­ ly to the clasp, run the floss through the end two beads, then through the ring on the clasp and back through the end two beads, knotting between the second and third beads, and then cutting. This hides the knots. Do not use a needle in stringing. If the end of the floss is not stiff enough rub with beeswax. By knotting the floss frequently between the beads only a few will drop off if the chain ever "breaks, thus saving the beads and per­ haps avoiding an embarrassing ^ trying situation. ' ' "" ' Cape of Black Tulle on Satin Frock. A dsess of. heavy black satin duchesse, made in one piece with a deep Y-shaped Elizabethan - vest of flesh georgette is girdled with dull Cut jet and across the shoulders, slung like a cavalier's mantle Is a cape of black tulle reaching to a little below H i e e l t ^ w * ' . . . FIRELESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FOR SAFETY TELLS OF A CLEVER COLLIE In the yards of a wood-preserving plant at Orrviile, O., a fireless steam locomotive Is employed as a safeguard against conflagrations^ The engine is Interesting not only because it is of un­ familiar type, bnt on account of the fact that one of the first of its kind was the subject of much speculation a few years ago when displayed at an Italian exposition. At that time its practicability had yet to be proved. The locomotive does not generate the steam it uses, for Its main part /Con­ sists of a large cylinder--instead of a firebox and boiler--that holds a suffi­ cient quantity of steam under heavy pressure for eight or more hours of operation. Steam Is developed at a power plant and pumped into the res­ ervoir before the beginning of the day's work. The piston cylinders are placed at the rear beneath the cab, in­ stead of at the front of the engine, for the purpose of balance. The locomo­ tive in the yards at Orrviile weighs 22 tons and pulls about a dozen steel gon­ dola cars, fully loaded.--Popular Me* chanlca. Lv:&iv:5«>y ^ "•*.*,* STEAM IS PUMPED INTO THIS ENGINE. WANTS MORE ROAD New Chinese Government Wants to Make Improvements. NEED100,000 MILES OF ROAD Authorities 8hooting Par Beyond That Mark and Propose Eventual Con­ struction of 300,000 Mlle»-- America Interested. The transportation fever has struck China. The Chinese want more rail­ roads, fend it looks as If they were go­ ing to be obliged, for their new govern­ ment agrees with them and has start­ ed upon the task with a vim that prom­ ises early results. A writer in Asia, a new magazine Issued by the Ameri­ can Asiatic association, says that it is estimated that 100,000 miles of road would solve for the time being the car­ rying problem of the republic, but that the governmental authorities are shooting far beyond that mark and propose the eventual construction of 800,000 miles. This situation is espe­ cially interesting to American busi­ ness men, since a part of the neces­ sary capital will be furnished here and a share of the actual building will also be done by Americans. All this Is Indicative not only of thq new spirit in China, but also of the growing cor­ diality between the two countries. At the present time China has only six thousand-odd miles of railroad to accommodate a population of more than 400,000,000. This is paucity in­ deed when the figures for the United States are considered. Here with 100,- 000,000 inhabitants there are 250,000 miles of road and even at that com­ plaints that we are falling behind In construction are frequently heard. It is not to be assumed, Asia points out, that China's necessities are to be satisfied at once. Indeed, it may be ten years before she is able to add more than 10,000 miles, but a building program is being arranged that pro­ vides definitely for the projection of new lines into industrial sections which hove hitherto been neglected, and for immediate relief in cases where congestion is now so great as to Interfere with the Industrial life of the country. Just how much the Chinese plans mean In a financial way to the United States is shown by the estimate that 100,000 miles of railroad will cost $2,- 000,000,000, a great part of which will be raised by American capitalists. China at present makes scarcely any of the materials for construction, but her natural resources are so great that eventually she will be able to produce all the equipment that is necessary. TO CHANGE RAILROAD GAUGE Japanese Roads Are Found to Be Sadly Behind the Times--Move­ ment on Foot to Rebuild. When the railroads of Japan were first planned, tlie narrow gauge of 3 feet 6 inches was selected for them, because It was the -cheapest to build and equip and was thought best suit­ ed to tlie country's narrow highways and steep grades. Now the G.000 miles of Japanese railroads, allf of narrow gauge, are found to be sadly behind the times, and a movement is on foot to rebuild them to standard gauge, al­ though the cost is estimated at nearly ^450,000,000. At present the trains are slow, the fastest expresses making less than 80 miles an hour, the coaches are low and narrow, and the sleeping cars are cramped and inconvenient; while most of the railroad inventions of oth­ er nations cannot be used because of the difference in track gauge and size of cars. The director of the Imperial railroads favors the change, in spite of the cost, and estimates that the main Tokaldo line could be converted to broad gauge in 12 years.--Popular Me­ chanics. CURIOUS BRIDGE ON BORDER Queer Ramshackle Trestle, Built as Substitute for Structure Washed Away by Floods. Crossing the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, at Tia Juana, there is a queer ramshackle bridge, built as a temporary substitute for a structure that was washed away by the floods a year ago. It bridges an arroyo and is simply a double trestle, with open space In the center, but serves all kinds of traffic. Including NOW USE AUTOMATIC DEVICE Air and Car Coupler Simplifies Matter of Coupling and Uncoupling Care-- --Prevents Accidents. The Pittsburgh rallroaas are mak­ ing use of a new form of automatic air and car coupler which not only simplifies the matter of coupling and uncoupling cars, but obviates the necessity of a man standing between the cars in order te perform this op­ eration. In order to insure the com­ fort of the riders it Is necessary that the coupling between street cars should be very rigid, and it has been heretofore found difficult to obtain this rigidity in a piece of mechanism designed to stand the hard usage which couplers are subjected to. The present device fs so carefufly machined as to insure a perfectly rigid connec­ tion when coupled together, this be­ ing made possible by means of suit­ able Joints behind the heads to pro­ vide the necessary vertical and lateral movement. In spite of the neatness of the fit of these parts the couplers will properly come together and lock, though they be as much as three inches out of alignment, and they are sufficiently flexible to operate where the car levels may vary qra much as ten Inches.--Scientific American. Unique Mexican Bridge. the trains of a Mexican railroad, auto­ mobiles, pedestrians, horsemen, and even herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. Each trestle carries one of the rails of the railroad track, the con­ struction being such that trains and automobiles straddle the open space when crossing, and all other traffic must get off the bridge. The structure is 400 feet long and has a safety plat­ form for pedestrians built out on each side near the center.--Popular Me­ chanics. Big Bridge. A Bridge projected between San Francisco and Oakland will be the largest of its kind in the world. It will cost more than $2,000,000 and will carry three roadways and four rail­ road tracks. The supports will con­ sist of 16 spans, twp of which will be large enough to allow the passage be­ neath them of any ship entorin^ Saa Francisco harbor. LOST ENERGY IS CONSERVED In Going Down Hili Electricity la Gen< eratcd by Reversing Motor on C*r» tain Western Road. A western railroad in its newly elec­ trified line over the Rockies not only utilises the energy ordinarily lost in holding back trains, but on the numer­ ous down grades actuaHy generates power that can be used to help pull other trains up. It does It by applying the principle that a motor when re­ versed becomes a generator. The loco­ motives are so constructed that on reaching the top of a grade the en­ gineer can brake bis train down grade by reversing the air brakes for an emergency. Reversing the motor in the locomotive transforms it at once into a dynamo that is run by the weight of the train as it descends the grade. Vir­ tually the same amount of electricity is generated that the motor would con­ sume in pulling the same load up grade. The current is fed Into the overhead trolley wire and so is added to its store of energy. Print Telegraph Blanks. The Erie railroad has 5,000,000 tele* graph blanks printed at one time. ^Feeding a Big Express. A locomotive is a big eater and drinker. Before the Cornish Riviera express was discontinued it took the engine four tons of coal and 40 tons of water to/enable it to accomplish its 226-mile nonstop run from Puddlngton to Plymouth.--London Tit-Bits, Robert Louis Stevenson Recites In­ teresting Tale of Dog Which Knew His Master's Step. In one of his books, Robert Louis Stevenson writes of his friend, John Tood, a shepherd who had spent his days herding sheep on the Pentland hills, in Scotland. Many a talk these two had together as they roamed the hillsides with the dogs and sheep, and John had endless stories of the days when the drove roads, which now He green and solitary, were busy thor­ oughfares, thronged with drovers and their beasts. Of sheep dogs John has much to tell, and here is one of his stories as Stevenson tells It: "Once," he writes, "when John had a specially clever sheepdog, he had bought some sheep in Edinburgh, and on the way out, the road being crowd­ ed, two were lost. This was a re­ proach to John, and « slur upon the dog; and both were alive |to their mis­ fortune. Word came, after some days, that a farmer about Braid had found a pair of sheep; and thither went John and the dog* to ask for restitution. But the farmer was a hard man and ?tood upon his rights. 'How were they marked?' lie asked; and since John had bought right and left from many sellers he had no notion of the marks. 'Very well,' said the farmer, 'then it's only right that 1 should keep them.' 'Well,' said John. It's a fact that I eannae tell the sheep; but if my dog can, will ye let me have them?' The farmer was honest as well as hard, and, besides, I daresay, he had little fear of the ordeal; so he had all the sheep upon his farm into one large park, and turned John's dog Into their midst. That hairy man of business knew his errand well; he knew ?that Tolin and he had bought tovo sheep and (.to their shame) lost them about Bor- rmghpiulrhead; he knew, besides . . . that they were come to Braid for their recovery; and without pause or blun­ der singled out, first one and then an­ other, the two waifs. . . . And the shepherd and his dog--what do I say? the true shepherd and his man--set :»ff together by Fairmilehead in Jocund hiimor, and 'smiled togither' all the way home, with the two recovered ones before them." "Missing" Girls. There are a number of women just as there are a number of meu who wish to walk from their immediate stagnant circle out Into the very large world of many currents and many ad­ ventures. Perhaps the growing Inde­ pendence of women has something to do with this movement. If statistics were available we should not be sur­ prised if many a "lady tramp" were practicing stenography and other cleri­ cal vocations In the business world. As soon as many women have become sufficiently equipped to be self-support­ ing they have cast from the old moor­ ings and have sailed the social sens with all the independence of the bach- elormaid. A room, flower boxes, pop­ ular fiction, attendance upon the legi­ timate and moving theaters in the company of other women, no family ties, no dull household routine--per­ haps this kind of life is creating a class of women with which our social system will be forced to reckon, and which will rob the "missing" of the glamour of romance, but give them a position of far greater respectability.-- Cincinnati Times-Star. Kidney & For Our Selection. There is a wealth of comfort in the old maxim, "The world is wide." This is simply to say that it offers a limitless field for selection. If one fact is black, another is bright. If % friend Is false, somewhere true friends are awaiting your coming. To sit in a dark corner while bright life is everywhere about you; to brood over a sorrow, a slight privation, when a multitude of good and gener­ ous and hopeful deeds Illustrates the dally life of the world; to rage at the limitations of your own estate when you can make your spirit sym­ pathetically master of everything--this Is to declare an Indolent and wallowing spirit. It is a form of voluntary servl- tud« to the powers of darknews.--Ex­ change. ,' > (BY DR- J. H. WATSON)M _ The kidneys and the skin work in harmony. They're companions, the skin being the second partner. If we are anxious to keep well and preserve the vitality of the kidneys and, also, free the blood from noxious elements, We must pay special attention to a good action of the skin and to see that the kidneys are flushed so as to elimi­ nate the poisons from the blood. Sweating, by hard work or in a bath, at least once a week, helps to keep the skin and kidneys in good condition. Flush the kidneys by drinking plenty of pure wdter with meals and between meals. Occasionally obtain at the drug store Anurlc, double strength, which will help flush the kidneys and the in­ testines. Yon will find that Anuric Is many times more active than lithia and that it dissolves nric acid as hot water does sugar. A Weil-Known Woman Speaks South Bend, Ind.--"When I began taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis­ covery and Favorite Prescription I was suffering from stom­ ach trouble, consti­ pation, and woman's weakness. The "Dis­ covery' had been a favorite remedy for c.ou g h s with my mother. I used the two remedies off and on for nearly a year. I was relieved of the Womanly trouble, and the stomach trouble improved. The 'Pleasant Pel­ lets' have also been used with the great­ est benefit."--MRS. JOHN SHAPLET, 613 S; Fellow St. Prescription and Discovery are put up in liquid and tablets. , If not ob­ tainable send $1.00 to Dr. Pierce, In­ valids' Hotel. Buffalo. N. Y., and hi will mail large package of tablets^ rK W. L. DOUGLAS "THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE $3 $3.50 $4 $4.50 $5 $6 $7 & $8 A&gVttEU Save Mon*y by Wearing W,, L» Douglas shoes. For sale by over 9000shoe dealers. The Best Known Shoes in the World. W. L. Douglas name and the retail price ss stamped on the bot­tom of ail shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. They ate always worth the price paid for them. . *T*He quality of W. L. Douglas product • guaranteed by tnoce than 40 years experience in Asking fine shoes. The smart styles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America. They are made in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, aO tracking with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. Ask your shoe dealer for W. t. Douglas shoes. If he can­ not supply you with the kind you want, take no other make. Write for Interesting booklet explaining how to et shoes of the highest standard of «futility for ws priee. return mail, postage free. LOOK FOR W. L. Douglas name and the retail price •tamped on the bottom. PMdd«nt "W.L BEWARE *jsSS38fl Boys' Shoes Bast In the WoHd $3.00 $2.50 & $£00 President. W W. K* Dougls** Shoe Cot, 185 Spark St-, Brockton, Mass. Just as in Life. Booth Tarklngton said, In New fork, the other day: "The average man treats spiritual­ ism as a joke. An Illustrator found out recently that I was Interested In the subject, so he mushed upon me with a story about a widow who tried to get In touch with her deceased hus­ band. "The medium, after a good deal of futile work, said to the widow: " 'The conditions this evening- seem unfavorable. I can't seem to establish communication with lftr. Smith, ma'am." "'Well,' I'm not surprised,' said the widow, with a glance at the clock, •It's only half-past eight now, and John never did show up till about 3 a.m.1" THE BEST BEAUTY DOCTOR Dieting. •;v ' Dieting Is the,pastime of. those who are physically unfit for more active recreations. It may be enjoyed In­ doors or out, ,and though it is not so vigorous as football nor so exciting as hunting wild game,yet It has many thrills. i Perhaps its njost tense mo­ ments are at mealtime when one reaches a high pitch of excitement at sight of some thin soup and two hard crackers. One becomes in fact so ex­ cited that one is obliged to hold tight to the chair. It is particularly ex­ citing to realise that one is likely to fly Into a frenzy at any moment nnd eat everything in sight. The scales are almost indispensable to dieting, al­ though, for that matter, thev fire al­ most Indispensable to a fish. However, to be anything at all, a diet must have a pair of scales. It will amuse you to see that every1 time you -about to step on the scales you think per­ haps you have lost a little weight.-- Detroit Journal. la Cuticura for Purifying and Beauti* tying the Skin--Trial l*ree. For cleansing, purifying and beautl fylng the complexion, hands and hair, Cuticura Soap with touches of Cuti­ cura Ointment now and then afford the most effective preparations at the mini­ mum of cost No massaging, steaming creaming, or waste of time. Free sample each by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston, Sold everywhere.--Adv. Staves of the Gown. Some women live in a state of per­ petual preparation of wardrobe. They never seem to acquire one In any ap­ proach to completion, and they are always In the act of either planning or of obtaining some separate portion of one in such a way that It would seem as if they lived to and for 110 other end or purpose. • The materials which their gowns are made must he of the nature of Penelope's webl-- Memphis Commercial Appeal. Beatlpg High Cost of Living. "Merry Ann," said H. X. Penses to his second wife last night, "this here high cost of living thing Is hurting my pocket like a toothache. "I've been thinking up ways for beating the thing for a year or two and at last I've discovered just how to do it. "Years ago we lived better when I made less money. "Now, why not apply the rule to household expenses? . , "So hereafter I'll Just cut your household allowance 50 per cent and you see to It that we live better, see?" His doctor says he will recover and all the lawyers in Bunkville City have refused to handle his divorce proceed­ ings.--Exchange. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig­ inal little liver pills put up 40 years ago. - They regulate liver and bowels.--Adv. Her First Journey. Margaret, five years old. was travel­ ing for the first time. She sat as If entranced by the view from the car window. Her father, noticing the rapt ex­ pression on her face as the train sped along, said: "What do yon think of It, Mar­ garet?" She replied: "Oh, father 1 It is Just like a picture book, only you don't huve to turn the pages." Didn't Reach It. The after-dinner speaker was a bit long-winded, and after two hours the toastmaster rapped for him to sit down. "What did yon' stop me for?" ne asked the presiding geqius, after the affair was over. "Why, you spoke for two hours and didn't advance a single idea," replied the toastmaster. . "Yes, bpt you cut me off too sooa. X was coming to it." GAVE HIS CANE AWAY! Mr. S. P. Benton, Kerrville, Texas, writes: "For several years prior to 1906 I suffered from kidney and rheu­ matic troubles. Was bent over and forced to use a cane. For these disorders I am glad to say I used D o d d' 8 Kidney Pills, which proved to be the proper remedy. I am 64 years old, feel fine and one® again stand as straight as an arrow. Dodd's Kid­ ney Pills deserve great credit." Be sure and get "DODD'S," the nam* with the three D's for diseased, disor­ dered, deranged kidneys; just as Mr. Benton did. No similarly named article Will do.--Adv. A Surprise. "The doctor has just told me," said the friendly neighbor, "that your hus­ band cannot recover." "Oh!" shrieked the troubled wife. "Now, my dear, the question is: shall we break the news to him or let death come as a surprise to him?" **iSi ' -i How He Got It. / "Who Is that man?" "He Is a pacifist." t "Doesn't believe In fighting?1* "No." , "How did he gei the blaekeye?* "Because he didn't believe In fight­ ing." The oyster can hold up a weight ot forty pounds before Its she!! will open. JI * * "IKKERJ MACARONI Don't Forget the Title. "What's your name, little lady?" Matilda Jones--Miss Matilda Jones, at present. " i TWO LAME PACKAGES t5 • MAM FtOM THE HIGHEST GIADE DUtUM WHIAT « > COOKS III It MINUTES. COOK BOOK FAIE ̂ SDNHE* MFG. CO. OMAHA USA. J| Mmmwi Fatfory it? $r»ericsi **'%. If people knew all their "ln-laws" i beforehand, many a match would be j prevented. ' SHSSmsiL PATENTS Kt tsou K. Cola ISSS, ,tent Lawyer. Wisbiofioa, 1). C. Advice sad ixxjfcs Ire*. Est-- mmnii reference*. BeetterriesSL W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO 18-1917. SS Ventilate Underground System. Thirteen plants, having a total ca­ pacity of 90,000,000 cubic feet of ozo­ nized air, have been installed in a Lon­ don underground railway to ventilate it. ^ " " " . - -T- , That One Was Easy, The teacher's last question w|is meant to be a scientific poser. •What Is that whi<;h j/ervades all space," shef said, "which no wall or door or other substance en a shut out?" No one had an answ<i ready, but .Freddy Sharpe. "The smell of oniona, nOgs," he said, promptly. CARTERS ITTLE Many Have Glass £yes. „ More than 300.000 ptrsons in (bl United States wear glass eyes. Carter's Little Liver Pills For Constipation A vegetable remedy that always gives prompt reiki in cootfi- fation. Banishes that tired feeling altogether and pu right over-night, stimulates the Liver gently, but quickly i Ing it to full and healthy action, and the stomadi and t to their natural functions. 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