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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1919)
IN DAINTY COLOR GERMANY IS RECRUITING A NEW VOLUNTEER ARMY W hite H ouse Illuminated by A rm y Searchlights Little Things That Add So Much to Effectiveness. Coetumee Cannot Be Considered Com- píete Without Smart ( Accessories to Set Them Off. The charm o f many frocks Is empha sized by the smart accessories that ac company them. Dresses o f simple de sign are stamped exclusive by a novel ty color, or perhaps a gay girdle offers Itself for smart trimming. Frocks this season have a clever w a y-o f opening over dainty tucked vests and lace waist coats to show their ruffled faces to the world. Striking sashes are featured, and there Is a bright allied girdle that forms a distinctive accompaniment to a white linen frock. It is o f corded silk, six inches wide and striped with The iillles look with considerable suspicion on the new volunteer urui.v that Germany Is recruiting uud training In the allied colors artistically blended. Heavy red or blue silk tassels termin modern methods o f wurfure. The photograph shows some of the recruits being tuught the use o f liquid Are. ate this stunning sash. Crisp organdie In delicate or pastel tints lends colorful beauty to many a simple dress. A t present there Is a vogue fo r plain white organdie sashes that suggest the quaint charm o f the Dutch peasant's costume. These white sashes are usually part o f a set con sisting o f dainty collar and cuffs hem stitched with a half-inch border. They are unusually effective on checked or striped voile or fine gingham gowns. A new note might be introduced In an old frock by an organdie sash o f con trasting color, such as Jade green with a white frock or sea-shell pink organdie expressing exquisite daintiness on a frock o f Dale ciel mull. The sense o f being fashionably and tastefully attired comes with wearing an embroidered satin sash on an after noon gown o f soft mulberry georgette. A splnsh o f gay worsted embroidery In a conventional flower design traced It self over the center o f the satin sash and crude wooden beads In bright col ors weighted the ends. For the matron with the black net gown there Is a heavy je t rope girdle that glitters and twinkles delightfully The old battleship Oregon, o f Spanish war fame, which will be President Wilson's flagship as he reviews the newly when colled about the hips. created Pacific fleet when It steams into the harbor at San Francisco early In September. Wonderfully exquisite are the new sashes that the younger set have adopt ed fo r evening nnd dance wear. The BEST SHOT OF HER AfiF finest o f the metal brocaded ribbons are traced with gold nnd sliver thread on delicate backgrounds o f orchid, let tuce green, peach, apricot, lemon, flesh and sky blue. The broad ribbon Is drawn about the waist In a crushed gir dle and allowed to fall In a graceful panel at the back. Soft silk fringe in a harmonizing tone borders the bottom. A lace frock or a lovely taffeta or georgette dance frock would be popu lar at the many social affairs, If favor- ed with one o f these exquisitely dainty panel sashes. PRESIDENT WILSON’S FLAGSHIP IN THE PACIFIC FARMERS CONFER WITH PRESIDENT A night view o f the south front o f the White House, lighted by powerful army searchlights. The illumination is o f the same kind as that used in locat ing airplanes during the war. Every detail o f the building is shown perfectly. Story of Great Charter Oak Tree Whose Hollow Protected the Document. ILLUMINATING POULTRY HOUSES During the past few years rapid ad vancement has been made In lighting poultry houses in the winter months. It has been found that by turning on electric lights or bright light gasoline lnmps at twilight and continuing the light until nine o’clock at night the egg production Is materially Increased. Most poultrymen who use this system also turn on lights at six or six-thirty on the winter mornings. Prof. F. C. Hare, o f the division of poultry husbandry, Clemson college, S. C., recently returned from Cornell university, where he lectured at the Cornell summer course, reports that the experiments conducted at Cornell university last year went to prove that the best results were obtained by turn ing on the lights at three o’clock In the morning and allowing the hens to go to roost at the usual time. How ever, this simply backs up the state ment mnde In California, where this system originated, that It Is only nec essary to Increase the hours o f day light to summer conditions. I f you wake up the birds very early, they should go to bed at dusk. USE FOR OLD HAIR RIBBON When Freshness Is Lost It Can Be Made Serviceable as Covering for Coat Hanger. CHIC FOR FALL WEAR WHITE HOUSE UNDER SEARCHLIGHTS Miss Marjorie F. Kinder, although only fourteen yenrs o f age, Is a ua tlonal rifle champion with small-bore arms. Miss Kinder Is without equal for her age In the United States. She Is n member o f the Winchester Junior Rifle con'«. Cur photograph shows Miss Kinder on the range at Caldwell N. J.. where she displayed her unusual ability as a crack shot In the national rifle matches. CONDENSATIONS The puddles in the holes in the pave ment o f the Southwest boulevard, Knn- eas City, got to be so large that some body put up signs, "N o Fishing A l lowed." Peru was fortunate during the war In having for sale one product, sugar, the demand for which never slackened. Out of eight hundred thousand wom en in Texas, only 7.000 paid their nec essary poll tax In expectation o f vot ing on future elections of the year. European experimenters have found that adding front 30 to 50 per cent of grnphlte to negntlve arc light car bons produces a stable are and re duces the shndow. The men o f Portugal, as a clnsa have the reputation o f being the best dressed In the world. Grapefruit was Introduced Into Flor ida by the Spaniards. The true name o f the fruit 1« "pomelo.” Queen Ellxaheth was exceedingly superstitious, and she took the pre caution to consult an astrologer b efore naming the day for her coronation. INSPIRATION. | Anybody Has to Hustle to Hold High Position, I f with light head erect I sing, Though all the Muses lend their force, From my poor love o f anything, The verse Is weak and shallow as its source. N ot every man can be great, but most men can be much greater than When the freshness o f the hair rib they are. Greatness is like every bons has vanished so that it Is quite thing else— you must pay fo r it. Why impossible to make them stand up should fortune smile upon you with properly on the child’s head, they may But If with bended neck I grope gifts It denies to others? The whole Listening behind me for my wit. be used to good advantage fo r cover W ith faith superior to hope. thing is a matter o f first principles More anxious to keep back than forward born with the race, but recognized ing coat hangers o f the ordinary wire It— or wooden variety. The ribbons should and developed by the few. It’s an In be dipped In gasoline, rubbed with Making my soul accomplice there ner something that has to be tested Unto the flame my heart hath lit. clean, soft cloths until perfectly clean, and constantly used to maintain the nnd then pressed with a warm Iron on Then will the verse forever wear— Time cannot bend the line which God truest efficiency. Fortunate Influence the wrong side. The hnngers should may be able to locate you In the seat has writ. be padded, first, with a soft foundation o f the mighty, but you will have to do material, and It will be found that the I hearing get. who had but ears. the hustling that keeps you there. And sight, who had but eyes before; hair ribbons o f usual width will do I moments live, who lived but years. nicely to cover them. Little sachet And truth discern, who knew but learn Countries Where Bell ing’s lore. bags, attached on baby ribbons, make a Ringing Is in Vogue. dainty finishing touch to the hnngers. N o w chiefly Is my natal hour, These Uve men, representing farmers in 24 wheat and corn growing «tales, had a conference with President Wilson. Means of reducing the high 1 cost of living was the subject of the discussion. L eft to right, they a r e : D. O. I Thompson, Illinois; John O. Brown, president o f the Imliunn Federation of Farmers’ Associations; A. B. Brudfute, Ohio; J. It. Howard, Iowa, and F. C. , Crocker, Xebruska. Washington was shown the effectiveness of modern searchlights In an exhibition In whlth the White House was Illumined by powerful lights operated by army engineers. This photograph shows the executive mansion, and the east wing with the state, war and navy building In the background. j In American colonial history grants o f franchise, governmental privileges, nnd estates to companies fo r the pur pose o f establishing colonies, to the colonies in general or to individual proprietors, were embodied in char ters. The Charter Oak was a large tree that stood In Hartford, Conn., un til blown down by a wind storm on Aug. 21, 1856. Humorous statements have been made regarding the age of this great tree, and there is a wide range o f the estimates, which run from 200 to nearly 1,000. The tradi tion relating to the Charter Oak Is that when Sir Edmund Andros was ap pointed governor general o f New Eng land, he came to Hartford In 1687 to receive the colonial charter. This the colonists were loath to surrender, but, appearing to submit, carried it to the council chamber, when, during the de bate which followed, the lights were suddenly extinguished by a preconcert ed arrangement, and in the ensuing confusion the document was carried from the room to Its subsequent hid ing place In the hollow o f the great tree. H ere It remuined fo r about two years, when the deposition o f the tyr annous and hated Andros made fur ther concealment unnecessary. Eye for Business. The small son o f a physician in Scottsburg wns sent to the drug store the other evening by his mother, and told to hurry hack. While wafting for the clerk to get to him he henrd a gen tleman at the soda fountain order a root beer are! snw him throw six cents on the counter. A fter a few mo ments' deep thought the boy swag gered up to the counter. "Do you sell two of those for 11 cents?" he asked the clerk. "Y es," was the answer. “Then give me one. too,” the boy said, putting his nickel down carefully by the man’s six cents.— Indianapolis News. And only now my prime of life; O f manhood’s strength It is the flower, ’Tls peace's end, and w ar’s beginning strife. Bell ringing. In the strict accepta tion o f the word. Is exclusively con fined to the British Isles, the British It comes In summer's broadeft noon. colonies, and the United States, the By a gray wall, or some chance place, continental method* being quite dif Unseasonlng time, Insulting June, And vexing day with its presuming ferent. Carillon or mechanical ring face. ing, so largely made use o f on the continent, especially in the Nether I will not doubt the love untold Which not my worth or want hith lands, Is little practiced In England. brought. At Cattestock In Dorset, owing to the Which wooed me young, and woos me old, enthusiasm o f a form er rector, there And to this evening hath me brought Is a splendid Belgian peal o f caril —Henry David Thoreau. lons, and they are also to be found at Bradford town hall, Boston church, Name “Whisky” Derived Worcester cathedral, and Rochdale From Celtic “ Usgebeatha” town hall. The name "whisky” wns probably derived from the Celtic “ usgebeatha” (w ater o f life ), which was subsequent ly contracted to “ usquebaugh” and still later to whisky. The liquor known as nsquebnugh In the seventeenth qnd eighteenth centuries wns not, how ever, the same character o f whisky of modern times, but wns a compound of plain fruit o f saffron, nutmeg, sugar and other spices and flavoring mat ters. Slow Growths Inherit Longevity In animal and vegetable life It is the slow growths that Inherit long evity. Is it different with states and nations? Is rapid growth in wealth and population conducive to perma nence? I f not, are there not things more to be desire« 1 than either? Luxurious Living. "Th ey charge for putting on a tablecloth and forks nnd spoons I” ex 38.931,000 New Pennies in July claimed the man who was studying the restaurant menu. The abnormal demand for pennies Poppy-rsd sued« cloth, with black "Don't say anything about It I" la still taxing the capacity o f the press silk braid on abort Jacket with very whispered his wife. " I f you discuss es in the Philadelphia mint, the enor It In such a way as to bring It to gen full peplum. V neck line. The hat la mous total o f 38,931.000 having been eral attention they’ll probably think • f black panne velvet with uncurled struck during Jtily. The other coin they ought to collect a luxury tax In age consisted o f 960,000 dimes and addition.” »¿06,000 nickels. __________________ Skirts have no suggestion of a fiara. j NOTES OF SCIENCE Burial In dry flour will keep silver bright fo r a long time. Floating mooring buoys have been made o f concrete by an English Inventor. , It has been estimated that 100,000,000 rubber stamps are in use in the United States. The science o f bell casting has been practiced In one English foundry for nearly 350 years. An Inventor has designed an aluminum Ironing board that can be folded and carried In a suit case. Beverages in Japan. Japnn has 2,500 establishments man ufacturing various kinds of beverages. 500 o f them being In Toklo. Coffee Pot Improvement A coffee pot on the vacuum pi dple. the lid o f which serves as stopper, has been invented, .