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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1919)
WHERE ONCE WEALTHY HUNGARIANS TAKE REFUGE BROWN TH E POPULAR COLOR STATISTICS SHOW NATION HEALTHIER T H A N U SU A L Warm Tint* Used for Gowns, Mil linery, Footwear— Brown Face Powder Paris Vogue. Whatever has liuppened to the de signers and the manufacturers that they are trying to clothe the world of women in brown? It’s all one sees to walk about the streets and look into shop windows. Golden brown duvetyn suits with sable fur elbow beige gowns, taupe furs, vandyke hoots and tobacco gloves, all of which appear to be also made In every tone that one desires, to “match up” a cos tume. Brown lias reappeared after a long absence and it leads with it a new combination. Black and brown have been strangers used together but this season they neighbor with entire felicity. A brown duvetyn or trl- colette or Jersey may be heavily braid ed with black braid and edged with monkey fringe. And to turn about, a black satin model may be banded with brown fur in smart effect. Brown Is a shade for women with fair skins and fresh color; It Is negative tone nnd needs assistance to make Itself felt. Purple, from which brown is made with other tones, is an attrac tive partner. Old rose or Venetian red help a brown costume, and, of course, gold and most shades of yel low are Its natural associates. The ease with which one may find gloves Scene In tin* pretly and famous town of Carlsbad, Bohemia, where the nobility and once wealthy people of nnd boots in many shades of brown Is one reason why women welcome Hungary took refuge when the communists and other revolutionists gained the upper hand In their country. this color for out-of-door wear. It la a brown season. All of the brown furs and tbe vari ous leathers In brown nre in demand as trimmings. When the accessories are not naturally of the desired shade they are dyed, as is the case with some beautiful laces which have been treated to a brown bath. Brown face powders are much In vogue in Paris, because brown near the com plexion makes one look very pale. THEY FLEW AROUND THE RIM OF THE UNITED STATES WASHING OF DRESS SHIELDS Directions Accompanying Article Should Be Followed to Get Satis factory Results. If one wishes to get the full value from her dress shields she should fol low closely the directions for wash ing which usually accompany each set of shields, writes Charlotte E. Carpen ter of the Colorado Agricultural col lege. The sheet rubber, the rubberized cloth nnd the pyroxyl In shield should be washed in warm, not hot. water which contains a few drops of am monia, one tenspoonful of household This Is the crew of the U. S. Martin bomber which has completed a (light "around the rim" of the United States, ammonia to a quart of water. Use starting from Washington, Left to right: Lieut. Col. II. S. Hurts:, Lieut. E. G. Harmon, Lieut. L. A. Smith, Me . no soap. Dry at natural room tem chr.nlc Jack Harding, Jr„ and electrician Jeremiah Tobias. perature. Do no place on radiators or any hot surface. When dry the shields may be pressed with a moder SHE IS A REAL MINER ately hot iron. The balata shields should he soaked In a cold soapsuds made from a mild soap such ns ivory. The naphtha and strong yellow soaps should not he used. Scrub the shields with a stiff brush. Rinse well in cold water. Shape while wet. Dry thoroughly. Do not iron. RED CROSS WORK IN WAR IN SCULPTURE NEWEST CORSETS ARE LIGHT KasmssK . GERMANY RE-ESTABLISHING INDUSTRIES There Is n brand new medicine, just discovered in France; It Is the extract of our old friend the mistletoe. Dr. Charles Green Cumston, Swiss corre spondent of the New York Medical Journal, In reporting It to that paper, says, however, that the-American mis tletoe will not do, as its effects are different from Its French sister. The new preparation is called vls- cum album. It was discovered by Dr. Faultier, and he and Dr. Doyen have had great success with it in checking certain forms of hemorrhage. It is given either In the form of pills or in- •jections Into the veins. Its effect is to dilate the blood vessels by paralyzing the vasomotor centers of the nervous system; to increase the systolic energy of the heart nnd slow the heart heats; to cause contraction of the unstriped fibers of the muscles. Intestinal hemorrhage due to typhoid fever Is checked by It, and it Is said to be admirable for use in hardening of arteries. The newest corsets remnin creations of light-weight fnbrics lightly honed, but so shaped ns to give needful sup port to the figure without themselves giving any special evidence of their inclusion as a silhouette influence. The length Is still a marked fenture, hut on account of the scientific place ment of the bones and the reduction of such to a minimum, there Is not the slightest discomfort in the wearing of the long apron model. The bust line is a bit higher, at lenst for those who like the slightly raised line. For slender figures the extension of the maierial over the waistline is a matter of but two or three inches;- and there are models that are hardly more than hip eon- finers, so little thought do they take of the upper part of the figure. A diet of oranges will clear muddy complexions and reduce superabund ant curves. Lemon, taken internally, quenches thirst and prevents the bad habit of overindulgenee In Ice water. Lemons clear the skin, assist the di gestion and help one get rid of fat. Applied externally, they are a bleach that will remove stains from the fin gers or neck, freckles from the nrms or cheeks and salloxv blemishes. Pine apples are said to sweeten the voice, restore the quality of It, If It has grown husky, and aid digestion, which means they will help to beautify the complexion. Apricots are used for the same purpose, and are much favored in oriental countries. M v is e Corps Drum Honored. • was not won by men alone on battle holds of tbe world war. - the Popular Mechanics Magazine, i Illustrate, there Is the Imss drum h returned from France recently ill a regiment of the marine corps, • ■rated with a wound stripe and ir service chevrons. These marks honor were painted on one head of • Instrument, ns shown in a photo- h Illustrating the article. The and stripe was considered appro v e after the drum had been darn 'd by a bursting shell. Recognized Her. Some one went by our house In a . . and spoke to my little sister, who is in the yard. She did not recognize n> pereoo at the time, but later found Above is shown a charming black nl It was an acquaintance and said: satin valvot hat, trimmed with -para The Interior of the annual exposition at Frank fort-on-Main. Germany, I knew It was Km. I Just knew it dise. Below Is a chic little model, a resumed now that the war ts over. Uennany Is making rapid strides toward was her tune" (meaning her to I c *).— feature of the trimming being small ,re-establishing It* Industries, i E xchange. New Medicine Discovered In France Is an Extract From Popular Mistletoe Oranges, Lemons, Pineapple and Apricots as Medicine Mabel J. Gray, an attractive young business woman of Tonopah, Nev., is 1 proliebly the only woman president of •i mining company. She Is shown here <t work on one of her claims. Mrs. wear* n man's clothing while on r prospecting and mining trips, and <* 1 » * familiar figure in this garb on »t reefs of Tonopah. gray furry balls. ------ - A — S ------------ The health statistics of the leading cities of the United States, and for the insurance companies, show that the mortality has been lower and health conditions in general more favorable during the last summer than during any corresponding period in recent years. Public health workers attribute much of this low mortality to the cool, comfortable weather pre vailing throughout the summer and to the fact that the influenza epidemic of last fall and winter caused the premature deaths of many persons suf fering from chronic diseases. These deaths would have occurred under ordinary conditions throughout the spring and summer of 1919, health workers say. , The figures available in the records of a leading life insurance com pany, industrial department, during the months of July, August and September, this year, show exceedingly low mortality rates from the acute infectious diseases of children, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough aud diphtheria, as compared with the corresponding months of previous years. Typhoid fever shows a low death rate. This is encouraging because it is a sign of sanitary progress throughout the country. Diarrhea and enteritis, infantile intestinal diseases which have their maximum incidence during the summer in the eastern and central part of the United States, showed this year one of the lowest rates on record. The diseases and conditions associated with child bearing also indicate improvement over the figures for preceding summers. Beginning with the month of September, there was a-slight increase in the death rate for influenza and pneumonia, not enough, however, to warrant the conclusion that the epidemic conditions of last year would be repeated. Public health officials, and the health service of the life insurance companies, are watching carefully the current mortality returns with a view to controlling, so far as possible, any unfavorable mortality situation, should it arise. The United States public health service has suggested that local and state health departments outline an adequate program for the control of epidemics of respiratory disease. The life insurance companies are urging their policy holders who have had influenza or pneumonia .to consult with their family physicians frequently in order to combat any of the effects of such diseases upon the heart, kidneys or lungs. Creations Are Slightly Boned but Shaped to Give Necessary Sup port to Figure. THE LARGE'AND SMALL HATS * This striking group, n memorial to the work of the Red Cross in the war, i the masterpiece of Oaorlo Ruotolo, an Itnlian-Amerlcan sculptor of New York Mortality L ow « and Health ConditwodCetter thdCatflSummer Than in Any CocietpondinpPeriod in Recent Y ean “Oil of Joy” Is Produced From the Cactus Plant j RIGHT TO THE POINT J Nobody ever got insulted by minding his own business. The only thing we can think of which has been reduced In price lately Is the postage stamp. What a happy world it wrill be when high wages and low prices come together? No man can have all the fun In this world, and no one man ever had all the sorow, either. . 4 I..«., Ancient Deodar Trees of 1 India, 800 or 900 Years Old, Considered Sacred The natives of the hill regions of India consider the deodar tree almost sacred. As its name implies, it Is the tree of the gods, and around many of the picturesque little temples one sees magnificent groves of fine old deodars, perhaps S00 or 900 years old, trees that no one would dream of cutting, for they are considered as the personal property of the gods. Even should a deodar fall down from old age, no hillman would dare to use its timber forhisown private needs. Misfortune,» as he believes, would certainly result. If a house were built of the sacred timber, either the house would refuse to stand, or—what is the more usual form of the god’s displeasure—the owner’s family would fall victims to some terrible disease, or his crops would fail to ripen. A hillman who has had to pass through one of these groves will carefully remove even dry needles that have stuck to his feet for fear that he may arouse the god’s dis pleasure by Inadvertently removing some of his property. Senegalese Soldiers Wear Spectacles as Ornaments To Impress Compatriots Those whom fate has condemned to wear spectacles may have some dif Various species of the cactus plant ficulty In believing that anyone could have been used by men seeking forget regard these articles as ornnments, to fulness of the woes of their existence. be worn with pride and pleasure. This, The “mescal” Intoxication, which Is however. Is nevertheless the case with produced by a beverage of this sort and many of the Senegalese soldiers who which has In Egypt nnd India numer fought in the war. While on leave In ous devotees, is described as being Paris, on their way home, many of even more enticing than the “hashish these gallant warriors have Invested In paradise,” without causing the physical | spectacles as the surest means of Im and mental disorders of the latter. A pressing their compatriots. An optician relates that when he similar beverage Is the “pulque” of the tried to sell a pair of spectacles with Mexicans, which Is prepared from an American species of aloe. At the pres plain glass to a Senegalese whose ent time It Is largely supplanted In sight was obviously excellent, the sol Mexico by “tepaehl,” which is made dier complained that they were no good because they did not “make from sugar and pineapple juice. everything look funny.” The optician immediately supplied the soldier with a pair of concave lenses that would Alligator Farming Brings done very well for a short-sight Good Returns for Effort have ed student. The customer was satis fied at once, paid, and went out, col There Is much money to be mado In liding on the way with various pieces alligator farming. The demand for of furniture. alligators is large, constant and rapidly increasing; the supply is limited and there is not much competition. The few Commercial Use of Mica. alligator farmers In America are pros pering. Alligators have to be fed on Mica mining In the United States meat, but they need no food from Sep- started early In the nineteenth cen teml>er 1 to May 1, for this is their tury In New Hampshire, which state 1 iherna’ing season, when they do not supplied all the domestic production eat ul ail. All.gator skins are used for until about 1868. At present the making hags, suitcases, purses, belts, greater part of the sheet mica Is used cushion covers, etc., and the teeth and In the electrical Industry, and most houes are made Into cuff links, paper ol the scrap mica Is ground for use knives, whistles and many forms of In the decorative trade, especially wall cheap jewelry and ornaments. o p e r.
