Do your bit, though It bo only a lit
tle bit.
Boycott tho fodd profiteer when
otit you cnn.
Kcouomy Is nlso the road to tho
ownership of I.lburty bonds.
Among other things that bavo he
como extinct Is the cheaper cut.
Tho ships keep Hlldlng down tho
ways with neutnoss nnd dispatch.
U-honts nro still taking their toll,
but It Is not much of u toll nt that.
Many n husbnnd's list of nonessun
tints Includes tho fashion pagos of tho
newspapers.
There Is a lime for everything. To
day Is the best posslblo time to buy
war stamps.
Aro tho workers who nro making
good money saving any of It or spend
ing It wisely?
It must be discouraging to Germutis
to hnVo to fight pcoplo who can ent
nil thoilicef they want.
America him afforded several ex
amples of hovr rapidly u pcoplo once
aroused can prepuro for war.
In theso times n fashion expert Is
any woman who can get two or inoro
seasons' wcur out of one gown.
With 80 per cent of war prolltM go
ing to tho government, prollteers will
oon becomu compulsory patriots.
A lot of commanders mentioned In
the dispatches from tho western front;
but wo nco nothing of (leiicral Isslmo.
A million watches huvo been or
dered for tho American army abroad
no tho boys wilt bu on time at llurllu.
Kuop your kodaks working to
plenso and comfort tho boys "over
thero" with pictures from "over here."
"Who drow tho United .Stale Into
tho wnrt" asks one furl Inn In tier-
ninny. ".Search me," replies the other.
Tho thousands of (leriimn prisoners
captured on tho latest drive aro no
doubt tho envy of millions of their
countrymen.
Another person who does not help
much Is tho cynic who Insinuates (hat
this will be merely thu name old world
after tho war.
If thu U-boats could get Inland they
probably could do more business with
ranoes and rowhoats oven than with
fishing nchnoiuin.
It Is said every family In the Her
man empire, except one, has been lilt
by, the rniuiilty list, and nobody needs
more than one guess.
Ono good way to help everything
Kood, Including one's own bank ac
count, Is to buy Thrift slumps nnd
unvliigs formicates.
Tho seashore shark has not been as
sertive this summer. He probably re
fused to tnkit any risk of being asso
ciated 'With u U-boat.
If, its optimists assert, the war will
end within the year, the drafted base
ball ittars may return In lime to keep
the game itolng nuxt summer.
Thero Is little In tho war news to
encourage the great American hipilr-
rel, Lots of crack shots will como
buck from Kumpo presently.
In addition to other waste created
by the Oermutis In this war, there Is
thu tlinu that thousands of American
have spent In studying the language.
Hut thu man who makes Inferior
goods for tho army probably Is sure
that his hou will not have lo use Ilium,
becnuito his son Is not In the srjny.
The dissatisfaction about golf play
ing for u president must be that ho
can never tell whether he Is Melting
better or whether the other fellow Is
letting himself bu beaten.
It would surprise nobody If Christ
mas presents In 1018 consisted In tho I
main of hams, Hides of bacon, half-
tons of coal, cauned fruit, spnro rib
and other coarse and uncouth gifts.
All profiteers are bad, but those who
seek profit by defrauding our soldiers
are of the worst grade, and nothing Is
too Movent for their puiiUhiiieut
something, for Instance, like boiling
oil.
Whta- wo read of the ouso with
nblch, aliens huve been permitted to1
move about In this country uud oven
tadeuvd It, we do not wonder that tho
Umunus huvo been kept well Informed
of i nil Unit Is going on over here.
Our HullOruieit object to the immo
"Jacky," It Is u term of love and re
spect and glorious ussoelatlons, but
If ourMtlormen wuut something new
they an entitled to It. Youth must
If aerved uud youth deserves Morv-
leu now.
Hand grenades nro being produced
at the rate of 2.000,000 a month, with
the output to bo doubled in four
months. And baseball practice bus
made tho Americans expert In throw
In them, which Is bad news for the
Ifctus.
Tho Brunswick Phonograph
playB all makes of records ut
tbjeir bo8t, and without any
eaangeoi atttaenment whutovor.
A?"fl,.."0r. "tsl )art 01 ,u menta without inconvenience bv
UUrrirt OUja DO. llVllilinir thnnmnlvns of nnr ir. I
fin tn thl Alltn Hnnn'r f!nnm
ny, 207 South Jersey street, for socuro your recoipt without in.
your auto, motorcycle and biey- tonyenienco to you. Fee, 25
cie repairs and miwuies. Autos
fir- )ifr Plmnn PMimi.in 707 Joans Bank. I'diitisula Title,
p . Abstract and Realty Co., by H,
Arp;jou invi'stinirinW.S. S.? Henderson. Manager; 402 -North
Currin Says So.
Defeatists nro pcoplo who nro beat
en beforo thoy begin.
Think of ono more eacrlflco you can
mako and tnako It cheerfully.
There can be no worse crime than
profiteering on war supplies.
A steel shortago looms ahead. "Don't
throw nway your safety razor' blade."
Ico In summer nnd coal In winter
nro necessities that must bo provided.
Anything that Is advertised as "free"
wilt cost uhout three times what
It Is worth.
One of the beautiful things about n
dollar Is that It buys four Thrift
stamps.
Ilahlheadcd men, It Is snld, seldom
suffer from consumption. Hut there's
always something.
A barber always can make soma dis
paraging remark uhout u fellow's hair
and get by with It.
Tho names of several of those places
(hey nro lighting around In Franco ut
most spell Komethlng.
Ho far ns the war returns go, Wag-
norlnn music and pessimism do not
get ono anywhere.
Women conductors In Loudon have
gone on strike, thus proving their abil
ity fully to replace the men,
With everybody wearing old clothes
mid not worried uhout Injury to them
"a good lime should bu hud by nil."
The "war doesn't make our weather
funny," it HClentlst explains. No, but
It mukcH tho funny peoplu who think
HO.
Not only nro thu boys "over there"
making it lot lf history, but they are
making considerable geography as
woll.
Tho war gardener also makes tho
iiciiiiiliitunco of numerous Insects that
his college professors never told him
about.
The tax on tobacco Is going to be
trebled. Is It possible, wo wonder,
that bad cigars will also becomu three
times as bud?
Thiiuks lo glucose, tho candy mak
ers continue In business anil ,tbe milli
ners and customs of wooing aro not
seriously Impaired.
You never hear u word uhout work
ing conditions or wages from thu fol
lows iibrond who might have Justifica
tion for complaint.
Koine war profits have been esti
mated us high us :i,(00 per cent. Many
consumers have Imagined they soared
miicii iiiguer tnaii mat.
The railroad employee who In not
courteous because ho Is working for
Uncle Ham Is Just tho kind of em
ployed thu kaiser likes.
liaising (ho draft ngu lo forty will
let in n lot who have been telling what
they would do to the llun If only they
had not been more Hum thirty-one.
A iiiiiii who resists tho draft anil de
clares he will not light Ucrumiiy should
be permitted to work for his board
diirliig.it largo part of thu rest of his
life.
To thu average restaurant patron It
appears that the house does Its sav
ing creditably enough but charges him
for regular pcitcu portions ut wur
prices.
In the case of thu able-bodied man
who knows Hint he will either hnvo to
tight or go to work, but U waiting for
HHiiMtblng to happen, uomothlug will
iiuppeii.
An Kugllsh writer locutions tho
proverb. "A good Injun Is u doud lie
Jun." Hut that was u long Hum ago.
A good Injun today Is lighting for the
United .States.
"Cheese has tuken u remarkable
Jump In price," u market page note
announces, home wort of a campaign
for lis use us u substitute must bavo
been In progress.
(lenersl Crowdfr keeps calllug them
mill they keep right on unsweriug.
The kaiser will begin tu think thoro'M
no end to Ynukees thu wuy they're
pouring into France.
Hecent editions of masculine shirts
huvo the terminal facilities greatly uh-
bret luted, but whether this Is duo to
the boll weevil or tho wur the huber-
dasher siilth net.
.Suggestions are iniido to thu effect
that the discontinuance of Herman In
the schools should leud to un Increased
study of Hie Kngllsh language. This
Is u Urut-cluss Ideu.
Aow comes the Iceless drink, The
tinkle of cracked Ico will no longer
lie lieord, and tho pntrlotle cltlien will
drink to his country every tliuo he
drains ids noiseless glass.
In the comprehensive luxury tuxes
proposed iu (Ireut Hrltuln Is one on
cosmetics. Thus the pntrlotle Hrlt-
tan uiuiroiis nun nutiiiens will pay
tribute to their- country every time
iney powtior their noses.
Hosidonts of St. Johns having
taxes and city liens to nay in
i"f Mlkti stil Itlilba a u I f
vices. Wo will pay same and
uuiuruucx-a; miy ot,
den
bah
Tyl
uertJt'y street.
Profiteering nnd patriotism ennnot
go together.
Preserve that you mny conserve,
but do not waste tho sugur.
Paper underwear, one trusts, does
not demand the services of a paper
hanger. Tho less unnecessary food served at
tho table the greater the service to the
country.
In summer heat every horse Is pro
foundly sad that ho was not born an
autotruck.
Just because you make a noise like
n big gun It doesn't signify you're do
ing your bit.
After the war nobody In the United
States will bo handicapped by being n
mere Amerlcun.
If the commission that Is to fix
food prices only could fir un easy way
to get the price I
Homo pcoplo nro pacifists because of
conscience, but most of them because
of the lack of one.
"Hold fust" means that wo haven't
licked tho Huns yet, but that wo can
If wo fight harder and don't quit.
Due praise should be accorded the
embattled chiropodists who help to
keep nur armies on u sound footing.
It tnkes some folks longer to pick
nut flvo cents' worth of candy than
It does others to buy an automobile.
Women's styles may have something
to do with tho fact that fewer per
sons nro shocked to dcuth than for
merly.
Many a patrloteer Is trying to con-
vlncu himself that ho Is engaged In
war work when ho shoots off his I
mouth.
Men of forty-five nro beginning to
lighten their belts, strut cuddly
through tho streets nnd talk about
"us boys."
Wonder If tho soldiers remember the
days when they used to knock off work
In minutes early, no they'd bo sure to I
hear thu whistle?
Tho high cost of living wouldn't he
ho bad for the average citizen If he
could petition for u wugo Increase to
un Impartial board.
Nobody expects to see college foot
ball abolished, but It would occasion
no surprise If yell masters wero do-1
dared non-essential.
Thanks to the war garden, another
good old Joke has to be taken serious
ly: "You eat what you can and what
you can't you can."
The most dangerous enemies nro
either In Internment camps or nro be
ing arrested for attempts to defraud
the government on war contracts.
Extending the ago limitations for
draft may give the man who figured
on retiring from business at forty tin
Idea of what to do with his leisure.
Not nil the bachelors within the new
draft uges who are rushing to wed tire
slackers. Many are, perhaps, desir
ous of taking their punishment early.
Thanks to the Liberty llouils nnd
Thrift KtuuiM one of the lessons
taught the great American public by
the wnr will be thu value of n dollar.
Considering tho disagreements of
"war experts," It Is u mutter for re
joicing Hint they are not In charge
of thu battles they so freely comment
upon,
With tho wur department buying
$1,10,000 worth of baseball and foot
ball supplies for the use of our sol
diers overseas tho sports will know
where to go.
An Ohio county Is to abandon
thrashing dinners us u measure of
food conservation. Koine of these days
city fellows will launch u movement
without it banquet.
If the Americans really take up
souvenir collecting seriously, there
will soon be more Herman helmets tit
the United Slates than thero are In
the Herman army,
The government Is taking a hand In
current fashions. And Uncle Sam us I
a style dictator will attend to the
economic phase nnd let the esthetic
take cure of Itself.
The college graduate had it particu
larly hard time this summer In put
ting enthusiasm Into Ids commence
ment essay when ho really wunted to
bo out In the trendies.
I'ork exports from America to the
allies were nliuot 170.X0.000 pounds
during June. Hut that's all right; the
more pork we send to Kurope the soon.
er we can bring home the bacon.
Some of the Herman ottlcers lied so
quickly ut the approach of the French
and Americans that they left wine
glusses on the table In their head
quarters. Hut not, paobubly, uny
wlue.
A Spanish war veteran bus sent
word to the boys In France thut uuts
will destroy tho cooties. An Inane
Jlate mobllliutton of French ants
will probubly be put Into uctlvo oper
ation.
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iitul frmr trnna. lots liiodilv nnlr.l
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Our good fitting, good looking clothes are a good recom
mendation to a young man. You must appear well to suc
ceed socially or in business. Then learn to dress well.
Buy your outfit from us this fall and you will know where
to buy your clothes for the rest of your life.
i
We give quality, style, fit and value.
Boys: come and see the dandy school suit we have for
you.
WOMEN AND THE WAR
Wlthlu six months utter tho United
Htntes entered tho war, the Y. W. C
A. Wur Work Council had established
girls clubs near
more titan forty
of thu cunton
meats, barracks
nnd nnvy yards
A trained recrea
Hon leader was
placed In charge
o f ench r I ii b .
T h e s o workers
supplement tho
efforts of the lo
cal Associations,
it those already
exist, Where the
Idea Is new tho
iiv workers form
club center, or
ganise thu Kirls,
Mrs. Davison
and arouse them
to a sense of their responsibility In
this lime of great excitement uud con
fusion.
No Molding of girls for unwUe ae
Hons and no solemn finger-shaking oc-
ours In the clubs, instead of dwelling
on what not to do, theso wise leaders
urge real patriotism. All sorts of pro
Jocts are suggested thut aro more In'
foresting than thu dubious and danger
ous pleasure which appeal to the Ig
norant nnd tho thoughtless. At
parties, for Instance, theso wily diaper
ones, whom no ono over thinks of as
supervisors, arrange that there shall
always bo twice as muny soldiers us
girls, " Twos'lng" Is utterly Impossible
where there aro not enough girls to
go around'
Club lenders do not attempt to ban
ish the gallant soldier entirely from
tho girls' world,; they wish only to
bring him down from glorified heights
of glamour to take his place as un
every day hero, subject to tho same
scrutiny us other men.
Instruction uml relief work aro not
neglected. Among the activities of
fered nro dressmaking, cooking, knit
ting, French, athletics, dancing, slne
lng, lted Cross work, Helglan relief,
nnd work for the fatherless children
of France, The world contains a num
ber of things besides soldiers for n
girl's Imagination to dwell upon.
Hundreds of clubs for school and
business girls nil over the country are
offering plensantor recreation than
tho gaily lighted streets and the sha
dowy parks.
"I have a place now to spend my
evenings." said a telephone girl in
Waukegan, Illinois, to the club leader.
"I was so lonely before you came."
Kmergency housing lor employed
girls Is closely connected with tho
more general welfare work. Centers,
selected on the basis of Immediate
need, have been chosen as demonstra
tion grounds to show employers how
tlrl employee should be homed.
Read the Review Advertisements for Latest Bargains
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BONHAM & CURRIER
L. E. ROSE, Mgr.
By MRS. HENRY P. DAVISON
Treasurer War Work Council
National Hoard Y. W. C. A.
Thoso centers nro near tho canton
menta.
Tho Hureau of Social Morality Is an
important feature of tho War Work
Council's program under tho present
abnormal conditions, Thnt Ignornnco
Ii no shield to a girl Is well known to
Its members. Instead, It Is her graves
peril. Any situation shrouded In mya
tery la dangerous. Women can deal
only with what they undorstnnd.
true toclal mqrallty must bo built on
a foundation of knowledge, and be
lusplrod by high alms.
rourieou women pnyslclans uro
talking to groups of parents, school
Ulrls, and Industrial womou. ' These
lecturers bend tholr best efforts to
sprendlng Information on social Ideals
Colored women nt this Unto must
meet ull tho problems confronting
white women. Their sltuntton Is fur-
tnor complicated by industrial and
social conditions, Speclul clubs are
being formed among colored girls In
tno neighborhood of cantonments
Workers nro being placed In Industrial
centers like Louisville, Kentucky, aud
nopeweii, Virginia,
Immigrant men who formerly In
bored lu mines, on farms, and In fuc
torles, and now serve In our army are.
tuemseives, In need of assistance
Foreign men marry young and many.
even of tho young onos, bavo large
families dependent upon them. lie
causo of theso helpless families, the
war Work Couucll has translators
who go into the camps.
The activities of the War Work
Council could not bo confined to our
own country, Our American uurses
In France ueed tho Y. W. C. A. social
workers. Even the most self-reliant
women must have holp nt the front
where women's welfare Is a matter of
minor importance. A central club iu
Paris gives hard-worked, courageous
nursss a homo In a strange land.
Hranch clubs at nil of tbo baso hoinl
tala provide relaxation and recreation
for hours off. .
When the French women cabled to
the War Work CouncM, pleading for
experts to advise them In establish
ing foyer-canteens for women workers
in munitions and other war industries,
mparts were sent over to have over
sight of the building and equipping of
some ot tho canteens and act as ad
viser to French committees.
A professionally solemn-faced but
ler In one ot the beautiful homes
where a drawing-room meeting was
being held stood where he heard the
stories of the War Work Council's
plans and accomplishments. After
the guests had gone he approached ths
speaker with two one-dollar bills, "I
give them for my daughter," he said.
i am subject to the next draft. When
I am gone someone must look after my
little etrl. I feel the War Work Coua
cil will do If." . ,
Young Men: Come to
Us for your.Hevf
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Men's Dopt.
STOP SWEEPING
Clean the Thorough
Sanitary Way
Sweeping nt its best only
shifts dirt. It is html work
it makes more work. He
sides it shortens the life of
your rugs and carpets.
An Electric Vacuum Cleaner
Cleans Like Magic
It will help you to keep
your home spotlessly clean
without any labor. It will
make your carpets look like
new and is just the thing
for mattresses, portieres,
pillows, pictures aud walls.
Come In and See Our Slock
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Electric Building
First Trust S Savings
BANK
OF ST. JOHNS
1302 East Fessenden Street
Phono Columbia 40G
Officers and Directors
F. A. RICE. President and Cashier
H. HENDERSON, Vice Pre.idtnt
CEO. I. BROOKS, Secretary
F. S. DOERNBECHER
Four per cent interest
paid on time and sav
ings deposits.
GENERAL INSURANCE
Rentals and Rentais
Estate Loans
Portsmouth Gospel Hall
Meeting 3 p. M. for Christiaus.
Gospel meeting in evening 7:30.
One door west of drug store.
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LAURCL LODGE
No. 186 I. O. O. r
ST. JOHNS, OHCOON
MmU each Monday evening la Odd FeV
lows hull nt 8:oo, A cordial welcome tu
all visiting brothers.
C, O, Churchill. Nottt Orsnil
H. J. Uurrutii, Vict Otsnit
11. W Norcne.l'ln,Mc.
II. I' CUik Tirt.
HOLMES LODGE NO. 101
KNIGHTS or.I'VTIIIAS
Meets every l'rlilav nlKht at
7:jo o'clock In IIICKNKK
Hall. Visitors always wel
come. V. U. I'.VHNS, C. C.
DORIC LODGC NO. 132
A, f. end A. M.
Meets the first ami third
Wednesday of each 111611th
in iiicKticrs nan, visi
tors welcome.
J. N.Rdlefsen W. M.
A. W. Dsvls, Secretary.
St, Johns Camp No, 7546
Modern Woodmen of America.
We heartily solicit the attend
nnco of our members at our reg
ular meetings, every Thursday
Evening. G. W. Muhm, Consul,
Woodmen Of the World
St. Johns Camp 773
Meet 2d nud4th Thursday evening in
I. O. O. F, Hall, Leavilt ntid Jersey
streets. Visitors always welcome.
L.I,. T1UU.ING, C. C,
V, I. COON, Clerk.
Knights and Ladies of Security
bt. Johns Council 2775
RcKular Business meeting 1st and 3rd
Mondays. Open meetings to the nubile
and members 2nd and 4th Mondays. Vis
itors and members cordially invited to
attend at Skating Kink Hall.
Frank C. Gasser, Pres.
Lester Teelitig, Secretary,
The Central
TltOS. GtOVIiR, Ptop.
Philadelphia Street, St. Johns.
Soft Drinks as usual
Coldest 'and Coolest Drinks in
town. Sandwiches, etc. All lead
ing Summer Drinks.
TRY OUR MILK PUNCH
I buy or sell St. Johns Property
A. W. DAVIS
Real Estate
Fire Insurance and Notary Public
List your property with me if you
desire to sell quickly
202 N. Jersey St. St. Johns
Ghambers-Kenworthy Go.
Funeral Directors and tmbalmers
2-1S KilliuRSworth avenue
A FEW PACTS
1. The oldest established undertaking
business north of Knott street.
2. Mr. Chambers is the only G. A. R.
undertaker in the city of Portland.
3, Mr. Kenworthy is an acknowledged
expert in embalming, Demi surgery and
funeral direction.
4. Why have your beloved deceased
taken through the congested business
districts when perfect service and right
price suay be obtained in your own
Ik
ooBUBHasty.